I was reading article in the NYT this morning about Microsoft and it reminded me of something I wanted you to think about. Have you ever noticed that everything involved in the computer industry — the newest phase of the symbolic — can be divided into two categories…ahem… HARDware and SOFTware.
Now the word in Biblical Hebrew for “penis” is spelled “A-R-M.” Biblical Hebrew does not indicate vowels in writing, so the word is actually pronounced ARUME. The word for “Magic” in Biblical Hebrew is spelled — you guessed it — “A-R-M” and is pronounced AROME. As such, they are basically the same word distinguished by a vowel in pronunciation and spelled the same in wriitng. Kinda like son/sun and Betray-us and Petraeus.
By the way, Petreaus is a Latinate form of the word…ahem…”Peter.” That’s right, “Bush” is relying on his General “Peter” to lead us in the war effort.
Now the basic meaning of “magic” is the ability to change something from one state to another — you know, “now you see it, now you don’t,” all usually accomplished by the touch of a “wand.” The only example of Magic in the Hebrew Bible appears when Moses goes before Pharoh in Egypt and in an attempt to impress him with God’s power performs a magic “trick” for him in which he throws down his “staff” — a long HARD stick — and it becomes a serpent, a long SOFT stick.
Thus the similarity in Biblical Hebrew between the words for Penis and Magic. The penis IS magic: it changes states from soft to hard and hard to soft.
Oh and one more thing on this: the word used to describe the serpent who tempts Eve into eating the “apple” in the Garden of Eden Story — in English it’s usually translated as “Crafty,” but in Hebrew, you guessed it, it’s AROME, i.e. Magical. After all, someone who is “crafty,” is someone who decieves you.
According to Wikipedia, the term “MILF” refers to “A (putative) mother found sexually attractive,” and was first coined in the 1999 film, American Pie, in the phrase: “Dude, that chick’s a MILF!” 1999 also happens to be the year in which the film, The Matrix (the word is Latin for “womb”), appeared.
Certainly the word “matrix” pertains to the Maternal/Imaginary, but so in fact does the title of American Pie, because the title is an abbreviation of the phrase, “As American as Mom and apple pie.”
One last thing: Here’s what Wikipedia says about MILF:
MILF is an acronym that can stand for:
Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim separatist rebel group
MILF, “Mother (or Mom) I’d Like to Fuck”
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, an attraction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
That pretty much sums up our world currently: Islamic Terrorism, the desire for the maternal/imaginary, and the “Magic” Kingdom.
As for Monsters, Inc, well the oldest and most common example of a monster is of course the DRAGON.