[...]the void of divination
="lsts lst1">•wandering, detour, or stillness to fill the void of odyssey


Sin
moon-god
="lsts lst1">•enigma (“he whose heart cannot be ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read”) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">epistemic
="lsts lst1">•futurity (remote='lgc'>: “could see farther than all the gods”) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> temporal

="large lg2" stl="font-size:110%"> ="trms">somnolence خواب و بيدارى
='lgc'>==> branches of nonsense ="trms">pervade (disbanding of the herd)

(cypress سرو) tree
inspector of ="trms">cosmological space


in theo-terrestrial plane='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. alluvion='lgc'>: the wash or flow of water against a shore ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> inundation
="lstsrd">2. alluvium='lgc'>: a de="trms">posit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> detritus ='lgc'>[residuum alone is left to control the universe='qstn'>?='lgc'>]


Ishtar
guardian of prostitutes
surrounded in myth by death and disaster
goddess of contradictory connotations and forces (fair play ='and'>& enmity, etc,)


Lillith (derived from the Akkadian lilitu='lgc'>: evening creature, specter, or ="trms">monster)
kidnapping sleeping ="trms">children

(="trms">according to the Babylonian ="trms">cosmology) night requires (non-identitarian) gods capable of abomination (backstabing)
="prgrph">-recognized by their tangible outlines as actual constellations in the night sky
="prgrph">-related to the more expansive domains of ="trms">animality, vehicles, and objects
="prgrph">-emanate from a perceptual faculty closer to the ="trms">child's ="trms">imagination of cloud-shapes (='lgc'>=/= ="trms"nttrm="search">archetypal meaning)


Tiamat
primordial goddess of the salt sea, darkness, chaos, and creation
from the time of permanent nightfall
a destroyer-deity and yet whose sliced body parts form the heavens and earth
re="trms">presented as unconscious, reckless annihilation and yet also holding diabolical intelligence
bathed in eternal blackness and yet known as “the g="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listening one”


Girra
dystopian potentials of ="trms">technological invention
figure of wicked logos (undoing words)
(leader of the terrible)


non-="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysical and equally nonhumanist devotion to the artificer (="trms">apparatus)

cosmic bal="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listics='lgc'>: ="trms">scientific field of mechanics concerned with the launching, propulsion, flight, and effect of projectiles (="trms">trajectory and impact)


nocturnality and contagion

snakes and dragons of constellations

paradox (the ="trms">beast)
="trms">instrumentality (the builder)
unleashing (the despoiler)


death-spell
نابودی ="trms">gesture of ='strcls'>*extispicy='lgc'>: ancient Mesopotamian practice of ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reading ="trms">animal organs (often a sheep's liver) spattered upon a wall's surface
="prgrph">-a discipline involved less with knowing than with watching



The Egyptian ="trms">Book of the Dead
philosophy of night, dusk, shadow

egyptian night-deities
="prgrph">-with astounding ="trms">narrative-theoretical flexibility
="prgrph">-some slither, hunch, fly, or remain seated
="prgrph">-not residing on Olympian heights but rather in the subterranean below
star-covered nude woman
cow arching over the earth
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> night does rule from transcendent distances but rather envelops (or swallows) whole the existent into its gut (or uterus) ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- di="trms">gestion='qstn'>?='lgc'>]
='lgc'>[="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysics:='lgc'>] (away from) patriarchal gaze ='lgc'>--into='lgc'>='lgc'>--> maternal stomach

Khonsu
="lsts lst1">•bloodthirsty (eating the organs of royal opponents)
="lsts lst1">•merciful ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[its creative epithets:='lgc'>] ="trms">traveler, embracer, pathfinder, defender, “He Who Lives on Hearts”
one who resembles his own waning moon

Nephthys
tied to the night of the soul's ="trms">traversal
sepulchral
(endow pharaohs) with the vision for “that which is hidden by moonlight”

Apep ='lgc'>=/= Ra (the light-god)
giant sea-snake said to ="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lurk again in the primordial gloom
evil lizard, ='strcls'>*="trms">world encircler='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•defeating Apep='lgc'>: base="trms">material outputs (spit) ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> elemental properties (fire) ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> man-made weaponries (lance, knife) ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> fetishistic physiologies (the left foot) ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">sympathetic magic (tearing apart of effigies


