Where did they come from???

Playing C harp at Mill Street Gallery. Suno plays harp for me now.

Well, I had a thought…see what it’s worth: in the garden of Eden is Adam. Adam’s first wife was Lilith, who didn’t work out, so she was turned by God into a serpent. Keep an eye on that serpent, she’s going to reappear and give us some trouble before very long.

Lilith is crawling around on her belly, so in the meantime, God makes Eve from a rib of Adam — he couldn’t do it from nothing — and they commence to eat the apple as guided by the serpent, they get kicked out of Eden, immediately after which, they commence to have two boy children, Cain and Abel.

Now remember that Cain had a wife before he slew Abel, and from what we know, she was the cause of the disturbance. We don’t find out what happened to her.

So I would like to know: from whence exactly did she come?

And after the murder of his brother, Cain is reported by the Bible to have run off to a small unnamed village in the nearby land of Nod. So where did this village spring up from, and where did his new wife and all these extra village people come from?

“Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.”

hat’s it—no mention of an actual town or village by name. But we do know that Cain finds a wife and builds a city (Genesis 4:17), which raises all kinds of questions about where what would amount to hundreds of other people actually came from. Spontaneous birth?

And wasn’t there an awful lot of inbreeding as a result of having only relatives around?

I’m remembering that Egyptian royalty and royalty in general around the world married siblings, mothers, fathers, whatever, to keep the throne, and that after Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt, there was no one left to breed with but the daughters, so he did, and humanity today is the sad result.

And then there was the case of eight relatives of Queen Victoria who ruled Europe up until World War I in 1914-1918, if you’ll cast your mind back.

Kaiser Wilhelm II: The German emperor who led Germany into World War I in 1914.

King George V: The British king who ruled from 1910–1936.

Tsar Nicholas II: The Russian czar.

King Haakon VII: The Norwegian king who was married to Victoria’s granddaughter Maud.

King Constantine I: The Greek king who was married to Victoria’s granddaughter Sophia.

King Alfonso XIII: The Spanish king who was married to Victoria’s granddaughter Victoria Eugenie.

Ferdinand I: The Romanian king who was married to Victoria’s granddaughter Marie .

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf: The Swedish crown prince who was married to Victoria’s granddaughter Margaret.

Queen Victoria’s children married into other royal families of Europe, which she hoped would create a network of alliances to keep Europe peaceful. However, nothing keeps nations peaceful, so of course these alliances failed, and the war cost 65 million lives and left most of Europe in ruin, and what she mainly passed on was a bad case of hemophilia, which was especially noticeable under the treatment of Rasputin of Russia.

Of course, like Gaza, the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada, the ruin of anywhere leaves all sorts of room for golf courses and beachfront casino resorts for all those rich fat white guys who have no place better to go and are actively looking for a solid new investment with a low premium and a high return.

I can suggest a better place for them to go. You’ll remember that yesterday in relation to Elon Musk, I recommended “Send them back to Mars”.

So where did all these extra people come from? This simple and obvious question has been a theological and historical puzzle for ages for anyone who has actually read the Pentateuch — the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers Leviticus and Episiotomy.

A few possibilities have been tossed around over time:

The Unmentioned Humans Theory – Some interpretations suggest that Adam and Eve weren’t literally the only two people created but were more like the progenitors of a particular lineage, while other human populations existed elsewhere. Cain’s wife, for example, had to come from somewhere, unless we assume extreme family closeness, which evidently, we can.
The Longevity and Generations Theory – Some readings of Genesis say Adam and Eve had many unnamed sons and daughters (Genesis 5:4 says Adam had “other sons and daughters”). Okay, so if they lived hundreds of years, as the Bible clearly tells us, they could conceivably — pun intended — have produced many hundreds of offspring who married young.
The Mythic Symbolism Theory – This view treats the story as an allegory rather than literal history, where Cain’s departure to Nod symbolizes the spread of civilization rather than implying other people just magically appeared.
The Divine Experiment Theory – Some esoteric traditions, and even some Gnostic texts, suggest there were multiple human creations or even different kinds of similar beings made by genetic manipulation, before — or alongside — Adam and Eve. Lilith is a great example of this idea—she’s absent from Genesis but pops up in later folklore as Adam’s first wife, sometimes demonized, sometimes reclaiming her independence, but always making trouble, like snakes do.

And inbreeding was a real thing in early mythic genealogies, not just in biblical stories but across various ancient cultures. Egyptian royalty did it, as did some Mesopotamian rulers, and even in medieval Europe, royal bloodlines suffered greatly from inbreeding.

The idea was to keep divine or royal blood “pure,” though in reality, it led to some gnarly genetic issues like what we see in the 18th Dynasty, in Akhenaten and Tutankhamen (King Tut, to you).

