Sunday, April 27, 2025

Roman literature and the Cow Tools dancers

I dreamt that I needed to look something up in the Aeneid but was at someone else’s house, away from my library. (The Internet did not even come up as an option. It was taken for granted that a physical book was needed.)

One of the people I was with was a young man of college age, which gave me an idea: “Hey, what about your Roman literature textbook? It must have the Aeneid in it, or at least substantial excerpts.”

He fetched his textbook, and I started paging through it. I found one of the minor works of Virgil but no Aeneid. Perhaps it was deemed too long to anthologize. (“All cannot be written, and a part would not suffice.”) I found lots of works by other authors, though, almost all of which looked interesting and important. “I should buy me one of these,” I thought to myself. “This thing is a goldmine!”

(Upon waking, I wondered if the “textbook” might actually have been my well-worn one-volume Spenser, which includes Virgils Gnat.)

In a second brief dream, I was trying to play some music on my phone. I think what I wanted was “Hit That” by the Offspring, but I tapped something wrong and got a Taylor Swift music video. I was about to close it but found the video itself intriguing enough that I kept watching. There were lots of male dancers, mostly Black, all of whom were dressed like the guy from the live-action “Cow Tools” meme:


Tay was wearing a bright red dress. The Cow Tools dancers were competing to attract her attention with their dance moves, like lekking prairie chickens, and she was ignoring them all. In one scene, there was a wall covered with protruding wires and things — it looked “high-tech” in a way that didn’t make any sense, like a modern update of the original Cow Tools concept. Several Cow Tools dancers were fiddling with the wires, the overall vibe being something like Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. Then Tay walked in, and they all forgot about their “work” and started lekking.

The lyrics of the song were just “It’s Xavier, it’s Xavier” repeated again and again. She pronounced the name the way some people do, with an extra vowel at the beginning (“Ex-avier”), and I thought that this was intentional, so that the line could also be heard as “It’s Sex Savior.”

Then the song started to sound more and more like my alarm clock, and I woke up.

Upon waking, I ran a search for taylor swift xavier just to see what would come up. Almost all the results were about a football player called Xavier Worthy describing his experience of meeting the singer. In yet another example of the kind of coincidence I’ve come to take for granted, it turns out that today, April 27, the date of the dream, is Xavier Worthy’s 22nd birthday.

It’s also the 441st anniversary of Dee and Kelley’s whale vision. In their synchronistic context, the Cow Tools dancers likely have to do with the underwater Cowtown, so that’s another marine-mammal link, the cow being the mammal (milk-producing animal) par excellence.

Coming back to the earlier dream, this is the second time I’ve dreamt about a textbook on ancient literature. In the first dream, "A bathtub full of books," I assumed the textbook would be rubbish. In the second, I recognized it as “a goldmine.” That particular choice of words calls to mind the gold-mining ants and digging for the heart of gold. The last time that theme came up was in “There’s treasure waiting for a dandy lion.” Who exactly is the treasure waiting for, though?

Yeah I think there’s a treasure
Waiting for someone
To prove himself worthy and true

After the dream about the literary “goldmine,” a dream calculated by its content and timing to draw my attention to a man named Worthy. Given the literary nature of the treasure, this reminds me of Revelation 5, where John "wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon." Finally, someone is found who is worthy, though. Although this personage appears in the form of a Lamb, he is initially introduced as "the Lion of the tribe of Juda." The treasure was waiting for a dandy Lion. The news that a worthy reader has been found causes widespread rejoicing, even among "such as are in the sea."

Note added: Three and a quarter hours after posting this, with its emphasis on “worthy and true,” I ran across this while out walking:


That detailing can also mean “removing the tail” is perhaps relevant.

11 comments:

Ra1119bee said...

William,
Part 1 of 2
And yet again another connection to the bovine.
I believe that your post today supports my perspective
 that everything is connected and when trying to understand
the esoteric, especially the symbolic messages given
to us especially through dreams and synchronicity,
I believe that our challenge is to let the soul show the way
as opposed to following just one line of thought only.

Case in point :
This riddle (which t appears you are getting close to unraveling)
started with The Lady In Green post. In that post you wrote:
" One of the comments there, from Bill, ends with a mention of “Tom’s House,” meaning the Tolkien character Tom Bombadil.