(sectarian logic='qstn'>?)
desire for clear reactional ="trms">materiality ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= sadistic or ="trms">paranoiac serial killings='lgc'>]

teratological and semi-demonological turn
="trms">interjecting thingness, fiendishness, and ="trms">monstrosity into our midst

night='lgc'>: inde="trms">finite de="trms">finite ='lgc'>='lgc'>~=> nihi="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic force of closure

(from) orthodoxy ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> dramaturgy


(="ppl">Mohaghegh's theory of) fanatical sovereignty in pagan thought ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ultimate keeping ='and'>& violation of the law ='lgc'>~= obsessive form ='and'>& apocalyptic formlessness
(reconciling) ='strcls'>*the toxic dialectics of ="trms">presence ='and'>& absence='strcls'>* behind every theo-political order ='lgc'>: gods walk among us in immanent ambush, hiding in night's open view (of many faces, masks, tongues, robes, tastes, proportions, and ="trms">gestures), adopt in="trms">finite visages, apparels, pseudonyms, and dialects ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= monochrome ="trms">trappings of daily identity='lgc'>]


Ahriman ='lgc'>=/= fire-god
omnimalevolent side
first destructive spirit
twins of the primeval choice
='lgc'>==> crises of perception
dwelling in non-being
shape-stealer
self-cutting (cooking of his own ="trms">paranormal tissue)

earthly creation='lgc'> = ruse, net, and temporary prison (a decorative window-dressing to ="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lure the false god away)

a sunless place

mortal transactions (of civilizational, philosophical, ="trms">religious, and moral trials)


night-raid
nocturnal fier="trms">ceness
asceticism of the warrior
asceticism of the night-watchman


(="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Godard">Goda riding with the) exponential disinformation of legend

learn to talk with night ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- not indicative of a knowing subject
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to become both hypnotized ='and'>& hypnotic whisper

="trms">language of mood (subtle movements of)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•temperature drops
="lsts lst1">•="trms">intermittent gusts of air and wind
="lsts lst1">•snapping of tree branches
="lsts lst1">•shooting comets of sky


Bronze Age eschatologies

queen of riddles
cosmic idolater
her ="trms">language never argues, only pro="trms">positions



dark thoughts

evanescing moon

...guerilla leader who fled into the mountains and froze to death beneath the night sky

="large lg3" stl="font-size:111%"> thoughts of
="lsts lst1">•obvious separation (from family, ="trms">lovers)
="lsts lst1">•potential victory and loss (fata="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic struggle)
="lsts lst1">•futility of human experience amid insects and ="trms">animals creeping in his midst (transfigured)

='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">wondering='strcls'>*
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> uprising='strcls'>*
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> possession ='lgc'>+ dispossession='strcls'>*
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> countdown='strcls'>* شمارش معکوس
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> disappearance='strcls'>*
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> abdication='strcls'>*
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> dismay='strcls'>* جبن
='strcls'>*night ='lgc'><='lgc'>--tied='lgc'>='lgc'>--> obscenity='strcls'>* جبن

='strcls'>***night ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> bring the mind elsewhere='strcls'>***

Mirza Kuchak ="ppl">Khan
Jangali

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> ...once the leader of the jungle movement; now the jungle will confiscate him


(tactics of the willed unknown)
inspiration ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>--> madness
horoscope ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>--> puppetry


sensitivity to lower-grade intimation ='lgc'>==> gaining of subtle lunatic powers (in the arts as well ='at'>#feedback)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•slight ="trms">paranoiac ability
="lsts lst1">•slight manic ability
="lsts lst1">•slight delusional ability
="lsts lst1">•slight ="trms">schizophrenic ability
="lsts lst1">•slight obsessive ability
="lsts lst1">•slight melancholic ability

="large lg5" stl="font-size:139%">
when dreams replace sleep
when the dead pass into the deep of the night
when night's deep appears in those who have disappeared
="ppl">Blanchot

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="ppl">Mohaghegh on Blasim's The Madman of Freedom Square
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