Wikipedia's entry discusses other historical personifications of Mammon:
During the Middle Ages, Mammon was commonly personified as the demon of gluttony, richness, and injustice.
Thus Peter Lombard (II, dist. 6) says, "Riches are called by the name of a devil, namely Mammon, for Mammon is the name of a devil, by which name riches are called according to the Syrian tongue." Piers Plowman also regards Mammon as a deity. Nicholas de Lyra (commenting on the passage in Luke) says: "Mammon est nomen daemonis" (Mammon is the name of a demon).
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| The Worship of Mammon (1909) by Evelyn De Morgan |
He seems to have liked the sound of the phrasing, for a week and a half ago, in Jacksonville, Florida, he expanded on it:
We're the party of those who want a brighter, prosperous future for themselves and for their kids. We're not the party of the rich. We're the party of the people who want to get rich.Note that Romney's party seems to be an exclusive crowd; they want that brighter, prosperous future for themselves and their kids. Never mind other people and their kids. If Mammon is the Republicans' god, then no wonder they seem to have stigmatized as infidels those of us who aren't falling down and worshiping it too. And they're spending a lot of money to smear us.
No, we don't worship Mammon. We don't vote out of selfish regard for our own narrow, personal interest.
God or no god, we vote for the common good of all, and not only of all men and women, but also of
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
[Earth Nature] made them all.
Or, as Allen Ginsberg put it:
ReplyDeleteMoloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen! Moloch whose name is the Mind! -Howl 1955-56