In May Southern Pacific created Sunset Magazine, which dealt with the outdoors, artistic writings, and things about everyday life. In Charles K. Field, a member of the Bohemian Club, became its editor.
Bohemian Club writers like Ina Coolbrith, Jack London, Bret Harte, and John Muir contributed to the magazine, but as time progressed all these writers became increasingly critical of the business ways of the robber barons. Because of this development Southern Pacific had to do away with the magazine in The term 'Bohemian', by the way, has very little to do with the East-European region of Bohemia. The original Bohemians were a group of pennyless rebellious young artists living in 19th century France.
Those who referred to these people as 'Bohemians' meant that they thought of them as Gypsies low life. It read: "alien and bizarre In this book the main character, together with a few newly found friends, is involved in creating a small unofficial Bohemian club at a local Parisian tavern.
Murger's description of a Bohemian is someone who purely lives of the art he creates. Bohemia, according to him, was located in Paris. So, I guess it's pretty obvious to see where the San Francisco artists got their inspiration from when they established the Bohemian Club in And they might have been totally different persons then those who inspired the creation of the Cremation of Care. The Bohemians adopted the owl as their mascot right from the beginning, but it is doubtful that they attached any serious mystical values to it at that moment.
Today, when the average person sees pictures or videos of the Cremation of Care ritual they will usually get away with an entirely different impression. Who would ever have imagined that the president of the United States, together with a large chunk of America's elite, attends a yearly gathering where an ancient Babylonian mock human sacrifice is carried out in front of huge stone owl?
The original Bohemians were quite eccentric and the absolute opposite of today's Grovers , but this is just too bizarre. So whatever the owl meant for the early Bohemian Clubbers, it is quite reasonable to philosophize a bit about what the owl is supposed to represent these days.
After all, the Cremation of Care was devised by a not-so-average Bohemian and the giant stone owl was only put into place in the s when the Grove already was an elite gathering for at least 10 to 15 years. In fact, the nationwide coverage of the Cremation of Care ceremony around the turn of the century seemed to have drawn in lots of important people. Traditionally, at least in conspiracy land, the owl in the Grove is associated with Moloch, although more and more people start to ask questions about that assumption.
The reason for that is if you compare the above images with the descriptions and depictions of Moloch below you'll find that there's quite a difference. I have never seen a non-Bohemian Grove related article in which Moloch is associated with an owl.
That includes the bible. In the left column you can find a detailed transcript of the rites of Melqart, the Tyrian version of Baal and Molech, and how these spread to the Druids. More information about similar rites can be found further down in this article.
Anyone who does a bit of research in European and Middle-Eastern mythology will see that the owl is always associated with a female deity. In all the civilizations between Sumer and Rome and even the Celts you have a few recurring gods with often the same symbols associated with them.
I tend to throw the important gods and goddesses together and define only two simple classes, the first one being the male sun gods, followed by a group of female mother-moon goddesses. The simple reason is that mythology is a mess. Stories are completely incoherent and often you can make anything of it that you want.
Each new civilization copied the gods from the previous one and it is obvious that many mistakes or deliberate changes were made during this process. This is the reason that modern mythology, to a large extent, is nothing more than making "best guesses" in defining which deity is associated with which earlier deity. That also seems to go for the initiates of secret societies. The sun gods, who normally have one or more sons, are usually depicted as or with bulls, goats, fire, and sunlight.
Then there are mother and moon goddesses. The first one is usually associated with the dove or a lion and is the partner and mother of different sun gods. These are generally identified as the exact same goddesses. Goddesses associated with the moon, who are always closely related to the mother goddesses, are often depicted as an owl. Going back further is hard, but we have a few leads. There is a well known Sumerian clay tablet with a female deity depicted on it.
She is standing on two lions and is flanked by two owls [1]. Generally, this tablet is said to depict Lilith, a demoness, but the connections are weak and many scholars doubt this is the correct interpretation.
