Talk:Oulanem

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"Characteristically, "Oulanem" is an inversion of a holy name. It is an anagram of Emmanuel, a Biblical name of Jesus which means in Hebrew 'God with us'...Oulanem is probably the only drama in the world in which all the characters are aware of their own corruption, and flaunt it and celebrate it with conviction. In this drama there is no black and white. There exist no Claudius and Ophelia, Iago and Desdemona. Here all are servants of darkness, all reveal aspects of Mephistopheles. All are Satanic, corrupt, doomed."

The source is hardly a sane or reliable work of reference! What next? Mein Kampf?

Here is the opening line of the book:

"This work started as a small brochure containing only hints about possible connections between Marxism and the Satanist church."

Have Wikipedia's standards dipped so far that this ridiculous book is quoted as some sort of authority?

Rosa Lichtenstein (talk) 18:19, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. This is far from being a reliable source, presenting an utterly fringe position, and has no place in the article. In fact, I question whether the article itself has any value. I will remove the unreliable source at once. RolandR (talk) 23:39, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The unreliable source in question, "Marx and Satan" by the Romanian dissident Richard Wurmbrand, amplifies the short period of Marx's life around age 20 when he was attempting poetry, and in a disturbed and resentful state of mind, as one defining his later career and theories. Here's a quote from this play Oulanem..

Pertini. The only one they burn will be yourself!
Lucindo. Myself! So be it! To myself I'm nothing! / But you, oh, you my youthful arms enfold / And twine themselves in frenzy round your breast. / The abyss yawns gaping night to both of us, / If you sink down, smiling, I'll follow you, / And whisper to you, "Down! Come with me! Comrade!"

It's a point of view! Cheesusfreak (talk) 18:33, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]