Today I finally made a connection I should have seen much earlier: my February 2024 post "Thomas B. Bucket, the bucket of story -- oh, you know, the thing!" The title of that post referred to Mormon podcaster Cardon Ellis repeatedly misspeaking when he tried to say "the Thomas B. Marsh bucket of cream story." I wrote:
It's worth listening to at least part of it just to hear Cardon Ellis pulling one Biden after another. First it's "the Thomas B. Marsh bucket of story" (a smaller-scale version of Haroun and the Sea of Stories?), and then he actually calls him Thomas B. Bucket, which I think was one of the hero's relatives in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
As you can see, at the time I immediately connected the "bucket of story" with the "sea of stories" in the Salman Rushdie novel, saying the only difference was one of scale. Well, intermediate in scale between those two would be a bathtub of stories. I've only read Haroun and the Sea of Stories once, way back in 2002. The most memorable aspect of the novel, all these years later, is that one of the characters is a talking Hoopoe bird which, we are constantly reminded, talks "without moving its beak." Looking it up now, I see that the Hoopoe's name is Butt -- a butt being a very large cask holding rather more water than a standard bathtub.
By chance, I just posted a painting of a Hoopoe in "The sources behind the Reality Temple meme," one of the main sources being an image called Arma Artis from the alchemical text Splendor Solis:
Compare:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is by an author named Salman. Splendor Solis is by an author named Salomon. "In eastern lore, the hoopoe stands in a particularly close relation to Solomon."
In that bathtub dream, the only story title I saw clearly was The Three Caballeros. Somehow I failed until today to connect that with The Three Musketeers. According to Spanish Wikipedia, "Los mosqueteros luchaban en la batalla a pie (como parte de la infantería) y a caballo (formando con la caballería)." If you fight a caballo as part of la caballería, I'm pretty sure that makes you a caballero. The Musketeers recently appeared here in "Sticks united, lazy Leonard, and Eldridge Street Synagogue." Just below the Hoopoe in the Arma Artis is an Owl. One of the most iconic scenes in The Three Musketeers is, of course, the part where the owl eats the abacus.
Haroun himself looks a bit like a caballero on that book cover. Having a bird for a steed is a bit odd but not without precedent:
Spanish Wikipedia confirms that the characters in Joust are considered caballeros even though they ride birds instead of caballos. (In Disney's The Three Caballeros, of course, it is the caballeros themselves that are birds.) I had just been thinking about Joust earlier today in connection with this image from the alchemical text Aurora Consurgens:
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Another bird-riding video-game caballero, the “chicken jockey” from Minecraft, has been in the news and memes recently.
Thomas Bucket makes me think of Thomas Becket, killed in Canterbury Cathedral, which in the image on wikipedia "The archiepiscopal throne in Canterbury Cathedral" has similar architectural features to the Reality Temple meme, at least to my eye.
Looking up Becket on Wikipedia, I found that the section “Cult in the Middle Ages” begins with a reference to the Scottish monarch William the Lion, so called because his banner bore a red lion (rampant, not lazy!) with a forked tail (in contrast to the taillessness of Curious George and Indian Jones).
I'm sure I'm doing this all wrong, but somehow it kinda works. Birds as steeds, ca-b-aller-o, and Choco-late Factory, leads to Final Fantasy Choco-bos, C(h)-oco-b-o. thomas-B-bucket. The b in b-ird, coco-B-o and ca-B-allero. Hoopoes, Asians conflate p and b, Huang Po, Huang Bo, etc. hoo-B-oes. Hebrew Het and Chet, conflated, (H)Enoch, (Ch)enoch, Noah, Noach. Hoopoes = Cho(c)obos. Mosquetteers in Spanish sounds like mosquitos. Bad Spanish translation based on sound of words in English: The mosquitos wrestle in the bottle afoot. Mosquito chocobo mounts for tiny knights, who come out at twilight. Thomas B. Marsh. Especially around marshes which breed mosquitos. The alchemical text Aurora Resurgens: I misremembered Aurora as being the place of a chemical spill, was conflating the Palestine Ohio spill and Aurora movie theatre shooting. First search result for Aurora Chemical: "Aurora Fine Chemicals LLC - From Biological Targets to Drug Molecules"...small molecules that ride mosquitos as mounts, from a chemical spill in a marsh. Biological Targets, Bill Gates genetically engineering mosquitos to have a bite as fierce as a Lion Rampant. Mosquitos are bred by rain, Saul Bellows wrote a novel Henderson The Rain King. Is there a connection between Saul Bellows and Bill Gates? "And then there’s the art. Bill Gates has spent heavily on 19th-century American art, by the likes of Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, Saul