THE LAND OF OZ

In the children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum, the reader is introduced to a wonderful new world, as seen through the eyes of a little girl named Dorothy, and her dog Toto. Together with her friends the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow, Dorothy sets off to see the Wizard of Oz, in the hopes that he can restore her, and Toto too, to her place of origin, Kansas. When Dorothy arrives in the Land of Oz she encounters a land in strife, where political borders are clearly defined and despotic witches oppress the people through fear and magical persuasion.

Judging by the map (compiled by the eminent Prof. Wogglebug T.E.) it appears that the Land of Oz is a squarish land, divided into 5 distinct kingdoms or countries. There is Gillikin Country in the North, Quadling Country in the South, Winkie Country in the East, Munchkin Country in the West, and finally there is the Emerald City, which takes a central position in the heart of Oz itself. Despite a lengthy search on the highly erudite and reputable Wikipedia website, I was unable to ascertain the intended meaning as to the choice of colours used to demarcate each region in Prof. Wogglebug's map.* Therefore, and in lieu of a credible/forth-coming explanation, I have decided to embark upon my own investigation into this matter, and more besides.

You are, as ever, invited to join me.

In The Secret History of the World (by Johnathan Black) it is speculated that the identity of Dorothy's companions; the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion, serves to represent the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms respectively. It was suggested this was done in order to reference the belief systems of the Theosophical Society, of which Baum was himself a member. In light of this information, I think it likely that the composition of Oz was informed by the Hermetic and Esoteric Traditions outlined in Madame Blavatski's Theosophical Society and not, as some have it, in the Christian methodologies, as outlined in the Bible.

An important aspect of the Hermetic (therefore; magical) tradition is the correlations made between the four elements; fire, water, earth and air, and the cardinal points of the compass; north, south, east and west. Although the attribution of each element to their respective direction necessarily varies from one tradition to another, and even one individual to another, the conservative approach still applies in general;

Each of the four elements also has its representative colors, as used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, whose tradition was itself derived from the Enochian Tradition of Sir John Dee. Subjugating the cardinal points, gives us;

It is clear from this that Baum's intention was to convey esoteric knowledge, and he did so in a very surprising and clever way.

The four cardinal points, along with their respective colours and elements provide the basis of nearly every ritual known to Hermeticism. In the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP); for example, the new initiate is asked to make the sign of the pentagram in the air before him/her, in a very specific manner. He/she is to do this for each of the cardinal directions (also known as Watchtowers), whilst intoning the appropriate elemental name. By doing so the magician (or wizard) is thought to be exercising a level of control over the elements, which may be useful to his/her practice later on. In terms of the Land of Oz, the emblem of the pentagram can clearly be seen depicted on the flag of Oz, in green. The reason for this is that the wizard or magician who is enacting the ritual is always thought to be situated at the centre of their own NSEW convergence, and thusly at the centre of the World. The colour green is also representative of the Heart Chakra. This is true of the Emerald City, which sits at the centre, or Heartland of Oz.

The Emerald Isle

Historically Ireland has had a total of 5 provinces; Ulster, Munster, Leinster, Connaught and Meath. Following the Norman invasion, Meath was dissolved into the neighboring counties of Leinster and parts of Ulster.

In its heyday, Meath would have been an important focal point for all the local chieftains and kings, featuring prominently in politics, rituals and folklore.

So successful were the Normans in eradicating this nuance of Irish history that few people today are  aware of the Fifth Kingdom ever having existed. The only readily available clue to the former existence of this lies in the Old Irish name for a 'county' Cuige. The word cuige literally means a fifth i.e. a fifth of the country.

In the Oz Saga, the four cardinal points (or kingdoms) are each ruled by a witch of either good or ill  repute. The Good Witch of the North (GWN) and the Good Witch of the South (GWS) each make up the North-South Axis. While, the Wicked Witch of the West (WWW) and the Wicked Witch of the East (WWE) make up the East-West axis. Based on this distinction it can be seen that the East-West axis is the Axis of Evil, while the North South axis is the Axis of Good.

Remember that the WWW comes from Winkie country, which is the yellow country on the Eastern side of Prof. Wogglebug's map of Oz. This, you'll note, is confusing. Could it be that the eminent Prof. Wogglebug has made a mistake? Don't get your hopes up. The confusion arises from the fact that, in the Land of Oz, the Sun rises in the West and sets in the East; something to do with the planets retrograde orbit around its sun. So from our perspective, the Wicked Witch of the West is the correct moniker, because to us the sun sets in the West. Get it? I am not sure if I do either.

