STANLEY KUBRICK      [WIP] updated 04.03.13
There are more and more movies coming out, like Tree of Life and Melancholia, with trailers that seem to involve a bit of what 2001: A Space Odyssey was about -- a planetary alignment, or cosmological shift, in conjunction with a human consciousness shift or advancement of some sort in mankind. I’ll know more when those new movies come out, but meantime, I was inspired to revisit Kubrick’s movies. Many have seen a Kubrick movie and go WTF? Or they just love Kubrick movies because they are interesting and intriguing, have great cinematography or memorable imagery? I don't know. I love all that, too, but for those who have ears to hear, and eyes (wide open) to see, his movies reveal more and more on each viewing, and most importantly, more and more when one does research.

Now, there is a pseudo-documentary, a critical theory of sorts, called Room 237, and it's primarily about The Shining. I think the people interviewed on it have the most ridiculous interpretations - seeing Kubrick's face in the clouds, finding significance with numbers, interpreting dissolves, interpreting possible continuity errors, seeing a minotaur in a skiing poster, saying Kubrick had a hand in filming a fake moon landing from analyzing front-projection artifacts, etc. I just wanted to make clear I'm distancing myself from people like that.

On the other hand, Stanley Kubrick's Boxes was an excellent documentary. Check it out.

I have this huge Napoleon book, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. This cancelled project might now be a Spielberg project.

LACMA has the Kubrick exhibit. I went twice already. I need to go again to take more pics.

Continuing: Among his unfinished projects, Kubrick wanted to make a film based on the 1988 novel Foucault's Pendulum, which was about (though I haven't read it yet) secret societies, conspiracy theories, the occult, Knight's Templar, and many other esoteric topics. (1, 2) And it was also about "belief" in those things. Did Kubrick believe in such things or not? I think it's obvious he was very interested at least (most evident in Eyes Wide Shut, which I'll talk about later). I believe the most educated people certainly know about these things because they are studious, with an open mind and love to research obsessively. IMO, the most successful and revered movies are almost always about these secret societies, occult and esoterica, as discussed on this blog.

BARRY LYNDON
A lowly guy getting in with the elitists, like the current modern elitist "1%ers." What are the 1%ers?
The movie explains what the rich do with their wealth. They spend it on themselves, lavish luxuries, parties, bribes and influencing things to keep things in their favor, for their own circle. Unfortunately, the faker Redmond Barry spent his way into debt, trying to keep up with appearances.

Today, same thing - this isn't new, the wealth disparity. It's not an anomaly, it's on purpose.[1,2,3,4]


A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
What does the title mean? One explanation is that "a clockwork orange" describes something as having the appearance of something organic while artificial mechanisms or mechanical laws have been put on it, just like as in the film, with the prison putting the Ludovico brainwashing technique on the main character Alex. My interpretation of the film is much like Natural Born Killers -- less to do with the main characters and more of a comment on the society and government and it’s handling and controlling what to do with people. In NBK, if you look past the main characters and take the movie as a whole, the movie is really about media and society's hype of bloodlust. A Clockwork was about how to govern man, how to control in this dystopian world. And it’s also about how to exploit such programs for their own PR benefit. A newspaper at the end reads, “Our Political Staff says the Government is suffering acute embarrassment, since these charges of inhuman experiments are bound to call into question the whole policy of law and order which it has made a plank in its election programme.”

Let’s get the illuminati/freemason references out of the way, because most people probably don‘t care (although they mean a great deal to masons). The posters contain the all-seeing eye and pyramid symbols. Mascara on one eye. The droogs also have eyeballs attached to their clothes. Phallic symbols are everywhere, from their jockstraps to the sculptures. Beethoven was rumored to be high ranking mason.

Government mind control experiments of the Nazis and Russians coalesce into US CIA programs like MKULTRA (Clinton apologizes for it), involving drugs, trauma, reflexes (nausea), behavioral, Pavlovian-type conditioning. Very Manchurian Candidate. A patient is conditioned to have a reflexive physical reaction, like getting sick, when presented with a stimulus or a trigger code word.

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
I think the Dr. Strangelove character, obviously a Nazi (with his spastic salutes), is based on the fact that many Nazis were harbored by the US government after WW2 (Project Paperclip1, 2, 3) and assimilated into many departments of the government; from developing NASA (Wernher von Braun) to CIA’s human experimentation, and a host of other things.

