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1. The Hidden Meaning of Katy Perry’s Highly Symbolic Performance at the 2024 VMAs

The past few years of Katy Perry's career were not easy. After ruling pop music in the first half of the 2010s, she released a string of unpopular songs with questionable videos while constantly finding herself in embarrassing situations. Some might say she's in a long, drawn-out "humiliation phase" of her career, as the industry apparently selected her to be a "fool" in popular culture.

While this concept might seem far-fetched, it makes complete sense when one understands the mindset of the elite, which is influenced by occultism and ritual drama. Furthermore, Monarch mind control is rampant in the entertainment industry, where trauma and humiliation is an integral part of the process of breaking down and keeping control of slaves.

As seen in numerous articles, Katy Perry's works have been drenched in the elite's agenda, including MK symbolism. For instance, the 2012 video Wide Awake (analyzed here) is one of the most blatant videos about Monarch programming ever made. In the 2017 article "What is Happening to Katy Perry?" I look at the singer's downward spiral from superstar to industry pariah. Sometimes, stars are universally praised, and they can't do no wrong. Then, all of a sudden, everything they do is wrong.

After a string of bizarre events, Perry shaved her head and dyed it blonde – a common occurrence in MK slaves. Then, she released Bon Appétit, a song that compares her to an all-you-can-eat buffet, complete with a video that alludes to cannibalism (one of the elite's obsessions.)

The cover art of Bon Appétit represents her being banged by three dudes. That's the type of song industry slaves have to release.

The loss of dignity only got worse in the years that followed.

While most celebrities paraded around in high fashion at the 2019 MET Gala, Katy Perry was dressed as a hamburger. And she was mercilessly laughed at for months. Humiliation ritual.

In 2024, Perry tried to make a big comeback and released a big single with a big music video. It was a big flop. Everyone hated Woman's World, as critics panned its feminist message for being tone-death and out-of-date. Not only that, the song was produced by Dr. Luke – the infamous producer who Kesha sued for "sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, civil harassment, violation of California's laws against unfair business practices, infliction of emotional distress (both intentional and negligent), and negligent retention and supervision." Not very empowering.

As explained in this very old article, Dr. Luke was basically Kesha's MK handler. So him producing Katy Perry's "feminist anthem" was not well received.

It's almost as if all of this was done on purpose to further humiliate Perry. The video's imagery was so absurd that some wondered if it wasn't actually a parody.

In one of the Woman's World's many perplexing scenes, Perry is peeing in a urinal. With her girls. Because it's a group activity. But seriously, what is the actual message of this scene? That being a "strong woman" involves having a penis? But having a penis means that you're a man, negating the strong woman narrative. None of this makes sense.

What is the meaning of this scene (other than insinuating sex)?

The entire video seems tailor-made to cover Perry with scorn and ridicule. Here are the very first comments one encounters on YouTube.

It's a never-ending streaming of negative comments.

Music critics also hated the song.

A typical review of Woman's World.

Despite releasing the biggest flop of 2024, MTV decided to award Katy Perry the Video Vanguard Award (also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award). The choice was somewhat surprising.

Upon hearing the news, I wondered: Is her humiliation phase finally over? Will mass media restore some of her dignity? At face value, the answer seems to be "yes." However, when one understands the symbolism of her 10-minute performance that preceded the award, the answer is definitely "NOPE." The entire thing was about depicting her as a sad product of mind control.

Here's a look at the performance.

Lifetime Slavery Award

To celebrate her achievements at the 2024 VMAs, Perry served her fans a medley of hits from the past decade (while carefully avoiding Woman's World). Sadly, the symbolism throughout that performance pointed directly to her being an MK slave of the occult elite.

The performance began with Perry floating in a "portal" in a highly symbolic position: The arch of hysteria.

Previous articles show that the elite is bizarrely obsessed with this specific position.

The arch of hysteria has been identified centuries ago as the most extreme physical reaction to trauma and, according to some, demonic possession.

Tony Podesta, one of Washington's most powerful people, proudly displays the sculpture Arch of Hysteria by Marguerite Bourgois in his house. It's one of the many examples of the elite obsessing over this specific position.

So why is Perry assuming this specific position? Because it represents trauma, the first step of Monarch programming.  Once the trauma is intense enough, the body's defense mechanism is to dissociate. This is when MK handlers begin programming. All of this process is described through symbolism during Perry's performance.

Perry floats around inside the "portal" to dissociation. To make things more obvious, butterfly wings flash on each portal side.

MK slaves who dissociate are said to feel a "floating" sensation. Therefore, after the trauma represented by the arch of hysteria, Perry floats to represent her state of dissociation. The butterfly wings confirm that this is all about Monarch Programming. Those specific wings will be seen again later.

Meanwhile, Perry sings her hit E.T., which contains lyrics that could easily describe the relationship between an MK slave with her handler.

You're so hypnotizing
Could you be the devil, could you be an angel
Your touch magnetizing
Feels like I'm floating, leaves my body glowing

(…)

Kiss me, k-k-kiss me
Infect me with your love and fill me with your poison
Take me, t-t-take me
Wanna be a victim, ready for abduction
Boy, you're an alien, your touch so foreign
Its supernatural, extraterrestrial

Then, the programming phase begins.

Rapper Doechii awaits Perry in an "MK lab" surrounded by spare parts of women. This is about dehumanization and the creation of new alter personas.

To indicate that they're artificial MK creations, Perry and Doechii's costumes feature tubes and metallic parts.

Although the song is literally titled I'M HIS, HE'S MINE (a rather heterosexual theme), Katy simulates sexual activities with Doechii. One of the aims of Monarch programming is to create Sex Kittens slaves who have no limits or inhibitions.

Katy Perry "scissors" Doechii, not because she's a lesbian but because she's a programmed slave, and she has to.

Meanwhile, Orlando Bloom (Katy Perry's husband) seems somewhat perplexed by this situation.

As Perry performs her next song, the next phase of her programming is depicted through symbolism.

Perry sits on a heart turning cold (dehumanization) as digits scroll on top of it.

In Perry's world, 143 is code for "I Love You" (the number of letters in each word). The very human feeling of love is translated to binary computer language (it is not actually binary, but whatever), representing Perry being programmed to "love" who she is told to "love."

The sex kitten slave has to "service" a ridiculous number of dudes. Why are there so many of them? Meanwhile, Orlando Bloom is still wondering what's happening.

To represent her complete transformation into a Monarch slave, Perry wears giant butterfly wings (stylized to look like devil horns). 

Perry's performance ends with her standing on a pyramid of men while holding a big butterfly—pure Monarch programming.

Then, her husband comes on stage to hand her the Video Vanguard Award.

In a possibly unintentional yet highly symbolic scene, Kerry exchanges that big butterfly representing mind control (why was she still holding it?) with a shiny award from the music industry.

If one ignores the blatant symbolism above, her receiving this award should be, in theory, a glorious moment. It appears that she finally got her dignity back. With that being said, here are the first words of her acceptance speech.

"I did that all on my first day of my period, too."

Wow. Dignity denied. It's almost as if she was told to say that. And, as usual, Perry got criticized in the media.

Even when Katy Perry wins, she loses.

In Conclusion

The music industry is weird. While some stars enjoy unlimited praise from mass media, others are "sacrificed" and covered with unlimited ridicule. After ruling the 2010s, Katy Perry turned into a hamburger-wearing weirdo who gets attacked every time she does or says something. She even got rejected by Kamala Harris' people when she offered Woman's World as a campaign song. Ouch.

While the Video Vanguard Awards supposedly celebrate a lifetime of achievements, Katy's performance celebrated a lifetime of slavery. As she performed her biggest hits, Perry reenacted the sad life of an MK slave who is subjected to trauma, dissociation, programming, and exploitation. Even when Perry is "celebrated," she's humiliated.

And she did that all on the first day of her period.

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2. Sinister Sites: Baron Empain Palace, an Egyptian “House of Horrors”

When one thinks of Egypt, one usually pictures the Great Pyramids of ancient times or the Islamic architecture of recent times. So when one comes across Baron Empain Palace—a bizarre building inspired by Hindu and Cambodian temples—it appears out of place. It's almost as if it wasn't built by Egyptians at all. That's because it wasn't.

The palace was built by Belgium-born Baron Édouard Empain, an extraordinarily wealthy industrialist best known for building the Paris Metro. During the end of the 19th century, Empain's construction company took on massive infrastructure projects worldwide, some financed by the Rothschilds – the most powerful dynasty in modern history.

As seen in previous articles, the Rothschilds are the definition of "occult elite," and, as we'll see, Empain shared a keen interest in the dark arts.

Baron Édouard Empain.

In 1904, Empain traveled to Egypt and convinced the local government to sell him 10 square miles of land North of Cairo. In this desertic area, Empain built Heliopolis, a modern city of "leisure and luxury" that would eventually attract elite figures from Egypt and the Arab world. At the center of it all, on an artificial mound, Empain built a palace that would become his family's primary residence.

Baron Empain Palace during construction circa 1909.

No expenses or eccentricities were spared in the making of this palace. It was built with the finest materials and included some of the most intricate features imaginable. French architect Alexandre Marcel even erected the building on a rotating base, allowing occupants to view the entire city and bathe in sunbeams throughout the day. These strange steampunk-like characteristics lead some to claim that the building was constructed with the help of some form of unholy magic.

While the palace, like its surrounding city, was meant to be a place of "leisure and luxury," some of the events that occurred inside its walls were neither leisurely nor luxurious. Here are some of the stories surrounding the palace:

• Empain conducted occult rituals in the Palace's basement, in a room where nobody was allowed to enter. member of the Freemasons and other secret societies
• This basement room leads to a secret tunnel that connects the palace to the nearby Basilica Church.
• Empain's daughter, who was paralyzed and riddled with psychological problems, could not leave the palace due to social stigma. She was found dead inside the building's service elevator, in a probable suicide.
• Empain's wife died by falling from the palace's massive spiral staircase, in a probable suicide.

In 1929, Baron Empain died of a mysterious illness and, per his will, was buried in the crypt of the Basilica Church. Some years later, the palace was sold at an auction and soon became one of those creepy, abandoned places surrounded by mystery.

In the following decades, the palace was believed to be "haunted" as people reported strange noises, odd sightings, and even flickering lights. There were also persistent rumors of orgies and satanic rituals taking place in the abandoned palace.

The palace made the news a few times for being a gathering place of Satanists in the 1990s.

Despite its state of disrepair, the palace's "energy" continued to attract a specific crowd. Its walls were "decorated" with graffiti depicting satanic symbols or unsettling words such as "evil evil ghost of death," while countless bats flew around the premises.

