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We are all divine, empathic creatures embodied in humanoid form.
Theo might be alluding to the idea of sacred geometry, which is a universal pattern found in the architecture of reality.
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Psilocybin is known as a psychedelic prodrug. Theo can’t tell on whether or not the dope rhymes he’s spitting is from the mushrooms, or him alone.
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In eastern philosophical thought, few of the central principles of Chinese metaphysics are change and moral cultivation of oneself.
This line hints, from what Theo’s read (potentially texts from the Tao), that wealth is not corporeal. Wealth and self-appreciation have always existed from within the body.
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The author uses this economic metaphor to illustrate that the positivity in his life is resonant. He encourages his listeners to enrich their own lives with his hopeful lyrics.
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Read this work and wrote a paper in my Contemporary Issues & Lit course.
It’s an interesting dystopian novel. Themes such as modernization, consumerism, are pretty much a representation of our modern day society. Eerily depressing when I think about it, lol.
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Etymologically, an epithet is a descriptive name for a person or thing. As a literary device it is used to characterize a person, place or thing to make it more significant than it is.
e.g.: Uncle Tom.
It can also be a formal title or appellation, e.g.: King Robert Baratheon, the first of his name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands.
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin infamously officially styled himself as follows: His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.
A line spoken by The Toadie in The Road Warrior gives several examples: “Greetings from the Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The warrior of the wasteland! The ayatollah of rock ‘n rollah!”
Additionally, it may refer to avatars or alternate names of gods or deities, or demigods: many of the Elder Gods in works by H.P. Lovecraft have multiple names, which are epithets.
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