Reading the Book of the Dead

I read the Book of the Dead.
I found the parallel law Ezekiel quoted.
I understood at that moment, what the LORD meant.
Egypt's laws are identical to the LORD's.
It is simply the sin of idolatry;
Purely, there is no other name.
Ancient cultures had wisdom,
So beware that, and never take
An idol upon your lips in worship.
As the Scholars do,
They turn the LORD into Ba'al
And make Israel a hybrid worship
Of Egyptian Righteousness and Semitic Pantheons.
No, we worship the LORD in truth.
Lord God Jehovah-Jireh, Most High, Jesus Christ.

Fortune

To understand our world,
One must know the wills of other minds:
Every cent you earn is from a willing buyer.
Fortune corrodes, and delusions make a man rich:
Or do they? Other wills destroy.
Other wills build.
They give and take away, you understand?
Philosophers do work,
But if another man says it is not so...
They take it away and it is no more.
There is no ryme or reason to fortune.
It is a wheel, elevating one man
And crushing another.
Making a skilled craftsman into an apprentice
And a novice into a grand master.
There is nothing in our world that makes sense:
The empress falls to the will of other men:
She is no more.
Good or bad, it matters nothing.
Wills produce all fortune good or bad.

Math Thoughts

Subtraction must be in a certain order---
Or you can just add with negatives.
Likewise, a function can express a line or curve,
And understanding this can derive an exact area
For what is underneath it, or the curve itself.
The limit is the exact ratio, of the division of the function,
Which the function is explained through multiple
Trigonometric variables.
And we can combine these, to calculate the whole curve
And then take those variables, and calculate another curve.
What a wonderful world it would be?

On Church Hierarchy

So there is no more debate, my brethren, for my brother and I have debated, and looked like fools—where we should be of one mind, and one spirit. Here is the ecclesiastical and spiritual authorities.

Of the Ecclesiastical Authority, that is the Church Administration, there are Bishops, Pastors, Teachers, Deacons, Sub Deacons. A bishop resides over pastors, a pastor resides over teachers, a deacon can be an administrator or teacher. Women are deaconesses, and some men not of the age of 30, can be subdeacons of which is a deaconess, who are Music Directors, Sunday School Teachers, Accountants, Event Organizers and those who tend to the littlest of the flock. This is separate from the Spiritual Gifts, and the Spiritual authority.

Of the Spiritual Authority, it is Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher, Administrator. That is, an Apostle has the highest revelation and the Administrator has the least, though is used for the Church. Such it is, Jude and Simon were Apostles, but not Bishops nor Pastors. Rather, they served as Deacons and Teachers. But, were highest of the authority in Christ’s kingdom. Let yourselves not be deceived. A woman cannot be a Pastor or Bishop. But, a woman can be an Administrator, Teacher, Apostle or Prophet. For the role of Bishop and Pastor must be led by a man, who can fend off the wolves, for he has great strength. Even Deborah, who was a king, could not be Priest, for the roles of Priest, Prophet and King are to be separated.

An Elder is any Christian man, above the age of 60. Treat him with respect, he earned a hoary head. Likewise, treat Elder Women with great respect, and give them steward over the Children and other Women, for here is where the most division comes from. Women instill into the little children wise teachings, and form the bedrock of the faith. For without the concrete knowledge of a Woman, a Child cannot grow wise. But, as a man, his teachers become men. And women and children are the source of all the great divisions. Be cautioned.

Of the gifts, you have heard from Paul that God gave first apostles, then prophets, and then teachers, and then miracle workers, and then healers, and then helpers, and then governors, and then those who speak another language. For, each work’s effect, let none divide the gifts, the authority and the spiritual knowledge. One is Power, one is Wisdom, one is Mercy.

To the Summit

O! Brother! O Mother! I summit the
Mountain, to reach its rocky peaks. I climb
Over the pills with you, and repeat this:
"Turn back, turn back, turn back, O! turn back!" Why?
I know a long journey needs preparation.
You must know the trails, to conquer them true.
Just like a recipe, you must follow
Each step exact, retracing all the paths.
Curry soup, and Roast Beef; Peas, carrots and rice.
To enjoy the decadence of dinner
Blaze each step slowly, make each decision
Carefully, a little change here, a spice
There, off the track. Slowly learn, and savor.
The decadent meal is one understood.

