the shaykh intimidates x into sharing a big pipe of hashish mixed with amber and mescaline , then launches into a stream-of-consciousness attack on babylon , the imperium , the con , the big lie that theres nowhere to go and nothing to buy except their fifth-rate imitations of life , their bullshit pie-in-the-sky religions , cold cults , cold cuts of self-mutilation i call em , and woe to jerusalem !