Loading ...In the comments of the last post the issue of whether or not I should write a book on the Tarot arose. I mentioned that I’d like to, but wasn’t sure whether I could add anything fresh to the subject.
At which point, for whatever reason, R the P googled my name. He said in the comments that someone had mentioned me as ‘prestigious’. Ahem, yes. So they have.
That was Judge Florentino Floro, the psychic judge, whose case drew quite a bit of interest a year or so ago. I even wrote an article about him in Noumenal.net.
The Judge was kind enough to respond to my article in comments, and also sent me a few emails. Later he sent me a copy of his 3rd addendum to his Supreme Court appeal, which mentioned me and the ‘prestigious’ Noumenal.net. Calling Noumenal.net ‘prestigious’ is kind of like calling RPBE pie ‘gourmet’. I mean, its good, but it ain’t gourmet.
I followed some of the links that R the P googled, and found one that belonged to a lawyer who was also mentioned in the Judge’s appeal. Said lawyer mentions me on his blog, Lowering the Bar, takes my words all out of context and makes me sound a bit daffy. I think I was the punchline of his joke, actually. But what can we expect from a lawyer?
I quote:
I think it is fair to say that people were quite interested in the matter, although there is probably not much we can do from halfway around the world.
Or at least that’s what I thought. In a third supplemental pleading that Judge Floro forwarded me last night, I was a little surprised, but proud, to see that he had cited me as one of a number of worldwide authorities on his case. The pleading starts by reprinting most of an article on the case by Justice William Bedsworth, an associate justice in California’s 4th District Court of Appeals, who has his own blog and who frequently publishes articles in the legal papers here as well. Judge Floro also cites (among others) another California attorney, Lester Hardy; David Pannick, a British attorney; Ken Blanchard, a management and business writer (The One Minute Manager); a French blogger; and Che, a tarot reader and clairvoyant who shares her home with “a couple of spirits, some shadow people, some black blobs, one homunculus and a cat.”
The actual appeal quotes my article pretty much verbatim, but unless you understand the context of the black blobs and homunculi, then you’re probably going to think I’m a nut.
Well I am kind of a nut but not because I see dead people. Well… I don’t see them much. Once in a while maybe. I hear them more often than see them. Anyway, tangent. I don’t really feel the need to defend myself to some hyper-materialist lawyer dude. I see what I see, I do what I do, and I probably enjoy life more than him. Well, maybe not these days…
Anyway, I know the judge lost his appeal, and I’d like to know how he’s doing these days so Judge, if you see this, could you drop a comment and let us know what you’re up to? I hope you are well and have found new outlets for your gifts.
And for those who don’t remember the original article that I wrote on the matter, it can be found here.
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Well, nearly 2000 people found that article worth looking at. How in the world did I miss it the first time around. I do (ahem) admit freely to checking SP more than I do Noumenal.Net or noumenal news, but I do check the others.
I find it interesting that you said that you would NOT want to find yourself in the judge’s courtroom, but that the above lawyer used you as an example of the kind of crazy people that the judge associated himself with and therefore as a reason why he should be removed. That’s lawyer thinking for you.
I also liked your comment about the arrogance of stating God put you in your position. Apparently that means God thinks well, but not well enough, of middle managers.
I have to also admit I laughed at the lawyer’s “joke” about the people the judge referenced in his appeal. Of course, we have no idea how many blobs, cats, and homunculi Justice William Bedsworth, an associate justice in California’s 4th District Court of Appeals, shares his home with. But that’s the nature of joke telling, gotta lead them down the garden path then switch it up at the end! Using the same set up, Justice Bedworth could have been a punchline as well.
Maybe we should start a writing campaign being all offended at me being used as the punchline of a joke. After all, everyone else is getting offended at everything else. Maybe I should be offended too. And a letter campaign! The lawyer would get a barrage four of five letters from angry SPians!
Hey - do you think I could sue the guy? Hehe.
I don’t know. Seems like its an awful lot of work being offended all the time.
I suspect Justice Bledworth of having many many blobs.
Blobby Bedsworth they call him, but only down at the 3rd district court of appeals.
They don’t get along with the 4th district court of appeals.
Bad blood.
Caused by dwarves.
