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House of God

Your church, your synagogue, your mosque stone by stone by righteous passion rent, dismembered to the cornerstone: the blessed oil of its anointment washed away with blood and curses. Behold proud citizens of authenti- City, our house of gods, our vain idols of hateful self validity: this ruin of th...

II. The Audacious Popesse

She is a strange mystery: this poetic irony of Faith allegorized by that which faith denies. Beneath her bridal veil this sacred bride, enthroned in a place denied by faith, unveils unholy truth: the monstrous truth of barbarous clerics who, beneath decrees of faith, prefer to prey on than pray for.

I. The Ephesian Juggler

"He's One", they say, the first, this fallen Adam, lowest of the low, this blond sweet talking smooth shaved mare who stands like a priest at the altar, praying on the gullible. He, with his holy relics: three dice from 'neath the cross of Christ, made from the bones of old Gods; his missa...

0. O Crazy Fool

Poor man of little worth made nought walks by quick stride: a motleyed fool, in well worn rags rip torn and bejeweled in bells and baubles. With asses ears the holy mule bears his burdens, walks with marotte stick, one foot bare, one foot shoed, passing through the years. "Tarry till I come aga...

Re: The Moon

If we take the woman on the Charles VI card to represent Diana/Artemis, I think there is no need to think of a corruption from a quite different allegory of Venus. We could simply refer to a definition attributed to Homer himself: “Artemis of the golden spindle” (Odyssey IV 122; Homeric Hymn "...

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