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Ammon Hillman opens with the claim that the word tyrant is Greek, a tyrannos (τύραννος), and that the Greeks built festivals to show citizens what a tyrant looks like so they would not elect one. The source is Lucian, the second-century satirist, and the story of Megapenthes (Μεγαπένθης), whose name means great grief, a tyrant dragged back by Hermes to the boat of Charon because he keeps running back for the eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία), the prosperity he lost. The test the episode names is greed: a tyrant is a servant of luxury before he is anything else.
The negotiation is the indictment. Megapenthes offers Clotho a thousand talents of stamped gold, then offers his own wife in his place, and asks what will become of his estate; she answers that his daughter will be handed to the prostitutes of power, and that every statue of him will be thrown down and laughed at. The shoemaker who lived beside him remembers the tyrant as the huperanthropos (ὑπεράνθρωπος), literally the superman, robed in the blood-colored purple of the Laconian sea, and the truphē (τρυφή), the luxury, is named as the thing the tyrant loves. In the underworld the judge Radamanthus strips the soul and finds the stigmata (στίγματα), the marks every bad action leaves, and the shoemaker says the purple robe equals his torn cloak once all color is gone.
The punishment is the point. Kuniskos, the philosopher called the puppy man, asks that the tyrant alone not drink from the Lethe (Λήθη), the water of forgetting, so that he will remember forever the wealth and power he lost. The two small figures, the shoemaker and the philosopher, recognize the underworld from the Eleusinian mysteries, and the episode argues that the initiate is not afraid of death because the initiate has already been through it. The close returns to the oracle, the civic check on tyrants, and to the claim that the last goddess to leave a people is justice.
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Welcome back to Lady Babylon
This is Bed of the Muse
And this episode is gonna have to be prefaced
This episode, we’re gonna have to introduce this episode
It is so radioactive
It is so radioactive
as soon as the thumbnail hit, I got messages on messages on messages. Oh my God. The response
was spectacular. It was spectacular. People really want to come to see the tyrant in hell.
And I appreciate that. I appreciate that. Lucian appreciates that. Yes. And ultimately,
your brain will appreciate that too satanic congregation what i’ve got for you tonight
is going to be delicious now you know me you know me what i’m all about this is a temple of the muse
baby and you know how it works we use that power of hecate to protect that aid alone and who is
Hecate, you know, I’ve been going on YouTube, you know, mostly YouTube because, you know,
that’s where I hang. And I’m looking at different people talking about Hecate. And I’m thinking
to myself over time, these people, they’ve never met. They’ve never met. You see, the problem
is that wall. I think it’s the fourth. It has to come down. Hecate. Who is Hecate? She’s the one
who dances with the dead. She’s the one who dances with the dead. If you didn’t understand
Hecate, it’s because you haven’t danced with the dead. Are you ready to dance with the dead
tonight? Now, in typical almond fashion, what I’m going to do is I’m going to bring up those
ghosts, and I’ve only got one for you tonight. But listen, here’s the preview. Listen, what is
happening is you’re about to witness the magic of the muse. Okay. We’re going to reach into the
past and we’re going to pull, we’re going to pull that tyrant right out, right out of hell.
And we’re going to look him in the face. That’s what tonight is. Tonight is the mirror magic.
If you don’t understand what that is, that is the heart of Bacchic worship,
looking into oneself, looking in the mirror.
Why?
Because you don’t know who you are.
And I’ve got a lot of messages from people who, oh, amen, I’ve followed you,
but admire your scholarship. But you have profaned the blessed and holy orange. You have.
What are we doing here? Okay. What I’m going to bring you is an ancient source. And that ancient
source is a mirror. And we’re going to look into that mirror. We’re going to look right into the
tyrant. We’re going to see who the tyrant is. This is fresh, people. What I bring to you
is from the spring. This is a classical well. Don’t tell me to hurry up. Don’t tell me to
hurry up. I do things my way. I fly my way. And you’re going to love this. Oh, God,
satanic congregations, you are going to love it. Let’s get to it. Let’s get to it. Are you ready,
chewy let’s hit the uh hit the go ahead and hit the number one people who am i bringing you i’m
bringing you lucian and lucian has a story has a story about people going to hell and lucian
tells us about the tyrant who went to hell and how he ran his real pain in the butt for hermes
right here’s hermes right and he’s trying to tell the story of what’s going what’s been going on
because he’s been delayed in bringing all the souls for the day. He’s the soul bringer. He’s
the soul bringer. Hear the anthropology, right? He’s the psychopomp. He’s the one, how does he do
it? He does it with that wand, that wand that has become your symbol of medicine. That wand is the
conveyor of souls, right? Everybody who’s been here and who’s been watching the cult, note that
down in your anthropological notebooks, right? What’s going on? Okay. And the tyrant tries to
run away. Hermes has to go back and get him. And that’s where we enter this story. And we’re going
to look at the classical tyrant. And what is so neat about this, the magic here is you’re going
to find a core in Greek. You’re going to find the Trump. You’re going to find the Trump. Oh God,
you’re going to love this. You’re going to love the connection. You’re going to be like, how do
do that right it’s not me it’s not me i’m not the one pulling any levers that’s the power
that’s the power of that muse that classical voice you should be thanking me that you’re allowed to
be here because none of us are worthy of that voice that’s a pure and gorgeous that’s right
stay back. Dragon says, stay back. First one steps over the line, you get the arrow. Oh, God,
give it to me. Go ahead, Chewie. Hit me with that first source. Hermes, what are you going to tell
us, Hermes? Look, the guy didn’t want to stay here, right? He’s some kind of tyrant. He’s some
kind of tyrant, right? And what’s happening? The things that he’s saying, oh my God, he’s wanting
to leave and go back for, you know, for eudaimonia. He’s missing his eudaimonia. He’s missing his
what? He’s missing that prosperity. He’s missing his prosperity. Number one, arrow. Hit it. Give
me the next one. Do you people want to see? Oh, do you people want to see what this guy’s name is?
