Frankenstein in (Gay) Wolf's Clothing
Chief Thracian
in Wolf's Clothing", and located at:
<http://claymore.wisemagic.com/scotradiance/gary/wolf.htm>
It is about the decimation and demonization of wolves in human
history...and how the Catholic Church played the largest role of
whipping up anti-wolf hysteria.
Now, as a gay activist and spiritual counselor, I find an immediate
parallel between the fate of our wolves, and that of our own gay
community. (And interesting that these last few days I've been
receiving lovely visions of werewolves, gay werewolves...and now, this
web page I discovered.)
So please read this most excellent essay, replacing "wolf" with "gay"
or "LGBT" if you will. Herein is from the first part of "Segment 1"
(but I do encourage you to read the essay in its entirety; most
illuminating):
---begin excerpt:
Frankenstein in Wolf's Clothing
By Gary R. Dobson
SEGMENT TWO
Barry Lopez theorizes that hungry wolves certainly did not help their
cause by being observed feeding on the bodies of vanquished soldiers
and victims of The Black Plague. These natural acts (as they would be
for any animals suffering from starvation) by ravenous wolves were
regarded as proof that the species was demonic. The Roman Catholic
Church certainly echoed and spearheaded this belief.
During this era, as was true until the present-day, the Church was a
symbol of profound authority, surpassed only by the crown. In its
efforts to gain as much influence over society as possible, the Church
invoked numerous measures to show that it had the answers to all of
life’s problems and must be regarded as the seat of salvation. It
absolutely knew who the devil was and jumped on any opportunity to
prove it. The wolf provided an excellent opportunity.
In an effort to usurp control over society, the Church determined that
an all-out campaign to cleanse the wolf from the planet would cement
its position as protectorate of the people and their souls. The
demonic, sinister wolf, surmised the church leaders, must be a
son/daughter of Satan bent on the destruction of civilization. In her
exceptional book, The World of the Wolf, Candace Savage writes, “…the
wolf had been equated with Satan---the wolf in Christ’s fold”.
The killing, however, of some livestock by a few of the devils wasn’t
going to be enough of a crime to justify the eradication of the
species. Hunters could take care of that problem. Something huge
would have to dreamed up if the church was going to show just how
righteous and glorified it was in marshalling society to destroy the
wolf.
The solution to the problem of the wolf was born in the vivid
imagination of The Roman Catholic Church. Drawing on its would-be
infinite wisdom, the Church determined that the souls of highwaymen
and other criminals, after being convicted and killed for their
crimes, would return in the bodies of wolves (thus the introduction of
werewolves). Lopez writes, “During the years of the Inquisition, the
Church sought to…maintain secular control by flushing out werewolves
in the community and putting them to death. In so doing, it deepened
the fears about the wolf, in whatever form”.
The “werewolf craze” spawned a cottage industry for writers of the era
during which hundreds of ridiculous and obnoxious accounts of
werewolves were published. A great many of the tales originated in
Germany, but the remainder of Eurasia also contributed to the wealth
of material.
As if the stories of werewolves weren’t enough to terrify the public,
folktales such as Little Red Riding Hood, detailing the exploits of
supposed non-werewolves, also served to tighten the ring of revulsion
encircling society’s view of the wolf.
---end of excerpt
Now, if you compare the present-day demonization of gays throughout
our society--and many others in this world--with that of wolves...then
you can readily see how close we are to a new anti-gay holocaust.
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Hail Athenia, brave new gay nation!
Zeke Krahlin, Chief Thracian
http://surf.to/gaybible
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