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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Descendants of Sophia

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In my last post I explored the ever-present theme of the Goddess archetype within the context of pop culture. That inquiry ended with "Born This Way", the latest music video from pop star Lady GaGa. In the video Lady GaGa embodies Gnostic Goddess Sophia. 

The parallels between Gnosticism and our current pop culture made be recall Kate Bush and her inclusion of Gnostic principles in her work. Gnosticism is referenced heavily in Kate Bush's 1982 album The Dreaming. 

As a former music addict, I was once heavily into the work of Kate Bush. It always surprised me when I would bring up her lyrics to people and didn't receive very much feedback. It seems that many haven't even thought about what the songs they listen to on a regular basis actually mean. Of course the meaning of lyrics are subjective, but Kate Bush, like David Bowie, references very specific symbols and ideologies in her songwriting. It always struck me as odd that many never even bothered to look into what Kate Bush was singing about. But then again wannabe hipster posers are an entirely different blog post...

The album title The Dreaming refers to Australian Aboriginal mythology. The Aboriginals believed in two parallel streams of activity; our daily lives and a second stream called dreamtime which is considered to be more real than what our modern culture refers to as reality. What happens in dreamtime informs what is done in day to day life. "Dreaming" refers to an individuals spiritual beliefs which are manifestations of the individuals dreamtime and not determined by systems of belief.

The album begins with the song "Sat In Your Lap" which is about the quest for spiritual knowledge. As the album progresses, the song "Suspended in Gaffa" blatantly references Gnosticism. This goes back to what I said above about being surprised that many Kate Bush fans have not bothered to look into the meaning of her lyrics. The first lines of "Suspended in Gaffa" are "out in the garden there's half of a Heaven/ We are all bluffing, we're not ones for busting through walls/ But they've told us unless we can prove that we're doing it we can't have it all."

I don't see how you can derive your own meaning from those lyrics unless you have a garden with a wall and there's half of a heaven out there and there's people telling you that you can't have it all (what ever it all is) unless you can prove that you're doing it.

The lyrics obviously refer to the the Garden of Eden but in a Gnostic point of view where Adam and Eve were believed to be enslaved by an envious God (known as the Demiurge) who blocked them from enlightenment. The lyrics continue with a second character (sung by Kate Bush) who sings "not until I'm ready for you" through the wall. This character clearly represents the Demiurge.

This theme is carried out on the album cover where Kate Bush and a man are seen in a garden on the brink of kissing. The man is chained and Kate has a key in her mouth.

"Just one kiss from on my lips
Was all it took to seal the future
Once upon a time 
There was a boy and there was a girl
Hearts that intertwined
They lived in a different kind of world" - Madonna, Forbidden Love

 In 2009 actress Drew Barrymore made her directorial debut with the film Whip It. Drew Barrymore began her career in the film Altered States which is about John C. Lilly sensory deprivation research which includes drugs such as LSD. These same methods were used in Project MKUlra and it's offshoot Project Monarch. Since then Drew has become yet another actress that has exemplified and has been associated with themes common in Monarch slaves. Check out my Facebook photo album for examples of Drew's Monarch symbolism and check out my Youtube channel for more info on Monarch symbolism in entertainment.

The film Whip It stars Ellen Page who I first covered in my post Lolita's Candy  for her starring role in the film Hard Candy. In the film Ellen's character seems to reference Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood has long been suspected of being a thinly veiled story about sexual abuse. In chapter 4B of The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Control Slave, Little Red Riding Hood is identified as a programming tool used for slaves when they are being hunted. 

Ellen Page also starred in the film Juno where she played a teenage mother. The title Juno is interesting considering there is a Roman goddess named Juno. Ellen also plays a mother in the film evening out the Mother Goddess theme. 

The film Whip It is about a teenage girl who takes an interest in roller derby. The number 22 plays an important role in the film. First of all, Ellen's character has to lie about her age in order to join the team the Holy Rollers and chooses the age 22. Secondly she is number 22 on the team and the number is easily identifiable on her uniform throughout the film. 

In the "Occult" (really gotta find a new word) the number 22 is considered a power number (consider this when you are paying attention to dates of significant events) along with 11 (mmhmm) and 33. These are numbers that cannot be reduced to a single digit. This fits right in with the theme of the film as the lead character is finding her power by breaking away from her parents dreams of her future and finding her own path.
Some of you may have noticed the inverted pentagram in the photo above and thought you were "reaching" but you weren't. The pentagram is shown numerous times in the film. As I watched I had to laugh at some of the scenarios in was shown in.
Ellen conveniently stopped right in front of the camera many times to show off her pentagram. The inverted Pentagram represents battles and association with the physical realm (as opposed to the spiritual). This fits right in with the film as Ellen's character battles her insecurities and relationships in order to claim her power. The inverted Pentagram is also the sigil for the Baphomet and can be seen in the music video for Wiz Khalifa's material (physical) obsessed anthem "Black and Yellow". Oh and check out the 12 on the shirt of the guy in the background.