right his name is great misery mega penthes and he is a turanus and what is that the word tyrant
is a greek word the word tyrant everybody after mother greek came along borrowed it said ha what
a great invention the festivals in athens that are meant to purge society those are festivals
in which I go and watch somebody get possessed, right? Tell the people who are acting today,
break down that fourth wall. You got to be possessed or it doesn’t work. People who are
possessed bring you the tyrant, people who are possessed. And why would you want to go watch
that besides all the good food and everything? Why would you want to go watch that? Because it’ll
purge you. It’ll cleanse you. And our democracy will be stronger. Do you understand? This is for
the deems yeah neighborhoods give me the give me the next one oh god what is this what’s happening
so here we’ve got the spirit of the tyrant and we’re taking his spirit to hell and he’s trying
to get away he’s trying to get away right and they’re collecting all the souls are being
collected and put onto the boat where charon is and what kind of souls we got babies and we got
old people. Isn’t that something? We got babies and they’re all like fresh grapes. And then we
got old people. They’re kind of like raisins. And this is what the Moirai are saying. This is what
they’re saying of the people, the souls that they’re collecting. Look, you got young ones,
you got old ones. You got ones that are killed by tyrants. You got a couple of those. You got
ones that are killed by Lestai, by pirates. It’s a wonderful little look at the anthropology of
what’s going on. Yeah. What are your death rates about? Well, let’s see. Hit it. Give me the next
one. So here we are. We’ve got our tyrant with us. We’ve got our tyrant with us. And Clotho says,
look, people, bring me the people who’ve been judged by the courts. I want them. I want the
people who’ve been beaten and the ones that have been tortured, right? And I want the ones that
the pirates, the ones that the Lestai, those guys, they’re involved. Where are they, Hermes, right?
So we’re collecting souls. We’re collecting souls. Wait, the tyrant is coming. Just wait,
you’ll see. Give you the next one. And what happens? What happens? A little guy named Puppy
man right kuniskos right puppy guy comes up puppy guy is a cool guy right and why is that he says
listen to him listen to him speak remember this is a soul speaking to the powers of the cosmos
and what does this soul say he says look i’ve been standing next to you you know you best of goddesses
clotho right that’s your name i’ve been standing here next to you you have given me a life that’s
you know i don’t deserve what you’ve given me the length of time that you’ve spread out for me
give me the next one and clotho is like look look he’s like why did you do that you didn’t have to
do that and she says don’t you love it isn’t that tender and beautiful and what does she say to him
look i’ve made things this way so that you could be an overseer and a doctor to these humans who do
such bad things so um get on the boat and good fortune to you brother right that’s what that’s
how the soul is interacting do you now wait we’re gonna look in the mirror where’s that timer give
me the next one we gotta search down that time i’m gonna jump to it right pretty quick tonight
um because i want you to see i want you to see what you are doing because that’s the power of
the muse okay the power to look into that mirror what what does the little puppy guy say you know
he’s a good guy i like him he ends up in a good place right but um he says mega
well you see there’s no verb in that sentence yeah there is it’s invisible
Isn’t Greek amazing?
Anyway, it says, look, this guy Megapenthes, that is the dude who is super miserable.
He’s a tyrant.
Here he comes.
He’s the guy who’s been causing so much trouble.
Hermes had to go running after him.
Give me the next one, please, Chewie.
Hermes had to go running after him.
What is it that he keeps trying to get back that he was taken away at death?
He’s trying to get his prosperity, his good fortune, his opulence, okay?
His opulence.
The tyrant is chasing the opulence.
Give me the next one.
Tyrant’s chasing the opulence.
Let’s see.
Let’s keep going.
What does Moira say to him?
She says, for what sake, for what sake did you come here?
