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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Peter Jackson's Controversial Change to 'Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' Went Against Tolkien's Concept of Middle-earth

 https://collider.com/lord-of-the-rings-two-towers-elves , https://www.tolkiensociety.org

https://www.wired.com/2012/12/tolkienbook-or-movie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers#Principal_photography

In the 1950s, J-R-R-Tolkien created a peculiar cover illustration for The-Two-Towers book.

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/blog

The_Two_Towers was first published in 1954 on 11-11. Nothing paranormal about that, unless you pick up on the 11-11 synchronicity. 

"The Lord of the Rings is composed of six "books", aside from an introduction, a prologue and six appendices. However, the novel was originally published as three separate volumes, to reduce the cost of publication.[1] The Two Towers covers Books Three and Four." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers#Publication

https://hmturnbull.com/writing/tolkien/lotr-explained/which-two-towers

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/Original_dust-jacket_designs

https://tolkiengateway.net/w/images/c/c5/J.R.R._Tolkien_-_The_Two_Towers.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers#Meaning_of_title

The_Two_Towers_cover depicts an ominous bird leaving the tower under the crescent moon and is heading to the tower under the star. Various artists of all sorts seem to pick up on, or have glimpses of future events. Unfortunatly, if you are uncomfortable with such implications, you can talk to the hand.


https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Two+Towers

Sunday, September 11, 2022

TLOTR: The Two Towers (1954-11-11)

 The original cover for The_Two_Towers depicted an ominous bird from a tower under a symbolic crescent moon that was heading towards a tower under a symbolic star. Therefore, was JRRT like several writers and visionaries, able to tap into a future event?

http://images.harpercollins.co.uk/hcwebimages/hccovers/032800/032878-fc170.jpg


Title: Dust jacket design for The Two Towers
Artist: J.R.R. Tolkien

1954
This was Tolkien's final dust jacket design for The Two Towers, the second volume of his epic work, The Lord of the Rings. It shows the white tower of Minas Morgul, held by the Lord of the Nazgul, and the black tower of Orthanc where the wizard Saruman resided. The Elvish script running through the One Ring in the centre, reads ominously, 'In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie'.
Drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien. MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 29r. Reproduced with kind permission of The Tolkien Estate Limited for the Bodleian Libraries exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth.

© The Tolkien Trust 1992

https://museoteca.com/r/en/work/7387/j_r_r_tolkien/dust_jacket_design_for_the_two_towers/!


https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-two-towers_jrr-tolkien/246438/#edition=5536595&idiq=35159490


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien's_artwork , https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/107593878573161559/


Publication date
11 November 1954

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers#Title_and_publication

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/The_Two_Towers_(novel)


https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetails

https://www.loc.gov/item/93506025

"Henry Hudson discovered NYC via the Half Moon Ship on September 11, 1609.

Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his speech on September 11, 1941 that would plant America as a global economic and military superpower.

The US Military Defense The Pentagon started construction on September 11, 1941." https://kingsofar.com/2020/09/11/september-11-the-day-of-planting-became-the-day-of-uprooting


https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

https://www.space.com/universe-simulation-hypothesis-problems If this world is part of a cosmic interactive recording and projection, then the line between simple coincidence and serious synchronicity, becomes very profound.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a3174/flight191 The numbers 191, 119 & 911, seem to intersect in the most peculiar ways.


https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=911 

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=JRRT

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Two+Towers

https://desertshapes.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Gods+of+Death+and+Destruction

Thursday, February 4, 2021

The MATRIX: Numbers and Patterns and Rabbit-hole Synchronicity

https://takanta.com/555-meaning , https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Angels 

Whether this is a natural world or a digital universe, various accounts of angels and other entities have been around for a long time. However, do angels have all the angles covered? Such beings would certainly know their way around their matrix of reality. And so do the MIB. 

https://www.wired.com/2002/12/holytech

https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/digitalphysics.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/number-symbolism

Numerology has many methods and interpretations.

Others just see pure_mathematics, but even that could be part of a cosmic program. 

Applied_mathematics vs. the meaning-of-numbers.

Number and patterns can be found all throughout nature and the "real" world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Inspiration,_pure_and_applied_mathematics,_and_aesthetics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(mathematics) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics , https://www.digital-physics.com

"The idea that our universe can be modelled as a giant computer dates back to the 1970s. But as Pablo Arrighi and Jonathan Grattage describe, quantum-information theorists are now hoping to revitalize this idea by making the "digital physics" project compatible with quantum theory." https://physicsworld.com/a/the-quantum-game-of-life 

http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/?phpsessid=4e1fba103021c3e4249fc168de22fc1b

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/symb/hd_symb.htm

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secrets-plain-sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHhgLnIvuAs&feature=emb_title

The Washington_Monument was the first structure to reach 555 feet or almost 170m.

https://gizmodo.com/why-we-didnt-know-how-tall-the-washington-monument-was-1686262508

"When completed, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world at 555 feet..." https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/historyculture/index.htm Its still the tallest in DC since the late 1800s.

