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TIDBITS 07/17/05
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I'll take care of it. Tidbits may be reprinted without charge -- with attribution. Additionally, if you know of anyone who you think would enjoy Tidbits, please make them aware of us. URL (http://www.tyler-adam.com). We encourage you to forward this email to friends and colleagues. ====================================== The Ugliest God Who is he ... for those of you mytholigically inclined? He's Semitic in origin ... he's African in origin ... perhaps he's both. His name however, is Egyptian. I do hope I'm mixing you up. He always wore an animal skin and it is the animal-- Besa or Besu--from which his name was gleaned. One usually views him as a dwarf with a huge bearded head and a protruding tongue. Not a pleasant sight. Imagine yourselves walking down the street one day in sunny Americaville when coming the other way .... He has a flat nose ... shaggy hair and eyebrows ... large ears ... thick arms ... bowed legs. Not the Adonis one tends to think of when thinking of gods. The skin of the animal he wears is of the panther tribe. Its tail drags along the ground behind him. On his head rests a tiara of feathers. Clearly ... this god is a savage. He is a multi-faceted chap. Perhaps a bit schizoid .... for he is a god of music and dance as well as a god of war and slaughter. He is a destroyer. He carries two knives in his hands and can often be seen playing a harp. This little fellow--in my opinion--is in the midst of an identity crisis. When he's not upheaving nature ... he's busy protecting children and women about to give birth. When he's not carrying on with his weaponry ... he's associated with joy and pleasure. Dichotomy dwelleth within this god's soul. What, I wonder, would Freud have thought of our Egyptian god? Could he be analyzed? Could he be straightened out into becoming a normal ... functional and rational god ... able to mix with other gods on a Sunday afternoon when work was done? Could he playfully engage in a friendly game of manipulating humans ... as is and was the habit of all gods past and present ... all in good sport of course? Bes is his name. He looks like what you've never seen before unless you've seen his image. I have an picture of an amulet bearing his likeness. Quite pretty in an ugly sort of way. Attractive in fact ... in a terrifying manner. Beautiful as sin. Beatific as the devil himself. It's worth a look-see. Not too sure of the material from which he's made and so--in the golden spirit within which I reside ... like Midas ... I turned him into gold. The photograph was black and white and did not mention his makeup. For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Bes in order to view this great ugly god. And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark All issues of Tidbits are copyrighted and available from our home page. All rights reserved. |
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