Beauty is Skin Deep

By Antraeus Voltage, 11 May 2014

"All the carnall beauty of my wife is but skin-deep." - Sir Thomas Overbury (in his poem ‘A Wife,’ 1613).

Of course beauty is not just skin deep. But it does not make sense to also deny that a girl's face may be pretty, that there are degrees of physical attraction. That is not everything, naturally, but it is relevant and contains a potent form of chemistry. While some girls may be vain, others resent pretty girls because they wish to feel better about themselves. Denial of the truth is dangerous. So when we say that a girl is pretty we are referring to her face. If we observe that there is beauty in her mind, heart and soul regardless then we may reveal that insight. It is true that patriarchal society has encouraged us to look only at the outside. However, as we deepen our hearts and minds, and expand our consciousness and look within ourselves as well as others, it does not follow that we should deny that external beauty exists or wish to beautify and adorn ourselves if we so wish. In fact, the more confident and self-aware we are within ourselves, the more we shed such superficial insecurities and simply shine our light, whether we still choose to enhance our physical appearance or not. It is important to distinguish between superficial qualities such as external beauty and quality in terms of inner beauty which is comprised of feeling, intuition, compassion, and so forth.

English people. Honestly! The men rebel against religion and end up with rational English people.

Let’s start again...Honestly! The men rebel against religion and end up with rational materialism and bland humanism (which is Satanic at its source) instead of spiritual freedom. And the women rebel against sexual stereotypes and end up with an aversion to all forms of external beauty and elegance, dedicating themselves to denial and doomed to dullness and mediocrity. They refuse to see that they are being used as a patriarchal tool to suppress the feminine, the Goddess. OK, so you're not here to work on making yourself look attractive either for the benefit of other women or the opposite sex, or to flaunt your wares. Fine! Work on balancing the masculine and feminine. But understand that once you become masculinised to a certain degree, uptight, fearful and defensive, you cut yourself off from the whole, the Goddess. And then maybe you want impotent, feminised men who can no longer be themselves (and you almost got them there in one generation but that couldn't last because truth always wins out and, again, balanced expression is the goal). And you lose not only the beauty but the love, wisdom and power of the Goddess as a result. The Goddess allows all, and each has their beauty, inner and/or outer, unless they resist a form of beauty, in which case, the person then exhibits a form of ugliness.

Right, physical appearance isn't so important. The body is just a vehicle. It has significance, however, in terms of attraction between the sexes since women are social creatures whereas men are more visual, generally speaking. And it has significance in art for some of us too. Forget the media manipulation for a minute. Because in constantly resisting that pressure, women are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Just enhance and appreciate beauty where you find it, whether it be in yourself or outside. And, for God's sake grow up if you're getting on a bit now and should be shining more from within regardless of what others may think. Like, that is cool but you can't pretend to possess the seductive powers you may have been blessed (or cursed) with during your younger years (which served a certain purpose!). Fucking let it go! And if that poses some difficulty, please don't take your frustration out on others and try to censor them and prevent them from being themselves. It's not even matriarchy! It's just yet another sad, disempowering machination of patriarchy which works on the basis of fear and control.

And if external (or even internal) beauty is not something that is important in your current incarnation because you are working on other things, relax and accept that, no, it is not always possible to have your cake and eat it, not in the current climate of duality which we are all here to transcend anyway. You know, like accusing others of being judgemental is really clever when really you're the one who is being judgemental and simply projecting your own hang-ups onto others. But you know English people love to bitch and moan and pull others down so that no one can express their full potential, whatever it may be, and shine. Well, it's boring! And no one even understands that this was the very first nation to be oppressed by the Elite because, somehow, they believe they live in a democracy and that voting makes them free. I'm sorry but England is still an extremely ignorant country in my opinion. I have faith in the younger generations and, really, me and my work are here for them. Truth isn't just whatever you want it to be. It's not relative. That is a Satanic spell that has been cast on society. For real!

From Spring Fever, a silent comedy film starring William Haines and Joan Crawford, and directed by Edward Sedgwick in 1927

A friend commented on the above rant: “Others should be allowed to express their beauty as they wish or not if that is the case without recrimination.” I told her that I was kind of getting tired of women living in denial. Men are a pain in other ways, sure, although I don't really have much time for those who aren't at east semi-cool. Another friend noted that, "The biggest problem is the converse. Men who cannot allow thier feminine side." This post wasn't about that though obviously. It was specifically about the issue of 'beauty,' which, lest anyone forget, is a feminine (Venusian) quality! Whether you feel inspired by inner or outer beauty, or both, it can be a key to opening the heart. It may not be everyone's way but it is mine! (I have Venus rising and so this is one way that I am able to express my own feminine side). I believe it is the reemergence of the suppressed feminine, mostly in females, that will 'change the world.' Namely love, the Christ child of the Goddess. Men will respond and catch up.

There is a deep and superficial level of everything but it does not necessarily follow that an interest in external beauty a shallow soul maketh! And for some women glamour is a magical art of transformation through which they transform themselves into (confident) goddesses while some really are just goddesses in every way. Just less so in Britain! We're all unique, shining stars playing a game in fleshy things regardless of how we perceive them or what we do with them. And I am not a hippy! If I were I would not be concerned about this subject!

Hence, The Benny Hill Show was banned in Britain but adored in the States. Now does that make all Americans sexist? No because America is the nation that is due to become matriarchal! Power often goes hand-in-hand with beauty and that is exactly what Benny Hill was trying to show. The women always had the upper hand!

Beauty, sexual power, feeling sexy, looking good...women are not men! They're closer to Heaven so they have higher aspirations with regard to their physical divinity. The potential is always there inside and out to reflect the highest. I've never understood women who seem to resent or oppose this. For me it means they are probably overly masculine. Which is cool if they're working on that but no one attacks them so why do they need to pull other women down. And it's always the more beautiful women who are attacked the most I've noticed. Where does that jealousy and competition come from? Patriarchy? Perhaps!

A comment

Hoyaholic-hopanda: I salute you for all the women out there. If you don’t appreciate glamour and the art of adornment that is your choice. Stop imposing your values on others. We don’t inflict our tastes on you!

Nobuyoshi Araki