There is a
recurring theme in entertainment media these days: Contact with outer space leads to an advancement
in human evolution. A few ensamples:
Star
Trek: Voyager
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_of_an_Eye_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)
2001: A Space Odyssey
https://jaysanalysis.com/2020/10/27/2001-a-space-odyssey-hollywood-decoded-episode/
Chrono
Cross: Contact with a piece of an off-world entity
called Lavos caused humanity to leap ahead of the Reptites in their
development.
https://chrono.fandom.com/wiki/Frozen_Flame
One of the
sources most openly proclaiming this idea is the role-playing game Illusion
of Gaia for the Super Nintendo (1993-4).
A comet hurtling toward the in-game world greatly speeds the evolution
of anything that stands in its light.
The following is a little of the dialogue from the game:
SPIRIT: The light released from the comet has a profound effect on the growth of living things. When the star nears Earth's orbit, all living things experience a dramatic evolution...
SPIRIT: The evolution of living things took a long time. From insects to fish, from reptiles to mammals, then humans were born. And so human beings have evolved.
SPIRIT: From ancient times comets have been called the spirits of stars, but also the demon of stars. The one now nearing the Earth is a demon of stars... The comet is the highest form of consciousness. The Earth will evolve beyond imagination...
--https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588383-illusion-of-gaia/faqs/32808
This is very
much in line with occult teaching.
Theosophy in particular teaches,
Modern science explains the emergence of
humankind as a result of chance chemical events and random mutations. The odds
of this occurrence are so slim that scientists regard the evolution of humanity
as nothing short of a miracle. Theosophical teachings, by contrast, say that
this “miracle” is really the orderly work of natural forces with the assistance
of intelligent beings. These intelligences guiding the process of evolution
have been recognized in all religious traditions of the past. They were
conceived of as gods, angels, devas, and so forth.
. .
.
According to The Secret Doctrine, once the earth was ready to hold
human life, two groups of celestial beings were called upon to assist in the
“creation” of man—the Lords of the Moon and the Lords of the Flame: “Bring
forth men of your nature. Give their spirits a subtle form. Mother Earth will
build a material covering” (Secret
Doctrine, 2.75).
--Pablo Sender, https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/4729-the-dawn-of-civilization-an-esoteric-account-of-the-first-three-root-races
The devil
worshipper Manly Hall writes about evolution in a similar way:
The occultists of the ancient world had a
most remarkable understanding of the principle of evolution. They recognized all life as being in various
stages of becoming. They believed
that grains of sand were in the process of becoming human in
consciousness but not necessarily in form; that human creatures were in the
process of becoming planets; that planets were in the process of becoming
solar systems; and that solar systems were in the process of becoming
cosmic chains; and so on ad infinitum.
One of the stages between the solar system and the cosmic chain was
called the zodiac; therefore they taught that at a certain time a solar
system breaks up into a zodiac. The
houses of the zodiac become the thrones for twelve Celestial Hierarchies, or as
certain of the ancients state, ten Divine Orders. . . .
The seven ages of man are under the control of the planets . . . .
(Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teaching of All Ages: Reader’s Edition, Tarcher/Penguin, New
York, 2003, pgs. 158-9, 161).
It is
crucially important that Christians not compromise the teaching that the cosmos
and man were created ex nihilo by a special act of God:
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/07/elder-paisios-on-darwinian-and-theistic.html
http://full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com/2012/06/evolution-is-theory-jesus-christ-is-god.html
This is all
more important as we witness the ongoing rise of the UFO/ET cult:
https://nypost.com/2021/01/02/a-harvard-professor-says-an-alien-visited-in-2017/
--Via https://drudgereport.com/
. . . The implications of the
UFO/Extraterrestrial phenomenon are huge. It represents a major paradigm shift,
possibly the biggest in human history. It leaves no aspect of humanity
untouched and forces us to ask deeper questions about ourselves and our
understanding about the true nature of reality.
History, science,
technology, education, medicine, economics, a proper acknowledgement and study
of metaphysics, non material science and human consciousness will change
forever. The biggest thing is to look at the way we live here on Earth, and ask
ourselves why we live the way we do when it doesn’t have to be this way. . . .
Perhaps
Chris Carter through Dana Scully spelled it out the best in The X-Files
episode ‘The Sixth Extinction’:
SCULLY: (voiceover) The
work here is painstaking-- a slow and tedious piecing together. It appears to
be a craft, its skin covered in the intricate symbols you and I both saw but
which I now understand are part of a complex communication. Dr. Barnes has
broken some of the symbols into letters using an ancient Navajo alphabet and,
though it has helped to uncover some of what's here it has also made for
greater confusion. On the top surface of the craft I'm finding words describing
human genetics. (On graph paper she translates the names of the four basic
nucleotides - CYTOSINE, GUANINE, ADEMINE, THYMINE. Efforts to read the bottom
of the craft have been harder. Our workers were scared away by phenomena I
admit I can't explain-- a sea of blood, a swarm of insects. But what little we
have found has been staggering-- passages from the Christian Bible, from pagan
religions, from Ancient Sumeria... science and mysticism conjoined. But more
than words, they are somehow imbued with power. I've ignored warnings to quit
this work, remaining committed to finding answers, afraid only that our secret
here won't last and that I might be too late.
