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oio11Friday, February 17, 2012
Lord of the Magicians Part II
In part one of this series I considered some of the occult aspects of the works of the acclaimed horror/fantasy author, painter, and filmmaker Clive Barker. As that piece wound down I began to examine my favorite Barker picture, 1995's Lord of Illusions. We shall further consider this film now, which is extremely rich in esoteric details. Barker has described the film as a hybrid of a supernatural horror film and private detective-centric film noir. Stylistically, that's pretty apt. But if such a genre as occult initiation existed, Illusions would certainly fit squarely therein. The film centers around two dueling magicians, a Manson-esque cult leader known as Nix, and his former apprentice, Phillip Swann.
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| Nix (top) and Swann (bottom) |
As the film opens, we find Swann and several other ex-members of Nix's cult racing towards a desolate desert ranch. There Nix is holding a twelve year old girl hostage for reasons that are never entirely explained. Curiously, Nix keeps a pet baboon and uses it to terrify the the girl, named Dorothea. The baboon has been associated with the Egyptian god Thoth, who held dominion over science, writing, and magic. Sometimes Thoth was depicted with a baboon known as Babi as an attendant, and sometimes with the actual head of a baboon. Thoth was extremely important to the ancient Mysteries of Isis and Osiris.
"The goddess Isis married her older brother Osiris, whom she loved very much. Set, the old serpent of envy, hated their happiness and murdered Osiris by stealth. Then, to prevent all possibility of resurrection, Set dismembered the body of Osiris and scattered the pieces up and down the Nile River.
"When Isis learned what had been done, She called upon Thoth, god of Eternity, to stop the flow of Time, so that she could find all the parts of Osiris before the sun set. And Thoth stopped the wings of time, and the universe stood still, and Isis went forth weeping and griefstricken to hunt one by one for the pieces of the dead Lord Osiris. And when she had found them, she performed the Black Rite, and eternity gave birth to Time again, and Osiris was alive.
"And the secret of the Black Rite is the Secret of Secrets, and even those who know it do not know it fully..."
(The Cosmic Trigger Volume I, Robert Anton Wilson, pg. 221)
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| Thoth, in baboon form |
Apparently the priesthood centered around Thoth was then entrusted with the secrets of the 'Black Rite,' which has been the source of much speculation in occult literature. In the director's commentary to Lord of Illusions Barker states that he fought to have the baboon included after the studio essentially believed it to be to expensive for such a brief appearance. If it is in fact a reference to Thoth, then is it possible Nix was planning his own Black Rite with Dorothea as a participant? Of course, Barker claims his insistence on the baboon was due to its dramatic effect, but the symbolism seems to fit a little to well for mere coincidence.
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| Nix's baboon |
Nix is hanging from a suspended cruciform in the same chamber as Dorothea when Swann finally encounters him. A mock-crucifixion is another popular rite in certain occult circles.
"It is a ritual symbolic of rebirth but, even more than that, it mimics the death and resurrection of the initiate in psychological -if not spiritual -changes. It also unites the initiate with the whole history of his tradition, going back through all of those grimoires and spellbooks, all that gematrai and incantation, all that sacred geometry, until a karmic balance has been achieved between the actions of the initiate's life (or lives) and the life to come, the life he will lead. The cross on which he has been crucified fixes him at a specific point in space and time, bleeds him of karmic debt, fixes him like the alchemists fixed mercury, so that he becomes the engine of his own transformation, his own X and Y axis, the center of his own dimension and, as such, the center of all dimensions. What is death and resurrection, after all, but a conquering -an abrogation -of the linear, unidirectional flow of time, and thus of space as well...
"This crucifixion ritual would be mirrored in a ceremony that was performed by Charles Manson in Box Canyon near the Spahn Ranch in 1968, while he was under the influence of LSD..."
(Sinister Forces Book I, Peter Levenda, pg. 261)
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| Nix on his cruciform |
Ah, more parallels to Manson and Nix. The notion of an individual being fixed in space and time upon being crucified is also interesting, when we consider that Thoth was also said to have stopped time itself so that Isis could resurrect Osiris. Resurrection becomes a chief theme of Illusions by the end of the opening sequence as well, for Swann manages to kill Nix (with more than a little help from young Dorothea). Nix's 'death' involves having a bizarre metallic mask attached to Nix's head via self-drilling screws. Swann describes the mask's purpose as binding Nix. Death, then, effectively stops time for Nix, who goes into a kind of hibernation after having the mask placed upon his face (in addition to being shot a few times).
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| Nix's 'death mask' |
The rest of the film will center around several devoted followers of Nix as they go about attempting to resurrect their master from the grave. This endeavour really begins to pick up 13 years later when Swann has become a world famous illusionists, a la David Copperfield, in addition to marrying Dorothea, whose grown up version is played by Femake Janssen. When exactly the courtship between Swann and Dorothea began is never mentioned.
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| Grown up Dorothea |
In fact, the relationship between the middle-aged Swann and Dorothea is quite odd on several levels. Dorothea states several times throughout the film that she did not marry Swann for love. The audience is given the vague impression that it was out of obligation to Swann for saving her when she was 12. Swann is seemingly obsessed with Dorothea and one is left with the impression that this obsession stretched over many years. Clearly Swann stayed close to Dorothea after rescuing her from Nix, possibly obscenely close.
To say that Dorothea was unenthusiastic about her husband throughout the film would be an understatement. Despite being stuck in an utterly passionless marriage, things aren't all bad for Dorothea. Judging by the size of Swann's mansion, being married to a world famous illusionist is at least not without its benefits. For our purposes, the most intriguing part of Swann''s mansion is the entrance room, featuring a black and white checkered floor and a winding staircase. This is heavily Masonic symbolism, and in keeping with the theme of initiation which we briefly explored in part one. Masonic lodges and parts of initiation rituals are supposed to mimic the structure of King Solomon's Temple. They also at times feature checkered floors.
"In addition, the floor of the temple may be constructed or decorated in a checkerboard pattern of black and white squares, a motif that is found on many Masonic documents, tracing boards, and other illustrations. The checkerboard pattern has a long and illustrious pedigree, calling to mind instantly the game of chess and its origins as a sacred game between the forces of light and darkness. Today, it might be interpreted as a grid, a group of cells called a matrix -from the Latin mater for mother, from which we get the words matter, material, and even Demeter, the goddess of corn (which is also an important Masonic symbol). The prima materia is an alchemical term indicating the base material of the Philosopher's Stone. All of these meanings would be relevant to the Temple's design, since -as a replica of KST -the temple represents the universe, not the universe in a chaotic state but as an ordered cosmos, created and designed by the Great Architect."Staircases are especially important in the symbolism of the second degree, the Fellowcraft.
(The Secret Temple, Peter Levenda, pg. 11)
"The lodge room for this degree is said to represent the 'middle chamber' of King Solomon's Temple, and the central icon of this degree is the Winding Staircase...
"The EA is then instructed in a strange and awkward method of walking, raising his feet high with each step, and progressing from the west to the east in this fashion. After this, the EA is made to kneel and hold the VSL -the Bible or another appropriate scripture -and made to swear another series of oaths with terrible penalties for breaking them..."
(ibid, pg. 17)
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| Best image I can find of the Masonic lodge-like features of Swann's mansion |
EA stands for Entered Apprentice, the First Degree in Masonry which virtually every initiate begins at. In the first degree, the lodge is said to be the first floor or courtyard of Solomon's temple. In the third degree (the final in basic Blue Lodge Freemasonry), it is said to be the third and top most floor. In the third degree the initiate imitates the death of Hiram Abiff as they are made to mimic walking up a staircase in the second degree. Keep this in mind dear reader, for we shall return to the Masonic lodge-like aspects of Swann's mansion a bit later.
When the film moves forward 13 years the main character of Illusions, private detective Harry D'Amour, is finally introduced. Barker has stated that D'Amour is his favorite character and has described Harry as a kind of altar-ego. D'Amour has appeared in several of Barker's works including the short story The Last Illusion (upon which Lord is based) and the novels The Great and the Secret Show and Everville. D'Amour is supposed to appear opposite Pinhead in Barker's long anticipated The Scarlet Gospels. Needless to say, D'Amour is a fascinating character on many levels. Even the tattoos upon his body, which are said to be talismans that become warm when evil is near in the novel Everville, hold meaning. One of these tattoos appears on the back of Scott Bakula, who plays D'Amour in Illusions, though it is never explained. I dearly wish I could have found something on this symbol while searching the net, at the very least its name, but nothing useful came up. If anyone knows what the symbol tattooed on D'Amour's back means, feel free to share.
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| Scoot Bakula as legendary Barker character Harry D'Amour |
D'Amour's occupation, private detective, is quite apt as well. The private eye is one of the most iconical and romanticized characters in modern American fiction. Frequently the private detective is portrayed as a lone light in a sea of pit-black corruption, a champion of the dispossessed and desperate. The image is the result of writers such as Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane and films like The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon. While the private eye is frequently depicted as David in fiction, their real life association is clearly with Goliath.