This made me think of two things, First, Bombadil’s wife
, Goldberry, is a possible tie-in with “Greensleeves.”
 When she first appears in The Lord of the Rings,
 “her gown was green, as green as young reeds."
~~~~~~~
That's not to say that Goldberry is not a possible tie-in
regarding the meaning of the message of the sync,
however by me sharing a very odd experience that 'coincidently"
connects with a lady in a Kelly green coat ( me)
in a deli ( Dorothy Lane ) with another lady in a Kelly green
T-Shirt ( T for Tychonievich perhaps?)
I think presented another road to travel .

Look at how the trajectory progressed with all the
 DIFFERENT  puzzle pieces gathered.
  I offered my puzzle pieces focusing on the number 4
( the four clovers ( luck), the number 5 ( the nickel)
22, ( 2+2 and Taylor Swift's 22 )   blue/green,
  the color yellow of the road on the cover
of Lady Luck and its possible connection to Dorothy(Lane)
following the yellow brick road in the Wizard of Oz.


Your findings of Buffalo ( The Nickel City)
and my personal connection with Buffalo. Recall I mentioned that I thought the number 5 was a big puzzle piece, as far as deciphering
this message because the number 5 means change.

Recall I've mentioned that IMHO you are going through personal transformation and I think this post today may be
a big puzzle piece clicking into place to unveil a Big Picture for you.
And for me too.

Case in point you wrote: ( asterisks mine)
 "In yet another example of the kind of coincidence I’ve come to take for granted, it turns out that today, April 27, the date of the dream,
is Xavier ***Worthy’s 22nd*** birthday.
It’s also the ***44***1st anniversary of Dee and Kelley’s whale vision.

 In their synchronistic context, the Cow Tools dancers likely have
 to do with the underwater Cowtown, so that’s another
 marine-mammal link, the cow being the mammal 
(***milk-producing animal) par excellence
.~~~~~

Ra1119bee said...

William
Ooops  3 parts!
Part 2 
Regarding being Worthy. Recall I shared my 2003 dream about
the red head woman whom I called Queenie.
In 2003, I was sleeping ( IRL) on the sofa in the living room.
I had a dream of a young hippie, bohemian type White woman
 with long red hair styled up into a bun hairstyle.
 I only saw her head and shoulders which was displayed
 to me in one of the windows in our living room ( IRL ) .
 
In the dream Queenie said:  In FIVE weeks you are going
 to know your WORTH.
I woke up

IRL five weeks came and passed and nothing out of the ordinary
occurred.  It wasn't until years later did I understand the meaning
of the dream.
 
Upon awakening from the dream, my ego, trying to make
 logical sense of the message just 'assumed' Queenie said 'weeks'.
 I  finally came to believe, after many years had passed
that Queenie said 'weaks'. 

Weaks meaning my weakness of doubts, not believing in myself, 
failures, lacking strength, always trying to please others.
The number 5 is about CHANGE.

Interestingly the window where Queenie appeared in the dream
is located (IRL) above the WATER faucet which is on the outside
of the house.

I think all the syncs you have been given and especially
the recent syncs are trying to lead you towards finding
your worth, which may be WHY you found Xaiver Worthy
who according to wiki is a Wide Receiver. 

You wrote:
Yeah I think there’s a treasure
Waiting for someone
To prove himself worthy and true
After the dream about the literary “goldmine,” a dream
calculated by its content and timing to draw my attention
to a man named Worthy.

 Given the literary nature of the treasure,
this reminds me of *****Revelation 5*****, where John "wept much, because**** no man was found worthy
to open and to read the book***
neither to look thereon."
~~~~~
 I noticed your reference to goldmine and perhaps
that's your Goldberry mentioned in your 1st Lady in Green post?
There are 400 ( note the number 4 again) kinds of berries
which can range in color or red, yellow, purple, white, black and blue. 

Recall I shared my perspective of why I believe
that you have been given the gift of a scribe and a George.
The scribe is given the responsibility of persevering the written word.

I've found it interesting reading in many of your posts
 connecting George to a monkey .
I'm assuming because of Curious George?

As stated, and IMHO, when we only choose one path
 we are limited in our understanding the task at hand
 especially where it concerns deciphering the symbolism
of the esoteric.

According to etymology: ( asterisks mine )
copy  and paste:
 "George
masc. personal name, from French Georges, Late Latin Georgius, 
from Greek Georgos " husbandman, farmer ,properly an adjective,
 ***" tilling the ground,***from ge ' "earth ( see Gaia) + ergos
" that works from ergon " work ) from PIE root  werg-'to do')
~~~~~~~~~~~ 
I personally don't see any monkey business in that
description nor any "Laziness'.

Ra1119bee said...

William,
Part 3
I also found this interesting about the significance of the Cow
which I also believe mirrors my perspective about
the tilling of the earth.
copy and paste ( see link )  note the 'el ' suffix of cattle
" Cattle were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society,
serving various roles that extended beyond '*** agriculture**
 purposes.
.Cattle were primarily used for '*** plowing fields,
providing milk*** and a source of meat****.
Their strength made them essential for **farming**
which was the backbone of the Egyptian economy.
Cattle were symbols of wealth and power.
Pharaohs and nobles often displayed their herds 
as a testament to their prosperity."
~~~~~~~~~~
Interesting the reference regarding cattle for meat,
 which in my Kelly Green Coat experience I was at the deli
buying pastrami to make a Reuben!!
copy and paste:
The name pastrami likely comes from the Romanian verb 
"a păstra", meaning to *** preserve or to keep***
~~~~
I only added the information about the pastrami because
of its meaning'" preserve or to keep"
 which also has connections to a scribe.

Also, you wrote:
"Note added: Three and a quarter hours after posting this,
 with its emphasis on “worthy and true,” I ran across this while out walking:"
~~~~~~~~
The photo of the W&T detailing shop is interestin
g given the fact that your initials W T.

