Belief From A Third Eye

"Belief From A Third Eye."

A review of Robert Shearman’s critical guide to The X-Files, by Matt Allair



Episode guides, as well as reviews, seem to be a common aspect of fandom, as well as the product made available to fans. Why we are drawn to this material is an interesting question to ponder; it might have to with this desire to connect with others, and this search for validation, to seek a confirmation that others share the same opinion about any given episode. Perhaps it has to do with gauging others’ reaction to collectively shared material, and perhaps that by gauging that reaction, it confirms our own thoughts about specific episodes. That’s one of the reasons why such a site like The X-Files Lexicon was created. Whatever the case, there seems to be a continuing market for product that deals with analysis and criticism. Robert Shearman has aimed to appeal to such a market with his newest book and first piece of work critiquing a series he wasn’t directly involved with: "Wanting to Believe: a critical guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen," published by Mad Norwegian Press.

The trend of established authors writing critical pieces is nothing new of course, and this also applies to reviews of genres. Stephen King wrote his critical work Danse Macabre at the start of the 80s, and then there is H.P. Lovecraft’s famous piece, Supernatural Horror in Literature. In a sense, Robert Shearman is following in that tradition by honoring his attention to the productions of Chris Carter. The book is unauthorized, and Mr. Shearman had no connection with anyone from Twentieth-century Fox and Ten-Thirteen productions, which naturally allowed him an objective freedom to access the shows and episodes on their own merits. The book is structured in a chronological order based on air date. In other words, Seasons one through four of The X-Files is reviewed, and then season one of Millennium, season five of The X-Files and then the second season of Millennium, then The X-Files feature, and so on…The intent of doing this seems to be to lay out the progression of the shows in the order in which they were produced by Ten-Thirteen Productions during this period.

The book is laid out, after a very personable introduction that really captures the anticipation that was building up, prior to the release of the film, "I Want To Believe," with a brief synopsis of the episodes for both shows, as well as synopsis of the X-Files films, written by Lars Pearson, and then a critique from Mr. Shearman. The usual information of the writer, director, and air date is provided, however, from a technical standpoint, this is my biggest complaint about the book, as I would have preferred the inclusion of each episode’s editor and cinematographer, as I have always felt that those technical areas were equally as important in shaping key aspects for both The X-Files, and Millennium, as were the writers and directors that told the stories.

This brings us to the most fundamental point about this book, the critiques. Do they achieve their intended aim and are they engrossing to read? The answer is yes. While I personally might fundamentally disagree with some of the critiques, and I do, that is beside the point. Critiques are objective, after all. It is Mr. Shearman’s prose style, his sense of humor, as well as a kind of lightness to his writing, that approaches the reader in a way that is relatable and that manages to not condensed to the reader, even when he is being scathing about his lowest review markings of episodes. While he is candid, he doesn’t strike me as malicious, and he does clarify his arguments frequently.

I should obviously concede a point that some might raise--if this judgment is based on the merits of the book or colored by an awareness of his high regard within the British critical community? My reaction is based on the fact that it is a well written, engaging, and entertaining read, which fans might enjoy, or appreciate, even in cases where they don’t necessarily agree with every critique. I hope that his forthrightness will not a stumbling block for which to give fans to a fair opportunity to judge “Wanting To Believe” on their own, as many might find the book quite valuable as a casual resource.

A recommended read.

Special Thank you to XScribe for editing this piece.

Please check out our exclusive interview with Robert Shearman

"Seeing is Believing" Continued...

Last January, I wrote a piece warning about taking photo and video documentation at face value. To reiterate, for Ufologists, or believers in the Paranormal, or alternative theories, should allow a degree of skepticism, in any visual documentation – again, "Seeing is Believing" isn’t often true or prudent.



The following photograph is interesting, isn't it? A friend from Oregon might have taken this picture.

Recently, I took the following video on a fairly early morning.



Strange, and a little creepy, indeed.

Let’s go back to that photo…

I have to confess, I created this photo as a fabrication, while the sources were from other UFO images, this was created using Photoshop and Illustrator. Special thank you must go out to BJ Booth, for his gracious permission.

