The final mysteries of David Bowie’s Blackstar – Elvis, Crowley and 'the villa of Ormen' Nearly a fortnight after we were told “Look up here, I’m in heaven”, we’re still obsessing over David Bowie’s death. Pop detectives have been finding more cryptic clues about his demise from his last album, Blackstar, as well as discovering a tumblr that the man himself may have written. Here’s our handy, Illuminati-grade guide to the biggest work of death-art ever to hit the internet, to stop you swirling down a rabbit-hole of Bowie-sized proportions. 1 That album title Yes, it’s a name for a cancer lesion, although one usually associated with breast cancer, so its meaning in outer-space terminology is likely to have been far more significant for the Starman. Maybe Bowie was also winking at his good friend, Mos Def, who had a collective with the same name, plus Black Star is the name of a little-known Elvis song that has being doing the rounds. 2 Blackstar’s release date, and cover art 3 The lyrics and videos for Blackstar and Lazarus The song Blackstar begins in “the villa of Ormen”.
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David Bowies’ Gnostic Obsession With the Occult, Nazis and Cocaine Not many fans of the singer David Bowie (born as David Robert Jones in 1947) are aware that he had a secret obsession with the occult, Gnostic doctrines, the paranormal, Aleister Crowley, Nazi's and cocaine. He was by no means a Nazi himself, and in fact, his mother was Irish and part Jewish. There have been several books that have documented these alleged facts. It was also documented that in his younger years he was into the teachings of the Gnostics and Jewish Kabbalah. In his cocaine heydays it was said, that he was sometimes paranoid and used protective pentagrams to protect himself against the dark spiritual occult forces. I found it fascinating that Bowie was interested in the occult and Gnosticism. There is an old story told of the seventeen–year–old Cameron Crowe who allegedly found Bowie secretly burning black candles against an aborted magical ritual during the LA period. In Bowie's 1971 song 'Quicksand' he sang: Bowie had fascination with the NAZI's and Hitler.
The Secret Sun: The Exegesis: That's the Spirit "Spiritual but not religious" is a phrase that's become increasingly common these days. What exactly the phrase means depends on who lays claim to it. For some it means they still believe in church teachings but prefer to sleep in on Sunday. For others (more than the former category, probably) it means a belief in angels, reincarnation, and a host of quasi-Christian/New Age syntheses. It's one of those times when language fails us, something that seems to happen more and more often when dealing with anything esoteric (see: Aliens, Ancient). Because of this, we have to use words provisionally, adding disclaimers like "but not religious" among many others. Unfortunately, even when all that is said and done, the concept of "spirit" itself is like quicksand. That's all fine with me. In that regard, what we call "spirituality" is the operating system software to facilitate that process. You won't find very many long-lasting secular societies in history. Not a comforting precedent.
Fall of Man | Occult books & Grimoires Tome On The Range | The Fall To Earth: David Bowie, Cocaine And The Occult For details of a free literary event including a reading from the book by Peter Doggett at Foyles on Charring Cross Road tonight, go to the end of the feature. The Unmaking of a Star #3: Cocaine and the Kabbalah I just wish Dave would get himself sorted fucking out. Cocaine was the fuel of the music industry in the seventies. Bowie was, and has been, more candid about his drug use during this period than most of his contemporaries, and various associates have fleshed out the picture. ‘Give cocaine to a man already wise,’ wrote occultist Aleister Crowley in 1917, ‘[and] if he be really master of himself, it will do him no harm. It was not entirely helpful that a man who was bordering on cocaine psychosis should choose to immerse himself in the occult enquiries that had exerted a more intellectual fascination over him five years earlier. STATION TO STATION (Bowie) Recorded September–November 1975; Station To Station LP. Peter Doggett
Latin American High Weirdness: 'Hand of Death' Satanic CIA Cult Network -- Puppet Masters -- Sott.net Latin American High Weirdness: The Cults Part I Since the end of the second World War Latin America has become something of a playground for the Cryptocracy. Cults, medical experiments, UFOs, drugs, Nazi war criminals, and the like have been in abundance in this region of the world in an especially bizarre fashion for over a half century. The isolation of many parts of Latin America coupled with its close proximity to the United States are a big reason for this. I also suspect that its potent mixture of religious practices make it an especially fertile region for PSYOPs. The 'New World', being in relative isolation from the Old, maintained some very ancient religions practices up to the time of the arrival of the Spanish. It was into this stew that the sorcerers of the US intelligence community and their allies in Europe (including former Nazis) boldly entered in the wake of World War II. Mengele Barbie "It was then that British Guiana saw the first stirrings for independence. Allende Delia
KIA Invisible Agents | KIA Invisible Agents | Group magick without hierarchy The Occult Universe of David Bowie and the Meaning of "Blackstar" - The Vigilant Citizen - Understand the Occult Symbolism in Pop Culture In the wake of David Bowie’s death, his last album, “Blackstar”, is his swan song, an enigmatic conclusion to a career punctuated by otherworldly alter-egos and esoteric symbolism. We’ll look at the meaning of “Blackstar” in the context of David Bowie’s career. Very few artists can boast the longevity of David Bowie in the music industry, as his career spanned over five decades and produced 28 albums. Throughout the decades, Bowie migrated from one musical genre to another, and even from one persona to another, but a constant remained: He was surrounded by an otherworldly aura. Through his work, Bowie turned himself into a musical ‘ascended master’, a Gnostic Christ-like figure who achieved a high level of illumination and who sought to communicate a cryptic message to humanity. Throughout his career, Bowie often turned himself into a mere vessel as he lent his body to various personas who spoke through him, often communicating messages of deep occult significance. Occult Bowie Major Tom
This Stranger Things Fan Theory Makes Way Too Much Sense As far as fan theories go, the whole "Hero is really the VILLAIN!" thing is pretty weak. But when you apply that idea to Stranger Things, it makes a lot more sense than usual. Uproxx compiled some convincing evidence in the video above (complete with lovely illustrations) that implies that Eleven and the monster are one and the same. Now, we do see the two together in the same room, but that doesn't mean that the monster couldn't be something like a psychic manifestation of Eleven's childhood trauma. Let's start with what we know about the monster. Right off the bat, we can see Demogorgon has two heads. It's also worth noting that the canonical first sighting of the monster (that we know of) was not in the upside-down, but in a completely black space. Instead of the nightmarish Giger-esque mirror world, the monster appears in what seems to be Eleven's mind -- and at a time when she's under tremendous pressure in a harsh environment, no less. The parallels get even more explicit.
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