I always wondered why the song title "The Green Manalishi" sounds so familiar in spite the word "Manalishi" seems to be unknown to the world.
These days i remembered that Mick Fleetwood writes in "My Life And Adventures in Fleetwood Mac" about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-scandal (p.70p).
Suddenly i knew why the word "Manalishi" sounds so familiar: it seems to be a variation (or maybe a misspelling) of Maharishi (And the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-scandal fits perfect[ly] to theme of the song too).
But Green is not only a colour and a token but Peters Greens last name too:
Family name: Green told "Guitar" magazine (January 1997): "The Green Manalishi is the wad of notes,
the devil is green and he was after me." I wonder if Peter Green realized in that moment that he is Green? So the sentence could be read:
The devil is Peter
Green - too, not just the "greenbacks".
token
*) to go green with envy
*) green with envy
*) it all comes down to the green
By the way: The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-scandal made John Lennon write "Sexy Sadie":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_Sadie_(song).