Good ole Blobby, many were the times when we’d sit around with our homunculi, playin’ mah jongg and takin’ tea. Chattin’ about our blobs, and our cats. Cats don’t much like blobs, you know.
You guys are makin’ me laugh here! I’m engaged in serious researchin’. That’s important stuff, don’t you know? Oh, right: Blobby the Judge is far more interesting. I am particularly interested in the ongoing feud between the 3rd and 4th circuit judges. Now, that’s important!
I am thinking that the 3rd circuit lawyers will be sending faxes to the 4th circuit from Kinkos demanding prisoners be released, just to see if they’ll fall for it. I bet they will blame the dwarfs.
I’m sorry we’ve distracted you from yer serious researchin’. You git ta’ workin’ now - an’ thats a papal bull. Popes don’t issue nuthin but bull, ya’ know.
And the dwarves get blamed for everything!
Twernt nuthin. But with all those papal bulls comin round, I reckon I better git er done!
Yes, poor dwarves!
Well, I’m havin’ my nightcap, sayin’ my prayers to mah heathen gods, then gittin’ my ass to bed. See y’all on the morrow.
I sure could use heathen nightcap right about now!
G’night, heathen.
Well I couldn’t sleep. I did some Elemental work before going to bed, and used an elemental oil I recently picked up in a swap. Whew, that stuff packs a punch. Dredged up all kinds of horrible, nasty, primal terrors. I can see its worth, but that ain’t the kind of effect I’m needin’ these days. Had to get up and clear my head.
A heathen nightcap. Indeed.
I’m not technically a heathen though, not in the sense its used by paganly types these days. I’m neither a person of the heaths nor pagani in the original sense. But then the word pagan has been expanded these days to a sort of umbrella term that covers all polytheists; back in the good ole days it just mean backass hick.
I might be a hick, but I’m not backass.
I prefer to think of myself as a heathen in the sense of the word as our parents used it when we were little. “Ya little heathen!” Ever get called that? “C’mere, ya little heathen.” To them it meant uncivilised, uncontrollable child. Thats me.
Anyway, too tired to be going on about paganly semantics. Don’t know, don’t care, just want some restful sleep.
A good many visitors popped by today. More than usual. I thought maybe they were drawn in by the psychic judge story, or perhaps the piglet dream. Turns out quite a few of them were searching for Britney Spears. Sorry, you won’t find her here.
Another sizable few were searching for a guacamole recipe for the blender. Now that you will find.
Sorry to hear about the primal-terror inducing oils, Che. Nasty bit of work there. Not fun when you’re trying to get some sleep, I’m sure.
It seems these days, many words are being co-opted and diluted to the point where language is becoming a more fluid construct than it has been thus far. And that’s saying something in the case of English. I don’t know how I would identify my own spirituality except maybe ‘eclectic’. Sounds dull and wishy-washy, I guess, but I like to be able to add to and subtract from my notions as needed. Meh, I just is what I is, I guess.
But I agree, we may ALL be hicks, but we most certainly are not backasswards hicks. On that point, I am unanimous.
I think you’re onto something with the ‘heathen’ thing. My dad used to call us (my cousins and I) that, as you said, when we were being unruly, messy, or generally disobedient. I have heard it more than a few times, though I suspect my siblings have heard far more often.
Funny about the Britney searches ending here. Blender recipes, I get. Britney, not so much. Perhaps because of your post ‘What’s in My Vagina’?
How many lawyers would Britney Spears have these days? I think the number of lawyers you have is a good measure of how nuts you are…
I hope we get another contribution of our beloved Judge! Old schoolmate’s a judge now.. but he earns more by drawing popular cartoons.
Cartooning judges! I loved it. In the US we just have Cartoonish judges.
I am Judge Floro, and I just found this while adding links to my WIKI page
I am still jobless till now, but the court here cannot replace me
due to several deaths that I prophesied.
I filed the 6th appeal, and they are so afraid due to the successive deaths as a result of the imprecation:
judge rosa reyes died of cancer last march 9 while judge benjamin antonio is permanently disabled and resigned,
leaving only 2 judges in malabon
so, with the successive deaths of the mother and wife of our chief justice PUNO, etc. they are damn afraid of me … the fire halved our supreme court logo last jan 15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Florentino_floro
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Florentino V. Floro, Jr. (born November 5, 1953) is a Filipino healing and psychic judge. He is popularly known as the world-famous fortune-telling judge who was separated from the Philippine judiciary (on April 6, 2006) because of consulting the three dwarves, LUIS, Armand & Angel.