Regardless, we can see that Winkie country is shaded yellow. This means that the WWW is an Air elemental. Recall that in the Wizard of Oz film the WWW is destroyed when Dorothy accidentally throws a bucket of water over her. This seems to suggest that only elements of opposite aspect have the ability to defeat witches of a specific elemental type. Compare this with the ruler of Munchkin land (blue) the watery Witch of the East. Although we do not see her directly, we infer that she was killed in connection with a hurricane when Dorothy's house falls on her, revealing the ruby slippers. So, in a sense, we can say that the WWE (a water elemental) was killed by her elementary opposite - air.

In the Land of Oz it appears that;

Water - destroys - Air
Air - destroys - Water
Earth - destroys - Fire
Fire - destroys - Earth
(The last two are sketchy because the GWN and the GWS are not known to fight each other.)

Hurricanes are an atmospheric phenomenon so obviously the storm that carried Dorothy to Oz was created by the WWW, possibly with the intention of doing away with her sister, the WWE.

Continuing with this line of reasoning, it appears that the four friends; Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin-man and Lion, can each occupy a cardinal position of their own;

Dorothy with her dark brown hair and farming background is clearly an Earthy kind of girl. Likewise the colour of the Lion's fur and its loud roar make it ideal as an Air elemental. The reasons for Scarecrow and Tin-man seem to differ, however. Recall that the Tin-man rusts in the presence of water, and that the only thing that can kill Scarecrow (as per the story) is fire.

Returning to the concept of the East-West plane being an Axis of Evil and the North-South plane being an Axis of Good for a moment, we can see that the horizontal plane/axis symbolizes death (lying down), where as the vertical plane is associated with up-rightness, honour, and things of that nature. Now where have we heard the terms "Axis of Evil", "North" and "South", "Towers" (as in the Watchtowers NSEW) before. That's right; 9/11 2001.

If the N-S Watchtowers are meant to stand for justice, truth, up-rightness and all that is good in society, then doesn't that mean that an attack on these two institutions is also a symbolic attack on all that is good and honest within society? You betcha. Was it the intention of the elite to build the Twin Towers just so that they could destroy them and there by seek to limit the influence of the Axis of Good in our world so that they could push their agenda of tyranny and evil across the globe? That again is correct.

In some sense, the Manhattan Island and the WTC complex - in particular - were constructed to emulate the Land of Oz. This information is already well known.

It is often commented upon, how the whole "world watched the events of 9/11 unfold on their TV screens." This statement feeds back into the acronym WWE (We Watch Everything). This perhaps an indictment of the voyeuristic nature of our society. In the aftermath of the tragedy a burgeoning interest in 9/11 swept the internet to an almost disproportionate level. This in turn feeds back into the acronym WWW (World Wide Web). This is to show that the web of corporate media who seek to control the internet belongs to the Axis of Evil.

Numerological data of above graph is as follows;

WWW/double-u, double-u,double-u = 2x2x2 = 8. If we continue this count around the graph in a clockwise motion, we get GWN = 9 and GWS = 11. This is again to show that the Axis of Good is referred to by the numbers 9/11 Furthermore, if we input the initials for the Wizard of Oz (WO) at the centre of the graph we get W+O, or WTO, the World Trade Organisation.

Summary (based on earlier notes):

The destruction of the North and South Towers of the WTC buildings was an attack on the N/S axis (the Axis of Glinda and the Good Witch of the North). This act was carried out symbolically by the Wicked Witch of the West (WWW) or by George W. Bush, who is also known simply as 'W'. As already stated, the island of Ireland is in some way related to the Land of Oz, with its 5-part divisions, and the Island of Manhattan, through the work of artist Matthew Barney. The links between New York and Oz are many and varied and can be found easily with a simple search on the Internet. But one of the simplest is the fact that OZ is equal to NY by substituting the order of the alphabet one place to the left (See Caeser cypher).

The (Pigeon House) Poolbeg Power Station is Ireland's version of the Twin Towers. Its red and white markings, which was so paint to stop planes colliding with it, evoke the evoke the colors of the WWE stockings. Therefore, the Poolbeg Power Station equates to the WWW and WWE axis (the Axis of Evil) while the WTC towers were the Axis of Good.

Should the Poolbeg station be destroyed to balance the destruction of the N-S towers? Probably.
But, remember no-one can die in Oz. All we ever see of WWE is her and stockings, with the characteristic red/black and white stripes, and that is all we see in the Dublin Power Station also. The WWE herself is crushed by the Pigeon House (i.e. Dorothy's house). It should also be noted that the reason why the PPS is painted that way is to stop planes from flying into it. This is ironic when we consider what happened to the WTC 1 and 2.

