ABOUT ROYAL ORDER OF JESUITS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Jesters
Formation - The original meeting resulting in the formation was held on February 20, 1911, by Shriners in the Captain’s office of the S.S. Wilhelmina on a pilgrimage to Aloha Temple, Hawaii. Noble A.M. Ellison of San Francisco, California, was responsible and the original cast included a Director and thirteen members. It was organized June 25, 1917, at an informal meeting.[1]
"Whereas most Masonic bodies are dedicated to charity, The Royal Order of Jesters is a fun "degree," with absolutely no serious intent. The motto, "Mirth is King,” is sufficient to give voice to the purpose of the organization. The Royal Order of Jesters feel that there are times, after our hard work and dedication to family and mankind, when everyone should remember to laugh and appreciate the good work one has done."[1] The icon of the Order is the Billiken.[2]
Membership -Local "courts" are limited to thirteen initiates yearly and membership is by invitation only. In fact, asking to join will almost certainly result in the individual never being accepted.
Museum - The Royal Order of Jesters owns a museum in Indiana On display are items relating to the Order and some items related to William Shakespeare and other historical people who focused on humor in their works.
ABOUT THE BILLIKEN - CHARM DOLL CREATION, IN MOVIES & SONGS, ST. LOUIS UNIVERISTY MASCOT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken
The Billiken is a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream.[1] It is believed that Pretz found the name Billiken in Bliss Carman's 1896 poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People. In 1908, she obtained a design patent on the ornamental design of the Billiken,[2] which she sold to the Billiken Company of Chicago. The Billiken was elephant-like with pointed ears, a mischievous smile and a tuft of hair on his pointed head. His arms were short and he was generally sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him. Billiken is known as "The God of Things As They Ought to Be."
The Billiken sprang from the height of the "Mind-Cure" craze in the United States at the start of the twentieth century.[5] It represented the "no worry" ideal, and was a huge hit. Variations appeared, such as the "Teddy-Billiken Doll" and the Billycan/Billycant pair (to drive petty problems away). The Billiken helped touch off the doll craze of the era.[5][6]
At least two Billiken-themed songs were recorded, including "Billiken Rag" and the "Billiken Man Song." The latter was recorded by Blanche Ring.[7]
The Billiken, as a good luck charm, appears multiple times in the Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor movie Waterloo Bridge. It is employed as a device that both prompts recollections of the male lead, Robert Taylor, and that links several scenes within the movie as the plot unfolds. Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum kept a Billiken doll on his piano.[5]
The Billiken made its Japanese debut in 1908. A statue was installed in the uppermost level of the original Tsutenkaku Tower as it was opened to the public in 1912. When the nearby Luna Park was closed in 1925, the tower's Billiken statue disappeared. In 1980, a replacement statue made its appearance in a new Tsutenkaku Tower that was built in 1956.
Sports mascot[edit]
In its heyday, the Billiken enjoyed worldwide celebrity. In America he became the athletic mascot of Saint Louis University, because the figure was said to resemble coach John R. Bender. The school's athletic teams remain the Billikens to this day.
ABOUT SAINT LOUIS UNIVERISTY -2ND OLDEST JESUIT UNIVERISTY IN US
Saint Louis University (SLU, /ˈsluː/) is a private Roman Catholic four-year research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and Madrid, Spain.[6] Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg,[7] It is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_University
A former dean of the St. Louis University Law School was arrested Sunday on a misdemeanor prostitution charge in Texas, online jail records show. John B. Attanasio, 60, was dean of SLU's law school from 1992 until 1998, when he resigned to become dean of Southern Methodist University Law School. His tenure there ended in 2013, but he is still a law professor there - the Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-slu-law-dean-arrested-in-texas-prostitution-case/article_6bdff491-e6e9-56e1-8367-7853bf853702.html
ABOUT AUTHOR (BLISS CARMAN) OF POEM ( 1896 poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People) WHICH INSPIRED ROJ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_Carman
Bliss Carman FRSC (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate[1] during his later years.[2][3]
ONE OF HIS OTHER WORKS The Pipes of Pan- "Pan, the goat-god, traditionally associated with poetry and with the fusion of the earthly and the divine, becomes Carman's organizing symbol in the five volumes issued between 1902 and 1905" under the above title.[15]
PICASSO TOO?
OIL PAINITNG BY PICASSO CALLED 'PIPES OF PAN' http://www.famous-paintings.org/famous-pablo-picasso-paintings/picasso-drawing126.shtm
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You need to read Tracy twyman's Baphomet book if you want to put this all together.