I happen by the Londinium set only to find that the director has instructed that any non-essential crew not be allowed. Apparently all of the love scenes have been scheduled today. And when I speak with Patrick out on the stoop he tells me that the director hired an all female (skeletal) crew for some of the more intimate scenes between Richard and Victoria. Damn! and I came prepared with my iflip. I decide to lunch with the producers. While dining at 67 Burger in Fort Greene, the best burgers in Brooklyn by the way, I decide to bring up some of the theories that many Jack the Ripper films, books, television shows seem to probe or reenact. According to Scotland Yard near one of the murder scenes the killer scrawled in chalk across a wall “The Juwes are the men That Will not be blamed for nothing.” According to some of the literature and lore associated with the rites and traditions of Freemasonry Hiram Abiff was a master builder and his knowledge helped build the temple of Solomon. Jubela, Jubelo and Jubelum were three ruffians that murdered Hiram Abiff for his secrets of manifestation. The three names were originally from the root Gebal which was a city in phonecia. The “JU” or “JUWES” was a play on words/meanings perhaps to incite violence against the Jewish population in London at the time OR to let the authorities know that they were dealing with someone who was educated and at the very least middle class. Any gentleman could have written those words. It may not have been the actual murderer. In any case to prevent riots the head of police ordered it washed away – evidence destroyed. From the limited amount I know of Freemasonry it is a fraternity of service. Anyone I know associated with the group has at some point volunteered their time and talents in service to humanitarian causes. This dark cloud that has been born over the group is the latest craze of the entertainment industry thanks to Dan Brown and his conspiracy books. Not to take anything away from the author as it is great reading and quite entertaining.
The compass and the square are the symbols of a Freemason. If you perceive them as two equilateral triangles missing their base lines – one pointing up and the other pointing down you have the Mogen David or the star of David, symbol of Israel and the Jewish people. However a six pointed star has deeper significance within the art alchemy that predates the old testament and can be traced to ancient Egypt and possibly before the rise of the pyramids. “As Above, so below”. Anything that happens on the spirit plane will manifest on the material and any thoughts projected from the material plane take flight in the spirit. It is the mantra of manifestation and the work of a magus (or magician). I am not talking about slight of hand but true magic working with the forces of nature. Pay it Forward, Creative Visualization, Power of Prayer, Thoughts become Things, etc. In Numerology Six is the symbol of Love. And Love is the elixir that fuels intention and moves mountains. Some of the greatest love stories are of people who have overcome impossible circumstances to achieve their desires whether it is the desire to be together or the desire to accomplish something together or for someone.
In Alchemy the soul is feminine and represented by the moon. The Spirit is masculine and represented by the sun. An Alchemical wedding occurs when the sun is united with the moon. The Soul is the where the ‘below’ is and the Spirit is where the ‘above’ is. When a person unites the will of the soul and the intention of the spirit there is enlightenment. Stay with me here as I will get to my point as it relates to the movie. I did a little more research on my own and decided to look up old New York Times articles from 1888 and onward---anything that made reference to the Whitechapel murders. I found about four different news stories where various inspectors and physicians associated with the jack the ripper murders had been interviewed ten and fifteen years after the killings. All spoke of an upper middle class gentleman who was a medical student who had friends in high places. Apparently this poor chap was bitten with a religious fervor that exacerbated an underlying psychological condition. The sins of prostitutes and the sins they caused made this young fellow cut them up and eviscerate them as a kind of penance. Being a medical student and privy to studying cadavers desensitized him. Whoever he was he was a true sociopath, indeed. Apparently a few months after quietly being committed to an insane asylum on the outskirts of London the alleged killer committed suicide. Jack the Ripper was caught, he was identified but that doesn’t sell newspapers. Keeping his identity and whereabouts quiet helped fuel social reform. The powers that be at the time may have tapped into the social subconscious including their own to help bring about change and that change spread.
Getting back to the union of the sun and the moon and Richard and Victoria. The songs and tales of the medieval troubadours were really alchemical recipes in disguise. The unattainable or unavailable (i.e.married) woman creates the tension for unconsummated love. That place between courting and hoping to consummate is where unending waves of creative energy are born and is the material that transmutes the man or the pursuer (doesn’t matter what gender you are or the gender of your affection). The feminine is how a man connects up and through her to his spiritual ideal. When I say feminine it could be an actual woman or a metaphor for the great mother. When Richard meets Victoria in the street he is wounded but it begins his upward movement towards an ideal of himself i.e. who he hopes to be in order to win Victoria’s heart. He will be changed regardless as to whether he wins her heart or not because in the pursuit is the redemption.
Now if we look at the world’s fascination with Jack the Ripper and who he was we stare into the great void of mysteries…another name for the feminine or the yin or the shekinah. Staring into it and really feeling one’s way through it leads one to the other side and into the light. This is where lead can be transformed into gold. Where base emotions, theories and study and ideas can take root and bring about solutions, redemption, reform, invention innovation to change reality, as we know it.
I see it in action as we finish up our elongated lunch and wander back towards the Fort Greene brownstone. We see some of the female crew outside drinking coffee and realize they are on break. Patrick enters the set to find the director to make sure everyone is decent before we are allowed to enter. The actors are in robes in the kitchen and they look pleasantly exhausted. Whit seems like he could fall asleep at any moment but he is instantly alert when we sit down and start talking. There is a quiet sensitivity in the air. Ms. Damon is subdued and perhaps a bit dazed as she sips her tea near the end of the table.
