Brzap! Flashback! scott-1974

First vivid memory. Visiting in Florida

I remember clouds and blond hair. I remember a ring made of tinfoil, and I remember walking on the beach at the age of four, only to stumble and fall on a recently washed up jellyfish with its tentacles still in perfect working order. This was my first introduction to pain, really. Face first into a mound of chemically charged spaghettii and causing me to experience a white light within my head as intense as the sun itself.

Scooby-doo! Illuminated site!










 

SCOOBY-DOO,
WHERE ARE YOU?” AND THE OCCULT

The popular children’s show “Scooby-Doo,
Where Are You?” is warmly embraced by generations of viewers.
It
is seemingly a charming story about four teenagers (Fred Fred, Daphne,
Velma, and Shaggy) and their
lovable
talking dog, Scooby-Doo, who travel around the country solving supernaturally-based
crimes. These
crimes inevitably turn
out to be hoaxes with an occult veneer.
 

However, beneath this seemingly hostile
attitude towards the supernatural lies a deeper core which is actually

sympathetic towards the occult. An examination
of the show’s theme song will reveal, in fact, that it is a rather

blatant attempt at invoking an ancient spirit,
who possesses the group’s canine companion and acts at the
invoker’s
behest. Quite probably, this apparent conflict of interests is an attempt
by the five main characters to
strip
away the public’s misconceptions about the supernatural and to promote
a positive image for the
 

practitioners of the occult arts. 

 

“Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?”
Scooby-Dooby-Doo (1), Where Are You? We got some
work to do now.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You? We need some help
from you now. (2)
Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you… pretending you got
a sliver
But you’re not fooling me, cause I can see, the way
you shake and shiver. (3)
You know we got a mystery to solve, so Scooby Doo
be ready for your act. (4)
[Scooby Doo] Uh-uh Uh-uh (5)
Don’t hold back!
And Scooby Doo if you come through
you’re going to have yourself a scooby snack! (6)
That’s a fact!
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you. You’re ready and
you’re willing. (7)
If we can count on you Scooby Doo, I know you’ll
catch that villian. (8)

(1) An obvious reference to marijuana or hashish.
The “doobie” is another name for the marijuana cigarette.
Scooby-Doo
is also a corruption of the pre-Columbian deity Xipe Totec, known as “Our
Lord the Flayed One”.
At the end of
a 52-year period, this deity’s representative was castrated and flayed
alive, and his skin was worn
as a garment
by the priest. For another reference to human sacrifice, cf. (8), below.
(Note: A suggested
connection to the
noted performer Frank Sinatra has been found to be without merit, though
the Doobie Brothers bear further investigation.)
 

(2) Ritual invocation of the Scooby-Doo
spirit, reminding it of its obligations to the cultists; typical part of
the occult invocation.

(3) Acknowledgement of the presence of
the spirit, which seems curiously reluctant to manifest. Possibly a

psychological ploy by the spirit to increase
the tribute offered to it? If so, the ploy seems to be ineffective, and

a minor deviation from standard occult formulae.
Another possible interpretation, however, might be that the
“shaking
and shivering” might be a reference to the ecstatic trance the cultists
entered into.
 

(4) Obvious connections to the ancient
pagan mystery religions (e.g. Cybele, the Eleusinian Mysteries,

Orphism), where ritual dramas were re-enacted. 

(5) The spirit acknowledges its presence;
another typical occult feature.

(6) The offer of reward to the spirit.
The “scooby snack” is in all probability a small herbal cake laced with

hashish (cf. note (1) above), which is sacred
to the spirit. Evidence from the televised episodes indicates that

these “scooby snacks” also act as a powerful
euphoric/hallucinogen on humans as well, since Shaggy (the
group’s
scapegoat/shaman) ingests them from time to time and evidences massive
changes in personality.
 

Peyote may be another ingredient in the
scooby-snack, confirming its ties to pre-Columbian mystery cults.
 

(7) The cultists confirm that the spirit,
now propitiated, is ready to manifest itself for the benefit of the cult. 
 

(8) A confirmation of the connection between
Xipe Totec and Scooby-Doo (cf. Footnote (1)). The cult of
Scooby-Doo
obviously practices human sacrifice, since Scooby-Doo is expected to “catch
that villain” (from
MF, villein, serf
or peasant). Another curious deviation from the standard is that the spirit
is expected to
procure his own sacrifice,
who may have been targeted by the cult for this purpose. This ritual could
preserve
the memory of an ancient conflict
between the priests of the Xipe Totec cult with a rival mystery cult.
 

