Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BB0F627.496D@luckymojo.com> From: catherine yronwode Reply-To: info@luckymojo.com Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Co. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.lucky.w Subject: Re: Attn: cat & P. Hume. References: <01c14473$b9df46f0$d8865f18@federalist> <3BAFD8B8.4EC5@luckymojo.com> <01c145c0$f3254d30$d8865f18@federalist> <3BB0CA72.D03CF057@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 76 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:49:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.204.142.154 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1001472583 209.204.142.154 (Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:49:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:49:43 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:266375 alt.lucky.w:10199 Dagon Productions wrote: > "Blazin' Tommy D." wrote: > > > The product you sell appears at page 22 of your "Lucky Mojo Curio > > Co." catalogue number 9. It's called "Lucky Swastika Penis Oil". The > > center of the Swastika is a set of hairy balls, and extending > > therefrom are 4 cocks spewing jizz. I see the R. Crumb influence > > you previously alluded. The artist is K. Rudin, a friend and former colleague of R. Crumb's during their days together at the American Greetins Co. in Ohio, where they both got their start back in the 1960s before breaking away to become hippies. K. was the first oublished woman underground cartoonist on the West Coast, and long ago took up the career of videography. She is a member of HAVC, the Headwaters Action Video Collective, which produces pro-environmental films. She is a former fellow-communard of mine (from Equitable Farm commune) and a former housemate of mine as well. > Gentle Swastika > Reclaiming the Innocence > by ManWoman > "The book Gentle Swastika is ManWoman's 30 years of > research into the worldwide hidden history of the swastika's > uses as a good luck sign and sacred symbol, distilled into > one 120 page volume. Pop artist ManWoman shows you > the playful uses of the swastika prior to World War Two > especially in North America where it was the homegrown > lucky sign of native peoples. AN EYE-OPENING > INVESTIGATION." > For further information about contents and how to order > the book check out the BRAND NEW website > http://www.GentleSwastika.com > > -Douglas Thanks for pointing this out, Douglas. I came up with the Lucky Swastika Penis Oil product name in large part because of ManWoman's work. He is an inspiration to many. > > I never saw any of those [Hindu Ganesh] statutes you refer to. > > these as Nazi paraphernalia. So these are products targeted to > > Hindus? Yes. And the swastika is not only Hindu -- i have a beautiful, contemporary made-in-China lotus-born Buddha with a swastika on him, too. > > apparently what you're saying [is that] > > their luck insignias [are] as wide spread and as well known as > > 4 leaf clovers and rabbit's feet? Yes, that is what i am saying. The swastika is also an ancient Native American symbol. Prior to WWII, many Anglo-Americans identified it with the Southwest Indians, as can be seen on old postcards and greeting cards. I have a very nice American-made beaded item that bears the initials J.B.Y. and a black swastika on a white background. It is a simple strap-woven beaded piece of the type either made for a merit badge by Girl and Boy Scouts, or, during the 1920s, made on a "while you wait" basis by Indians for tourists at places like the Fred Harvey restaurant chain in Arizona and New Mexico. It was found in an estate collection of Native American bead-work that had been put away and wrapped in 1929-dated newspapers. Siva is scanning it right now, and by the time i post this, it will be up at my web site for you to enjoy. The URL is Swastika for Good Luck! --- http://www.luckymojo.com/swastika.html cat yronwode Lucky W Amulet Archive --------- http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html