555_California_Street was the biggest and tallest building in SF near the end of the 1960s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who)

Tron (1982) and especially Blade_Runner (1982) exposed the world to CGI and Cyberpunk.

The view is much higher than the 13th floor, because in the Tron world the digital sky is the limit. An interactive urban matrix, the sprawling city in night or day mode. The Tron horizon. The cyberspace perspective. Tron Wars. The Tron matrix and Blade Runner were like 2 sides of the same tech coin.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-did-william-gibson-really-feel-about-blade-runner-896472321 From 2013. Although BR wasn't about being in someones simulation, the world was under the total authority of a global network of corporations. Corporations had become non living entities and some of the corporations created a division of robots that seemed to be, MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN.

"Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler in the dystopian underworld of Chiba City, Japan. Once a talented computer hacker, Case was caught stealing from his employer. As punishment for his theft, Case's central nervous system was damaged with a mycotoxin, leaving him unable to access the global computer network in cyberspace, a virtual reality dataspace called the "matrix". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Plot It was published in 1984.

William Gibson tapped into what would become the cyberpunk matrix. A control grid of corporate tech and hackers. Plus a bunch of people that didn't fit into the $Y$TEM. 

The Cyberpunk_Influence really took off going into the 1990s. Now A.I. almost has an eye on everything.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/apr/26/computingandthenet.books

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity#Personal_computer_versions Unlike in the Tron movies, the player can't transmute themselves into the computer program or game.

The Bank_of_America_Center_(San_Francisco) and the Transamerica_Pyramid on the first SimCity cover. Sometimes the synchronicity is subtle, at first. The same two iconic towers are shown in Part 2 of the MATRIX. They can be seen at the right side of this picture. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/SimCity_Classic_cover_art.jpg 1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity#Personal_computer_versions

At the right side of this picture, one can see the B of A tower in a daytime view of the SF skyline. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/mediaviewer/rm2349173760

B of A and the simulation theory. https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-wonders-about-the-matrix-2016-9

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Bank_of_America_Tower_San_Francisco

555_California_Street opened as the B of A headquarters in 1969. It has 52 stories and is equivalent to 60 levels, if all the mechanical or plant floors are included. 

Two decades later, a very basic urban simulation game was on the market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-thinks-theres-a-50-chance-we-live-in-a-matrix-2016-9

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/View_from_555_California_Street_in_San_Francisco - https://www.pyramidcenter.com
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/SF_Transamerica_full_CA.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid#Specifications

"In 1972, the company completed construction of the Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco which served as its headquarters for many years. Although the company currently retains only a few offices in the building, the pyramid is still depicted in the company's logo and marketing materials."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Corporation#History

The Transamerica_Pyramid opened in 1972 with 48 stories. Its equivalent to having about 65 floors, if the windows went right up to the top.

Part of MATRIX 4 was filmed in front of the Transamerica_Pyramid. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/matrix-4-production-melts-san-francisco , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_fourth_Matrix_film

Bank_of_America is known for having the tallest or some of the tallest buildings in several cities. For some people, seeing the B of A tower rise in SF during the late 1960s was something that looked more suited for a Mega_City. 

"Appearances in fiction aside, Gibson was the focus of a biographical documentary by Mark Neale in 2000 called No Maps for These Territories. The film follows Gibson over the course of a drive across North America discussing various aspects of his life, literary career and cultural interpretations. It features interviews with Jack Womack and Bruce Sterling, as well as recitations from Neuromancer by Bono and The Edge." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Film_adaptations,_screenplays,_and_appearances

https://www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick Whether in 2001 or back in 1991, most people didn't realize how profound and extensive the synchronicity was between WG and U2. https://www.u2.com/news/title/exclusive_clips_from_new_william_gibson_movie

https://www.u2songs.com/discography/william_gibson_no_maps_for_these_territories_documentary_various_artists , https://www.wired.com/2005/08/u2

"U2's Zooropa album was heavily influenced by Neuromancer,[44] and the band at one point planned to scroll the text of Neuromancer above them on a concert tour, although this did not end up happening. Members of the band did, however, provide background music for the audiobook version of Neuromancer as well as appearing in No Maps for These Territories, a biographical documentary of Gibson.[142] He returned the favour by writing an article about the band's Vertigo Tour for Wired in August 2005.[143] The band Zeromancer take their name from Neuromancer.[144]

