Thomas the Walking Head

From The Maze Where Realities Converge - the psychedelic encyclopedia of reality from The Ultimate Comment

Who he is

Thomas is one of the eight gods. He looks a bit like a peanut with legs and eyes. Probably his most important and recognisable feature is his circle foot. He is three feet tall and has no shoulders or body, though he has a big head.
(In this sense he is distinct from the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, whose head is larger than his body (though his hat is rather small). And yea, verily, indeedy, 'tis a greatmost blasphemie to confux the 'twain and he who doth bow down to ye Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo as a god, verily shall be smoted hardcore by the wrath of Thomas.)

His secret is The World is Expecting Too Much.

Thomas The Walking Head is one of the most popular of the Gods to people unfamiliar with the Ultimate Comment, especially holograms on the street (citation needed) and novices who think the eight gods are 'cute'.

He was probably discovered by thousands of people throughout history. Children draw pictures of heads with legs and no bodies all the time. In that sense Thomas is an archetype and this might explain why people are so unsurprised by him. The popular movie star, toy and smuggler of ecstasy "Mr. Potato Head" is a similar ideam but with feet and no legs, and implicitly variable facial features. A likeness of Thomas the Walking Head adorns the wall near Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square, though this has been recently damaged by graffiti.

To some of us Thomas The Walking Head represents a very base form of experience. Sometimes you can get a sense of his consciousness so strong it is overpowering.

It is a fact of undisputed accuracy, but little consequence, that he is the god of (among other things) rickshaws

See Also

• The World is Expecting Too Much - Thomas' secret.
• Thomas The Walking Head's Songs