-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">
</A> -Cui Bono?-
----- Original Message -----
From: "M Straatmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
____________________________________________________________________________
_
Michael Straatmann - Circulation Services
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
---------- Forwarded message ----------
[Ed: originally written by Steven Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and posted
to alt.horror.cthulhu in April. Reprinted with his permission]
************************************************************************
Dear Editor- I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is
no Great Cthulhu. Papa says, "If you see it on Alt.Horror.Cthulhu,
it's so," Please tell me the truth, is there a Great Cthulhu who will
rise from the watery depth of the Pacific to clear the Earth of all
living things? ------Virgina Marsh
Virgina, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the
fever of enlightenment given to them by a so-called "enlightened" age.
They do not believe in anything unless it carries the weight of
scientific authority. They think that nothing can be which is not
comprehensible by their little minds. Reality is that which can be
cataloged and measured, to be spooned out in rational doses to the
common people. All minds, Virgina, whether they be adult's or
children's, are little. In this vast chaos we laughingly call the
universe, man is a mere insect, a bug, whose intellect has as much
chance of grasping the whole truth, as an ant has of understanding
non-Euclidian geometry.
Yes, Virgina, there is a Great Cthulhu. He exists as certainly as the
cold unfeelingness of the cosmos exits, and you know that this
meaninglessness abounds and gives to your life its highest absurdity.
Alas! how comfortable would be the world if there were no Cthulhu! It
would be as comforting as if a Santa Claus truly did care and reward
children for doing good. There would be childlike faith then, a world
of sweet believable poetry and romance to make existence idyllic and
appealing. The external light with which childhood fills the world
would never end.
Not believe in the Great Cthulhu! You might as well not believe in
Hastur or the Necronomicon. You might get your papa's science books
and Skeptical Inquirers to see if Cthulhu is mentioned in any
historical contexts or if R'lyeh truly does rest under the Pacific
Ocean, but even if you did not find either mentioned in your 'holy'
books, what would that prove? Nobody sees or knows of Cthulhu, but
that is no sign that there is no Great Cthulhu. The most real things
in the world are those that we can not know through the senses. Can
the headache of your friend be felt by you? No, but his pain affects
your life regardless. Do you feel the angst of living a life you never
wanted through any of your five senses? No, yet the despair remains.
Yet if such realities are known but are never seen, then why should
other's ignorance of the unseen lead us to share in their blindness. By
what right have they earned your obedience? Nobody can conceive of the
inconceivable, including your leaders of thought.
You tear apart the rattle of a baby to see what lies inside to make
such noise, but the tiny balls there can not explain or illustrate the
fear of a hostile world, that makes that baby clutch and shake that
rattle so. Only reaching for insanity can push aside the curtain of
our hopes and view with stark madness the emptiness that lies beyond.
Is that reality? Is that the truth? To give an answer is to replace
the curtain with but one more. And it is this, that makes the Great
Cthulhu as true and as real as any veil we place on the chaos beyond.
If one must create a meaning, why not the Great Cthulhu. At least the
choice is free.
Thank Azathoth! The Great Cthulhu lives and lives forever. A thousand
years from now, Virgina, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will
continue to await the time when the stars are right again. For with
those which eternal lie, with strange eons even death may die.
(From Editorial Page, Arkham Advertiser, 1928)
<A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters
and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright
frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects
spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL
gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers;
be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and
nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