A Stitch in Time

In the video for Norah Jones' song Chasing Pirates (which was linked to a foiled terrorist attack on the LHC, this day last year) we see Norah at the helm of a building decked out with sails. The final shot of the video reveals a faded advertisement for sewing machines on the back of the building. To understand this reference it is necessary to recap on what we know about the video so far;

• At the beginning of the video, Norah Jones' is given a map of Manhattan Island.
• The map is a treasure map and an 'X' is marked over Seward Park.
• When Norah is looking at the map the finger of her other hand is pointing towards Ground Zero; location of the WTC disaster.
• Seward is a pun on Norah's ocean going adventure; Seaward.
• William H. Seward was a US senator and a member of the Anti-Masonic League.
• He was attacked by an associate of John Wilkes Booth, on the same night President Lincoln was assassinated.
• Chasing Pirates therefore links the assassination of Lincoln (and the attempted assassination of Seward) to the events of 9/11 and the Freemasons.

I had assumed that the giant advert for sewing machines was merely another pun on Seward's name. But after I saw a book called Sewing 911 (for all your sewing emergencies) I began to doubt that assumption. When I looked on the inside cover and realised that it was published and copyrighted in 2001, I became convinced. Unlikely as it seemed, there was a definite connection between the pastoral exercise of sewing and the urban scenes of 9/11. Despite the flowery image that sewing enjoys in the public mind it should be remembered that it is a complex activity that utilizes sharp metal objects and has links to battlefields and emergency wards; via its surgical equivalence.

Sewing needles are of course used in many magical-type practices such as; Cabbalistic and Wiccan traditions, divination, tattooing, voodoo and acupuncture. Tattooing is to date still used as a method to overcome the grief of the loss of a loved one, this practice is legitimized in the saying; the blood has flowed the danger has passed. Interestingly, Norah Jones got a tattoo just for this video, to proclaim her love for Johnny Depp.

Upon pondering this connection I was reminded of the phrase: A stitch in time saves nine. The origin of this phrase predates Newtonian Physics where space and time were considered to be separate metaphysical concepts. Einstein's Theory of Special and General Relativity united them into one material; the fabric of spacetime. Ever since then, there has arisen some confusion as to the actual meaning of this antiquated phrase; with people erroneously assuming that a 'stitch' has been sown into the fabric of spacetime itself, creating a time portal or wormhole, which saves you nine hours, days, years etc.

Erroneous or not, the relationship between this phrase and 9/11 should be given due consideration. 9/11 was a stitch in the deteriorating fabric of the control system, to allow the elite to bridge the divide between the end of the present era and the beginning of the next; as outlined in the Mayan Calendar Stone. The public was 'stitched up' to facilitate the interwoven Military Industry and Media Complex to begin their, at present, 9 year long campaign of destruction and reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Arguably, the most famous make of sewing machine is the Singer sewing machine, and this relates to Norah who is, of course, a singer songwriter by profession. The action of a sewing machine is analogous to a ships bow, as it ploughs through the water, and the associations of treading (or threading) water, which every sailor must know. The sails of a ship are made from a type of canvas or fabric, and the ropes attached to these sails are known as 'sheets' and could be interpreted as large-scale threads woven amongst the different layers.

Siamese Pumpkins

In the last post we spoke about the possible connection between Alchemy and  9/11 terror attack. Alchemy is principally concerned with the resolution of opposites, and such an undertaking can be seen in the destruction of the Twin Towers, where both structures are reduced to the same heap of rubble. Alchemy resurfaced in Europe in the 16th Century when John Dee went to visit his contemporaries, and counterparts, on the mainland. But it was not until after his death that his dreams of a Alchemical Rennaisance and Kingdom were actuated. This was undertaken by the Rosicrucians, who you might remember are linked to the events of 9/11 through Norah Jones’ video and a number of other strands also.

In his book, A Dictionary of Symbols, C.E. Cirlot makes reference to an alchemical work called the Symbola Aureae Mensae, in relation to the symbol of the double pumpkin or gourd.

            Pumpkin or Gourd, Double    A Chinese emblem of Li T’ieh-kuai, the second of the Eight Immortals… He was also symbolized by a column of smoke. But this symbol of the twin pumpkin is very far from being limited to the Far East; it was also common in the West. Among other respresentations, the frontispiece of Book II of Maier’s work on alchemy, Symbola Aureae Mensae (1617) shows us the twin pumpkin in the form of two amphorae, with the top one up-ended. The surprising thing is that this image also incorporates the above-mentioned symbol of the column of smoke joining the interior of the lower amphora with the upper; in this case there is not just a single column, but a ring of smoke circulating between the mouths of the two amphorae.