Speaking of the guy in the background, his character is named Leo. Leo represents the lion which represents the sun God.
Check out Leo next to "Eve" and yet another inverted pentagram on Drew Barrymore's hat as she complains about something trivial (physical).



Reverting back to the previous topic on Goddess symbolism, I recently re-discovered Goldfrapp who were another band I was into when I was into music a few years back. For now I will ignore the symbolism of Gold. In 2008 the band released an album titled Seventh Tree which the band says was inspired by Paganism and surrealism (surreal - dreamlike- The Dreaming?). During the promotion of the album owls were used a lot. In fact if you google Goldfrapp one of the first photos that comes up is of the lead singer Alison in front of a giant Owl. 

Owls are an important symbol as they are associated with many Goddesses including Isis, Athena, and of course Ishtar. Conspiracy theorist (as the weak-minded refer to them/us as) will remember when Alex Jones taped footage of the the Bohemian Grove where the elite performed mock sacrifices in front of a giant Owl. Jones said that the Owl represented Moloch - it doesn't, but whatever. 



I also remember the music video for Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody" where there was an Owl. The video also took place underground. Aaliyah also played an underworld queen in Queen of the Damned. Aaliyah died when she was 22.
 I almost forgot Hooters which uses an Owl in it's logo. You may laugh but remember Ishtar practiced sacred prostitution hence pop star Madonna's sexual image.

In 2005 Goldfrapp released their album Supernature. The album cover features Alison in front of stars in a peacock dress. The peacock represents knowledge (Gnosis) and immortality. The Greeks dedicated the Peacock to Juno.
                                   Jackson 5's "Can You Feel It" video.

 
The rest of the images used to promote the album Supernature (interesting title) are also interesting. One photo is of an apple which has been bitten which goes back to the beginning of the post with Kate Bush's Gnostic vision of the Garden of Eden. 
 "Oh child of Venus you're just made for love" - Goldfrapp, Ooh La La

The apple (knowledge of good and evil), the peacock (knowledge, immortality), and the lyrics about Venus paint a different picture than the mainstream view of Goldfrappp as a band. Venus represents many Goddesses including Diana. Venus also represents the morning star Lucifer within a Christian context.
 

Many Goldfrapp fans have pointed out the relationship between Goldfrapp's lyrics and drug culture. Alison has openly admitted to drug use in the past as she was once a club kid. Many have speculated that the term the song "Ride a White Horse" is about cocaine as the term white horse is supposedly slang for coke in some parts of the world. Alison has said that to her riding a white horse means riding off into freedom. Both of these meanings make sense as many relate drug use to a feeling of ecstasy (no pun intended).

Many people who use drugs say that the drugs give them vision. In the song "Lovely 2 C U" Alison seems to sing about visions (the dreaming).

"It's a wonderful place to be, I don't know why they're selling us something that I don't need/ they're selling us something you shouldn't believe"

The white horse also takes on a different meaning in the context of Christianity. In the photo below a white horse is seen in Alison's left eye (horus, moon, lunar, goddess).
In other photos, like the cover for the single "Ooh La La", wires are shown. I immediately thought of being "plugged into the matrix" and the machinery of the world. Alison speaks sings of this machinery in "Utopia" from their debut album Felt Mountain. The song "Utopia" also seems to point to mind control.

"I forget who I am
I'm wired to the world
That's how I know everything
I'm super brain
That's how they made me" - Goldfrapp,Utopia

As you know, victims of MKUltra's minds are like a computer. They have photographic memory and literally can know everything. They also forget who they are under an amnesiac state. That's how they were made due to traumatic abuse. Is this the "fascist utopia" Alison sings about? Someone once pointed out the good things that come from being chosen for Project MKUltra and/or Monarch referring to the photo graphic memory, the psychic abilities - all of which remain even after deprogramming, but I'm sure all victims of mind control would trade those forced abilities in to not have to experience the trauma that was required to obtain those abilities and the hours, days, years, of missing time.
 Madonna - Bedtime Story (Re-Invention Tour)               Goldfrapp - Utopia




               That damn white horse again (from the Bedtime Story video)

  
    Madonna - Bedtime Story (Re-Invention Tour) Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

                                 A Clockwork Orange (mind control scene)

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Mommie Dearest - "Who The Fuck Want War?"