Contents [hide]
1 Early life and education
2 Judicial Career
3 Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., Profile
4 Judge Floro’s Blogs, links, pics, documentary & forum threads
5 External links
[edit] Early life and education
Florentino V. Floro, Jr. was born in Calvario, Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines, Asia to Florentino C. Floro and Milagros Velasquez. The eldest of five brothers, in his youth, he was an accomplished student, graduating with honors in both elementary and high school levels. He was called to the priesthood and entered the St. Vincent’s Seminary, at Karuhatan, Valenzuela, Bulacan (1965-1969); later, he went up the mountains to join the major seminarians of Vincentian Hills Seminary, Angono, Rizal, Philippines (1970). He was admitted to the pre-novitiate of the Society of Jesus and finished A.B. pre-divinity / philosopy (ATENEO DE MANILA, LOYOLA HOUSE OF STUDIES, 1974, with partial Second Honors). He graduated FULL SECOND HONORS at the ATENEO COLLEGE OF LAW (1982, LL.B., with q.p.i. of 85.11). He made the 10 years unbroken record of 91% in criminal law review under Dean Antonio L. Gregorio. Judge Floro placed 12th in the 1983 Philippine Bar Exams with a rating of 87.55% (one of the hardest in bar history, where only 21.3% passed).
[edit] Judicial Career
On his natal day, November 5, 1997, his gabays, the 3 angels/dwarves ordered him to cleanse the Philippine judiciary, by applying with the Judicial and Bar Council for the position of RTC Judge. He was duly appointed RTC, NCJR Judge of Br. 73, Malabon, the northern section of Manila, on November 4/5, 1998, his birthday, at the age of 45, as the youngest RTC NCJR Judge.
Barely 6 months from his inagural session on January 5, 1999, he was INDEFINITELY suspended on July 20, 1999 (the longest judicial suspension in world history, until the day he) was fired on April 6, 20007 and fined 40,000 pesos (US$775). The three-year investigation found that he’d claimed he could see into the future and admitted that he consulted privately with mystical magic dwarfs. He now argues that his personal beliefs were being questioned. He told investigators that the invisible dwarfs – Armand, Luis and Angel – helped him carry out “healing sessions†during breaks in his chambers.
The dwarf judge lost his final appeal (August 11, 2006) to keep his job, with the Supreme Court’s 75-page ruling stating that Florentino’s “dalliance” with Luis, Armand and Angel showed he had a “medically disabling condition of the mind” that rendered him “unfit to discharge the functions of his office” which in turn could “erode the public’s esteem of the judiciary” and make it an “object of ridicule.”
What caused the Supreme Court most concern, and who can blame them, was Judge Floro’s belief that he enjoyed qualities lacked by other members of the judiciary. Judge Floro is not the first judge to have an inflated opinion of his own abilities, but there are not many who have claimed special powers as “the No 5 psychic in the countryâ€. (The Supreme Court judgment unfortunately provides no information on whether the top four also have legal qualifications and, if so, what marks they obtained in the Bar exams.) In a variation of dress-down Fridays, Judge Floro changed from blue court robes to black each Friday “to recharge his psychic powersâ€. He was, he suggested, the angel of death and able to inflict pain and sickness on people appearing in his court (a valuable but perhaps disproportionate sanction in dealing with vexatious litigants).
The judge believed that he could write while in a trance, and he had, he insisted, “been seen by several people to have been in two places at the same timeâ€, a very useful attribute in reducing the waiting lists for pending cases. Most impressive of all, Judge Floro had made a covenant with “three dwarf friends named Luis, Armand and Angelâ€, who would, unseen by others, provide him with assistance in court (presumably when counsel were unable to provide a page reference in the bundles of evidence).
Very generously in the circumstances, the Supreme Court emphasised that it was not ruling that Judge Floro was insane. He was merely suffering from a psychosis that appeared to “cloud his judgment†and so undermined his competence and objectivity. Justice Chico-Nazario concluded that psychic phenomena, “even assuming such exist†(a wise judge never decides more than is necessary to dispose of the case), have no place in jurisprudence. Though it would, I suppose, be helpful to be able accurately to predict how the Supreme Court would deal with a case, and so avoid the expense and delay of waiting for their decisions.