 

The Twin Towers are a symbol of the link between the two worlds­––the upper and the lower–– and are further associated with the double pumpkin through the column of smoke which accompanied their destruction. The destruction of the Twin Towers could therefor be redefined as a smashing of the twin gourd or pumpkin. This got me thinking of another connection I made; months ago, concerning the Chicago-based band The Smashing Pumpkins, the French high wire artist Phillipe Petit and his daring cross between the Twin Towers on August 6th 1974. After he made the crossing a journalist asked Petit why he had done it. He responded instantly in his broken English, “There is no why.” There is a song on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness­––the Smashing Pumpkins third album––called Here is no why that may have been influenced by this obscure one liner. Confirmation of such a connection can be found in some of the lyrics of the song, in particular the lonely towers of long mistakes. Incidently, the use of the word ‘mellon’ as a pun on melancholy shows that the band still seeks to be associated with these gourd-like vegetables, despite claiming that the name of the band ‘is a joke’ and that the title of the album is “pretensious”. Maybe so, but it doesn’t negate the fact that these are very real and long standing themes running through the work of this obfusticating and contradictory rock-group.

It should also be noted that the two gourds or amphorae are symbolic of the Holy Grail, which was associated with the Twin Towers in Factoring Norah. In Aleister Crowley's mystical system of the Thelma, the goddess Babalon is associated with the grail and the gateway to the City of the Pyramids. The Twin Towers stood as a type of gateway and, as noted in the last post, their design was informed by the Egyptian pyramids of Giza. Babalon gaurds the Abyss, the area where the planes flew into. The column of smoke arises from the ash flying into the air and the air falling into the ash, as in the Eyjafjallajökull Eruption. The oil rising in the warter causes the sinking of the water, as in the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. The rising of the Scarlet Woman, Babalon, causes the sinking of ignorance.

In the Smashing Pumpkin’s second album, Siamese Dream, the theme of the twin pumpkin continues. A siamese dream is a poetic term self-coined to describe a shared, or collective, dream-state among individuals. If we submit that two people can occupy the same dreamscape whilst sleeping in separate bedrooms; what about different countries, different time zones; or even remote time spheres? Given the lack of temporal restrictions documented in the subconscious world of dreamtime, it may be possible to communicate with people in the future, provided they have been briefed in advance of the rendezvous. The conscious mind filters out the majority of the information contained within the environment at anyone time. This handy technique allows us to focus on the work at hand w/ paying heed to any would-be distractions. The same function which allows you to retain a narrow focus on events in the phenomenal world, naturally permits you to maintain a narrow focus on the passage of time; as these are one and the same thing. This limited perception of time, which we collectively refer to as the present, is comparable to a standing waveform which permits us to experience the world without temporal bleeding or overflow. Can you imagine how difficult things would become if we somehow lost our faculty to remain grounded in a continual present? Simple undertakings like baking a cake (if this undertaking can be considered simple) would quickly become life changing, harrowing experiences. Imagine, if you will, you have just prepared all of the ingredients and are about to put the cake in the oven, when time skips forward and the cake has been burnt to a crisp. Happens all the time, you say. But then, time reverses and you are flung back to a point before the idea of baking a cake has even sprung into your mind. You have to go back to the shop for a second time if you want to follow through on your commitment and bake the cake. Now, halfway through cooking the dinner and, suddenly, its Thanksgiving. You have an entire family to feed, but you only cooked fish fingers; a Nightmare.*

*Sci fi writer Kurt Vonnegut describes a similar set of circumstances in his 1969 novel Slaughterhouse 5, wherein the main character “comes unstuck in time.”

Our unconscious mind; on the other hand, has no limit on its information processing capacity. With a simple glance it can take in the position, texture and chromatic compatability of every object in a given area. It is therefore not entirely beyond belief that a genius intellect such as this could discern probabilities of outcome based on the most meagre snippets of information from the present. If an instant of time for the unconscious mind encompasses every tangible ounce, every scrap and flavour, down to the very dregs of 3-dimensional space, then it must be assumed that it can summon these incredible perceptive faculties to peer beyond the veil of time and into the future beyond. Just as our own attention can wander from the task at hand, so it can wander from the conscensus sphere of time; known as the present, and when this occurs visions of things not yet realised are the result. However, it must be said that visions of this nature are far more likely to occur during REM sleep, when the unconscious mind begins to roam the 5th and 6th (alternate) dimensional realities.

