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Title:Psychic Phenomena
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1616.0. "The Modern Esotericist" by DWOVAX::STARK (an eagle, to the sea) Mon Feb 10 1992 12:07

    The following comes from a USENET source, net headers moved to the end.
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Greetings!
	I am posting a poem from a magazine called the "Green Egg"
for your amusement. This poem reprinted without permission from
the Green Egg vol XXIV no.95.
 
	The Very Model of a Modern Esoteriscist
		by Bill Beattie, from Shadowplay
 
I am the very model of a modern esotericist,
A seasoned astral traveler and an edifying exorcist,
A sparkling star astrologer, a dead adroit necromancer.
A dab hand as a palmist and a card as a Tarotmancer.
I've folk tradition lineage-both Celtic and Germanical;
I've channelled Robert Heinlein and I've busted cults Satanical;
Elusively mysterious in Eleusinian Mysteries,
I've proven eighty-three per cent of Velikovsky's histories.
My patent aphrodisiacs would make a satyr hornier;
I've manufactured unicorns in northern California.
In short, in matters magical I'm manic as a terrorist;
I am the very model of a modern esotericist!
 
I am the very model of a modern esotericist.
My mystic methodology's inherently empiricist;
I've tread the Cretan labyrinth on pathways that I travel on;
I won't deny the rumors that I ghostwrote Mists of Avalon.
A truly great Great Riter and a master of tantrickery,
I'm up the Shining Pathways til the Guardians are sick of me.
I dazzle Neo-Pagans as I breakdance round the Wicca ring
And, miracle of miracles, I even stop them bickering!
I've raised the ghost of Crowley in a Gnostic Mass invoking in
Sumerian, Bavarian, Etruscan and Enochian.
I'd sing another chorus, but I have to see my therapist;
I am the very model of a modern esotericist!
    
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From: [email protected] (Tim Williams)
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Subject: Re: Interesting poem
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Date: 8 Feb 92 01:24:16 GMT
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1616.1Ha!Ha!Ha! Thanks, Toddy, needed that!CARTUN::MISTOVICHMon Feb 10 1992 12:281
    
1616.2giggle!BSS::VANFLEETHold on for one more dayMon Feb 10 1992 12:395
    Gilbert and Sullivan....watch out!  :-)
    
    Thanks, Toddy!
    
    Nanci
1616.3You're welcome.DWOVAX::STARKan eagle, to the seaMon Feb 10 1992 14:482
    Nanci, Mary,
    Glad you enjoyed it.  
1616.4Wizard of the IdsDWOVAX::STARKan eagle, to the seaMon Feb 10 1992 16:18204
    On a related note, I lost the headers on this one, but I 
    think it came from the same net source as .0...
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       THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF IDS
             By Jim Moore
       (reprinted without permission)

       I am an esoteric;
       I know I am the light.
       I'm told I need a bigger bulb,
       But mine's screwed in too tight.
       I keep my psyche centered
       With Mantra-matic sound.
       My feet are firmly planted now
       Two feet above the ground.
       
       I've studied new-brain theory,
       But now my father fears 
       That in the shift from left to right,
       I've somehow stripped the gears.
       I've traveled to the Ginza,
       And slept inside the crypt.
       But everyone now seems convinced
       My chakras must have slipped.
       
       I cast a rainbow aura
       For esoteric glow.
       And wear the proper crystals
       To keep me in the flow.
       I'm described as flaky by 
       My parents and my kids,
       'Cause I take all my lessons from 
       The Wizards of the ids.
       
       Chorus    (repeats every third verse, but I've entered it only once)
       ------
       So don't mess with my chakras,
       Nor block my energies,
       'Cause I'm a new-age student of
       The ancient mysteries.
       
       My natal chart reveals that I 
       Am firmly on the path.
       And when my soul needs centering
       I take an auric bath.
       I've studied palms and sun signs
       And reflexology,
       And know the code that lies within 
       My numerology.
       
       Astrology's unique for me;
       My chart evokes some quips.
       It only has two houses and
       A moon in full eclipse.
       My lovers think I'm scattered,
       Obscure and sometimes dim,
       But ever since Atlantis sank
       I've been in the swim.
       
       I own more incarnations
       Than growth rings on a tree;
       I nightly astral-travel through
       The cosmic solar sea.
       I've traveled with the space men
       Within a U.F.O.
       And when my guides provide the rides
       There's nowhere I can't go.
       
