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Papaver
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Of Moths and Flames...
#6053812 - 09/12/06 03:08 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Goddamn it! Somebody locked that other thread, right when I was in the middle of making an off-topic reply. This thread is moths and flames, so please only reply with moth-related material; mothmen are acceptable, but not reptilloids parading as mothmen...
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Papaver said:
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MOTH said: I won't lie. I like to throw myself into fire.
Hence, the name, MOTH...
Joseph Campbell liked to recount an amusing story about moths and flames in relation to religious fanaticism and asceticism...
"One night a moth sees a lamp, a burning flame enclosed in glass. The moth spends the entire night bumping against the glass, trying to become ONE with the flame. In the morning the moth returns to its friends and tells them of the beautiful flame it has seen. 'Yes, but you don't look the better for it,' they say."
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: Papaver]
#6053831 - 09/12/06 03:13 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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bumping against the glass
I read that as 'humping' against the glass. My first thought: "Joseph Campbell, you scandalous FIEND!"
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: Papaver]
#6053833 - 09/12/06 03:13 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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-------------------- Acid doesn't hurt when you're on fire. "Mushrooms are only similar to penises in their appearance." - LeBron James (2013) ToiletDuk said: "Bus squelching is not to be laughed at."
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: Papaver]
#6053841 - 09/12/06 03:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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-------------------- Acid doesn't hurt when you're on fire. "Mushrooms are only similar to penises in their appearance." - LeBron James (2013) ToiletDuk said: "Bus squelching is not to be laughed at."
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Papaver
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: pantsboy]
#6053850 - 09/12/06 03:18 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: MOTH]
#6053879 - 09/12/06 03:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just like a moth, into the flame... I burn away...
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"in and out the window like a moth before a flame"
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: pantsboy]
#6054000 - 09/12/06 04:05 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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The Hummingbird Moth... I had a mescaline camping trip that revolved around moths in the bathroom implanting me with galactic information and showing me their tubes. I think they hold secrets that no other beings do
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: schmutzen]
#6054132 - 09/12/06 04:37 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I also had a close encounter with moths while tripping, about two years ago.
They've just never left me alone, since then.
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: MOTH]
#6054183 - 09/12/06 04:47 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I turned into a moth on LSD and flew all the way to the sun.
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: pantsboy]
#6054198 - 09/12/06 04:50 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Tell me...what happened at the sun?
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: pantsboy]
#6054555 - 09/12/06 06:28 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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How Icarian...
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: Papaver]
#6054604 - 09/12/06 06:38 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Papaver said: How Icarian...
that's exactly what it made me think, i had a flash back of watching the story teller on BBC telling the tale of Icarus.
no moth though, he was a fake it's a whole different method of ascension!
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: Simisu]
#6054621 - 09/12/06 06:42 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Reminds the nerd deep inside me of Gandolf
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: MOTH]
#6056510 - 09/13/06 09:07 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I also had a close encounter with moths while tripping, about two years ago.
Dancing lessons, perhaps?
Towards the end of summer is a good time to look for Luna months, they're ususally about 15' up the trunk of Hickory trees.
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: schmutzen]
#6056529 - 09/13/06 09:17 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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funny you should say that.. a week ago i was in a dancing lesson (contact improvisation) and as we finished a moth landed on someones shoulder. he started to "dance" with it and we all laughed about that for a while! it was proably the first human X moth dance ever
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Re: Of Moths and Flames... [Re: Simisu]
#6056843 - 09/13/06 11:26 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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How do you think i learned to dance? hehe I believe we need some moth smileys...
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