[edit] Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., Profile
Judge Florentino Floro
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Zodiac Year: Snake
Industry: Government
Occupation: Judge / Lawyer
Location: 123 Dahlia, Alido, Bulihan, Malolos City, : Bulacan : Philippines :Asia
About Me
judgefloro@yahoo.com
Celphone # 0927-3440957, Belen, my secretary;
Land Line : Philippine digitel (044) 662-8203;
I am known worldwide as the Psychic & Healing Judge.
Interests
Horse riding, viewing horse races, hiking, travel, movies
Favorite Movies
Superman, James Bond, Artificial Intelligence, The Count of Monte Cristo …
Favorite Music
Impossible Dream, Ave Maria, Candle in the Wind, Lion King …
Favorite Books
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery, The Life of St. Therese of Lisieux …
read more …
I am Kevin Underhill, the lawyer who wrote about Judge Floro last year and who Che quoted in her original post. I came across this a while ago but my computer crashed before I could post my comment. You didn’t have Luis do that, did you, Judge Floro?
I know Judge Floro will read this comment, too, because (as you can see) he misses no Judge-Floro-related Internet reference, anywhere in the world. Hi, Judge — I enjoyed talking to you last year and hope you are doing well. You might have the guys ease up on the other judges and their families, though. Aren’t you the “healing judge”? That’s more worthy of you.
Che, I didn’t really mean to make you sound daffy just because you share (or shared) your home with a couple of spirits, some shadow people, some black blobs, one homunculus and a cat. I myself once had a cat — my girlfriend was more of a homunculi person, but I’m allergic. My point was more to show the range of people that Judge Floro was citing, from a California appellate justice to a hyper-materialist lawyer dude to a tarot reader and clairvoyant. Nobody (anywhere on that spectrum) has to defend themselves to me. So, I guess I admit I was using that one sentence of yours (which I am glad that I did accurately quote) as part of a punchline - not you personally. But I am sorry for any offense I caused.
Judge, good luck with your latest appeal. Please send me a copy, at least if it is significantly different from the last five. Treat yourself to a horse race, and have fun.
Thank you for stopping by and filling us in, Judge Floro. I’ve thought of you often and have wondered how you’ve been doing. I’m sorry to hear you’re still jobless, however I agree with Kevin (and I’m not in the habit of agreeing with lawyers) that maybe you might want to concentrate on the healing side of your work.
Though maybe if your fellas could pay a visit to my ex-husband….
Oh never mind.
I too wouldn’t mind a copy of your latest appeal. And I’m very impressed that you have a Wiki entry. I dont’ have a Wiki entry - My SP-friends haven’t seen fit to go over to Wikipedia and make one for me. they probably know I’d just complain about it anyway. And that, like SP, no one would ever read it.
Hmmm… Kevin’s computer crashed. Mine was struck by lightening. Coincidence? I think not.
And to Kevin:
Ah Kevin, a funny lawyer. The worst kind. They get you laughing so hard that you don’t notice when they sue the pants off you.
No, I’m not offended. After all it gave me something to write about other than Don and blenders, which is a rarity these days. Not to mention I’ve spent a lifetime mocking people (usually with R the P) and I’d be a hypocrite if I could dish it out but not take it.
Perhaps you and the Judge could join us (the SPians) in Tahiti this year for Tahitimas? We could invite Blobby Bledsoe and the other mentionees from the Supreme Court Appeal. Have kind of a reunion-slash-luau. I don’t mind hanging out with lawyers as long as I’m drunk (just ask Bahamas Rich).
What a fantastic treat to have an update on the formerly healing judge and the lawyer who cited Che.
That, my friends, would be a Che citing.
Che, you probably never thought that you’d have a website where doctors (that would be me, although, unlike the judge, not the healing kind) and lawyers would come by and make comments.
Well as you know, R the P, lawyers used to comment on the blog all the time. A lawyer with the same first name as you, who caused you take the title ‘the Previous’ after your name. We haven’t heard from him on SP in a while. Perhaps it isn’t good for a lawyer’s reputation to be scene over here too often. Though how we could possible sully the reputation of a lawyer is beyond me.