And he says, Megapenthe says, I went to the, hang on,
Ektelesai ten oikion, Ektelesai, oh, yeah, for what sake would you have me send you back?
and he says, for the sake of completing my mansion, baby, my house is only, well,
it’s not finished, right? It’s only half finished, right? He says that half completion,
and I haven’t built it, right? I haven’t finished building it. He’s got a mansion
down somewhere. I don’t know. Maybe it’s in Florida. It’s not done. It’s not finished.
that’s why he’s asking to go back and she’s like why the why the hell do you want to go back give
me the next one and what does the tyrant say clotho says to him day race day race one word
watch this power of the greek give me the next slide one word here it is this is this is actually
from Laodicea. Trash. Trumpery. I told you there was Trump buried in this. I didn’t put him there.
Do you understand? Here’s our trumpery. What are you doing? You’re running after that which is
showy, but is useless. What does the tyrant love more than anything? You mean the Greeks are not
judging tyrants based upon their political party and their affiliation and whether they’re an
or this left or right or liberal or conservative. No, they’re not. They’re not. They’re saying the
number one test for a tyrant is greed, is greed. You want that luxury, don’t you? You want that
luxury. You see, the Greeks were scientific, very scientific people. They invented the scientific
method. Thank goodness they did or you and I would be traipsing around in bogs. Yes. How do you tell
a tyrant. Number one, is that tyrant a servant of greed? Is that tyrant a servant of greed? Are you
looking into the mirror at the tyrant? Are you a servant of greed? Is that your thing? Oh, God.
Now, why is that particularly so bad? Because you see, I hate to say this, but I’m going to go ahead
and interject here something. I’m sitting with the watchers the other day watching. We were talking
about the court, bring up that court. We were talking about the court that finally gave this
one, that finally gave complete and total power to a mortal. We’re talking about that court. And I
said, do you see, do you see Thomas sitting there with his big smile on? Do you know why I said this
to a watcher? Get that off there. I said this to a watcher. I said, do you know why he’s sitting
there with a big smile because he is going on vacay. He’s going on vacation. He’s going to take
the billionaire’s vacation. He’s going to do it. The watchers don’t find that stuff funny. They
don’t find it funny because that’s how you lose justice. Once you put a mortal above everybody,
you’re safe as long as that mortal is still underneath justice, right? This is a unified
people. We are all equal under the law. We are all equal. And when your most corrupt court
in Supreme Court history, nobody, nobody has gotten the millions upon millions that these
people have. What happens? Justice leaves. We’re not concerned about whether or not anybody’s going
to get justice. What we’re concerned about now is finding out what is a tyrant? What is a tyrant?
Greed. Greed. Always the mark of the tyrant. Always the mark of the tyrant. And when I say greed,
I’m talking about ancient desire for that which is going to elevate you.
I’m talking about, look, dude, if I give you this speech and you accept and repent of your
sins, you’re going to get eternal life.
That kind of exchange is a greed-based exchange.
You wouldn’t be going to heaven unless there was something that you were going to do, right?
you’re going to get. I’m going to give over my brain to this virus, and I’m going to perpetuate
this virus, and I’m going to sit and be self-delusional with this virus. Yeah. Greed.
You thought you knew ancient ethics, didn’t you? Shame on you. I have a sting for your buttices.
Shame on you. You had no idea what the ancient ethic was. You had no idea what Mother Greek
gave us greed do you see a commandment about thou shalt not be greedy put it at the top
put it at the top this is the ancient ethic give me the next one oh god what is it what does she
say to him claudius says look clotho says look you’re your brain is in the wrong place baby
and what is what is mr misery who is the tyrant what does he say oh i don’t need much time moira
i don’t need i’m just asking for a little bit you know i just need enough time maybe one day to stay
there and what i’m going to do is i’m going to show my wife where all the money is interesting
right why doesn’t she know already right i’m going to show my wife where all the money is
i’ve got a big treasury you know i’ve got a big stash that i’ve hidden right that’s
why he wants to go back that’s why he wants to go back what is it that’s on his mind the gold
give me the next one the gold is on his mind is the gold on the mind of the of the tyrant
let’s see let’s see look um look what happens what clotho says to him here right um you’re done
you’re done with those things that you had he tells her at the top line he tells her you know
all of that stuff was mine and she says guess what your time of procuring is over your time
of procuring is over the tyrant procures the tyrant gets the tyrant gets gold and the tyrant
gets salvation. The tyrant gets the obliteration, the obliteration of anybody who’s not of the
tyrant. Do you see the power it has over you? What am I doing? This is Ludovico. Your eyes are
open. I’m giving you the serum. I’m showing you what your tyranny is. Trumpery. Oh, oh, the horror,
the trumpery it’s amazing you thought it was what was important but it’s not where are we going to
put the trumpery we’re going to put it in flagathon the burning river of the underworld now you say
that sounds kind of christian right it’s because the christians borrowed everything from the very
same mystery some of them are practicing it openly too no problem we’ll call them heretics right
trumpery. Where is the trumpery? Are you looking at it? Okay. Give me the next one. Give me the
next one. Watch this, people. What does this tyrant say? He says, listen up, Clotho. I don’t
want to be heard by these people around us. Come here with me. Let me tell you something. Come a
little distance away. Okay. So she says, he says, look, he whispers in her ear. Hey, if you let me
go, I will give you 1,000 talents of stamped gold. 1,000 talents of stamped gold. That means
it’s got a face on it, right? It’s currency. It’s guaranteed. He’s got 1,000 talents. That’s a lot.