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Pop star Lady GaGa has changed a lot since I first began blogging about her in April of 2009. My initial interest in her as a pop culture figure resulted from the heavy use of "MK" symbolism in her work which drew comparisons to themes associated with Project Monarch. Since then her videos, photos, and live performances have expanded in ways I couldn't have predicted. It seems that the more fame and notoriety she received the more Esoteric her work became.

My first real deviation from exploring the mind control elements in her work came with Gaga for Death in November of 2009. In that post I explored the reoccurring theme of death in her work. Gaga for Death only scratched the surface of the Esoteric themes as Lady GaGa as a pop culture force was still forming and expanding at that point.

In Gaga for Death Continued, I expanded on my inquiry on the reoccurring theme of death in all things GaGa. This time I touched on her odd obsession with dead pop icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana and her use of imagery associated with Anubis. Anubis was the patron of mummification and the dead on their path to the underworld.

In Going Green Madonna found her way into the equation as I explored the Goddess symbolism associated with her. The GaGa and Madonna comparisons continued in Gaga for Death 3 and Gaga for Death 4 as I explored their strikingly similar images. Although the comparisons are there, I found that while Madonna's symbolism represents positive aspects of death Gaga's use of ravens point to the negative aspects of death.

As time went on the death scenes continued in literally every single one of Lady GaGa's videos. I stopped exploring the symbolism as I felt the trail of death was leading no where.

Finally in Eye of the Beholder things began to change when Lady GaGa appeared on the cover of V magazine with designer Marc Jacobs dressed as Lady Liberty.
Lady Liberty is one of the many representations of the universal Mother Goddess figure. She is connected to the other torch carrying Goddess Columbia.

Up until this point I had never fully considered Goddess symbolism in Lady GaGa's work although many signs were there. For starts, her fans, or "little monsters" as she calls them, refer to her as "Mother Monster". The universal Goddess figure is also a universal Mother figure. Mary; "the Madonna"; Our Lady. Vogue magazine even referred to her as "Our Lady of Pop" in a recent article. Another fan created nickname for Lady GaGa is Lady GaGalupe, a play on Our Lady of Guadalupe. The pop phenomenon even sells Lady GaGa prayer candles to her millions of fans.

Throughout her career Lady GaGa has often been compared to Madonna. The Goddess symbolism associated with Madonna is the most blatant in pop culture. For starters, her name itself is symbolism as it resonates "the Madonna".

Besides that obvious comparison, Madonna has also represented many other Goddesses as a pop culture icon. One of the most frequent references by researchers is her connection to Isis. In an episode of the always symbolic Hannah Montana they even featured a character who obviously represents Madonna but they use the name Isis.


In the music video for the song "Cherish", Madonna continues on with her role as the Madonna/Mother but she also resonates many other Goddesses in the process. In the video she is one with the sea as she nurtures all of the creatures around her. The sea and seashells are important symbolism associated with many Goddesses, most notably the Goddess Venus.
One Goddess who is often overlooked when it comes to Madonna is the Goddess Ishtar. In her early years Madonna was known for having a controversial sexual image. Her song "Like a Prayer" even equates sexuality with religious ecstasy. This resonates very strongly with Ishtar, known as the Mother of Harlots, who is known for sacred prostitution. Ishtar was the archetype to other high ranking temple priestesses which is similar to Madonna standing with younger pop princesses such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Lady GaGa herself.

Another Goddess resonating pop star is Kylie Minogue who decided to get right to the point and blatantly named her latest album Aphrodite.
Nice seashell.


In 2003 Britney Spears performed at the MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna. The ritualistic nature of this performance, including the checkerboard designed stage and the 13 steps, have been pointed out by many researchers. It seems to be agreed that the performance was an initiation to raise Britney Spears, and secondarily Christina Aguilera, to a position within the order - a torch passing if you will.

After the performance took place Britney's videos became more violent. In "Toxic" she killed one of the main characters, in "Everytime" she herself died and was reborn. Previously she had played a fembot in Austin Powers. In the scene she attacked Austin with her breast, a scene Lady GaGa would recreate years later.

Soon after Britney Spears would experienced a public meltdown. Many researchers, including me on Youtube, have attributed this to a break down of the alter system created through trauma based mind control. During her breakdown she shaved her head and made headlines. Freeman of the Freeman Perspective pointed out that she shaved her head in a beauty salon called Esther's. As you may remember, Madonna announced earlier that year that she would be going by the name Esther. The name Esther refers to Queen Esther who was named that in honor of the Goddess Ishtar. Britney was also wearing a Star of David/hexagram when she shaved her hair. Britney later announced that she was leaving Kabbalah, a belief system she was involved in under the guidance of Madonna. The news of this reportedly upset Madonna and the two had a falling out.

