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HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS FROM HABONDIA
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(With appologies to Heloise)
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Ever notice how many cars you see today, bearing the
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Christian fish symbol on their trunk? Feel left out? Want to
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compete and brag about your religious affiliations? Well, we
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did, and you can, too, quite easily at that!
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The "fish" symbol is the oldest of Christianity's symbology.
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Unlike most of the other symbologies which have their roots in
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Paganism, the fish was a sort of "secret sign" to identify the
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members of the heretical Jewish sect of followers of the man from
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Nazareth. The secrecy was because of persecution (sound
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familiar?) and I believe the symbolism had to do with several
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things - the desciples' occupation as fishermen, and the hidden
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meaning in the letters which spelled "fish" in Greek.
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Want to identify yourself, although somewhat obscurely? Go
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out and buy one of those fish emblems - the plain ones, without
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the letters inside the oval. Better if the package contains two
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such molded plastic stick-on emblems, if you are into the duality
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of Goddess/God. If you are only into Goddess, one will do.
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First, we will make one into one of the oldest known Goddess
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symbols - the yoni! With a very sharp knife or fine toothed
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hacksaw or hobby saw (a razor saw used by railroad modellers is
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what I used), cut off both "tail fins" of the fish at point "X"
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on the diagram. Save the pieces - we'll use them later. (Dianics
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may discard the pieces now.
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You may also melt them off with a hot tool or knife if you
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are working on plastic fish, and clean it up with a nailfile or
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emery board. Turn this pointy-ended oval on end (points up and
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down), and VOILA! A YONI! The very first goddess figure devised
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in ancient times. Stick it upright on your trunk (or the trunk
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of your car, if it interferes with your clothing) and get the
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second "fish" to work on next.
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To represent the Horned God, all you really have to do is
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up-end the remaining uncut "fish", fins up, and stick it
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alongside the Goddess yonic figure - it looks like the classic
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horned circle, though it is a bit pointed at the ends. If you'd
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like to emphasize the "fish fin" horns a bit, glue the pieces you
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cut off the other one, onto the ends of these, thereby
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lengthening them. Now stick this emblem right alongside the
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other one, and you have Goddess and God, side-by-each where all
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can see, and probably confuse a lot of those folks who are still
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displaying them as fish.
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Don't pass up this chance to steal a symbol or two from
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them- they stole quite a few of ours. A little friendly
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competition is good to ease tensions. Perhaps we can start a new
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rage in auto kitsch. The Aquarian Tabernacle's church bus, the
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Blessed Bee, sports a large size, gold colored plastic Goddess
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and God right there (you guessed it) on the left hand side of the
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rear of the vehicle, for all to see and ponder!
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Just another helpful household hint from Habondia.
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