In the early 2000s, the palace was thoroughly renovated and became a popular tourist attraction. Of course, the creepiest parts were closed off to the public, and the secret chambers were probably torn down. However, most of the palace's art and sculptures were restored. While some of the stories surrounding the palace are based on unreliable accounts, the works of art provide a clear glimpse into the mindset behind its creator.

Here's a closer look at the palace.

A Temple of Deceit

Visiting the Palace involves climbing stairs and coming across symbolic sculptures.

Walking towards the palace's entrance, one is greeted with art of various origins, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Greco-Roman mythology, and the Bible, along with some pieces leaning on the erotic side. At first glance, these sculptures give off a sense of refinement and high spirituality.

However, examining these sculptures and their subject matter more closely reveals a darker narrative: They allude to the darker side of human nature and spirituality. While most sculptures were impaled or decapitated throughout the years by trespassers, their symbolic meaning remains intact.

A marble sculpture depicting Narcissus welcomes guests to the palace. Interesting choice.

In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a young man who was so impossibly handsome that he fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water.

"As he reached his teenage years, the handsome youth never found anyone that could pull his heartstrings, indeed, he left in his wake a long trail of distressed and broken-hearted maidens, and one or two young men fell by the wayside too. Then, one day, he chanced to see his own reflection in a pool of water and, thus, discovered the ultimate in unrequited love and fell in love with himself. Naturally, this one-way relationship went nowhere, and Narcissus, unable to draw himself away from the pool, pined away in despair until he finally died of thirst and starvation."
– World History Encyclopedia, Narcissus

Narcissus is the origin of the term "narcissism" and "narcissistic personality disorder," a psychiatric condition marked by grandiosity, excessive need for attention and admiration, and an inability to empathize. In other words, Narcissus represents the exact opposite of a spiritual being. He is the embodiment of self-absorption.

Therefore, Narcissus's welcoming of guests at Baron Empain Palace indicates that this is not a temple of spirituality; it is about the opposite: indulging in worldly excesses.

This happens to be the basis of Satanism. This next sculpture might confirm this fact.

Another marble figure depicts David stepping victoriously on Goliath's head.

In the Old Testament, the giant Philistine warrior Goliath was defeated by the young Israelite shepherd David using a sling. It is the original underdog story. But why is a Biblical tale depicted in this Hindu-inspired temple? It is difficult to say. However, a bizarre detail etched at the sculpture's base indicates that there might be an entire other meaning to this sculpture.

The base has 666 etched in Arabic numerals at the very center.

A chart of Arabic numbers. The number 6 is identical to what is seen above.

Other pieces around the premises also allude to the darker side of spirituality.

Near the entrance door stands a prominent sculpture of Shiva the Destroyer.

Shiva is the third god in the Hindu trinity, and while he has many forms and meanings, he is often called the "destroyer of worlds." In the sculpture above, Shiva is definitely in a destructive mood as he's surrounded by a ring of fire and cobras he uses as weapons. As seen in previous articles, the occult elite loves Shiva, probably because he is known to "destroy the universe to recreate it," which happens to be the ultimate goal of the elite. Is this why Shiva statues exist in symbolic places such as CERN and the World Health Organization?

Throughout the palace, countless figures with angry and menacing eyes surround visitors, giving them an unsettling feeling of being watched.

Inside the palace, visitors are greeted with more symbolic art.

While this statue has been thoroughly defaced, the panel says it is "The Temptation of Buddha."

A recurring theme in Buddhist art, this sculpture represents the demon Mara tempting Buddha with his three beautiful daughters, Rati (lust), Trishna (thirst), and Raga (delight).

A classic depiction of Buddah's temptation.

While this story is about resisting temptation, the Baron probably selected it because it involves demons, lust, and seductive daughters.

Buddha sits on twin pillars similar to those guarding the entrance of Masonic temples.

A classic Masonic chart depicting the twin pillars of Freemasonry. Baron Empain was most likely a Freemason.

Most of the palace's original objects and furniture are long gone, leaving visitors to gaze at mostly empty rooms. However, one of the palace's most striking features can still be experienced.

A dizzying spiral staircase goes all the way up the palace's massive tower.

It is from the top of this staircase that the Baron's wife fell to her death. This grim fact sums up the story of the Baron Empain Palace: Behind the guise of wealth and luxury lay complete moral decay, profound distress, and a cloud of dark energy that can still be felt today.

In Conclusion

The Baron Empain Palace is the definition of a "sinister site." It was built by a man of incredible wealth and connected with the world's most powerful dynasties (the Rothschilds). Not unlike the elite of today, he was obsessed with occultism and mankind's darkest impulses.

Through a collection of carefully chosen pieces such as Narcissus, Shiva the Destroyer, and the literal number 666, the palace signals (to those in the know) the true purpose of its "temple." While, in its upper levels, the palace welcomed lavish balls and elite gatherings, its lowest levels were the site of dark activities such as occult rituals, orgies, and blood sacrifices. Who even knows what happened in that underground tunnel?

Baron Empain Palace was built on a rotating base so that it could always bask in sunlight. However, despite the unrelenting presence of the Egyptian sun, the palace will forever be surrounded by darkness.

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3. Something’s Terribly Wrong With Sabrina Carpenter and her Video “Taste”

In my last article about Sabrina Carpenter, I explained how the pop singer was being propped up to become a big star. Some months later, she's magically topping charts everywhere, and every media outlet is gushing over her. They even awarded her single Espresso the title of "Song of the Summer" … in April.

In other words, Sabrina Carpenter has been granted the proverbial spotlight by the powers that be. And it's all artificial. And some people have noticed that something was off.

Many people noticed that no matter what song they listened to on Spotify, the app automatically followed it with Espresso.

Could a near-monopolistic app like Spotify tweak its algorithm to push Sabrina Carpenter artificially? Yes, it could be—very easily.

The trend was so evident that the mass media had to report on this "conspiracy theory."

When mass media uses the term "conspiracy theory," it usually means people are on to something.

But why is Sabrina Carpenter being force-fed to the public right now? The answer can be summed up in one word: Agenda. Her videos and the general narrative surrounding her work comply with the occult elite's terrible agenda.

In 2019, when Carpenter was much less of a household name, I published an article about her video In My Bed, which happens to be one of the most blatant music videos about Monarch mind control in history.

In this scene from In My Bed, Sabrina is in a straitjacket with her eyes spinning (representing her being hypnotized) as MK handlers observe her. She is trapped in a room that is obsessively "decorated" with pictures of her at various ages, including baby pictures. She has been under "their" control since birth.

In 2023, I wrote about her video Feather. Its message was deeply toxic. Also, while filming that video, Sabrina and her crew desecrated an actual church. Priests actually had to re-bless its altar after her foul presence.

In Feather, Sabrina dances suggestively on the altar of an actual Church, surrounded by the coffins of the men she killed. On the coffins is written "RIP Bitch." That's basically satanic.

After that video, the media began hyping her up and describing her becoming a massive star as inevitable.

Translation of the title: Sabrina Carpenter is an industry plant.

After force-feeding the world the "song of the summer," Espresso, Carpenter released Taste. To ensure young people were exposed to its violent toxicity, Jenna Ortega (known to children as Wednesday) was cast in the video.

Distasteful

Taste takes place in Sabrina Carpenter's cinematic universe, where most men get brutally murdered while she exhibits complete indifference. As seen in past articles, Carpenter did not invent anything; murdering men in music videos has been a "trend" for years. And, by "trend," I mean a purposefully recurring agenda bent on attacking and demeaning masculinity at all levels of society.

In Taste, a man dies for no reason, and nobody cares. Even worse, they make fun of him. Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega survive all kinds of abuse.

Taste was mainly inspired by the 1992 movie Death Becomes Her, in which two aging women drink a potion that promises eternal youth.

In Death Becomes Her, the protagonists become immortal due to a potion created by a bizarre, witchcraft-y secret society. Although not specified in Carpenter's video, we can assume that she's immortal for the same reason, which is entirely appropriate. Everything about this video is in line with the occult elite's obsessions.

Taste begins with a shot of a bed on which are placed weapons and devices one could associate with BDSM. Also, there's a teddy bear.

This shot is oddly reminiscent of the highly controversial Balenciaga ad campaign that alluded to pedophilia.

The Balenciaga ad campaign featured sad-looking children posing with questionable items. In this picture, a young girl poses with a leash, a collar, and a plush bear wearing a BDSM outfit. The rest of the campaign is worse. The similarities between this ad and the first shot from Carpenter's video are striking. Are they bizarrely paying hommage?

In Taste, Sabrina Carpenter wants to kill Jenna Ortega because she's with her man. The song is said to be about Camilla Cabello and Shawn Mendes, who is supposed to be Carpenter's ex (or whatever, I don't care). However, as is usually the case, the video's symbolism refers to something much darker: Monarch programming.

Indeed, while the video spoofs several horror movies, the scenes are strung together to refer to concepts such as trauma and dissociation subtly. To make sure we understand that this video is about occult elite weirdness, it features the most violent one-eye sign in history.

Carpenter throws a knife in Ortega's eye, effectively creating a bloody one-eye sign.

At the hospital, Jenna wears a nurse outfit inspired by Kill Bill: Volume 1. It's a great way to keep that one-eye symbolism going.

In the scene above, Ortega holds a defibrillator and angrily walks towards Carpenter.

While defibrillators are usually used in the chest area, Jenna places them on each side of Carpenter's head, effectively electroshocking her.

Appropriately enough, electroshock is used in Monarch programming to induce trauma, dissociation, and memory loss.

To retaliate, Carpenter also engages in MK-related shenanigans.

Carpenter spies on Ortega while holding a voodoo doll. She removes the head from the doll – a classic way of representing an MK slave dissociating.

Witchcraft and especially voodoo magic play an essential role in the programming of MK slaves.

"In discussing how trauma-based mind-control is done, voodoo must be included as a component. Many of the mind-controlled slaves have had voodoo as part of their trauma, and many had voodoo dolls placed into their Systems. When vows and oaths are made, an object is given to the satanic cult or the Illuminati for the Keeper of the Seals to guard. If the vow is broken voodoo magic can be used against the offender by using the object given in the sealing."
– Fritz Springmeier, The Illuminati Formula to Create a Mind Controlled Slave

Ortega happens to own a Sabrina Carpenter voodoo doll. She throws it in a fireplace.

As a result of voodoo magic, Carpenter catches fire. And, yes, fire torture is an important part of Monarch programming as well.

In another gruesome scene, Ortega cuts off one of Carpenter's arms and chokes her with it. Pop music is unhinged.

In this scene, Carpenter is wearing white while Ortega is wearing black. Duality is an important part of MK programming.

While some might think that the scenes above might not be about mind control, the following scene clearly alludes to a dissociative state of mind.

