Masaccio "The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", Florence 1426

Masaccio (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, 1401-1428), "The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" (Cacciata dei progenitori dall'Eden), Florence, 1426

Noam Chomsky, Thought Control Quotes

Noam Chomsky:

1) Propaganda is to democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

2) Ordinary people have remarkable creativity.

3) People have a fundamental need for creative work, which is not being met in systems where people are like cogs in a machine.

4) What would make more sense as a way to govern is a form of rationalist-libertarian socialism -- not one that increasingly functions without public input. Chomsky advocates a system where a community and its members run things in a democratic fashion and whose people do not function as some sort of wage slaves.

5) People need to be able to detect forms of authority and coercion and challenge those that are not legitimate.

6) The major form of authority that needs challenging is the system of private control over public resources.

7) The First Amendment means that democracy requires free access to ideas and opinions.

8) Democracy in America is not functioning in an ideal sense but more in the sense that Lippmann noted in Public Opinion (where a specialized class of about 20 percent of the people -- but who are also a target of progaganda -- manages democratic functioning) and, in effect, are under control of a power elite, who more or less own the institutions. The masses of people (80 percent) are marginalized, diverted and controlled by what he calls Necessary Illusions.

9) Manufacturing consent is related to the understanding that indoctrination is the essence of propaganda. In a "democratic" society indoctrination occurs when the techniques of control of a propaganda model are imposed -- which means imposing Necessary Illusions.

Chomsky's Propaganda Model says American media have "filters" -- ownership, advertising, news makers, news shapers -- which together emphasize institutional memory, limited debate and media content emphasizing the interests of those in control. 

Europa, "EvrOOpee", Greek Mythology

Europa; “EvrOOpee”: Her father is Agenor (agEEnor) (circa 2000 BC), and she is Phoenecian.  Zeus (“Zevs”) saw her picking flowers and fell in love with her. Zeus turned into the form of a white bull, took her from Phoenicia to Crete, where she became the first Queen of Crete. Her father Agenor, ordered his five sons to go find her and bring her back home to Phoenicia.  Agenor’s five sons are Cylix (“KEEleex”), Thasus (“Theises”), Phoenix (“FoEEneex”), Cadmus (“KAdthmos”), and Phineus (“FeenEvs”). Zeus and Evropa had three sons together, Sarpedon (was raised by King Asterion, banished by Minos, finding refuge with his Maternal Uncle Miletus, he conquered the Milyans, ruling over them as king of “Lycia”, his father Zeus allowed him to live for three generations), Rhadamanthys (“RadthAmanthees”) (was raised by King Asterion (“AsterEEon”), ruled Crete (“KrEEtee”) before Minos, established laws in Crete which were later adopted by the Spartans, Minos got jealous of him, so he kicked Rhadamanthys out of Crete, Rhadamanthys ended up in Boeotia where he married Alcmene, living in the “Elysian Fields”, because he was so just in character, he became a judge of the dead in Hades, the underworld, Rhadamanthys judged the dead souls of those from the East, Aeacus judged those from the West, and Minos would judge any tie breaking votes necessary), and Minos (“MEEnos”) (raised by King Asterion of Crete, later became King of Crete [for which the “Minoans of Crete are named]after kicking out Rhadamanthys, every 9 years he ordered King Aegeus to take 7 young boys and 7 young girls to the “Labyrinth” to be eaten by the Minotaur, he went on to be the tie breaking third judge of three judges of the dead in Hades). Since Agenor had told his sons not to return without her, and since they never did find her, each of them made new homes for themselves in new lands (Cylix settled down in Asia Minor, for which is called Cilicia; Thasus settled down on the island of Thasos; Phoenix (named after his homeland of Phoenicia) settled down in the African Continent, founding a “Phoenicia” there too (Carthage was founded by Phoenicians (Hannibal was a Phoenician Carthaginian), and is located where modern Tunisia is now), Cadmus founded Thebes (and introduced the Phoenician alphabet to the Greeks, which became the foundation for the Greek alphabet), and Phineus became the king of Thrace). 

Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl, the Volcanos Legend of Mexico Valley, Mexico

The following is quoted from Wikipedia pages:

""Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl" the volcanoes Popocatépetl ("the Smoking Mountain") and Iztaccíhuatl ("white woman" in Nahuatl, sometimes called the Mujer Dormida "sleeping woman" in Spanish) ("Iztaccíhuatl (alternative spellings include Ixtaccíhuatl, or either variant spelled without the accent) which overlook the Valley of Mexico. The most common variety relates the Nahua romance of the princess Iztaccíhuatl and the warrior Popocatépetl. This tale is recorded in several different versions....

