by Joe Hillshoist » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:49 am
This is shitting me. I have been trying to post this reply to HMKGrey 's thread for hours, I have been out and back, its 6 hours later and for some reason I cannot post on his thread. The others seem fine. Here goes<br><br><br>Personally I think football of any code is closer to the truth all religions are striving for, (if they really are), that point was really brought home to me this week. Australia made the world cup this week, first time since 74, second time ever. Had never scored a goal before.<br><br>Beat Japan 3 1, bring on Brazil. I really really get the world cup now, in my bones, always understood it, but now I guess I grok it. I also believe the English football hooligan movement was heavily influenced by the rave scene a long time ago. So it makes sense that an ecstacy of passion and alcohol could lead to singing hymns and a bit less violence. <br><br>Is there any relationship between English fans singing jerusalem and them being less violent that you have noticed?<br><br>I remember that film Chariots of Fire. That is where I first heard Jerusalem. It always sounded so beautiful, dripping with honey like meaning. Being raised Catholic and half Irish at that, I never heard it.<br><br>Lawrence Gardner, sorry Siiir lawrence Gardner reckons the grail is the bloodline and every royal house in post Roman Europe is descended from Jesus and Mary Magdeline. I had a friend who ended up involved with a particular Native South pacific parliament. he mentioned that there seemed this real drive for European and other "Royal" houses to want to marry and create blood ties, and that many Maori (oops) royalty were involved. That particular parliament is a wild affair apparantly.<br><br>Heres a link you may be interested in<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.geocities.com/ratscabiesholygrail/links.htm" target="top">rat scabies and the holy grail</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>For some reason i thought it was genesis p orrige, not rat scabies but thats a link to the links page on a website. It would have been relevent if it was genesis given his tripped out attitude to making music, but its not.<br><br>I know hes not exactly William Blake, but he's a fun old clown.<br><br>And yeah, William Blake and the holey Grail is worth talking about. I never clicked that about Jerusalem being a true story. Always thought it a metaphor, and a most un Blakelike one. It makes more sense now. And so does this:<br><br>To the accuser who is God of this world<br><br>Truley my Satan thou are but a Dunce<br>And dost not know the garment from the man<br>Every Harlot was a Virgin once<br>Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan.<br><br>Tho thou art worship'd by the Names Divine<br>Of Jesus and Jehovah: thou art still<br>The Son of Morn in weary Nights decline<br>The lost Travellers Dream under the Hill. <p></p><i></i>
