Archive for the Film Category

Rob enters the Spaceboy Universe – Live Radio!

Posted in Alchemy, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, CERN, Cinema Symbolism, Film, Frankenstein, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Horror Movies, Illuminati, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Movies, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Royal Arch of Enoch, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Symbolism, Tarot Cards, The Occult, Walt Disney, Wizard of Oz with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 12, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Rob ends 2018 with an appearance on the Spaceboy Universe! Program debuts live this Saturday night, December 15th, at 10:00 pm EST! To listen to this show click image:

Fraternal Review Magazine

Posted in Blog, Blog post, Christianity, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Film, Freemasonry, Hollywood, Symbolism with tags , , , , , on November 28, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Rob returns to the November 2018 edition of Fraternal Review Magazine analyzing the esoteric-Masonic symbolism of the motion picture, The Man Who Would Be King (1975), based on Kipling’s 1888 novella. Excerpts from Cinema Symbolism 2 – to purchase the magazine click image:

Thursday, November 29, 2018: Rob will be Live on Life in the Hologram Radio Show!

Posted in Ancient Aliens, Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Disney, Elizabeth Burnblack, Enochian Magick, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Hollywood, Illuminati, Kabbalah, Knights Templar, Matrix, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Rosicrucianism, Royal Arch of Enoch, Secret Societies, Supernatural, Symbolism, Walt Disney, Witchcraft, Wizard of Oz with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 24, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Join Rob when he will be on Life in the Hologram radio show! Program debuts live this Thursday, November 29, 2018 airing on KCOR Digital Radio. Show airs at 12:00 pm (noon) EST (9:00 am PT) and streams globally across the internet; to listen click banner:

New Podcast! Rob on Conspiracy Theories and Unpopular Culture!

Posted in Black Swan, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema Symbolism, Entertainment, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Halloween, Illuminati, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Mysticism, Philosophy, Royal Arch of Enoch, Symbolism, Tarot Cards, The Occult, Walt Disney with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 16, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

New Podcast! Listen to Rob talk esoteric movie symbolism on Isaac Weishaupt’s Conspiracy Theories and Unpopular Culture! Rob talks Black Swan, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Shining, Suspiria, and the satori of Ed Wood. To listen click image:
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Rob on Swamp Gas

Posted in Alchemy, Astrology, Back to the Future, Black Swan, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema Symbolism, Elizabeth Burnblack, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Hollywood, Illuminati, James Bond, Jesuits, Joseph Campbell, Knights Templar, Movies, Philosophy, Rosicrucianism, Royal Arch of Enoch, Secret Societies, Star Trek, Star Wars, Symbolism, Tarot Cards, The Occult, Witchcraft, Wizard of Oz with tags , , , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

The smooth stylings of Rob this Wednesday night, November 14, 2018, when he will be live on Swamp Gas airing on Black Swamp Digital Radio (Unknown Spirit). Program debuts at 10:00 pm EST; to listen to this show click image:
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Archive: Rob on Beyond the Veil

Posted in Alchemy, Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Esoterica, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Jesuits, Kabbalah, Knights Templar, Movies, Mysticism, Mythology, Royal Arch of Enoch, Symbolism, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Destined to become a classic, Rob’s November 7, 2018 appearance on Beyond the Veil is now stationed on YouTube. Listen to Rob talk Freemasonry, Cinema Symbolism, A Pact with the Devil, and the Mandela Effect. Check it out!

Archive: Rob on Hyperspace

Posted in Black Swan, Blog, Blog post, Cinema History, Film, Freemasonry, Halloween, Hollywood, Monsters, Movies, Mysticism, Royal Arch of Enoch, Stanley Kubrick, The Occult, Uncategorized, Witchcraft with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

In case you missed it Rob’s November 2, 2018, appearance on Hyperspace is now archived.  Listen to Rob talk September 11, 2001 and its nexus to Spies Like Us, The Simpsons, and Fight Club. Rob also talks horror films and the mystical holiday of Halloween. To listen click banner:
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Archive: Rob’s 2018 Halloween Special

Posted in Blog, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Classic Horror, Film, Freemasonry, Halloween, Hollywood, Horror Movies, Secret Societies, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Symbolism, The Occult, Universal Horror with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Rob’s 2018 Halloween Special is now stationed on YouTube.  Listen to Rob analyze The Shining, The Exorcist, and Poltergeist on the Den of Lore. Enjoy!

