The final season of Game of Thrones has disappointed quite a few fans of the show, however, I've enjoyed it. Though I think I went into it with lower expectations. Appreciating how hard it is to end a show like this. I certainly can't envision a better way the show could've ended. Plus it'll probably look like a work of art once the endless spin-offs start appearing.
As I was settling down to watch it I noticed the moon was out. Creating quite an atmosphere. Watching the show has very much been a journey that all the fans have been on. It feels important. Certainty for a TV show. In many ways it feels like a semi-mythological retelling of human history. So the final episode was a big event for viewers, and a full moon was quite fitting.
Finally, last night - i.e. the tail end of the very same day - I put something on randomly to listen to as I was settling down for sleep. It turned out to be about Wesak (or Vesak). This is a Buddhist holiday, timed with the full moon in May, that celebrates the Buddha's birthday (and death-day). So the day had a slightly eerie, but very rounded feel about it.
One World Religions and One World Visions
I was completely unaware of Vesak. In fact, what randomly led me there was that I'd been listening to videos from the Lucis Trust YouTube page. The Lucis Trust is a nonprofit organisation, originally founded by the writer Alice Bailey, that has strong roots in the esoteric religion of Theosophy. Co-founded by the famous Madame Blavatsky. It was originally called the Lucifer Publishing Company. I'm guessing the change to Lucis was to make the association slightly less blatant.
(The logo of the Lucis Trust)
What's particularly interesting, and I guess what pricked my ears, is that it also has links to the United Nations. Which seems odd ..unless like me you already have a slightly conspiratorial worldview. So over the last week or so I've been reading stuff from the Lucis Trust website, listening to some of their videos on YouTube, but also watching some of the stuff online that's more critical of the organisation. That is, stuff that claims they're pushing a one world Luciferian agenda, which aims to overthrow Christianity and its accompanying moral values.
Having consumed all this media I'm actually sympathetic to both view points in a way. Both seem interesting, though I must admit confusing as well.
This idea that Lucifer, the light-bringer, is actually a force for good is quite fascinating. It's an exact inversion of the Christian tradition. The New Age view seems to be that humanity is on a journey to become one with God. The Christian view point then arguing that these people are trying to elevate man above God. To become gods themselves. That these New-Agers and Luciferians believe the God of the bible to be a bad god, who has imprisoned humanity. With Lucifer or Satan then being a positive force in their mind, helping man to escape.
The Lord of Light from Game of Thrones springs to mind.
Again, with the Garden of Eden story. In Christian tradition the snake is evil and eating the fruit was a bad idea. In the opposing view point the snake bringing knowledge is a positive act. Something which elevates humanity.
Perhaps both these views are two necessary sides of the same coin? Parts of the same human story. Or perhaps it's all just nonsense. I really can't tell.
Globalism viewed through this lens looks very odd though. Running parallel to the nationalist versus globalist debate there also seems to be this Christian versus New Age dichotomy. The fact that groups like the Lucis Trust have links to organisations like the UN does make it look like more than just politics at times. That perhaps some of the people driving these political changes have deeper beliefs and a grander vision.
The fact that the European Parliament building in Strasbourg is built in imitation of the Tower of Babel perhaps makes more sense through this lens.
(Left: The Tower of Babel - Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Right: The Strasbourg Parliament)
In the biblical story humanity builds a tower to reach God. However, God destroys the tower and scatters the people. Which leads to humans being separated by their mutually indecipherable languages. A European union, or perhaps a wider global union has obvious parallels.
So who is right and who is wrong? Who is good and who is evil? I'm really not sure. If you're going to piss off God though, at least do it democratically :)
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