Having said all this, the possibility that two people could share the same dream-time while existing in different time frames seems all the more plausible. The applications for such an eventuality have their obvious advantages e.g. in transmitting information across temporal boundaries. A possible synopsis for the intended use of this technique is as follows;

Let's say I am working for a secret governmental time research agency. I am not, but let's say I am.

On the morning of September 10th 2001, a governmental agent, who is a colleague of mine, delivers me an envelope. I am instructed not to open it; but from previous exercises I know that it contains a photograph of someone whom I have never met before and has, in all likelyhood, been dead for quite some time. In actual fact the envelope contains a photograph of a female operative codenamed Albatrose. The photo is ten years out of date. That night, as instructed, I place the envelope under my pillow. Before I go to sleep I focus on the contents of the unopened envelope, while emptying the contents of my mind. This opens up a conduit to Albatrose: a shared dream state existing both in 2001 and 1990 simultaneously. This brings a whole new meaning to the term 'sleeper agent.' As directed, I impart the information concerning future events. The following day the world has changed forever, but the time research program doesn’t bat an eyelid. Soon after another of my colleagues recieves an oneric message from the year 2012. This message was sent by one of the operatives in my department, this is known for sure. But the details of the message are kept secret to ensure the success of the mission. This policy prevents any temporal paradoxes arising from advanced knowledge of the message.

 End of synopsis.

An oft referred to event in articles on Pearls of War is the 17 minute delay-interval in the 9/11 ASR (Alchemical Solar Ritual), as occurring between the North and South towers being struck by their respective planes, and this article is no different. The 16th song, on some versions of the Smashing Pumpkins 4th album Adore, is called 17 and last for only 17 seconds. The number 17, as we know, is of the utmost mystical import to occultists and alchemists alike and its charms have obviously not escaped the exacting eye of singer/songwriter Billy Corgan.

Here is a picture gallery of album art displaying the similarities between the band’s aesthetic and the Rosicrucian alchemical works of the 17th Century.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Inside Cover Album Art.

Symbola Aureae Mensae; Sun and Moon.

Symbola Aureae Mensae; Here is one 'Y'.

Factoring Norah

A few months ago, I wrote a piece on Norah Jones' video Chasing Pirates, in relation to the foiled terrorist attack on the Large Hadron Collider at Cern; Geneva. In this article, I would like to focus on the themes within the video and how they relate to the events of 9/11. Pirate paraphernalia plays an important role within the video, and stems, in part, from the creative input of director Rich Lee; who had previously worked as a 3D animator on all three Pirates of the Carribean movies. Originally, the video was to feature Norah Jones; dressed as a pirate, stalking Johnny Depp through the streets of New York City. But, due to the exclusive nature of this movie star, the idea was scrapped in favour of one in which Norah Jones has a map of Manhattan Island placed anonymously on her doorstep. The map leads to Seward Park; in Chinatown. The park derives its name from Secretary of State William Seward, who was at one time a prominent member of the Anti-masonic League. Seward fell victim to an attempted assassination, by an associate of John Wilkes Booth, on the same night Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre.

Norah Jones is seen pointing to Seward Park on the map with her right hand. Meanwhile, her left hand points to the vacant lot where once stood the Twin Towers. I wondered if she was subconsciously associating the assassination plot against Seward and Lincoln, with the events that transpired on 9/11. At the end of the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Captain Jack Sparrow is seen consulting yet another map, this time decorated with Chinese pictographs; and outlining the coast of Florida. The map purportedly leads the way to the Holy Grail, or the water of life, that is the subject of the next installment of the franchise; Pirates of the Caribbean; The Fountain of Youth; due to be released this summer. By displacing the treasure hunting Jack Sparrow to the modern streets of New York, the video insinuates that the fabled Fountain of Youth can be obtained here. In order to see with Jack Sparrow's eyes, and to find out where might be going, we must use his map of Florida to navigate the streets of New York. Practitioners of, French art movement, Psychogeography famously used a map of London to navigate Paris; but in this instance I am not only displacing location, but time, reality and fiction, at one and the same time. The similarity of shape between Florida and Manhattan Island audibly cries out for superimposition; and I can see no better opportunity for this, than in the maps of Johnny Depp's and Norah Jones' sad and unrequited love.

