Today’s Tooth is ‘Superman/Boudica’. Its tree is Holly and its letter is T. This is a path or node that clearly suggests something about the human capacity for greatness/power/arete. It is strange insofar it is the only node that has this double concept to it. Arguably these two concepts simply express male and female manifestations of the same energy however it doesn’t really seem as simple as this. Superman connotes primarily either the literal superman of the comic book, a being of godlike powers or the Nietzschean superman who has overcome morality and can stand in the maelstrom of God’s death yet create their own values. A being who can act in the void. This latter version is not gendered, though arguably in abstract neither is the former, it is only insofar as the name ‘Superman’ connotes that it is specific pneuminous accretion (or rigid designator if you prefer). Boudica was the female leader of the Iceni tribe that gave the Romans so much trouble around AD60 (until Suetonius quashed it). The name means something like ‘she who brings victory.

All three manifestations offer different kinds of transcendence of more mundane humanity. The transcendence of the human biology belongs to superman 1, the transcendence of human morality to superman 2 and the transcendence of societal oppression to Boudica. It gets more complicated than this. The transcendence achieved by superman 1 leads either to guardianship (Superman) or tyranny (Homelander (his inner psyche at least)). The transcendence superman 2 achieves may lead to any manifestation of power (including artistic ones). However both of these are on an individual level and an abstract/fictitious level.

Boudica by contrast is historical. Her transcendence against Roman rule stems from her personal tragedy. She is entirely embedded. The transcendence of Roman rule would have led to the tribes of Britain taking back control. The transcendence of oppression does not guarantee no oppression. Boudica is a transcending moment that either with her defeat or success only returns the logic of the same. The supermen (overmen) seeks to actually be beyond this. However placing itself beyond the same it becomes unobtainable and learns nothing from Boudica.

Arguably the sigil represents the double nature of the superman by the figure of 8 like aspect on the left, whilst the eye in triangle with spirals is Boudica aspect. It pierces the double superman (but maybe also draws from it).

In the Hyperqabalah Superman/Boudica is called Eildour. It is the feeder node for Teufos (Fetus). In this Superman and Boudica are the father and mother.