Picture this:
A man is created in a fashion completely different from that of normal men. Immediately those around him recognize him as something different and new, and great time and energy is invested int his development. He has innate knowledge of his greater capabilities and purpose due to his awareness of the circumstances of his creation. He easily earns loyalty and respect from those who take the time to get to know him as a person, but receives disgust and rejection from those who judge him based on what he represents rather than who he is. He is capable of astonishing feats, with incredible abilities compared to other men, but at the same time his strangeness sets him apart and prevents him from fully integrating with society. He learns of the legends his people have, that in a time of great need a man like him will come to save them. Eventually he is noticed by a great foreign power, and he is given up by someone close to him, taken away by the great power despite the best efforts of his friends to defend him. He accepts his fate and dies under the custody of the great power, in order that he may save the people he has grown to love, his people, the Jews.
Is this the story of Yod? Or is it the story of the Messiah?! Madness! But you can't deny that Yod is a savior. I doubt the similarities are coincidental.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Minds, Prepare to be Blown
I sincerely hope that you're sitting down as you read this. If not, grab a seat and buckle up.
Picture this: a powerful woman, never treated by her man as society expects a man to treat a wife. She emerges from the shadow of his influence and finds herself struggling to control the ideological future of a people. She represents an established political organization, and hopes to return to a time of paradise and splendor. However, her peculiar femininity causes many to distrust her.
She competes for that ideological control with a young man known to the people as an outsider, who speaks in terms of destiny and claims to have a vision of the future. He seizes the imagination of the people by promising them a fabulous new future. Although she disapproves of his leveraging his popularity into political control, he gradually brings one group of followers after another around to his point of view. There are concerns because he grew up in a far-off place, but he easily integrates himself into their society.
Both of them have nearly identical goals, to throw off the yoke of domination laid on them for years by what they see as a harsh, authoritarian leader. This unpopular leader generally responds to threats either by denying that they exist or attempting to obliterate them entirely with a display of overwhelming force. Eventually he finds it necessary to relinquish direct control, and so props up one of his faction's most loyal supporters to square off against the new threats.
As to how the story ends, I'm not too sure. "What do you mean," you ask, "isn't this the plot of Dune?" I can see why you might think that, my friends. But this is actually the plot...of ELECTION 2008!!!
To tie things together, a selection from the glossary:
BARAKA - A living holy man of magical powers.
Frank Herbert planned this.
Picture this: a powerful woman, never treated by her man as society expects a man to treat a wife. She emerges from the shadow of his influence and finds herself struggling to control the ideological future of a people. She represents an established political organization, and hopes to return to a time of paradise and splendor. However, her peculiar femininity causes many to distrust her.
She competes for that ideological control with a young man known to the people as an outsider, who speaks in terms of destiny and claims to have a vision of the future. He seizes the imagination of the people by promising them a fabulous new future. Although she disapproves of his leveraging his popularity into political control, he gradually brings one group of followers after another around to his point of view. There are concerns because he grew up in a far-off place, but he easily integrates himself into their society.
Both of them have nearly identical goals, to throw off the yoke of domination laid on them for years by what they see as a harsh, authoritarian leader. This unpopular leader generally responds to threats either by denying that they exist or attempting to obliterate them entirely with a display of overwhelming force. Eventually he finds it necessary to relinquish direct control, and so props up one of his faction's most loyal supporters to square off against the new threats.
As to how the story ends, I'm not too sure. "What do you mean," you ask, "isn't this the plot of Dune?" I can see why you might think that, my friends. But this is actually the plot...of ELECTION 2008!!!
To tie things together, a selection from the glossary:
BARAKA - A living holy man of magical powers.
Frank Herbert planned this.
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