Private investigative agencies were born out of the labor unrest in America in the wake of the Civil War. These organizations, such as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, were vast, featuring offices in virtually every major American city and employing thousands of people. In addition to detective work, many of these agencies also provided uniformed security guards for railroads, mines, and at times even towns (uniformed Pinkerton guards appeared on the streets of Chicago several years before uniformed police officers). They were also used to put down labor strikes (a speciality of the infamous Baldwin-Felts Agency) and to infiltrate labor organizations, which were frequently organized along the lines of secret societies. And so to were the detective agencies themselves, which laid the blueprints for both the modern Secret Service (the Pinkertons were in fact the original Secret Service, briefly serving as Lincoln's bodyguards) and FBI and heavily influencing the methods of the CIA in the process.
"The vital new ingredient in America that linked violence with revolutionary ideas was the flood of immigration that began in the mod-nineteenth century. As the country acquired new manpower from Europe to build railroads, tunnel mines, and fill factories, it also acquired a fresh infusion of ideas...
"Ireland played a particularly important role, providing 44 percent of the 3.5 million immigrants who came to America from 1840-54. The Irish brought with them a rich revolutionary tradition of secret organization and defiance of authority...
"After the suppression of the Ribbonmen in the late 1830s and the famine years of the mid-forties, revolutionaries in Ireland became more extreme and resourceful. Some new secret societies revived the old agrarian tradition of dressing in women's clothing ... and the Irish countryside began to talk about altogether new secret society under a legendary Molly Maguire.
"The Molly Maguires acquired an importance in the New World that they never had in Ireland. They became the defenders and organizers of the Irish immigrants who flooded into the newly opened coal fields of Pennsylvania. Anthracite mining was new to the Irish, who as Catholics were suspect and subjected to frequent unemployment, particularly in the recession following the Civil War. They looked for protection to the Molly Maguires, who organized largely in taverns as a secret, militant arm of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. They captured the imagination of America with their work stoppages climaxing in the Long Strike of 1875 against the Reading Railroad.
"A former radical Chartist, Allan Pinkerton, championed the counter-attack by the railroad owners, infiltrating the Mollies, and using 'flying squadrons' to break the strike and arrest its leaders. A sensational series of trails led to the hanging of twenty leaders in 1877, including the eight members of the inner, secret circle. Legends arose on the Left -and fortified a new literature of reassurance on the Right: the detective story. Just as Pinkerton provided a model of detective work in the service of the status quo, so Arthur Conan Doyle, after creating Sherlock Holmes, immortalized Pinkerton's tale of triumph over the Irish miners in The Valley of Fear of 1915."
(A Fire in the Minds of Men, James Billington, pg.434)
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| the actual logo of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency |
In a way, American labor unrest of the 19th century can be seen as a war between competing secret societies, those of the labor unions and those of the detective agencies. What's more, the romanticized version of the private eye that would soon begin appearing in crime fiction was largely the construction of Allan Pinkerton himself, who became quite a prolific writer, in addition to the works by Dashiell Hammett (who wrote The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and Red Harvest, among others), a former Pinkerton detective. But I digress.
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| Allan Pinkerton (left) with President Lincoln, making the sign of the 'hidden hand' |
The New York-based D'Amour happens to be in L.A. working a divorce case when he stumbles upon the brutal murder of Quaid, a fortune teller who was with Swann during the confrontation with Nix 13 years earlier. Swann is deeply upset over the death of Quaid, spurring Dorothea to employ D'Amour on the sly to investigate her husband's past, allegedly. Of course, Dorothea is already aware of Nix, making her decision to employ D'Amour even more curious.
Shortly thereafter D'Amour and Dorothea attend one of Swann's performances at the legendary Pantages Theater in Hollywood. In the Director's Commentary on the DVD, Barker states that he was quite insistent that the Pantages Theater be used. This is most interesting, considering the odd history of the place. The Pantages was built by Alexander Pantages, a Greek vaudeville performer and early motion picture producer. Eventually he constructed a chain of successful theaters which RKO, under the direction of Joseph P. Kennedy, attempted to buy out. Pantages refused and shortly thereafter he found himself accused of rape by a 17 year old vaudeville dancer named Eunice Pringle. Initially Pantages was found guilty, but was acquitted during a second trial. Financially broken, Pantages sold his theater chain to RKO for less that what the motion picture company initially offered and for less than what was worth. Rumors have long persisted that Pantages was framed by Kennedy, the father of JFK and RFK.
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| Alexander Pantages (top) and Joseph Kennedy Sr. (bottom) |
In Lord of Illusions, the Pantages Theater is the site where Swann opts to fake his own death. This is accomplished in one of the film's signature set pieces. Swann is strapped onto a revolving platform in the shape of a five pointed star atop a pentagon. Above him are numerous swords suspended from another revolving platform and on a timer. Every few seconds a sword releases and falls onto the platform below. As Swann is attempting to undo his bounds he falls behind the timing and the swords begin to fall into various parts of his body until they have all fallen and he is dead.
This sequence is symbolically important on several levels. As regular readers of this blog know, the five pointed star is a sign of Sirius, the Dog Star. Sirius is highly important in various occult strands. I've written more on this topic here and here. The five pointed-star combined with the pentagon on Swann's platform equals ten points. Ten was considered to be the most sacred number to the Pthagoreans.
"Ten was the number of the Pythagorean Tetraktys, the sum of the first four digits (1+2+3+4). It possesses a sense of totality, of fulfilment and that of a return to oneness after the evolution of the cycle of the first nine digits. The Pythagoreans regarded ten as the holiest of numbers. It was the symbol of universal creation, upon which they took their oaths, as 'the Tetraktys from which eternal Nature springs and in which it is rooted.' If all springs from ten and all returns to it, it is therefore also an image of totality in motion."Swords also have a curious symbolic meaning.
(Dictionary of Symbols, Jean Chevalier & Alain Gheerbrant, pg. 981)
"The sword is the warrior's symbol, but it is also the symbol of 'holy war...' Holy war is above all else an inner struggle, and this may also be the significance of the sword brought by Christ... And it is also -in both its creative and destructive aspects -a symbol of the Word and of speech. While he preaches, the Muslim khitab holds a wooden sword in his hand and the Book of Revelation describes a two-edged sword in the mouth of the Word. The two edges relate to its dual powers, but may also convey the meaning of sexual dualism. The edges are either male and female, as an Arab writer explains, or else swords are ritually forged by a married couple or by a pair of smiths, in a series of operations which, as in Chinese legend, comprise a marriage."
(ibid, pg. 959)
I would venture to guess that the five pointed star is symbolic of the magical tradition, that of Sirius, that both Swann and Nix follow. Swann's (fake) death upon the ten points seemingly represents his failure to achieve perfection. The sword clearly indicates the struggle between Swann and Nix, and the two factions based around either. This struggle is a holy war in the purest sense, though Swann is totally ignorant of this. Swann has in fact failed to achieve perfection on many levels (even more so than Nix), which makes the ten points of his platform even more ironic.
D'Amour begins his investigation of Swann in earnest after the latter's alleged death. Among other places, the investigation takes D'Amour to Hollywood's legendary Magic Castle. It is here that D'Amour first hears of Nix, and rumors of Swann's involvement in Nix's cult. D'Amour also encounters the pompous illusionist Vinovich, played by the great character actor Vincent Schiavelli, who talks some jive about "divinity and trickery." Throughout Illusions I feel as those Barker takes several swipes at the shallowness of Hollywood and the buffoonish illusionists of the Magic Castle are used as stand-ins in this sequence.
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| Hollywood's Magic Castle |
The oh-so-pretentious Vinovich character has actually witnessed Nix ad Swann perform actual magic, yet he holds his own illusions up to the level divinity and speaks of Houdini's 'spirit guides' (Houdini's legacy with Spiritualism is quite curious). This seems to be a reflection upon the 'magic' of Hollywood, and the importance the media and public alike attach to it, in comparison to the actual magic that is performed en mass daily across the U.S. As noted in part one, Barker has never directed another film to date after Illusions. It would seem the disillusionment was already weighing heavily upon him at this point.
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| the ridiculous character of Vinovich |
As Illusions is part film noir it was inevitable that Dorothea and D'Amour would end up in the sack together. It is in Dorothea's bedroom, located in the top floor of Swann's mansion, that D'Amour and Dorothea are confronted by the still living Swann, in a de-materialized from. I will again remind the reader of the Masonic lodge-like structure of Swann's mansion, which I discussed earlier.
In the second degree of Freemasonry, the primary icon the initiate considers is the Winding Staircase, the 'middle chamber' of King Solomon's temple. Swann's mansion features both a checker boarded floor, as many Masonic lodges display, and a winding staircase. In making it to Dorothea's bed chamber, D'Amour passes through the second degree and is raised to the top most floor of Solomon's Temple. In the third degree, that of the Master Mason, the initiate reenacts the murder of Hiram Abiff, and is then figuratively resurrected. Here, D'Amour is confronted with a false resurrection by Swann before encountering Nix's actual resurrection a little later in the film. Is this whole sequence as well as the design of Swann's house meant to be symbolic of D'Amour's initiation, as well as the one the audience under goes as they view the movie?
This brief confrontation with de-materialized Swann is what drives D'Amour to seek out the actual Swann, which in turn sets in motion Nix's resurrection. In one of the film's most striking sequences, Nix's followers begin to head back to the desert ranch where they last encountered their master. Many of the cultist had settled into seemingly normal lives, but after receiving letters hinting at Nix's immanent return, they go about emotionlessly killing their families and coworkers before heading back to the desert. Talk about predictive programming.