But yes, doctors, lawyers, judges, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers. They all love us. And we love the bakers.
Rich people, poor people, beggar people, thieves, doctors, lawyers, Native American chieves (Force that rhyme! Force it!)
I know Richard the Latter? Richard the Apres? Richard the Posterior? was a lawyer. And a cute one from what I saw. I have no idea if Kevin and the judge are attractive. Really, that is the only important thing in a lawyer is the level of attractiveness. I think the reason that we got A the Girl was that our lawyer was a smart, attractive woman.
True, its what one looks for in a lawyer. That and an ability to hold his or her liquor. If the other Rich had just a little more tolerance for alcohol, he wouldn’t have dropped me as we were stumbling up North Rampart Street, allowing me to bust my knee, after downing copious amounts of tequila at the 3rd Circle, a gay bar where R the Other made the comment: I fear for my anal integrity.
But it coulda been worse. If I’d landed completely on the sidewalk instead of partly on him, I probably would have broken bones. So you see, lawyers are good for something - as padding for when you’re falling-down drunk.
And for being attractive enough to help you get custody of your daughter.
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Judge Floro’s Blog:
http://angelofdeathluisarmandandangel.blogspot.com/
Judge Floro’s 27 Philippine TV documentaries on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+floro
Judge Floro’s Auto / Article User Page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentino_Floro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Florentino_floro
Judge Floro’s 27 pages, 34, 000 views, 1, 400 replies Legendary thread on RUSH Counterparts Message Board:
http://www.rushmessageboard.com/cpmb/index.php?showtopic=2112&st=1300&start=1300
Judge Floro’s email and yahoo messenger:
judge_florentino_v_floro@yahoo.com
judgefloro@yahoo.com
Judge Floro’s contact numbers:
Celphone No. secretary Belen:
0927-3440957
digitel Philippines land line
(044) 662-8203
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http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=40764&ew_0_a_id=290137
Iceland Still Believes in Elves and Ghosts
According to a recent study on superstition in Iceland supervised by Terry Gunnell, associate folklore professor at the University of Iceland, a significant portion of participants would not rule out the existence of elves and ghosts.
The results of the study were similar to those of a study conducted in 1974 by Professor Erlendur Haraldsson, Fréttabladid reports.
“Icelanders seem much more open to phenomena like dreaming the future, forebodings, ghosts and elves than other nations,†Gunnell said.
Only 13 percent of participants in the study said it is impossible that elves exist, 19 percent found it unlikely, 37 percent said elves possibly exist, 17 percent found their existence likely and eight percent definite. Five percent did not have an opinion on the existence of elves.
More admitted to believing in ghosts. Only seven percent said their existence was impossible, 16 percent unlikely, 41 percent possible, 18 percent likely and 13 percent definite. Four percent had no opinion on the existence of ghosts.
Gunnell was surprised by the results because the Icelandic society has changed considerably since 1974 when Haraldsson revealed that more Icelanders believed in supernatural phenomena than other nations.
“Many factors could have affected these numbers,†Gunnell said. “A growing belief in haunting can be traced back to Hollywood movies. The city and its houses are also growing older and the countryside is becoming more mysterious.â€
The study was undertaken in 2006 and 2007 by the University of Iceland’s Faculty of Social Sciences and supported by the university’s Research Fund. About 1,000 people participated in the questionnaires.
The results have not been fully assessed yet and interviews with some of the participants are scheduled in the near future. The final results of the study will be introduced in December.
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http://fountain.blogspot.com/2007/09/mental-elfissues.html
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Mental Elf.Issues.
There are certainly problems with this Judge from the Philippines:
As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.
But honestly can he really be any kookier than those we already have? In fact one of his Elves, Luis appears to have a sounder grip on reality than most British criminologists:
Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. “Angel” is the neutral force, he says. “Armand” is a benign influence. “Luis,” whom Mr. Floro describes as the “king of kings,” is an avenger.
…..
According to local newspaper reports, a mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court’s crest in its session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim to car accidents.
Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist in his threats of “ungodly reprisal.” The Supreme Court’s spokesman declined to elaborate.
Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and that he’s not to blame for the incidents. He points the finger squarely at “king of kings” elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up what he says is the Philippines’ corrupt legal system.