       I know a hundred mystic chants 
       For every proper rite, 
       And affirmations for occasions 
       Morning, noon and night. 
       I had a dream the other night 
       And Ramtha came to me. 
       I told him he could go get lost; 
       I'd rather have J.Z.
       
       I know tarot and shusta, 
       And often read the runes; 
       I neutralize bad frequencies 
       And celebrate full moons.  
       With all my gifts of second sight 
       The future's known to me. 
       And I can find most things I lose 
       Except my memory.
       
       I utilize more channels than 
       An FM radio. 
       And those around seek higher ground 
       When I am in the flow. 
       I visualize uniquely 
       When sleeping through the nights. 
       My dreams are so unusual 
       They carry copyrights.
       
       I'm certified in MariEl, 
       I.A. and Reiki too; 
       I'm steeped in Iridology 
       I-Ching and Kofutu.  
       I've done past-life regressions; 
       I've seen things yet to come. 
       I've done my share of healing 
       And I know the OM to hum.

       I know who's who in every slot 
       Of the Hierarchy charts. 
       Psychometry's a snap for me; 
       I'm trained in psychic arts. 
       I shun all medications; 
       I need no drugs to fly. 
       An Esoteraholic 
       Doesn't need another high.
       
       I know the vast gradations 
       Of every karmic type, 
       Though some believe I have become 
       A fruit that's overripe. 
       I know I reap the deeds I sow, 
       So I plant goodly seeds. 
       Now tell me why I still must wade 
       Through all these lousy weeds.
       
       I vibrate with the colors,
       And gemstones make me glow.
       My drumming and my chanting make
       My kundalini flow.
       When I began deep breathing,
       No way did I conceive
       That when my navel gathered lint
       I'd find it hard to breathe.
       
       I've studied acupuncture 
       Just to get the points,
       And learned the fine art of massage
       To frequent better joints
       I dematerialize at will 
       And levitate through air.
       Thus I'm described as one of those 
       Who's simply not all there.
       
       I've journeyed to the hollow earth 
       And picked my real estate. 
       I'm so prepared for dire days 
       That I can hardly wait. 
       In Wizards Of The Ids Estates 
       My condo waits for me, 
       Complete with junk food garden 
       And a chocolate ice cream tree.
       
       My whole genetic structure 
       Gives most M.D.'s a fright, 
       'Cause evidently deep within, 
       No organ's structured right. 
       The shrinks all love to test me and 
       Repeatedly they find 
       I give new definition to 
       "An altered state of mind."
       
       My prana is diluted by 
       My esoteric drinks; 
       And when I wash my hair my poor 
       Pituitary shrinks. 
       Yet, with the right nutrition 
       I've flushed my body clean. 
       But in that flush I somehow lost 
       My bladder and my spleen.
       
       I live on sprouts and vegies, 
       And sugar I abhor. 
       The devas guard my garden; 
       Saint Michael guards my door. 
       And when there's negativity 
       Contaminating me, 
       I take a white-light shower 
       Then go and hug a tree.
       
       I own so many books and tapes 
       That they've bestowed on me 
       And honorary, bona fide 
       Librarian's degree. 
       My studies taught me I create 
       My own reality. 
       To see what unskilled labor builds, 
       Just take a look at me.
       
       As a psychic I'm renowned 
       For seeing things to come. 
       Folks stand in line for answers from 
       My mystic pendulum. 
       I gave 300 readings 
       Before I realized, 
       My table was metalic and 
       My pendulum magnetized.
       
       I'm tapped into the cosmos, 
       That great etheric dawn. 
       But lately I detect a call 
       That says I may pass on.  
       But if I die, I want to lie 
       Beneath the pyramids, 
       So all may know I made the grade 
       As a Wizard Of The Ids.

1616.5I wonder if one could be the Wizard of the Superegos?TERZA::ZANEImagine...Mon Feb 10 1992 17:517
	Hey, are those ids Freudian?

	:^)

				Terza

1616.6Sometimes a bananna is just a bananna ...DWOVAX::STARKan eagle, to the seaTue Feb 11 1992 09:038
>	Hey, are those ids Freudian?
>           -< I wonder if one could be the Wizard of the Superegos? >-
    
    I wouldn't be surprised.  But I doubt they have half as much fun.
    
    					:-)
    
    							todd