Played Out: Beyoncé's Super Bowl Symbolism



Oh Noes! The Symbolismz!

To be blunt, we need a new "hotness" -- Beyoncé's so-called Illuminati hand-gesture (or a plug for hubby's clothing line, take your pick) at the Superbowl was just so played out. Even Alex Jones was doing a half-hearted segment on it like he felt he "had" to -- but there was no passion in his usually fanatical eyes. He somehow tied it into Sandy Hook, I think...sort of like tying a cherry stem into a pretzel in your mouth. The fire was gone.

Vigilant Citizen also had its mandatory "Illuminati Messages, Beyoncé, and the N.W.O. Agenda" type post -- touching all the basic points, but admitting towards the end:

"...things were somewhat more subdued and abstract in this year’s SuperBowl"

OH NOES! (Jesus will save us)

VC also mentioned the mass-media coverage of said "Illuminati" connection to Beyoncé/Superbowl, noting:

"The mass media coverage of Beyoncé’s Illuminati hand sign, also reflects a new trend: Mass media are now directly addressing, discrediting and ridiculing “conspiracy theories” (I hate that term) in order to make sure that people do not start thinking too much about the strange things they are witnessing on TV."

And that's true, but I'm not sure the media is including this "conspiracy" symbology specifically in order to discredit "fringe" theorists. Some of these theorists, like Jones and his infamous Piers Morgan meltdown, do a pretty good job on that on their own -- which in turn is perfect fodder to hype on the news and, yes, discredit fringe theorists.

Jones, you were played.

No, I think two things are primarily going on here:

1) Esoteric "Illuminati" symbolism is now purposely being used by certain performers in order to build their mystique. This is why I felt pretty much embarrassed for Bey when she flashed that hand-sign -- it frankly just seemed desperate, screaming "hey I'm still relevant!". Lady Gaga did these things in a far more seamless, entertaining fashion but her light has been dimming as well. Rhianna's efforts on this front just make me sad because they're tied into this sado-masochistic/MK-Girl image of her that seems purposely cultivated by her handlers. And when someone like Justin Bieber does it...ugh.

nothing screams "I'm relevant" like teh eye thing

2) These Esoteric symbols have a "power" all on their own that transcends shadowy secret societies, the Illuminati, and what have you. They don't necessarily need to be tied to a larger "agenda". Shit -- you could take a week or a day to learn about this stuff and do it yourself! This is advertising/marketing/graphic design 101, my friends. The single eye. The so-called "666" sign. The eye in the triangle. Powerful, powerful images that strike us deep in our primal brains and: SELL US STUFF! (and, perhaps, accidentally evoking powerful energies that shut down the power during the Super Bowl; I'm totally on-board with that explanation)

I consider myself a "folklorist," if you will, of all these trends in esoteric symbolism and how they intersect with popular culture. And there is no doubt that the cumulative impact of a lot of this stuff -- especially if they are symbology of a decidedly negative nature -- is evident on the public. For example, "The Dark Knight Rises" is pretty much etched in the brains of our hapless populace.

OH NOES!!!11!!!11111

But also -- they are increasingly used as just one more tool in the advertising/entertainment arsenal. And maybe, if you look back at the icons and symbols of the past 100 years, they were always there. Just like pagan symbols such as Santa and the Easter Bunny.

The trick is -- to understand their meanings. Not just to prevent the New World Over takeover -- if you are truly interested in that, I suggest you start studying contemporary politics and economics stat. But to be empowered. To empower yourself. Why should only a relatively small group of people in this world understand the power of these symbols, and have them at their disposal?

And why should you cower in fear when you see the obvious eyes in triangles, the "one-eye" symbolism in your popular culture? We are not savages fearing the Scary Thing du jour, crossing and pissing ourselves, tossing kids on the fire to appease the gods and hanging our "suspect" women. The "Book" of choice will not save us. Look up how many of the sites and videos that condemn this symbolism in pop-culture end with "AND JESUS WILL SAVE US." Wow! Replacing one set of occult symbols for another. Bloody brilliant!

We need to get educated.

As for Beyoncé and the whole Super Bowl Half Time show -- man, I'm bored. This is all played out. What is the New Hotness?

My prediction: sigils:

Watch for sigil symbolism as being the Brand New Thing all over pop-culture.

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From Aurora To Sandy Hook: The Nightmare Is Real

On December 5th I wrote a post called "Requiem For The Doomed" in which I discussed two rather gruesome and disturbing news stories -- as well as larger issues involving our society and violence in the news and media. I also recounted a dream I had the night before of a disturbed young man and a scene of mass violence; this dream was prophetic.

