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Gloria Harper
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Subject:Application For City Attorney Of Seal Beach And Public Comment For 2/24/2025
Attachments:ESC8ATON C8RIST.pdf; FLESH OUT ESC8ATON C8RIST.pdf
To Nick G. From Brea,
I Appreciate You Taking The Time To Write Me A Letter. I Have Been Seeking To "Agendize" This Topic Twice As
Long As You Have Worked In Seal Beach. Read That Again. Since You Know All My Information, I Formally
Request My June 2016 Seal Beach Police Report In Which I Decriminalized Possession Of Psychedelics In Seal
Beach (SB 16 1427) To Be Presented To City Council As Supplementary Material To My Public Comment. I Am
Just Trying To Love My Neighbor As Myself. I Was Not Intimidating Anyone Or Disrupting Anything, Only
Emphasizing The De Facto Law Vs. The De Jure Law. I Simply Wanted To Respond To Mike's Answer To Lisa
Which Was Not "Plainly Correct" As There Are Numerous Cities In California That Have Decriminalized Psilocybin
Mushrooms For Years Now, But Both Of You Have Chosen To Lie By Omission On Separate Occasions. Do You
Believe You Have Told The Whole Truth When Speaking On The Legality Of Psilocybin Mushrooms In California?
I Am Allowed To Make Gestures And Clap My Hands As I Do (And Everyone Does) In Every City Council Meeting.
Your Letter Fails To Cite The Requested Specific City Law That Determines Where The Public May Stand. There
Are No Clear Markings Determining Where "The Well" Is, And The Black Metal Bar Is For People With Disabilities. I
Refused Mike's Order To Back Away Because I Did Not Know If That Was A Lawful Order, And I Still Do Not Know
If It Is Because Of Your Failure To Cite Sources In Your Letter.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/daylighting
Anytime Psychedelics Are Spoken About In A Seal Beach City Council, I Believe I Deserve A Chance To Speak As
A Witness As I Have The Experience. In Addition, I Am Using Meta-communication In Order To "Agendize" The
Process By Which We "Agendize", So Actually, I Am On Topic In A Discussion Of The "Agenda" Whenever I Give
My Public Comment. Failing To "Agendize" Topics Deemed "Not Within The Subject Matter Jurisdiction Of The City
Council" May Be "Commonplace", But Is It Not "Fair" To The Community Residents And Workers That Seek Help
Mentally, Emotionally, And Spiritually. Many That May Seek Help Are Veterans, First Responders, Elderly, Disabled,
Suicidal, Depressed, Traumatized, Addicted, Faithless, Etc. That Have Uncomfortable Truths And Struggles.
Do You Respect My First Amendment Right To Practice My Faith By Eating The Flesh And Blood Of Jesus Christ
According To The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) (1993) And Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita
Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal (2006)? If So, Can I Get That In Writing? If You Have To Lose In A Trial Attempting
To Prosecute Me, So Be It. I Have More Than Enough Evidence To Defend Myself.
The City Asks, For "I Have Food To Eat That You Know Nothing About." (John 4:32)
Language was not simply a tool for survival; it was born from the sacred paradox of violence and revelation.
Anthropologist René Girard's theory of mimetic violence suggests that human culture originates in cycles of conflict,
resolved through the scapegoating mechanism, in which a victim is collectively sacrificed to restore social order
(Girard, Violence and the Sacred, 1972). The connection between violence and sacred revelation is also present in
Walter Burkert's Homo Necans (1983), where he argues that ritual sacrifice played a crucial role in the emergence
of human social structures and symbolic thought.
The scapegoat, who ingested the psilocybin mushroom and sang/danced as they were murdered, became the first
shaman and the first speaker of human language. Ethnobotanist Terence McKenna proposed in Food of the Gods
(1992) that psilocybin mushrooms played a pivotal role in the cognitive evolution of early humans, enhancing
linguistic capabilities and spiritual experiences. Michael Harner, in The Way of the Shaman (1980), documents how
shamans in indigenous cultures use psychoactive substances to enter altered states of consciousness, often
involving ecstatic singing and dancing. Shamanic figures frequently occupied a liminal position in society,
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sometimes revered and sometimes persecuted, paralleling the scapegoat archetype (Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic
Techniques of Ecstasy, 1951).
Their song/dance in the throes of death were the first sacred utterances, giving birth to language as a divine
technology. David Lewis-Williams, in The Mind in the Cave (2002), argues that early human symbolic thought—
expressed through cave art, ritual, and possibly early language—originated in altered states of consciousness, often
induced by shamanic experiences. The idea of language as a divine gift is also found in religious traditions, such as
in Genesis 2:19, where Adam names the animals, signifying the sacred act of speech.
This language, rooted in violence, would evolve into the stories, rituals, and myths that shaped human culture's
knowledge of good and evil. Mythographer Joseph Campbell describes in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
how mythic narratives encode fundamental moral struggles, often rooted in sacrificial violence. The Genesis account
of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-16) exemplifies this connection between violence and the emergence of moral
awareness. Girard further argues in Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (1978) that myths obscure the
scapegoating mechanism, transforming acts of collective violence into foundational cultural narratives.
The ultimate revelation of language’s purpose, however, came with the death of Jesus Christ, who exposed the
cycle of violence and offered humanity a path of love and transcendence to eternal life. Girard interprets the
Gospels as a revolutionary text that demystifies the scapegoat mechanism, making Jesus the innocent victim whose
sacrifice unveils the violent foundations of human culture (I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, 1999). The crucifixion of
Christ, narrated in the Gospels (e.g., Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19), is the climax of this revelation,
demonstrating both the injustice of scapegoating and the possibility of redemption beyond violence.
The words of Christ, spoken during his life and especially during his crucifixion, fulfill the original utterances of the
scapegoat. Jesus' final words, particularly “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34), echo
the function of the original sacrificial victim while subverting the cycle of violence through forgiveness. This radical
shift fulfills the prophetic tradition, as seen in Isaiah 53:7, which describes the suffering servant who is “led like a
lamb to the slaughter” but does not retaliate.
The Gospel of John affirms this in the Logos doctrine (John 1:1-14), where language (the Word) is presented not
merely as a human invention but as the divine principle of creation and reconciliation. Girard (1999) and theologian
James Alison (The Joy of Being Wrong, 1998) argue that Christ’s revelation permanently alters humanity’s
relationship with violence, offering an alternative founded on love and forgiveness.
παράκλητος - Paraklétos (John 15:26)
Advocate, Helper, Comforter, Counselor
The Term "Paraklétos" Is Used In The New Testament To Describe Someone Who Is Called To Aid, Support, Or
Intercede On Behalf Of Another. In A Legal Context, It Refers To An Advocate Or Legal Assistant. In A Broader
Sense, It Signifies A Helper Or Comforter Who Provides Encouragement And Support. In The New Testament,
"Paraklétos" Is Primarily Used To Describe The Holy Spirit, who acts as a divine helper and guide for believers.
Derived From The Greek Verb παρακαλέω (Parakaleó), Meaning "To Call To One's Side," "To Summon," Or "To
Comfort."
One Way - Guess You Didn't Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gPOLj07EXU
The Main Ingredient - Let Me Prove My Love to You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQPpF15hFk
Earth, Wind & Fire - I'll Write a Song for You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMC5lGLlAA
Move 78 - Pearls Before Swine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3texRp4Pj0
Them Two - Am I A Good Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EUipDulX8c
DeBarge - A Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dsCxATYMYk
Monophonics - It's Only Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUOYT2L_eRo
Taylor McFerrin - As You Are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMjVoRkOBVI
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