It all leads to an inevitable conclusion with D'Amour and Swann rushing to Nix's desert lair, where the grown up Dorothea is once again being held hostage. Shortly before Dorothea was kidnapped by one of Nix's followers, she dropped one of the key lines in the film while paraphrasing Swann: "Flesh is a trap... and magic sets us free." Here again the subtle Gnosticism, as filtered through Crowley, of Barker's work once again makes an appearance. Of course, one of the deepest held Gnostic beliefs is that matter and the material world are a prison constructed by the Demiurge to trap the divine spirit of man. The Gnostic strand in Barker's writing is discussed much more in depth in part one of this series.
Nix, to his followers at least, is meant to be the ultimate embodiment of Swann's flesh/magic musings. It also seemingly brings the Masonic initiation allusions full circle. When considering the murder of Nix at Swann's hands, I can't help but be reminded of the legendary murder of Hiram Abiff in Masonic lore by the three 'unworthy' craftsmen.
"In the Masonic ceremony -and there are several variations but the main procedure is the same -the initiate listens to the story of the architect of Solomon's Temple, Hiram Abiff, as it is enacted with the initiate himself in the role of Abiff.
"The building of the Temple of Solomon involved two main personalities: Hiram, the King of Tyre, and Solomon himself. Hiram had been a friend of King David, and then of David's son Solomon, and when the time came to build the famous temple it was Hiram who offered assistance in terms of materials, labor, and even design. By allowing Jewish ships to use Tyrian ports, Hiram allowed Solomon to import many choice materials for the temple and the temple service. There was another Hiram -Hiram Abiff, in the Masonic legend -who was a craftsman in bronze for the temple. This Hiram is mentioned several times in the first Book of Kings, and is described as the son of a widow who was put in charge of bronze casting of the two pillars Jachin and Boaz and many other temple objects. There has also been speculation that the Adoniram mentioned in I Kings 5:14 as the one in charge of all construction labor at the temple was the same Hiram, and that the name Adoniram is actually a portmanteau of two words: Adonai Hiram, or Lord Hiram. Whatever the personalities involved, the skill of the craftsmen impressed the Jews greatly. All of the stonecutting and other stonework was accomplished at the quarry so that when the stones of the Temple were finally laid there was no sound or sign of hammers or other construction tools, and not metals at all. The stones were laid perfectly and joined seamlessly together on the site...
"There is no mention in the Bible of the murder of Adoniram, Hiram of Tyre, or Hiram the widow's son.
"Yet the legend as told in the Master Mason initiation ceremony is specific if allegorical in nature. Only Hiram Abiff was in possession of the word of the Master Mason -the 'Mason Word,' as it has been called since the seventeenth century. Other versions of the story say that Hiram Abiff was in possession of another kind of secret that he would not reveal. In any case, Hiram had knowledge that the others did not and they wanted it and would kill to get it."
(The Secret Temple, Peter Levenda, pgs. 20-21)
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| a Masonic reenactment of the murder of Hiram Abiff |
In Masonic lore Hiram is murdered by three unworthy craftsman. In Illusions Nix is murdered by four individuals, all of whom are seemingly unworthy of his wisdom. One of these individuals is already dead before the 13 year jump, while another has been institutionalized. The third, Quaid, is a low rent fortune teller. Then there's Swann, a man blessed with divine knowledge who uses it to become a phenomenally successful night club performer. In other words, the four unworthy craftsmen are either totally broken by Nix's knowledge, or apply it to purely mercenary pursuits.
But what of Nix's himself? Coming off like an unholy merger between Manson and John the Baptist, he is the prototypical seeker. He has totally abandoned material comfort for the desert and filthy clothing where he can focus only on his magic. Yet Nix himself is every bit as corrupt as Swann. His ultimate life goal is to murder the world, as he confides in Swann. And he seems rather board with even this objective. He tries to show Swann the world for what it really is, in which human beings are nothing but vile clumps of matter, yet we can never be sure if this is a true vision, or an illusion Nix has convinced himself of.
Instead of spreading illumination to the worthy, he has become a de facto shepherd for a cabal of mindless, blood-thirsty drones incapable of discovering the Great Mysteries for themselves. Little wonder then that Nix murders virtually all of his followers shortly after his resurrection, telling them, "You waited like lambs. Well, I'm not your shepherd." In Nix's estimation, only Swann is worthy of his teachings and even Swann has long since lost interest in spiritual advancement. Nix is ultimately quite a pathetic figure, a man who has learned the secrets of matter and the mind only to find them to be utterly worthless. When Dorothea asks him what he is, Nix honestly responds: "A man who wanted to be a god, but changed his mind."
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| the resurrected Nix |
Ultimately Nix is every bit as unworthy as the rest of his followers. It is only D'Amour, the most unlikely candidate, who passes through initiation. Over the course of the film three individuals are shown matter for what it truly is: Nix, Swann, and D'Amour. But it is only D'Amour that sees through this illusion and keeps sight of the spirit within matter. He is the only one not driven mad or mired in corruption as a result of Nix's knowledge. In the final moments of the film a dying Swann 'raises' D'Amour up like a god for his final confrontation with Nix. In Freemasonry, so to is the Fellowcraft initiate 'raised' to the level of the Master Mason in the final Blue Lodge degree.
And it is here I shall wrap up my examination of Lord of Illusions. I have tried to explain the rich symbolism of this film as best I can, though I'm sure I'm missing more than a few allusions. Most interesting to me is the Gnosticism that creeps into this work as it does in much of Barker's other works. Dorothea's line about flesh being a trap and magic setting us free is priceless in this sense. Ultimately the film questions the wisdom of this statement. Is matter truly a trap as Nix and Swann believe, or is it merely another illusion as D'Amour believes at the end? What's more, where do these notions come from in Barker's writings? Did he consciously pursue this theme, or did it come to him in a dream as he claims many of his ideas do?
And if it was from a dream, then where do such notions come from? As was noted in part one, Barker is hardly the first writer to be subjected to this 'Dream Gnosticism,' as I refer to it. But he has surely done more with it than many writers and filmmakers that have come both before and after him. Barker leaves his sympathies deliberately vague, but at least he makes us aware that such conversations even exist.
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Date: 2016-09-11 04:12 pm (UTC)Lord of the Magicians Part II Лорд Чародеи Часть II
In part one of this series I considered some of the occult aspects of the works of the acclaimed horror/fantasy author, painter, and filmmaker Clive Barker . В рамках одной из этой серии я рассмотрел некоторые оккультные аспекты произведений признанного ужасы / фэнтези автора, художника и режиссера Клайва Баркера . As that piece wound down I began to examine my favorite Barker picture, 1995's Lord of Illusions . We shall further consider this film now, which is extremely rich in esoteric details. Поскольку эта часть сворачивается я начал изучать мою любимую картину Barker, 1995 в Властелин Иллюзий . Мы будем и далее рассматривать этот фильм сейчас, что чрезвычайно богата эзотерических деталей. Barker has described the film as a hybrid of a supernatural horror film and private detective-centric film noir. Stylistically, that's pretty apt. Баркер описал фильм как гибрид сверхъестественного фильм ужасов и частной детективной ориентированных нуара. Стилистически, это очень склонны. But if such a genre as occult initiation existed, Illusions would certainly fit squarely therein. Но если такой жанр , как оккультного посвящения существовали, Иллюзии, безусловно , подходит прямо в ней. The film centers around two dueling magicians, a Manson -esque cult leader known as Nix, and his former apprentice, Phillip Swann. Фильм сосредотачивается вокруг двух дуэльных фокусников, в Manson -esque культового лидера , известного как Никс, и его бывший ученик, Филипп Сван.
Nix (top) and Swann (bottom) Никс (вверху) и Суонн (внизу)
As the film opens, we find Swann and several other ex-members of Nix's cult racing towards a desolate desert ranch. Поскольку фильм открывается, мы находим Суонн и ряд других бывших членов культовой гонки Nix по отношению к безлюдной пустыни ранчо. There Nix is holding a twelve year old girl hostage for reasons that are never entirely explained. Там Никс проводит двенадцать-летней девочки в заложники по причинам, которые никогда не полностью объяснены. Curiously, Nix keeps a pet baboon and uses it to terrify the the girl, named Dorothea. Любопытно, что Никс держит домашнее животное бабуина и использует его, чтобы устрашить девочку, по имени Доротея. The baboon has been associated with the Egyptian god Thoth , who held dominion over science, writing, and magic. Бабуин был связан с египетским богом Тотом , который держал доминион над наукой, писать и магии. Sometimes Thoth was depicted with a baboon known as Babi as an attendant, and sometimes with the actual head of a baboon. Иногда Тота был изображен с бабуина известный как Баби , как служитель, а иногда и с фактическим главой бабуина. Thoth was extremely important to the ancient Mysteries of Isis and Osiris . Тота была чрезвычайно важна для древних мистериях Исиды и Осириса .
"The goddess Isis married her older brother Osiris, whom she loved very much. Set, the old serpent of envy, hated their happiness and murdered Osiris by stealth. Then, to prevent all possibility of resurrection, Set dismembered the body of Osiris and scattered the pieces up and down the Nile River. "Богиня Изида вышла замуж за своего старшего брата Осириса, которого она очень любила. Установить, старую змею зависти, ненавидели их счастье и убил Осириса скрытно. Тогда, чтобы предотвратить всякую возможность воскресения, Set расчленил тело Осириса и разбросал кусочки вверх и вниз по реке Нил.