Although the two land masses are not completely congruous; in shape or size, they do express a certain symmetry at the eastern tip. By aligning the two maps here, the equivalent location for the Fountain of Youth, on Manhattan Island, is revealed to be the former site of the World Trade Centre.

The Fountain of Youth is related to the Legend of the Holy Grail, seen straddled here by the Angel and Death archetypes. The Holy Grail is, of course, connected to the mythos of the Knights Templar, who were said to have either been in possession of this ancient relic or to have gone to America in search of it; following their dissolution. Norah Jones' first single Chasing Pirates was released exclusively on iTunes, on October 13th 2009, exactly 702 years after the Fall of the Knights Templar. The song appears on her most recent album entitled The Fall. The album title appears to have at least three distinct meanings. These are;

• an American acronym used for the season of Autumn.
• the biblical event said to have taken place in the Garden of Eden.
• the arrest of the Knights Templar by King Phillip of France and Pope Clement V.

Chasing Pirates was released in the fall, so the first one is self-explanatory. The next one is a little more esoteric, and is covered more extensively in this article. The third one is what we will focus for now. In the video Norah is seen flying the Jolly Roger, a symbol of Templar dominance over the high seas, and a warning to any would be pirates that the men aboard this vessel were not afraid of Death. After the dissolution of the Order, this flag was adopted by the pirates in pursuit of plunder; and was more commonly referred to as the Skull and Crossbones. In the video called the Making of Chasing Pirates, a film crew member is seen wearing an U.S. army infantry crest depicting two crossed muskets. This emblem may well be developed from the Skull and Crossbones symbol, and is certainly related to it. If any Masonic affiliated order were involved in taking down of the World Trade Centre, it would likely be the Yale fraternity Skull and Bones, based upon this line of reasoning.

The beautiful Norah Jones is seen here in the Making of Chasing Pirates, 
framed by the masts of a pirate ship. The voice over speaks about dreams and
 fantasies, perhaps this type of thinking induced the film crew member to wear
 the pirate-theme infantry logo.  

In the Hermetic Romance of the Philosopher's Stone, I outlined some of the comparisons between Norah Jones' video, and the 1984 movie Romancing the Stone. I will quickly summarized these here;

• Norah Jones' video begins with her receiving a message in a bottle, that turns out to be a map.
• Joan Rivers (Kathleen Turner) kicks off Romancing the Stone when she receives a letter, and a map to secret location.
• At the end of the video, Norah is seen sailing down the streets of Manhattan, and into the sunset.
• Romancing the Stone ends when Jack and Jone embrace on a sail boat that is seen to be cruising down a New York City street.
• The names Jack and Joan recall the names of Norah Jones and Captain Jack Sparrow.

The scene with Jack and Joan on a boat, in New York City, contains a number of alchemical archetypes. Psychologist Carl Jung would have, no doubt, pointed out these were, in all likelyhood, derived from the collective subconscious.

1. The Process of Putrefaction (the Wet Way) is the initial phase in alchemy, similar in its way to digestion, or decomposition. The crocodile (symbolic of the alchemical serpent) devours the gemstone and disappears into the dark water.
2. Jack hunts down the creature and kills it. He extracts the priceless gemstone from its body, related to the extraction of the Pilosopher's Stone from the alchemist's crucible. He then proceeds to purchase a sail boat with the proceeds of the emerald; thus spiritualizing a material source, towards the ultimate goal of freedom, in this case, freedom from the rat race.
3. The white sail boat is called Angelina, and is emblematic of the White Eagle animal symbol that accompanies the end of the alchemical process.
4. The serpent is said to make a final appearance before the process is complete; and does so here; in the form of Jack's crocodile boots.
5. Jack says that the crocodile died of a case of indigestion, referring to the earlier process of Gestation described in The Process of Putrefaction; above.

The lapis of alchemy bestows immortality, and is therefore synonymous with the Holy Grail and the Fountain of Youth; once coveted by the Knights Templar. Norah Jones' video links all four of these elements with the 5th element of the events of 9/11. Therefore, it would be only fitting to investigate the Alchemical Symbolism of 9/11 itself; at a later date.

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The Power of the Gods

This is Officer Roland Taverner experiencing a delay in his reflection, an artifact of his journey through the space-time rift. This scene is similar to the delay observed between the destruction of the towers 1 and 2 on the morning of September 11th 2001. This was first noted in the 9/11 Videodrome post back in August. The Twin Towers are mirror images of each other. Therefore, whatever happens to one tower should happen to the other in real time. Instead we see a delay of 17 minutes. What is the significance of this time lag? 17 minutes is the time light takes to travel from the sun to the earth and back again, during the Autumnal month of September.