he’s a billionaire baby this is pick out any of your billionaires this is him this is him
are we there are we looking in the mirror where is is trump looking in the mirror yet is the
trumpery going on give me do you have that one no you don’t let’s see let’s go to this one
clotho says to him what she say you’re a moron right you’re laughably an idiot right you still
It’s a question. She says, you still have your mind on the gold? He’s dead, but you can’t take
that out of him. What kind of misery is it being a tyrant? You can’t take that out of them. That
misery is ionic. You’ve heard about ionic life? I’m bringing you ionic misery. Ionic misery.
let’s see what happens let’s see what happens to the tyrant oh i’m so excited i’ve got whips
for the tyrant come here tyrant you love your money so much don’t you and you have a bunch of
people who love your money and your prosperity don’t you you want your luxury you want your
luxury nice job constantine give me that one go for it okay what does clotho say to him look you
know, this is not going to happen. Somebody else is going to build your wall. I just thought that
was, I thought that was cute because one of the things he wants to do is he wants to go back and
have the power to build the wall. Yeah. He’s not going to get his wall. He’s nuts, man. Are you
kidding he’s dead give me the next one i hope he’s i hope he’s you know paying attention you
know what i mean oh god now um what yeah um when things get down to it this is a negotiation so
clotho is insisting let me just step back and explain clotho is is insisting that he get on
the boat for death, right? That he needs to be transported across to the underworld. And she’s
insisting he get off. And he just keeps, he’s trying to bribe her. He’s trying to, you know,
he’s trying to do anything to get out of it. Now, what does he do? He’s negotiating. He’s
negotiating, right? Because the tyrant values the negotiation, even when it’s corrupt, even when
it’s corrupt. The tyrant cannot see in the mirror. That’s why the Bacchic ecstasy is meant to force
you to look into the mirror. What does he say here? What’s the negotiation? Hey, I will give
you my wife in my place. Will you take that? And of course, she’s like, no, we don’t do that.
right? Because the books of accounting for hell are so extensive. Everybody has to be accounted
for down to the person, the unique individual that is you, every one of them. Again, this is
the classical mind at work. Nature is so perfect. She is so beautiful. Everything goes, the curves
go right together all the pieces they just paw they make this oneness that’s just oh god i’d
turn down the mojo right so our ultimate reckoning that logos is um always correct there’s no bs you
can’t substitute somebody’s actions for your actions your time has come and the tyrant just
doesn’t want to face that end okay give me the next one tyrant doesn’t want to face that in boom
here he is what does he say yeah yeah um uh again we’re back to negotiating right yeah um he says
look at least do this for me tell me i want to know what is coming what is happening what’s
gonna happen to my estate and everything like that right yeah fantastic we got by it all right
um here we go now for those of you who are like might you buy better equipment hey you shut up
i take the road i don’t take the information highway i take the little tiny you know
frontage road that’s got eight mbps baby hey you know somebody’s got to be classical here’s
mega penthes what does mega penthe says he says look the timer says look um please just tell me
what’s going to happen to my in my estate everything i’ve worked for everything that
i’ve you know all of that you know glory that i worked for give me the next one um clotho says um
okay here’s what’s going to happen your daughter is going to be handed over to those prostitutes
of power, your daughter is going to be handed over to those prostitutes of power. Yeah. All of
your images, Mr. Tyrant, all of your images and statues, they’re going to throw those down
and they’re going to laugh, not at you, but at themselves for having ever listened to any of
your junk. Yeah. Yeah. They’re going to make looking in the mirror great again. That’s what
they’re going to do. Why is she saying that? Because that’s how civilizations are, right?
The people at the time, you have to understand people at the time are fighting against the rise
of tyrants, whether it’s a handful of them or whether it’s one, it doesn’t matter. And they
have developed systems for dealing with tyrants and the number one control the number one control
is the oracle is the oracle did you know there’s a group of oracles throughout the mediterranean
there’s a group of oracles they work together uh-huh they’re the real power in antiquity and
i’m not the only one to say that it’s not new right they’re the real power the bronze age power
antiquity and if you go to one of those oracles as an official delegation of your town and you
present the question what do we do with our orange nightmare she’ll tell you exactly what to do and
you have the legal right to go back to your town and to carry out her sentence oh amazing why why
would you give them so much power because they hate tyrants something to do with that age man
something to do with that age and those drugs they were on the tyrants have to go can you see the
unattractive nature of a tyrant where is he where is he again who’s where’s our guy get him looking
in the mirror get him looking into that mirror come here there he is look at this image people
for one second. Look at the image. Who is attracted? Who is attracted to this image?