"When Isis learned what had been done, She called upon Thoth, god of Eternity, to stop the flow of Time, so that she could find all the parts of Osiris before the sun set. And Thoth stopped the wings of time, and the universe stood still, and Isis went forth weeping and griefstricken to hunt one by one for the pieces of the dead Lord Osiris. And when she had found them, she performed the Black Rite, and eternity gave birth to Time again, and Osiris was alive. "Когда Исида узнал, что было сделано, она призвала Тота, бога Вечности, чтобы остановить поток времени, чтобы она могла найти все части Осириса до захода солнца. И Вос остановился крылья времени, и вселенная остановилась, и Isis вышел плач и griefstricken охотиться один за другим на куски мертвого лорда Осириса. и когда она нашла их, она исполнила Black Rite, и вечность снова родила времени, и Осирис был жив ,
"And the secret of the Black Rite is the Secret of Secrets, and even those who know it do not know it fully..." "И секрет Черного Rite является Тайна Тайн, и даже тех, кто знает его до конца не знаю ..."
( The Cosmic Trigger Volume I , Robert Anton Wilson, pg. 221) (Космический триггер Том I, Роберт Антон Уилсон, стр. 221)
Thoth, in baboon form Тота в виде павиана
Apparently the priesthood centered around Thoth was then entrusted with the secrets of the 'Black Rite,' which has been the source of much speculation in occult literature. Судя по всему священство вокруг Тота затем доверены тайны «черного Rite", который был источником многочисленных спекуляций в оккультной литературе. In the director's commentary to Lord of Illusions Barker states that he fought to have the baboon included after the studio essentially believed it to be to expensive for such a brief appearance. В комментарии режиссера к Повелитель иллюзий Баркер утверждает , что он боролся , чтобы иметь бабуина включены после того, как студия по существу , считал , что это будет дорого для такого краткого появления. If it is in fact a reference to Thoth, then is it possible Nix was planning his own Black Rite with Dorothea as a participant? Если это на самом деле ссылка на Тота, то это возможно, Никс планировал свой собственный Черный Rite с Доротеи в качестве участника? Of course, Barker claims his insistence on the baboon was due to its dramatic effect, but the symbolism seems to fit a little to well for mere coincidence. Конечно, Баркер утверждает, что его настаивание на павиана было обусловлено его драматического эффекта, но символика кажется, подходит немного хорошо для простого совпадения.
Nix's baboon бабуин Nix в
Nix is hanging from a suspended cruciform in the same chamber as Dorothea when Swann finally encounters him. Никс висит от подвешенной крестоформу в той же камере, что Доротея, когда Свон наконец встречает его. A mock-crucifixion is another popular rite in certain occult circles. Макет распятие является еще одним популярным обрядом в некоторых оккультных кругах.
"It is a ritual symbolic of rebirth but, even more than that, it mimics the death and resurrection of the initiate in psychological -if not spiritual -changes. It also unites the initiate with the whole history of his tradition, going back through all of those grimoires and spellbooks, all that gematrai and incantation, all that sacred geometry, until a karmic balance has been achieved between the actions of the initiate's life (or lives) and the life to come, the life he will lead. The cross on which he has been crucified fixes him at a specific point in space and time, bleeds him of karmic debt, fixes him like the alchemists fixed mercury, so that he becomes the engine of his own transformation, his own X and Y axis, the center of his own dimension and, as such, the center of all dimensions. What is death and resurrection, after all, but a conquering -an abrogation -of the linear, unidirectional flow of time, and thus of space as well... "Это ритуал символизирует возрождение, но, даже более того, он имитирует смерть и воскресение Посвященный в психологическом -Если не духовных -изменения. Она также объединяет посвященному со всей историей его традиции, возвращаясь через все из этих гримуарах и заклинаний, все, что gematrai и колдовства, все что сакральной геометрии, пока кармический баланс не будет достигнут между действиями жизни инициации (или жизни) и будущей жизни, жизнь, которую он ведет. крест на которой он был распят фиксирует его в определенном месте в пространстве и времени, продувает его кармического долга, фиксирует его, как алхимики фиксированной ртути, так что он становится двигателем его собственной трансформации, его собственной оси X и Y, центр его собственного размера и, как таковой, центр всех размеров. Что такое смерть и воскресение, в конце концов, но завоевывая -an упразднение -of линейного, однонаправленного течения времени, и , следовательно , пространства , а также ...
"This crucifixion ritual would be mirrored in a ceremony that was performed by Charles Manson in Box Canyon near the Spahn Ranch in 1968, while he was under the influence of LSD..." «Это распятие ритуал будет отражено в церемонии, которая была в исполнении Чарльза Мэнсона в Box Canyon рядом с Spahn Ranch в 1968 году, в то время как он находился под воздействием ЛСД ..."
( Sinister Forces Book I , Peter Levenda, pg. 261) (Зловещие силы Книга I, Петр Levenda, стр. 261)
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Date: 2016-09-11 04:13 pm (UTC)Nix's 'death mask' Nix в "Посмертная маска"
The rest of the film will center around several devoted followers of Nix as they go about attempting to resurrect their master from the grave. Остальная часть фильма будет сосредоточена вокруг нескольких преданных последователей Никса, как они идут о попытке воскресить своего хозяина из могилы. This endeavour really begins to pick up 13 years later when Swann has become a world famous illusionists, a la David Copperfield , in addition to marrying Dorothea, whose grown up version is played by Femake Janssen . Эта работа действительно начинает поднимать 13 лет спустя , когда Сван стал всемирно известные иллюзионисты, а - ля Дэвид Копперфилд , в дополнение к женившись Доротея, чей вырос версия играет Femake Янссен . When exactly the courtship between Swann and Dorothea began is never mentioned. Когда именно ухаживание между Свана и Доротеи начала никогда не упоминается.
Grown up Dorothea Воспитанная Доротея
In fact, the relationship between the middle-aged Swann and Dorothea is quite odd on several levels. На самом деле, отношения между среднего возраста Свана и Доротея довольно нечетный на нескольких уровнях. Dorothea states several times throughout the film that she did not marry Swann for love. Доротея заявляет несколько раз на протяжении всего фильма, что она не выйдет замуж за любовь Свана. The audience is given the vague impression that it was out of obligation to Swann for saving her when she was 12. Swann is seemingly obsessed with Dorothea and one is left with the impression that this obsession stretched over many years. Публика получает смутное впечатление, что это из обязательства Сван для сохранения ее, когда она была 12. Swann, казалось бы, одержимых Доротеи и один остается впечатление, что эта одержимость растягивается на протяжении многих лет. Clearly Swann stayed close to Dorothea after rescuing her from Nix, possibly obscenely close. Ясно, что Сван остался близко к Доротеи после спасения ее от Никс, возможно, непристойно близко.
To say that Dorothea was unenthusiastic about her husband throughout the film would be an understatement. Сказать, что Доротея был невыгоден ее муж на протяжении всего фильма будет преуменьшение. Despite being stuck in an utterly passionless marriage, things aren't all bad for Dorothea. Несмотря на то, застрял в совершенно бесстрастного брака, все не так плохо для Доротеи. Judging by the size of Swann's mansion, being married to a world famous illusionist is at least not without its benefits. Судя по размеру особняка Свана, будучи замужем за всемирно известного иллюзиониста, по крайней мере, не без его преимуществ. For our purposes, the most intriguing part of Swann''s mansion is the entrance room, featuring a black and white checkered floor and a winding staircase. Для наших целей, самая интригующая часть особняка Swann 'является прихожая, показывая черно-белый клетчатый пол и винтовая лестница. This is heavily Masonic symbolism, and in keeping with the theme of initiation which we briefly explored in part one. Это в значительной степени масонская символика, и в соответствии с темой посвящения, которое мы кратко исследованной в первой части. Masonic lodges and parts of initiation rituals are supposed to mimic the structure of King Solomon's Temple . Масонских лож и части ритуалов посвящения должны имитировать структуру царя Соломона Храма . They also at times feature checkered floors. Кроме того, они иногда имеют клетчатые полы.
"In addition, the floor of the temple may be constructed or decorated in a checkerboard pattern of black and white squares, a motif that is found on many Masonic documents, tracing boards, and other illustrations. The checkerboard pattern has a long and illustrious pedigree, calling to mind instantly the game of chess and its origins as a sacred game between the forces of light and darkness. Today, it might be interpreted as a grid, a group of cells called a matrix -from the Latin mater for mother, from which we get the words matter , material , and even Demeter , the goddess of corn (which is also an important Masonic symbol). The prima materia is an alchemical term indicating the base material of the Philosopher's Stone. All of these meanings would be relevant to the Temple's design, since -as a replica of KST -the temple represents the universe, not the universe in a chaotic state but as an ordered cosmos, created and designed by the Great Architect." "Кроме того, пол храма могут быть построены или оформлены в шахматном порядке черных и белых квадратов, мотив, который встречается на многих масонских документов, отслеживание досок и других иллюстраций. Шаблон шахматной доски имеет долгую и прославленную родословная , призывая на ум мгновенно игру в шахматы и его происхождение как священная игра между силами света и тьмы. Сегодня, это может быть истолковано как сетка, группа клеток называется матрицей -из латинское - матер для матери, от который мы получаем слова материя, материал, и даже Деметра, богиня кукурузы (которая также является важным масонский символ). прима Materia является алхимический термин , указывающий на базовый материал философского камня. Все эти значения были бы актуальны к конструкции храма, так -как реплику KST -The храм представляет вселенную, а не вселенную в хаотическом состоянии, но как упорядоченный космос, созданный и разработанный Великого архитектора ".