Other than making fun of the ineptitude of people running government, I think the film makes fun of, yet also informs the audience, of how cozy the US is with supposed enemies (I.e. commies, Nazis, even relevant today is Al CIA-da). You can just call them on the phone, like old pals! Is it making fun of people who believe in “kooky conspiracy theories” that the US is cozy with supposed enemies? How can it be when those things are factually supported? (1, 2, 3) Is it making fun of how ridiculous the US looks being cozy with its supposed enemies? I think yes -- that’s the expressed throughout the whole movie. It’s titled Dr. Strangelove after all, a character that doesn’t come in till late in the movie. His involuntary Hitler salutes show either his past or who he currently really serves. Or it represents the Nazi infiltration in US government. All of the above. Stop worrying about this political war farce joke. Love war. Get over it. The military industial complex is a part of life. Deal. The only people that would understand this sarcastic and quite sad humor is the audience that is educated in these topics. I certainly didn't understand it's humor when I saw this when I was a kid, but after years of researching history and government now I do.

IMDB says it was “originally conceived as a tense thriller about the possibility of accidental nuclear war. Stanley Kubrick was working on the script when he realized that many scenes he had written were actually quite funny.” And I can easily imagine that the movie wouldn’t play as well a serious thriller. I’m sure there were plenty of nuclear threat ‘50’s connotations where those type of movies took itself seriously. The other elements in this film, like the US relationships with it’s enemies, the fluoridated water (1, 2, 3, 4), the Nazi’s working for the US government, the myriad of underground bases -- these topics would probably have not been taken seriously by the masses if it's new to them. If played seriously, it might not be taken seriously. If played entertainingly, at the very least the info will have gotten out. In fact, “In one version of the script, aliens from outer space observed all of the action.” Satire or exaggeration is probably the best way to show it, to be palatable for most new audiences back then, and perhaps even now, as Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman are working on a movie in a satire form as well about the controlling globalists.

IMDB: “The German word “Gemeinschaft” means ‘A spontaneously arising organic social relationship characterized by strong reciprocal bonds of sentiment and kinship within a common tradition.’ In this context the discussion of the post-apocalypse society living in mine shafts at the end of the film presents an interesting double-entendre. Dr. Strangelove’s remarks about the participants in the new society spontaneously accepting new social norms and having ‘bold curiosity for the adventure ahead’ is especially germane. Also, General Turgidson’s admonition to 'not allow a mine shaft gap' at the end is a particularly vivid pun.” This might refer to the many underground bases built to continue government. Stories abound about the Denver International Airport and its multi-levels of underground facilities (1,2,).

IMDB: “The character of General Buck Turgidson was patterned after Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Curtis LeMay, who was renowned for his extreme anti-Communist views and who once stated that he would not be afraid to start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union if he was elected president. Similarly, Brigadier General Jack Ripper was patterned after Gen. Thomas S. Power, LeMay’s protégé and successor as Commander in Chief of Strategic Air Command. When briefed on a RAND proposal to limit US nuclear strikes on Soviet cities at the beginning of a war, Power responded, 'Restraint! Why are you so concerned with saving lives! The whole idea is to kill the bastards!…At the end of the war, if there are two Americans and one Russian, we win!'” I think this humor (because it’s probably true that we have sociopaths in government and military) is more aimed at them, a criticism of them, than for us to find it lol funny that we are watching them be monsters.

IMDB: “Shortly after the release of the movie, Stanley Kubrick met with Arthur C. Clarke to talk about making the ‘proverbial good science-fiction movie.’ During a discussion of ideas (that eventually became 2001: A Space Odyssey,” the two men saw what they at first thought was a satellite moving in a polar orbit, but it abruptly changed direction. When Clarke suggesting calling in a UFO report, Kubrick said, ‘After Dr. Strangelove, the Air Force doesn’t want to hear from me.’”

2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY
In the beginning was nothing. The film starts off with 3 mins. of a black screen with weird noises. For matter to happen, you need anti-matter. A black hole gives rise to a big bang. There is a planetary alignment. We know the earth is definitely affected by the pull of the moon or when the sun flares up. The planets pull and affect life on earth, and the ancients had systems to track these cycles. Ancient religions speak of yugas, cycles of time of planetary alignments when humans go through up and down cycles over and over for hundreds of thousands of years, maybe millions. Who knows if it was 2001, or will be 2012, but in my opinion, things have already started to change, as in an increase in global awareness for starters.