Ortega and the guy (who is basically a prop in the video) engage in a passionate Hollywood kiss.

Ortega then believes that she's actually kissing Carpenter.

When the video was released, mass media gushed over this scene. And while everyone was like, "OMG yaasss so iCoNic," they completely missed the point of the scene: It is about Ortega being in a dissociative state.

Ortega pulls out a chainsaw out of nowhere and slices Carpenter.

As Ortega watches Carpenter falling into a swimming pool, the real Carpenter appears behind her.

We then realize that Ortega manipulated into murdering the guy.

In Sabrina Carpenter's cinematic world, a man's death is always met with ridicule and indifference. Nothing of value is lost. And the funeral is the perfect time to make light of the situation.

The guy is so generic that he doesn't even get a name. At his funeral, he's ironically referred to as "Beloved boyfriend."

At the guy funeral, while the nameless guy's mother is crying, Ortega smiles and touches Carpenter in a flirty way.

Yeah, they're going to be a lesbian couple.

In the video's final scene, Carpenter and Ortega leave the funeral while laughing at the guy they murdered, calling him clingy, insecure, and with "lots of trauma."

The final scene is heavily inspired by Death Becomes Her, but the "moral of the story" is the exact opposite.

By the conclusion of Death Becomes Her, the women looked like rotting corpses.

In Death Becomes Her's funeral scene, Ernest is eulogized as having achieved "true immortality" through a fulfilling life where he accomplished good deeds and fathered wonderful children. In other words, by leaving the toxic energy of these witches and becoming a good person, he achieved eternal life. Meanwhile, the women who engaged in witchcraft for superficial purposes must live a sad life where they continually spraypaint their skins to cover their decaying flesh.

However, in Taste, the guy is nothing more than an innocent victim of murder. But he's a man, so it's ok. Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega emerge as victorious, glamorous, and murderous lesbians. In the occult elite's narratives, there is no "moral of the story." Evil wins, and that's about it.

In Conclusion

Like many other industry pawns, Sabrina Carpenter was "raised" in Disney's system. Then, an inorganic force pushed her toward stardom. But that came at a price: She had to take part in toxic, violent videos where death and mind control are celebrated. Because, in mass media, when a celebrity has the attention of impressionable minds, they have to be used to push agendas. It's either that, or the spotlight goes to someone else.

In Taste, Carpenter plays the role of a psychopath alongside Jenna Ortega, another child star raised by the industry. In this gratuitously gory video, both engage in "hilarious" situations that subtly refer to the trauma and dissociation of MK slaves. Then, they kill a man, and they live happily ever after.

In short, Taste is a "taste" of what the elite wants us to become: Angry, sadistic, emotionless, mind-controlled, man-haters. And if we could all suddenly turn gay, that would be great, too.

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4. Politics and Mind Control: Why “The Manchurian Candidate” is More Relevant Than Ever

Released in 1962, The Manchurian Candidate perfectly captured the Cold War climate of its time. In an era characterized by confusion and paranoia, countless people in politics and entertainment were suspected of secretly working for the communists. Over sixty years later, as politicians are still accusing each other of working for China, Russia, or a communist agenda, The Manchurian Candidate still manages to reflect the climate of our time.

But there's another aspect of The Manchurian Candidate that makes its story truly unique, prophetic, and more relevant than ever: It was one of the first pieces of entertainment ever that directly addressed the concept of mind control, where individuals could be brainwashed and programmed to carry out high-profile assassinations.

In many ways, the movie was stunningly accurate and prophetic. One year after its release, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by a man who claimed to be a "patsy" … before being assassinated himself. Five years later, Robert F. Kennedy would be assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian man who would later claim he was a product of mind control.

Sirhan Sirhan's story is a movie on its own.

As years passed, the public realized that mind control was not science fiction. In 1975, the Church Committee shed some light on the CIA's Operation MKULTRA and its controversial mind control techniques. Once again, The Manchurian Candidate was accurate and oddly prophetic.

There might be a reason for this stunning accuracy: The movie was produced by Frank Sinatra. While he's mostly known for singing Fly Me to the Moon, some researchers argued that he was also an MK handler.

In 1958, the author Richard Condon had his novel The Manchurian Candidate published which describes an American Army sergeant, who is captured and programmed to assassinate on the cue of a Queen of Diamonds of a deck of cards. Richard Condon's ability to think about the potential of behavior modification and hypnosis, had allowed him to stumble upon what had actually been going for over a decade. Frank Sinatra bought the movie rights for this book, let the movie out briefly and then squelched the second release of the film. Frank Sinatra has been a slave handler. He has handled Bob Hope's slaves, when Bob Hope has lent them to the Rat Pack (which consisted of Dean Martin, Frank, Sammy Davis, Jr. Peter Lawford & Joey Bishop). Frank Sinatra spends time with the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds.
– Fritz Springmeier, The Illuminati Formula to Create a Mind Controlled Slave

Ironically enough, Sinatra is a "deprogrammer" in The Manchurian Candidate.

During the movie's filming, Sinatra also worked with well-connected people, such as Willam Joseph Bryan Jr..

Both Frank Sinatra and CIA mind control programmer William Joseph Bryan, Jr. (aka William Joseph Bryon, and William Jenning Bryan III, etc.) were members of the Tommy Dorsey Band. Bryan programmed people while he was with the Air Force as Chief of Medical Survival Training which was the Air Force's covert mind-control section. Later he opened up his own hypnotherapy Institute on Sunset Strip in Hollywood where he programmed some people in the Illuminati who are actors. He also was the person who programmed Sirhan Sirhan to be involved in the Robert Kennedy assassination. After Bryan died in spring 1977, the CIA cleaned out all of his files including his home files.

In William J. Bryan, Jr.'s book entitled The Chosen One The Art of Jury Selection, Bryan teaches how to use hypnosis on jury members to win one's case. On the back of the book he states about himself, "In addition Dr. Bryan served as an Electronics Engineer in the Navy in World War II, was Director of all Medical Survival Training for the United States Air Force, and a leading expert on brainwashing." William J. Bryan was the technical director for Frank Sinatra's movie The Manchurian Candidate. It was hoped that the movie would scare Americans into thinking that the enemy (the communists) was carrying out mind-control.

In short, The Manchurian Candidate is more than a movie – it is a purposeful exposition of the dark side of the occult elite. Here's a look at its story and symbolism.

Programmed

The movie revolves around Sergeant Raymond Shaw, the son of a prominent political family.

After the Korean War, Raymond Shaw returned to the United States as a hero. He received the Medal of Honor—the highest military decoration of the U.S. Armed Forces—for saving the lives of fellow soldiers in his platoon.

When asked about him, members of his platoon automatically and robotically answer:

"Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."

However, none of this is true. In actuality, Shaw's platoon was captured by Soviet forces and was taken to Manchuria to be brainwashed. While they were programmed to believe that Shaw was a hero, several soldiers had recurring dreams revealing what actually happened.

The movie's dream scenes capture rather accurately the state of mind of MK slaves.

In their dreams, soldiers in Shaw's platoon sit in a hotel lobby where a ladies' garden club meeting is in progress.

The soldiers were dissociated from reality and programmed to believe that old ladies were in attendance.

However, their dreams also contain flashes of clarity, where they recall what actually happened to them.

The ladies' garden club turns into a meeting of Chinese and Soviet intelligence officials where the captured American soldiers are used to demonstrate the power of mind control.

At one point, the speaker orders Shaw to grab a gun and shoot one of his soldiers in the head. Since he's triggered and suggestible to orders, Shaw complies immediately.

Under the watchful eyes of Chinese and Soviet officials, Shaw carries out the killing, proving that mind control is a powerful tool in the war against America. At this moment, ex-soldiers wake up from their dream while screaming.

Back in the United States, Shaw lives a normal life but remains an MK sleeper agent. To trigger him (and make him receptive to orders), Shaw's handlers tell him:

"Why don't you pass the time and play some solitaire."

When Shaw encounters the Queen of Diamonds, he is fully triggered and receptive to orders. As we'll soon see, this particular card was selected as his trigger for profound psychological reasons.

When not triggered, Shaw is a regular American citizen and is employed as an assistant of the "most respected political journalist in America." How many mind-controlled slaves controlled by communists are working in American media today?

Two years after his original "conditioning," Shaw's programmers needed to ensure his programming was still functioning.

At the programming site in New York, Shaw is met with his communist handler. To keep him triggered, a Queen of Diamonds card is placed in front of him.

To avoid suspicion from the outside world, Shaw's time in reprogramming is disguised as a "car accident." As we've seen in previous articles, reprogramming is always concealed with excuses such as "hospitalization" or "rehab."

To test out his "mechanism," Shaw's handlers decide that he needs to kill someone. So they order him to shoot his boss at the newspaper. By doing so, Shaw would also replace him as an influential political journalist.

When Shaw creeps into his boss' bedroom at 4 am to murder him, he finds him wearing a women's robe.

By having him wear a particularly frilly robe, the movie is most likely implying that this political journalist is gay. While this fact might be irrelevent nowadays, it had specific implications in the Cold War espionage context of the movie. In those days, homosexuality was illegal and those who were outed as gay suffered widespread condemnation. This rendered homosexuals working in key positions particularly vulnerable to blackmail from outside forces.

During a Congressional hearing, CIA director Roscoe Hillenkoetter stated:

"The use of homosexuals as a control mechanism over individuals recruited for espionage is a generally accepted technique which has been used at least on a limited basis for many years. While this agency will never employ homosexuals on its rolls, it might conceivably be necessary, and in the past has actually been valuable, to use known homosexuals as agents in the field. I am certain that if Joseph Stalin or a member of the Politburo or a high satellite official were known to be a homosexual, no member of this committee or of the Congress would balk against our use of any technique to penetrate their operations … after all, intelligence and espionage is, at best, an extremely dirty business."

In other words, the movie slyly implied that outside forces compromised American journalism.

After proving to his communist handlers that he could still carry out an assassination, Shaw was handed over to his handlers in America.

The American Operators

Shaw's stepfather is a United States senator an the vice-presidential nominee. His mother, Eleanor, controls everything behind the scenes.

Johnny Iselin is a caricature of the modern, made-for-TV politician. At one point, Eleanor tells him:

"I keep telling you not to think! You just keep shouting point of order after point of order into the television cameras and I will handle the rest."

Throughout the movie, this power couple accuses their opponents of being communists. However, towards the film's end, we're in for a major plot twist: They've been working for communists all along. Even worse, Eleanor is Raymond Shaw's "American operator." In other words, she's his mind-control handler.

Throughout the movie, Eleanor is framed with the Queen of Diamonds, hinting at her being the ultimate handler.

