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San Grail, Sang RealSan Grail, Sang Real

2005-04-06 - 8:22 a.m.
Wednesday. Prince Rainier died at Age 81. Never knew him, guess I never will either.
The concept of princes and royalty is a very ancient one. Anyone remember seeing the film 'Braveheart'?. One of the plot devices was the reinstatement by Edward I of 'Prima Nocte' , or First Night.
The idea being that on the night of a common girl's wedding, the local lord had the right to bang her silly. As Edward Longshanks (played admirably by No. 6) put it "If we can't get them out, we'll breed them out."
Royal Blood. Sang Real.
Why was that such a big deal? Why is it still a big deal?
It goes back to the time of the Egyptians. In the very old days, the Egyptians were ruled by Gods - Osiris, Isis, Horus etc.
In the not-so-old-but-still-pretty-damn-old days, these Gods left and were replaced by Kings that were Gods. They started out as men, then underwent some convoluted and secret God-making ceremony with a bunch of priests at night in a temple, and emerged the following day half man-half god.
When the Master Mason Hiram Abif was slain, that secret was lost, and the only way to maintain the god-made-flesh was through DNA.
As a side note, every king in Egypt after this was a Pharoah - one step below a King, in that they had the physical attributes of a King but not the spiritual ones.
Hiram Abif's death led to all sorts of things: King David, Jesus, The legends of King Arthur, The Holy Grail (Sangraal), The Knights Templar, The Freemasons, Rossyln Chapel, the Da Vinci Code and National Treasure (to name a couple of contemporary spin-offs).
But the big thing, the really big thing, was the idea of maintaining the Godhead within humanity. And since all mums want their children to grow up to be Doctors or Presidents or Gods, women would be throwing themselves at anyone of royal blood they could get their hands on to get a bit of that deity into their offspring.
As the bloodline got diluted, it was less sought after, but since the nobles had gotten quite used to the idea of free nookie on tap, they formalized it into Prima Nocte. Various kingdoms used it, abused it and abandoned it over time.
Today, Prima Nocta is a Death Metal band from the Netherlands. Oh, how far our civilization has come.
Today I am in the office. This is likely to be a rare thing from now on, since they are moving us into an office designed for three people. Most of us will telecommute then just come on when we have meetings.
We started a new diet this weekend, basically just counting calories. I am allowed 2460/day, R. gets 1240. She is not happy about that, since she inevitably goes over while I have enough of a margin for a few beers.
Alright, time to get this day underway.
Catpewk, Out.

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