It appears that Lady GaGa would pick up where Britney Spears left off. As Britney Spears fell from grace as the world looked on, Lady GaGa began topping the charts with songs about partying, fame, and the demise of a star which seemed to mirror Britney's real life drama. As GaGa rose to become the most relevant pop star in the world, her videos picked up the violent and death symbolism that Britney left off with. GaGa's image seem to mirror Madonna's but everything she picked up from Madonna she expanded it and eliminated the sexuality and added violence instead.
The connection that flew right over my head in my early inquiries into Lady GaGa's public image is the fact that all Goddesses are not pure and angelic. There are Goddesses of love and death. In fact, many of the Goddesses we have already discussed were not to be fucked with. Ishtar and Diana were both Goddesses of War. In fact Madonna (the pop star) even got a little blood thirsty in her later years. Madonna expressed war and death in videos such as "What It Feels Like For A Girl", "Die Another Day", and "American Life".
Hindu Goddess Kali and Madonna in "Music".

Rapper Lil Kim has been making news later for her very public feud with newcomer Nicki Minaj and her verbal assaults on everyone from P. Diddy to Drake to Lil Wayne. The Queen Bee is ready for war. Lil Kim is yet another artist who represents the Goddess.
"It's the Goddess, I'm more than an artist..." - Lil Kim, Hot Tottie

Lil Kim is known as the "Queen Bee". The Queen Bee is yet another term that represents the Mother Goddess figure. 



"The cultivation of honey was a sacred charge often imbued with ritual symbolism and associated with the mother goddess, whose nurturing protection of mankind was symbolized by the the abundance of honey provided to bee society under the reign of the queen bee." (http://symboldictionary.net/?p=2459)

The picture above is of Lil Kim and "Diana" Ross at the 99 MTV Video Music Awards (it's always the MTV Video Music Awards when these rituals take place, isn't it?). As you can see her breast is exposed but look at the actual breast. The pastie on her breast is a seashell. She is also wearing the royal color purple. On stage with the Queen Bee and "Diana" that night was "Mary" J. Blige. Oh, how cute, a triple goddess.

Years later Janet Jackson would expose her breast at the Superbowl. On her breast was a solar design representing the God. You will often see the God and the Goddess unified. Goddesses are often shown with one of their breasts exposed. Is Justin Timberlake a Son/Sun figure? He has also collaborated with "Madonna".
"Who the fuck want war?" - Lil Kim, Black Friday
In her music video for "Alejandro", Lady GaGa seemed to fully embody Ishtar. In the video she is surrounded by men wearing women's clothing. This is very similar to Ishtar as transvestism was practiced in her time of sacred prostitution. Sexuality also plays a huge role in the video. Later the men are shown as soldiers and war scenes are shown. Ishtar was a Goddess of war.
Lady GaGa would continue her war path as she led the fight to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. 
Collage by Mark Schaer

I was willing to overlook Lady GaGa's similarities to Ishtar until she arrived at the recent Grammy Awards in an egg. According to Babylonian legend, a huge egg fell from heaven, landing in the Euphrates River. The goddess, Ishtar broke out of this egg. Later, the feature of an egg nesting was introduced, a nest where the egg could incubate until hatched. A "wicker" or reed basket was conceived in which to place the Ishtar egg.

All of this brings us up to date to Lady GaGa's latest music video "Born This Way" which premiered just a few days ago. The beginning of the video immediately brings to mind Gnosticism as GaGa appears to be playing the Gnositic Goddess of Wisdom, Sophia. In the video GaGa speaks of a split which gave birth to good and evil which is similar to Sophia mirroring God and creating the material world and the Demiurge (demigod). She also expresses the need for evil to protect good. The music videos stance on good and evil brings to mind the ideology of the ruling elite and the idea that good and evil must coexist to create balance. It also reinforces GaGa's Goddess role as she represents the Mother and the Goddesses of War and Death. She also speaks of a planet called GOAT (Government Owned Alien Territory) which brings to mind the Baphomet. In an interesting twist "Baphomet" rendered in Hebrew is בפומת; interpreted using Atbash, it becomes שופיא, which can be interpreted as the Greek word "Sophia", or wisdom.

So what does all of this mean? Matthew Delooze believes that celebrities are symbolic icons representing Gods and Goddesses that are worshiped by the ruling elite. He says that the energy extracted from pop culture events is used for multidimensional beings that rule this world. Christian site New Prophecy believes that the celebrities represent archetype's that will be used to bring about the Apocalypse. Although their stances differ on many levels, it is interesting that they both believe that the celebrities are mere representations for something bigger. What do you think?
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