Shaw's original communist chose the Queen of Diamonds as his trigger because "she is reminiscent in many ways of Raymond's dearly loved and hated mother."

At one point, Shaw's mother gives him a mouth-to-mouth kiss. It was the movie's classy way of hinting at the all-out incestual relationship that happens in the novel. MK programming often involves disturbing sexual trauma.

As Shaw's handler, Eleanor is ruthless. She orders him to murder her political opponent and his daughter, who happens to be Shaw's wife.

When Shaw's future wife reappeared in his life during a costume party, she wore a Queen of Diamonds card. Shaw's mother had arranged this whole meeting, probably to facilitate her assassination.

While this was bad, Eleanor had much bigger plans for her mind-controlled son. At the upcoming national convention of her political party, Shaw would assassinate the presidential nominee. Eleanor's husband, the vice-presidential nominee, would automatically succeed him as President of the United States. They would then blame the assassination on communists, which would justify dictatorial powers that would make, in Eleanor's words, "Marshall Law seem like anarchy."

In short, Shaw would be used as a mind-controlled assassin to turn the United States into a communist puppet regime. Luckily, Major Marco came to the rescue.

Deprogrammed

Major Marco holds a deck full of Queens of Diamonds to Shaw's face. He wants him to be super triggered.

Major Marco (played by Frank Sinatra) was in Shaw's platoon when it got captured and programmed by communist forces. After having recurring dreams of the event, he discovers the truth about Shaw and is tasked with deprogramming him.

After triggering Shaw using cards, Marco attempts to break the link between Shaw and his handlers. He tells him:

"This is me Marco talking. Fifty two red queens and me are telling you: It's over. The links, the beautifully conditioned links are smashed. They're smashed as of now because we say so".

After the deprogramming session, Marco lets Shaw go, not knowing if it worked. Shaw then proceeds to carry on the mission his mother programmed him to do.

Shaw infiltrates the political convention disguised as a priest and finds a strategic location to snipe his target to death. One year after the release of the movie, JFK was sniped to death by a man who claimed to be a patsy.

In the end, Shaw did not follow his mother's orders. Quite to the contrary, he kills her and her husband, freeing the country from these treasonous politicians.

After the shooting, Shaw symbolically puts on his Medal of Honor because he finally believes he deserves it.

Then, Shaw kills himself. Death is the MK slave's only true path to freedom.

The 2004 Remake

While the original movie was never re-released, its story remained relevant. In 2004, Tina Sinatra (Frank Sinatra's daughter) co-produced a modern retelling of The Manchurian Candidate.

The DVD cover of the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate. That tagline is quite clever.

Set in the early 2000s, the movie stars Denzel Washington as Major Marco, a veteran of the 1992 Persian Gulf War. Besides being darker and grittier than the 1962 movie, the remake made key changes to the original story.

First, the plot occurs within the Democratic party (with Shaw's mother resembling Hilary Clinton) while, in the original movie, the compromised party was implied to be the Republicans. Second, the main antagonists are not Russian and Chinese communists but an international corporation named Manchurian Global.

However, the main change involves Raymond Shaw himself. In the original story, he was a programmed assassin. In the remake, he's the vice-presidential nominee and is under mind control.

Raymond Shaw is injected with a microchip while he's in a dissociative state.

Bizarre fact: Raymond Shaw is played by Liv Schreiber. As explained in my article titled There's Something Terribly Wrong Happening With the Sons of Celebrities, Shreiber has been involved in some MKULTRA-type weirdness involving his sons.

In other words, the remake of The Manchurian Candidate is as accurate and prophetic as the original one.

In Conclusion

The Manchurian Candidate remains relevant to this day because it is not merely a work of fiction or entertainment. It is an exposition of the underside of American democracy created by people "in the know." Some would describe it as a case of "predictive programming" where the dark deeds of the elite are revealed to the world (e.g., assassinations perpetrated by MK slaves) before they happen.

While the two movies have fundamental differences, they both remain relevant today. In the 2004 movie, the main threat to American democracy is a globalist entity. This remains true today. And, like in the 1962 version, that entity is working to bring about a global form of communism.

To bring about that New World Order, they rely on mind-controlled puppets to shout "point of order after point of order at the television cameras" until the masses turn themselves into Manchurian Candidates.

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5. Symbolic Pics of the Month 08/24

Since this site's launch in 2008, Rihanna has been mentioned countless times due to the symbolism surrounding her. One of the recurring themes is Monarch mind control, more specifically, Sex Kitten programming. And, despite now having two children, this degrading symbolism (when one understands what it means) still defines her career. The following Perfect Magazine photoshoot is more proof of this fact.

As seen in previous articles, Sex Kitten slaves are often identified with feline prints. Everything about this picture, from her clothing to the furniture, is covered in feline prints. The clashing juxtaposed prints are not aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn't matter. The overkill sends a message: This is about Sex Kitten programming.

Rihanna poses suggestively with an actual feline (along with pearls), further highlighting that this is about Sex Kitten programming.

In this pic, Rihanna is bound and restrained while holding a mic, representing her being a slave of the music industry. Her strategically placed hair also creates a one-eye sign, further driving the point home that the occult elite owns her.

In many ways, Kim Kardashian is similar to Rihanna. After peaking in popularity about 14 years ago, these maturing mothers still must subject themselves to degrading symbolism to keep their careers going.

Two years ago, Balenciaga released an ad campaign that featured children surrounded by BDSM items and even references to pedo porn. As explained in this article, the campaign was vile, and the outrage was intense. But the symbolism is still there. The company's recent ad campaign featuring Kim Kardashian is all about Sex Kitten programming. She is made to look like Marilyn Monroe (the original Sex Kitten) while wearing animal-print shoes. Also, her face literally says, "I can't believe I still have to do this crap at my age." Those behind the ad actually wanted to see that sick-and-tired face: It is part of the industry slave experience.

Speaking of former sex symbols who need to do weird things to stay relevant, Sharon Stone's Instagram account contains some weird and upsetting posts.

In a bizarre Instagram post, Sharon Stone has a black eye while giving a thousand-mile stare as if something traumatizing just happened. Making things more concerning, the caption says: "This trip has been tough, but I'm tougher." Most comments on IG wonder if Stone underwent some shady occult elite ritual. After all, she's literally sporting a one-eye sign.

Eminem's new album, The Death of Slim Shady, included some highly symbolic imagery regarding the nature of his alter-ego.

In one promotional trailer, we see Slim Shady's birth. And it's a horned, demonic baby.

In another trailer, Slim Shady seems tied up and forced to watch a screen. The scene looks like an MKULTRA brainwashing session. At the bottom right, we see Eminem's official profile pic: Him doing devil horns while hiding one eye. All of the symbolism is about him being controlled by evil forces.

The album cover features Slim Shady making a one-eye sign while peeking from a body bag. The message: This album was brought to you by the occult elite.

Speaking of rappers hinting at Monarch programming, here's Ice Spice (aka nobody's favorite rapper). After wearing a big inverted cross at the Superbowl, she again used jewelry to explain why she's inexplicably famous.

At the 2024 BET Awards, Ice Spice wore a literal chain around her neck (hinting at slavery) and a butterfly pendant (hinting at Monarch programming). She also had a butterfly tattoo on her arm.

Here's another female rapper who associates herself with the exact same imagery.

On the cover art of her new album, Meghan Thee Stallion emerges from a Monarch butterfly chrysalis. What better way to represent the emergence of a new Monarch slave persona? In the background, we see a camera and a pod-like enclosure, hinting that Stallion was "programmed" in that room.

What's the "reward" for being an industry slave?

Stallion twerked and made devil horn signs at a Kamala Harris rally.

Speaking of industry slaves, Lil Uzi Vert (pronounced Lil Lucifer) has been used for years to push the gender-blurring agenda in the rap world. And, every time, it is a thoroughly humiliating display. And, every time, people hate seeing it.

Marc Jacobs selected this male rapper to model a dress and a handbag. His face says: "I can already hear people roasting me for this." And, of course, nearly all of the comments on IG is people roasting him.

Speaking of gender-blurring, the government is hard at work erasing the word "woman" to replace it with the most dehumanizing terms possible. Here's another ridiculous example.

In a post celebrating "Menstrual Hygiene Day", the U.S. Department of Labor refered to women as "menstruators". While, at face value, this post is supposed to be "inclusive," it actually excludes women by reducing them to a mere bodily function.

Speaking of gender-blurring, the elite loves celebrities who claim to be "non-binary" and use "they" pronouns (like Lil Uzi Vert seen above). Those who accept to do this cringy, ridiculous stuff get rewarded with some media attention. Of course, it has to be symbolic.

In a Wonderland Magazine photoshoot, Emma D'Arcy clearly displays Baphomet's "As Above, so Below" hand sign. Why? because that's the occult elute's favorite deity. Also, Baphomet is technically "non-binary."

Speaking of Baphomet.

For some reason, Snoop Dogg's presence at the Olympics was very mediatized. And, for some reason, he walked around with a pendant that looked much like Baphomet. In response to the understandable questioning, Snoop replied that it was not Baphomet but a goat, as in "Greatest of All Time." This sounds like BS. I am 100% sure he is fully aware that he is FAR from being the greatest rapper of all time. It's all about Baphomet making an appearance at the Olympics.

As explained in previous articles, the LGBTQ flag is not merely about "pride"; it is a globalist flag representing the elite's control of a degenerate society that bizarrely focuses on individuals' most private aspect: Their sexuality.

This is a London street during Pride Month. Does this look like a "celebration"? Or a conquering force that is forcibly imposing its flags on nations worldwide?

Meanwhile, in the actual parades, full-grown adults expose themselves to children. This is the kind of society they are trying to build.

The agenda is so pervasive that it is even infiltrating religion.

The Episcopal Church changed its logo to include the Pride flag. How can this thing even remotely represent a Christian church? Furthermore, the red cross of St. Georges (a martyr who chose to be executed rather than recant his faith in Jesus Christ) was removed from the logo. Symbolic.

Marlon Wayans has a "daughter who transitioned into a son." While this piece of information could have stayed private, it was abundantly published because that's what Hollywood parents with transgender children have to do. Then, Wayans further promoted this fact with a bizarre photoshoot of him posing with an LGBTQ half-mask. Other than being creepy, the mask actually symbolizes Wayans true self being taken over by a faceless entity.

This is from the trailer of the upcoming movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The 666 is there on purpose because everything needs to be blatantly satanic now.

Special thanks to everyone who sent in pics!