In other Elf related news only 13% of Icelanders rule out the possibility of the existence of Elves. I suppose if Bjork is your national icon it’s understandable I guess.
Posted by Ross F at 1:45 AM
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http://otherwiseaddled.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/fired-judge-blames-elf-for-court-mishaps/
Fired Judge Blames Elf for Court Mishaps
Posted by brexwfoldingham on September 24th, 2007
http://www.abajournal.com/news/fired_judge_blames_elf_for_court_mishaps
Complete story:
The Philippines Supreme Court has asked a fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves to stop making threats of “ungodly reprisal.â€
The court kicked Florentino Floro Jr. off the bench largely because of his belief in the supernatural, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). A medical clinic determined that the judge was suffering from psychosis.
Since then Floro has battled to get his job back, appearing on TV and winning converts who seek his healing powers. At the same time, a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.
Floro says the person to blame for the mishaps is one of the elves, “Luis,†a “king of kings†who is an avenger. He told the newspaper that the elves help him predict the future, but he has never consulted them when issuing judicial decisions.
The Supreme Court has not reversed any of Floro’s decisions since firing him.
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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yjc3NTBlN2U1YzFhNmE0NzdmNzA2YzJkZWRhNjIwOWM=
Monday, September 24, 2007
The Elf Hex [Jonah Goldberg]
By Odin’s Raven:
The Philippines Supreme Court has asked a fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves to stop making threats of “ungodly reprisal.â€
The court kicked Florentino Floro Jr. off the bench largely because of his belief in the supernatural, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). A medical clinic determined that the judge was suffering from psychosis.
Since then Floro has battled to get his job back, appearing on TV and winning converts who seek his healing powers. At the same time, a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2007/09/24/oped/g.h..arinday.jr..sunfare.html
Monday, September 24, 2007
Arinday: Self-cherishing, psychosis & other oddities
By G.H. Arinday, Jr.
Sunfare
N LIFE, we encounter a lot of oddities and beg for the sublime task to render the same into linguistic idioms.
If we say that he is an “odd man out,†the interpretation is as varied as the hues of the rainbow jealously misted by the dark nimbus cloud.
Can you recall of a former regional trial court judge in Bulacan who was eased out of his office because he was said to be suffering from psychosis according to Supreme Court magistrates?
Well, former RTC judge Florentino V. Floro Jr., who confessed cavorting with his three elfin friends (Luis, the “neutral force; Armand, a “benign influenceâ€; and Angel, as the “king of kings†and as an “avenger†in the penning of his decisions), has become a sort of an international media celebrity.
No less than “The Wall Street Journal,†in its September 17, 2007 issue and bylined by James Hookway, featured the dismissed judge who claimed in an interview that: “It shouldn’t matter what I believed in, whether it’s Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand, and Angel.â€
What the former judge said is equivalent to “self-cherishing†as the fundamental concept of the Buddhist’s philosophy on “how to enhance cherishing love.â€
In writing the verdict dismissing the judge, considering him as suffering from psychosis largely because of his belief in the supernatural, Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario said he has “his broad faith in mysticism and supernatural phenomena.â€
“Lest we be misconstrued, we do not denigrate such a belief system…However, such beliefs, especially since Judge Floro acted on them, are at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system.â€
It is not the first time that former Judge Floro attracted those engaged in human interest stories. He has been featured in English newspapers, international or regional, before “The Wall Street Journal†gave him some kind of prominence.
The world of mystics has intrigued me a lot like the paranormal analysis of psychic Jaime Lichauco and the so-called “supernatural†and extra-sensory perceptions.
Accordingly, “there is no accepted explanation of mysticism and few psychologists have interested themselves in its practice,†says The Columbia Encyclopedia.
Philosophers William James gave up after failing finding the answer. On the other hand, Henri Bergson made a significant philosophical evaluation.
Bergson, whose psychological or philosophical lectures were attended by “fashionable ladies†of his time surpassing that of Thomas Carlyle’s thought of mysticism as “subjective meditation†or a “vitalist philosophy†akin to romanticism.
The notion of Bergson’s philosophy is the strands of continuity in probing deeper into the mysteries of life like the growth of the folk-soul or beliefs on something outside of empiricism.
