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Interesting image Steve - birds being spewed out from the monk's mouth almost belongs in a horror movie. Thank goodness you continue to do posts, I find that I'm getting more migraines probably due to being on the computer too much. Will you explain the image to our readers?
ReplyDeleteFN is a particularly challenging philosopher to engage with. The basic objective of this series of informal works based on chapters from Thus Spake Zarathustra is to develop an intuitive response to the text which might inform a more personal engagement with it.
ReplyDeleteI always find his chapters about religion particularly challenging and in contrast to and contradictory of my own beliefs. It makes the task more interesting anyway.
FN talks often about the "preachers of death".
THERE are preachers of death: and the earth is full of those to whom life must be preached (Zarathustra 9)
My unconscious response is carrion birds spewing from a mouth. I have no further explanation, at least not one based upon language. Except I don't think this is one of the better images in the series :)
Are the 'preachers of death' Christians? I like the image - it is powerful and provocative & the inclusion of carrion birds suggests perhaps, death of the flesh and rise of the spirit?
ReplyDeleteThe chapter is a scathing attack upon organised religion, yes.
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