As stated  many times and IMHO,
the Sacred Science Knowledge is spoken 
through the soul in the Universal Language of symbolism, numbers/gematria and archetypes.

This knowledge is Universal and I believe a gift because
it serves as a guide/blueprint to help us to understand
and know ourselves and what we came to Earth to do. 

https://egyptmythology.com/the-spiritual-importance-of-the-sacred-cow-in-egypt/https://www.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu5.php

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

Interesting you should bring up George again, Debbie. I think, though I’m not 100% certain, that the work by Virgil that I found in the textbook in the dream was an excerpt from the Georgics.

Ra1119bee said...

William
Very interesting indeed.

I found this interesting connection to Virgil's Georgics
which I'm sure you are aware of ( I am not )
 which I think supports my perspective about George
being an Earth Tiller.
copy and paste:
"The Georgics (/ˈdʒɔːrdʒɪks/ JOR-jiks; Latin: Georgica [ɡeˈoːrɡɪka])
is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE.
 As the name suggests (from the Greek word γεωργικά
, geōrgiká, i.e.**** "agricultural (things)") the subject of the poem is
***** agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful
rural poetry, it is a work characterized by ***tensions*** in both
theme and purpose."
~~~~~~~ 
After reading that information I googled songs
with the word/name George and found several
but one song in particular got my attention.

That song is titled: George Jackson by Bob Dylan.
copy and paste:
"George Jackson" is a song by Bob Dylan, written in 1971,
in tribute to the Black Panther leader 
George Jackson, who had been shot and killed by guards
at San Quentin Prison during an attempted escape
on August 21, 1971. 
The event indirectly provoked the Attica Prison riot."
~~~~~~ 
San Quetin is on the 40th parallel north btw.

I was not aware of George Jackson and I've never been
a fan of Bob Dylan, however I found the lyrics interesting
nonetheless ( see link )
especially these lyrics:

He wouldn't take shit from no one
He wouldn't bow down or kneel.
Authorities, they hated him
Because he was just too real

.Lord, Lord,They cut George Jackson down.
Lord, Lord,They laid him in the ground.

Sometimes I think this whole world Is one big prison yard.
Some of us are prisoners
The rest of us are guards
.~~~~~~~~

In the lyrics the wording: 'in the ground' suggests,
at least to me, planting new seed.
Whenever we think against the narrative,
we are planting 'new seed'.
And it good be argued
that not all seeds produces good crop,
however, my response would be:
true but who determines what a good crop is?

Back in Thomas Jefferson's day, tomatoes were
considered poisonous.

I also found this interesting from Georgics wiki page:
"Numerous technical passages fill out the initial half
of the first book; of particular interest are lines
160–175, where Virgil describes the ***plow.***

 In the succession of ages, whose model is ultimately
 Hesiod, the age of Jupiter and its relation to the golden age
 and the current age of man are crafted with deliberate
*** tension.***