You must be seeing something that the rest of us aren’t. There’s something that is drawing you.
Is it the greed? Is it the greed? Is it the superiority? Is it the confidence? Is it that
power are you drawn to that can you feel it okay let’s see what else let’s see what else is going
to happen to our tire and what what makes a tyrant a tyrant um clotho says yeah that’s going to
happen to your daughter we did that one um check this out i just want you to see um that she this
is who it’s considered the prostitution of his daughter right to another person in power to make
up a dynasty, if you will. We don’t have dynasties in Rome now that we kicked the kings out. We don’t
have dynasties. Oh, don’t get me wrong. We have powerful families. We have plenty of that. But
those consuls, they don’t form dynasties. Our leaders don’t form dynasties. Yeah. It’s only
when you get empire, when the Republic is dead, that you get dynasties. Tyranny and family rule
go hand in hand, hand in hand. Okay. All right. All right. Give me the next one. What else about
these tyrants? Well, look what tyrant ancient Trump says. He says, tell me, right? Is nobody
up there upset? She says, what are you saying? Do you think you actually had friends? Don’t you know
that all of those people who were bowing to you and saying, oh God, the stuff you’re doing is so
great. Change the page. Don’t you know that they were what? They were doing that out of fear and
hope to get what you would leave behind. You got no friends. You got friends who are friends of
power. Yeah. Yeah. They’re just waiting for the opportunity. She tags on there. And it’s a
question because she says, don’t you understand this? Don’t you know? Imagine Donald J. Trump.
imagine him with a friend. Do you think that man has friends? Do you think that man has friends?
I know a lot of the people who want to get pardoned are his friends. Yeah. Are those real
friends? Do you see what the Greek mind is grabbing onto and preserving and holding up
is the real beauty. The sad thing is Don never sees it coming. His life is an eternal loop.
It’s an eternal loop of not knowing himself. His misery is brought by his own greed.
Superbus, they called the Roman tyrant. They called him Superbus. You know why? He was arrogant
and he was haughty. When’s the last time you voted in somebody who was humble? Not this guy.
I don’t know about you people, but this guy has every mark of the tyrant. Almost like this
document was written for him. And it’s a perfect reflection of you. It’s a perfect reflection.
Give it to me the next one. Give it to me. Satanic Lunk congregation loves it.
Here’s my wifey, my weefy wifey. What is she going to do? What is she going to do? Oh,
let’s find out. Let’s find out. She’s going to say off with you to the underworld while her
lover is with her making love to her. While her lover, did we find a photograph of that? I think
go ahead. I think we found some kind of AI photograph. There it is. There it is. What’s
your wife doing behind your back? What’s your wife doing? Well, I guarantee you one thing.
I guarantee you one thing. It’s not anything with you. What is the trade of the tyrant that his wife
can’t stand him? Well, I don’t know. I don’t know her personally, but I don’t know. If she looked
in the mirror with that sour face, it’s got to be reflecting some kind of displeasure, discomfort.
definitely definitely you see how the greek world determines and judges its surroundings
dude that person never smiles you can’t support that they got that they got none of that that
real power in the world that stays with you the reason that you’re not afraid to go to the
underworld the reason you’re not afraid to die yeah yeah they’ve been there they’ve been there
these two no that’s not how the tyranny works the tyranny is all consuming the tyranny is all
consuming there is no way to pry it out of the hands of that person without them suffering the
same fate as pentheus the tyrant yeah same fate awaits give me the next one give me the next one
oh there’s a couple more here that are just oh dr fever did we put politics war religion
baby. Right. Yeah. I can’t have one without the other. Give me the next one. So here we are now
that another dude comes up in the process. And who is this dude? This dude makes shoes. That’s
all sandals. He’s a sandal making guy. And you know what he says? He says, he walks up and he
says, look, um, listen to me, right? Oh, you, um, most honored of goddesses, right? This he’s
talking is he’s getting on the boat. He’s talking to Clotho. And he says, I used to live next to a
tyrant and very close. I got to observe everything that went on with him. And it seems to me that he
was equal to a God, even down to his purple outfit. That guy was so lucky. That’s how he
seem to me. Give me the next one, Chewy. But almost like the dude was a huperanthropos.
Does everybody see that? That middle word? Huperanthropos. It’s got two accents because
that little tis after it loses its accent to it, right? Okay, cool. What is a huperanthropos?
You know, Anthropos is a man or person or being, and Hooper is just, you know, if you
Latinize that, it becomes super.
Who is this?
This is literally the Superman.
Now, okay, all right, this is the image in the mind of the shoemaker of what the tyrant
is, of what the tyrant is.
You see him?