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6. An In-Depth Look at the Depravity of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

As I watched the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics live, two thoughts repeatedly came to mind: "France has fallen" and "We're living in Sodom and Gomorrah." These exact thoughts probably came to lots of other people's minds because the backlash was immediate and came from all over the world. While mass media attempted to dismiss the outrage it simultaneously engaged in another mission: Scrubbing the internet of videos of the ceremony. The official YouTube channel of the Olympics and news channels all decided that this thing needed to be forever forgotten. Even YouTube channels that used some footage to comment on the ceremony were hit with copyright strikes.

In short, they don't want people to rewatch this thing intently because it contains several outright shameful moments. However, the damage was done: The occult elite carried out its mega-ritual for the entire world to see, and the foul energy that emanated from it was harvested.

Needless to say, I was fully expecting symbol shenanigans during the ceremony. In 2012, I wrote an analysis of the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympics, which were highly symbolic (and even prophetic). However, after witnessing the Paris ritual, the London ceremonies were, comparatively, the epitome of class and good taste. I mean, at least children could watch it.

It's not like the Paris ceremonies skimped out on the effort and expenses. While Olympic ceremonies usually occur in a stadium, the Paris organizers daringly chose to have them within the city itself, and the results were often visually striking and grandiose. However, by doing so, the elite also exposed its outright hypocrisy.

The same globalist elite that is purposely turning cities around the world into hellholes through lax policies and uncontrolled immigration expelled thousands of migrants and homeless people from Paris for the Olympics. They don't want to see any of this when they're around.

Usually, Olympic ceremonies celebrate the culture, history, and achievements of the host nation. Using powerful symbolism, the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics accomplished the exact opposite: They were about the subjugation of France, along with its rich culture, to the sick, depraved, and thoroughly satanic global culture of the occult elite. Even when pieces of France's history and culture were seemingly "honored," it was through a distorted lens that ultimately celebrated their corruption.

Here's a look at the ceremony.

From Darkness to Light

All Olympic ceremonies are inherently highly symbolic and charged with a deep occult meaning. Indeed, modern Olympics were revived by Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat who was an active Freemason.

Pierre de Coubertin was an active Freemason from his days at Oxford University where he was initiated in Apollo University Lodge No 357, Oxford, England in 1890.

The torch-bearing ceremony surrounding the Olympics is imbued with occult meanings that are directly linked with de Coubertin's Masonic ties. In occultism, Lucifer is perceived as a savior for passing the light of divine knowledge to humanity. In Latin, Lucifer literally means "light bearer".

A Greek mythology, Prometheus is the equivalent of Lucifer. He took the fire of knowledge from the gods and gave it to humanity.

In short, the torch-bearing ritual has a deep Luciferian meaning. In the 2024 Olympics, the ritual began by physically portraying one of the elite's favorite mottos: From darkness to light.

The ceremony began with children walking through the Catacombs of Paris using the Olympic torch to light their way.

The opening ceremony of the Olympics began with kids walking around a legendarily creepy underground ossuary that contains the remains of over six million people. This place is truly a sinister site: It is entered through a place called Barriere d'Enfer (Gate of Hell), and there have been persistent rumors of dark rituals taking place in its underground passages for centuries.

As the children illuminate walls made of human skulls (using the Luciferian torch), a creepy, faceless man invites them on a boat.

The mysterious figure brings the children from darkness to light. Literally.

A Masonic image with the occult's Luciferian motto.

As the masked man takes the children towards the proverbial light of the occult elite, we see a shot of their current puppets.

Macron and the President of the Olympic Committee stand up for the torch's arrival. Macron's handler sits on the right—sorry, I mean "wife." Sitting on the left is António Guterres, the United Nation' Secretary-General. Why is he here? Because France is under the control of globalists.

After this symbolic display, the mysterious man carrying the torch runs across Paris and takes the viewers through the 12 tableaux of the ceremony.

Vaguely inspired by figures such as the Fantom of the Opera, this figure represents the faceless elite guiding France and the world through the ceremony's various narratives.

And it starts with blood.

Decapitated Heads

Gojira's performance began with a gruesome shot of Marie Antoinette holding her decapitated head.

Dressed in ritualistic red – the occult color of sacrifice – the death of several other French figures is celebrated in this bizarre display. Other than the fact that children are watching this ceremony, why are the violent deaths of French people being celebrated at the Olympics?

The masked figure (representing the elite) oversees the revolution.

Here's an often-overlooked fact about the French Revolution: It was mainly organized by secret societies such as the Freemasons and the Rosicrucians to overthrow and replace the Monarchy and the Catholic Church. Considering the occult elite context of this ceremony, the death of figures associated with both these pillars, such as Marie Antoinette, is celebrated in a ritualistic manner.

The performance ends with what looks like the blood of the executed splattering from the windows of the building. Yes, we're still watching the … *checks notes* … Olympics.

While the French Revolution is usually perceived as a positive thing, we are currently entering the next phase of the occult elite's grand scheme. And it is not good for anyone: Moral and social decay to facilitate the coming of a New World Order. The rest of the ceremony made sure to highlight this decay.

Bisexual Threesome

Following this celebration of death, Olympic organizers found it essential to then focus on sexuality. In a bizarre scene at the National Library, two men and a woman engage in flirtatious behavior as they read French literature books about sexuality. Some of the choices are rather perplexing.

One suggested book is Diable au Corps (Devil in the Flesh). It is about a married woman having an affair with a 15-year-old boy while her husband is out at war. Yes, the Olympics managed to make a reference to sex with a minor.

After frolicking for a while, the three friends realize that they're horny and that they need to have sex right now. So they run away, leaving a huge mess at the National Library. But that's OK because they're LGBT.

Then, the viewers are treated to a bisexual threesome scene. By the way, we're still watching the Olympics.

Meanwhile, outside, there's a choreography meant to represent the "rise of desire", complete with scenes of men kissing.

After this bizarre focus on lust, the ceremony then makes a heavy political statement.

Humiliating France

The next tableau is called "Equality." But the elite did not want to celebrate equality between people (they definitely do not believe in that). Instead, they've decided to portray equality between "tradition and modernity." And their version of "modernity" is one global, braindead culture.

The segment begins with the Republican Guard Orchestra standing guard on one side. They represent tradition.

On the other side is singer Aya Nakamura. She reprsents "modernity."

When Macron personally invited Nakamura to represent "modern France" at the Olympics, the controversy was immediate. The main reasons: She's been accused of destroying the French language in her songs with her slang, which mixes English, Arabic, and West African words and expressions. In other words, she represents the elite's dumbed-down globalist culture.

Needless to say, selecting this specific artist to play this specific role was highly political. The message: France's culture, history, and identity are being replaced by a single global culture. The same is happening around the world.

As Nakamura performs Djadja, the poor old man behind her has to awkwardly dance to the zouk beat of the song.

The symbolism is powerful: Traditional France has to move to the beat of the globalist rhythm.

The Blasphemy

As in every occult elite display, there needs to be an outright salute to Satan. At the Paris Olympics, that was accomplished by turning the opening ceremonies into a Black Mass where Christianity was openly desecrated.

French DJ Barbara Butch plays the role of Jesus Christ (complete with a halo) and is surrounded by drag queens in a scene mocking the Last Supper.

Faced with the backlash, the media attempted to gaslight people and claim the scene was inspired by a painting called Feast of the Gods. That is a lie.

The producer said it himself until they decided to backtrack and lie. Then, they deleted videos of the ceremony.

A fashion show featuring this bearded drag queen tramples on the Last Supper table.

As if that wasn't enough, this creep then makes an appearance.

When this naked man started singing, the entire world sighed in anger.

This man represents Dionysus, the Greek god of wine-making, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. Also known as Bacchus, the cult of Dionysus is associated with drunken ecstasy, sexuality, and blood offerings.

The religion of Dionysus often included rituals involving the sacrifice of goats or bulls, and at least some participants and dancers wore wooden masks associated with the god. In some instances, records show the god participating in the ritual via a masked and clothed pillar, pole, or tree, while his worshipers eat bread and drink wine.
– Dionysus, Wikipedia

In other words, Dionysus represents the exact opposite of Jesus Christ. And that's why they have him lying on the table looking all sleazy and lustful.

Also, why is there a little girl there?

As Dionysus horrified the world, a little girl hanged in the background, held by a large man.

The same girl dances with a bunch of sweaty degenerates.

Remember how they celebrated the book Devil in the Flesh? And that it was about sex with a minor? And now there's this girl dancing with near-naked weirdos? Those are the kinds of shameful things they are trying to scrub from the internet.

Celebrating the New World Order

When this excruciating display of blasphemy concluded, things got somber. Because it was time to celebrate the ultimate goal of the occult elite: The New World Order.

To do this, they started by singing John Lennon's Imagine, the unofficial anthem of the New World Order.

Although there's nothing French about that song, Juliette Armanet performed Imagine.

When that song was performed at the 2012 London Olympics, it made some sense because Lennon was from there. However, in this case, it made no sense until one understands that the song contains the occult elite's all-time favorite lyrics.

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

(…)

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can

No countries, no religion, and no possessions. This is exactly the ultimate goal of the occult elite, championed by organizations such as the World Economic Forum. This is why António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, was sitting right next to Macron. They want to erase France (and all other countries) for a single world government.

The next segment visual depicts this exact goal.

The masked figure (still representing the elite) enters center stage riding a white horse.

Does it represent the pale horse of the apocalypse? I hope not because, as the Bible states, "his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

Creepily enough, all nations of the world literally followed the horseman.

People carrying national flags lined up on each side of the street. Then, as the horseman passed them, they gradually followed him.

There is no better way of representing the world's nations falling in line behind the occult elite's New World Order.

In Conclusion

As this depraved ceremony progressed, the rain kept intensifying. It was as if God was attempting to extinguish the Olympic flame that had turned into a hellish fire. And, like everything satanic, the entire thing was steeped in lies. While it was said to be unifying, the ceremony was actually divisive. While it was said to be about love, it is actually about hate. White it was said to be about France's glory, it is actually about its humiliation.

The occult elite appears intent on turning the entire world into Sodom and Gomorrah and the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics was a blatant celebration of this fact.

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7. Trump’s Shooter Reenacted “The Manchurian Candidate.” Was He Brainwashed by Handlers? Or Social Media?

On July 13th, world history was literally an inch away from taking a sharp, drastic, and dramatic turn. Indeed, if this one bullet hit Trump's brain instead of his ear, we'd probably be in an entirely different situation right now.

Many still do not comprehend the historical gravity of the situation, as if still in shock (or completely numb). Some of the most significant events in world history, including major wars and revolutions, started following the assassination of an important political figure. If Trump had not turned his head in that specific direction at that exact moment, the consequences could have taken historical proportions: A successful assassination could have been the spark needed to turn the gaping divide in America into an outright explosive situation.