And while I did indeed take the video, it was on a stormy day, with heavy winds that were pounding the window’s of an apartment above me, and during a moment when the sun had broken out to cast a light reflection on the adjacent window. The light reflection throbbed, a hint of a human shape could be seen. But I have a very talented, old friend named Mark Solario, adept with such film software as After Effects and Final Cut, who manipulated the image to make an otherwise mundane image look paranormal.

There was a time, in the early history of UFO and Paranormal documentation, up through the 70s where it was more difficult to create Hoaxes, but with the advent of photo-realistic digital technology in the 90s, as illustrated above, it is all too easy to pull from sources and create any scenario.

Which brings us to the event in Norway last December 2009, the photos and videos, I admit, looked strange, and while I have doubts it was a failed Russian rocket test, as some have claimed, I also have been left wondering if this was an artificial event?



While this clearly doesn’t qualify as sharing any similarities to the manufactured photo and video I illustrated above, as there were countless video and film documentations of the event from various locations in that region, My first thought, my first impression, the actual image reminded me of the Spiral Galaxy animations that could be found at a Planetarium / Lazarium.

Could this have been an image projected into the Nordic skies, using a powerful Lazar Holographic projection system? If this was a staged hoax, it was a rather expensive one, as such a projection systems, from what I understand, and even if they exist, are cost prohibitive. Then there is the question as to why someone would stage something so elaborate without it being connected to some promotion campaign? I can’t say, perhaps to remind people that there is more to this planet than we have been conditioned to accept.

To those who do want to believe, the best advice is to not believe so fervently that you become blind to the fact when something isn’t there. Or to paraphrase Mr. Sherlock Holmes: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Ultimately, finding the truth, that should the aim of such a journey.

Special thank you must go to BJ Booth for his permission of using the following photos here and here from his site.

A great thank you must go to Mark Solario for his incredible work in the production of that video clip. If you are interested Mark’s other work, you can reach him at the following E-mail: marksolario@me.com

Spiral Norway UFO image pulled from Chris Knowles' Secret Sun Blog site.

UK Print Blast from the Past

Does anyone really remember the 90s? To paraphrase Robert Plant's quip "Does anybody remember laughter?" from early 70s live versions of Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven". It’s funny how nostalgic one can already feel about the culture from over a decade ago, when paranoia and conspiracy was a form of entertainment, and you didn't have grounds to feel that such ideas could be legitimate. What a difference a decade has made. Lexicon Staff contributor Robin England came across some interesting material, and it has been decided to include it here on the Lexicon Blog, Robin posted the following comments, as well as forwarded scans of the magazine pages, which are included below.

So, I was just rummaging through some old editions of Empire magazine - a movie magazine we have over here in the UK - this one dated February 1996 when they reviewed "The Unopened File" - which was the first video release of TXF in the UK, a feature edit of Anasazi, The Blessing Way and Paper Clip. Made for quite a fun read. I was thinking of putting it on the blog but I don't know how! Anyway, here it is: - Robin

With runs on Sky and BBC2, the investigations of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have become compulsory viewing for all those who like their thrillers tight, witty and with weirdness off the scale. So this, the first of four special video releases planned for '96, is an absolute must, as it begins with the cliffhanger ending of series two, and concludes the story with the start of series three - not yet broadcast in this country. As a package, it's near faultless: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have already achieved a compelling chemistry in the lead roles, and they're well served here by a sharply written script from series creator Chris Carter. All this in a tale that encompasses the X-Files staples: Indian mysticism, extra-terrestrials, human experimentation, and a global governmental conspiracy that makes JFK's assassination look like a picnic on a grassy knoll. For nail-biting suspense, pacey storytelling and top drawer sci-fi entertainment, it doesn't get any better than this. Trust no one, but enjoy. (5 stars)



In my humble opinion, anything that includes reviews of The Stone Roses, or the Human League can’t be all that bad in my book.

The Ophiuchus Code, Pt 2

(The following is pure speculation and observations, possible true and false assumptions, there's nothing definitive in the following points. -MA)

The Lost Book images continued

One of the problems with contemporary interpretations of Nostradamus's work, from my estimate, is the failure to contextualize his work. I have often argued in my own approach in interviewing artists for the X-Files Lexicon, that one's personal experience, will impact one's creative output. Therefore it stands to reason that Nostradamus’s personal experience colored his work as a prophet. It's bound to, he lived to see his wife and children die, he was ostracized,
he lived during one of the bleakest periods in human history; with the black plague running rampant in Europe, as well as the iron will of the church, or various monarchies that waged a kind of tribal war.

