Rob returns to The Farm for his annual Masonic-Halloween Special 2024! Hosted by Recluse, and running 49 minutes long (72), Rob talks Immaculate (2024) and The First Omen (2024) in this spooktacular Samhain podcast! To listen to this show, click the banner:
To honor Samhain 2024, here is a spooky teaser from Cinema Symbolism 4 (coming along nicely).
In The House of the Devil (released on October 30th, 2009, this author’s 38th birthday), unsavory pizza turns up twice, foreshadowing and denoting the repugnant Ullmans (Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov), who hire an awkward college student, Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) to babysit a remote mansion during a lunar eclipse, wherein they plan to supernaturally impregnate her via a satanic rite. Their surname recalls The Shining’s Stuart Ullman (Barry Nelson, 1917-2007), who likewise employed an eccentric Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) to babysit a remote hotel where fiendish ghosts roam its gloomy corridors. In the former film, Greta Gerwig plays Megan, who, while eating greasy pizza at a diner, arms and hands imitate Levi’s Goat of Mendes’ as above, so below occult kinesics since her initials are G.G. = 77, the gesture also seen on July 4th, 1921 photo during the closing moments of Kubrick’s fright flick. Greta was born on August 4th, 1983, a date with a Pythagorean reduced value of 42,[1] the Dark Mother obviously influenced her Ozian tour de force Barbie years later, released on July 21st, 2023 = 7, 777, 7. Easter egg: when Samantha orders a pizza, she is asked if she wants “extra anchovies,” a clever nod to the comedy Loverboy (1989), meaning the deliveryman would be providing a hell of a lot more than pizzas; in The House with the Devil, the guy bringing the pizza is a demonic assassin, keeping a Sauron-like eye on the babysitter.
[1] A/1 + u/3 + g/7 + u/3 + s/1 + t/2 = 17, 4 = 4, 1 + 9 + 8 + 3 = 21; 17 + 4 + 21 = 42.
7. A most evil number, whose perfection is impossible to attack. – Aleister Crowley, Liber 777, 1909.
Ruth Harker (Alicia Witt) was the diabolical 7th She in Longlegs (2024), a nod to Master Therion’s qabala. Witt was cast in the role because of her appearance in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017), a series all about doubles and duality. Easter egg: the lyrics to “Crimson and Clover” (1968) by Tommy James and the Shondells describe Longlegs and Ruth’s meeting and relationship to a tee.
Here’s a shocker: the name Ryan Wesley Routh has a sum of 77 using reverse Pythagorean reduction.[1] One cannot help but notice the Baphometic pentagram behind him, and it’s only a matter of time before The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Mother (42), Choronzon (333), and 93 turn up. More forthcoming…
[1] R/9 + y/2 + a/8 + n/4 = 23, W/4 + e/4 + s/8 + l/6 + e/4 + y/2 = 28, R/9 + o/3 + u/6 + t/7 + h/1 = 26; 23 + 28 + 26 = 77.
Rob returns to the airwaves in October with appearances on Stygian Charters and The Farm for two brand-new Masonic-Halloween Specials! Stay tuned for details.
7. A most evil number, whose perfection is impossible to attack. – Aleister Crowley, Liber 777, 1909.
Shades of Suspira (1977, 2018), Black Swan (2010), Dirty Dancing (1987), The Shining (1980), and, of course, The Wizard of Oz (1939) manifest in the trailer; for example, Terry Gionoffrio’s (Julia Garner) light blue socks and red shoes (seen when the demon emerges) give her away, making her Dorothy Gale’s counterpart – a stranger in a strange land. Can’t wait to see this one. Easter egg: The Pale Crook is a knockoff of The Black Crook (1866), the first produced Broadway play that features a dark sorcerer as one of the antagonists. Naturally, Apartment 7A is scheduled to be released on September 27th, 2024, generating a Baphometic nexus, linking Crook to Thomas Matthew Crooks (2003-2024), who attempted to assassinate President Trump 77 days earlier on July 13th. Another Easter egg: Dracula (1931) is playing in the next theater over, written by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), who the Bramford is named after.
Rob makes his first appearance on the brand new podcast Stygian Charters! Hosted by the incomparable Nyx, listen to Rob discuss occult symbolism in film, but more critically, begin to breakdown the Rainbow-OZ death hex, also known as The Wizard of Oz killing curse, the subject matter of his forthcoming books. Rob will be returning to Stygian Charters in October for his annual Halloween Special; in the meantime, enjoy this awesome podcast! To listen, click the banner:
777. Useful in a similar way, as affirming that the Unity is the Qliphoth [the demonic forces of the Kabbalah marshalled]. But a dangerous tool, especially as it represents the flaming sword that drove Man out of Eden. A burnt child dreads the fire. “The devils also believe, and tremble.” Worse than useless unless you have it by the hilt. Also 777 is the grand scale of 7, and this is useless to anyone who has not yet awakened the Kundalini, the female magical soul. Note 7 as the meeting-place of 3, the Mother, and 10, the Daughter, whence Netzach is the Woman, married but no more. – Aleister Crowley, 777 and other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley, 1909.
The Ladybird publication of The Wizard of Oz (Read It Yourself edition) is part of Series 777, naturally.
Oz Park in Chicago (so named in 1976 because L. Frank Baum penned The Wizard of Oz nearby) sits on 13.32 acres, and 1332 = 666 x 2, or Aleister Crowley doubled. Cinema Symbolism 4 coming soon…
Kevin Bacon got his start in Friday the 13th (1980), which is why he is in MaXXXine, making his appearance an art of memory trick. It looks like the Cecil Hotel also turns up, one of Richard Ramirez’s (1960-2013) haunts. Easter egg: Rob predicts that Pearl’s ghost (or maybe Maxine’s) will kill Elisa Lam during the film’s epilogue.
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