Dawn of Man. “Dawn of a new day” is a phrase that researcher Jordan Maxwell talks in depth about. Another one to follow is Bill Cooper, as he analyzes this film. Is the film really a science-fiction? Or is the film a blatant reveal of the hidden secret Masonic/illuminati beliefs of the true origins of man, as many enlightened people who are in the know think? Were Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke high ranking masons? Some figures keep their affiliation secret, because duh, it's a secret society. But their works, output, and actions betray them. This secret society, and it's spin-offs, hold the knowledge of ancient civilizations, mystery schools, and mystery religions, and when watching this film, it's basically like taking a class in a mystery school. Well, there seems to be an increasingly rising idea of an ancient alien intervention in the evolution of man’s intelligence, as seen in the History Channels’ Ancient Alien series. Kubrick said, “2001 would give a little insight into my metaphysical interests…I’d be very surprised if the universe wasn’t full of an intelligence of an order that to us would seem God-like.” (1)

There is another planetary alignment. A black monolith appears to them - an alien intervention or assistance takes place. Perhaps the hundreds of megaliths or stonehenges around the world were given to ancient man in the same manner. They all seem to track planetary alignments with amazing accuracy. The sound of bees is heard. Bees and the beehive are a masonic symbol of “industry, labor, wisdom,…a miracle in natural engineering.” It symbolizes society -- the first society has started. One of the man-apes gets the idea for a tool/weapon, gaining intelligence. Perhaps this is the First Man, Bill Cooper suggests. The bone is a tool when they kill a pig, but later a weapon when used to kill out of spite. Early man, those “man-apes” as I call them, seem to start off vegetarian. Some say the human physiology seems more herbivore than carnivore, with the way our teeth are and that we don‘t have claws. When the man-apes eat the pig meat, they’re more aggressive. Some say it’s the proteins or endorphins released in the meat when the animal is killed that cause aggressive behavior when eating said meat.

There’s a war over the local water hole. Even today, water is the biggest most important asset. It’s not oil or gold -- it’s water. The bone is now a weapon. This is the first murder, the loss of innocence (a similar theme in Full Metal Jacket). It’s a murder when you kill out of spite, hate, greed, envy, selfishness. They don’t need to eat the other man-apes, like the pig. They just want them dead, as seen by the whole gang going along with it, the mob mentality. Humans will riot and be violent when desperate.

The bone is thrown up in the air, evolving into, cut to the future, a spaceship -- specifically I read somewhere the first spaceship we see is a nuclear weapon. One of the scripts I’ve read called for several nuclear megaton bombs orbiting earth; Russian, French, German, Chinese, and US. In the second shot of it, notice the nuclear weapon spacecraft has German flag and a cross that looks like the Nazi iron cross. Perhaps this alludes to Nazi Wernher von Braun who started up NASA. The words Nazi and NASA seem way too similar; it‘s almost obvious. The US harbored and employed Nazis, as part of Project Paperclip. Also, the discovery of the monolith on the moon later, involves lots of secrecy, PR media control, in the meeting room scene. Lots of black op, secret space program talk here.

Other people have analyzed the significance of the HAL story part, and I don't have much to add. Maybe we have to deal with the responsibility of creating life, albeit artificial life; and be willing to sacrifice our babies so to speak (killing HAL). Or is it like George Lucas when Obi-Wan wants us to let go of the artificialness of technology and trust ourselves, our own organic "computers" in our skulls. Another point is that after one of astronauts gets cut off by HAL, Dave's selfless act of chasing him down and trying to save his body is probably a major factor in the eyes of the "powers that be" who may be watching. What do we do with our lives to give it meaning, to fulfill our reason for existing? Doing good, an amazing good? It sums up most all religions. How do we ascend, transcend? Create such positive vibrations that we become light-beings -- I'm getting ahead of myself.

Like another dot the Pacman eats, another monolith from the unseen aliens gives us the clue that we're on the right path.

We all can guess that the psychedelic sequence Dave travels through is a wormhole, another dimension. Dave is deposited in a 18th century gilded room that Clarke describes as an alien construct from Dave‘s or humanity’s memories. It doesn’t make sense to be Dave’s memories, as he’s not a 18th century French fop. Kubrick seems to love this period (tri-cornered hats in the Ludovico films in Clockwork, the costumes in Eyes Wide Shut’s Rainbow Fashions and Venetian masks, Barry Lyndon, the unmade Napoleon project, etc.). Is it just his aesthetic tastes? Or is there something of significance about this period? The period of the Age of Enlightenment, where occultism inspires science advancements, where the Bavarian Illuminati is born, Napoleon…Indeed, there is something about this period.