It stands to reason that he would interpret his visions as dire, and that some of the coded messages could be wish fulfillment, especially in light of the oppressive rule of the Pope and the Catholic church. He was obviously a shrewd enough man to avoid arrest, which we'll get to in a moment. It is also likely that most of the prophecies related to his time, more than ours. It is with irony to point out, some have observed, Nostradamus himself did tell astrologers to stay away from his quatrains, knowing that astrologers would interpret certain symbols as relating to specific time and dates.

I have also commented recently about having a point of reference in order to process what we cannot comprehend. Therefore, how do we know, if we take at face value Nostradamus's abilities as a seer, that he could interpret visions he could have no point of reference for? After all, mechanized birds, or horseless carriages were centuries away from being invented. From an astrological standpoint, he had no knowledge of the existence of Galaxies. A great many of his quatrains are filled with references that would make sense in his day, but to the majority of contemporary eyes, these references are lost.

While many of the watercolor panels found in the lost book depict various events, the overthrow of governments, mass slaughters, as well as the decline of religious institutions, The last handful of Images are symbolic, and problematic, as they are open to endless interpretations.

One group of images has been interpreted to represent the end of male (hierarchical) Consciousness, as the rebirth of the feminine.



Another group of images have been interpreted as female energies through the passage of time, and humanity coming full circle and moving into the heart.



There's a dozen watercolor images, which are purely symbolic, and are open to a swath of interpretations. While the History channel program, Nostradamus: The Lost Book offered it's own interpretations, blogger Seven Star Hand has offered a scathing critique and counter interpretation to conventional thinking.

Posted is a general collection of these images, Plate 66 has been interpreted as a Christian reference to the Messiah, Plate 67 has been interpreted as a celestial alignment at the time of 2012. On the text of the book, one can read two lines that can be read as "One Male", and this has been interpreted as a consciousness program created by one male. Other's see, adjacent to the text, a mushroom cloud, and they argue our future could go either way, self destruction or self preservation. Plate 68 has been interpreted as the fact that the ribbon is set in motion, change, the old tree of life being defeated, and a new tale is spun. Now, Plate 69 has been interpreted as a reference to the Middle East, but the half moon, could mean many things, this plate could be a conflict between male and female hierarchy, and the scale could represent an eventual balance between this conflict. Plate 70 could represent the female archetype who must now recreate, example Isis, Mary, Mother, the Phoenix. Plate 71 could represent the seven spoked wheel of Karma moving into an 8, The Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The End.



Plate 72 could represent no more pages in the book, a clean slate, the stag is a well known medieval allegory for Christ, it also represents rejuvenation, re-birth, and the passage of time.



The Millennium and Ophiuchus

Now let's get back to Ophiuchus, Nostradamus practiced Astrology as a means to an end and used a 13 Zodiac system. Ophiuchus is known as the 13th sign and is known as the lost sign, and it falls between Sagittarius and Scorpio, from a Greek mythological standpoint Ophiuchus is known as the Snake Holder, Ophiuchus represents the healer Asclepius, who learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one serpent bringing another healing herbs, Under protest from Hades of Asclepius, Zeus killed him with a bolt of lightening, but later placed his image in the heavens to honor his good works. It has been noted that the constellation Ophiuchus is placed in close proximity to Sagittarius, which at various points has been believed to represent Chiron, who was the mentor to Asclepius and other Demigods. Chiron was a great healer and the last of the Centaurs in Greek mythology, he was wise, kind and noble. Chiron’s nobility is reflected in his death as he sacrificed his life, allowing mankind to obtain the use of fire.

From a astronomical standpoint, Ophiuchus is a large constellation around the celestial equator, it is located between Aquila, Serpens, and Hercules, northwest of the center of the Milky Way, The Interposition of his body divides the snake constellation into two parts, Serpens Caput, Serpens Cauda, which are nonetheless counted as one constellation (personal observation, could this divide represent duality? Self Destruction / Self Preservation?) If you draw a line from Sagittarius’s arrow, to the top of Scorpios' tail, and draw a line, it would go through the exact center of the galaxy, or dark riff. It is believed there will be an alignment between our sun and the dark rift, an alignment that hasn’t occurred for thirteen thousand years, and the next alignment us believed to be ready to occur by 2012.