On December 11, 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts shot up the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Oregon; two of the shoppers he opened fired at died, and Roberts himself apparently expired by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

On December 14, 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school, twenty of them children. Lanza also apparently committed suicide, as well as murdered his own mother at their home before the massacre.

Both Roberts and Lanza were dressed in military gear. in my dream, I assumed the disturbed young man was in the military.

In my original post I asked:

"What is the accumulated mental impact on the populace as the result of being exposed to such horrors?"

People talk a lot about gun control -- and I certainly support tighter restrictions on purchasing firearms. But how many of these same vocal gun-control advocates would support taking another look at the constant messages of violence in our contemporary pop-culture? And let's go a step beyond blood and gore, and put our focus instead on just plain disturbing, manipulative imagery and symbolism: in our entertainment, advertising, public events, etc.

I am by no means advocating censorship. But I am advocating educating the populace to Consume Content Consciously. To be aware when deep, primal symbolism is being used, whether it's in a movie or a sneaker ad. Because there's nothing wrong with you or I watching a violent film or playing a violent video game -- if we consciously consume that content.

But how much of the masses are just soaking it all in? For how many children is TV or video games the babysitter? How many parents are involved in their children's lives enough to keep tabs on what content they consume?

What is the cumulative impact of this constant stream of content "flashed" on children as they grow up? What is the impact on the more psychologically vulnerable of those children, ones who experience this content (entertainment/advertising/news) in a far more intense way -- the way Adam Lanza, who had emotional problems as well as autism, might have experienced it?

And what is the impact on the populace of news stories containing unimaginable horror such as that coming from Sandy Hook elementary school yesterday? What is the psychic toll?

I'll end this post with words from Marion Cotillard, star of "The Dark Knight Rises" -- a movie that, in some strange, elemental way, seemed to have "set off" a constant stream of mass shootings since this Summer:

"I’ve never felt good about guns. Especially when it’s out of control. Sadly, I guess, it's in America’s culture. And I believe it’s going to be hard to change that because some people can’t be secure without it. It’s creating at the same time this insecurity. It’s a vicious circle."

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"Oblivion" Trailer: Tom Cruise Opens His Eyes

The trailer for the post-apocalyptic film "Oblivion," starring Tom Cruise, has recently been released. Some quick observations and syncs here:

The first shot is of a burned-out (American) football stadium: "the last Superbowl was played here." It's immediate all-seeing eye imagery to kick things off; not necessarily sinister symbolism, but definitely one that activates our subconscious. Also spontaneously brings to mind "The Dark Knight Rises":

Football = "American Way Of Life."

Then we have a scene of Cruise's character, Jack Harper (check out Sync Whole for more info on connection between Cruise and "Jacks"), with a dog. This reenacts the Fool tarot card, indicating that Harper is unknowingly setting out for a new adventure, and really does not know what is truly "going on.":

INTERMISSION SYNC!

At this point in the writing of the post, I am called upstairs to accompany members of my family to a visit to a pool hall called "Fast Eddie's". Of course, "Oblivion" star Cruise co-starred in "The Color of Money," a film about pool featuring the character Fast Eddie Felson:

When I get to Fast Eddie's, our two tables are positioned in front of large framed photos of football and baseball stadiums:

And, of course, there's tons of football playing everywhere.

END INTERMISSION SYNC!

Back to the trailer: the next scene is of a ship flying past the ruins of a skyscraper: "60 years ago, the Earth was attacked" -- stirs up latent 9/11 fear/symbolism. Again: "American way of life" threatened:

Now we move from 9/11 fear to recent Hurricane Sandy fear, as Cruise puts on a New York Yankees hat and we hear him say: "Everyone's been evacuated." Yankees = NY = evacuated = hurricane. Yankees = American Way Of Life.

He then has a little plant sample next to him, subliminally recalling the movie WALL-E -- this point is further driven home by his words: "...nothing human remains":

His ship even has "eyes" like WALL-E:

But the movie suddenly turns into "The Matrix" as he finds the "true" world behind the facade -- that there is a whole world of "resistance" members.

Here is Morgan Freeman as "Malcolm Beech" -- Morpheus, basically:

Malcolm will literally provide enlightenment -- the match -- so Jack can really "see" (the "seeing" motif also present in the ship with "eyes.")

Through this process, Jack finds out that the people he's been working for "aren't even human":

We've seen these dead-eyed "human impostors" (of possible alien origin?) in the recent trailer for the movie "The Host":

But there are even suggestions here that Jack's very sense of perception is clouded, faulty -- Matrix-like flashbacks to the NYC of "today":

 Spotting "The Girl" who might be the link between the world of reality and that of maya/illusion (note the eyes/lenses imagery again):

 and the idea that "Earth Is A Memory..."

