VLVL "Karmic adjustment"

[Ghetta Life]

Like Terrance pointed out, it's a "service" offered in "Shade Creek" to 
"Thanatoids."  Shade Creek is obviously a place for "shades," that is, 
inhabitants of Hades, ie. DEAD PEOPLE, which is what Thanatoids are.   So a 
service offerd in this kind of place to this kind of pepole can not in any 
conceivable way be considered "real."  It has to be some sort of allegorical 
function, maybe a scam, but why so in this unreal world?

Vato and Blood also perfom allegorical services in this land of the dead 
much like the ferry man on the River Styx:


http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/styx_river.html

"The river of which many know its name, without knowing its origin or what 
it really stood for. A river that separates the world of the living from the 
world of the dead. Styx it is said winds around Hades (hell or the 
underworld are other names) nine times. Its name comes from the Greek word 
stugein which means hate, Styx, the river of hate. This river was so 
respected by the gods of Greek mythology that they would take life binding 
oaths just by mentioning its name, as referenced in the story of 
Bacchus-Ariadne, where Jove "confirms it with the irrevocable oath, 
attesting the river Styx."
There are five rivers that separate Hades from the world of the living, they 
are:

Acheron - the river of woe;
Cocytus - the river of lamentation;
Phlegethon - the river of fire;
Lethe - the river of forgetfulness;
Styx - the river of hate.
It is thought that Charon, the old ferry man who ferries the dead onto the 
underworld, crosses the river Styx where the dragon tailed dog Cerberus 
guards, allowing all souls to enter but none to leave. This is a 
misconception, Charon crosses the river Acheron where also Cerebus stands 
his eternal guard. Also while on this subject, Charon only takes the souls 
across that are buried properly with a coin (called an obol) that was placed 
in their mouths upon burial.

If a god gave his oath upon the river Styx and failed to keep his word, Zeus 
forced that god to drink from the river itself. The water is said to be so 
foul that the god would lose his/her voice for nine years. The river is not 
the subject of any story itself but is mentioned in several. These little 
pieces give a wonderful view of not only the river but the ancient Greeks 
view of the underworld. From its Adamantine gates to its separate levels of 
Tartarus and Erebus onto the Elysian fields."



Ghetta

>From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>
>on 18/12/03 6:14 AM, Terrance wrote:
>
> > At first, Takeshi's notion of KA is not even known to DL. He may not
> > even know what KA is exactly either, but he's certain that people will
> > pay him for it, even though most of his clients don't have a pot to piss
> > in.
>
>Yes. It's part-scam and part-psychotherapy as well. The analogies Takeshi
>makes are to garbage men, plumbers and mop hands (170-1). It's explained in
>more detail on pp. 173-4 where we see Takeshi doing some pro bono work for
>Ortho Bob, and again on p. 177 where he and DL are servicing Vato and 
>Blood,
>who call Takeshi "Doc". Takeshi dishes out "white diamonds" -- uppers --
>from the "Karmology Clinic" on request. (179)
>
>I don't think that DL is as confident as Takeshi is about his "immunity".
>
>best

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