["Popocatépetl (Spanish [popoka'tepet͡ɬ] Nahuatl [popoːka'tepeːt͡ɬ]) is an active volcano located in the states of Puebla, State of Mexico, and Morelos, in Central Mexico, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. At 5,426 m (17,802 ft)^[4] it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after the Pico de Orizaba at 5,636 m (18,491 ft). It is linked to the Iztaccihuatl volcano to the north by the high saddle known as the Paso de Cortés. Popocatepetl is 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Mexico City, from where it can be seen regularly, depending on atmospheric conditions. Until recently, the volcano was one of three tall peaks in Mexico to contain glaciers,^[5] the others being Iztaccihuatl and Pico de Orizaba. In the 1990s, the glaciers such as Glaciar Norte (North Glacier) greatly decreased in size, partly due to warmer temperatures but largely due to increased volcanic activity.^[6] By early 2001, Popocatepetl's glaciers had become extinct; ice remained on the volcano, but no longer displayed the characteristic features of glaciers such as crevasses.^[7][8][9] Magma erupting from Popocatepetl has historically been predominantly andesitic, but it has also erupted large volumes of dacite.^[10] Magma produced in the current cycle of activity tends to be a mixture of the two."]

["Iztaccihuatl is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico. It is the nation's third highest, after Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m (18,491 ft) and Popocatépetl 5,426 m (17,802 ft). The name "Iztaccíhuatl" is Nahuatl for "White woman", reflecting the four individual snow-capped peaks which depict the head, chest, knees and feet of a sleeping female when seen from east or west. Iztaccíhuatl lies to the north of Popocatépetl, to which it is connected by the high altitude Paso de Cortés. Depending on atmospheric conditions the dormant volcano is visible much of the year from Mexico City some 70 km (43 mi) to the northwest. The first recorded ascent was made in 1889, though archaeological evidence suggests the Aztecs and previous cultures climbed it previously. It is the lowest peak containing permanent snow and glaciers in Mexico"] 

...Iztaccíhuatl's father sent Popocatepetl to war in Oaxaca, promising him his daughter as his wife if he returned (which Iztaccíhuatl's father presumed he would not). Iztaccíhuatl's father told her that her lover had fallen in battle and she died of grief. When Popocatépetl returned, and discovered the death of his lover, he committed suicide by plunging a dagger through his heart. God covered them with snow and changed them into mountains. Iztac cíhuatl's mountain was called "La Mujer Dormida, (the "Sleeping Woman"), because it bears a resemblance to a woman sleeping on her back. Popocatépetl became the volcano Popocatépetl, raining fire on Earth in blind rage at the loss of his beloved.

A different tale  was told by the Nahuatl-speakers of Tetelcingo, Morelos, according to whom Iztaccíhuatl (or Istācsohuātl, as they pronounce the name) was the wife of Popo, but Xinantécatl wanted her, and he and Popocatepetl hurled rocks at each other in anger. This was the genesis of the rocky mountain ranges of the continental divide and the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt that lie between the two mountains. Finally Popocatepetl, in a burst of rage, flung an enormous chunk of ice, decapitating the Nevado de Toluca. This is why the Nevado is flat-topped, with wide shoulders but no head. Conceivably this legend preserves the memory of catastrophic eruptions. (Pittman 1954:59)

The most popular legend about Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl comes from the ancient Náhuas. As it comes from an oral tradition, there are many versions of the same story, along with poems and songs telling this story:

Many years before Cortés came to Mexico, the Aztecs lived in Tenochtitlán, today's Mexico City. The chief of the Aztecs was a famous Emperor, who was loved by all the natives. The Emperor and his wife, the Empress, were very worried because they had no children. One day the Empress said to the Emperor that she was going to give birth to a child. A baby girl was born and she was as beautiful as her mother. They called her Iztaccíhuatl, which in Náhuatl means "white lady".

All the natives loved Izta and her parents prepared her to be the Empress of the Aztecs. When she grew up, she fell in love with a captain of a tribe, his name was Popoca.

One day, a war broke out and the warriors had to go south to fight the enemy. The Emperor told Popoca that he had to bring the head of the enemy chief back from the war, so he could marry his daughter.

After several months of combat, a warrior who hated Popoca sent a false message to the Emperor. The message said that his army had won the war, but that Popoca had died in battle. The Emperor was very sad when he heard the news, and when Izta heard she could not stop crying. She refused to go out and did not eat any more. A few days later, she became ill and she died of sadness.

When the Emperor was preparing Izta's funeral, Popoca and his warriors arrived victorious from war. The Emperor was taken aback when he saw Popoca, and he told him that other warriors had announced his death. Then, he told him that Izta had died.

Popoca was very sad. He took Izta's body and left the town. He walked a long way until he arrived at some mountains where he ordered his warriors to build a funeral table with flowers and he put Izta lying on top. Then he kneeled down to watch over Izta and died of sadness too.

