Difference between revisions of "Hod"

Latest revision as of 09:26, 1 June 2019

this man of Hod → this man of Hod cement & → this man of hod, cement and edifices in Toper's Thorp
- A first-draft version of Finnegans wake

hod: a V-shaped stemmed trough carried over the shoulder to haul bricks, mortar, etc

Finnegan's Wake: (song) "And to rise in the world he carried a hod." → "he" is Tim Finnegan

Michael: Man of HOD, Hod is the eigth sphere of the tree of life and is inhabited by Archangel Michael

Hod: majesty, splendor (Hebrew); Hod is the 7th sefirah (category) in the kabbalistic Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life)

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-*hod:  hard (=erect).  In a sexual pun throughout these next few sentences
+* '''this man of Hod''' &rarr; '''this man of Hod cement &    ''' &rarr; '''this man of hod, cement and edifices in Toper's Thorp'''
+** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0059&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake]
-"Hod" is also found in the first lines of the ballad "Finnegan's Wake":  "And to rise in the world he carried a hod."  "He" is Finnegan; a hod is a trough carried over the shoulder to haul bricks, etc.
+* '''hod:''' a V-shaped stemmed trough carried over the shoulder to haul bricks, mortar, etc
-Hod, cement, edifices: HCE (builder)
+* '''''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'':''' (''song'') "And to rise in the world he carried a hod." &rarr; "he" is Tim Finnegan
+* '''hard:''' erect &rarr; sexual puns throughout the next few sentences
+* '''hod, cement, and edifices:''' [[HCE]], in his guise as a builder of cities
+* '''man of hod:''' Deuteronomy 33:3: "Moses, the man of God"
+*'''Michael:''' Man of HOD, Hod is the eigth sphere of the tree of life and is inhabited by Archangel Michael
+* '''Hod:''' majesty, splendor (''Hebrew''); Hod is the 7th ''sefirah'' (category) in the kabbalistic ''Eitz Chaim'' (Tree of Life)
+[[Category: Songs and lyrics]]
+[[Category:masonry]]