New kid on the chopping block

[Deaf Cat in the Blue Hat]

Looking forward to your explication.

Best,

Dale

Thank you for your time, Dale. You are absolutely correct in much of your assessment. Interestingly enough, I was not aware of the undertow son association but is not surprising considering the intent I had when writing this piece.

Tying together concepts from different mythologies in a search of a common perennial philosophy is not a new concept, and this was one of my attempts to 'fish', as it were, subconsciously for the best starting points for me in that venture - an effort to express knowledge of that which I am not aware that I know.

I've long had a preoccupation with words, phrases, and styles of writing that are encrypted with multiple layers of meaning. Had I placed this in any other forum here, I would certainly explain the meaning. What it holds for me is more personal than I'm willing to go into here, and more important to me for this one in particular would be to learn what meaning or feelings it may evoke from others.

Astrologically speaking, Lilith and black moon are intimately related. I never intended to evoke the Hebrew or Wiccan origins. I did not intend Amun as a separate entity from Ra, so technically that's a typo that should read Amun-Ra.

As one of my earlier works, it does suffer from forced rhyme, and the use of shah and djinn were unbeknownst to me tied to a shared mythology and were instead meant to be literary devices in reference to 'leader' and 'spirit'. I am familiar with both words through sources that differ from their mythological roots.

The phrase, 'and soon cease to shun...' imparts the meaning that I, myself, intend to no longer shun a detail-oriented approach toward gaining a clearer, more concise understanding of the mythologies and how I may relate to them through my own experiences. If it evokes a sense of cognitive dissonance, then I suppose the only meaning to be found may very well be an expression of that very same state of mind.