Immaterial Girl
Aussie Dave | Jun 18, 2004 | 6 comments
Madonna is no more. Say hello to Esther.
Madonna may have undergone a few image shifts during her tumultuous career – but now she wants to be called Esther.The Material Girl was inspired to take on a new name by her study of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah.
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“I was named after my mother. My mother died when she was very young, of cancer, and I wanted to attach myself to another name,” she said.
“This is in no way a negation of who my mother is. I wanted to attach myself to the energy of a different name.”
I can understand the name change. Esther has “guaranteed to send Shmuley Boteach into convulsions” written all over it.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: MT Archives
Oh this is soooo stupid
I’ve always thought that Madonna was the modern version of assyrian pagan fertility goddess Ishtar. I guess this makes it official.
I’ve always thought that Madonna was a modern version of pagan assyrian fertility goddess Ishtar. I guess this makes it official.
Sorry for the double; the script didn’t reload correctly the page in my browser and I kind of forgot I had sent it already and not just previewed.
Off topic (kind of) has anyone else noticed a red string tied around David Beckhams wrist? The Kabbalah bandwagon must be getting pretty crowded these days.
Red string was given by a Chinese monk, stupid!