The Gods were touched by Popoca's sacrifice and turned the tables and the bodies into great volcanoes. The biggest volcano is Popocatépetl, which in Náhuatl means "smoking mountain". He sometimes throws out smoke, showing that he is still watching over Iztaccíhuatl, who sleeps by his side.

Another tale is much like the one before: Some warriors did not want Popoca to be with Izta, since they liked her themselves, and sent a message to the emperor saying that Popoca died; Izta became very sad and died of grief. When Popoca returned, he heard about Izta's death and became sad himself. He went out of town with Izta's body and ordered his soldiers to make a mound for him and Izta. He put Izta's body on one mound and got onto the other with a smoking torch. He remains there forever, looking after Izta, and, as time passed, dirt, snow, rocks, and Mother Nature covered them, turning them into great mountains. Popoca's torch is still smoking as a reminder of what happened."

The Goddess Ananke ("anAngee"), Greek Mythology

Ananke ("anAngee") is one of the original gods basic to the universe, the goddess of necessity or inevitability (aka fate, destiny, or force).  She is thought of in the sense of force upon others or working fate upon others.  Both mortals and gods alike, have to succumb to "destiny" or "fate", giving into the "necessity", "inevitability", or "force(s) of Ananke".  She is married to XrOnos ("Chronos") (also one of the original gods basic to the universe, the god of time. Chronos is snakelike, as is Ananke. Chronos has three heads: of a man, bull, and lion.).  Together, fate/destiny/force/necessity/inevitability and time, took basic substance in the form of an egg, and formed the realms we know today (the universe's substance originally was an egg of concrete substance, and the two snake like creatures, Ananke and Chronos, together wrapped themselves around the egg of substance, in order to squeeze the egg into two, and build/form the two basic realms as we know them today-the first half of the egg became the air (Aer), the sky (Uranus-the son of Aether), the gods' Air (Aether), and the Wind (Chaos) and the other half of the egg became Earth's Land (Gaia) and its Seas (Pontos)). Together they, fate/destiny/force/necessity/inevitability and time, orchestrate the motion of the heavens and the movement forward of time itself.  

5 Rivers of Hades; and Hypnos Cave, Greek Mythology

The Five Rivers of Hades

Leethe/Lethe, the river of "oblivion", is one of the five rivers in Hades, the Underworld ruled by Hades.  Leethe in ancient Greek means "a concealed thing" or "a forgotten thing". A-leetheia in Greek means "truth", or, "A" (without), being concealed or forgotten.  The river flowed around and through the cave at Hypnos. 

(YYpnos = personification of sleep [in Roman Mythology "Somnus"]. Hypnos' twin brother is Thanatos ("death"); and their mother in common (half brothers by maternity) is Neex ("night"). Hypnos has three brothers that represent what occurs in sleep, Morpheus/"shapener" [takes human forms in dreams], Phobetor/"frightening" [appears in dreams as darkness, animals, and monsters, the ruler of nightmares], and Phantasos/"apparition" [appears in dreams as inanimate objects]). 

Those whom drank the waters of Leethe were thrown into a memory loss or into a state of forgetfulness.  The sun never shines in Hypnos' cave, and their are some hallucinogenic plants, like poppy flowers, at its entrance.  

Styx/Steex, the river of hatred, is a prominent one, and one of the five rivers of Hades.  Styx is the border line between the living on Earth and the deceased souls whom have morphed back into their human forms to Hades.  During the War of the Titans, the Goddess Styx defended Zeus, and so Zeus later declared all oaths must be sworn upon her.  The major rivers in Hades also converge on a large marshy land, also called "Styx".  Styx is the Goddess of the River Styx.  Achilles was dipped into the river by his mother when he was young, and became invulnerable, except in the spot where his mother held him while dipping him into the river-his heel.  

Acheron/AxEron is the river of pain.  Charon ("xAron"), the ferryman of Hades that would ferry the souls of humans recently deceased to Hades, would cross not only the Styx, but also have to ferry across the axEron to get the souls to Hades (to pay for xAron's fee, a coin was commonly placed in the mouths of the deceased).  It has been described as both a place of punishment, as well as, a place for purging humans of their sins.  

Phlegethon, pyriphlegethon/fleyEthon, peereefleyEthon, is the river of fire.  It runs parallel to the river Styx and is a stream of fire that coils around the Earth.  The Goddess Styx fell in love with the God Phlegthon, but becoming consumed by his flames, she was sent to Hades.  Once in Hades with her river Styx, they reunited their love once again, Styx running parallel to Phlegethon.  

Cocytus or Kokytos (KokeetOs) is the River of "lamentation" or wailing.  It flows into Acheron which of course is a boundary river to Hades.