Episode 24 Lehi's Dream

Explicit content warning

07/11/23 • 39 min

BOMcast!

Gonzo talks to Mike (Mormons on Mushrooms) about Lehi's Tree of Life dream. Mike is our first, and hopefully, not last expert on BOMcast. His background in depth psychology, dream analysis, his penchant for the absurd, and his delightful laugh serve him very well as he helps us explicate this crazy dream.
We cover it all:

Party mansion on the hill? Check!
Smiter in the sex dungeon? Check!
Iron rod as a phallic symbol? Check!
Tree of life and magic fruit? Check!

But we go into new territory too! Mists of darkness in the valley; could they be a vaginal reference and/or a nod to the divine feminine? Is Lehi projecting and placing a bunch of negative self-image onto his eldest son, Laman? Is this dream actually a beautiful metaphor of self-love and masturbation? Cum-on! you know it is!

Party mansion on the hill? Check!
Smiter in the sex dungeon? Check!
Iron rod as a phallic symbol? Check!
Tree of life and magic fruit? Check!

Previous Episode

Episode 23

It's the core crew. We start off-script and miraculously manage to read a bit of Jacob. We managed to bring it together, but some of the tangents during the intro were too tangential. But fear not; keep an eye out on IG for out-of-context-outtakes. We promise they wouldn't make any more sense with context.
Totally factual revelations in this episode:

Jacob's probably talking passive-aggressively about one specific guy, and that guy's probably his wife's ex-boyfriend or maybe current boyfriend
I mean, he's racist, but like that's not new information
Oh, Jacob! Why's your right forearm so large? Poundin' plates–am I right?!

The best thing we learned in our chat to open this episode is this is about the laugh. So, in that spirit, we're changing the category of our listing. This isn't for the art. It's for the yucks! Besides, comedy is a form of artistic expression, but we wouldn't want to embarrass the true artists in case they still might invite us to their parties.

Next Episode

Episode 25 with Chad

We got to read with Chad again! Can we just say that Jacob’s our favorite? I mean, sure who do we have to compare him to? Enos, played by Prince Herbert of the Swamp? Nephi, who's one of the best-written characters but God, he's the worst. Jacob is so relatable with his earnest whining about carpal tunnel and his obvious addiction to high-definition Liahona porn (like father, like son).
Did you know that Jacob predicted a Messianic orgasm 100 years before it happened? See, he's the best! Take that Nephi and Isaiah.