Lenny's Profile |
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If you see me, say hello, I might be in Stockholm |
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| Age: | 52 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Stockholm, |
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| Last Login: | Jun 22, 2008 (522 days back) |
About Me |
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Generate your own contact table! Hi, I'm Lenny B Goode. I'm a writer, historian, and I like to sing, play guitar and piano when nobody hears me:)John Lennon, "Woman is the Nigger of the World"Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton "Crossroad" The True Story of the Traveling Wilburys Peter Tosh, Johnny B Goode Miriam Makeba "Jinkel E Maweni" Fats Waller & Myra Johnson "Ain't Misbehavin'" Jai Mata Di - Sri Nav Durga Raksha Mantra |
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My Interests |
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| Cuneiform literature, ancient philosophy, depth psychology, mysticism, music, storytelling, the cultures of Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria and the influence of Mesopotamia on western and eastern cultures. | |
I'd like to meet:All you peace-loving people who loves music, literature and art and believe that we can create a better world for all without borders and discrimination. Hail, hail Rock n' Roll! And power to the people!"May the Gods of Life of the Great Gate open the doors for you! May the Gods of Peace, Guardians of the Great Gate, rejoice at your presence, and may their features light up at you!" (Sumerian prayer, ca 1800 BC) Create your own visitor map! a |
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Music:Dylan, Beatles, Stones, Rutles, Carl Perkins, Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, Eric Clapton,Travelling Wilburys, Chuck Berry, Fugs, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, all sorts of blues music and of course Sumerian hymns and drinking songs. |
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Movies:Science fiction, film noir, drama, thrillers, comedies and silent classics. In short, I like all sorts of films. |
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Television:When I can't sleep. |
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Books:I prefer to read them on clay tablets, I'm a bit old fashioned. Here's a clay tablet with the story of the Flood, a part of Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh epic. |
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Heroes:Gilgamesh, Sin-leqi-unninni, Enheduanna, Lukianos, Iamblichus, Ostanes, CG Jung, Joseph Campbell, Alfred Jarry.GILGAMESH - KING OF URUK (2700 BC) For more info click on the image! INANNA, GODDES OF LOVE, WAR AND ALL POLARITIES OF LIFE. INANNA AND ENKI For more info click on the image! THE ZIQQURAT OF THE MOON-GOD NANNA AT THE CITY UR ENHEDUANNA, SUMERIAN HIGH PRIESTESS OF THE MOON GOD, FEMALE AUTHOR, ca 2200 BC. For more info click on the image! ENKI, GOD OF WISDOM, ON HIS THRONE. THE VASES WITH OVER-FLOWING STREAMS SYMBOLIZES THE WATER OF LIFE COMING FROM THE COSMIC SOURCE ABZU. For more info click on the image! You scored as Universal, You are a Universal Empath, you possess all the qualities of the other seven empath groups. You are what is known as an "Implicate" or Imp, a product of evolutionary design and genetic mutation. You are a psychic hybrid. (from "The Book of Storms" by Jad Alexander at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Empaths/) Healer 100% Universal 100% Traveler 100% Shaman 100% Precog 85% Artist 85% Judge 80% Fallen Angel 80% What Kind of Empath Are You? created with QuizFarm.com CURRENT MOON lunar phases My Scored Quizzes
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Single |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Stockholm |
| Religion: | Other |
| Education: | Post grad |
| Occupation: | Writer |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Enkidu as a Buddha-figure |
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| The Unicorn Legend: Part. IIWhy did the Buddhists in India see Enkidu in the Gilgamesh Epic as a preceding Buddha? For many modern readers of the Gilgamesh epic this would seem strange. Enkidu is not ... Posted by Lenny on Sun, 13 May 2007 02:30:00 PST |
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The Origin of the Unicorn Legend |
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| It is well known that the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh has influenced ancient literature such as the Odyssey, the Iliad, the Bible, the Koran and the Thousand and One Nights. What is not so well known... Posted by Lenny on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:26:00 PST |
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A song to Ninisina - the Mesopotamian goddes of healing |
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| I am the lady who sits upon terrifying divine powers! I am she who is endowed from holy heaven with the office of incantation priestess! I am she who withdraws the first fruits from the palace, I am s... Posted by Lenny on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:21:00 PST |
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Abzu The Ocean of Wisdom |
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| The people of ancient Mesopotamia believed that a gigantic cosmic ocean existed under the earth that was the source of all sweet water. The Abzu was ruled by the God of Wisdom. He was called Enki by t... Posted by Lenny on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:18:00 PST |
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Protection against bad dreams |
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| We all sometimes have bad dreams. Nightmares are not only unpleasant, but could also have negative consequences for the dreamer according to ancient Mesopotamian dream theories. The negative effects o... Posted by Lenny on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:13:00 PST |
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Sumerian proverbs from about 2000 B.C |
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| The Sumerians lived in the southern part of Mesopotamia which today is Iraq. Their civilization flourished in the period ca 40002000 B.C. They invented writing among many other things. Their literatu... Posted by Lenny on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:55:00 PST |
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Enheduanna - the oldest known author in the world |
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| Enheduanna was a scholar, poet and a very influentional woman in ancient Mesopotamia. She was high priestess of the Moon-god in Ur. In ancient times all the kings in Mesopotamia had to be confirmed a... Posted by Lenny on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:19:00 PST |
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How do we know we are really alive? |
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| Sometimes I have been thinking: "How do I know I'm alive?" Perhaps I'm sleeping and dreaming my life. What happens if I wake up? Other times I'm sure (or pretty sure) I'm alive, but then another quest... Posted by Lenny on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:48:00 PST |
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Lukianos - the first science fiction writer, 2nd century AD |
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| Lukianos is described in many books as a one of the greatest ancient Greek satirical writer in history. But he was an Assyrian who learned the Greek language. This he stated clearly in his own writing... Posted by Lenny on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:42:00 PST |
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Gilgamesh and the Quest for Immortality |
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| The epic of Gilgamesh is regarded as the greatest literary work from ancient Mesopotamia and it is also the oldest literary work of the world. The epic is about the Sumerian king Gilgamesh who probabl... Posted by Lenny on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:48:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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