Michael Jackson

filipsky at site.cas.cz filipsky at site.cas.cz
Sat Jun 1 21:54:41 UTC 1996


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>Further to George Thompson's important inquiry concerning the identity of
>Michael Jackson:
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>  According to the most esoteric Rauka UpaniSad, his real
>name is mAyAkAla yakSa (the final letter "n" was added to confuse the
>common folk).  He is a ghost that has deceived even the gods into thinking
>he is a gandharva, he has accomplished this thanks to his powerful mAyA. 
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>Luis Gonzalez-Reimann
>
        As my Tamil sources tell me, no confusion of the common folk was
intended. mAyAkAla yakSan (or yakkan at that) is an old Dravidian spirit,
who by his thundering voice scares away wild boars and other pests from the
fields of South Indian peasants.
Jan Filipsky







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