--https://x-files.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sixth_Extinction/Transcript
‘Science and
mysticism conjoined’: That seems to be
the direction we’re going, doesn’t it (especially now in the Age of COVID, when
everyone is eager to ‘follow the science’)?
St Seraphim Rose warned about this in his critique of men like Teilhard
de Chardin:
In one sense, the imitator of Christ will
appear as a kind of saviour, solving man’s economic and political problems and
offering to satisfy his spiritual aspirations through what Fr. Seraphim called
a “melting pot” of science and world religions. According to the worldview of
the “new religious consciousness,” however, the ultimate saviour will be
evolution itself, moving forward in a natural development of this world into
supposedly the Kingdom of God. The last great deceiver, who in the end will
pretend to be Christ, will be seen as but another magnificent product of
evolution.
--http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/library_en/sc_FutureReligion.html
Before we
wrap up, there are some other noteworthy esoteric elements in this game that
we’d like to mention.
**First is
what happens in the Egyptian pyramid level.
The player must transform his body into energy in order to enter
it. This is very near the occult teaching
about what supposedly occurred within the pyramids of Egypt: That the soul of the initiate into the demonic
Mysteries would be separated from his body during those initiation ceremonies
and enter into the ‘celestial realms’ (Hall, Secret Teaching, p.
119). Hence, the player is himself unknowingly
being welcomed into the world of the Egyptian Mystery cult.
**Second is
the union of Will and Kara that creates the Firebird at the final battle with
Dark Gaia. The attainment of androgynous
being (the union of male and female in a single person) is a preoccupation with
the occultists, believing it imparts greater powers to the one who attains that
state (Hall, p. 116; see also de Hart and Farrell, Transhumanism;
and https://confiterijournal.blogspot.com/2019/12/crimea-wwiii-and-rise-of-antichrist.html).
The Firebird
in mythology also contains both male and female characteristics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huma_bird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenghuang
**It should
also be noted that the final battle takes place in the Tower of Babel, the
great symbol of human pride and rebellion against God. However, in the game Will and Kara are only
allowed to enter the Tower unharmed because they are ‘evolved humans’. Thus, the message is that association with
the Tower of Babel is not an evil thing for mankind but rather that it
signifies the improvement of the species, that it is a refuge for the best of
the men and women of the world. Do not
abhor it, then, but adore it. Such is
the un-Christian messaging being put forward here.
**The
constellation in which the comet is located is Cygnus, which is often associated
with the swan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_(constellation)#In_Western_and_Greek_Astronomy
The swan, in
turn, is a symbol of transformation, which as we have seen is a major theme in
this game:
https://www.worldbirds.org/swan-symbolism/#symbolism
**A short
snippet of text also reveals the monism/pantheism underlying the game:
HAMLET: Oink oink!!
WILL: Of course. There's
no difference between humans and animals...
--https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588383-illusion-of-gaia/faqs/32808
This belongs
to the religious teaching rising in popularity in the world, which imparts a
divine status to the creation and thus a moral equality amongst all its parts
(man=cat=tree=fly, and so forth, since all creatures are emanations from the
same life force):
http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/library_en/mod_aquarius.html
Beliefs such
as this are giving rise to new legal doctrines that seek to grant rights
formerly reserved to human beings to the creation as a whole. From Ecuador to California to Florida to
Mexico, efforts are underway to ‘transform the law to recognize, honor and
protect Nature’s inherent rights to exist, thrive and evolve’ (there’s that
word again--W.G.).
--https://www.earthlawcenter.org/what-is-earth-law
Despite all
of this, in an attempt to end on a more positive note, there is some good in Illusion
of Gaia. Some of the music is quite
memorable. Here are a few of the better
songs, with which we close this review:
Lola’s Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9ncd-kILUk&list=PLB0xooEkKbSZX_T5AChuwdRAYaw_Fjuvm&index=12
World Map:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjSK5TnpU2U&list=PLB0xooEkKbSZX_T5AChuwdRAYaw_Fjuvm&index=29
Town Theme
1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a3XBqa1fdA&list=PLB0xooEkKbSZX_T5AChuwdRAYaw_Fjuvm&index=20
--Image from https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588383-illusion-of-gaia/images/26
--
Holy Ælfred
the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to
the Union!
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