Even though the assassination attempt failed, tensions are still palpable. Several days after the shooting, there is still little to no information regarding the shooter's history and motives available in mass media – although the FBI gained access to Thomas Matthew Crooks' phone. Is information purposely being withheld?

Not unlike other "lone shooters" in the past, there's a lot of weirdness surrounding Thomas Matthew Crooks. How could a nerdy 20-year-old man who still lives with his parents almost take out a Presidential candidate?

How did this guy foil the US Secret Service? And local law enforcement?

In many ways, the unfolded drama is reminiscent of the 1962 movie The Manchurian Candidate. In this highly relevant movie, a man is brainwashed using MKULTRA to assassinate a Presidential candidate amid a crucial election. The killing would cause a chain of events leading to the instauration of an authoritarian regime favorable to the communist block.

The movie ends with the shooter taking a sniper's position to shoot the candidate. However, he misses and kills two other people instead. He then kills himself.

While there are significant differences between this Cold War-era movie and the events that unfolded in the past week, every bit of information known about the shooter is highly perplexing.

Bizarre Facts About the Shooter

Despite the FBI gaining access to the shooter's phone, media still describes him as an "elusive enigma".

Is Thomas Crooks truly an "enigma," or is the truth being withheld? While mass media keeps pushing stories about how mysterious he is, the little information that has leaked out only leads to more questions.

One piece odd piece of information is that both of the shooter's parents are licensed behavior health counselors.

Crooks' parents, Matthew and Mary Crooks, née Frizzi, are certified behavioral health counselors, according to state licensing records.
– The Independent, 'I don't know what to say': Family of Thomas Matthew Crooks struggles to make sense of Trump shooting

This fact is extremely odd, considering what happened. Here's a description of the shooter's parents' line of work.

Behavioral health therapists assess, diagnose, and treat a wide range of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, phobias, and addiction. They work in both public and private sector settings, including hospitals, clinics, schools, and private practices. Their clientele typically span all age ranges, from children, to adolescents, to adults.

Behavioral therapists use different techniques to help their clients modify their problematic behaviors and develop new, healthy ones.
– Palo Alto University, What is a Behavioral Health Therapist

How is it possible that both of this guy's parents were unable to "assess, diagnose and treat" the fact that their own son, who lives under their roof, wanted to kill a Presidential Candidate? And that it was also a suicide mission? Is it possible that the shooter's behavior was "altered" but not in a good way?

Another bizarre fact is that Crooks appeared in a BlackRock commercial in 2022.

Crooks sits front and center while a BlackRock representative explains how they rule the world to high school students.

At one point, there's a closeup of Crooks interacting with the representative. What are they even talking about?

BlackRock is, simply put, one of the most powerful companies in the world. It is the world's largest investment corporation, with over $10 trillion in assets. The Economist called BlackRock "the world's largest shadow bank", and through its strategically placed investments, the company shapes the world according to the elite's will.

It is simply impossible to overstate the sheer power and influence of BlackRock, which is, of course, a prominent player in the elite's major gatherings, such as the Bilderberg Meetings and the World Economic Forum. Through its trillions of dollars, BlackRock shapes entire nations (it already made a deal with Volodymyr Zelensky for its role in reconstructing Ukraine) while forcing the corporations it acquires to adopt specific "progressive" policies. BlackRock has also funneled billions of dollars to the Chinese communist government.

In other words, BlackRock is the definition of an elite-owned, globalist entity that is working against American interests. The fact that one of its rare ads features a Manchurian candidate-type assassin is simply mindblowing.

Radicalized?

Although the FBI gained access to Crooks' phone, there might be a reason why there is so little information concerning his online activity: He might have been radicalized by some of the elite's favorite outlets. Indeed, as a 20-year-old white American male with some interest in politics, Crooks is the target audience of a highly popular yet toxic site: Reddit.

Dubbed "the front page of the internet," the social news site Reddit is currently the 18th most visited website in the world. While Reddit used to be a hotspot of memes and entertaining articles, the site has taken a drastic turn in recent years. To put it bluntly, it is now a den of propaganda and disinformation, curated by sophisticated algorithms, AI bots, and various agents. This switch occurred about five years ago, which coincided with Reddit being partly acquired by Tencent – the Chinese multinational technology conglomerate.

It is problematic that Reddit—a site highly influential among young Americans—is partly owned by Tencent. Dubbed an "AI champion" by the Chinese government, Tencent has close ties with the Chinese Communist Party. Here are some of Tencent's "accomplishments" relating to the Chinese government.

The Chinese government views Tencent as one of its national champion corporations.

For the occasion of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Tencent released a mobile game titled "Clap for Xi Jinping: An Awesome Speech", in which players have 19 seconds to generate as many claps as possible for the party leader.

In August 2019, it was reported that Tencent collaborated with the Guangdong Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Daily to develop "patriotic games".

In a December 2020 article in Foreign Policy, a former senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency stated that the CIA concluded that Tencent received funding from the Ministry of State Security early on in its foundation. This was said to be a "seed investment" that was provided "when they were trying to build out the Great Firewall and the monitoring technology." Tencent denied this allegation.

In 2021, it was reported that Tencent and Ant Group were working with the People's Bank of China to develop a Central bank digital currency.

In June 2022, Tencent partnered with Shanghai United Media Group to launch a plan to develop domestic and foreign influencers.
– Wikipedia, Tencent

When one recognizes China's involvement in Reddit, one understands the toxic agenda behind it: To rot America from within with a constant flow of toxic and divisive content. This fact could not have been more evident than after the attempted assassination of Trump. While the near death of the man caused most reasonable people to tone down their radical, hateful, and sometimes violent rhetoric, Reddit doubled down on it. It's almost as if local and foreign agents are purposely trying to undermine America's democracy from within. Here are some examples.

A radical sub called "ConservativeTerrorism" does not shy away from calling anyone voting for the Republican Party "terrorists." What better way of creating a gaping divide in America?

Even subs such as Millenials (initially about funny, relatable memes relating to Millenials) turned into outlets for extreme political rhetoric. This post insinuates that nobody should feel bad for Trump and that he even deserves it.

This post is about Trump faking his assassination attempt. Alex Jones got sued for billions for stating that a shooting was fake. Why isn't Reddit being sued for billions as well?

This post downplays the assassination attempt and almost depicts the shooter as a hero who shot Trump because of his ties with Epstein. Of course, none of this is verified information – it is yet another propaganda meme.

I could add hundreds of other posts custom-made to sow hatred and division in America. The last thing they want is unity among Americans. They want to radicalize people to the point of pushing them to the brink of a civil war. While some American outlets had the common sense to tone down the radical rhetoric in these tense times, Chinese-owned Reddit showed its true toxic colors.

The chances of the FBI finding Thomas Matthew Crooks to be an avid Redditor are high. Such a revelation could place an unwanted spotlight in this elite-favorite site and jeopardize its radical agendas. Another proof of the elite loving this site: Google has recently boosted the site's visibility greatly while penalizing others in search results. In other words, They want people to drink from this poisonous well of toxicity. It is a perfect embodiment of their Orwellian future: Through sophisticated algorithms and AI technology, opinions that are favorable to the elite are pushed into view while others are automatically censored.

Thomas Crooks is most likely a product of this site.

In Conclusion

Once again, a high-profile shooting was carried out by a mysterious "lone shooter" is surrounded by highly conflicting information. Crooks is supposedly a registered Republican, while records show he donated $15 to a liberal cause. His father is a registered Republican, while his mother is a Democrat. Both of his parents are, astoundingly, behavioral therapists. Still, they failed to diagnose the fact that the son living in their home wanted to carry out a suicide mission to kill a Presidential Candidate.

This leads us to ask: Was Crooks a Manchurian Candidate-style MK agent programmed to kill Trump? On the other hand, considering the brainwashing powers of social media outlets such as Reddit, bad actors can now automatically sleeper agents from very far away.

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8. Biden’s Debate Performance Was Shocking Proof That He’s Merely a Puppet. Who Actually Runs the Country?

As stated numerous times in the past, this site is not about the puppet show that is politics; it is about the puppeteers who pull the strings behind the scenes. And these proverbial strings were never more apparent than during the CNN Presidential Debate that aired on June 27th. "The most powerful man on Earth" was not even the most powerful man in the room.

The CNN debate will most likely go down in history as the worst performance ever by a Presidential candidate. Described as nothing less than a"disaster" and a "trainwreck" by journalists who had no way of spinning this positively, Joe Biden's performance was not merely "bad"; it was deeply concerning.

It was one of these historical moments when a "conspiracy theory" became an obvious reality for the average person. Indeed, as the world witnessed Joe Biden struggling to form a coherent sentence, one thought came to our collective minds: Who is truly running America? Because it's clearly not Joe Biden.

Watching the President of the United States walking stiffly on stage, struggling to pronounce words audibly, and staring blankly toward the afterlife was difficult to watch. This man should not be debating on television (let alone campaigning across the country); he should be eating oatmeal and taking long afternoon naps. And that's probably what he was doing most of the time in the past four years. While the media did its best to hide Biden's senility, the debate made it abundantly clear that he was not the one managing the country's economy, conducting military operations, or devising social policies. Everything is already planned out from above, and he has no say in any of this.

In fact, Biden doesn't even run his X account.

This highly intellectual post appeared on Biden's X account right in the middle of the debate. While it is common for politicians to have PR specialists run their social media accounts, there's usually some effort to give an illusion of authenticity.

People noticed.

In other words, Joe Biden isn't running anything. He's the one that's being run.

So, who's running him and the country? The same tentacular entity that runs countries worldwide, with the same disastrous effects: the global elite. Every aspect of Biden's presidency was planned long before he took office. Sadly, the ultimate goal is not America's security and prosperity; it is the profound reshaping of America to fit into a global world order.

Biden is not the first president to be controlled by outside forces, and many other heads of state worldwide are currently taking orders from the same place. The only difference is that Biden's declining cognitive functions made everything abundantly clear.

Infiltrated From Outside

Biden with Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum (WEF) – one of the supranational entities that control governments from outside.

As a Canadian, I know something about a heavily compromised head of state. Justin Trudeau—whose profession before becoming Canada's prime minister was high school drama teacher—is an empty vessel trained to implement the WEF's agendas. And that is not a "conspiracy theory." Klaus Schwab, the head of the WEF, boasted that his organization was "penetrating" the Canadian government and several others.