The Wise Man and the Oracle

The wise man wandered through a vast desert
And was searching for the Oracle of Ammon;
He heard Alexander had been there, and wished
To hear the vast wisdom of her cherished thoughts.

He finally arrived, and asked the Oracle:

"Tell me about the arts."

The Oracle laughed and said,

"The arts? Be in time, and if the sewer is where
"Do not seek to clean it.
"For down the debacle does the slough flow
"And into the river, where there will be none.
"And when purified, all will be made new."

The wise man furrowed his brow.

"What of my wisdom?"

The Oracle said,

"Wisdom goes in its cycles.
"What makes a man prosperous is honor in one era
"And what makes a man profitable is deceit in another.
"Be in the times. Do not burden yourself with the past
"And think not about the future.
"Rather, know ony the present."

The wise man said,

"What of my body?"

The Oracles said,

"Health, wealth and power are the gods of one generation
"Amity, friendship and pleasure another.
"It goes its ways, in cycles,
"Men are fit with pleasure, and the next generation squanders it."

The wise man said,

"What of religion?"

The oracle said,

"Religion is whatever the times decree.
"In one era, it focuses on war and wealth
"And another it focuses on peace and health.
"Both are contained in every scripture
"But man must choose his path."

The wise man said,

"What of sex?"

The oracle said,

"In one era, nothing is known about it.
"Not even the marriage bed is their pleasure.
"The affaires are only social,
"And nudity is never known.
"In another, the very point of pleasure is sought by all
"And marriage is forgotten.
"There can be no affaires, for all are mates
"And nudity is seen in the public square."

The wise man said,

"What of pleasure?

The oracle said,

"Pleasure is like a wheel:
"There is pleasure in work
"There is work in pleasure
"There is no pleasure in work
"There is no work in pleasure.
"Thus, it goes in its wheel."

The wise man said,

"I have studied the sages,
"What of the Sophists?"

The oracle said,

"Science is forgotten, and science is then known.
"It leads to suffering when science is unknown
"But it leads to suffering when science is too well known.
"For where science is too well known, it ceases, for all disappears within the gaps.
"Where science is unknown, it never is."

The wise man said,

"What of economics?"

The oracle said,

"Let a man eat from what he earns, and lay no barrier to him.
"Do not slander his business, for he may be a grandmaster
"In penury, and all mock him because of public debate.
"Let men do their business, and do not hinder them.
"Grow the fruit tree at every hecter.
"Do not scorn the arts or sciences or law or freedom.
"For economics is the vehicle of a people's happiness."

Analysis of Athos from The Three Muskateers

It is interesting, that in the modern moment, I suspected Athos of being queer. But, recall, that's a modern lens, and not truly who Athos is. It wouldn't have even dawned on the author to make a character like that. Where there is mystery, and disinterest in women, isn't necessarily because of Athos being Gay, but from having loved deeply, and having to put his wife to death. Even so, they didn't even have sex, having been married. Athos never saw the Fleur-De-Lis brand on her shoulder. The culture, at that time, was disinterested in sex. It was not something they really thought about, as is evident in the story that people would be married, and not even have seen their wife's nudity. And certainly, men wouldn't sleep with other men, they would have no conception of it.
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Final Proverbs

1. A sermon is sacred, and the heart of wisdom is the truth: Speak wisdom in your soul, and make your Heart's Psalms like scripture.

2. For, all wisdom comes from witness, and all scripture the same: What we know about God, is knowledge worth revealing to another.

3. Yet, be admonished my Son, there are only those books given. Do not add to them, and do not subtract.

4. For, sermons, hymns, epistles, proverbs, psalms and prophecies do not belong with scripture.

5. The LORD will sharpen your lines, and make the paint formed to its patterns. The wise man does not know: "How did this happen LORD?"

6. All talents are received by God's mercy, and all works of charity the same. There can be no good thing done, without the LORD to bless it.