Panel 35 might be the most crucial watercolor to interpret. Again, a Rorschach test could be applied to how this kind of symbolism is interpreted, of course I have commented on this point about the interpretation of symbols before. Much of this panel might be referencing Astrological signs, Leo, sign known for being wrapped in certainty and absolutes, a possible reference to Virgo, a sign this is known for being self questioning and sometime lacking confidence, in other words, doubt. As well as a possible rending of Ophiuchus in the left corner. There seems to be a deity that has stopped the center wheel, or could be controlling the center wheel, as well as a Phoenix beside the hand, again a symbol of re-birth. There is an image of an eagle, in which during Nostradamus's time represented Scorpio.

Ellie's interpretation, the person who consulted on the History channel, comes from a more Christian scholar perspective, and is more ominous, The seven spoke wheel / wheel of time – Karma, moves to eight – infinity as yet unwritten. The wheel of time and Karma comes to a halt, the hourglass empty, and the tale of the Lion complete. The peacock goes to ascension through the eye at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, the Eye, The hand of God, the scribe and the peacock control time. There’s the problems of the images in the center of the wheel, three look like sleek birds, and the other image looks like a modern city, and Ellie has interpreted this to be a reference to the attack on New York, 9/11. It is hard to ignore these images as a historical flashpoint, to a pivotal moment on earth. Yet our actions can always determine the outcome, bear in mind, freewill and choice might play a large part that possible outcome. Blogger, ta2025, offered another interpretation which can be found here.

The Wheel is the Grand Alignment, the intersection of the Divine Cross and the Mundane Cross. It appears that God is still being given the credit for setting the "Wheel in motion". Ophiuchus is pictured in the lower left. Many of the other symbols are probably astrological as well. It might be showing a star map, showing the proper placement and orientation for an event.





Not, once again, to be flip, but men have always interpreted Eclipses as well as Galactic alignments to be significant, perhaps it's intrinsic to human nature to do so. Stanley Kubrick’s "2001: A Space Odyssey" makes countless references to alignments, and note the Monolith, a harbinger and sentinel guide to evolution.



Let's look at the Mayan Calendar, there's been a lot of misconception regarding an ancient system, that really requires some investigation to fully absorb, in essence, December 21, 2012 is simply the last day of the 13th b'ak'tun, a long count period. For the Mayan's it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a cycle. There’s no evidence the Mayan's believed the world would end, I'd suggest reviewing this subject here and here.

I do have a fundamental problem with the way the History channel program attempts to shoehorn the Mayan calendar, with Nostradamus and the Revelation of John. Nostradamus predicted the end of the world would be 3786 or 3797, and even the Mayan Calendar, based on the Long Count cycle, estimates a final cycle of October, 4772

Let's go back and review the opening composite image from part 1.



The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, cycles that begin anew as soon as they end, example the Phoenix. To reference a thread from Ron Moore’s "Battlestar: Galactica", "Everything that has happened before will happen again." – The Alpha and Omega

Here's another way of looking at Ophiuchus, the Snake Holder and The Ouroboros, if the Ouroboros represents cycles, perhaps Ophiuchus is showing us how to control or change those cycles? Could Ophiuchus be illustrating to us a way to hold destruction at bay? Again to reference a thread from "Terminator 2" – No Fate But What We Make.

Or from the season three final of Millennium, - We are all shepherds.

Cycles (Some Possible ways out)

Nostradamus himself might have set an example with his how to view his work, by his own actions. During the period, Circa 1555 / 1566, while he advised Catherine De Medicis, many of his detractors called for his arrest as a heretic for his Prophetic visions. He foresaw a two week period where he was vulnerable to arrest and execution during the Inquisition, he took great pains to stay in isolation, and this window of vulnerability passed. Perhaps he demonstrated, with this example, the best approach to interpret his work, to view it as an educational tool of possible future events, driven by an understanding of human nature. Perhaps his quatrains should be view as poetic parables, illustrating not set events, but several options. Perhaps Nostradamus was all too aware of the endless cycles in human history, not withstanding cosmic of natural catastrophes, of wars driven by religion or property, poverty as a social means towards control, and the abuse of natural resources. One component of Buddhist philosophy is the idea that we create our own heaven and hell.

