nails of the passion

the three nails of the passion have found their way into the sybolism of many races & faiths. many legends have continued concerning these nails. we will now interpret some of the religious allegorys in these fastener relics of the gods....... first of the legends is that there were originally four nails, but one was dematerialized by a hebrew qabbalist & magician just as it was to be driven thru the foot of christ. hence it was necessary to cross his feet. another story has it that the bit on the bridle of constantine's horse was a passion nail, though this is improbable as at the time of christ it was customary to use sharpened wooden pegs. the passion nails are highly important symbols as according to some beliefs there are secret centers of force in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. the figure is nailed to the cross which symbolizes the death & surrender of free will. so be carefull when swinging your hammer, if that nail slips, you could find your self both in a lot of pain and spiritually dead.

psa; helping out at a fire.

there are many ways that you the good citizen can assist the fire department at the scene of a fire. saving lives.....of course keep in mind that you probally will not be dressed in fire protective clothing, so any action you take must be done with care, if you are foolish and lose your life, the firemans job will be made that much harder. if you feel you must enter a burning building do so quickly, brushing any burning embers off your body as you go. perhaps you will be of more help waiting outside the burning structure in case babies or children are thrown from windows, try to break their fall a bit. if full grown adults or farm animals are jumping, clear all debris and drag them away before the next person jumps. traffic control.....to do their job properly, fire teams need plenty of space to move their trucks and ladders. if the fire is in a downtown area, you can search for a empty lot and direct all on-lookers to park there to keep the streets clear. if there are cars parked on the streets, break into them and push them out of the way. crowd control.... as a good citizen you should warn others that there is a fire nearby, make sure one of them calls the fire department. if rope is handy try to construct an arena for the fire teams. part of crowd control is theft control, there is often a feeling that everything in a burning building is up for grabs, this is not usually so, the site of a fire falls under martial law and all looters should be stopped in any way possible including the use of firearms, if the police department are on the scene ask an officer for a handgun to keep looters at bay. these are just a few of the ways that you can help out at the scene of a fire, be a usefull neighbor, next time it might be your home. this has been brought to you by; the california firemans fire union 109 and kfjc-fm.

psa; fire making

way back in the beginning, fire was nothing more to man then it was to the animals of the wilds, it was a fearsome enemy. early man would watch as it was vomited from the bowels of volcanoes, or as a bolt of flame exploding from the dark heavens. fire was a racing death running thru the forest and prairie, destroying all in it's wake. not until man had mastered the flame's magic could he be set apart from the rest of wild nature. perhaps fire was the apple of knowledge ? we'll never know, but we do know how to set fires, and with some patience you can to. wood of course is one of the most combustable and most accessible fuels, hence is a common fire material and used for most fire starting tools, but by no means is a fire impossible if wood is unavailable, many other substances will work as well. these include; cloth, paper, hard plastics, and most corpes. there is quite a difference in the burning qualities of different woods and every fire starter should know the three main groups....they are; soft wood, hard wood, and green wood. soft wood is best for short quick burning and for getting a fire started quickly. hardwood make good glowing long lasting coals perfect for cooking. green woods burn the best, for the sap will create a pleasing smoke that will fill the area with a pungent aroma that will keep all wild beasts away. when gathering wood it is usually far easier to drag branches or tree sections whole then cutting them up on the spot and have to struggle with armloads through the underbrush. if no manageable branches are available, start the entire tree on fire and wait for smaller burning branches to fall. these can then be dragged back to the campsite. now for the best ways to make a fire the primative way.....starting with the proper tinder all we will need is a small spark. in the wilds the best tinder is obtained from using the nests of birds, or many small mammals including the common meadow mouse. if you should find the nest occupied with offspring, crush them into the shredded grass to make it more flammable. after that all you need is a match. happy burning.

