
Re: The Holy Schizophrenia | and the word of God.
well let me tell a story
the other morning i was feeling discouraged and somewhat overwhelmed when out of the blue into my head pops the word "conqueroo" and again quite insistently "CONQUEROO"
conqueroo?!?!?! what the hell is that supposed to mean? i thought to myself
does it mean conquer as in overcome and roo as in kangaroo?
ahhhhh lets google it i thought.
next thing you know i'm gettin' it, in blues lyrics (muddy waters, dr john etc)
it's a reference to "black john the conqueror" the trickster spirit that taught the slaves how to overcome the oppression of "old massa"
next thing you know i'm reading "High John de conquer" by zora neale hurston and enjoying a very VERY nice mythological tale.
and singing to myself "black john the conqueror" by Dr John
now the funny thing is i work in an oppressive corporate environment where "ole massa" is alive and well in my corporate overlords and they frequently get me down, but not this week baby! not with black john de conquer showing me how to deal with that shite.
so as didan says
just like socrates and his daemon, there was me and high john.
now i have long found that i can swim in the same water the schizophrenic drowns in
and if you think of the stories as metaphors and allegories well who knows there could be a baby in that bathwater.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1kU3g0WaL8http://realpagan.net/group/hoodooconjur ... oup%3A6664