THE MENTOR #89 January 1996 JANUARY 1996 page 1 MY HOLY SATAN FISHER, VARDIS THE EDITORIAL SLANT PEACE LIKE A RIVER(THE PASSION WITHIN) FISHER, VARDIS VALLEY OF VISION, THE FISHER, VARDIS GOLDEN BOUGH, THE FRAZER, J. G. by Ron Clarke INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS, THE FREUD, SIGMUND LEONARDO FREUD, SIGMUND TALE OF THE MILITARY SECRET GAIDAR, ARKADY In thish of TM there is quite a discussion about the “differ- EARLY IRISH MYTHS AND SAGAS GANTZ, JEFFREY trans ences” between men and women. In the media lately there have also FAUST Part 1 GOETHE been comments about women, politics and gender bias. I quote the first FAUST Part 2 GOETHE paragraph of Patrick Cook’s column in the August 22, 1995 BULLETIN DEAD SOULS GOGOL SACRED FIRE GOLDBERG, B. Z. (one of the oldest magazines in Oz, first published in 1880): TRUE FACE OF JACK THE RIPPER, THE HARRIS, MELVIN “Women forced into politics: The final insult. DIARY OF JACK THE RIPPER, THE HARRISON, SHIRLEY narr “Men spent the whole of the 19th century forcing women up PROSTITUTION IN EUROPE & THE NEW WORLD HENRIQUES, FERNANDO chimneys and down coalmines to load trolleys full of pit ponies and haul LOVE IN ACTION HENRIQUES, FERNANDO PRETENCE OF LOVE, THE HENRIQUES, FERNANDO them for hundreds of miles on their knees. Other men fed women on PICTOR'S METAMORPHOSES HESSE, HERMANN cream cakes against their will to engorge their livers which then became HITE REPORT HITE, SHERE a delicacy. Yet further men saw women as mere playthings, to be tossed A HISTORY OF THE SOVIET UNION HOSKING, GEOFFREY NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, THE HOYLE, FRED back and forth over nets at the beach, or carried up and down football DIANETICS HUBBARD, L. RON fields at a fast trot and used for “serving”. Even more men saw women as GOLDEN AGE OF EROTICA, THE HURWOOD, BERNHARDT J. nothing more than a gratification of their animal lusts, and frequently BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH JOHNS, W. E. attempted to drink them on warm days. But the worst was to come in BLGGLES IN AUSTRALIA JOHNS, W. E. BIGGLES AIR DETECTIVE JOHNS, W. E. 20th century Australia, when men forced women to go into politics BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN JOHNS, W. E. against their very natures, so that women would make mistakes and men ULYSSES JOYCE, JAMES would hold them up to contempt and derision, saying: ‘Look. Women CASTLE, THE KAFKA, FRANZ ART OF STAR WARS, EPISODE VI, THE KASDAN, LAWRENCE & LUCAS, GEORGE make mistakes, rather like ourselves.’ The horror. The horror.” WESTWARD HO! KINGSLEY, CHARLES SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN FEMALE KINSEY, POMEROY, MARTIN & GEBHARD Mae Strelkov in her LoC in TM 88 has me down pat: “You BLOOMSBURY THESAURUS KIRKPATRICK, BETTY ed don’t intrude, you’re very quiet, but you’re smiling in the wings as your A CHRISTMAS CAROL, etc KNOEPFLMACHER, U. C. Ed shadow-people do their stuff through your pages. Our Ron watches and DARKNESS AT NOON KOESTLER, ARTHUR is interested, amused, never angry.” Look out, your other people, I only GHOST IN THE MACHINE, THE KOESTLER, ARTHUR GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY KOHLER WOLFGANG edit TM - you write LoCs! WAR IN 2080: THE FUTURE OF MILITARY TECH LANDFORD, DAVID Well, to show the readers