The Healer-King & other notions
Sean_Q_
Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite Ammurapi, "the kinsman is a healer,"
from Ammu, "paternal kinsman," and Rapi, "healer". It seems the more
I learn about the world the more I think "Aha!" as I fill in the blanks.
Furthermore there is an image of Hammurabi as law-giver on the south
wall of the US Supreme Court building.
The United States, currently the superest superpower and situated
across the Sundering Seas is currently in occupation of Hammurabi's
ancient kingdom in Middle Earth, which was foretold in parabolic terms
in the Annals of the Second Age.
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Noel Q. von Schneiffel
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> The United States, currently the superest superpower and situated
> across the Sundering Seas is currently in occupation of Hammurabi's
> ancient kingdom in Middle Earth, which was foretold in parabolic terms
> in the Annals of the Second Age.
It is true, of course. America is the new Babylon, as Tolkien
foretold, and Barack Obama is the reincarnation of Aragorn. Just like
him, "(...)after war [in Iraq] he brought healing [healthcare
reform]."
Noel
Sean_Q_
> It is true, of course. America is the new Babylon
Actually I was thinking of Numenor, but they seem to have a lot
in common:
"Babylon is laid to waste, Egypt's buried in her shame
Their mighty men are beaten down, their kings have fallen in the ways
Oh God, the pride of man, broken in the dust again!
Turn around, go back down, back the way you came
Shout a warning to the nations that the sword of God is raised
On Babylon that mighty city, rich in treasure, wide in fame
It shall cause thy tower to fall and make it be a pyre of flame
Oh God, the pride of man, broken in the dust again!"
--Hamilton Camp; also performed by Gordon Lightfoot
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