13 May 2018: Excerpt from Cinema Symbolism 3….

Posted in Bible, Blog, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Film, Hollywood, Movies, Mysticism, Mythology, Reading, Religion, Sorcery with tags , , , , , on May 13, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Currently writing Cinema Symbolism 3. Here is an excerpt (rough draft) for your consideration.

Bates Motel
was one of this author’s favorite television series. It aired on the A&E Network for five seasons from 2013 to 2017. The show was a modern retelling of Hitchcock’s Psycho with hardcore Easter eggs turning up during its entire run. The eggs served to pay homage to Hitchcock and Psycho (1960). Psycho is replete with esoteric symbolism, so it is no wonder Bates Motel followed in its footsteps.

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(Left) Susanna and the Elders oil painting by either Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681) or Willem van Mieris (1662-1747), Frans’ youngest son. The painting, based on a story from the Bible, shows three men, like Norman Bates, spying on a bathing woman. In the Biblical tale, the men accuse her of erotic blackmail; in Room 1 of the Bates Motel, Norman qua Mother brutally stabs the naked woman. (Right) During Psycho’s climatic grand finale, Norman assumes Susanna’s same posture as he is being subdued by Sam Loomis.

For instance, the oil painting Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins, 1932-1992) uses to cover the secret peephole in the Bates Motel parlor symbolizes his repressed sexuality. Voyeuristically watching Marion Crane (Janet Leigh, 1927-2004), his passion brings jealous “Mother” to life; she, not Norman, seals her fate. The image is a replica of a painting called Susanna and the Elders. It depicts a story from the Bible–Book of Daniel, Chapter 13–in which three old men spy on an innocent woman as she gets ready to bathe, but when they find themselves overcome with passion, they accuse her of sexual blackmail. Later, when he is caught by Sam Loomis (John Gavin, 1931-2018), Norman’s position mirrors Susanna’s from the painting: his clothes are torn while his head is thrown back, and his right arm lifted high in the air. Stripped of his mother’s dress and his cheap wig, Norman is finally seen “naked” for all he is: mother and son, female and male, guilty and innocent.

Copyright Robert W. Sullivan IV, Esq., 2018.

Working on Cinema Symbolism 3….

Posted in Blog, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Film, Horror Movies, Movies, Symbolism with tags , , , , , , , , on April 7, 2018 by robertwsullivan4

Here’s a teaser: “Unlike the original film’s and book’s counterpart, Marion Crane survives her experience at the motel in this episode. The iconic shower scene from the original film was duplicated in this episode. However, Sam takes Marion’s place of being the original victim and Norman is not his “Mother” persona when killing him. After Norman kills Sam, he says “Oh, mother, what have I done?” echoing the line “Mother, what have you done?” in Psycho. When Norman kills Sam, Roy Orbison’s (1936-1988) “Crying” (1962) is playing. The music is designed to conjure David Lynch’s film, Mulholland Drive (2001), in which Orbison’s song is performed in Spanish, “Llorando,” by Rebekah Del Rio in Club Silencio. In Lynch’s movie, the song terminates the dream world of Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) returning her to the real world of Diane Selwin (Watts again). In Bates Motel, the use of the song connotes the same thing: Norman becomes cognizant that “Mother” is another side of his personality–a dark vision–and that he has been murdering as her the entire time. Like Mulholland Drive, the music signifies the deconstruction the fantasy, returning the characters–Elms and Bates–back to their bleak realities.”