Monster in the Mirror: Ep 5: The Sheepdog, The Wolf, And The Warlock

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Rudyard Kipling is best known for his children's classic The Jungle Book. But the creator of boy-hero Mowgli also created copaganda for his Nineties - the 1890’s. In his recurring character Adam Strickland, Kipling fashioned an officer who elicits scorn for his unconventional methods, but who always gets his man. In the story we’re going to look at today, “The Mark Of The Beast,” Strickland faces a mysterious Hindu priest who curses his friend by turning him into a wolflike beast. As such, “The Mark Of The Beast” isn’t just a cop story. It also features two horror archetypes that would come into their own in the 20th century: the man-beast and the supernaturally powerful devil worshipper. Or, if you like, the Wolf-Man and the Warlock. In this episode, we’re going to talk about how Christocops today similarly see themselves as fighting an uphill battle to keep Wolf-Men and Warlocks at bay . . . by any means necessary. Text of "Mark Of The Beast": https://repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/134558/TheMarkOfTheBeastRudyardKipling.pdf?sequence=1 Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 To Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi SWAJ Apparel is here! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/listing/not-today-uncle-ron RECOMMENDED READING: Kathryn Belew, Bring The War Home Anthea Butler, White Evangelical Racism Martin Danahay and Deborah Morse, ed. Victorian Animal Dreams: Representations of Animals in Victorian Literature and Culture Rudyard Kipling, Rudyard Kipling's Tales Of Horror And Fantasy Craig Mann, Phases Of The Moon: A Cultural History Of The Werewolf Film Alex Vitale, The End Of Policing Jeffrey Victor, Satanic Panic: The Creation Of A Contemporary Legend Written, narrated, and produced by Lucas Kwong Theme song "Lair" by The Brother K Melee (www.brotherkmusic.com) Voice actors: Christian Young-Valdovinos, Lucas Kwong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here at Straight White American Jesus, we discuss Christian nationalism and racism often on the show.
0:06.0	But an important new book points out that the hidden roots of white supremacy can be found in a little known but powerful Christian doctrine
0:14.0	developed five centuries ago in the wake of the discovery of the so-called New World.
0:19.0	And it convincingly shows that understanding this history sheds new light on the menace of Christian nationalism in contemporary America.
0:27.0	Many of you will be familiar with Robert P. Jones as the founder of PRRI and the author of two previous books, White Too Long and the End of White, Christian America.
0:37.0	His new book is the hidden roots of white supremacy and the path to a shared American future.
0:42.0	It is a compelling historical analysis of the roots of white supremacy that shows the connections between the lynching of three black circus workers in Duluth and the mass execution of 38 Dakota men in Mancado.
0:55.0	Between the murder of 300 African Americans during the burning of Black Wall Street and Tulsa and the Trail of Tears.
1:02.0	Between the murder of Emmett Till and the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in the Mississippi Delta.
1:09.0	By excavating this history and telling the powerful stories of people reckoning with it today, Jones illuminates the possibility of a new American future in which we finally fulfill the promise of a pluralistic democracy.
1:23.0	The hidden roots of white supremacy and the path to a shared American future by Robert P. Jones is out now from Simon & Schuster.
1:30.0	Check the show notes for a special link to the book.
1:35.0	And now, this week's episode of The Monster in the Mirror.
1:46.0	And the award for Best Director goes to Adam Strickland for the film Mark of the Beast.
2:04.0	Thank you. Thank you, Hollywood. Thank you. All right, shut up everyone. Shut up. I got a lot of names to get through. Shut up.
2:12.0	Okay. I want to thank Mel Gibson for helping me beat my DUI. I want to thank Justin Bieber. Justin for that amazing theme song.
2:25.0	Yeah. All right, settle down.
2:27.0	Sheriff Joe Repio for making that torture scene as realistic as possible.
2:32.0	Elon for unsuspending my account. Sean Foley for all the cocaine. Jesus Christ, my personal Lord and Savior.
2:39.0	Really a whole bunch of people who helped me indoctrinate, depressed, and dysfunctional reactionaries.
2:45.0	Oh, they're playing me off. They're playing me off. Hashtag seemed to children.
2:49.0	Mr. Wells. Mr. Wells. Wake up.
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