Bestial Love [reedição de 3-9-2006]

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me;

Sabes, X, Voltei a deparar-me com aquela citação de Bion, que te enviei por sms no dia em que tudo começou entre nós.

The inescapable bestiality of the human animal
is the quality from which our cherished and admired characteristics spring.

Agora temos mais um poema para estudar, um poma para nos para nos guiar, através do vale das sombras, nas terras mágicas, através dos caminhos da nossa bestialidade e da nossa beleza, ambas inocentes, e as encruzilhadas da nossa inteligência e do nossa consciência, ambas .culpadas.

I was sent forth from the power,
and I have come to those who reflect upon me,
and I have been found among those who seek after me.
Look upon me, you who reflect upon me,
and you hearers, hear me.
You who are waiting for me, take me to yourselves.
And do not banish me from your sight.
And do not make your voice hate me, nor your hearing.
Do not be ignorant of me anywhere or any time. Be on your guard!
Do not be ignorant of me.

For I am the first and the last.
I am the honored one and the scorned one.
I am the whore and the holy one.
I am the wife and the virgin.
For I am knowledge and ignorance.

[...]

I am shame and boldness.
I am shameless; I am ashamed.
I am strength and I am fear.
I am war and peace.
Give heed to me.
I am the one who is disgraced and the great one.

[...]

For I am the wisdom of the Greeks
and the knowledge of the barbarians.
I am the judgement of the Greeks and of the barbarians.
I am the one whose image is great in Egypt
and the one who has no image among the barbarians.
I am the one who has been hated everywhere
and who has been loved everywhere.
I am the one whom they call Life,
and you have called Death.
I am the one whom they call Law,
and you have called Lawlessness.
I am the one whom you have pursued,
and I am the one whom you have seized.
I am the one whom you have scattered,
and you have gathered me together.
I am the one before whom you have been ashamed,
and you have been shameless to me.
I am she who does not keep festival,
and I am she whose festivals are many.
I, I am godless,
and I am the one whose God is great.
I am the one whom you have reflected upon,
and you have scorned me.
I am unlearned,
and they learn from me.
I am the one that you have despised,
and you reflect upon me.
I am the one whom you have hidden from,
and you appear to me.
But whenever you hide yourselves,
I myself will appear.
For whenever you appear,
I myself will hide from you.

Sim, não teremos medo de nenhum Mal. Não porque estejamos protegidos por "Deus", mas porque conhecemos o Bem e o Mal, e passámos para além. Agora vamo-nos portar bem mal
Vamo-nos portar (para além do) Bem (e do) Mal









Textos:
Psalm 23 of King James
Bion, Attention and Interpretation, capitulo 6, paginas 65-66.
Excerto de "Thunder Perfect Mind"
Imagens:
Luis Royo Dreams 29, 47
Walter Crane Beauty and the Beast (Routledge, 1874)