He’s the Superman.
this is the image that the tyrant himself is chasing this is that static in the air
right we all want henry cavill we do we all want henry cavill you know what i mean i’ll
i’ll admit it i don’t have a problem with that um i i got no problem with chewy right who with this
complete fascination with the superman right he’s got everything he’s got all the food he goes on
this big list of everything that he’s got everything that he’s got that is what the tyrant
is looking for but the shoemaker knows and says that’s not really how things are right
right when you don’t value those things their loss is meaningless to you their loss is meaningless
Do you see where the ethic is going? Give me the next one. Oh, God. Let’s do it. Watch this.
Oh, okay. Look at the second line and the third word in. I just want to bring your attention.
It’s the truffe, right? It’s the truffe that he really wants. That spectacular thing that when
you look at it, it’s just, oh, God, I got to have that. But you realize it’s meaningless over time.
It’s meaningless.
It’s empty.
It’s a bauble, right?
You could have had Henry Cavill.
Instead, you got a contract with, you know, X, Y, and Z.
You’ll make some money on it, but will it make you happy?
No, it won’t.
There’s an emptiness there.
There’s an emptiness there.
Even down to his robe.
His robe that is, I like how he says this.
He says it’s bloodstained.
it’s bloodstained with that mollusk from the laconian sea right they’re talking about
collection of the of the purple there right why because in antiquity you can take it down in
antiquity the marker oh and there’s l daimonia in that one too that he’s looking for the marker
of monetary power is not how big your estate is or how big your house is right your villa
although they do that too you the marker of it is whether you have access to purple there’s a reason
it’s associated with royal power right what you see donald jay what you see that draw of the purple
that draw is the draw of tyranny and it really doesn’t matter right it really doesn’t matter
that you walk around in purple okay let’s see there’s a couple of more what’s he gonna do
what’s the tyrant do to people by the way we’ve got a whole section oh god by heracles he says
this is the shoemaker he says look it’s so dark down here right it’s so dark down here
oh god i can’t even tell he says you can’t things are plain and i can’t even tell whether somebody’s
attractive or not look at simaki is she better looking than frinny he says i don’t know
everything’s sort of equal and it’s kind of homo it’s kind of the same color everything is equal
it’s the same color yeah nobody’s beautiful and nobody’s more beautiful than anybody else that’s
what he says he says look even me in my little ratty tat tat clothing it’s all torn up a little
ugly stuff. He says, it doesn’t matter. It’s equal to those purpled robes of the kings.
It’s equal to the purple robe that the royalty are wearing. Do you see what happens, people?
There is an ultimate equalizer built into justice. And anyone who is suffering from that draw,
any tyrants, whether they’re tyrants who are running for office and trying to overthrow
current government, disband the FBI, whether it’s that type or whether it’s other people
running in the system or it’s people outside, it doesn’t matter. You don’t have to be involved.
You don’t have to have a stamp if that tyrannical draw is in you. You got the greed. Do you know
you live in you live in the kingdom of the devil and his job is to punish you look into the mirror
and look at your god with his orange ridiculous skin i’m glad they don’t care about that in the
underworld because that stuff bothers me i think it’s a sign of his desire really i think it’s a
sign of his draw to be that superman right what it and isn’t it funny that nature has a
the muse who draws out the quantum reality the muse who weaves those strands together the quantum
reality she is always bringing irony she’s always giving you you can look at everything that happens
in human affairs and you can say wow what kind of lesson is that the least henry cavill on the
planet is the one that you find attractive you’ve got to ask yourself is
it the tyranny is that what it is is it the tyranny look into the mirror you
don’t know who you are you don’t know who you are you don’t know what kind of
life you’re living do you see the only way that I’m going to bring this to you
is if it’s a part of that classical song. And it very much is. We have giant festivals
to show you what a tyrant is so we don’t make this mistake of electing one. Interesting.
Interesting. Now, you thought the definition of a tyrant would be some kind of,
come somebody gets donations, they have a power back in their politics. No, no. Look at the greed.
look at the greed look what happens give me the next one oh um yeah yeah um look tell me um this
is the shoemaker again and shoemaker and puppy guy right his name means puppy they they hit it off
they’re two nice people and they end up holding hands when they get to the underworld and they’re
like this is the first thing the shoemaker he says he says wait a minute look look is it just me or
doesn’t this look like what they taught us in the Eleusinian mysteries? Doesn’t this look exactly
like what we saw? Yeah. Do you see? He’s not afraid. The person who’s been through the mystery
knows and is not afraid. It’s the reason they’re born again, not because they’re
reaching for something. Eternal life. Give me eternal life, Jesus Christ. Give me eternal life.
It’s no, because they’ve seen it, because they have been through the nourishing of the great
mother. They know. Is that why they’re not greedy? Wouldn’t that be funny? Wouldn’t that be funny if
people would go through this, right? Open up their eyes, have an experience they write about and say,
my God, man, I wasn’t even born before this happened. I know what life is now. And all of a
sudden, they don’t care about your money. If your reputation is having gotten where you are
because of your money and your ability to make it, do you know that is as un-American?
