C'est le pigeon, Joseph.

Stephen Dedalus learns the value of gentlemanly blasphemy in this episode of Blooms & Barnacles. Our hero evades the nets of his oppressors while recalling a conversation with a friend in Paris. Topics include the changing face of Ringsend, the Pigeonhouse, Stephen's epiphanies and the Epiphany, Dermot speaking French, what Jules Michelet doesn't know about women, absinthe, the elaborate blasphemies of Leo Taxil's pornographic pope period, Baphomet, the freemasons, and the greatest trick ever played on the Catholic Church (that might be overstating it, but it's a fun story).  Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive. Please subscribe! On the Blog: La Vie de Léo Taxil Poetry in Ulysses: The Ballad of Joking Jesus Social Media: Facebook|Twitter Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles: iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher Media discussed in this episode: Leo Taxil's Confession La Vie de Jésus (complete text) Jack Chick tract on freemasonry Catholic Encyclopedia "Imposters" Hail Satan? documentary trailer Transcendental Magic Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi Further Reading: de Hoyos, A., & Morris, S.B. (2010). Is it true what they say about freemasonery? New York: M. Evans.  Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y43m54ml Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vy6j4tk  Greer, J.M. (2006). Palladian Order. In The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies. New York: Harper Element. Magalaner, M. (1956). Labyrinthine motif: James Joyce and Leo Taxil. Modern Fiction Studies, 2(4), 167-182. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/26273108 Image source for chalked door Music Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

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