Lilith has vaguely been associated with the "screech-owl", but that doesn't automatically mean the tablet depicts this semi-goddess. In my opinion the goddess Inanna would be a much better choice, because 1 It is generally accepted that Innana became Ishtar, Semiramis, Cybele, and Astarte, which are all mother goddesses with the dove and lion as main attributes.
This explains the 'mystery' of the bird feet, the wings, and the two lions she is standing on. Even so, the question still remains who the owls on the clay tablet are supposed to represent, because the later civilizations seem to have reserved the owl for a separate deity.
Since Inanna's parents were the moon god Nanna and the moon goddess Ningal, I guess I agree with those people that claim Inanna was also associated with the owl - but in the end we really can't tell who or what the owl in the grove is supposed to represent. Maybe you also noticed that I never mentioned the Egyptian mother goddess Isis. The reason for that is is that the Egyptian pantheon often uses completely different attributes for the same deities than other parts of the ancient Middle-East.
Although the owl could well represent Isis, we don't need to worry about her, because she is certainly present at the Grove. Peter Martin Phillips again:. The goddess Diana is also present at the Grove. A picture of her statue, which is located near the 'Diana Circle', has been among a few dozen photos a certain 'Kyle' has managed to snap in and as an employee at the Bohemian Grove 9.
I also didn't mention the Celtic Arianrhod and the wife of her son, Bloudeuedd. Both had the owl as a main attribute. Arianrhod is a mother goddess and moon goddess at the same time.
Looking at the Bohemian Grove high priests [] I noticed that they bear an uncanny similarity with a person known in the Netherlands as "Sinterklaas" [5], less commonly known as St.
Nicholas of Myra, a bishop that lived in the 3rd and 4th century AD and was a member of the Council of Nicaea in The Americans changed his appearance to the more fluffy looking Santa Claus early in the 20th century. Not that I think the Bohemian Grove priest is Santa Claus, it's just that the Catholic church has received all their inspiration from the earlier pagan religions.
The mitre, that also seems to reside on the heads of the Bohemian Grove priests, is one of the best examples of this. It represents the open mouth of the ancient half-man half-fish god that brought humankind civilization. It was worshipped under different names: Enki, Ea, Dagon, and Oannes. Apsu and Atargis are other half-man half-fish gods which are even older than the sun gods. In the pictures above you can clearly see how the process evolved. So ironically, the Pope, St.
Nicholas, the Bohemian Grove high priests, and even Santa Claus all have the same origin: the Sumerian-Babylonian high priests. This is also where their rods and capes have originated from What are those? Brings back memories of that horror movie 'Dagon', originally written by Lovecraft. The worship of Dionysus is generally considered to have started in Phrygia in Asia Minor between and B.
The cult became known for its extensive use of trance-inducing music, sex orgies, wine consumption, and the large amount of violent sacrifices, which, at least in the earlier stages, included humans.
As a mystery cult it had public and secret rites. One of the rites included the Maenads, a group of insane woman involved in bizarre blood rituals. This included the ripping apart of human beings and eating their flesh. During this time they were possessed by Bacchus who provided them with superhuman strength After the cult ended up in Athens in the 5th century B. It was later remodeled in stone. In the Dionysic theaters of Greece and Rome many plays were held, usually centered around their respective mythologies.
The beginning of every festival was always reserved for sacrifices. Most scholars are of the opinion that in those days the sacrifices didn't include humans anymore, at least not publicly, but the amount of animals killed was quite substantial.
For instance, in B. Much later, in B. It is likely that some of these accusations were exaggerated, although most of these claims were fairly well documented in earlier times. According to the not particularly reliable Manly P. Hall, the cult was composed of a secretive inner core of highly skilled architects who based their public buildings on sacred geometry and astrology they often mirrored their structures with a particular constellation.
Solomon has always been considered an important magician to the members of various secret societies and God is said to have given him control over the Jinn, elemental beings that can be conjured up. These helped him to build his temple and cities alongside his human employees. In B. We will drive dull care away. While in a few short years we shall In equal friendship bind.
