The Birth of Noah

The children in The Midwich Cuckoos novel reminds me of the creepy oft-quoted passage about the birth of Noah (of Ark fame).

From the Book of Enoch or Book of Noah, depending on which source you read (I find it all a bit confusing):

Baby Noah is described as having skin as white as snow and as red as a rose. His hair is white and like wool and his eyes glow like the sun.

His disturbed father Lamech says, “I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like us and his eyes are as the rays of the sun…And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels…”

Lamech ponders whether his wife Bathenosh has been “lying with the angels”.

Some people interpret these angels as being aliens.

Other people are merely perplexed that angels are being perceived by Lamech as beings of flesh and blood with the ability to have intercourse with humans.

And some people think the passage means that the suspicious (but modest) Lamech is just shocked that he has sired a beautiful child.

As with all things, it all depends on how you look at it.

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The Last Enemy

I only just saw the conclusion of the TV drama The Last Enemy yesterday evening.

In a case of art imitating life, The Last Enemy presented a disturbing vision of Britain which is looming close around the corner.

In the drama, ID cards were issued to the general public following a terrorist incident at Victoria station which killed over 200 people.

The ID cards were said to be issued as a means of increasing security and fighting terror but they were really being used to control and suppress the general public.

The ID cards were linked to a database called TIA which had detailed information about an individual's health, finances, biometric data, genes, education, job, underwear, what they had for breakfast etc.

Along with the Big-Brother-gone-mad scenario, there was also assassinated microbiologists, suicide and genetic tagging. It was more like a fly-on-the-wall documentary than a television drama, and so all the more chilling.

Perhaps because the UK media appears to be somewhat gagged by the Government of late, the BBC are resorting to sneaking the real news into their television dramas.

Or maybe the Powers That Be (whoever they might be) are preparing us for our bleak future through the medium of television drama.

In any case, The Last Enemy appears to be us.

As stated in the documentary, Ludicrous Diversion (2006), “they are using our fear for our safety to restrict our liberty. And they are using their false promises of security to erode our privacy...The terrorists cannot take away our freedom or change our way of life. Only our own elected leaders can do that. And they are.”

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Panspermia

“Panspermia is the hypothesis that "seeds" of life exist already all over the Universe, that life on Earth may have originated through these "seeds"…”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia

These seeds refer to organisms such as bacteria and other life forms.

Panspermia comes from the Greek meaning 'mixture of all seeds' (pan meaning all – and Spermia seeds).

Extraterrestrial Interpretation

Panspermia is often confused with exogenesis.

In these theories, human life originated on another planet, such as Mars, and was then transferred to planet Earth either by Nature or by alien intervention.

Metaphysical Interpretation

Panspermia can be interpreted as the seeds of the Divine (the great all), the spark of life from the Universal Creator that is within every living creature on Earth, within our cells which are often called the Building Blocks of Life.

Mythical Interpretation

Then we have the god Pan, who is sometimes depicted with an erect phallus and sometimes associated with the incubus, sowing his wild oats everywhere.

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Shakespeare's Will

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Juliet.

"I don't believe a rose would be as nice if it were called a thistle or a skunk cabbage!" said Anne (of Green Gables).

Shakspere the Actor

It was Will the actor who was of humble origin and who came from Stratford upon Avon. It is said that this man signed his name as 'William Shakspere'.

Shakspere's parents were illiterate. Shakspere's daughter, Judith, was unable to write.

The most famous role that Will Shakspere played on the stage was the Ghost in Hamlet. He also worked as a moneylender.

It is odd that Will Shakspere, who once sued a man for an unpaid loan of two shillings, was never compensated for his plays during his lifetime and never seemed to have complained about it.

It's also said that, unlike most artists, Will Shakspere enjoyed prosperity during his lifetime. The only surviving letter to Shakspere is a letter from a neighbour asking for a loan of thirty pounds.

In his last will and testament, Will mentions a "second best bed" and a "silver gilt bowl" but makes no mention of his valuable literary works or who is to benefit from them.

It is therefore surmised that the actor 'Will Shakspere' and the author 'William Shakespeare' were two different people.

What's in a Name?

Shakespeare or "Spear Shaker" is believed to be a reference to the spear shakers of mythology: Apollo, Athena and Hercules, the mortal who became a god.

Will Shakspere had never travelled and knew little Latin or Greek so many theorists believe that he would have been unable to produce literary works that required an indepth knowledge of law, Platonic philosophy, Rosicrucian symbolism, the culture of royal courts and several languages.

The authorship of Shakespeare's plays is usually attributed to men such as Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe or Edward De Vere.

Manly P. Hall writes: "A sentimental world, however, dislikes to give up a traditional hero, either to solve a controversy or to right a wrong."

However the real author of the plays must have had his or her reasons for keeping their identity a secret. Besides 'The Complete Works of Bacon' doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

All the World's a Stage

Most people today still believe that the moneylending actor from Stratford upon Avon is the authentic author of the Elizabethan literary masterpieces.

So either Will Shakspere was truly one of the greatest writers of all time. Or he was one of the greatest actors, convincing the world at large during his lifetime and beyond his death, that he was a literary genius and the author of some of the most celebrated masterpieces in English literature.

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The Strange Deaths of Christopher Marlowe

The Elizabethan playwright, Christopher Marlowe, is nowadays more famous for the manner in which he died. But there are a fair few versions of his death.

Version One: He was stabbed to death by a love rival in a drunken fight at a pub.

Version Two: He was stabbed to death by a jealous husband in a street brawl.

Version Three: Christopher Marlowe was gay and his death was the result of a homophobic attack.

Version Four: His death was a punishment for heresy. He was said to have authored documents which denied the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Version Five: An argument over a bill during a game of backgammon at a house in Deptford turned into a fight. Marlowe attacked one of the men who accidentally and mortally stabbed him above the right eye in self-defence. The man was pardoned.

Version Six: Marlowe was a government spy. The three men he’d spent his last day with (supposedly playing backgammon) were also spies. They assassinated him.

Version Seven: He wasn’t murdered at all. His death was faked after which he wrote several plays under the name “William Shakespeare”.


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Diana Inquest: Mohamed Al-Fayed

Yesterday Mohamed Al Fayed accused the "Establishment" of being involved in the alleged murder of Diana, Princess of Wales and its subsequent cover-up.

Al-Fayed's all-inclusive group of conspirators included Prince Philip ("the Nazi"), Prince Charles, Tony Blair, Diana's sister, Diana's brother-in-law, the secret services, the bodyguards, French toxicologists and many more.

He referred to Camilla Parker-Bowles as the "crocodile wife" and the Royals as the Dracula family.

The only person Al-Fayed didn't name in the plot to murder Princess Diana was himself.

He should read The Biggest Secret to find out about his own alleged involvement. Or maybe he already has.

In related news, Paul Burrell was apparently caught on camera admitting that he had lied at the Inquest. ("I was very naughty.")

Related Links

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3390450.ece

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royals/article813688.ece