of TM a little more about myself, SONS AND LOVERS LAWRENCE, D. H. below are the books I have liked enough to keep in my “main” (ie non LADY CHATTLEY’S LOVER LAWRENCE, D. H. SF) library: PROJECT MARS LEY, WILLY & VON BRAUN, WERNHER APHRODITE LOUYS, PIERRE COM MONSENSE COOKERY BOOK Book 1 - COCKLESHELL HEROES LUCAS PHILLIPS, C. E. KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA - SATAN WANTS YOU LYONS, ARTHUR PROMETHEUS BOUND/SUPPLIANTS,/7 AGAINST AESCHYLUS CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST MARRYAT, Capt THEBES /Etc SEVEN.PER.CENT SOLUTION, THE MEYER, NICHOLAS SPIRIT OF MAN, THE ALLSOPP, F. J. & HUNT, O. W. ed PARADISE LOST MILTON, JOHN ROMANTIC POETS BLAKE TO POE AUDEN, W. H & HOLMES PEARSON, N ed PARADISE LOST Books 1 & 2 MILTON, JOHN MARTIN RATTLER BALLANTYNE, R. M. LOLITA NABOKOV, VLADIMIR PREHISTORIC ANIMALS BARNETT, LINCOLN THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA NIETZSCHE NEW WRITER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE, THE BATES, DIANNE TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS, THE/ ANTI -CHRIST, THE NIETZSCHE FLOWERS OF EVIL BAUDELAIRE ROUND THE EMPIRE PARKIN, GEORGE R. I CHING BLOFELD JOHN trans NIGHTMARE ABBEY/CROTCHET CASTLE PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE DECAMERON, THE BOCCACCIO A BOOK OF NONSENSE PEAKE, MERVYN ALIEN ANIMALS BORD, JANET & BORD, COLIN THUNDERBIRDS, STRINGRAY, Etc, GUIDE PEEL, JOHN MARY’S SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN BRANAGH, KENNETH SATANIC MASS, THE RHODES, H. T. F. REACH FOR THE SKY BRICKHILL, PAUL SOCIETY OF SPACE, THE RITNER, PETER MONSTERS & CREATURES OF THE NIGHT BURSZTYNSKI, SUE ROGET'S THESAURUS ROGET, SAMUEL ROMILLY ART OF STAR WARS EPISODE V, THE CALL, DEBORAH ed TRIAL OF LADY CHATTERLEY, THE ROLPH, C. H. ed SNOWS OF OLYMPUS, THE CLARKE, ARTHUR C. JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS RYAN PETER & PESEK, LUDEK LOVE LOCKED OUT CLEUGH, JAMES EPIC OF GILGAMESH, THE SANDARD, N. K. trans RELATIVITY FOR THE LAYMAN COLEMAN, JAMES A. AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TODAY SAWER, GEOFFREY ARROW OF TIME, THE COVENEY, PETER & HIGHFIELD, ROGER KING LEAR SHAKESPEARE DIVINE COMEDY, THE: 1 HELL DANTE MACBETH SHAKESPEARE DIVINE COMEDY, THE: 2 PURGATORY DANTE TAMING OF THE SHREW SHAKESPEARE DIVINE COMEDY, THE: 3 PARADISE DANTE OEDIPUS THE KING SOPHOCLES COMPLETE MARQUIS DE SADE, THE Vol 1 DE SADE CANDY SOUTHERN, TERRY & HOFFENBERG, MASON COMPLETE MARQUIS DE SADE, THE Vol 2 DE SADE WHAT FREUD REALLY SAID STAFFORD-CLARK, DAVID SENTENCE TO SERVITUDE DEGRANAMOUR, A. INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL STERNFELD, A TIDES OF LUST DELANY, SAMUEL R. TWELVE CAESARS, THE SUETONIUS PENGUIN MACQUARIE DICTIONARY, THE DELBRIDGE, A. ed GULLIVER'S TRAVELS SWIFT, GULLIVER DARWIN DESMOND, ADRIAN & MOORE, JAMES ART OF STAR WARS, EPISODE IV, THE TITELMAN, CAROL, ed IDIOT, THE DOSTOYESSKY, FYODOR FUTURE SHOCK TOFFLER, ALVIN CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG TSE-TUNG, MAO SELECTED MILITARY WRITINGS OF MAO TSE-TUNG EROTIC WORLD OF FAERY, THE DUFFY, MAUREEN TSE-TUNG, MAO MARRIAGE ART, THE EICHINLAUB M.D., JOHN E. HISTORY OF COURTING, A TURNER, E. S. STARS, PLANETS & GALAXIES ENGELBREKTSON, SUNE CYBERNAUT VALENS, E. G. PROSPECT OF IMMORTALITY, THE ETTINGER, ROBERT C. W. AENEID