First published at 22:54 UTC on June 14th, 2021.
Mary, Queen of Scots, the nursery rhyme, its political message for the day, with updated lyrics for the 2nd Elizabethan Age. We discuss the iconic politic-mythology of the day with respect to the mythology of the Ancient World, how cultic forces may…
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Mary, Queen of Scots, the nursery rhyme, its political message for the day, with updated lyrics for the 2nd Elizabethan Age. We discuss the iconic politic-mythology of the day with respect to the mythology of the Ancient World, how cultic forces may be at work in the present day. We suppose the golf ball is the White Goddess of Robert Graves sportified. Some off the record comment upon Mick Jagger, his reputed sympathy for the devil, whether sarcasm permeates his lyrics, his role in the death of Brian Jones (if any), and when are they going to do Dylan’s “Ballad of a Thin Man” to bring back the pre-1969 edge? I place this under politics, instead of literature or spirituality, because the political question is more pressing, I suppose. And let’s tamp down on the political heat in the US and delve into Albion. Reagan whacked John Lennon? How about Maggie Thatcher? Lennon was on his way home in 1980.
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