Klaus Schwab in 2017 at Harvard: "What we are very proud of, is that we penetrate the global cabinets of countries with our WEF Young Global Leaders." pic.twitter.com/dMsZWGbQ6a

— Tami Camarata (@Kitsune_in_VA) January 24, 2022

In the video above, Schwab stated that at least half of Trudeau's cabinet was sold out to this elitist, globalist, and unelected organization. Several other governments around the world take orders from the same place. In my recent article about the 2024 Bilderberg meeting, I highlighted the presence of these important figures of the Biden administration (among many others):

• Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the United States
• Tarun Chhabra, Senior Director for Technology and National Security of the United States
• Richard H. Phillips, Director of National Intelligence of the United States

These three directors are responsible for highly secretive United States agencies involving national security. Why are they discussing this with leaders from around the world? Who are they truly working for?

The sad truth is that they are taking orders. Then, they implement these orders while Biden naps and Trudeau stares blankly at a wall. These heads of state are not there to run the country—they are used to sell destructive policies devised to bring about a single goal: a New World Order.

Agents of the New World Order

This image is on the World Economic Forum's website.

Every single country infiltrated by globalists displays one obvious telltale: uncontrolled immigration. Even Canada—a country that only shares a border with the United States—found a way of "losing control" of immigration.

After purposely losing control of immigration, Trudeau says that immigration is out of control and there's nothing he can do about it. Globalist leaders work against their country and for a new world order.

All of this is by design. A massive flux of uncontrolled immigration is the first step towards a global government. First, it erodes national cultures and identities, replacing them with a hegemonic global culture. To achieve a world government, local cultures and histories need to be erased, and, even worse, they need to be considered "racist."

Second, mass immigration leads to the decay of the social fabric, lowers the quality of life, creates tensions, and exacerbates division. These things are great for destroying a country from within and justifying implementing a global world order.

As soon as the Biden administration took power, it opened the Southern border inexplicably. Why would anyone in their right mind do such a destructive and counterproductive thing?

Even elite-owned NYT have to report on the unprecedented wave of illegal immigration that's profoundly altering life in American cities.

On a symbolic level, national pride is slowly replaced with other types of pride that can be applied globally.

During 2023 Pride Month, the White House violated the flag code by displaying the LGBT flag front and center on the White House. The message: Outside globalist forces are in control.

Are They Even Human?

Of course, I'm exaggerating. They're probably human. But, to quote a famous song, "they not like us."

In the Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror VII (1996), Homer reveals that Presidential candidates Bob Dole and Bill Clinton are actually aliens with common goals.

In this classic Simpsons episode, the aliens do their best to act like normal humans. They fail miserably, but people still don't see it. In recent months, we've been seeing politicians truly struggling to behave like humans.

During a media event, Biden mistakenly showed a list of instructions he was given. Please read this card and tell me those do not look like instructions given to an alien to appear human.

On Father's Day, Chuck Schumer posted a picture of him grillin' some burgers like a regular human. However, everything about this picture is wrong. First, he slapped two slices of cheese on raw meat. How will you flip the burger now, Chuck? Also, as a Jew, he's not supposed to mix dairy with meat. And I won't even comment on his glasses placed lens down. In short, this looks like a satirical photo of someone pretending to be human. But it is painfully real.

At the 2024 BET Awards, Kamala Harris appeared in a paid segment that pandered to black voters in the cringiest way possible.

KAMALA HARRIS: "Yeah girl, I'm out here in these streets… The majority of us believe in freedom and equality, but these extremists, as they say, they not like us." pic.twitter.com/Ma6udGyyS2

— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) July 1, 2024

Everyone saw right through this failed attempt at sounding human – especially black people.

The fakeness is too obvious to bear, and the mere fact that they thought the words "Yeah, girl, I'm out here in these streets" would resonate with the audience shows their contempt for the masses. Nobody even expects her to be "out here in these streets," but basic logic doesn't matter. It was about saying things that somewhat sounded "hood." Of course, Harris didn't write any of this. It is a creation by political operatives tasked with using her skin color to pander to black America.

But here's the thing: Kamala Harris is half Indian (from India) and half Jamaican. Her "blaccent" is a fabrication that only comes out when she has sound relatable to black people. Ironically, she quotes Kendrick Lamar's They Not Like Us during this ordeal. Girl, YOU not like us.

In Conclusion

The most replayed "highlight" of the CNN Presidential Debate featured Joe Biden freezing up for an excruciating number of seconds before proclaiming, "Look, we finally beat Medicare!" This disastrous moment happened after days of drilling and rehearsing at Camp David with an entire team of high-paid specialists. Despite this, Biden glitched and proclaimed that he finally beat Medicare.

As humorous as it might sound to his opponents, this nonsensical and self-sabotaging phrase was quite telling: Joe Biden is not there. And he doesn't need to be there. There's an entire system running the show behind him. Some call it the shadow government; others call it the Deep State. No matter what expression is used, they refer to the same idea: The globalist agenda moves forward no matter who is in power. Because the person in power has no power. They're merely puppets used to rile up those who watch the puppet show. And, if the person in power actually attempts to do their job, the elite machine, complicit with mass media, will find ways to assassinate their character and spit them out of the system.

While this used to be a "conspiracy theory," Joe Biden's vacant look towards the horizon was the shocking proof the world needed to understand that the Cammander-in-Chief is merely there to put a human face on the aliens attempting to rule the world.

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9. Scientist Proposes AI-Powered Mind Control to Rehabilitate Criminals. Yes, it’s Insane.

In a video published across multiple platforms, a scientist presented a concept that could unclog the prison system by releasing criminals in a matter of minutes instead of years. But there's a catch: It's a dystopian nightmare.

Annoyingly called Cognify (a Spotify for criminals, I guess), the concept aims to strap inmates with a VR-like device and hack their brains by implementing feelings such as pain and remorse. Then, these people will become, like, not criminals. Brilliant. I definitely don't see any scenario where this can turn horribly wrong, where people are tortured or turned into slaves. Nope, only good things can come from this (sorry, my sarcasm is overheating).

The video description states:

Introducing Cognify, the prison of the future. This facility is designed to treat criminals like patients. Instead of spending years in an actual prison cell, prisoners could finish their sentence here in just a few minutes. Cognify could someday create and implant artificial memories directly into the prisoner's brain. It could offer a new approach to criminal rehabilitation, transforming how society deals with offenders by focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment.

Here's the video.

The video begins by showing the prison of the future: A high-tech mind-control facility where criminals are "treated like patients." Or mind-controlled slaves. According to the video, Cognify would use AI-generated content to create and implant "complex and vivid" memories into the prisoners' brains.

Here's how the system would work: First, the prisoner would be given a choice between rotting in jail for twenty years or being freed before dinner time. Once the prisoner chooses the second option, he hands over his mind, body, and soul to the State.

The prisoner undergoes a high-resolution brain scan to create a detailed map of their neural pathway.

Once the scan determines precisely the best way to mess with the criminal's brain, Cognify is strapped on their head.

Cognify will make you realize your evil ways and make you a productive member of society again. Unless you were programmed to become a sex slave for the elite, of course.

Although the procedure would only take a few minutes, time would pass differently in the criminal's mind as they would experience "years of memories."

These memories would be tailored to each prisoner, according to the crimes they've committed and their psychological profile. For instance, violent criminals would be forced to see their actions from their victim's perspective and feel the pain and suffering they've caused firsthand. Some memories would even be designed to implement permanent trauma in the criminal's mind.

At this point, some might think, "Well, that kind of makes sense." It doesn't. But let's say it kind of does. Well, the video's narrator quickly says things that make us realize that this thing should never exist.

1984-Style Re-Education

Later in the video, the narrator says that Cognify could treat a wide range of crimes, such as "hate crimes and discrimination." Hold your horses, buddy.

We're not even three minutes into a video promoting this thing, and we're already in scarily slippery slope territory. Countries around the world are already redefining and weaponizing concepts such as hate crimes and discrimination to outlaw criticism and resistance to their agendas. So, following this logic, those who are guilty of "wrong thinking" would be reprogrammed using Cognify.

This thing doesn't exist yet, but it should already be banned.

Cognify could modulate neurotransmitters and hormones to induce specific emotional states, such as remorse or regrets, or maybe, unquestioned compliance with the overlords.

The video then explains how the AI-driven system could collect massive amounts of data from inmates and gather them in a central computer to "prevent crimes." Or people who don't comply with agendas.

There's no need to worry, guys. The lock icon means that the data is super safe. Nobody can ever access data when there's a lock icon.

The video ends by explaining how this device would save money and create a more stable and productive society. Unless, of course, it was used by an entity seeking to control people and crush dissidents. But that never happened in history, right? RIGHT?!

Who Came Up With This?

Clearly, this video caused me to have a sarcasm overload because it is so ridiculously absurd. Luckily, for now, Cognify only exists in the cognition of its creator: Hashem Al-Ghaili, a Germany-based scientist.

Hashem Al-Ghaili describes some of his other bad ideas in a TED Talk.

The molecular biologist is known for creating science-based videos that sometimes go viral.

In 2022, Al-Ghaili horrified the world with his Ectolife concept – an artificial womb that creates custom babies.

Another profoundly dehumanizing concept from Al-Ghaili. It even caused Candace Owens to be "alarmed."

So, are these concepts merely the product of an influencer attempting to become viral with terrible ideas? Hopefully yes. Unfortunately, especially in the case of Cognify, the technology to create such a system already exists.

A headline from Scientific American from 2019. We're five years later, so you better believe that science made significant leaps since then.

While Al-Ghaili could be dismissed as a sophisticated, scientific troll, his ideas are not unlike those proposed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other elite entities. For instance, last year, a WEF presentation explained how the monitoring of brainwaves could be used to "fight crime," as explained in this video.

In short, if it hadn't happened already, the WEF might tell Al-Ghaili, "I like the way you think," and actually give him the means to make his ideas a reality.

Let's hope not. Because they'll probably want to "Cognify" me for writing this article.

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10. The Much-Overlooked Symbolism in Roman Polanski’s “The Ninth Gate”

Warning: 25-year-old spoilers ahead!

When The Ninth Gate was first released in 1999, it wasn't a big commercial success. Critics said the movie "meandered aimlessly" and had a "lackluster ending" that not even Johnny Depp's star power could save.

At first glance, the critics were correct: The Ninth Gate appears to be about Johnny Depp running around various countries while lighting cigarettes at every opportunity he gets. And after about two hours, the movie ends in a rather anti-climactic way.

But at second glance, these critics completely missed the movie's point. The Ninth Gate is not a Pirates of the Caribbean-style adventure but a highly symbolic story of initiation where the protagonist's "meandering" is actually an allegorical ritual, and the "anti-climatic ending" is nothing less than spiritual illumination guided by the Whore of Babylon in the flesh.

However, none of this is spelled out in the movie; it is all meant to be decoded. Indeed, the movie's underlying meaning can only be understood once the symbols and occult references peppered throughout the film are pieced together, like Corso (Johnny Depp's character) pieces together pages from a Satanic book.