Another monolith -- another advancement in human consciousness. Dave becomes a star baby, starchild, or pure energy? What does the ending mean? Kubrick and Clarke have preferred not to explain it, but from their POV, there is indeed meaning and purpose to everything put up there. People need to find their own meaning of life in their own way. The secret societies and mystery schools, from ancient Egyptians to Skull and Bones, would have the initiate left in a room to ponder various symbols and objects to come up with the meaning of it all, what it means for themselves. For me, the things I ponder to find meaning in the end of this film are subjects like apotheosis, what Jesus, Krishna, and Buddha accomplished, become one with one consciousness, etc.

EYES WIDE SHUT
Why does the media push the gossip, like Tom and Nicole’s real marriage during filming and separation after? The real question should be about the friggin secret sex orgy! It was a goddamn ritualistic secret society sex magik orgy! Who are those people?! - that's what I want to know. This is probably Kubrick’s most blatant masonic/illuminati symbol filled film; it's in plain sight, but most people’s eyes are wide shut. He mysteriously died 4 days after showing his cut to WB studio execs. Authors Jay Weidner and Kent Bentkowski believe Kubrick was knocked off for revealing too many of secret societies secrets (just like some say mason Mozart mysteriously died after his masonic The Magic Flute), but whatever. Bentkowski points out Kubrick died 666 days before 2001:A Space Odyssey would take place. The cause of death was heart attack, but family and friends said he was fine in the days before it happened. News reports, like the Guardian, said the family wouldn't release the details of his death. Interesting. I’m open to the possibility he was knocked off, and it makes sense, but the truth is we might never know.

I agree with some interpretations of the film by Weidner and Bentkowski, and some things might be too reaching, and some things I would have to research more to have an opinion. But definitely very interesting stuff. In Rainbow Fashions, why does the counter change positions from the night to day scenes? Why does Domino have a stuffed tiger on her bed that looks exactly like the type in the toy store at the end? Domino's room had African decor, but does that relate to her being HIV positive? Is there a guy at Ziegler's party that looks exactly like the Naval officer in Alice's dreams? Separately, was Kubrick tied with the Aldobrandini family, which has close ties to the Vatican? Did Kubrick attend the Aldobrandini orgies, giving him the idea for the movie? I don't know.

The movie is about being sucked into the secret society world of the rich and powerful elites through temptation (guy tries to take Kidman upstairs, girls try to take Cruise upstairs). The movers and shakers of the world are already a part of the hidden secret society ("If I told you their names..I'm not gonna tell you their names, but if I did, I don't think you'd sleep so well.") Sydney Pollack’s character, the 2 models and the Sandor Szavost character were all probably at the orgy (notice their strange sobering-up expressions when they fail getting Cruise. These bitches are up to something, c'mon). The explanation Sydney Pollack’s character gives at the end about the death threats just being showy and theatrical may or may not be true. What matters more: which story you buy, or the fact that now you've seen things, you're tainted, your eyes have seen, and now you're hooked? It may be just an orgy amongst the rich elite. Or it could be what many describe as what secret society sex magic rituals are like. Listen to sex slave survivors of MKULTRA and Project Monarch like Cathy O’Brien and Susan Ford (Brice Taylor). Kubrick also seems to want to say something about pedophilia; from Leelee Sobieski’s character to his earlier film Lolita. His buddy Arthur C. Clarke was rumored to like the young boys. What is it with the rich/elites and pedophilia? (the white house 1,2, Vatican 1,2,3,4, politicians 1, 2) The only explanation I’ve heard that makes sense involves luciferian ritual (1,2,3, 4). Doesn't really matter what your personal religious beliefs, it is your government and religious leaders that believe it and that should be called out and questioned. Subversive organizer Saul Alinsky, who admires lucifer (1) is an influence on Obama and Hilary Clinton, organizers of war crimes.

I would agree there’s a lot of symbols in the film. The masonic symbol of the rainbow (Rainbow Fashions, “want to go where the rainbow ends?”) comes from druidic magic; the rainbow is both in the physical and magical worlds, meaning transcendence and ascension. The daughter character Helena may or may not be named after theosophy founder Helena Blavatsky, a major influence in secret societies. Kidman’s character Alice could be like Alice looking through a looking glass, looking at a mirror in a few instances; favorite symbols in the Monarch program. The film meshes between dream and reality; she describes a dream having sex with several men and has the mask near her; so was she at the orgy? Was she a drugged up sex slave, not having a clear head? Here are some of the last lines in the movie:
“Maybe I think we should be grateful…that we’ve managed to survive through all of our adventures whether they were real or only a dream.”
“Are you sure of that?”
“Am I sure? Only as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth.”
“And no dream is ever just a dream.”
“The important thing is we’re awake now. And hopefully for a long time to come.”
Once you’ve seen some things, been enlightened and illuminated, your eyes are wide open. Hopefully, you're awake now, and continue to seek truth throughout your life, and not go back to sleep and close your eyes to all this.