( The Secret Temple , Peter Levenda, pg. 11) (The Secret Temple, Питер Levenda, стр. 11)
Staircases are especially important in the symbolism of the second degree, the Fellowcraft. Лестничные особенно важны в символизме второй степени, в Fellowcraft.
"The lodge room for this degree is said to represent the 'middle chamber' of King Solomon's Temple, and the central icon of this degree is the Winding Staircase... "Лодж место для такой степени, как говорят, представляют собой« среднюю »палату Храма царя Соломона, и центральная иконка этой степени является винтовая лестница ...
"The EA is then instructed in a strange and awkward method of walking, raising his feet high with each step, and progressing from the west to the east in this fashion. After this, the EA is made to kneel and hold the VSL -the Bible or another appropriate scripture -and made to swear another series of oaths with terrible penalties for breaking them..." "ЕА затем проинструктированы в странной и неудобной способом ходьбы, подняв ноги высокие с каждым шагом, и продвигается с запада на восток, таким образом. После этого EA сделан стоять на коленях и удерживать VSL -The Библия или другим соответствующим писание -И сделал ругаться еще одну серию ругательств с ужасными штрафов за нарушение их ... "
(ibid, pg. 17) (Там же, стр. 17)
Best image I can find of the Masonic lodge-like features of Swann's mansion Лучший образ, который я могу найти масонской ложи, как особенности особняка Свана
EA stands for Entered Apprentice, the First Degree in Masonry which virtually every initiate begins at. EA стоит за введенную Apprentice, первой степени в масонстве, который практически каждый начинается в инициации. In the first degree, the lodge is said to be the first floor or courtyard of Solomon's temple. В первой степени, домик называется первый этаж или двор храма Соломона. In the third degree (the final in basic Blue Lodge Freemasonry), it is said to be the third and top most floor. В третьей степени (последний в основном голубой Lodge масонства), это называется третий и самый верхний этаж. In the third degree the initiate imitates the death of Hiram Abiff as they are made to mimic walking up a staircase in the second degree. В третьей степени Посвященный имитирует смерть Хирама Абиффа , как они сделаны , чтобы имитировать ходьба вверх по лестнице во второй степени. Keep this in mind dear reader, for we shall return to the Masonic lodge-like aspects of Swann's mansion a bit later. Имейте это в виду, дорогой читатель, потому что мы еще вернемся к масонской ложе, как аспекты особняка Свана чуть позже.
When the film moves forward 13 years the main character of Illusions , private detective Harry D'Amour , is finally introduced. Когда фильм движется вперед 13 лет главный герой Иллюзий, частный детектив Гарри D'Amour , наконец введена. Barker has stated that D'Amour is his favorite character and has described Harry as a kind of altar-ego. Баркер заявил, что Д'Амур его любимый персонаж и описал Гарри как своего рода алтарном эго. D'Amour has appeared in several of Barker's works including the short story The Last Illusion (upon which Lord is based) and the novels The Great and the Secret Show Д'Амур появился в нескольких работах Баркера , включая новеллы The Last Illusion (на котором основан Господь) и романов Великий и Секретной Показать and Everville . и Everville . D'Amour is supposed to appear opposite Pinhead in Barker's long anticipated The Scarlet Gospels . Д'Амур должен появиться напротив Pinhead в Баркера давно ожидаемый Алым Евангелий . Needless to say, D'Amour is a fascinating character on many levels. Само собой разумеется, Д'Амур увлекательный персонаж на многих уровнях. Even the tattoos upon his body, which are said to be talismans that become warm when evil is near in the novel Everville , hold meaning. Даже татуировки на Его тело, которое , как говорят, быть талисманы , которые становятся теплыми , когда зло рядом в романе Everville, держать смысл. One of these tattoos appears on the back of Scott Bakula , who plays D'Amour in Illusions , though it is never explained. Один из этих татуировок на спине Скотта появляется Бакула , который играет D'Amour в иллюзиях, хотя он никогда не объяснил. I dearly wish I could have found something on this symbol while searching the net, at the very least its name, but nothing useful came up. Я дорого бы я мог бы найти что-то на этот символ во время поиска в сети, по крайней мере, свое название, но ничего полезного не придумал. If anyone knows what the symbol tattooed on D'Amour's back means, feel free to share. Если кто-нибудь знает, что символ татуировку на спине Д'Амур означает, не стесняйтесь поделиться.
Scoot Bakula as legendary Barker character Harry D'Amour Скут Бакула, как легендарный Баркер персонажа Гарри D'Amour
D'Amour's occupation, private detective, is quite apt as well. Оккупация D'Amour, в частный детектив, весьма склонен, а также. The private eye is one of the most iconical and romanticized characters in modern American fiction. Частный глаз является одним из самых iconical и романтизированных персонажей современной американской фантастики. Frequently the private detective is portrayed as a lone light in a sea of pit-black corruption, a champion of the dispossessed and desperate. Часто частный детектив изображается как одинокий свет в море пит-черной коррупции, чемпион обездоленных и отчаявшихся. The image is the result of writers such as Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane and films like The Big Sleep Изображение является результатом таких писателей, как Раймонд Чандлер и Микки Спиллейн и фильмах , как The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon . While the private eye is frequently depicted as David in fiction, their real life association is clearly with Goliath. и Мальтийский сокол . В то время как частный глаз часто изображается как Давид в художественной литературе, их реальной жизни ассоциации явно с Голиафом.
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Date: 2016-09-11 04:18 pm (UTC)"The vital new ingredient in America that linked violence with revolutionary ideas was the flood of immigration that began in the mod-nineteenth century. As the country acquired new manpower from Europe to build railroads, tunnel mines, and fill factories, it also acquired a fresh infusion of ideas... "Жизненно новый ингредиент в Америке, что связано с насилием с революционными идеями был наплыв иммиграции, которая началась в моде девятнадцатого века. По мере того как страна приобрела новый живой силы из Европы для создания железных дорог, туннелей шахты, и заполнить заводы, он также приобрел свежий настой идей ...
"Ireland played a particularly important role, providing 44 percent of the 3.5 million immigrants who came to America from 1840-54. The Irish brought with them a rich revolutionary tradition of secret organization and defiance of authority... "Ирландия играет особо важную роль, обеспечивая 44 процентов от 3,5 миллиона иммигрантов, прибывших в Америку из 1840-54. Ирландцы принесли с собой богатую революционную традицию тайной организации и неповиновения власти ...
"After the suppression of the Ribbonmen in the late 1830s and the famine years of the mid-forties, revolutionaries in Ireland became more extreme and resourceful. Some new secret societies revived the old agrarian tradition of dressing in women's clothing ... and the Irish countryside began to talk about altogether new secret society under a legendary Molly Maguire. "После подавления Ribbonmen в конце 1830-х и в голодные годы середине сороковых годов, революционеры в Ирландии стал более экстремальным и находчивых. Некоторые новые тайные общества возродил старую традицию аграрную одеваться в женскую одежду ... и ирландцы сельской местности стали говорить о совершенно новом тайном обществе под легендарным Молли Магуайр.
"The Molly Maguires acquired an importance in the New World that they never had in Ireland. They became the defenders and organizers of the Irish immigrants who flooded into the newly opened coal fields of Pennsylvania. Anthracite mining was new to the Irish, who as Catholics were suspect and subjected to frequent unemployment, particularly in the recession following the Civil War. They looked for protection to the Molly Maguires, who organized largely in taverns as a secret, militant arm of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. They captured the imagination of America with their work stoppages climaxing in the Long Strike of 1875 against the Reading Railroad. "Молли Магуайерс приобрела важное значение в Новом Свете, что они никогда не имели в Ирландии. Они стали защитниками и организаторов ирландских иммигрантов, которые хлынули в недавно открытых угольных месторождений Пенсильвании. Антрацит добыча была новой для ирландцев, который, как католики были подозреваемыми и подвергаются частым безработицы, особенно в рецессию после гражданской войны. Они искали защиты от Молли Магуайерс, который организовал в основном в тавернах в качестве секретного, воинствующего руки древнего ордена Хибернианс. Они захватили воображение Америки с их простои в работе кульминации в забастовка 1875 г. против чтения железной дороги.