X-Files alumni music contributors, Foo Fighters wrote a song in 2004, titled "End Over End", that seems to be about reincarnation, yet the theme could apply metaphorically as well, be it the personal theme of death and rebirth, or globally.

Burn all the candles out,
Make a wish but not aloud,
Relive the here and now,
The "see you now and then",

I'm a revolving door,
I've seen it all before,
I will begin again,
But I can't start until I've seen the end.

There has been an observation: "the person I am at 20 is not the person I am at 40". Perhaps, metaphorically if we look at each person's life cycle, in 10 year intervals, as a kind of birth, death, rebirth, than we can always reset the clock with each decade, we can always correct whatever mistakes we've made, and perhaps this idea could apply globally as well.

Karma has been understood as Cause and effect, and the word Karma means action. Every time that a person acts there is some quality of intention at the base of the mind, and it is that quality rather the outward appearance of the action that determines the effect. Or as Takashi Tsjui has noted, that human beings are constantly giving off physical and spiritual forces in all directions, that in Physics it has been learned that no energy is ever lost, that it simply changes form, Thus Karma is the law of the conversion of moral energy. Another idea being that cycles repeat until something has been learned to break that cycle. Perhaps, in a strictly metaphorical sense, there's a way to apply this view to the breaking of cycles in history, with how one could interpret the parables and symbolism of Nostradamus's quatrains?

Personally, I am leery of anyone who offers definitive interpretations of any work built of symbolism. I feel the most important aspect of symbolism is working through an understanding of human nature, and I would be falling into the same trap if I did offer anything definitive - perhaps I am.

The great danger of reading any work - that is built around metaphor or parable - and interpreting it as literal, is that you miss its greater lessons about human nature.

Perhaps the Enigma, the Gordian Knot of Nostradamus' Code, is the following question.

Can we break this cycle of social conflicts that are driven by the self interests of governments, religious institutions, economic interests, or fundamentalist ideology?

Perhaps the most fundamental action each individual can take between now and 2012, is to formulate their own definition of what "Fate" means, for that definition might color one’s interpretation of the metaphors found in prophecy, religious scriptures, or mythology.

While the time might be near, as referenced in Millennium, that 'time' might be determined by how we interpret the message - Fate through self fulfilling action.

(Special thanks must go to the following sites, Ellie’s Lost Book of Nostradamus page, as well as The History Channel, Seven Star Hand’s work, as well as Takashi Tsjui’s work and an image from this page.)

The Ophiuchus Code, Part 1

(The following is pure speculation and observations, possible true and false assumptions, there’s nothing definitive in the following points. -MA)



"All modern thought is permeated by the idea of thinking the unthinkable." – Michel Foucault

Recently there was a documentary on the History channel about sixteenth century Seer Nostradamus and the alleged Lost Book. It would be an understatement, but Nostradamus is more in fashion now then he has ever been, everything, including such as speculative shows like "The Nostradamus Effect" which explores prophecy, to the Heavy Metal act Judas Priest, releasing an epic two disc concept Opera about Nostradamus’s life, is in circulation. It is rather interesting that Chris Carter would so shrewdly reference Nostradamus in the first season and the pilot of Millennium. Fittingly and by random chance, in 1994, at the height of the momentum of The X-Files, Italian Journalist Enza Massa, while visiting the Italian National Library in Rome, stumbled onto an unusual find, a manuscript dating to 1629, titled: Nostradamus Vatican Code, the author’s name was inside, Michel de Nostradame, and was handed down by the prophet’s son and was later donated by him to Pope Urban VIII, thus began a wave of controversy that remained little noticed by the general public for a long time.

About Nostradamus

Michel De Nostradame was born in December between the 14th and 21st, 1503, in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, The south of France. While little is known about his childhood, at 15, he studied at the University of Avignon until it closed a year later due to the outbreak of the Plague, after eight years of traveling and studying herbal medicines, he entered the University of Montpellier, yet soon was expelled after his years of being an apothecary, a manual trade forbidden by the university. After which, his fame rose after he created a "Rose Pill" that supposedly protected against the plague. His first wife and two children died of the plague in 1534. After having pursued a spell of travel including alleged visits to France and Italy, he returned to his place of origin, and assisted prominent physician Louis Serre in his battle with a plague outbreak in Marseille and Salon-de-Provence.