Other things...The Red Cloak character sits on a chair with the double-headed eagle, a symbol used in many places from the Byzantine Empire and Holy Roman Empire (two heads representing east and west with the crown meaning that they rule over all from east to west). It’s also used on the cover of Morals and Dogma, emblem of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (the infamous sect that has the extra 33 degrees of super-secret knowledge). This chair represents who these people are at the orgy and where they come from, even though they hide behind masks. They are the movers and shakers of the world.

The password is Fidelio, Beethoven’ only opera, about a woman disguising herself to save her husband from death. Beethoven was rumored to be a freemason, and judging by his tombstone, I would say m'yeah I think so (obelisk, butterfly, ouroboros).

The masks were Venetian carnival masks made by Il Canovaccio. The Bauta are a type of masks used in the 18th century for anonymity in democratic secret ballot events regulated by the Venetian government. Kubrick sure loves the 18th century; an age of enlightenment, freemasonry, and illuminati.

Here's Kubrick's daughter talking about her father and the state of the world and the powers that be. (1) And this article backs up what she says Kubrick thought of the world, the US, and why he didn't want to live here.

Deconstructing the Movies of George Lucas: part 1
[revised 6-28-11]

This is my analysis of Lucas’ most popular films explained in terms of real world, historical and modern day, global and cultural influences. Sure, most people love them as pure entertainment. I do, too. Sure, you can read about his Joseph Campbell mythological stuff, the religious influences, and pulp serial cinematic influences elsewhere, but my analysis will be slightly different. I try to read as much as I can on what Lucas had in mind when making his movies. I've never met him, though I know he's fascinated with history and anthropology, and the more I research those things as well, the more I see these movies in a whole new light than when I was a kid watching them for the first time.

STAR WARS - EPISODES 1-6
In episode 3, the evil empire is born and Padme says, “So this is how liberty dies … with thunderous applause.” That one genius line pretty much sums up the whole thing.

In a 2002 Time magazine interview, Lucas said, “All democracies turn into dictatorships -- but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea … What kinds of things push people and institutions into this direction? … That’s the issue that I’ve been exploring: How did the Republic turn into the Empire? That’s paralleled with: How did Anakin turn into Darth Vader? How does a good person go bad, and how does a democracy become a dictatorship? It isn’t that the Empire conquered the Republic, it’s that the Empire is the Republic … One day Princess Leia and her friends woke up and said, ‘This isn‘t the Republic anymore, it‘s the Empire. We are the bad guys. Well, we don‘t agree with this. This democracy is a sham, it‘s all wrong.”

Here's an excerpt from a Michael Badnarik's Constitution class on what republics and democracies are, and how they turn to dictatorships.

The Making of Star Wars by J.W. Rinzler has Lucas' early handwritten notes which, from what I can make out, reads, “The Empire is like America ten years from now; after; Nixon-ian gangsters (assassinated?) the emperor and were elected to power in a rigged election; created civil disorder by instigating race riots, aiding rebel groups, and allowing the crime rate to rise to the point where a “total control” police state was welcomed by the people. Then the people were exploited with taxes, utility and transport costs. Gangsters (a cartel?) made up of power companies, transport companies and crime organizations. Other companies had to pay bribes to stay in business. They increased the crime rate by slowing down the system of justice and punishment…We are at a turning point: fascism or revolution.” Lucas saw this in the 60's and 70's. Each of those points is happening in America now. Everything is merging into huge corporations. A revolving door of private and government personnel manufacture societal problems, leading to chaos, creating a republic to welcome a fascist state to bring peace and order. The people welcome it with thunderous applause, time again, throughout history. And the point is that it is "fascism," not necessarily one dictator, that what we should be wary of. If you know history, you can see the signs, explained in this decon. (Here's Naomi Wolf talking about warning signs of fascism in America. 1)

Also, just as Lucas said his idea was to get kids interested in history with the Young Indiana Jones series, I think he has largely done that with Star Wars (a fantasy/sci-fi movie). Children are the future of the nation. We should learn history, or we're doomed to repeat it. I hated history when I was a kid, but can't get enough of it today, because real history is so friggin insane. Hitler, Napoleon, Caesar, the American 20th century was insanely surreal -- you can't make that stuff up. I believe a lot of why most films and video games today lack intelligence and universal and timeless appeal is that they don't know history; it doesn't resonate in humanity. Star Wars does.