 

 

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

We never learn the last names of any of Scooby-Doo’s
friends (the Gang), which probably means that they are using pseudonyms
or cult names.
 

“Fred Fred” is a reference to the ancient
belief in the magical powers of twins; he invokes within himself the
 

power of the twin. An example of this
kind of naming in folklore comes from the New Testament: the Apostle Thomas,
called Didymus; Thomas is from an Aramaic work meaning “twin”, and Didymus
is the Greek word for “twin”.Possibly he once had a twin brother, whom
he sacrificed to enhance his own mystic abilities.  In ancient Europe,
the tanist was regarded as a twin of the sacred king, possibly to be sacrificed
in his place; perhaps this custom survived clandestinely until the present
day? Fred Fred embodies the male principle for the group, though the manifestation
of this principle is somewhat ambiguous; despite his obvious handsomeness
and athletic physique, there is no hint of a sexual relationship with Daphne,
the most obvious target of his affections; this might have something to
do with Daphne’s cult status, as discussed next.
 

“Daphne” is Greek for “laurel”, the leaves
of which were chewed by the Oracle at Delphi to invoke a prophetic trance.

Daphne is obviously the High Priestess for
the group, and embodies the female (but not the maternal) principle. 
Thus, she might be identified with Artemis, the virgin goddess of the hunt. 
Artemis was also the only god among the Greeks to whom humans were sacrificed
(e.g. Iphigeneia, daughter of Agamemnon).  Therefore, Daphne is probably
still virginal, in order to offer up human sacrifices to her savage goddess. 
This explains her apparent lack of sexual interest in Fred Fred, or indeed
in any male.
 

“Velma” is an obvious corruption of Bellona,
the Roman goddess of conflict, as well as the name of the Finnish

sea-goddess Vellamo, who herded cattle and
raised crops on the bottom of the sea. Velma’s high intelligence,

aggressive tendencies, and ambiguous sexuality
evoke the image of Pallas Athene as a defender of the
 

community.  Perhaps there is a physical
relationship of sorts between Velma and Daphne, since neither of them have
shown signs of seeking such a relationship with the available males of
the group, Fred Fred and Shaggy.
 

The name “Shaggy” is descriptive of the
cult’s scapegoat and shaman, both of which traditionally appear in a
 

wild and disheveled state. Shaggy is the
High Priest of the cult, and is most often the one to interpret the words
of the oracular hound, Scooby-Doo.  He often partakes of the “scooby
snack”, and is powerfully affected by the drug’s euphoric and mind-altering
properties, preparatory to entering into the mystical trance in which he
communes with the world of spirits.
Shaggy
is the sacred interpreter of the words of Scooby-Doo, being gifted with
the power to understand his speech by whatever supernatural pact summoned
up the creature.

The twin interpretations of “Scooby-Doo”
as a corruption of Xipe Totec and as a reference to marijuana have
 

already been commented upon. Possibly,
in the light of Xipe Totec’s predilection for flaying, Scooby-Doo was
 

in fact not a dog but a human medium who
adopted (for unknown reasons) the identity of a dog, wearing the
 

flayed skin of a dog, acting as the vessel
of Xipe Totec’s spirit.  His barely-intelligible speech typical of
reports of witches’ familiars in the Middle Ages, who often croaked or
had speech impediments not unlike Scooby-Doo’s. 


 


Went to see Xmen, and it was pretty cool!

especially for a geek like me… I saw cameos by Jubilee, Shadowcat, Iceman, beast, pyro, and stan lee, not to mention some others. I hope they make a sequel with more & different guys. after the movie I hung out with my pal Robb, and we talked for a few hours at starbucks. got a lot of opinions stated, and talked for a long while about relationships, common friends and just stuff in general. I swear, if he was a girl or I was gay I’d date him in a second. (Well, maybe two. He’s picky. 🙂 ) Anyhow, we discussed our mutual pals getting pregnant, moving and it turns out that he’ll be moving at the end of august too! egads! There goes the whole SPLN gang. no more Alex, Brian, Heather or Robby?!? it would appear that of EMAGE, the oonly remainders will be me and the Hunters… I have to remember to thank Alex H for the CD, it rocks!! a little p-funk makes me a happy boy. (among other things.) I’m amazed that newton can Lie comfortably on my screen…. heat-sucker! pesky swish-tail interferes with my surfin! My Bro is back in town, and he’s mighty flu-y, so we’ll be going out later in the week, but at least I can call him locally on the phone now! Hoody-hoo!