He met his second wife, a rich widower and had six children with her, three daughters and three sons, in 1547. By 1550 he began writing his first almanac. These Almanacs, taken together, is believed to have included at least 6,338 prophecies as well as eleven annual calendars, his fame grew as a seer, and Medieval Astrologer, and it brought him to the attention of various noblemen and prominent figures. Around this period, he began taking on his most famous project, and published his book of one thousand quatrains titled Les Propheties (The Prophecies), written in a cryptic stylized hybrid, incorporating Greek, Italian, Latin and Provencal. By 1555 he offered counsel to Catherine De Medicis, the queen consort of King Henri II of France. Such access gives him protection from a court that would have otherwise executed him for heresy at the height of the Inquisition. Nostradamus died by June 1566 due to Odema. It is believed that the lost book, Vaticinia Nostradami were watercolor drawings created by his first son Cesar de Nostredame, probably when Cesar was a boy of twelve, the dates of these images could not be determined accurately, but there is a postscript dated 1629. The reason why some believe this book of images has a bonfire connection to Nostradamus has to do with the fact that several images correspond with several known Quatrains that some believe have already come to pass.

The Lost Book and Quatrains

The following article isn't really interested in regurgitating interpretations about Nostradamus's Quatrains or the collection of watercolors that are tied into his work. It's really more of the general Longview perspective about the symbolism of his work. There has always been wide controversy about the legitimacy of Nostradamus's work, and his ability as a psychic prophet. Often proponents of Nostradamus will site various 'hits' within his quatrains, the most famous being of predictions of three anti-Christ's, one being Napoleon, the second being Adolph Hitler.

From the deepest part of Western Europe,
A young child will be born to poor people,
Who will by his speech seduce a great multitude,
His reputation will increase in the Kingdom of the East. – Century 3, Quatrain 35

Beasts ferocious with hunger will cross the rivers,
The greater part of the battlefield will be against Hister.
Into a cage of iron will the great one be drawn,
When the child of Germany observes nothing. – Century 2, Quatrain 24

There has always been a number of serious issues with Nostradamus's work, all of his quatrains operate within a random order, none of his quatrains are sequential, and are open to wild interpretations. While at a superficial glance this would appear to be a hit, skeptics have pointed out problems with translations as well as the mere coincidence of his Quatrains, at the time of Nostradamus's life, "Hister" referred to a geographical location near the Danube river, most of his quatrains were written in a vague, cyclical, cryptic style, and therefore they are prone to interpretation and assumption, that over the course of hundred of years, that some historical events would line up with his predictions, just by coincidence.

Another example of am argued ‘hit’ would be the following Quatrain:

Earthshaking fire from the center of the earth
will cause tremors around the New City.
Two great rocks will war for a long time,
then Arethusa will redden a new river. – Century 1, Quatrain 87

Which many believe is a reference to 9/11. A parallel to that Quatrain is the following watercolor sketch, Plate 46



There's a fundamental problem here, first with that Quatrain, Atethusa, in Greek mythology is a nymph and the daughter of Nereus, a Titan who is referenced as the old man of the sea, who was said to be a shapeshifter with the power of prophecy, the symbolic mythology of Atethusa, is one of transformation. Unless the last line references this as a transformative event, there’s no geographical reference that would connect this line to the middle east or Iraq war. Then there’s the problem of the image, a burning medieval tower could have any connection, aside from 9/11.

While the following point may seem flip, one could read Book of Revelation prophecy in some of Salvador Dali's surrealist work, if one was inclined to do so, as could be illustrated here, in his work The Temptation of Saint. Anthony;



The Millennium episode, "The Sound of Snow", referenced the following Quatrain 70, Century Six,

Chief of the world will the great "Chyren" be,
Plus Ultra behind, loved, feared, dreaded:
His fame and praise will go beyond the heavens,
And with the sole title of Victor will he be quite satisfied.

Now, what do we make of the word, "Chyren"? In this episode "Chyren" would usher in the end of the world and Judgment for all. The episode dealt with cassette tapes containing white noise that would make the listener hear the things they fear the most and this would triggers deadly hallucinations. One character comments, after comparing the ability of whales to hear for a thousand miles, that humans don’t hear very well, perhaps, an implication that most of us fail to observe the coded messages, and symbolism that surrounds us? The episode also references Saint Peter's gate, and the theological Christian view that not everyone will pass through, "Our pasts are what we are," One character explains, "Every choice has it's consequences."