But former Judge Floro’s venture into the supernatural is overshadowed by the lawsuit filed by self-proclaimed agnostics of Nebraska, Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha, seeking a permanent injunction against God as reported by foreign news agencies.
And lo, behold, the injunction suit was answered by “God†who was charged with “human oppression and suffering misses an important matter.â€
As it was written, the answer was “signed by God,†citing St. Michael the Archangel as a witness,†and “God†was quoted that “I created man and woman with free will and next to the promise of immortal life, free will is my greatest gift to you.â€
Ho-hum! Such strange things are component of life’s existence. How would we treat the Nebraskan state senator? Consign him to limbo? But the place is exclusively for those “under probation†or inmates in the purgatory.
Definitely, we cannot classify him on the same level with former Judge Floro, the latter being a firm believer in mystical matters, but Chambers is a class by himself.
For more Philippine news, visit Sun.Star General Santos.
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http://www.mysitevote.com/story/9895
In the Philippines, Judge Consults 3 Wee Friends
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MANILA, Philippines — As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year. Case closed? …
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http://usuallystephanie.blogspot.com/2007/09/court-elves.html
Friday, September 21, 2007
Court Elves….
….are they anything like the house elves found in the Harry Potter series?
Instead of law clerks, for instance, a Philippine trial court judge sought counsel from “three elves only he could see” in, I assume, rendering his legal decisions. Who knows if Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., used the elves for guidance in other aspects of his life.
Links: Wall Street Journal article, Sept. 17, 2007 (may later require a subscription)
ABA Journal article, Sept. 17, 2007
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http://rosmarinlaw.blogspot.com/2007/09/we-get-by-with-little-help-from-our.html
21 September 2007
We Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends
A Filipino judge, unconscionably fired from his bench for hiring invisible (at least to the less perceptive among us) elves as court clerks, wants his job back. Florentino Floro Jr. says that if he is re-elevated to the bench (judges must be elevated to the bench because it’s a few steps up) he’ll call off the king of the elves, who’s turned hit man, inflicting illness and car accidents on Floro’s former bosses, the Supreme Court.
Floro says the elves only help him predict the future on his personal time, and never used them to help him make judicial decisions. Of course not: that would be unethical.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/newspapers/wall_street_journal_loosens_collar_covers_paranormal_67632.asp
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http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/original/0924keebler.jpg
Monday, Sep 24
Wall Street Journal Loosens Collar, Covers Paranormal
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Thought the Wall Street Journal was square, unhip and afraid to take on any stories that reek of high weirdness? Uhm… no.
Maybe it’s a creeping low-grade Rupertification over at the WSJ, but they recently did a piece on a Filipino judge who believes in elves:
As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year. [...] Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. “Angel” is the neutral force, he says. “Armand” is a benign influence. “Luis,” whom Mr. Floro describes as the “king of kings,” is an avenger.
It’s kind of great that with the Weekly World News gone, we can depend on the Wall Street Journal for our weird fix. Viva!
Posted by Neal | 08:53 AM | Newspapers
http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/462-Judge-Floro-the-mystic-dwarfs-an-update.html
http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/373-Dwarves-of-Law-revisited.html
http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/1056-Dwarves-of-Law-update.html
Monday, September 24. 2007
‘Dwarves of Law’ update
Last year, we brought you an interview with Florentino Floro Jr. - the Filipino ex-Judge who apparently has healing powers and is counselled by a trio of mystical dwarves. The Wall Street Journal has an update on Floro’s attempts to be re-instated as a Supreme Court Judge and also how he has become a celebrity in the Phillipines, regularly appearing on TV chat shows. It also states that there have been a number of odd incidents since Floro’s removal from the Court system:
[...] a series of disturbing incidents appear to have the
nation’s top jurists rattled. According to local newspaper reports, a
mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court’s crest in its
session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close
family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim
to car accidents.
Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the
Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist
in his threats of “ungodly reprisal.” The Supreme Court’s spokesman
declined to elaborate.
Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and
that he’s not to blame for the incidents. He points the finger squarely
at “king of kings” elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up
what he says is the Philippines’ corrupt legal system
Hat-tip to The Anomalist
For further reading, check out Dwarves of Law revisited - the original Cabinet of Wonders interview with Florentino Floro Jr.. Also in our archives:
Dwarves of Law - the initial report
Judge Floro & The Mystic Dwarfs update
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