tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1310389856306675585..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Michelangelo...(and those horns! ) Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-54636882285101518332016-08-26T17:59:39.867-05:002016-08-26T17:59:39.867-05:00Sabina~ Really? LOL - I didn't even notice he...Sabina~ Really? LOL - I didn't even notice he had a false nose in this movie - I did wonder if they had somehow, by clever use of makeup, made his nose appear to be a bit more bony and crooked than usual. :-)<br /><br />It certainly is interesting how these stories seem to "bleed" into one another.<br /><br />I've often wondered about the significance of those horn pendants - didn't realise it depicts a horn. The evil eye antidote ritual is/was an awful lot of effort! Giving the unpleasant starer a worse "eye" back would be my choice. ;-)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-76911814221222507032016-08-26T16:35:04.549-05:002016-08-26T16:35:04.549-05:00Seeing the movie poster above reminded me of an in...Seeing the movie poster above reminded me of an interview with Charlton Heston in which he said he had probably worn more false noses in his roles than any other actor.<br /><br />About the horns, while trying to recall the hand gesture taught me by a university Calabrian chum to ward off the devil, I came across this 'horned moon goddess' story below. (Age of Taurus stuff?) Coincidence that Moses comes down the mountain with the tablets and orders destruction of the golden calf Ba'al, often depicted with horns?<br /><br />http://divinorumandabsinthe.blogspot.ca/2009/04/golden-calf.html<br /><br />http://www.ciaopittsburgh.com/italian-superstitions-the-evil-eye-malocchio/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-23263341125798415702016-08-26T13:10:36.290-05:002016-08-26T13:10:36.290-05:00mike (again) ~ Another plausible explanation - ye...mike (again) ~ Another plausible explanation - yes! I like the idea of a hybrid of some kind. :-)<br /><br />Coincidentally - you mentioned the term "cuckservative" in yesterday's comments - a derivation from the word "cuckold", and cuckold is indicated by gesture of horns via index and little finger extended (as was mentioned in this post). :-) Quinky-dink - or maybe a horndoggle. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-57819246302890410122016-08-26T12:47:43.234-05:002016-08-26T12:47:43.234-05:00Who needs demons when we humans are able and willi...Who needs demons when we humans are able and willing doppelgangers, with proven skills? Clarke's novel may have some substance, but I'm more inclined to believe the devil is in our genes. Not sure how it got there, maybe a mutation gone sour, or a hybrid merging somewhere in our distant past.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-78620000432170627012016-08-26T11:48:48.448-05:002016-08-26T11:48:48.448-05:00mike ~ No, we didn't see "Horns" - ...mike ~ No, we didn't see "Horns" - I doubt we'd have been tempted, had we looked at the synopsis. :-)<br /><br />YIKES! (Your link)<br /><i> has black tattooed eyeballs and horns attached to his head and arms.<br />But this is no Halloween costume or a clever make-up trick, it's a way of life for Colombian born Caim Mortis.</i><br />His natal chart could be of interest!<br /><br />Yes, I guess there could be a lot more to it than horns simply being inbuilt weaponry - maybe not so now, but once upon a time.<br /><br />Re my reference to "Childhood's End":<br /><br />http://theghostdiaries.com/by-finding-aliens-will-we-find-demons/<br /><br />Enter Arthur C. Clarke’s seminal novel Childhood’s End and you get a fascinating thought experiment. What if aliens showed up and looked like demons, traditional demons straight out of Hell – horns, tail, red skin, etc.? The collective vision of demons humanity has had, throughout the centuries, has actually been us gleaning info from a far away race, a far away planet of demons.<br />This is a gross simplification of the novel.......<br />(Yes, it is!)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28811401572436721802016-08-26T09:56:15.753-05:002016-08-26T09:56:15.753-05:00Your horny post reminded me that I have Daniel Rad...Your horny post reminded me that I have Daniel Radcliffe's "Horns" on my watch list. I looked and it's gone. Netflix removed the title...darn...snooze and lose. Did you and anyjazz view it?<br /><br />I have always thought it strange that religion, more specifically Christianity, depends extensively on evil and the devil. Live and lived spelled backward, as Isabel Hickey said. The antipodal necessity of us mortals caught between heaven and hell. I get a kick when some religious leader or politician is caught with their pants down, then declares they were tempted-succumbed to the devil. Such convenience having the devil around to surrender our free-will, but only if caught...otherwise, it's plain ol' fun until discovered. Hhmmm...bad decision, blame it on Mr Baphomet...good decision, a child of Jesus.<br /><br />I suppose that horns or some other type of bony anthropomorphic structure may have arisen in some humans along the route of evolution. There are those around us now that have them implanted for aesthetic effect, such as Devil Man:<br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/meet-terrifying-devil-man-black-4451864<br /><br />Our knowledge of natural, Earthly things is extremely limited, some knowledge lost as we "advance". It's possible that animals with horns receive vibrations or energy that is beyond our detection. Maybe our ancient forebears knew much more about natural processes.<br /><br />“...the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for...” Tucker Max, Assholes Finish First mikenoreply@blogger.com