That is as un-American as anything. We hate tyrants. Our ancestors fought tyrants.
Yeah. Look for which one. Is it sleepy or is it Mr. Greed? Golden Toilet Greed.
Golden Toilet. You know what it costs to sit on a golden toilet? It costs a lot of people food.
I know. I’m a poor guy and I work hard so that I can eat. And it’s getting harder and harder
just to eat. And do you know what’s happening with Mr. Mega Misery? He is crapping on your food.
That is a tyrant. That is a tyrant. That’s a tyrant. Give me the next one. We’re almost done.
I’m grateful that you give me the time that you have. So these two guys, they’re making good
friends, the shoemaker and the, and, and, uh, what’s his name? And they come up to the judge
of the underworld. This is Radamanthus, Radamanthus. And what does he say? So who are you?
Right. And he introduces himself. I am a little poppy guy, right? What am I? I’m a philosopher.
I’m a philosopher. He’s this guy’s a philosopher. Fantastic. Now watch this people. You’ll be glad
you stayed because i’m about to show you what happens in hell are you ready this is so cool
i don’t know the physics of this if some somebody should make up the physics of this and put it into
like a drama right some kind of sci-fi because this is okay this is awesome okay let’s go back
to the one that we were just on he says who are you and he says i’m dog man you know what i mean
and um i’m a philosopher up here you know i use my nomade you know what i mean go down
Give me the next one. And he says, but, okay, Kaniske, right? You got to tell me something,
right? I’m going to look, I’m going to look at you for any stigmata. Wait, what? He’s going to
strip him and he’s going to look for his tattoos, the ones that are on the souls of every mortal.
wait every mortal’s got tattoos on their soul yes again don’t understand the physics let’s see how
those tattoos get there are you ready why do you think tattoos are so important those magic words
why do you think they’re so important right it’s a reflection of reality beyond the event horizon
i love this stuff okay let’s figure it out um aloo he can on yeah um i’m posting give me the
next one? That’s so that I can see your tattoos. And he says, wait a minute. He says, Konesko says,
well, wait a minute. I’ve got tattoos. Where have I got tattoos? And how do I get those tattoos?
You know what I mean? He’s like, huh? And the judge of the dead, one of the judges, there’s
three of them. The judge of the dead says, whenever somebody does something, I’m translating,
it’s really bad right in their lifetime um there’s an invisible tattoo that is placed upon the soul
the soul bears a tattoo but it’s it’s when you do terrible shameful terrible shameful things just
you know bad things bro don’t be doing bad things give me give me the next one and what happens to
this poor guy as he’s going through he lets him go right he says um look i’m gonna tell you
something um i once had a lot of tattoos right because the underworld judge looks at him looks
at his soul and he says well you got a few here some of them have looked like they’ve been
healed over or something you got some kind of drug or something you’re using and he tells him look
buddy um before i was a philosopher i did some bad things man and i got some soul tattoos but
you know when i started practicing philosophy i realized i could rub those out clean those out a
bit with the philosophy he made himself a better person with philosophy do you see and i’m not
talking modern day philosophy those guys are those guys are power hungry idiots right pettiness petty
power not even real power he’s petty um yeah yeah let me not yeah um and so anyway he says look you
know uh i cleaned things up i cleaned up my act with philosophy this is the love of wisdom this
is what causes you to question things right when you somebody tells you this is the way the universe
is and you think a little voice in your head says shut up dummy you don’t know what you’re talking
about right it’s good to engage that voice right because that voice will lead you to investigate
to learn that’s the love of wisdom baby we’re athenians we’re the ones who invented democracy
for goodness sakes don’t you think we’re going to be chasing that you can use that love of wisdom
to get rid of those soul tattoos yeah so the shoemaker and the mr puppy guy he they both go
off happy holding hands they knew what was coming they’d been through the rights you know they
didn’t have marks but that’s not the same thing what’s going to happen to the tyrant what’s going
to happen the tyrant let’s see let’s see okay um first of all the judge is going to bring something
up. You realize that this dude has killed without justice, right? Acritus. There’s no judgment
involved. Tyrants commit extrajudicial killing and they get away with it, right? When somebody
gets shot on the sixth, that blood is a killing. That blood is a killing, right? There has to be
some sort of answer there has to be some sort of fury that writes that wrong or that blood
spreads and the pollution spreads in order to avoid justice the tyrant commits murder
whenever a tyrant tells you we want we want some kind of trial for this person and this person’s
trial is not going to be in a court it’s going to be under different circumstances that’s extra
extrajudicial, military tribunes, military tribunes, right? Those are old. And guess what?