Maybe that explains why, after being panned by critics, the movie is now considered a cult classic. Here's a look at the much-overlooked meaning of The Ninth Gate.

A Roman Polanski Movie

Roman Polanski and Johnny Depp are long-time friends.

In 1968, Roman Polanski released Rosemary's Baby – a psychological horror movie about a newlywed woman who is groomed by a Satanic cult to give birth to the Antichrist (read my full article about it here).

In a way, this seminal film announced the coming of a new era. It was the end of an innocent and idealistic America and the "birth" of an era influenced by powerful occult movements.

Strangely enough, the movie was attached to real-world events that would make its "prophecy" come true. Less than a year after the release of Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski's pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was ritualistically murdered by followers of Charles Manson. The series of gruesome murders carried out by the Manson cult (which reeked of MKULTRA involvement) shocked America to the core and snapped it out of its hippie idealism: The world realized that there were dark forces lurking behind the scenes.

Precisely 30 years after these events – and at the dawn of a new millennium – Polanski released The Ninth Gate. Like in Rosemary's Baby, Satan is not the "bad guy" but the powerful figure everyone attempts to please. And, like in Rosemary's Baby, The Ninth Gate's subtext is about the coming of a new era.

Roman Polanski did not miss the opportunity to use numerology to convey his point. The Ninth Gate is about a demonic book written in 1666; The movie was released in 1999 (1666 reversed). This numerically significant year had to be underscored by a symbolically significant movie.

Strange fact: Polanski managed to make this movie happen while still a fugitive from the U.S. justice system for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.

"Polanksi rapist pedophile unpunished!"

Let's look at the heavy symbolism of The Ninth Gate.

A Movie for the Occult Elite

The symbol of the inverted cross. The message: It's unapologetically satanic.

The movie's title references the Nine Circles of Hell as described in Dante's Inferno. They are:

First Circle: Limbo.
Second Circle: Lust.
Third Circle: Gluttony.
Fourth Circle: Greed.
Fifth Circle: Anger.
Sixth Circle: Heresy.
Seventh Circle: Violence.
Eighth Circle: Fraud.
Ninth Circle: Treachery.

Through the movie's events, the protagonist experiences these nine circles. He engages in lustful behavior with a rich widow, gets greedy with his clients, gets angry at some people, violent at others, and everything else. In Dante's Inferno, Satan himself is at the center of the Ninth Circle. Guess what happens to Corso?

The movie's title is also quite literal. Throughout his investigation, Corso goes through physical gates to access the privileged information he seeks.

During the opening credits, the viewers are taken through nine gates, including the entrances of posh mansions owned by the occult elite. As we'll see, the movie was filmed in highly significant locations where actual rituals occurred.

Corso is hired by a wealthy collector named Boris Balkan to track down copies of a rare and elusive book.

Behind Balkan is an image of a castle in France that will be the final place of initiation.

Boris Balkan collects rare books that have one point in common: They're about Satan.

Balkan presses the number 6 three times to grant access to his private collection – one of the many details that are not immediately noticeable in the movie.

Balkan shows Corso his most prized possession: The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows. The cover is adorned with an inverted pentagram, the main symbol of black magic.

The book is centered around nine enigmatic engravings that are said to hold an immense amount of power.

As Balkan explains:

"They form a Satanic riddle. Correctly interpreted, with the aid of the original text and sufficient insider information, they're reputed to conjure up the Prince of Darkness in person."

However, there's a major problem: Balkan cannot conjure up anything. So he hires Corso to fetch the two other copies of that book to compare them.

The Nine Gates' first page contains an image of a snake wrapped around a tree.

The engraving above sums up the entire movie. It refers to the serpent from the Garden of Eden that offers Eve an apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In occult circles, this story is of the utmost importance: It is interpreted as Lucifer "saving" humans by passing on to them the knowledge to become gods.

Around the image is written "Sic Luceat Lux," which is Latin for "Thus shall the light shine." Lucifer means "light bringer" in Latin. The entire movie is about Corso seeking Luciferian "enlightenment."

From then on, Corso's seemingly wacky adventure turns into a process of initiation in which he becomes a "chosen one." The engravings in the book symbolically prophesize Corso's journey.

One image depicts a man hanging by a leg. Later in the movie, Corso finds his friend hanging by a leg. The ritualistic pose is a reminder that dealing with the Devil requires human sacrifice.

The engraving is inspired by the Hanged Man tarot card. It represents a sacrifice for "illumination" (see the halo around the man's head).

Another strong hint that Corso is the "chosen one": A supernatural woman aids him in his journey.

The unnamed "girl" has magical powers and seems to know everything. Emmanuelle Seigner, Roman Polanski's wife since 1989, played the role. We'll later see why this was an odd choice.

The girl marks Corso's forehead with her blood. Corso definitely the chosen one.

Corso walks around for a while with the girl's blood on his forehead and a broken lens (one-eye sign). The message: He's under the spell. This scene is so symbolic that it is used on the movie's cover art.

At the beginning of the movie, Corso is only interested in money and finds Satanic mumbo-jumbo ridiculous. However, his attitude changes as the movie progresses. Towards the end of his journey, Corso stops caring about money and wants the nine engravings for himself.

His quest took him to some highly symbolic locations.

Gates of the Occult Elite

Corso finds the second copy of The Nine Gates at a highly significant place: Chalet Biester in Portugal.

Like every other occult detail highlighted in this article, the significance of this filming location is not specifically mentioned in the movie. But its backstory is highly relevant to the movie's narrative.

Chalet Biester is a 19th-century mansion built around occult principles. Some rooms are replete with occult symbolism, as the property was used to conduct actual Masonic rituals. It was conceived by José Luis Monteiro, the same architect behind Quinta da Regaleira, another occult palace in Sintra. This area in Portugal is known for its "mystical" energy that attracted the richest occultists in the 19th century.

Chalet Biester contains a chapel covered in symbolism relating to Freemasonry and the Knights Templar.

Under the chapel is Chalet Biester's true purpose.

In the basement is a dark and cavernous Masonic initiation chamber meant to replicate the "authentic" rites practiced in Ancient Egypt.

None of this is mentioned in the movie. So why were scenes filmed in this specific location? Was Polanksi attempting to "charge" the movie with authentic occult energy?

Later in the movie, Corso discovers that an occult secret society named The Order of the Silver Serpent has been gathering in honor of The Nine Gates for centuries. When Corso moves to investigate this order, he is led to another highly symbolic gate.

Corso arrives at the entrance of a French château where the Order of the Silver Serpent carries out its rituals.

Inside, people in black robes and black candles recite passages from the Satanic book.

An ex-member of the order told Corso that the order "degenerated into a social club for bored millionaires and celebrities who use its meetings as an excuse to indulge in their jaded sexual appetites." These people are "under the impression that they owe their money and success to members of the order."

The scenes involving the order were filmed in Château de Ferrières, near Paris. Guess who built this place? Baron James de Rothschild.

Yes, the occult rituals in the movie were filmed in a château built by the most occult elite family in world history. This specific proprety was the site of some highly bizarre Rothschild events.

Marie-Hélène de Rothschild welcomes guests to her "Surrealist Ball" at Château Ferrières in 1972. In case you were wondering, she's the one with the horns.

As explained in my article about this occult elite party, the decor alluded to cannibalism and other debaucherous practices.

After the ritual, Corso is led to the final "initiation site." It is also highly symbolic.

Corso arrives at the final gate.

These scenes were filmed at a site with a relevant history: Château de Puivert.

This 12th-century castle was built by lords who practiced Cathartism, a sect that the Church considered heretical.

Without going too deep into this rabbit hole of history, Cathars reinterpreted Christianity through a Gnostic lens. They believed in dualistic gods where the God of the Old Testament was Satan, and the God of the New Testament was "good." They rejected the concept of Jesus' ressurection and interpreted it as a form of reincarnation. In short, Cathars had more in common with occult circles than Christianity. In consequence, they were violently repressed by the Church.

So Corso seeks "illumination" in this spiritually charged place. But before this happens, something else has to happen: Sex. Weird, demonic sex.

As the château burns, Corso copulates with the girl. No, they're not "hooking up." It's a bit more profound than that.

So who is this girl? What does she represent? Her true identity is (subtly) revealed at the very end of the movie when Corso finds the final engraving.

The final engraving depicts the girl sitting on a beast with seven heads.

While it is not clearly mentioned in the movie, the symbolism of this image reveals that the girl is the Whore of Babylon.

An illustration of the Whore of Babylon from Martin Luther's 1534 translation of the Bible.

Yes, Roman Polanski cast his wife to play the role of the Whore of Babylon, "with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." Weird.

But why does this specific Biblical figure play an important role in the movie? Like in Rosemary's Baby, The Ninth Gate announces the coming of a new era.

In the Book of Revelation, the Whore of Babylon embodies "spiritual adultery." She represents fallen humanity's determination to construct a godless society ruled by greed and immorality. She announces the coming of an age ruled by Satan (the dragon) and the Antichrist (the beast).

The Whore of Babylon is also an important figure in occult circles, such as in Aleister Crowley's Thelema.

"In her most abstract form, Babalon represents the female sexual impulse and the liberated woman. In the creed of the Gnostic Mass she is also identified with Mother Earth, in her most fertile sense. Along with her status as an archetype or goddess, Crowley believed that Babalon had an earthly aspect or avatar; a living woman who occupied the spiritual office of the 'Scarlet Woman'. The role of the Scarlet Woman was to help manifest the energies of the Aeon of Horus."

As stated above, The Whore of Babylon is believed to bring about the Aeon of Horus. According to the Thelema, the last 2,000 years were in the Aeon of Osiris, characterized by the worshipping of a single male deity and patriarchal values. Crowley believed that, during the 20th century, the world entered the Aeon of Horus, characterized by humans wanting to find God within themselves.

And that's exactly what happens to Corso.

In the movie's final scene, Corso enters the final gate as a powerful light causes the screen to fade to white.

With the help of the Great Whore of Babylon, Corso has reached godhood.

In Conclusion

In the movie, it is said that The Ninth Gates can only be unlocked with "sufficient insider information." The movie is built the same way. Like the allegorical tales shared in secret societies, The Ninth Gate has an exoteric meaning for the "profane" and an esoteric meaning for the "initiate."

Corso's tale is somewhat similar to Christ's, but … anti. While the world's richest people spent their entire lives and wealth attempting to become kings on Earth, the "chosen one" is a humble and unassuming nomad. After being put to the test and going through the nine gates of hell, Corso elevated himself to the level of a god.

Corso symbolically represents the "energy" of a new era dubbed the Aeon of Horus, in which the worship of a single God is replaced by the desire to reach godhood through one's own means. That is the Luciferian way.

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