looking for a savior on these dirty streets

[intertribal]

did you know?

kapparot: jewish "atonements" that usually come in the form of chicken slaughter.  apparently the chicken is first held by the shoulder blades while sins are transferred onto/into the chicken by moving one's head.  after the death, the chicken is given to the poor.  in addition to animal rights concerns, some rabbis don't like it because they view sacrifice as "inferior to prayer".

the word drew my attention, for obvious reasons. 

thanks to errol morris for my new, poli-sci-geek userpics.  reading certain navel-gazing journals has made me all the more conscious of how much I say in my lj that's not related to food or purchases or my living conditions or music.  this one journal lists such things in minute detail, saying that everything she eats or sees or buys is perfect, beautiful, brilliant, lovely, etc.  it makes me think that people who consistently list their lives' details and discuss their wondrousness must be really insecure or pained and on the hunt for self-consolation.  anyhow, for some ironic reason these pics put me at peace with my new layout.

much thanks to kim for her tori amos.

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[royinpink.livejournal.com]

jewish mysticism and the...what's it called, the...the thing. fuck. Kabbalah. that's what i meant. anyway, there is a lot of strange shit i had no idea about that creeps into videogames. like the sephirot, which isn't just in FFVII. anyway, there are ten sephirot, which weirds me out, for reasons related to peirce, of all things. ten is like a divine number...you have to be really careful with peirce, 'cause he's religious, and i'm trying to figure out where certain things in his theory actually come from, because he keeps religion out of his semiotics, but it's all based in a certain philosophical perspective, that draws on Rousseau and Kant and other folks i don't know...

this is so not about your post. sorry. and i'm very very rambling...maybe i'll post about it later.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

yeah, man, jewish mysticism is cool/freaky. I mean, golems.