It has been suggested, by some, the word Chyren, references an associate of Nostradamus, Pierre Plantard, who was known to use the pseudonym, Chyren, and is believed to have authored an unpublished manuscript, "Le fabuleux Tresor de Razes" under the name Louis Chyren. Now here’s where it get’s interesting. Chyren could be interpreted as Cheiron, the famous Centaur in Greek mythology, who taught the Hermetic sciences to Ophiuchus, The Serpent Holder. We'll get back to this in a moment. This Quatrain has been interpreted as relating to the future Anti-Christ. Cheiron is known for having a duel nature, and so this could be interpreted in two fashions as a prediction of destruction, or a new era of enlightenment, we’ll get back to this later.

To be continued...

Special thanks must go to the following sites, Ellie's Lost Book of Nostradamus page, The History Channel, as well as Seven Star Hand's work.

Perception and the Unexplained...

Recently, I’ve seen a lot more discussion about aspects of the UFO phenomenon,
namely what these extra-terrestrial, or ultra-terrestrials could be. I have no more answers then anyone else on the credibility and speculation of these issues. I have recently revisited a fascinating documentary from 2004 that I highly recommend, "What the Bleep Do We Know?", which mostly deals with physics, religion, and, in part, perception. There’s one fascinating segment that deals with an account of what indigenous people of America, in the Caribbean saw when Columbus was arriving in the new world. The natives could not see the approaching ships, it was the Shaman who for many days, watched the changing patterns in the water until finally they saw the on-coming clippers, it was the shaman who the natives believed and trusted that caused them to see the ships themselves. Due to present neurological scientific research, our receptors, our eyes, ears, and senses, receive four hundred billion bits of information per second, yet our brain only process two thousand bits per second, think about that. In other words our brain imprints the ability of what we can see. We can only see what we believe is possible.



A second point in this documentary touches on an experiment conducted in Japan, with the notion that ideas, words, and thoughts could alter the molecules of water, the point being that if an idea can alter the nature of water, what could it do to our own bodies? That’s a pretty astounding notion. If we create our own reality, isn’t it possible we create our own inhibitors to what we can perceive?

Now, taking a leap with what is going on with the UFO phenomenon or our exposure to ET / UT’s. Chris Knowles recently disclosed his thoughts on aspects of the UFO phenomenon, and theories about Ultra-Terrestrials.

November entry

Past July Entry

I won’t reiterate here all of his points, but I welcome everyone to take a look. The only point I will add is, what if these Ultra Terrestrials are more evolved variations of ourselves, humans that have mastered time travel, and are visiting us to influence, shape our present to insure our future? Which brings us to the main point cited, perhaps what has been referred to in the past as Angels, Demon’s, Farries, or at present Greys, are all part and partial of the same thing? Even that idea, that our future race, perhaps not even from earth anymore has traveled back to our present would boggle the mind, and operate beyond all of our point of reference, but perhaps this entire issue is far more Terrestrial then we’d like to accept.

Connecting this idea with the framework of that documentary, if we only have a framework, or a point of reference, wouldn’t it make sense we interpret these visitations as Extra-Terrestrial?

On the day we are able to open the floodgates and able to widen our perception, taking in closer to that Four hundred Billion bits of information we presently cannot process, will the construct we operate under be radically altered? Could we have contemporary shaman’s that are helping to alter the reality we presently create?

Maybe H.P. Lovecraft was right when he spoke of elder gods that would drive mortal men to madness upon seeing, and grasping. Perhaps it will all depend on the kind of personal heaven and hell we bring into that processing. Just something to ponder.

Something fun...

Not much to comment on, but I finally had access to a Blu Ray player and found the special thanks credit that’s hidden as an Easter egg feature of “I Want To Believe”, And so I took this picture.



It’s a long story, but enough time has gone by that perhaps this is fitting to do this. Blu ray players will probably rule the world before too long.

For anyone interested in finding this on your own: You can go to the Complete X-Files Timeline, Goto season 8, episode “Alone”, where you see an “X” beside the title. After you watch the video clip, replay the clip, and play around with the top / bottom / right / left buttons and that should trigger the page. My profound thanks as always to Mike Marek, I hope to make it up to him someday.