Q: What is your opinion of the theory that Sufism has its roots in the Ancient Egyptian Kemetic religion? The Tailor: The connection to Egypt has been documented in the Holy Books in the journeys of the Prophets, in particular, those of the Prophets Abraham, Joseph and Moses. More obscurely, it goes further back still, [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Egyptian Gnosis in Drs Freud and Funkenstein
Posted in Cosmology, tagged clinton, egypt, egyptian origin of sufism, foucault, freud, funk, funkadelic, funkenstein, history, parliament, Sufism on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Borscht westerns, polygamy, matriarchy in Sumatra, temporary marriages … and Islamic flirtation: the Tailor and postcolonialism
Posted in Cosmology, tagged Borscht westerns, flirtation, Islam, Islamic flirtation, matriarchy in Sumatra, polygamy, Sufism, T.A.Z., temporary autonomous zones on July 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Tailor: The Soviet propaganda machine produced a “Borscht Western” called “White Son of the Desert”. It was very popular in its day. It functions as entertaining fluff for the masses and a commentary on the socialist liberation of Central Asia from the barbarous fascism of Islamic tradition. Its emphasis is on the despotism/slavery inherent [...]
The offer
Posted in Love poems on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When a bridge of love is deconstructed, What was offered is now rendered stale bread By bitter philosophy. And, by that critique, The drunken imprecision of my love is exposed For but a mere fraction of prophecy. I concede defeat on all fronts. The ontology of my offer: voided by the definition of what such [...]
On Fasting and Ramadan
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir, tagged commanding self, creativity, demiurge, fasting, hyper-capitalism, ramadan, Sufism on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A party political broadcast by Sally Deen and the Tailor on behalf of the Verandah Vanguard, in support of the Fast/Not Feast campaign. For more information, search for “Fasting not feasting” in Facebook.
The Language of the Bees
Posted in Cosmology, tagged bees, language of bees, Sufism on July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
And your Lord inspired the bee: take among the mountains homes in mountains and trees, and in they build for you. Then eat from all the fruits, following the paths of your Lord, precisely. From their bellies (B-T-N) comes a drink of different colors, wherein there is healing for the people. This is a surely [...]
Ramadan, Tourism and the Freudian Theatre of Desire
Posted in Cosmology, tagged capitalism, charity, consumers' association of penang, Deleuze, desire, freud, freudian theatre, Guattari, lack, marxism, ramadan, real meaning of ramadan, Sufism on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Consumers’ Association of Penang recently raised some concern at a statement made by the Malaysian Minister for Tourism Datuk Seri Dr. Ng Yen Yen regarding Ramadan. In a publicity drive designed to promote tourism in Malaysia during the Holy Month, he proudly announced “the first ever Ramadhan Summer Festival featuring food, shopping and other [...]
The Dance (an exercise in non-philosophy)
Posted in Cosmology on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The journey is a particular kind of dance. It is grounded by its meta-illocutionary nature. An illocutionary statement is one in which a statement is also an enactment that validates the statement. A meta-illocution is one in which the rules for formation of statements of truth are enactments that simultaneously confirm their conformance to the [...]
The Shahada
Posted in Cosmology, tagged cosmos, Creation, Islam, muhammed before creation, shahda, Sufism, tawhid, unity of god on July 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The essential nature of Muhammed’s relation to Allah lies within the shahada, recited by Muslims at the end of every prayer. There is no ilah other than Allah and Muhammed is the slave and messenger of Allah. 1) There is no ilah other than Allah. Let’s think about the worship of ilah other than Allah: [...]