"A former radical Chartist, Allan Pinkerton, championed the counter-attack by the railroad owners, infiltrating the Mollies, and using 'flying squadrons' to break the strike and arrest its leaders. A sensational series of trails led to the hanging of twenty leaders in 1877, including the eight members of the inner, secret circle. Legends arose on the Left -and fortified a new literature of reassurance on the Right: the detective story. Just as Pinkerton provided a model of detective work in the service of the status quo, so Arthur Conan Doyle, after creating Sherlock Holmes, immortalized Pinkerton's tale of triumph over the Irish miners in The Valley of Fear of 1915." "Бывший радикал чартистское, Пинкертон, отстаивал контратаку владельцами железных дорог, пропитывая Моллинезий, и с помощью" Летучий эскадроны ", чтобы сорвать забастовку и арестовать его лидеров. Сенсационная серия трасс привело к зависанию двадцати лидеров . в 1877 году, в том числе восемь членов внутреннего круга, секретный Легенды возник на левых -И укрепленный новую литературу успокоения на праве: детективе Подобно тому, как Пинкертон дал образец детективной работы в службе статуса. кво, так что Артур Конан Дойл, после создания Шерлок Холмс, увековечил историю Пинкертона триумфа над ирландских шахтеров в долине страха 1915 года "
( A Fire in the Minds of Men , James Billington, pg.434) (A Пожар в умах людей, Джеймс Биллингтон, pg.434)
the actual logo of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency фактический логотип агентства Пинкертон Национальный Детектив
In a way, American labor unrest of the 19th century can be seen as a war between competing secret societies, those of the labor unions and those of the detective agencies. В некотором смысле, американский волнения рабочих 19-го века можно рассматривать как войну между конкурирующими тайных обществ, тех профсоюзов и те из детективных агентств. What's more, the romanticized version of the private eye that would soon begin appearing in crime fiction was largely the construction of Allan Pinkerton himself, who became quite a prolific writer , in addition to the works by Dashiell Hammett (who wrote The Maltese Falcon , The Thin Man , and Red Harvest , among others), a former Pinkerton detective. Более того, идеализированной версия частного глаза , которые вскоре начнут появляться в криминального чтива в основном строительство Аллана Пинкертона самого, который стал весьма плодовитым писателем , в дополнение к работам Dashiell Хэммет (который написал Мальтийский сокол, The Тонкий человек, и Red Harvest, среди прочих), бывший детектив Пинкертон. But I digress. Но я отвлекся.
Allan Pinkerton (left) with President Lincoln, making the sign of the 'hidden hand' Пинкертон (слева) с президентом Линкольн, делая знак «скрытой руки»
The New York-based D'Amour happens to be in LA working a divorce case when he stumbles upon the brutal murder of Quaid, a fortune teller who was with Swann during the confrontation with Nix 13 years earlier. В Нью-Йорке Д'Амур случается в Лос-Анджелесе работает случай развода, когда он натыкается на жестокое убийство Куэйд, гадалка, который был с Свана во время противостояния с Никс 13 лет назад. Swann is deeply upset over the death of Quaid, spurring Dorothea to employ D'Amour on the sly to investigate her husband's past, allegedly. Swann глубоко расстроен по поводу смерти Куэйд, стимулируя Доротея использовать D'Amour потихоньку исследовать прошлое мужа, якобы. Of course, Dorothea is already aware of Nix, making her decision to employ D'Amour even more curious. Конечно, Доротея уже знает Никса, что делает ее решение использовать Д'Амур еще более любопытно.
Shortly thereafter D'Amour and Dorothea attend one of Swann's performances at the legendary Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Вскоре после этого D'Amour и Доротея присутствовать на одном из выступлений Свана на легендарного Pantages театра в Голливуде. In the Director's Commentary on the DVD, Barker states that he was quite insistent that the Pantages Theater be used. В комментарии директора на DVD, Баркер утверждает, что он был весьма настойчив, что Pantages театр будет использоваться. This is most interesting, considering the odd history of the place. Это самое интересное, учитывая странную историю места. The Pantages was built by Alexander Pantages , a Greek vaudeville performer and early motion picture producer. Pantages был построен Александром Пантагес , греческий водевиль исполнитель и продюсер раннего движущегося изображения. Eventually he constructed a chain of successful theaters which RKO , under the direction of Joseph P. Kennedy , attempted to buy out. В конце концов , он построил цепочку успешных театров , которые РКО , под руководством Джозефа П. Кеннеди , пытался выкупить. Pantages refused and shortly thereafter he found himself accused of rape by a 17 year old vaudeville dancer named Eunice Pringle . Pantages отказался и вскоре после этого он обнаружил , что обвиняемый в совершении изнасилований 17 - летний водевиль танцор по имени Юнис Прингл . Initially Pantages was found guilty, but was acquitted during a second trial. Первоначально Pantages был признан виновным, но был оправдан во время второго судебного процесса. Financially broken, Pantages sold his theater chain to RKO for less that what the motion picture company initially offered and for less than what was worth. Материально сломана, Pantages продал свою сеть кинотеатров на РКО менее, что картина компании движение первоначально предложили и меньше, чем стоит. Rumors have long persisted that Pantages was framed by Kennedy, the father of JFK and RFK . Слухи уже давно настаивал , что Pantages была обрамлена Кеннеди, отец JFK и РФК .
Alexander Pantages (top) and Joseph Kennedy Sr. (bottom) Александр Pantages (вверху) и Джозеф Кеннеди-старший (внизу)
In Lord of Illusions , the Pantages Theater is the site where Swann opts to fake his own death. В Lord Иллюзий, Пантагес театр является местом , где Сван предпочитает инсценировав свою смерть. This is accomplished in one of the film's signature set pieces. Это достигается в одном из заданных частей подписи фильма. Swann is strapped onto a revolving platform in the shape of a five pointed star atop a pentagon. Сван привязали на вращающемся платформе в форме пятиконечной звезды на вершине пятиугольника. Above him are numerous swords suspended from another revolving platform and on a timer. Над ним многочисленные мечи, подвешенные другой вращающейся платформе и по таймеру. Every few seconds a sword releases and falls onto the platform below. Каждые несколько секунд меч релизы и падает на платформу ниже. As Swann is attempting to undo his bounds he falls behind the timing and the swords begin to fall into various parts of his body until they have all fallen and he is dead. Как Сван пытается отменить свои границы, он отстает от времени и мечи начинают падать на различные части своего тела, пока они не все упали, и он умер.
This sequence is symbolically important on several levels. Эта последовательность символически важный на нескольких уровнях. As regular readers of this blog know, the five pointed star is a sign of Sirius , the Dog Star. Как постоянные читатели этого блога знают, пять пятиконечная звезда является знаком Сириус , собака звезда. Sirius is highly important in various occult strands. Сириус имеет большое значение в различных оккультных нитей. I've written more on this topic here and here . Я написал больше на эту тему здесь и здесь . The five pointed-star combined with the pentagon on Swann's platform equals ten points. Пятиконечной звезды в сочетании с Пентагоном на платформе Свана составляет десять очков. Ten was considered to be the most sacred number to the Pthagoreans . Десять считался самым священным числом к Pthagoreans .
"Ten was the number of the Pythagorean Tetraktys, the sum of the first four digits (1+2+3+4). It possesses a sense of totality, of fulfilment and that of a return to oneness after the evolution of the cycle of the first nine digits. The Pythagoreans regarded ten as the holiest of numbers. It was the symbol of universal creation, upon which they took their oaths, as 'the Tetraktys from which eternal Nature springs and in which it is rooted.' "Десять было число Пифагора Тетрактиса, сумма первых четырех цифр (1 + 2 + 3 + 4). Он обладает чувством целостности, выполнения и что возвращения к единству после эволюции цикла первые девять цифр. пифагорейцы считается десять, как святая святых чисел. это был символ мироздания, на котором они были приведены к присяге, как "Тетрактиса, из которого вечной природы пружины и в которой она укоренена. If all springs from ten and all returns to it, it is therefore also an image of totality in motion." Если все пружины из десяти, и все возвращается к нему, поэтому и образ тотальности в движении ".
( Dictionary of Symbols , Jean Chevalier & Alain Gheerbrant, pg. 981) (Словарь символов, Жан Шевалье и Алена Gheerbrant, стр. 981)
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Date: 2016-09-11 04:21 pm (UTC)"The sword is the warrior's symbol, but it is also the symbol of 'holy war...' Holy war is above all else an inner struggle, and this may also be the significance of the sword brought by Christ... And it is also -in both its creative and destructive aspects -a symbol of the Word and of speech. While he preaches, the Muslim khitab holds a wooden sword in his hand and the Book of Revelation describes a two-edged sword in the mouth of the Word. The two edges relate to its dual powers, but may also convey the meaning of sexual dualism. The edges are either male and female, as an Arab writer explains, or else swords are ritually forged by a married couple or by a pair of smiths, in a series of operations which, as in Chinese legend, comprise a marriage." "Меч символ воина, но он также является символом« священной войны ... "Святая война прежде всего внутренней борьбы, и это может быть также значение меча, принесенного Христом ... И это также -в как свои творческие и разрушительные аспекты -a символ слова и речи. в то время как он проповедует, мусульманский khitab держит деревянный меч в руке и Книга Откровения описывает обоюдоострый меч в устье Слово. два ребра связаны с его двумя силами, но может также передать смысл сексуальной дуализма. края либо мужского и женского пола, как объясняет арабский писатель, или же мечи ритуально выкован супружеской парой или парой кузнецы, в серии операций, которые, как и в китайской легенде, включают в брак ".