A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…
Yes, the "A long time ago, far far away..." line is very mythic and fairytale-like, but the key thing here is that it's strangely on a sci-fi film. Before Nazi Germany, before Rome, etc. there are sources that go way back for millennia that tell of the rise and fall of great civilizations -- it’s a timeless tale. I'm talking Hindu's Yugas or The Great Ages. There are ruins of destroyed civilizations that are dated much further back than the mainstream's timeline of humanity. Everything is mathematically cyclical, but not circular, more like spiral. And this is like quantum theory, which is like the Force, but I'll get into that later. History doesn't repeat itself exactly one to one. Because of free will, we do grow and learn from our mistakes IF we learn from the past, gain knowledge, make educated choices. Lucas sets you up to watch a sci-fi film, a genre which most people assume is about the future, but then says, no, this is a cyclical tale played out over and over throughout time.

HEIGHT OF THE REPUBLIC
The architecture of Naboo is clearly influenced by Greco-Roman styles, with it’s domed roofs, arches and columns. The pastoral greenery and city landscaping evoke idealistic romanticism and pre-Raphaelite art. The organic Gungan designs are very Art Nouveau, showing not only a oneness with nature, but a high point in craftsmanship. And what was the response to Art Nouveau? Bauhaus; which is very black and white with minimal geometry. More on that later.

"So it was with the Republic at its height. Like the greatest of trees, able to withstand any external attack, the Republic rotted from within though the danger was not visible from the outside. Aided and abetted by restless, power-hungry individuals within the government, and the massive organs of commerce, the ambitious Senator Palpatine caused himself to be elected President of the Republic." --Star Wars novel. Words to heed.

SECRET SOCIETY SITH MENACE
The Sith were a secret society, so secret that the Jedi in the prequels denied their existence. Even Mace Windu and Yoda didn’t believe they were behind it all until it was too late. Like Lucas said, it's not really by coup; it was mostly by a stealthy political infiltration that the Sith gained power. Sidious manipulates Amidala, the Trade Federation, and the Senate to give him more and more powers, incrementally, eventually becoming Emperor. Sidious creates the whole friggin Star Wars! (BTW, I only know the SW movies, not the Expanded Universe) Throughout history, secret societies have repeatedly attempted this plot, almost with the same MO, just like the MO of a serial killer.

Napoleon was interested in the occult, and had his men in Egypt studying everything there, dissecting the culture, had things translated, had a Book of Fate and Oraculum, said to give him powers and the successes he's had. Many scholars debate if Napoleon was a mason himself, but J.E.S. Tuckett, in Napoleon I and Freemasonry says, "There is incontestable evidence that Napoleon was acquainted with the nature, aims and organization of Freemasonry: that he approved of and made use of it to further his own ends." Most of the leaders of the French Revolution were Freemasons (Jacobins), creating grassroots chaos (like today in Egypt). This economic and political chaos led by certain figures is one of the first signs to watch out for (I'm not saying revolution is bad, but look at who the leaders are and what they stand for). Then, the unstable government called the The Directory does a crap job, with "no confidence," so in comes in a triumvirate of plotting masons, including Napoleon, but in the end it's basically Napoleon giving himself increasingly dictatorial power. Likewise, Palpatine.

Taking a step back, let me clarify again about freemasonry and illuminati (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,), as I have in other posts. Instead of blindly parroting the mainstream knee-jerk act of ignorant ridicule of things without looking it, let me suggest some investigation. Today we know of the mafia, for example, but they were as secret as the illuminati. I'm not saying the mafia aims for global domination, I just bring up the reality of their existence, because it was FBI director J. Edgar Hoover that denied the mafia's existence. Many founding fathers of the US were masons, and spoke out against the illuminati. The illuminati is acknowledged in the history books as the Bavarian illuminati, although many believe it's really older than that, in one form or another. George Washington acknowledged that the illuminati have infiltrated the higher levels of freemasonry, and their actions are certainly evident of it. What they do, and said they would do, in a nutshell, is what Palpatine and the Sith did -- is infiltrate all aspects of society, be outwardly philanthropic, but inwardly power-hungry and willing to do whatever is necessary for the greater good, aiming for global control (they are also called the New World Order, and I have a Lucas quote about that later). The emperors of history always want global domination. This is all similarly described in the prologue to the Star Wars novelization, quoted above. A timeless tale? Or tale resonating because it's fact?

