Dancing For Rain

   When our primitive ancestors desperately wanted the rain to come in order to stave off a famine we all know what they did. But what few people realize is how logical their ceremonies and rituals seemed to them. They didn't just dance and hope it would please the gods so they would send the much needed rain. No, they were convinced beyond doubt that their dances, and their sacrifices --- human in many cases --- would bring the rain. They were convinced not just because their priests and other lawmakers told them it was so, but also because they saw it work over and over again..... or, at least that's what they really thought they saw.

   Of course we tell ourselves today how foolish these "primatives" were, and think we would never be so easily deceived. We realize that what they fell for was a combination of political razzle-dazzle by their leaders, and unconcious selective memory. They clearly remember all the times that it didn't come. After all, when the rain didn't come it was always for a good reason --- a reason that their priests were always sure to point out to them, usually involving the need for more sacrifices and alms.

   It is no different today, but instead of dancing for rain, our leaders and lawmakers dance for peace, or justive, or freedom, in the name of gods no more real or potent than Ixtle, or Thor. Of course our gods today go by other names, uch as Lady Justice, or the American Eagle, and don't forget good ol' Uncle Sam. You might think thee are merely symbols, not gods at all. But, think about what they symbolize and you will be soon forced to admit that the great statues that people once worshipped in temples were just "symbols" to them as well. We commonly assume that these primatives really thought the stone they worshipped was alive, but how stupid do we think those people were. They knew their statues were only symbols for something else --- an idea --- that they never called "gods" themselves; our historians invented that term later in order to describe this inevitably recurring social practise. No, they did not think of these ideas as gods, per se. They were powerful beings, sometimes with human qualities and frailties, but not human at all. And they had the ability to control things in nature that people could not comprehend, such as rain, earthquakes, or infant mortality.

   People in those days seldom prayed to these gods themselves. The common practise, across all cultures, was to take their appeals and requests to the lawmakers, and priests (the term "pharisee" fits best here because it means both lawmakers, law enforcer, and priest all in one; only recently have these roles been separated in the mind of social consciousness, but in truth they are still all one and the same thing --- except modern "priests" have been made impotent by the new religious ruling class we call "politicians"). We do the same today, when we are robbed, or our child is raped, we turn to our own pharisees for help, and we in turn expect them to influence their gods in order to invoke justice. And all they ask in return are mere tokens of submission to their authority (i.e. ability to persuade the modern gods for "rain"). But thir power to invoke justice, or even protect our children, is no more real or potent than the primative priest's power to bring rain, or ward off an invasion.

   Few people today can see the effective powerlessness that our government officials have to stop terrorism, or prevent crime. Like pharisees and priests of old, their power is all smoke and mirrors. Even if they did have the ability to do half what they claim, why would they? If they stopped crime, or eliminated terrorism, then they'd be out of a job.

   And it's not just some disgruntled child-rapist/killer telling you this. Many well established books have been written about it (I've listed a few amongst the other books I've read recently at 5Nbooks.blogspot.com). And I also speak from direct personal experience of the System's impotence to stop someone like me. If not only failed to stop me, but a careful study of my case history clearly establushes an enabling pattern. I don't think anyone in the System ever consciously wanted me to rape and kill jut so they could feel good about their job. But, the System itself has a clear intelligence and motive of its own that has been studied and well established for hundreds, even thousands of years.

   It is because of the Pharisees, who bow down to their precious System --- their new god --- that it is given the power to make people like me do the things we do. I'm not blaming them, only observing their role and responsibility for my crimes, just as I have observed and taken responsibility for myself.

   The insanity won't end until the pharisees stop worshipping their god. Killing people like me has no more influence on crime than killing captured warriors had on the weather. Of course our modern priests don't want you to know that. They genuinely believe ripping people's hearts out is the only real solution to this world's problems. So they'll never give up their power. It must be taken from them. And, it will be taken from them, hopefully sooner than later; and when that day comes maybe we can all stop dancing for rain and start trying to find real solutions for our problems instead.


[J.D. 31-12-13]