Mirrors are of great significance to Masonic Secret Societies. The Ancient Mystery Cults believed the Sun to be a giant mirror reflecting energy from a higher dimension. The Masonic groups involved in the execution of the 9/11 occult ritual needed to intertwine what they were doing with the Sun in order to create the new power centre for world control/domination. That is what the Freedom Tower stands for, the freedom to dominate.

The 9/11 delayed reflection. Click to view larger image.

The delay in Officer Roland Taverner's reflection is connected to the delay in the Twin Tower Masonic ritual. Roland Taverner also has a 'twin brother' in the movie, called Ronald Taverner, who is really another Roland from an hour or more into the future. Roland Taverner is peering backwards in time by a few moments when he looks at his reflection, conversely you could say that the light from the past is traveling into the future. This correlation between Southland Tales and 9/11 suggests that the occult ritual is in some way connected to time travel or more succinctly to parallel dimensions. The realm of Southland Tales is itself a parallel dimension, one in which 9/11 never took place. Officer Roland Taverner is also from another dimension, because his duplicate self from the past never got to go through the time rift. If he wasn't, this would violate the rules of causality and the whole timeline would have to be reset.

So, the question is; What the fuck does parallel dimensions got to do with 9/11? What if, and this is a big if, the planes never went inside the buildings, but instead passed through into another dimension? This would explain why the planes just melted into the steel frame of the buildings. The passengers on the planes, if they survived the jump, would now be in another dimension where the Twin Towers, quite possibly, never even existed. It would also mean that the entire structure of the Twin Towers was engineered as some sort of inter-dimensional gateway with an attractor built somewhere on the other side.

As we know the Twin Towers were over-engineered to protect them from accidental collisions with jet aircraft. Its multitude of vertical support columns made it structurally analogous to a tree. The World Tree Yggdrasil is name given to the corridors that connect the 9 worlds of the multiverse. Roman Polansky's predicted the fall of the Twin Towers in his 1999 film The Ninth Gate, starring Johnny Depp. The Ninth Gate is a dimensional doorway that leads to the throne of the Sleepy World of Helheimr.

There is little in the way of evidence for what I am suggesting. But there are tantalizing clues. One such clue was put forward by Internet-based researcher Jake Kotze who discovered that the World Trade Centre 1,2, and 7 are modeled on The Three Pillars of the Masonic Tracer Board. The three pillars are, in turn, related to the Pyramids at Giza. Kotze noticed that the WTC complex was laid out in the form of the Giza Pyramids while researching their possible connection to stars in Orion's belt.

Height comparison between the Great Pyramid and World Trade Centre 1.

As a young child I had often puzzled over the unusual relationship between the North Tower of the World Trade Centre and the Great Pyramid at Giza, as they appear in Russel Ash's Big Book of Comparisons. In the reproduction above I have highlighted the proportional relationship between the two structures. The red line shows the correlation in height between the Technical Services levels in WTC 1 and the height of the pyramid as it stands today, minus the capstone. The blue line shows the correlation between the level of the roof of the first Sky Lobby and the apex level of the pyramid with its capstone in place. Some theories concerning the structure of the Great Pyramid suggest that it may have something to do with hyper or inter-dimensional travel. The Great Pyramid currently stands at 138.8 metres. Round this figure off and multiply by 3, a number closely associated with pyramids and pyramid building, and you get 417m, the height of the North Tower.

The 11th of September is the date of the Egyptian New Year and the number 9 was sacred to them as it represented the number of Gods in the Ennead. You only need to check the literature to know that any event or ritual, which incorporates as many Egyptian symbols and references as 9/11, is going to open up a inter-dimensional portal to the Land of the Dead where the Power of the Gods resides. What will happen if this gateway has been left open, or at least unlocked?

The Dark Towers

This image below captures two ghostly shadows in the region of where the Twin Towers once stood. It was taken by a group of Irish people who were out "to do the tourist thing," and from what I can tell, it is the genuine article. You can see from the time and date included, as well as from the car and street lamps, that the photo was taken as evening fell. Traditionally, the evening is the time when the boundaries between the worlds are at their thinnest.

What hypothesis can we formulate by way of explanation for this phenomenon? It could be that the shadows are a result of place memory, where by the indelible nature of the towers left an imprint on the place where once they stood. Alternatively, if we except the inter-dimensional gateway hypothesis, then the shadows could be the result of a periodic reopening of this gateway during the twilight hours, or witching hours. The dark shadows in this case are not shadows at all, but areas of transition where a percentage of the light is escaping from our world and being absorbed by matter in another dimension. The higher-dimensional qualities of light, spoken about earlier in this article, would easily facilitate this absorption.

