Re: Levels of Interpretation (Events)
No doubt, its well established in even in the Midrash (if i recall correctly) and among sages of old that anything can be interpreted on various levels (typically 4) and thusly allegorized. A car accident can be viewed on various levels--doesn't make it any less of a reality.
Re: Levels of Interpretation of TextCar Accident Extremes of Interpretation
[1] Grotesque and Base Arrangement (Causality Indifferent)
Complex collections or arrangements of metals and plastics named Mercury/Messenger, Ford/River disturbed from previous configuration and order leaking organic fluids (like rivers) strewn in chaotic arrangement upon highway (river of tar), blood flowing and hastily spread around one (like river). Fumes of alcohol in air from Mercury mangled contraption. Writing on brown bottle from which brown flows(River) message (mercury) on the bottle.
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[4] Higher Level (Why, Meaning, Non-Extant Physical-Time-Expansive)
In consequence of Bob's sadness over his sister dying at war, he got drunk and attempted to drive home in his Mercury XXXX and even drank from his beer bottle as he drove on the highway that night.
A lonely old lady took a drive against her foreboding senses and she was seriously injured when Bob lost control of his car which smashed through the highway divide and struck her Ford causing serious damage.
This occurred right next to McKenzie river. Bob's sister attended McKenzie High School and graduated with honors
Similarly text on a page can be looked at as mere chemical/atomic blotches on yet another material surface that statistically averages "white". On another level the text forms can be perceived as having patterns called "letters". On another level the letters could be perceived as being arranged into "words", "sentences", etc (multi-volume works often have signals/hints which show interrelation or continuity--the author's intent expressed in symbol ). Ah yes the intent of an intelligent being can be presumed or interpreted on another level.
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On yet another level "reading between the lines" (one can look at the time the author wrote, background information, his political or cultural leanings and see if he has a message in the message). On yet another level, he may have been guided by superiors or those higher than him along with others like him to convey a message on a totally different level of which even he was unaware (this is done all the time in the intelligence community). There are also those who have suggested that all Mainstream Media is used for stenographic communications by secretive groups (i.e. stories are chosen for the words/names/placenames/times/etc. and their usefulness in conveying specific messages).
Thusly, true interpretation would likely get to the intent behind the will/soul that created the work rather than engaging in wild speculation.
Re: Allegory Ought Be Practical (Tolkien Hated Allegory for the Sake of Allegory)
I suspect allegories to be useful only if they are applicable to remedy or comprehension as pertains to the subject matter. Its written that Pythagoras traveled to Egypt and studied and then to Mount Carmel, likely he literally traveled bodily to those locations. I know of someone who prospered greatly at certain points in his life and looked back and did an analysis of where he lived. The place names were to do with fresh water, forests or grace. However, when he wasn't doing so well, the place names were oppressive or related to Bel/Baal. Now if he wrote his life story, it might seem like its "code" but you can take anything as a code but that doesn't necessarily mean it to be fruitful to do so especially if one applies it to the situation or circumstance incorrectly.
One could take any circumstance and class any sources of nourishment together: mother's milk, cows, fresh water sources, honey, syrup. One could take adverse powers or characters and source them together.
The Bible exposes external types and characters in the play of life--it is not merely about internal psychological phenomena.
Idolatry
Thomas Troward (an English descendant of French Huguenots, an author and former judge), in letter to G. Behrend (author and only private student of Thomas Troward)
It is clear that idolatry is encouraged (i.e. the intent of those authors of idolatry is to control and ensnare those who they can ensnare) by those who wish to oppress and extract energy/resources from men and the same oppose the teachings of Jesus Christ who suggest looking within or among vs looking without and being ensnared by trinkets or creations of men. Worship of a statute or of the moon, is contrary to "having no other gods before me". God was out to keep a people set apart from the worldly trappings. However, those who are opposed to God and to his people have set out to destroy anyone who refuses to believe their lies.
The true believers is encouraged to fall asleep and pretend wolves and dragons to be non-existent. In old stories, dragons were known to take human form.
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The idolatry promulgators typically have promoted:
* Worship of something they created
* Worship of someone they decided to be a "god" or "ruler"
* Prostration of yourself before or denigrating yourself to something they believe to be worthy of doing such (sex, prostitute, temporal pleasure, bestiality, willing allowing your body to be raped/sodomized)
* Will subordinated to an addiction to something they control (i.e. note: control vs. prohibit) / sell (money, alcohol, prostitute, narcotic)
* Adoption of a belief system or way of thinking that is purposed to undermine sindheresis (pure soul law/lore) so that the soul can be trained to act in opposition to God
* Secret engagement in activities that have civil death as a consequence (i.e. they use law to destroy you or put bring you into their lawless/soul-degraded condition while assuring you of the law's nonexistence)
.. and all with a view to psychic, social, political, monetary, energetic or sexual gain.
Re: ISIS
A bull is a beast with two horns. The crescent moon has two horns too. ISIS was clearly chosen with specific intent an acronym for the organization that has been sweeping the Levant. The Golden Hathor Calf has two horns as well.
Re: Spiritual Deserts
False doctrine promoted by those that aim to suck the spirit/life energy out of you. They create "dry spiritual areas". Remember, the serpent is to eat on the dust of the field. Dust is dry.
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