Life is the laughter of the gods –
but sometimes they have a black sense of humor
(cult of the dog)
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I believe in the god of doubt –
the sound of one hand clapping,
a tree falling in a forest,
a finger pointing at the moon,
your face before you were born,
the goose in a bottle,
and three pounds of flax
(zen catholicism)
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my horns won’t fit through the door!

Art by Chris Weston of God as depicted in Canon Fodder by Mark Millar for 2000 AD – one of my favorite depictions of God in popular culture with all the layers (and Dali-esque elephants) Weston added (image cropped for fair use)
I am the serpent of my Eden and the beast of my apocalypse –
I rise writhing from my own resurrection
(Mr Mojo Risin’)
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I am horned god and hanged man –
hell-harrowed hero and sweet-tongued trickster,
satyr, savior, sorrower and stranger
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The goddess of darkness from the game Shaiya: Light and Darkness – in her profile image from the game wiki
GODDESS
She is the goddess –
Aphrodite Venus
Isis and Ishtar
Kali Devi Shakti
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She is the goddess –
angel, nymph & muse
Mystery Babylon & Woman Clothed in the Sun
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She is high priestess and empress –
love and fortune
star and world dancer
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She is L.A. Woman –
Queen of the Highway
Girl Friday & Lady Luck
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She is lila and tantra –
dance and passion
alpha and allelujah
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O yes!

Screenshot from the music video of Kanye West’s 2010 single “Power” – one of my favorite music videos and best depictions of polytheistic pagan imagery in modern popular culture, a “moving picture” or “modern art montage” drawing from Egyptian mythology and Renaissance art of classical mythology
I believe in all the gods
especially the goddesses
(pagan catholicism)
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I believe in all the gods
especially the goddesses –
I believe in L-A Woman & Mr Mojo Risin’
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, 1805-1810, the second painting with that title (of the same subject but from a different perspective from that in the more famous first painting, which featured in the book and film of Red Dragon best known for Hannibal Lecter), second of a series of four Great Red Dragon paintings, and part of a series of paintings illustrating the Book of Apocalypse
In my end of the world,
the sun is black,
the moon is red,
and the stars fall screaming from the sky.
Dark enough for you?
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I was gored by the horns of God.
His left horn was death,
His right horn was the devil,
and in between where there should have been a face
there was only an abyss.
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We were all judged –
many were sacrificed
and no one was saved.
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There were visions in those days.

Sir Galahad, the Quest for the Holy Grail by Arthur Hughes, 1870 – Wikipedia “Holy Grail” (public domain image)
I don’t have a religion
I have a mythology –
for mine is the passion play
grail quest
ghost dance
and mojo risin’
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I don’t have a religion
I have a mythology –
for mine is the mythos
ethos
eros
and hieros gamos
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I don’t have a religion
I have a mythology –
for mine is the cult of passion
code of honour
sense of humour
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For mine is the grail quest –
round table and siege perilous
fisher king and waste land
bleeding lance and dolorous stroke
adventurous bed and questing beast
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I don’t pray
I write –
I write to save myself
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The gods speak in verse
and move in dance.