With this in store we have much more Than all things else convey, So always make the best of life Nor render it a curse, But take it as you would a wife For better or for worse. In a Mr. Hemmingway, a ballad singer arrived at the fair in a boat on wheels which was decked in flags and bunting. Song sheets were handed out with songs of the Fair. Fairlop Fair Song Come, come, my boys, with a hearty glee, To Fairlop fair, bear chorus with me; At Hainault forest is known very well, This famous oak has long bore the bell.
At Tainhall forest, Queen Anne she did ride, And beheld the beautiful oak by her side, And after viewing it from bottom to top, She said that her court should be at Fairlop. Chorus: 3. It is eight fathom round, spreads an acre of ground, They plastered it round to keep the tree sound. Chorus: 4. About a century ago, as I have heard say, This fair it was kept by one Daniel Day, A hearty good fellow as ever could be, His coffin was made of a limb of the tree.
Chorus: 5. With black-strap and perry he made his friends merry, All sorrow for to drown with brandy and sherry. Chorus: 6. At Tainhall forest there stands a tree, And it has performed a wonderful bounty, It is surrounded by woods and plains, The merry little warblers chant their strains. Chorus: 7. This is sheet music for piano.
A postillion is a horseman who rides next to a carriage to help guide it. Here are excerpts from a purported transcript of the Cremation of Care ceremony. These are examples where care is addressed by name or speaks, but the whole dialogue is an argument between Care and his executioners.
The full text can be read here. The Sire Bohemians, by the power of our fellowship, Dull care is slain.
Torches are glimpsed in the distance. Music and light approach] The Sire Behold, the effigy of this, our enemy, is carried hither for our ancient rites. The introductory horn solo comes from the direction of the ferry slip. The ferry of Care, poled by a lone boatman, appears and passes up the lake to the foot of the shrine.
When will ye learn that me ye cannot slay? Year after year ye burn me in this Grove, lifting your silly shouts of triumph to the stars.
But when again ye turn your feet toward the market-place, am I not waiting for you, as of old? Begone, detested Care, begone! Once more we banish thee! Let the all potent spirit of this lamp By its cleansing and ambient fire Encircle the mystic scene Hail Fellowship; begone Dull Care!
Once again Midsummer sets us free! Chorus— Then smoke, smoke away, till the golden ray Lights up the dawn of the morrow, For a cheerful cigar, like a shield in the war, Drives away dull care and sorrow. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory.
Yonge The Wikipedia article on Mudie mentions this, so one must assume he was pretty well-known for it. A few thoughts. Again, I submit this is a phrase that entered the language through the teaching of Horace, who would have been well-known to the educated and literary-minded. I may as well put it here: A little whiskey now and then Is relished by the best of men; It surely drives away dull care, And makes ace high look like two pair. In addition to drinking, the song also mentions more about Freshmen an their relationship to the upperclassmen.
There is no date of composition or author for this song. To drive dull care away. We think it is no sin, sir To rope the Freshmen in, sir And to ease them of thir tin, sir To drive dull care away. To drive dull care away, to drive dull care away, We think it is no sin, sir To rope the Freshmen in, sir And to ease them of thir tin, sir To drive dull care away.
So say we all of us, So say we all of us, So say we all; So say we all of us, So say we all of us, So say we all of us, So say we all. Alexander plays the chief of police who, in spite of his heft, is a coward. He and his force spend more time trying to stay away from bad guys than they do trying to capture them.
They find their way to her room, only to be discovered by the chief, whose jealously overcomes his cowardice. He chases the men all over the building until the crooks arrive and rob them. Larry goes after them and recovers the loot. Mclaren and Lambert scratched and painted directly onto the film and it is set to music by Oscar Peterson. I assume the music is inspired by the folk songs and hymns of the same name and or theme.
Conclusion This is undoubtedly an incomplete list, culled as it is from the Internet. Any real understanding of the origin and diffusion of this phrase is impossible without more data. I have a dozen or so examples distributed over a two-thousand year period! Dull Care is not only the mundane woes of life, financial, marital, struggles with anxieties and boredom, but it would seem to include general sorrow.