OF VIRGIL, THE VIRGIL ROYAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS EVATT, E, ARNOTT F, & DEVESON, A PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS, THE VON KRAFFT-EBBING, R. Dr FACT AND FICTION IN PSYCHOLOGY EYESENCK, H. J. BEOWULF WRIGHT, DAVID trans HUMANKIND FARB, PETER BEFORE MIDNIGHT SCHOLAR, THE YU, LI A GOAT FOR AZAZEL FISHER, VARDIS EMPLOYEE STATUS SYMBOLS ‘78 MANAGEMENT CERT. COURSE ADAM AND THE SERPENT FISHER, VARDIS DARKNESS AND THE DEEP FISHER, VARDIS Several months ago my eldest daughter informed my Ex and DIVINE PASSION, THE FISHER, VARDIS myself that she was getting married in January 1997. After Susan had FOR PASSION, FOR HEAVEN FISHER, VARDIS GOLDEN ROOMS, THE FISHER, VARDIS done much research into the costs of the various establishments around GREAT CONFESSION, THE FISHER, VARDIS the area (Penrith to Parramatta) and I had several near-breakdowns INTIMATIONS OF EVE FISHER, VARDIS when I heard the cost of reception places (Evelyn wants a “traditional” ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT, THE FISHER, VARDIS (church) wedding), we settled on a place at Penrith. What all this means JESUS CAME AGAIN FISHER, VARDIS THE MENTOR 89 page 2 is that TM is really going to be irregular - you will see it if and when I But, I suppose that this is all sour grapes. After all, I am a find money to post it. So if you don’t see it for twelve six months or so, traitor to the cause. True, I am a woman but I have absolutely no ma- don’t worry.... - Ron. ternal instinct, never plan to have a family, and am in a very happy relationship with (horror of horrors) a man - a man whose dream in life is a room dedicated to a library, who does think there is more to life than A MATTER OF SEX(ISM)! work, who is intelligent and can commit himself to plans more than two weeks in advance (yes Lyn, he does exist, oh really and truly he does - I’ve pinched him!). And there are other black marks against my name: I do not want a well-paid, white-collar, office-type career; I have male friends whom I get along with as well as my female friends; I do not think by Kirstyn McDermott that every man is either a potential rapist or a would-be oppressor; and I quite like (good) pornography actually. I’m sick of all this sisterhood crap being forced down my throat. Sure some men are selfish, insensitive, Neanderthal bastards - some but by no means all. By the same token, there are some women whom I would loathe for their stupidity and shallowness if I even thought it worth the effort. Maybe it’s the case that some PEOPLE are idiotic and sense- less and pathetic and mean and materialistic and workaholic and self- Men are lazy, insensitive, unorganised and unable to concentrate on centred, and it doesn’t really have all that much to do with what sex they more than one thing at the same time. Dominated by his penis, the life- are. long ambition of every man is to screw as many long-legged, silicone- As I see it, the problem lies with the whole equality issue - or, stuffed Playboy bimbos as he possibly can. Men are unintelligent workaholics who leave all the menial tasks to women and yet delight in rather, some people’s interpretation of “equality” as meaning “alike”. not taking the credit for a job well done. Men cannot sew, cook or look after Women and men are alike.