>>34144910Not anon, but to be honest the only thing I read these days is the esoterica of Dr. Seuss or Yertle the Turtle. Call me crazy, but I've read this book hundreds of times.
>On the far-away Island of Sala-ma-Sond,The very first line. While it may seem like the trite gibberish of the rest of the quack Dr. Seuss's garbage, it's actually referring to the "Land of Peace", here hidden as Salam (سَلَام (salām, lit. "peace"), which comes from the original Hebrew Shalom) a-Sonde (Land, from the middle English Sond or Sonde). This is a not-so subtle reference to the ideal state or kingdom of Heaven in Abrahamic esoterica, but any 5th grader is familiar with these concepts. What's really interesting is the King's name:
>YertleWhich comes from an old form of the word Earth, "yerth" ending in the suffix "-le" which implies a sort of process. This process is that of materialism, engaging in the realm of the demiurge. It is quite literally "[the process of] the World". The next few verses serve to illustrate this Edenic utopia, and interestingly, the first stack of turtles that the King sets up is of Nine Turtles, representing the nine circles of Hell, and Anton LaVey writes:
>Despite others' attempts to identify a certain number with Satan, it will be known that Nine is His number. Nine is the number of the Ego, for it always returns to itself. No matter what is done through the most complex multiplication of Nine by any other number, in the final equation nine alone will stand forth. The true ages of time are cast in the likeness of Nine, with all cycles obedient to its Law. All matters of terrestrial concern may be evaluated by the infallible resolution of Nine and its offspring.What is more interesting is the enigmatic Turtle, Mack, whose name literally means: Son. The Man who is both part of the fallen world and the only turtle that is part of the material world yet still in contact with the divine Sond of Sala-ma-Sond.