Tom Cruise has starred in a number of movies dealing with these issues of memory, perception, and reality, most notably "Vanilla Sky", a remake of a Spanish film whose English title is "Open Your Eyes":

navigating realms of reality to see the Truth

 He also strongly resonates the symbolism of the Eye and Sight:

Tom Cruise, the symbol of the "American Way Of Life," as integral a symbol of the Glory Days of the United States and baseball and football, is trying to make us see something:

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Broken Puppets: Re-Evaluating The "MK Victim" Narratives

You know, I used to read these lurid narratives from "ex-MK-ULTRA sex slaves" who claimed to victims of these massive conspiracies of pedophiles that included politicians and celebrities. If you're a conspiracy buff at all, you've no doubt run into these: Arizona Wilder, Cisco Wheeler, "Svali," and others. And, if you are like me, your first reaction at reading these narratives is: "these people are fucking nuts."

Arizona Wilder

Seriously. They're talking about being molested by Bob Hope, secret rituals where people drink blood, "symbols" like monarch butterflies and certain jewels used for mind control, and so on. Go on YouTube and look up the videos of "Esoteric Kitten" -- a self-described former "corporate spy" -- for some info on this mythology, as well as David Icke's "Revelations of a Mother Goddess," Arizona Wilder.

It has been theorized that RDJ exposes Hollywood scandals under the pseudonym "Him" -- something he denies

Further, some might say all these lurid narratives -- that dovetail so neatly with the lurid gossip narratives of "Entertainment Lawyer's" Crazy Days And Nights blog (with its occasional "insider" commenter "Him" who may or may not be Robert Downey Jr.) -- help distract us from the real news that is impacting and will impact our lives and the world.

Jimmy Savile

But then I read about these actual conspiracies with people like Sandusky and Penn State -- these actual pedophile rings featuring actual celebrities like that Savile motherfucker (basically, the UK's version of Dick Clark) -- and it really starts to make me wonder. The Savile thing especially, which seems to have its tentacles strewn far and wide within celebrity, political, and maybe even royal circles.

Kevin Clash

Then I read this thing about the guy who did the voice of Elmo. As I detailed in an earlier post, I had just finished watching his hagiography biography the night before his scandal went down. Now a second accuser has come forward, and the puppeteer, Kevin Clash, has resigned from "Sesame Street". The gist I get from all this is that while the two accusers seem shady and a bit like "opportunists," it also appears that Clash probably had a thing for teen boys and was actively "grooming" them.

"Elmo" receives Penn State T-Shirt

And then you have to wonder what psychological shape a teenager is in after being "groomed" by adults for sex, especially if they have no other legitimate adult figure to provide them with a sense of worth. What sense of respect for themselves and others (and, indeed, humanity) after being involved in such situations? Certainly, some overcome the abuse. But others feel that their only value is as a sex object -- and that any thing or person can be bought and sold.

Corey Feldman alleged a pedophile ring active in Hollywood

Because I am telling you now in all honesty: children and teens who do not have important and responsible adults in their lives have large targets on them for pedophiles. Pedophiles are everywhere. I have not the slightest doubt that some form of these pedophile "rings" involving high-profile persons do exist -- I mean, we have a genuine one being investigated now in the UK! How can these stories exist only in the realm of conspiracy-kookism? I read stories like the Savile case (something I think Icke had mentioned ages ago), and it makes me take a second look at everything.

But our society is willfully blind. And it will not let go of its heroes -- unless they are purposely doing so in some long, drawn-out zombie death march as in the Whitney Houston/Lindsay Lohan situation (providing a satisfying, lingering frottage of schadenfreude).

"Thrown from the freedom train"

Finally: I wrote a comic containing pretty much every bit of symbolism from these "MK Girls" narratives --symbols that I had no idea were related to this entire subject matter until after the fact. Are these primal symbols and ideas? How far back in human history do these situations go? Is it ultimately, as some people theorize, simply a matter of "stealing" the youth-energy of young people -- whether literally or metaphorically?

This book is like a MK Ultra "Sex Kitten" encyclopedia

All I know for sure is that these sorts of "rings" have been apparently happening, undisturbed, for decades, if not centuries. Why are they all coming out of the woodwork now -- the Church, the Boy Scouts, Penn State, Savile, etc.?

Yes, even in the frickin' Boy Scouts

I'm going to sound like the biggest naive hippy-dippy woo-woo for saying this -- but I absolutely believe it's because we as a group -- Humanity -- are reaching another level of evolution and this shit just don't fly anymore. It's like a non-denominational version of Judgement Day, only it's not happening when the world ends, but happening RIGHT NOW.

And I think there are more stories to come.

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