So, in the Garden of Eden saga, either God seeded the world with extra folks we weren’t told about, or humanity got its start in a very close-knit fashion. Either way, the serpent—whether as Lilith or something else—is always lurking around to stir up trouble.

What’s your take? Are you leaning toward mystery or myth, or maybe a mix of both and/or either?

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Democracy on the Run

[Verse 1]
They changed the rules while we were sleepin’,
Signed the deal behind closed doors.
Stacked the courts and stole the reasons,
Left our voices on the floor.
Now the man in the suit says the count ain’t done,
But the truth slipped out—
Democracy’s on the run.

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, they’re comin’ for the ballot,
Takin’ names one by one.
Can’t see the light through the smoke and the damage,
Democracy’s on the run.

[Verse 2]
They gerrymandered my hometown,
Cut the lines in the dark.
Gave the power to the money,
Left the people in the park.
They say “freedom’s ringin’,”
But it’s drowned by the guns.
Now the wolves wear ties—
Democracy’s on the run.

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, they’re comin’ for the ballot,
Takin’ names one by one.
Can’t see the light through the smoke and the damage,
Democracy’s on the run.

[Bridge] (spoken, over a bluesy break)
They rig the courts, they fix the laws,
Tell you what’s real with a wink and a nod.
They count the votes, then burn the stack—
Tell me, friend, how we get it back?

[Verse 3]
Now the clock keeps tickin’,
While they stack the deck.
Call it law and order,
While they break your neck.
You can cry for justice,
But they’ll load the gun—
Now the streets are empty,
Democracy’s on the run.

[Outro]
Oh Lord, they’re comin’ for the ballot,
Takin’ names one by one.
If we don’t stand now, we won’t stand later—
Democracy’s on the run.

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“Ballad of the Vanishing Vote”

[Verse 1]
There was a man with a ballot in his hand,
Walked to the booth, he had a better plan.
Marked his choice upon the ballot, did it plain and true,
But when they counted later, his vote was nowhere to be seen.

[Chorus]
Oh, where did the voices go?
Down the river, lost in the flow.
They talk of freedom, talk of rights,
But the vanishing vote fades into the night.

[Verse 2]
They drew the lines, they changed the game,
Pulled the levers, rigged the frame.
Said “One man, one vote,” but that ain’t so—
The fewer you count, the more you know.

[Chorus]
Oh, where did the voices go?
Down the river, lost in the flow.
They talk of freedom, talk of rights,
But the vanishing vote fades into the night.

[Bridge] (slower, spoken over guitar picking)
They say “Trust the system,” they say “Wait your turn,”
But when the ballots burn, will they ever return?

[Verse 3]
Some votes get tossed, some get lost,
Some are buried at any cost.
And the ones who push the lies and schemes,
Love to see your broken dreams.

[Chorus]
Oh, where did the voices go?
Down the river, lost in the flow.
They talk of freedom, talk of rights,
But the vanishing vote fades into the night.

[Outro]
So raise your voice, don’t let it die,
Hold the line, don’t close your eyes.
‘Cause when the vote is stolen away,
Our country is the price we pay.

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[Verse 1]
Well, I heard it on the TV, saw it late last night,
Some fella in a tinfoil hat said he done seen the light.
Said the lizard men are comin’, and the moon ain’t real,
And the earth’s just flat like a wagon wheel.

[Chorus]
Ohhh, boogie down to the rabbit hole,
Spin that story, sell your soul.
Click that link, don’t ask why—
The truth don’t sell, but the grift sure flies!

[Verse 2]
Now Bigfoot’s got a Twitter, and the chemtrails glow,
They’re turnin’ all the cows into UFOs.
Elvis runs a diner down in Tennessee,
And the Queen’s still alive, but she’s a machine!

[Chorus]
Ohhh, boogie down to the rabbit hole,
Spin that story, sell your soul.
Click that link, don’t ask why—
The truth don’t sell, but the grift sure flies!

[Bridge] (spoken over a slick little bass walk)
Well, the grift is good and the clicks are gold,
Tell ’em what they wanna hear, keep ’em controlled.
It don’t take much, just a twist of the facts,
And soon they’re sendin’ PayPal stacks!

[Verse 3]
Now some man in a suit said the vote don’t count,
But funny how his side won that round.
Said the deep state’s lurkin’, the boogeyman’s near,
Better buy my book, and subscribe right here!

[Chorus]
Ohhh, boogie down to the rabbit hole,
Spin that story, sell your soul.
Click that link, don’t ask why—
The truth don’t sell, but the grift sure flies!

[Outro]
Well, I tried to tell ‘em, but they called me blind,
Said I just don’t see the “real” design.
So I’m movin’ to Mars, gonna let it be,
‘Cause the internet’s got no gravity!