“Everyone doing okay?” Patrick asks.
“Yeah, we’re fine. It’s all good.” Whit replies and he looks over at his acting partner to make sure she really is okay.
As the chit chat ensues I sit and watch them. She seems a bit more vulnerable than usual and Whit is distracted. He constantly checks to see if Rebecca is indeed okay. When questions are posed he answers for them both. When the director walks in and says break is over Whit collects her and they walk away together. My intention is not to read anything into it other than the acting. They have to stay in character in order to get through the scenes. I find it an interesting observation since I’m not allowed to watch the actual love-making. I guess I’ll have to wait until the footage is ready to be viewed, get my suit pressed and the rice ready to throw. See you at the reception.
The compass and the square are the symbols of a Freemason. If you perceive them as two equilateral triangles missing their base lines – one pointing up and the other pointing down you have the Mogen David or the star of David, symbol of Israel and the Jewish people. However a six pointed star has deeper significance within the art alchemy that predates the old testament and can be traced to ancient Egypt and possibly before the rise of the pyramids. “As Above, so below”. Anything that happens on the spirit plane will manifest on the material and any thoughts projected from the material plane take flight in the spirit. It is the mantra of manifestation and the work of a magus (or magician). I am not talking about slight of hand but true magic working with the forces of nature. Pay it Forward, Creative Visualization, Power of Prayer, Thoughts become Things, etc. In Numerology Six is the symbol of Love. And Love is the elixir that fuels intention and moves mountains. Some of the greatest love stories are of people who have overcome impossible circumstances to achieve their desires whether it is the desire to be together or the desire to accomplish something together or for someone.
In Alchemy the soul is feminine and represented by the moon. The Spirit is masculine and represented by the sun. An Alchemical wedding occurs when the sun is united with the moon. The Soul is the where the ‘below’ is and the Spirit is where the ‘above’ is. When a person unites the will of the soul and the intention of the spirit there is enlightenment. Stay with me here as I will get to my point as it relates to the movie. I did a little more research on my own and decided to look up old New York Times articles from 1888 and onward---anything that made reference to the Whitechapel murders. I found about four different news stories where various inspectors and physicians associated with the jack the ripper murders had been interviewed ten and fifteen years after the killings. All spoke of an upper middle class gentleman who was a medical student who had friends in high places. Apparently this poor chap was bitten with a religious fervor that exacerbated an underlying psychological condition. The sins of prostitutes and the sins they caused made this young fellow cut them up and eviscerate them as a kind of penance. Being a medical student and privy to studying cadavers desensitized him. Whoever he was he was a true sociopath, indeed. Apparently a few months after quietly being committed to an insane asylum on the outskirts of London the alleged killer committed suicide. Jack the Ripper was caught, he was identified but that doesn’t sell newspapers. Keeping his identity and whereabouts quiet helped fuel social reform. The powers that be at the time may have tapped into the social subconscious including their own to help bring about change and that change spread.
Getting back to the union of the sun and the moon and Richard and Victoria. The songs and tales of the medieval troubadours were really alchemical recipes in disguise. The unattainable or unavailable (i.e.married) woman creates the tension for unconsummated love. That place between courting and hoping to consummate is where unending waves of creative energy are born and is the material that transmutes the man or the pursuer (doesn’t matter what gender you are or the gender of your affection). The feminine is how a man connects up and through her to his spiritual ideal. When I say feminine it could be an actual woman or a metaphor for the great mother. When Richard meets Victoria in the street he is wounded but it begins his upward movement towards an ideal of himself i.e. who he hopes to be in order to win Victoria’s heart. He will be changed regardless as to whether he wins her heart or not because in the pursuit is the redemption.
Now if we look at the world’s fascination with Jack the Ripper and who he was we stare into the great void of mysteries…another name for the feminine or the yin or the shekinah. Staring into it and really feeling one’s way through it leads one to the other side and into the light. This is where lead can be transformed into gold. Where base emotions, theories and study and ideas can take root and bring about solutions, redemption, reform, invention innovation to change reality, as we know it.
I see it in action as we finish up our elongated lunch and wander back towards the Fort Greene brownstone. We see some of the female crew outside drinking coffee and realize they are on break. Patrick enters the set to find the director to make sure everyone is decent before we are allowed to enter. The actors are in robes in the kitchen and they look pleasantly exhausted. Whit seems like he could fall asleep at any moment but he is instantly alert when we sit down and start talking. There is a quiet sensitivity in the air. Ms. Damon is subdued and perhaps a bit dazed as she sips her tea near the end of the table.
“Everyone doing okay?” Patrick asks.
“Yeah, we’re fine. It’s all good.” Whit replies and he looks over at his acting partner to make sure she really is okay.
As the chit chat ensues I sit and watch them. She seems a bit more vulnerable than usual and Whit is distracted. He constantly checks to see if Rebecca is indeed okay. When questions are posed he answers for them both. When the director walks in and says break is over Whit collects her and they walk away together. My intention is not to read anything into it other than the acting. They have to stay in character in order to get through the scenes. I find it an interesting observation since I’m not allowed to watch the actual love-making. I guess I’ll have to wait until the footage is ready to be viewed, get my suit pressed and the rice ready to throw. See you at the reception.
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