tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post7361594436379175967..comments2023-06-30T05:16:57.517-07:00Comments on Gosporn: The Swiss Army Knife of NarcissusMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-18438174303124978322009-06-27T09:54:52.849-07:002009-06-27T09:54:52.849-07:00ViolatoR - thanks for commenting.
EG - "gay&...ViolatoR - thanks for commenting.<br /><br />EG - "gay" and "straight" are modern concepts that had no meaning back then, especially to the ancient Greeks, who seemed to be the first metrosexuals.<br /><br />Eros and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anteros" rel="nofollow">Anteros</a> were nearly identical brothers who were "twin-like". This myth is perhaps another version of Narcissus and Ameinias, as is:<br /><br />"An altar to this god (Anteros) was put up by the metics in Athens in commemoration of the spurned love of the metic Timagoras who was rejected by the Athenian Meles. Upon hearing Timagoras' declaration of love for him, the young man mockingly ordered him to throw himself down from the top of a tall rock. Seeing Timagoras dead, Meles repented and threw himself down from the same rock."<br /><br />The erotic (Eros) twins are certainly a perennial theme in homoerotic fiction, and I wouldn't know if the same theme often appears in heteroerotic fiction.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-31587553265478770172009-06-27T07:54:27.069-07:002009-06-27T07:54:27.069-07:00One of the best pieces of bric-a-brac in my apartm...One of the best pieces of bric-a-brac in my apartment is a pair of Yoruba Ibeji, African twin-figures. Amusingly, the Yoruba have the world's highest twin birthrate, an incredible 150 per 1000 births.<br /><br />Intriguingly, male/female twins are actually far more common in mythology than single-gender pairings. Apollo/Artemis, Phrixus/Helle, the Egyptian twins Geb/Nut, the Dogon Nummu (who represents a merger of male and female characteristics as a higher and more ideal state, an idea that is echoed in European alchemy). <br /><br />There haven't been any gay twins to my knowledge...the closest was possibly Enkidu and Gilgamesh, and even they weren't actually twins.Esperanto Grrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255411270358682407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-62397677990087222142009-06-26T04:42:36.297-07:002009-06-26T04:42:36.297-07:00Good ideas on the twin theme. I was pondering how ...Good ideas on the twin theme. I was pondering how there's the 'initiate' and his reflection in the veil (which I've compared to water and ice and a mirror), and as the initiate moves towards the veil (like Narcissus towards the water), his reflection does the same, until they merge as one (or "The One," Neo, in <i>The Matrix</i>). Thanks for this, it's got my corpus-collosum tingling with activity!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612156064544756274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-70947459482027072582009-06-22T21:01:02.333-07:002009-06-22T21:01:02.333-07:00Hi Dev, thanks for the great comment! The car wash...Hi Dev, thanks for the great comment! The car wash thing reminds me of the White Swan car wash post from last month - note they are washing Chevy (bow tie) cars. <br /><br />The holographic universe principle is always hanging around - archetypes and symbols repeating in a fractal-like pattern. So yes, I think countries, economic systems, etc. will tend to manifest the unconscious nature of us. I was thinking about the Americas in that vein, and how N. America is mostly Ego, with the left brain dominating (science, analysis, defense) and how S. America is the "twin", being more spiritual, religious, passionate, and artistic. This would make Central America the Switzerland - Corpus Collosum - of the Americas? :-) We'll note that Costa Rica has also attempted a sort of diplomatic immunity over the years. Maybe that's why I've always felt drawn to the South, felt more at home there...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-62376763357394714612009-06-22T16:35:18.836-07:002009-06-22T16:35:18.836-07:00Haha:)that last video reminded me of that line fro...Haha:)that last video reminded me of that line from Rose Royce? car wash-you might not get rich but its better than diggin a ditch-Id work at a car wash with those two any day:) and OMFG the Russian bros-just exquisite-that's my new gay word for the month can't stop saying it-next stop for me Aeroflot haha! Great thoughts about the way the mind is divided-it really made me think of how some people are ruled by their thoughts/emotions (me) and others can go through life with this cool and calculated logic that has always defied my comprehension. i also thought your thoughts on Switz were very intriguing-if the world/matrix/universe is built on holographic principles that would make a lot of sense that things as different as nations/brains/economies/societies-well you get my point (i hope-a little tired and goofy today as if you couldnt tell:) would have their equivalent aspects in the world-I am having a lot of trouble concentrating lately also worry/insomnia and wonder if there are many people going through this right now? best to you and Varen as always and thanks so very much for the great article and beyond handsome men!!Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467101354793913827noreply@blogger.com