Starting with Horace, driving it away with alcohol seems to be a common solution; several of my examples are drinking songs, but whimsical solutions accompany merriment and even the pursuit of higher things.
Perhaps that Daibutsu Buddha was telling, in that the shedding of worldly concerns was a necessary step on the path to wisdom. This in turn has much in common with the mystical traditions of other religions. Likewise the Middle Ages, during which time Horace was widely quoted among the literate. Perhaps given its use in music, we might find some reference in the songs of the troubadours. Not having any example in French, Occitan or German seems almost criminal.
Given the reference in one book to the origin of a traditional ballad in French chanson, this is doubly true. The phrase appears in hymns, drinking songs, serious poems, rituals and the 19th-century equivalent of a joke book. Except for the Bohemian Club, the references are hardly nefarious.
Melancholy yes, at times, but more often rather light-hearted. Please, comments are more than welcome, but keep the thoughts of a Satanic conspiracy out of your mind and approach each reference as a piece of information, a neutral example to be mined for a deeper meanings. James II lived from to Begone Dull Care Traditional. We cannot trace this popular ditty beyond the reign of James II, but we believe it to be older.
The origin is to be found in an early French chanson. The present version has been taken down from the singing of an old Yorkshire yeoman. The third verse we have never seen in print, but it is always sung in the west of Yorkshire. Begone, dull care! I prithee begone from me;. Thou and I can never agree. Long while thou hast been tarrying here,. And fain thou wouldst me kill;. But i' faith, dull care,. Thou never shalt have thy will. Too much care. Will make a young man grey;. Will turn an old man to clay.
My wife shall dance, and I shall sing,. So merrily pass the day;. For I hold it is the wisest thing,. To drive dull care away. Hence, dull care,. I'll none of thy company;. Thou art no pair for me. We'll hunt the wild boar through the wold,. And then at night, o'er a cheerful bowl,. We'll drive dull care away. Next we turn to Elizabeth Carter , poet, classicist and translator, who was quite renowned in her day.
Her Ode to Wisdom , published in was actually used by the Illuminati According to Melanson , a translated and "slightly altered" version was used in the Minerval initiation ceremony.
Initiates were given a lecture on the poem, which was also recited. Stanza VI reads:. Not Fortune's Gem, Ambition's Plume,. Nor Cytherea's fading Bloom,. Be Objects of my Pray'r:. Let Av'rice, Vanity, and Pride,. Those envy'd glitt'ring Toys divide,. The dull Rewards of Care. Minerva is the Roman equivalent of Athena and thus, a goddess of wisdom. Carter was actually depicted as Minerva by John Fayram in a portrait dating from somewhere between Obviously, including a poem later used by the Illuminati doesn't do much to clear this phrase of nefarious connotations, given the overwhelmingly negative view of it and the widespread belief that it continues today in an unbroken line from Weishapt's original organization.
It should be pointed out that Carter's poem predated the founding of the Illuminati by at least 14 years. That said, it would be remiss not to point out that the symbol of the Illuminati is an owl. Perhaps this poem was chosen due to the first stanza:. That solitary bird of night must be the owl of wisdom, the premium objective of a group which placed itself in the Minerval tradition. Carter's poem goes on to praise the owl and her Goddess: Pallas Athena, aka Minerva. See Terry Melanson's Owl of Wisdom to read the full text.
Melanson later gave me a bit more detail about the poem. It is apparently a faithful translation. Thus it would seem the poem as used by the Illuminati was not in fact altered, as he had earlier concluded. Elizabeth Carter 'Elizabeth Carter as Minerva'.
I ought to make a million of apologies for supposing that a young lady,--for you are a lady, no doubt! Epistle to Andrew Scott. In singing, no mortal could with him compare;. Contented and prudent, he hated dull Care,. He smil'd at the Miser, he sneer'd at the fop,.