****Of chief importance is the contribution of labour
to the success or failure of mankind's
endeavors, agricultural or otherwise.***
~~~~~
I also found it interesting that both George Jackson
and Xavier Worthy were/are Black males.
George Jackson perhaps multiracial because of
his 'light/yellow" skin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jackson_(song)

George Jackson::Bob Dylan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXgXXM71IC8

https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/11/16/thomas-jeffersons-creme-brulee/

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

George Jackson -- another Black Panther who wrote a book in prison.

According to a review in the New York Times, "There will be some critics (white) who will compare this book ['Soledad Brother'] to 'Soul on Ice,' since both came out of prisons. George Jackson makes Eldridge Cleaver look like a song‐and‐dance man on the Ed Sullivan Show."

Jackson wrote an angry letter to the editor over that line: "Any comparison between my self and Comrade Cleaver must be respectful -- or it doesn't represent my feelings of fraternity and love for him."

Leo said...

That picture at the bottom w W&T looks an awful lot like WJT to me. WJT Auto De-Tale-ing. If Bill is correct that Cars=Stones it could be read as WJT Stone De-Tale-ing.

Ra1119bee said...

William,
Part 1 of 2
I'm responding to your comment about George Jackson.

Keep in mind that in dreams and synchronicities,
and anything having to do with
the esoteric is symbolic NOT literal.

I've never heard of George Jackson before
until I googled: songs with the word/name George,
in the lyrics and Dylan's song George
Jackson was on that list.
As I stated about Cleaver and I wouldn't be surprised
if Jackson too were both Controlled Opposition much
like ( IMHO ) BLM.(Black Lives Matter),

In all Alchemical Transformations, the Nigredo
is the first step.. That's why Black people
were used as chattel slavery in the first step/
beginning of the American Empire EXPERIMENT.
E. Pluribus Unum.

It wasn't because Black people were domicile
brainless, dimwitted or savages or animals,
it was because they had black
skin symbolic of the Nigredo and the Conquerors
of America , ( who were Alchemists)
needed a cheap labor source.

Black People couldn't have been too dimwitted
as they survived in a harsh country ( Africa )
for thousands of years.

Everything in this duality dimension
revolves around s e x , power and money
in some way shape or form.


Ask yourself. Isn't it interesting that an actor i.e
an archetype George
was the FIRST President, who symbolically
tilled a rich dark soil to plant new see(d)s
for a new country?

An actor George was used on Sept 11 2001 to usher in
the beginning of America's NWO.
An actor George ( Floyd) was used in the spring of 2020
to usher in the dividing of America via BLM.
An actor George Soros was/is used so as to provide
a bogeyman for the upcoming great financial upheaval
when America shifts to the New Atlantis ( see link)

George Lucas, George Orwell, George Patton,
George Martin ( fifth Beatle), George Washington Carver
and on and on. ( see link ) All were pioneers
in their field, pun not intended.

Ra1119bee said...

William,
Part 2

In our dreams and synchronicities too the messages
are 'spoken' in the Universal Language of symbolism,
gematria/numbers and archetypes.

Like a 'play' in the theater archetypes are presented
in dreams and synchronicities to play a very
important ROLE regarding the meaning of the dream.
As does the setting/location of the dream or synchronicity.

I only mentioned George Jackson because from what little
I read about him, he played the archetypical role of ' rebel'.
As did Cleaver. As did George Washington and the founding
fathers i.e The Conquerors.

It takes a rebel to run against the wind.
It takes a rebel to be the 'first pioneer' to plant new seed.
All rebels by their very nature are 'black sheeps',
and All rebels in their positive nature are
ARTHURS/AUTHOR'S of their OWN play.
Being a rebel is not(in and of itself) a bad thing.

To that end, check out the 2007 movie Michael Clayton.
staring another George ( George Clooney) as Michael Clayton.

In the trailer, note the character ARTHUR ( played by Tom
Wilkson) a very intelligent person and attorney
in a prestigious law firm.

Arthur, as the lead attorney defending a multibillion dollar
corporation against a lawsuit, goes
'rebel/rogue' and changes the entire
dynamics of his law firm's case.
In an important deposition Arthur 'strips naked.
An act necessary, albeit perhaps best done metaphorically,
to shed the Ego to find truth.

Note the color green and yellow in UNorth's
( the Corportation) logo.
Note there is also a red cover book and folder in this movie.
I recall red cover books being in the sync stream.

Also listen to Arthur ask Michael to choose a side.
This is a very very significant challenge that many of us
fear to commit to as collectively we are comfortable inside
of the illusion/incarceration ( prison)
which is why our fear of loss becomes
our shadow/darkness/.blackness.

I added George Jackson to the bigger picture
not just because he was a person of color
but because he was an archetype of the rebel ,
that many of us fear because the rebel blazes
new trails.
Bob Dylan expresses this very same thought
in the lyrics of George Jackson.

All the world's a stage, no?

Michael Clayton (2007) Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kJRYBhG43Q

George Soros
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-49584157

https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-named-george/celebrity-lists

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

Leo, getting stories out of stones is more Bill’s bailiwick, I think.

The way you hyphenated “Auto De-Tale-ing” made me think of the medieval Spanish term “auto-de-fe,” literally “act of faith.”

Ra1119bee said...

William,

And speaking of George:
Jorge Mario Bergoglio

I want to again stress that I'm not saying that all George's
are the good guys. Keep in mind that everything
in this duality dimension has a dual nature.

On the Lady Luck cover, Lady Luck is straddled on TWO cars.
In my Kelly Green coat experience there was two ladies
in Green.

Like the G in Freemasonry, which can mean either God
or Geometry, perhaps the meaning of just about everything
(especially power sources)
is in the eye of the beholder.

A shoe (but not a pair) and a pear

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