The Passion of Cybele： Mass Psychosis and Possession by the Dark Mother
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Summary
The cult of Sibyl was adopted by the Romans in 205 BC, at the height of the Second Punic War, and it was recommended by the civilian oracle, "different, different civil. Also a crazy woman."
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There is a recent video by Academy of Ideas. Their channel is absolutely fantastic, by the way.
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It's linked below and I would recommend giving it a watch after you watch this one.
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And they pointed out something that I myself and most of us have been getting completely wrong.
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So many of us have been talking about the Saturnian cult that seems to be in charge of everything.
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We've been talking about the black cubes, about the baby murder, and we've been wrong.
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This is not a Saturnian cult. It is a Sibylian cult.
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The cult of Sibyl was adopted by the Romans. It comes from the east, from Anatolia, from the Phrygians.
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Phrygians whom I normally hold in great respect.
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She's a mother goddess, but a dark version of the mother goddess.
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In fact, that card I keep pulling, the Queen of Wands, might have a lot of similarities to her.
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And her consort is the young Adonis, or Addis, who was born at midnight on the 24th of December.
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And was dyed, according to one story, when he was gored by the, the, uh, not the bull.
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According to another story, he emasculated himself under the pine tree and was protected by the dark mother, thus attaining eternal life.
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And her priests, the galley, would often castrate themselves at the high part of her cultic festival.
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Now, as I said, this was, uh, this was adopted, this religion, this mystery cult was adopted by the Romans.
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It was welcomed by the Romans, even though the Greeks always looked squint-eyed at it.
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In 205, 205 BC, at the height of the Second Punic War.
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And it was recommended by the civilian oracle, different, different civil.
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Which was very interesting because they were in the depths of a conflict with an enemy that was worshipping Baal Haman.
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And the civilian oracle said that if you adopt the cult of Sybil, who doesn't murder babies, but just castrates them, you will be victorious.
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That Second Punic War is very much like our Second World War.
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It was a war of existential importance, of deep blood vendettas, of righteous anger on both sides.
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It was Rome's greatest moment, and it was the beginning of Rome's end.
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Slain by the god Marduk to free his brothers and sisters.
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And be cut up into the pieces that make the earth.
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There was a show when I was a young man called Mad TV.
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Would, would interview guests on her, her failing public access show.
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And her two co-hosts were Pool Boy and the musician.
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Um, I'm gonna try and find a link to one of the clips from that show.
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Honestly, it's something I should have figured out long ago.
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Particularly the normalization of the feminine instantiations of these.
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Point out that God is dead and we have killed him.
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Those traits of Adonis that I mentioned earlier.
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He is a prettier, less dangerous form of Mithras.
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And far less comforting than Christ and Mother Mary.
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Where Dostoevsky tried to remind us what Christianity was.
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These crazy mad gods that flip reality upside down.
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That wasn't the God that took over the European psyche.