psychology of fire

(fanfare) announcer; as part of this kfjc sponsered special based on the understanding of fire in our culture, big city orchestra has invited reknown authority Dr.richards pyre. phd, and family therapist dealing in the speciality field of the psychoanalysis of fire. this recording was made in the good doctor's office in bern switzerland. and now dr. pyre........................... dr. pyre the ambitious theoretical system of knowledge in which the propagation of fire is described as a geometric progression which follows calorific series. in spite of this mathematical intrusion, the first principle and it's psychoanalsis is immediate. let us put glowing ember against glowing ember and the flame will come to brighten our hearth. in point of fact, respect for fire has been taught, it is not a natural respect. the reflex which makes us pull back our finger from the flame, does not play any conscience role in our knowledge of fire. if the child brings his hand close to the fire, his father raps him over the knuckles with a steel rod. fire then can strike without having to burn. one must not confuse this prometheus complex with the oedipus complex of classical psycoanalsis. modern psychology has made clear the causes of pyromania. like bearers of sinister torches, these men of low degree transmit from age to age the contagion of their lonely dreams. the sight of a fire will cause some man to become a pyromaniac, almost as inevitably as a pyromanic will some day start a fire. from the notched teeth of the chimney hook there hung, the black cauldron. the three legged cookingpot swung over the hot embers. puffing up her cheeks and blowing, my grand mother would rekindle the sleeping flames. the intensity of a fire cannot by measured by an egg timer, the egg would be done when a drop of saliva would evaporate on the shell. but the reverie by the fireside has axes that are more philosophical. love death and fire are united at the same moment. through it's sacrifice in the heart of the flames, the moth gives us a lession in eternity. this total death, which leaves no trace is the guarantee that our whole person has departed for the beyond. here i am envelope me in rivers of burning lava, clasp me in your arms of fire like a groom with his bride. death in the flames is the least lonely of deaths. it is truly a cosmic death in which the whole universe is reduced to nothinglessness along with the thinker. the funeral pyre is a natural symbol that portrays the destiny of mankind. the mere invention of fire, the cornerstone of our whole cultural edifice, presents insurmountable difficulties in our conjectures about early man. for us nothing is more common than fire, but man could have wandered the desert for millions of years without once seeing a fire on earthly soil. even if two pieces of dry wood fell into the hands of the savage, what previous experience would indicate to him that they could be ignighted by a rabid rubbing action ? it should be particularly noted that electrical fire, even more than regular fire is a sexualized fire. since it is mysterious, it is clearly sexual. one is always justified in being preoccupied with it. when a young woman jumps three times forwards and backwards over a fire she know she will soon be married with child. the men had no fire and did not know how to make it, but the women did. while the men were away hunting and partying, the women cooked their food and ate it by themselfs. just as they were finishing their meal, the men returned. to keep the men from knowing about fire the women gathered up the ashes, which were still alight and thrust them up their vulvas. this need to penetrate, to get to the interior of things, is one attraction of the intuition of inner heat. at the center are the seeds, at the center is the engendering fire. that which germinates burns. does not the life of the fire, made up entirely of sparks and sudden flickerings remind us of the life of the ant heap ? let an enormous pile of charcoal be lighted with the feeblest dying spark, in two hours will it not form just as considerable a blaze as if the fire had been lit with a fiery tourch ? the changes wrought by fire are changes in substance, that which has been licked by fire, has a different taste in the mouth of man. in all domains it is repeated without a shadow of proof that fire is the principle of life. an idea of such antiquity that it can be accepted as a matter of course. thus the sensation of the inner heat the inner flame, the fire fire fire....with it's thousands of subjective nuances, is translated directly into a science of adjectives, as is always the case for science when hampered by substantialism and bold truth. now that the igneous principle has been deprived of it's perceptible quality, now that fire is no longer the yellow flame, or the red coal, now that it has become invisable, it can take on the properties of godhood. let us destroy the fire of our life by a superfire, by a superhuman fire, without flame or ashes, which will bring extinction to the very heart of the being. when the fire has destroyed itself, when the superflame has destroyed itself, the intensity of the destruction will be the supreme proof of it's very existance. fire is of course the perpetual antagonist of gravity, far from being subject to it, thus everything in nature is in perpetual oscillation of expansion and contraction, through the action of fire. to insist that fire has weight is to destroy nature, indeed fire removes from nature it's most essential property. this make it one of the main instruments of the creator. only brandy, of all the substances in the world is so close to being the same consistancy as fire. through the hole in the material, the naked thigh could be seen. a red thigh from which was coming forth a blue flame. and the blue flame was escaping from the flesh, light and dancing, scarcely any higher then the flame of a night lamp. so quiet and gentle and so unstable that the slightest breath of air caused it to move about. all of this could remind one of a sponge soaked in brandy. ahhhhh brandy. i am only a scientist but brandy is a god. announcer; we would like to once again thank the good doctor pyre for his time and at this time say goodbye to bern switzerland and rejoin the festivities in california, back to you mr. hate.....

psa; comic care tips

hey-ho misanthrophy radio listeners, it's time once again for yer old pal ernest mcfroth to deliver ye some more comic book care tips. get a pencil or pen handy, you'll want to write this on yer wall so ya wont' forgets. ready ? number one (fanfare) recent studies have shown that you can freeze your rare comics, care must be taken to doublebag with appropiate freezer bags. number two (fanfare) always, always bleach your staples. number three (fanfare) if you want to make an old yellow comic look new again, mix equal amounts of swimming pool chlorine with some of mom's moth balls. but them in a shallow pan and place it in the microwave, cook until the oven fills with gas and then place your comic inside. afterward you will find all the pages will be bright white and retain a pleasant "spring time freshness". join me next week, i will again bring you the cutting edge of comic care tips. wa whoooo

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