Bellows and William Merritt Chase, and also famously owns the $30m Leonardo Codex, which takes pride of place in his stunning library—Gates is apparently a voracious reader." Voracious like a Lion Rampant. And he has a bird mount, a private jet. A lot of people wish him dead, like Thomas Becket. But is he connected to Chocolate Factories? Article "Cell-Based Cocoa, Genetically Modified Bananas, and Bill Gates Bets on Alt Fats." Hooba Burger mentioned. Hoopoes. Miniature mosquito riding knights, mosquito carried pecks (ah birds peck) funded by Bill Gates. Books by mainly Jewish riders, sorry writers. Gates of Tole...no, can't go there. That gate is forbidden. If one goes there he will be running out like Arnold. Philip Roth: "Novelist Philip Roth and the Newark Public Library bring his books 'home' October 30, 2016 Bill Gates: A billionaire book critic who apparently shuns e" article no longer online, only cached in search engine, cannot see what Gates shunned. Bathtub of Books, Niel Gaiman, author, notorious "Tub Cuddler", requested women send him pictures in tub reading his books. Tub with mostly Jewish books; Gaiman, Tub Cuddlee, accused of herassing women and mumbling Hebrew under breath when they refuse advances. Article "What Neil Gaiman Did On The Big Bang Theory | Cinemablend" begins with "Just a few weeks after Bill Gates showed up on The Big Bang Theory, the show kept the celebrity guest spot train rolling with an appearance from"...But did Gaiman ever write about mosquitos? Apparently no. What a bout bird mounts? Neil Gaiman Bird Quotes : "She's not dead. You didn't kill her, nor did the hunger birds, although they did their best to get to you through her. She's been given her ocean." Ocean, Sea, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, or Her(oun) and the Ocean Stories, Heroine Ocean Stories? "Birds are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings. Devouring defenseless wiggly things and, and nuts, and fish, and, and other birds. They get the early worms. And have you ever watched a chicken eat? They may look innocent, but birds are, well, they're vicious." Like Lions Rampant. Tiny Velociraptors, mosquitoes.
I’m pretty unfamiliar with any video games created since the early 1990s, so I’d never heard of Chocobos. According to Wikipedia, the name comes from “Choco-ball,” a Japanese chocolate product.
I hadn’t made the Neil Gaiman connection with Jewish novels in a bathtub, but it makes sense. I wonder if Gaiman thinks of himself as the peer of Bellow and Roth.
Roth was much more of a perv than Gaiman but was somehow much less creepy about it. I’ve read lots of Roth but can’t stomach Gaiman.
William,
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And speaking of the seas and stories of seas,
and bitter seas, and Siemens and Sea-Man (Navigators
and Aviators flying high and falling down )
and the number 4, and man overboard( O for Oscar) Oh My!!!
Check this out:
I don't know if you are aware of this or not, but on April 10,
a Bell 206-L 4 helicopter suddenly crashed into
the Hudson River in NYC, killing all 6 people onboard. ( see links )
As I previously commented (regarding all of these recent
aviation events of late) I personally
don't think what's unfolding in the aviation industry
is a coincidence.
I also believe there are going to be many more aviation
incidents because I believe that the aviation industry
is being used as
rituals symbolizing the Fall of the American Empire.
In the 2023 the apocalyptic Netflix movie, Leave the World
behind ( which I've commented on
many many times) there is also an airline crash
which occurs as a result of Global navigational cyberattack.
Recall I shared that the Obama's production company,
Higher Ground bankrolled Leave the World Behind
with Obama serving as a consultant. ( clip below)
. Note the wrist watch
in the sand symbolic of time.
Leave the World Behind's setting
is also in NYC which is on the 40th parallel north.
The Nigredo character's name is GEORGE H. Scott.
an 'earth tiller' and in the movie a very wealthy financial
consultant. Recall my recent comment about
my 2016 In April dream and why I believe
the symbolism in the dream may be connected
to an upcoming financial crash, perhaps
within this month (April)
Perhaps a petrodollar crash??
In the clip link, note the red books/pamphlets
falling from the sky. Red book covers are
in the sync stream of late, no?
Another apocalyptic movie with an airline crash
is the 2009 movie Knowing with Nicolas Cage
The setting is in Cambridge Mass( MIT)
which is on the 40th parallel north. (actual 42 but
factor in the Law of three)
Wolves are in this movie as well.
This recent aviation tragedy has many 4's associated with it.
Recall I just commented about Daleth, the number 4
and Deborah in the Bible having a 4 connection.
Recall I shared that I have many important 4 connections
in my personal life. The first being the address
of my grandparents' house number.
Also 4 is symbolic of judgement ( Deborah was the 4th judge)
and authority.