When he wanted his dinner, Had patience and Hope! According to John Wilson : "He compounded better punch than poetry -- the latter being doggerel". Wordsworth informs us he was nineteen years. Considering and retouching Peter Bell;.
Watering his laurels with the killing tears. Of slow, dull care, so that their roots to Hell. Might pierce, and their wide branches blot the spheres. Of Heaven, with dewy leaves and flowers; this well. May be, for Heaven and Earth conspire to foil. The over-busy gardener's blundering toil.
By , the phrase "dull care" was so common that it pops up ten times in " The Universal Songster, Volume 3 ". Most and perhaps all of the ten songs link mirth and drink as the means to kill dull care. One of the ten really pops out because it links the death of dull care to the death of wisdom, much as the ceremony at the the Bohemian Grove does see page :. The Goblet Fill F. The goblet fill,. Dull care to kill,. And banish grief and sadness;. For mighty wine,. With power divine,. Oft moves the soul to gladness.
We find relief from sorrow;. So gaily pass. The sparkling glass,. Dull Care , by Elisha J. King King, along with B. White compiled and composed hymns for The Sacred Harp , published in According to Wikipedia "Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States.
It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music. Sacred Harp music is performed a capella voice only, without instruments and originated as Protestant Christian music. The songs sung are primarily from the book The Sacred Harp.
The reference I came across ed. I'm pretty sure King is not the author of the text, for I follow this hymn with another version, which shares many of the same lyrics but differs quite a bit and does not have any references to the Savior. I imagine this is a folk song King adapted into a hymn. Why should we at our lot complain,.
Or grieve at our distress? Chorus :. Why should the rich despise the poor? Why should the poor repine? A little time will make us all In equal friendship join. The only circumstance of life That ever I could find To soften cares and temper strife Was a contented mind ;.
The other version is described as "a folksong from Prince Edwards Island" as performed by Joe Hickerson b. I don't know if Hickerson has added lyrics or if it is a faithful rendering. You will notice some phrases are the same, word for word, but the version by Hickerson has lines which do not appear in King's Dull Care.
This version was released on an album of the same name in Drive Dull Care Away. Why should we of our lot complain. Some think if riches they could gain. T'would be true happiness. Alas in vain is all their strife. Life's cares will not allay,. So while we're here with our friends so dear. Away, away, away away. We will drive dull care away.
While in a few short years we shall. In equal friendship bind. They're both to blame, they're all the same. We are all made of one clay,. The only circumstance in life. That ever I could find,. To conquer care and temper strife. Was a contented mind. With this in store we have much more. Than all things else convey,. So always make the best of life. Nor render it a curse,. But take it as you would a wife. For better or for worse. Life at its best is but a jest,.
Like a dreary winter's day. Fairlop Fair began one year in the early 's as a private party thrown by one Daniel Day, but by had begun to look more and more like a real fair.
According to this website "The Fair continued to being held in various venues in the area. In a Mr. Hemmingway, a ballad singer arrived at the fair in a boat on wheels which was decked in flags and bunting. Song sheets were handed out with songs of the Fair. I'm not sure is the following song was one of those sung by Hemmingway, but I haven't found a date for it. I'm sure a musicologist could help us out here? Fairlop Fair Song.
Come, come, my boys, with a hearty glee, To Fairlop fair, bear chorus with me; At Hainault forest is known very well, This famous oak has long bore the bell. Let music sound as the boat goes round, If we tumble on the ground, we'll be merry, I'll be bound; We will booze it away, dull care we will defy, And be happy on the first Friday in July.
At Tainhall forest, Queen Anne she did ride,. And beheld the beautiful oak by her side,. And after viewing it from bottom to top,. She said that her court should be at Fairlop.
It is eight fathom round, spreads an acre of ground,. They plastered it round to keep the tree sound. So we'll booze it away, dull care we'll defy,.
And be happy on the first Friday in July. About a century ago, as I have heard say,. This fair it was kept by one Daniel Day,. A hearty good fellow as ever could be,.
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