One was the name of Beelzebub, or Baal-zebub, originally a god of Ekron in Philistia, to whom King Ahaziah of Israel prayed for healing (2 Ki 1:2). The name means “Lord of Flies” because the ancients believed that the souls of the dead could dwell in flies, birds, bees and other flying creatures; the Greek word for a butterfly is psyche, meaning “soul.” Thus, Beelzebub was a god of the dead and of oracles originating in the after-world. As one of the rivals of the biblical Yahweh, he was naturally demonized along with all the other non-Hebrew Baals.
What Is Patriotism?
by Emma Goldman
1908
San Francisco, California
Men and Women:
What is patriotism? Is it love of one's birthplace, the place of childhood's recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations? Is it the place where, in childlike naivete, we would watch the passing clouds, and wonder why we, too, could not float so swiftly?
His hands keep turning into birds and
flying away from him. 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
Yes. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? I don't have to
answer that. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. He has a
body but it doesn't matter, clean sheets
on the bed but it doesn't matter. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴
𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬
𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢. You miss
the point: the face in the mirror is a little
traitor, the face in the mirror is a pale
and naked hostage and no one can tell
which room he's being held in. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴
𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘦.
𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵,
𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. he wants to
move forward into the afternoon because
there is no other choice. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.
Birds in a cage think flying is an illness.
A. Jodorowsky