(ibid, pg. 959) (Там же, стр. 959)
I would venture to guess that the five pointed star is symbolic of the magical tradition, that of Sirius, that both Swann and Nix follow. Я бы рискнул предположить, что пятиконечной звезды является символом магической традиции, что Сириус, что оба Суонн и Никс следовать. Swann's (fake) death upon the ten points seemingly represents his failure to achieve perfection. (Фальшивый) смерти Свана на десять очков, казалось бы, представляет его неспособность достичь совершенства. The sword clearly indicates the struggle between Swann and Nix, and the two factions based around either. Меч ясно указывает на борьбу между Свана и Никс, и две фракции на основе вокруг либо. This struggle is a holy war in the purest sense, though Swann is totally ignorant of this. Эта борьба является священная война в чистом смысле, хотя Суонн совершенно невежественны об этом. Swann has in fact failed to achieve perfection on many levels (even more so than Nix), which makes the ten points of his platform even more ironic. Суонн, по сути, не удалось достичь совершенства на многих уровнях (даже в большей степени, чем Никс), что делает десять пунктов своей платформы еще более иронично.
D'Amour begins his investigation of Swann in earnest after the latter's alleged death. Д'Амур начинает свое расследование Свана всерьез после предполагаемой смерти последнего. Among other places, the investigation takes D'Amour to Hollywood's legendary Magic Castle . Среди других мест, расследование занимает D'Amour легендарной магии Голливуда замок . It is here that D'Amour first hears of Nix, and rumors of Swann's involvement in Nix's cult. Именно здесь Д'Амур впервые слышит о Никс, и слухи о причастности Свана в культе Никс в. D'Amour also encounters the pompous illusionist Vinovich, played by the great character actor Vincent Schiavelli, who talks some jive about "divinity and trickery." Д'Амур также встречает помпезный иллюзионист Vinovich, которого играет великий актер характера Скьявелли, который говорит о какой-то джайв "божественности и обману». Throughout Illusions I feel as those Barker takes several swipes at the shallowness of Hollywood and the buffoonish illusionists of the Magic Castle are used as stand-ins in this sequence. На протяжении Иллюзий я чувствую , как те Баркер занимает несколько пойло в поверхностности Голливуда и потешный иллюзионисты из замка Магии используются в качестве дублеров в этой последовательности.
Hollywood's Magic Castle Magic Castle Голливуд
The oh-so-pretentious Vinovich character has actually witnessed Nix ad Swann perform actual magic, yet he holds his own illusions up to the level divinity and speaks of Houdini's 'spirit guides' (Houdini's legacy with Spiritualism is quite curious ). О так претенциозно Vinovich персонаж на самом деле был свидетелем Никс объявления Суонн выполнить фактическую магию, но он держит свои собственные иллюзии к божественности уровня и говорит о Гудини "духа руководства" (наследие Гудини с спиритизма весьма любопытно ). This seems to be a reflection upon the 'magic' of Hollywood, and the importance the media and public alike attach to it, in comparison to the actual magic that is performed en mass daily across the US As noted in part one , Barker has never directed another film to date after Illusions . Это , как представляется, является отражением от «магии» Голливуда, а также важность средств массовой информации и общественности , так приложить к нему, по сравнению с фактической магии , которая осуществляется в массовом порядке в день по всей территории США Как было отмечено в рамках одной , Баркер уже никогда Режиссер еще один фильм на сегодняшний день после того, как Illusions. It would seem the disillusionment was already weighing heavily upon him at this point. Казалось бы разочарование уже весом в большой степени на него в этот момент.
the ridiculous character of Vinovich смешной характер Vinovich
As Illusions is part film noir it was inevitable that Dorothea and D'Amour would end up in the sack together. Как Иллюзии является частью фильма нуар это было неизбежно , что Доротея и Д'Амур бы в конечном итоге в мешке вместе. It is in Dorothea's bedroom, located in the top floor of Swann's mansion, that D'Amour and Dorothea are confronted by the still living Swann, in a de-materialized from. Он находится в спальне Доротеи, расположенный в верхнем этаже особняка Свана, что D'Amour и Доротея сталкиваемся с еще живого Свана, в де-материализовался из. I will again remind the reader of the Masonic lodge-like structure of Swann's mansion, which I discussed earlier. Я еще раз напомнить читателю о масонской ложе, как структура особняка Свана, о которых я говорил ранее.
In the second degree of Freemasonry, the primary icon the initiate considers is the Winding Staircase, the 'middle chamber' of King Solomon's temple. Во второй степени масонства, основной значок инициирования считает это винтовая лестница, то «средняя камера» храма царя Соломона. Swann's mansion features both a checker boarded floor, as many Masonic lodges display, and a winding staircase. Swann особняк есть как шашка дощатый пол, как много дисплей масонских лож, и винтовой лестницей. In making it to Dorothea's bed chamber, D'Amour passes through the second degree and is raised to the top most floor of Solomon's Temple. При приготовлении его в постель камеру Доротеи, Д'Амур проходит через второй степени и поднимается до самого верхнего этажа Храма Соломона. In the third degree, that of the Master Mason, the initiate reenacts the murder of Hiram Abiff , and is then figuratively resurrected. В третьей степени, что от Мастера Масона, посвященного reenacts убийства Хирам Абиффа , а затем образно воскресли. Here, D'Amour is confronted with a false resurrection by Swann before encountering Nix's actual resurrection a little later in the film. Здесь Д'Амур сталкивается с ложным воскресением от Свана до встречи фактического воскресения Никс немного позже в фильме. Is this whole sequence as well as the design of Swann's house meant to be symbolic of D'Amour's initiation, as well as the one the audience under goes as they view the movie? Является ли вся эта последовательность, а также дизайн дома Свана означало быть символом посвящения Д'Амур, так же, как тот, публика под идет, как они смотрят фильм?
This brief confrontation with de-materialized Swann is what drives D'Amour to seek out the actual Swann, which in turn sets in motion Nix's resurrection. Это краткое противостояние с де-материализованная Свана, что заставляет D'Amour искать фактическую Свана, который в свою очередь, множеств в воскресение движения Никс в. In one of the film's most striking sequences, Nix's followers begin to head back to the desert ranch where they last encountered their master. В одном из самых ярких эпизодов фильма, последователи Никс начинают голову обратно в пустыне ранчо, где они в последний раз столкнулись своего хозяина. Many of the cultist had settled into seemingly normal lives, but after receiving letters hinting at Nix's immanent return, they go about emotionlessly killing their families and coworkers before heading back to the desert. Многие из культистом обосновались в, казалось бы, нормальную жизнь, но после получения письма намекая на имманентной возвращения Никс, они идут о бесстрастно убивают своих семей и коллег, прежде чем отправиться обратно в пустыню. Talk about predictive programming. Разговор о предсказательной программировании.
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Date: 2016-09-11 04:23 pm (UTC)Nix, to his followers at least, is meant to be the ultimate embodiment of Swann's flesh/magic musings. Никс, чтобы его последователей, по крайней мере, предназначается, чтобы быть окончательным воплощением плоти Свана / волшебных раздумий. It also seemingly brings the Masonic initiation allusions full circle. Кроме того, казалось бы, приносит масонские посвящения намеков полный круг. When considering the murder of Nix at Swann's hands, I can't help but be reminded of the legendary murder of Hiram Abiff in Masonic lore by the three 'unworthy' craftsmen. При рассмотрении вопроса об убийстве Никс в руках Свана, я не могу не вспомнить о легендарном убийстве Хирама Абиффа в масонской знания по трем «недостойных» мастеров.
"In the Masonic ceremony -and there are several variations but the main procedure is the same -the initiate listens to the story of the architect of Solomon's Temple, Hiram Abiff, as it is enacted with the initiate himself in the role of Abiff. "В масонской церемонии -И есть несколько вариантов, но основная процедура та же -The инициируют слушает историю архитектора Храма Соломона, Хирам Абиффа, так как он принят с посвященному себя в роли Абиффа.
"The building of the Temple of Solomon involved two main personalities: Hiram, the King of Tyre, and Solomon himself. Hiram had been a friend of King David, and then of David's son Solomon, and when the time came to build the famous temple it was Hiram who offered assistance in terms of materials, labor, and even design. By allowing Jewish ships to use Tyrian ports, Hiram allowed Solomon to import many choice materials for the temple and the temple service. There was another Hiram -Hiram Abiff, in the Masonic legend -who was a craftsman in bronze for the temple. This Hiram is mentioned several times in the first Book of Kings, and is described as the son of a widow who was put in charge of bronze casting of the two pillars Jachin and Boaz and many other temple objects. There has also been speculation that the Adoniram mentioned in I Kings 5:14 as the one in charge of all construction labor at the temple was the same Hiram, and that the name Adoniram is actually a portmanteau of two words: Adonai Hiram, or Lord Hiram. "Здание Храма Соломона включал в себя два главных личностей: Хирам, царь Тирский, и Соломон сам Хирам был другом царя Давида, а затем сына Давида Соломона, и когда пришло время, чтобы построить знаменитый храм. это был Хирам, который предложил помощь с точки зрения материалов, труда, и даже дизайн. позволяя еврейских судов использовать порты Тира, Хирам позволил Соломон импортировать много выбор материалов для храма и храмового служения. был еще один Хирам -Hiram Абиффа, в масонской легенде -кто был ремесленником из бронзы для храма. Это Хирам несколько раз упоминается в первой книге Царств, и описывается как сын вдовы, который был поставлен во главе бронзовой отливки из двух колонн Яхин и Боаз и многие другие объекты храма. Там также было предположение о том, что Адонирам упоминается в Книге Царств 5:14, как один отвечает за все строительство труда в храме был тот же Хирам, и что имя Адонирам на самом деле портманто два слова: Адонай Хирам, или Господь Хирам. Whatever the personalities involved, the skill of the craftsmen impressed the Jews greatly. Какими бы ни были личности, вовлеченные, мастерство ремесленников впечатление евреев сильно. All of the stonecutting and other stonework was accomplished at the quarry so that when the stones of the Temple were finally laid there was no sound or sign of hammers or other construction tools, and not metals at all. Весь камнеобработки и другой кладке было достигнуто в карьере, так что, когда камни храма были заложены в конце концов не было слышно ни звука или знак молотков или других строительных инструментов, а не металлы вообще. The stones were laid perfectly and joined seamlessly together on the site... Камни были заложены отлично и присоединился легко вместе на сайте ...
