I was going to liveblog 4/20, but I got too high and had to log off. Another day, my dearies.
Today I am reading devotional and liturgical writings from a multitude of religions (from Zoroastrianism to Rodnovery) to get in the mood to work on the Prayer section of the Hymnōdai Hieros Logos; currently I am reading a Catholic missal from 1910. The archaic language is charming and inspiring by turns — and then there are the jarring moments.
For instance, there’s a section of brief, fervent declamations, the technical name of which are “ejaculations.”
Then there’s this line from Saint Gerard Majella’s Resolutions:
O my God, my only love, to-day and every day I give myself up to Thy good pleasure. In all temptations and trials I will say always: Thy will be done. All that Thou mayest ordain for me I will embrace with my whole heart, never ceasing to raise my eyes to heaven there to adore the divine hands which cast towards me the precious pearls of Thy most holy will. My supreme resolution is to give myself unreservedly to God. For this reason I will have continually before my eyes this motto: Be thou deaf, blind, and mute. Only one thing do I desire — Thy good pleasure, O my God, and not mine own. I will have all possible veneration for priests, beholding in them Jesus Christ Himself, and striving to be penetrated with the greatness of their dignity.
Oh, you Catholics.
But seriously, Saint Gerard Majella sounds like a godatheow, hieródoulos, or qadeš of Christ.
The House of Vines 
ah. Yes. Ejaculatory prayer. That was a joke amongst Catholics when I attended.
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It would make a great book title …
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You are the only one who seemed to remember 4-20 day.
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Sad. Though for some of us every day is 4/20 so maybe they just forgot?
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Well, the ones that I knew, who used to celebrate 4/20, all got swallowed up with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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Something I’ve noticed is that marijuana enthusiasts tend to skew left while marijuana dealers are more center-right. I’ve known plenty of exceptions to this, and the places I’ve lived may have been even more significant. But you made me think of that quirk. Of course, there are plenty on the right who suffer from TDS too.
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The people I knew were apolitical. I guess they were political but hid it or something in Trump got to them. Never could figure it out.
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I don’t think anyone is truly apolitical these days. Plenty of us would like to be, but the extremism of our age forces folks to choose and get in line, even if in saner times one would not normally have anything to do with such groups. In fact the greatest motivator seems to be not “I like what these guys stand for” but “those other guys are crazy, so I’ll pick the side that stands against them.” Historically that’s a very dangerous phase for democratic systems to be in as that’s the prelude to collapse and something much worse taking its place. Though it’s shit Latin, we should all remember: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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