7. If the LORD establish your wisdom, it will be a diadem of righteousness in your crown.

8. Seek the LORD in all things, and do not forsake the ministry of others.

9. Because a thing is not scripture, forsake it not. Because a wise man is not Christian, forsake him not.

10. The wise are not ostriches, who force their heads into the sand to keep from seeing. They are not hyenas, whose genitals shift with their every whim.

11. The wise are not rabbits, who fornicate even with their next of kin. The wise are not lions, who seek after the prey.

12. The wise are not eagles, who soar high and espy the prey upon the Earth. The wise are not dogs, who sodomize.

13. The wise are sheep, who chew the cud over and over again, and make a grainy food easy to digest. The wise are cattle with horns, who wound the jackal.

14. The wise are doves, who fly close to their mate no matter the storm. The wise are geese, who adore their goslings and hiss at nearby danger.

15. The wise are like locusts, and spread their sayings across the land. The wise are like ants, and busy themselves with work but sting when their hive is crushed.

16. The flowers appear in their times: the land is sown in the spring; it is watched in the summer; it is harvested in autumn; it is ploughed during winter.

17. The moon governs the seasons, and the sun also, and the stars. That is all they are for, and not for divination.

18. There is a miser who wishes to destroy all that is sacred. He alters the sayings of the wise, and men forget their wisdom.

19. Do not forget, my Son, wisdom. The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. A word arranged is not as important as what it speaks.

20. The wisest man can perceive a thought, no matter how obscure. The most foolish cannot even understand a plain saying.

21. Much strife is in the colleges, to strain a camel and swallow a gnat. They throw out the most useful, and keep the dross like it were silver.

22. When I see the wise, they strive to know what "Is", and they cannot. Therefore, they question it.

23. Use this knowledge, my friends, to reconsider your paths, and watch your mind. Put it to use, and do not forsake reason.

24. For valid inquiries ought to reveal the LORD, not diminish Him. Therefore, do not be afraid to question.

25. However, when the world has changed, and there is no more wisdom, and no more can be seen of the Son of God---for Satan has purged Wisdom from the Earth---look up, for our Redemption draws nigh.

26. In the clouds of heaven, will our redeemer appear, and with Him a cloud of witnesses, of what abominations man had done upon the Earth;

27. To steal from the wise, and make him sad, and to uplift the wicked, and make him fat and glad.

28. Therefore, do not be late! Seek Wisdom now, while it is still plentiful upon the Earth, and do not wait another second. The LORD is merciful, but for a second the wicked vanish, and they are no more. They go down to their habitation in hell, and what was all the treasure they heaped up on Earth? It could not save them in that day.

29. Yet, there is a wicked man who covets the prized pearls of another: Thus, he snatches it and says, "Solomon spoke it in his book, therefore I am clean."

30. You shall go to hell, you foul Cretan. For being an abomination. At the last, you truly believe it was yours. But, in your heart you know.

31. And at the last, at old age, you sigh and say "It was never really true. There is no judgment from God. I can eat the pealed grapes, and the marrow, and the choicest of the vine."

32. At that moment, death will snatch you, and the wise man will be refuted no more.

33. The wise man shall enter into Wisdom, and Mercy, and Peace, and stand at the throne and give a good account.

34. You shall stand there, naked, as if approaching the feast: "Where was your garment?" Shall the LORD speak.

35. You shall be silent.

36. The wise man will eat pleasant things, and drink pleasant things, and be accompanied by pleasant thoughts and aromas.

37. The wise man shall have lovers in all, for he loved them even when a stranger.

38. He saw them, and was stern, and scared for their life. Yet, he would die for the party of his entourage.

39. He will call to Wisdom, "Be my bride!" and he will call to Peace, "Thou art worthy!" and he will call to Mercy, "I am thy friend."

40. Therefore, all things considered, a man will prosper but a little while in his wicked deeds. He will have children, and even find charity in his heart toward them.

41. But his wicked deeds will not go unpunished, and he will account for the calamity his mind had caused.

42. The wise shall consider carefully the paths of the blessed, and see fortune is to be kept where moth and rust cannot corrode.