"There is no mention in the Bible of the murder of Adoniram, Hiram of Tyre, or Hiram the widow's son. "Там нет никакого упоминания в Библии об убийстве Адонирама, Хирам Тирский, или Хирам сына вдовы.
"Yet the legend as told in the Master Mason initiation ceremony is specific if allegorical in nature. Only Hiram Abiff was in possession of the word of the Master Mason -the 'Mason Word,' as it has been called since the seventeenth century. Other versions of the story say that Hiram Abiff was in possession of another kind of secret that he would not reveal. In any case, Hiram had knowledge that the others did not and they wanted it and would kill to get it." "И все же легенда, как сказано в церемонии посвящения Мастер Мейсон является специфическим, если аллегорическая в природе. Только Хирам Абифф находился во владении словом Мастера Масона -The" Мейсон Слово ", как это было названо с семнадцатого века. Другое версии истории говорят, что Хирам Абифф находился во владении другого рода тайну, что он не будет раскрывать. во всяком случае, Хирам было известно о том, что другие не сделали, и они хотели его и убил бы, чтобы получить его ".
( The Secret Temple , Peter Levenda, pgs. 20-21) (The Secret Temple, Питер Levenda, PGS. 20-21)
a Masonic reenactment of the murder of Hiram Abiff масонская воссоздание убийства Хирама Абиффа
In Masonic lore Hiram is murdered by three unworthy craftsman. В масонской знания Хирам был убит тремя недостойного ремесленника. In Illusions Nix is murdered by four individuals, all of whom are seemingly unworthy of his wisdom. В Illusions Никс убит четырьмя лицами, все из которых, казалось бы , недостоин его мудрости. One of these individuals is already dead before the 13 year jump, while another has been institutionalized. Один из этих людей уже мертв до 13 года прыжка, в то время как другой был институционально. The third, Quaid, is a low rent fortune teller. Третий, Куэйд, является низкая арендная плата гадалка. Then there's Swann, a man blessed with divine knowledge who uses it to become a phenomenally successful night club performer. Тогда есть Суонн, человек наделен божественным знанием, кто использует его, чтобы стать успешным феноменально ночной клуб исполнитель. In other words, the four unworthy craftsmen are either totally broken by Nix's knowledge, or apply it to purely mercenary pursuits. Другими словами, четыре недостойные мастера либо полностью неисправна знанием Никс, либо применить его к чисто корыстные устремления.
But what of Nix's himself? Но что из Никс-х сам? Coming off like an unholy merger between Manson and John the Baptist, he is the prototypical seeker. Сходит как нечестивый слияния между Мэнсоном и Иоанна Крестителя, он является Прототипом искатель. He has totally abandoned material comfort for the desert and filthy clothing where he can focus only on his magic. Он полностью отказался от материального комфорта для пустыни и грязной одежды, где он может сосредоточиться только на своей магии. Yet Nix himself is every bit as corrupt as Swann. Тем не менее, сам Никс ничуть не коррумпированы, как Сван. His ultimate life goal is to murder the world, as he confides in Swann. Его конечной целью жизни является убить мир, как он признаётся в Суонн. And he seems rather board with even this objective. И он кажется довольно борт даже с этой целью. He tries to show Swann the world for what it really is, in which human beings are nothing but vile clumps of matter, yet we can never be sure if this is a true vision, or an illusion Nix has convinced himself of. Он пытается показать Суонн миру за то, что это на самом деле, в котором люди не являются лишь мерзкие сгустки материи, но мы никогда не можем быть уверены, если это истинное видение, или иллюзия Никс убедил себя в.
Instead of spreading illumination to the worthy, he has become a de facto shepherd for a cabal of mindless, blood-thirsty drones incapable of discovering the Great Mysteries for themselves. Вместо того, чтобы распространять освещение, чтобы достойным, он стал де-факто пастырем для кликой бездумных, кровожадных трутней не в состоянии раскрыть Великие Тайны для себя. Little wonder then that Nix murders virtually all of his followers shortly after his resurrection, telling them, "You waited like lambs. Well, I'm not your shepherd." Неудивительно, что Никс убивает практически все его последователи вскоре после его воскресения, говоря им: "Вы ждали, как ягнята. Ну, я не твой пастырь». In Nix's estimation, only Swann is worthy of his teachings and even Swann has long since lost interest in spiritual advancement. По оценке Никс, всего Суонн достоин его учения и даже Сван давно потерял интерес к духовному развитию. Nix is ultimately quite a pathetic figure, a man who has learned the secrets of matter and the mind only to find them to be utterly worthless. Никс в конечном счете довольно жалкая фигура, человек, который узнал тайны материи и ума только, чтобы найти их, чтобы быть совершенно бесполезным. When Dorothea asks him what he is, Nix honestly responds: "A man who wanted to be a god, but changed his mind." Когда Доротея спрашивает его, что он, Никс честно отвечает: "Человек, который хотел быть богом, но передумал."
the resurrected Nix воскресший Никс
Ultimately Nix is every bit as unworthy as the rest of his followers. В конечном счете Никс ничуть не недостойным, как и остальные его последователей. It is only D'Amour, the most unlikely candidate, who passes through initiation. Только Д'Амур, наиболее маловероятным кандидатом, который проходит через посвящение. Over the course of the film three individuals are shown matter for what it truly is: Nix, Swann, and D'Amour. В течение фильма три человека показаны независимо от того, что он действительно является: Никс, Свана и D'Amour. But it is only D'Amour that sees through this illusion and keeps sight of the spirit within matter. Но это только Д'Амур, что видит сквозь эту иллюзию и сохраняет зрение духа в материи. He is the only one not driven mad or mired in corruption as a result of Nix's knowledge. Он является единственным не сходят с ума или погрязли в коррупции в результате знания Никс в. In the final moments of the film a dying Swann 'raises' D'Amour up like a god for his final confrontation with Nix. В заключительные моменты фильма умирающий Swann 'поднимает' D'Amour, словно бог для его окончательной конфронтации с Никс. In Freemasonry, so to is the Fellowcraft initiate 'raised' to the level of the Master Mason in the final Blue Lodge degree. В масонстве, так это Fellowcraft инициировать "поднял" на уровне Мастера Масона в конечной степени Синий Lodge.
And it is here I shall wrap up my examination of Lord of Illusions . И именно здесь я завернуть мое исследование Повелитель иллюзий. I have tried to explain the rich symbolism of this film as best I can, though I'm sure I'm missing more than a few allusions. Я попытался объяснить богатую символику этого фильма, как могу, хотя я уверен, что я пропускаю больше, чем несколько намеков. Most interesting to me is the Gnosticism that creeps into this work as it does in much of Barker's other works. Самое интересное для меня это гностицизм, ползающего в эту работу, как это делает во многих других работах Баркера. Dorothea's line about flesh being a trap and magic setting us free is priceless in this sense. линия Доротеи о плоть быть ловушкой и волшебная установка нас свободными бесценно в этом смысле. Ultimately the film questions the wisdom of this statement. В конечном итоге фильм ставит под сомнение мудрость этого заявления. Is matter truly a trap as Nix and Swann believe, or is it merely another illusion as D'Amour believes at the end? Является ли материя действительно ловушка, как полагают, Никс и Сван, или это просто еще одна иллюзия, как Д'Амур считает, в конце концов? What's more, where do these notions come from in Barker's writings? Более того, откуда берутся эти понятия происходят из в трудах Баркер? Did he consciously pursue this theme, or did it come to him in a dream as he claims many of his ideas do? Он сознательно продолжить эту тему, или же она пришла к нему во сне, как он утверждает, что многие из его идей делать?
And if it was from a dream, then where do such notions come from? И если это было от сна, то где же такие понятия берутся? As was noted in part one, Barker is hardly the first writer to be subjected to this 'Dream Gnosticism,' as I refer to it. Как было отмечено в первой части, Баркер вряд ли первым писателем быть подвергнутым этой «Сон гностицизма», как я обращаюсь к нему. But he has surely done more with it than many writers and filmmakers that have come both before and after him. Но он, безусловно, сделал больше, чем с ней многих писателей и кинорежиссеров, которые пришли как до, так и после него. Barker leaves his sympathies deliberately vague, but at least he makes us aware that such conversations even exist. Баркер оставляет его симпатии намеренно расплывчато, но, по крайней мере, он заставляет нас осознать, что такие разговоры даже существуют.
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