That’s not the law of the land. That’s not the law of the land. Yeah. Thank goodness that there
are people out there who are willing to stand against the tyrant. Who is the sexiest woman on
the planet right now? Who’s the sexiest woman? Bring her up. Bring up Liz. Bring her up. Liz
cheney liz cheney there i just want to tell you liz right now you are in the position you are in
the position of the savior of the republic yes there will be a time coming when you will be
compared to people like cicero you know you stand against the tyrants liz i put liz in a i put liz
in a yeah in a better here just so we can spend some little time together liz cheney right how
brave you know i don’t care what her politics are at all i saw this woman stand up in a way that men
men didn’t i saw a stateswoman born i was like no wonder dude no wonder they had like queen
hot jumpsuit and stuff like that because this is sexy. This power is sexy. Good for you, Liz Cheney.
Good for you. Love it. Love it. Was that a political statement? Absolutely not. I don’t
care what her politics are as long as she is justly sexy. Oh God. Right? Love it. Let’s get
the next one. Let’s get the next one. We got a couple more here, people. Yeah. Yeah. What does
the tyrant do when he faces the charges of the extrajudicial killing and a list of things that
tyrants do? He says, people are lying about me. The tyrant projects the lie. The tyrant is the
master creator of falsehood. Tyranny is always illegitimate. In order to make itself appear
legitimate. It must create a lie. You and I have watched that whole lie spun out. And Lady Justice
said, nope, your lie is just a lie. It’s not legitimate at all. So what did we do with our
smile on our face from the Supreme Court? We gave him immunity to justice. Immunity to what? To
justice that’s what a king is the king’s word is justice you have given yourselves a king your
greed has stained your souls with the stench of ruin and you have given yourself a king
you lose your democracy give me the next one so look he says um this is this is all the um
Radamanthus, who’s now judging, right? And really what’s it come down to? It doesn’t come down to
that. It doesn’t come down to what he’s wearing because in order to look at his soul, he’s going
to rip off his purple garments and he rips them off and he says, holy, what? He is covered. He
can’t even count the number of soul tattoos that Trump has. He cannot count them. He says, look,
this guy, his soul is black all over the place. It’s got big old bruises, black and blue. Oh,
God, this guy’s got so many stigmata. I don’t know where to start. They even overlap with each
other. How can I read this? It overlaps because that’s what he does. He reads who you are as a
person through your stigmata, right? Now you’re getting real antiquity. So he says, look, I don’t
know what to do with this guy. Should we just throw him into the Puri Phlegethonta, or should
we feed him to Kerberoi? Should we feed him to Cerberus, or should we throw him into the river
of fire, right? There he is. He’s waiting, right? You wondered what Cerberus is. I know at least
there’s one of you out there who is total crazy for Cerberus, right? Now’s your chance, right?
who gets who’s gonna why would you do that anyway why wouldn’t you cerberus loves that stuff he’s
gonna gulp it down he’s gonna go put down but somebody else comes up with a better punishment
give me the next um see they’re very democratic in hell right um kuniska says um look i know it’s
the custom right for everybody who’s dead to drink from the river lethe right that’s the custom okay
drink from the river of forgetfulness. He says, I know this case. And Radamanthus says, you know
it, buddy. You keep going. You know it. And Kuniskos says, okay, so why don’t you make this
one guy not drink from the waters of forgetfulness? Why don’t you make him not drink? And Radamanthus
says, what? What? What are you saying? Give him the next one. This will be our last. He says,
what are you saying? And Kuniska says, look, look, look, this is ultimately the most terrible
punishment. This is the greatest justice you can give to somebody like this, is you can cause them
to be constantly thinking about the opulence and power they lost. Yeah. You see where the justice
comes in, the justice comes in when nature strips that tyrant of his greed, when justice brings him
low. For those of you who came tonight looking for Donald Trump going to hell, I hope you have
seen into the mirror. I hope you have seen the draw and the magic now of that attraction with
the trump cult that power the recreation of that tyrant i hope you understand that a little bit
better from the ancient perspective of the people who figured out democracy i thank you for coming
tonight and as usual we’re not about politics we’re about dancing with the dead thank you for
coming tonight hell satan green hydroponic 64 death lover you own it i know you love it wish
you were here roll another the beast is purple dragons inhale the indica reeking it my weed is
sticky chickadee of poisonous kisses that girl you know she’s got it hell satan we’ll do this
all the way to the roads were paved i ride a bear horse in the sunshine blue tone big time wolfman
hillside root cut a grow it dawn bring a shining in the morning they puff a little bit of the
chronic poisonous dragon venom darkness through dreams frankenstein’s house upon the hill i make
it rain i spit the hot fire yells above verses make sure they got bunny ears on the gold horns
Smokin’ indica purple of the Sabbath
I’m Teddy Bass, Mr. Black Magic
Singin’ hallelujah, Jeepers Creepers
High purple move ya, root cutter
Evergreen tree grower, the antichrist you dream of
Thunder from on high, Venus in the sky
Heavy on the drums, 808 funk
Blackick mania, my dear dance with me
Where the purple flowers grow
Those with eyes to see
A kiss of Athena, dream of Saturn
Uranus, Venus dress
Roots grow from the stars overhead
Orphic hymns to the moon
Oracle ritual, with a kiss and a whip
Lady Babylon is with you
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