Another example of same MO is obviously Hitler and the Nazis; probably what Star Wars is most often compared to. Nazi leaders were occultists (as seen in the Indiana Jones films), but obviously the dark side of the occult. The History Channel has a documentary called Hitler and the Occult. Hitler and his men were from the Vril and Thule secret societies; a key leader being freemason occultist Rudolf von Sebottendorff. This is the anti-Semitic and aryan race stuff; believing the power in the blood lines, as does the Star Wars' Force runs strong in the bloodlines idea. Other key figures were Madame Helena Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley. The BBC documentary The Nazis, A Warning From History and Antony Sutton explains how Hitler had all sorts of help in his rise to power, such being funded from US banks and corporations for his National Socialist party and meeting places. Weimar Germany was in chaos, economic depression, there was no confidence in senile Chancellor Hindenburg. Sound familiar? He just signed off on anything, and even gave emergency powers to Hitler, and made him chancellor, who got himself incrementally more dictatorial powers. I simplified the details here, but go will into them later.

And this same-old same-old story hits close to home. John Perkins, author of The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals and the Truth about Global Corruption, in 2007 on Democracy Now! said, "... since World War II, we economic hit men have managed to create the world’s first truly global empire, and we’ve done it primarily without the military, unlike other empires in history. We’ve done it through economics very subtly. We work many different ways, but perhaps the most common one is that we will identify a third world country that has resources our corporations covet, such as oil, and then we arrange a huge loan to that country from the World Bank or one of its sister organizations. The money never actually goes to the country. It goes instead to US corporations, who build big infrastructure projects—power grids, industrial parks, harbors, highways—things that benefit a few very rich people but do not reach the poor at all. The poor aren’t connected to the power grids. They don’t have the skills to get jobs in industrial parks. But they and the whole country are left holding this huge debt, and it’s such a big bet that the country can’t possibly repay it. So at some point in time, we economic hit men go back to the country and say, "Look, you know, you owe us a lot of money. You can’t pay your debt, so you’ve got to give us a pound of flesh."

"Well, the Group of Eight are the wealthiest countries in the world, and basically they run the world. And the leader is the United States, and it’s actually the corporations within these companies—countries, excuse me—that run it. It’s not the governments, because, after all, the governments serve at the pleasure of the corporations. In our own country, we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that’s not going to come from me and you. Primarily that’s going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. They’re totally beholden to the government. So the G8 really is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest."

"And what we’re seeing now in Europe—and we’re seeing it very strongly in Latin America, we’re seeing it in the Middle East—we’re seeing this huge undercurrent of resistance, of protest, against this empire that’s been built out of this. And it’s been such a subtle empire that people haven’t been aware of it, because it wasn’t built by the military. It was built by economic hit men. Most of us aren’t aware of it. Most Americans have no idea that these incredible lifestyles that we all lead are because we’re part of a very vicious empire that literally enslaves people around the world, misuses people. But we’re beginning to understand this. And the Europeans and the Latin Americans are at the forefront of this understanding."

"... this empire that we’ve created really has an emperor, and it’s not the president of this country. The President serves, you know, for a short period of time. But it doesn’t really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it’s really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. This isn’t a conspiracy theory. They don’t need to conspire. They all know what serves their best interest. But they really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they’re not democratically elected, they don’t serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards, and most corporate CEOs actually run their boards, rather than the other way around. And they are the power behind this."

[Going on a tangent, it's not all gloom-n-doom if we take control back. Don't support big corporate stuff, like wal-mart, and made-in-china stuff -- buy local. He brings up the point that we, people, have indeed changed they way corporations do things in the past by demanding it and being knowledgeable, and we can do much more.]

THE TRADE FEDERATION AND CORPORATIONS
Why do the Neimodians have Asian accents? Is Lucas implying the Chinese?
The Trade Federation is obviously under the thumb of the Sith, as they are doing whatever Darth Sidious, AKA Senator Palpatine, commands. We witness the Sith manipulating both sides in the Clone Wars. The Sith can’t do it alone. They slowly over, who knows how many years, influence, infiltrate and manipulate almost every aspect of society; banking, trade, corporations, etc. In The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J.W. Rinzler, a handwritten note by Lucas reads, "Empire controled by large corp..."