The photograph has many of the hallmarks of an amateur photographer. The camera is probably a modestly priced digital snapshot camera. These tend to need relatively long exposures in low light situations. Camera shake during long exposures is natural and will produce the motion blur visible on the abrupt skyline. What is interesting, and difficult to fake, is the continuation of the blur into the area in question, the shadow. The shadows also exhibit a curved focal distortion prevalent to tall straight objects that is in keeping with the surrounding buildings. I find it hard to believe that an amateur photographer would be aware of these particulars, and so, trust the authenticity of the photograph.

Prediction 10/13

"A 9/11 style event" will take place on October 13 2009. It will be known as 10/13. It will make the 9/11 attacks pale in comparison. All of the information in this post I received in a dream. The prophecy below is a summary of events that occurred within the dream.

First the people will tremble before the huge earth-shaking Hulk, that is made dark blue by the night. Then the Fenris Wolf, shaken from his sleep, will break free from his underground lair. After that the wind called The Nothing will sweep the earth, like Lilith the storm demon.

This diagram was shown to me in the same dream. Therefore it is purely illustrative and is not based on any statistical data. However it is, I believe, an accurate representation of the impact 10/13 will have on the human consciousness and world culture. In the dream, this graph was presented to me by two men. One of the men described 9/11 as The First Fall of Man, then he indicated to the part of the graph labeled 10/13 and called this The Second Fall of Man. I am unsure whether he was discussing the fall in the graph or something more Biblical. Adam fell twice, but Jesus fell three times. Does this mean we should expect a 3rd fall? Should we expect it by 2012? I should think so.

(Because of the nature of the graph, extending, as it does, into the future, these events appear to be predetermined and therefore inalterable.)

Of course, I do hope I am wrong in this prediction. But if I am right, and this event does come to pass, perhaps we should look upon it as the fate of man.

The 9/11 Videodrome

Something about the news coverage of 9/11 2001 and the title of the 1983 movie Videodrome seems to resonate. 9/11 is the Terminator signal, the beginning of dip towards the singularity, where technological advancements alter the very nature of reality. Concerns about the use of remote control guidance systems on the planes or TV fakery have stirred doubts about the current state of technological advancement and its possible applications in the future. In their need to perpetuate a never-ending war, the US government must now look towards mechanizing its armed forces.

Videodrome is also about the singularity; where the boundaries between man and machine are blurred to such a degree that it winds up affecting the nature of reality. Subliminal signals lodged within the transmission of a 'subterranean' show called Videodrome turn people into Manchurian candidate style assassins. Broadcasts of terror attacks on 9/11 were typified examples of mass mind-control, utilising fear and repetition as a method of hypnotic persuasion.

In the beginning of the film Videodrome Max Renn, played by James Woods, arrives at a hotel room of a Japanese TV production company called Hiroshima. As he enters the hotel room, a dream like place, his reflection is caught in the mirror, through the looking glass.

Mirrors are important Templar/Freemasonic symbols as they represent duality. Hotels also represent a duality between what is private and what is public. Later on, Max goes to meet Harlen who is trying to unscramble the nefarious Videodrome signal. He mentions that the signal has a 53 second delay that would put its point of origin somewhere in South East Asia. The next time they meet Harlen says that the delay was a ruse and the signal was from inside the US after all. This idea of reflection and delay interested me. In an ordinary situation light travels so fast that your reflection reacts to your movements as you make them. There is no delay.

The reason this is important is because the Twin Towers also represent a duality. They are mirror images or each other. Whatever happens to one building should happen to the other in real time. But as we know there was a difference of 17 minutes between the first plane and second plane strike. The number 17 has esoteric importance to Freemasons and occultists. But the real message here is light and reflection. In Autumn months like September it takes light 8.5 minutes to reach earth from the surface of the Sun. That means that light from the first explosion had just enough time to leave earth, reach the sun, and be reflected back in time to arrive on earth at the moment the second tower exploded. To the ancients orders the sun was a mirror reflecting light on to earth from a higher dimension.

The Blondie Connection

Blondie is an American New Wave punk group that featured Deborah Harry as lead-vocalist. Deborah starred alongside James Wood in Videodrome. Blondie released their third and most popular album, Parallel Lines, in New York in 1978. Parallel lines are related to the Twin Towers in a number of ways. See; pearlsofwar.gateway-to-nine-worlds