Especially governmental authority.
The first 4 in these odd connections with the recent
Helicopter are these :1 in the Julian calendar
the fourth month is April
The helicopter was a Bell ( BAAL ) 206 which the
single digit is 8 ( 2+6 ).
The helicopter model number was L4.
Note the EL (L). The El's are wind/air deities.
Recall my recent comments about the
Norse Mythology's wind/air deities.
William
Part 2
The CEO Austin Escobar was a Senior Executive of the
behemoth Global company Siemens (SEA-Man) in Spain.
Escobar and his family were in NYC taking a sight seeing tour,
celebrating his wife's 4 0 th birthday.
Their 3 children were aboard. The youngest was 4.
The middle child was 8.
The crash happened near the Holland Tunnel.
Interesting the H connections ( Holland Tunnel and Hudson).
The letter H being the 8th letter in the alphabet. HH is 88th.
And last but not least, NYC is on the powerful Ley Line,
the 40th parallel north and recall my gazillion comments
about the El's following the 40 including Salt Lake City and
its bitter sea which begs the question why would Brigham Young
build a city there?
Most of the cities built around the world are near a large
body of accessible water, rivers and lakes for obvious reasons
but the water at Salt Lake is bitter? Perhaps there was
a large body of water in Salt Lake in 1847?
I think that's very interesting.
A Divine hand in play perhaps?
The number 4 is not only symbolic of the Door as a portal
'to the other side' ( break on through to the other side--Jim Morrison )
but also in Hebrew 4 means Judgement and Authority.
Deborah in the Bible was one of 4 judges.
So, once again we have connections to an aviator ( flying high)
and a Siemen ( Navigator) falling down into the bitter sea .
I'm sure you know this but Siemens is a Global Technology company.
It's been rumored that Escobar made a deal in2023 with Turkey
that may have cause 'some' to look upon unfavorably concerning
a upcoming colab between Siemens and Turkey.
Note (and here is what I mean about connecting the dots to find
out the WHY i.e the big picture of things) Donald Trump
yesterday walked back from beating his chest to China
regarding a 125 percent tariff on all China's products
to the US.
After the falling down of the Siemen helicopter
immediately Trump exempted all technological products
from China from the 125 percent tariff.
Interesting that flip flop( pun not intended)
( see link)
In your post you have an illustration of an aviator wearing
red clothing riding high on an ORANGE Hoopoe.
The Hoope's crown feathers also looks like, at least to me,
the rays of sun or a fire's flame or a lion's mane and a broom.
copy and paste regarding reference of Haroun
the title of the book you posted : asterisks mine
"Haroon or ****Haroun**** or Hamroun,is a common male
given name of Arabic origin,
related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron.
Both are most likely of Egyptian origin, from ꜥḥꜣ rw, meaning
"warrior lion".
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' Dem sync Faires be real busy for those who have the eye to sea.
Aye Aye, Sir?
https://www.siemens.com/global/en.html
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o
Hudson River helicopter crash: Family was celebrating birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oys31DDYRZE&t=129s
Video shows moment helicopter crashes into Hudson River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hBR6mvvXq8&t=42s
Leave The World Behind Plane Crash Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhDNSNB23sM
KNOWING (FULL PLANE CRASH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPdwCnwuZ8w
I'd completely forgotten about that owl and the abacus! Heh, my comment there mentions another art.
Last night I logged in to Guild Wars 2 for the first time in maybe two months, just to check what was new. The devs regularly add alternative appearances ("skins") for equipment and mounts (ridable creatures), and several skins in the most recent set caught my eye.
https://files.catbox.moe/x5948l.png
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mount
Note that the "avialan" replaces a much more reptilian raptor, the cuckoo replaces a "springer" (giant rabbit with kangaroo legs), and the frigatebird replaces a "skimmer" (basically a hovering manta ray), while griffons are a mount type themselves. The frigatebird is the only completely new skin -- there are several different cuckoos already (hence the odd theming), and the other three are repainted versions of previous models -- but that doesn't matter to syncs.
Looking at those had me check back to one of the only griffon skins I've ever used. I think it was the first non-avian model made, and its feline nature isn't the only reason I like it; the default griffon's warbling noises quickly became annoying with so many other players flapping around.
https://files.catbox.moe/d4intr.png
https://files.catbox.moe/0bvums.png (extra pic for cool factor)
The crest on that avialan is rather hoopoesque.
That one peeved me off for a moment as it's a repaint of a more expensive avialan. Look at that trivia section, though...
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Resplendent_Avialan_Raptor_Skin
While I'm here, it was that final skin that really made me pause. I mean, aurora, owl and griffon in the same breath?
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