What are the secrets of the snake?

Dear Ms. Mead,

I had the most interesting keyword hit to the biddy-biddy-blog the other day. Someone did a search for the term “the skinhead movement email address” which resulted in a Google page two return for said keyword combination to this page. A letter I wrote to MMRFRO in regard to the subject of kindness back at the beginning of August.

While I was initially horrified at the thought someone might surf onto the b-b-blog thinking it might be a site devoted to the white supremacy movement, or some other hatemongering type group. After doing a bit of quick research about the skinhead movement I felt at ease—more or less.

Upon digging a little further, I discovered a curious quantum entanglement with the keyword combination and the server from where it originated. The hit came from the University of Missouri – dba the Missouri Research. Which at first was a bit of a mild curiosity due to the server name being that of a university but also the fact that it included a doing business as, however, I didn’t think too much of it when I did a quick check on the IP address. But, as I ventured a little deeper down the rabbit hole my curiosity became greater.

As I read more and more about the skinhead moment, I discovered something—I of course already knew—in that there came a point in the history of the gang in which the group became equated with neo-nazi movement due to their style being co-opted by the haters. While the original skinhead movement was based more in style and culture, and had little interest in nor connection with politics, the random connection with racism and neo-nazi culture has unfortunately persisted over the past several decades.

Another thing that has been perniciously and persistently connected with Nazism (neo or otherwise) is an ancient spiritual symbol know as the swastika. The Wikipedia entry for swastika states: “The word swastika came from the Sanskrit word svastika, meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- meaning ‘good, well’ and asti ‘to be’ svasti thus means ‘well-being.’ The suffix -ka either forms a diminutive or intensifies the verbal meaning, and svastika might thus be translated literally as ‘that which is associated with well-being,’ corresponding to ‘lucky charm’ or ‘thing that is auspicious.’”¹

Okay, so to the interesting (or maybe not so) quantum connection.

When I decided to take new gravatar photos for the b-b-blog, etc. one of the symbols that I wished to include in the design of the makeup I put on my face was the swastika. I wanted to include the symbol specifically because of its meaning in Sanskrit. I tried to paint the image on my forehead with grease paint. However, since I was drawing the image in reverse in the mirror, I wasn’t able to produce a version that I liked. So I printed a copy of the image I found on the interwebs and imbedded it in the greasepaint approximately in the center of my forehead.

And now to the connection—of sorts.

As I was reading through the Wikipedia page concerning the swastika, the following statement caught my eye and sent chills up my spine simultaneously, “The swastika shape was used by some Native Americans. It has been found in excavations of Mississippian-era sites in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. It is frequently used as a motif on objects associated with the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (S.E.C.C.).”²

The very area where at one time Native American tribes lived and created art that included a swastika-like motif is where a keyword search originated with a similar energetic signature (if you will) that hit ye olde Ghoti Letters.

Is it quantum-coincidence or quantum-intent? Or perhaps a little of both.

One of the things I found rather intriguing about this hit is the fact that a greater portion of my spiritual belief system is anchored in Native American culture and spirituality. So the discovery of the fact that many of the tribes in the mid-west incorporated the swastika into their designs (particularly spiritually related ones) gave me a hearty chuckle.

And all of this would certainly add up to some kind of mondo-quantum-gestalt. Would you not agree?

Meanwhile, I discovered the most interesting fact about you Ms. Mead. It appears you were one of the founding members of the Parapsychology Association. I must confess this discovery did not surprise me given you spent a great deal of your career studying so called primitive cultures and their beliefs. From my viewpoint, one could not spend any length of time with such groups and not develop an interest in all things mystical.

I hope to poke around and find a biography or two written about you and read up on your life.

Sending you much love!