The Leviathan is surfacing. The chaos monster – the creature of the end.
The etymology of Leviathan is comes from being twisted, from the verb to twine, to join, it says here.
Leviathan’s some sea serpent demon. One of those near eastern mythology chaos monsters, destroyed by some young god. Marduk defeated Tiamat. Indra slayed Vitra.
Leviathan’s probably a metaphor for Babylon. Where the Israelites were held captive.
So Livia’s Babylon? Fuck that.
What about Hobbes – he wrote about Leviathan, right?
Leviathan’s the omnipotence of the state, for Hobbes.
Livia hated the state.
Leviathan is about holding back chaos, for Hobbes. Without it, man would be a wolf to man and all that stuff.
Livia was definitely on the side of the wolves.
Leviathan’s the sea monster and Behemoth is the land monster. The Leviathan is supposed to be female, Behemoth male. She dwells in the watery abyss and he lives in the desert east of Eden.
Leviathan’s supposed to be three hundred miles long. Eats one whale a day. Almost ate the whale that swallowed Jonah.
You get those images of Leviathan with its tail placed in its mouth, encompassing the entire world
For Gnostics, the Leviathan separates the lower world, ruled by the archons, from the realm of God.
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