Moloch Nation
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(Conspiracy Nation, 9/4/04) -- Moloch is an ancient god to
which some of the Habiru made sacrifice. It is anthropomorphised (materialized,
brought down into matter) in the image, left.
In those long-ago times, a man might have many children, through
wives and concubines. To sacrifice one of the scores of his children to Moloch,
that the harvest (economy) might be good, was not too much.
Rene Girard notes that those doing the sacrificing disguise from
themselves what they are doing. "It is the god who supposedly demands the
victims; he alone, in principle, who savors the smoke from the altars and
requisitions the slaughtered flesh." [1]
Supposedly, voters in the United States are extremely "polarized"
at this point between the two
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main presidential candidates: John F. Kerry and George W. Bush. A supposedly
new terminology, "Blue vs. Red," is used to describe the alleged circumstance.
This "Red vs. Blue" fierce division is not really new, however, as anyone
who's read Procopius' The Secret History knows. In Constantinople
(now Istanbul) a thousand-or-so years ago a fierce division between Blue
and Red occurred. Have the political pundits knowingly plagiarized the concept?
Both of the main candidates, Kerry and Bush, are supposedly "moderates"
(i.e., not "extremists"), so what's the difference between them that has
supposedly so "polarized" the populace?
Blue Blood vs. Red Blood
The basic difference between Bush and Kerry is between which type of sacrifice
shall be offered to Moloch. "But Moloch is dead," the ignorant may argue.
Remember to distinguish between the anthropomorphised Moloch and the actual
principle, which exists beyond time and, Girard argues, is inherent to us
as a species.
Kerry the Blue heads the faction wanting to sacrifice the unborn to Moloch.
Bush the Red heads the faction wanting to sacrifice the youth (through war)
to Moloch. That is what all the fuss is about this election year.
By appeasing Moloch with the blood of the unborn, Kerry will propitiate
the god and the harvest (economy) will be bountiful. By appeasing Moloch
with the blood of the youth, Bush will propitiate the god and the harvest
(economy) will be bountiful. But is there no third way?
There is. Bring back animal sacrifice. Moloch wants blood, but is either
not particular about whose blood or can be fooled by animal blood. Yes, People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will be outraged, but the present
human sacrifice will at least diminish.
The Habiru came to this solution thousands of years ago. As a way to move
away from human sacrifice they offered goats and sheep to propitiate the
god. (Yes, Yahweh is not Moloch. But Moloch was propitiated anyway.)
Beyond the Box
Carl Jung, in his autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections,
described his personal near-death experience. He died briefly and left his
corporeal body. Then, as Jung was resucitated, he was loath to return to
what he called "this box world."
The Nag Hammadi codices, lost books of the Bible recovered recently, show
the genesis of the material world. The material world was brought forth by
Sophia, who "wanted to show forth within herself an image, without the spirit's
will: and her consort did not consent. And she (Sophia) wished to do so without
his pondering: for the person of her maleness did not join in the consent."
Sophia conceived the material world without her male consort, and the material
world is therefore imperfect.
The dim ruler of matter has various names: Ialtabaoth, Samael, Moloch.
Above and beyond matter is the true God, the benign power which constantly
seeks to invade Moloch's fiefdom, by means of mimesis. (See VALIS
by Philip K. Dick) The true God fools Moloch via mimesis, so Moloch can
be fooled. Moloch demands blood, but it need not be human blood. The
Israelites figured that out long ago.
Bush is conservative in the sense that he represents a return to a traditional
blood sacrifice of the youth. Kerry is progressive in the sense that he represents
a new-fangled blood sacrifice of the unborn. A third method to appease Moloch
(which like it or not represents a sort of reality) is both conservative
and progressive (in the sense that it is a long-ago progress invented by
the Habiru): animal sacrifice. It is not a perfect solution, but neither
is this a perfect world and we must face up to that.
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[1] Girard, Rene. Violence and the Sacred. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1977. ISBN: 0-8018-2218-1
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