We Americans (and now most of the rest of the world today) are raised to be a consumerist society on purpose (study Edward Bernays, nephew of Freud, and his work with the white house and many marketing companies). We buy things we don't, arguably, need (also explored in THX1138), through marketing that preys on emotions, making us reliant on buying STUFF, especially foreign made goods, and when you're reliant on someone else, you are controlled. In episode 2, there is a meeting with the Separatist Council that Obi-Wan eavesdrops in on that consists of Count Dooku, AKA Lord Tyranus, The Trade Federation, Commerce Guild, Corporate Alliance, Techno Union, and The Banking Clan. Similar closed-door meetings in the real world include the Bilderberg, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, etc. The top world leaders, top richest families, and top corporations. If you have an annual meeting with the top people, you can decide on policy, agendas and goals. It’s a simple business model hierarchy, like the pyramid; just the top people need to know, and the rest below you will follow.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise and Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein explains that globalists have learned the tried and true method of how to destroy economies, and have used the tactic again and again all over the world, destroying Africa, South America, and the US. With deregulation and free trade from NAFTA and GATT (listen to Sir James Goldsmith on Charlie Rose 1994), things you buy made overseas can be set with cheaper prices, jobs are outsourced, leaving us here unemployed with no chance of recovery. Enter a government solution, enter a savior -- global currency perhaps?

The documentary The Nazis: A Warning From History: Part 1 Helped Into Power says “In the early 1920’s inflation spiraled out of control.” German survivors said, “ I once paid 4 billion Reichsmark for sausage and bread. It really was a collapse. People said ‘It can’t go on like this.’ Then the debate began about the need for a strong man. And the call for a strong man became louder and louder, because democracy achieved nothing.” "5 major banks folded, now middle class was suffering."

When you shock people with a crisis, real or imagined, they are vulnerable for programming, vulnerable to whatever sneaky policies they want to push. If Queen Amidala’s people are being oppressed, "suffering and dying," she’d vote for no confidence in Chancellor Vallorum to get someone who‘d do something about it, maybe her own Senator P can get a sympathy vote. They think people in desperation want a dictator in times of disorder and civil unrest, because democracy doesn't work, it's too corrupt to work, on purpose. Chancellor Hinderberg was getting old and senile in Weimar Germany, which made Hitler look good, he had all the answers, so he becomes the new Chancellor. If the economy is bad, Hitler could print more money. Sound familiar? Poor, starving people don’t know economics well enough to be against it. Starving people believe anything; they even believed the Nazi propaganda that Jews caused all the problems, the World Jewry were taking over the world and had a world agenda. The German people went along with and participated in the Jew abuse. This is the power of propaganda.

The Emperor plays on Anakin‘s emotional needs. ”Know the power of the dark side. Power to save Padme’.” Manipulation based on emotional needs and wants, instead of reason and thought. Most corporate mainstream media use this tactic (CNN, Fox, MSNBC) rather than address the real issues, what’s really in a bill, or whatever. Emotion is used in all political and social issues; from war on terror, race wars, healthcare, environmentalism, religions, etc. Learn about the tactics of Edward Bernays (nephew of Freud) and Saul Alinsky (Hillary Clinton thesis and Obama’s Lucifer-loving mentor). Hitler said, “All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people.”

ORDER 66
"Having exterminated through treachery and deception the Jedi Knights, guardians of justice in the galaxy, the Imperial governors and bureaucrats prepared to institute a reign of terror among the disheartened worlds of the galaxy." -- Star Wars novel.

About order 66; Obi-Wan says “A young Jedi named Darth Vader who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights…Now the Jedi are all but extinct.” Like a gangster mob eliminates it’s competition and opposition, ala the end of The Godfather. Julius Caesar did this. The Knight’s Templar were hunted on Friday 13th. Mussolini's Black Shirts and Hitler’s Brown Shirts squashed dissent to bully their way to power, and the “Blood Purge” of 1934, AKA Night of the Long Knives took care of opposition. The US does this all the time. Civil courts found the US government guilty in murdering MLKjr, for being anti-war. There were many questionable deaths of scientists opposed to global warming, and whistleblowers exposing government corruption, like Nancy Schaefer, murdered. And, Youtube has examples of Obama/Clinton/Bush/Gore hecklers silenced, bullied around and tased by security, trying to end free speech -- exactly what thugs like the Brown Shirts were hired to do.

"But a small number of systems rebelled at these new outrages. Declaring themselves opposed to the New Order they began the great battle to restore the Old Republic." -- Star Wars novel.

TO BE CONTINUED....