The film The Matrix (1999) drew inspiration for its title, characters and story elements from the Sprawl trilogy.[145] The characters of Neo and Trinity in The Matrix are similar to Bobby Newmark (Count Zero) and Molly ("Johnny Mnemonic", Neuromancer).[98] Like Turner, protagonist of Gibson's Count Zero, characters in The Matrix download instructions (to fly a helicopter and to "know kung fu", respectively) directly into their heads, and both Neuromancer and The Matrix feature artificial intelligences which strive to free themselves from human control.[98] Critics have identified marked similarities between Neuromancer and the film's cinematography and tone.[146] In spite of his initial reticence about seeing the film on its release,[13] Gibson later described it as "arguably the ultimate 'cyberpunk' artifact." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Cultural_significance


Associated albumAchtung Baby, Zooropa
Start date29 February 1992
End date10 December 1993

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour


"To redesign the stage for the 1992 North American stadium leg—dubbed "Outside Broadcast"—Williams collaborated with stage designers Mark Fisher and Jonathan Park, both of whom had worked on the Steel Wheels Tour stage for the Rolling Stones..."

"The stage's appearance was compared to the techno-future cityscapes from Blade Runner and the works of cyberpunk writer William Gibson." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Stage_design_and_show_production

Bono_as_The_Fly_in_Cleveland_1992. Bono as the Fly was almost foreshadowing Neo in the classic, EBTTRT video. https://www.u2.com/media/player/18/10
Neo_in_The_Matrix in 1999.

There is a lot of synchronicity between U2 and the MATRIX. Indeed, from the Zoo_TV_Tour in the early 1990s to the release of The_MATRIX in 1999 on March 31, were like bookends. The_Wachowskis really started something fantastic that wasn't even real all of the time.

The U2 ZOO TV (MATRIX) and The_MATRIX 1999 movie, was some ingenious entertainment marketing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(The_Matrix)#Fictional_character_biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Bono's_stage_personae The official music video for Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix) by U2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHKMoLY5ueY

As the ZOO_TV (MATRIX) tour was winding down, they did some extra video production in Sydney at the old Sydney_Football_Stadium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8bnSQ8mR0

And to think that so much of this cyber-world MATRIX was influenced from William_Gibson. www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick

The ZOO_TV_Tour started off in Lakeland,_Florida. There happens to be a, Lake_Gibson there and just a little ways south is the, RP_Funding_Center. Where the first ZOO TV concert happened. (29 February 1992) A leap year of course, because its all about going down the-rabbit-hole. The arena just happens to be a block south of West Lemon Street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Tour_dates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_(U2_song)#Music_video , https://www.u2.com/media/player/110/5 , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6863144/mediaviewer/rm3165992192

Lemon is like an unofficial homage to the STAR TREK Holodeck. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holodeck , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodeck#Similar_technology_in_other_works , 

ReleasedJune 24, 1967
RecordedNovember 3, 1966


The White Rabbit song was recorded in the first week in November 1966. 

Then the White_Rabbit character was seen in a STAR TREK episode during the last week of 1966.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708446/mediaviewer/rm254983425
Original air dateDecember 29, 1966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) , https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_Planet 


TRON and The MATRIX 

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/tron-legacy-is-a-smarter-movie-than-the-matrix.712207/

https://www.andrewliptak.com/blog/2010/06/18/deus-ex-machina-the-matrix-is-really-just-tron

https://www.reddit.com/r/GameTheorists/comments/g3y6ed/film_theory_tron_and_the_matrix_happen_in_the/

https://www.sffchronicles.com/threads/27684/


In the TV series Quantum+Leap, Sam is able to time_travel his consciousness into various people in the past. It's a little like a different driver temporarily taking over the control of a car...

Of course the implication is that time and space are part of an interactive recording & projection of data that consciousness can move though.

The_Thirteenth_Floor is about VR or world simulation program where a person can temporarily link to a simulated human character. The full immersion VR system seems so real that if you didn't know that you were in a digital simulation, you would only perceive the reality around you. The movie ends with the implication that this world might be part of someone's simulation program.

In the movie Source_Code, the consciousness of the protagonist is eventually sent to live in an alternate reality. 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation

Sean Carroll explains: what is the many-worlds interpretation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_xqNDII--Q

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds , https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-many-worlds-theory

It's such a vast concept to ponder that the universe might have many levels or variations of it self.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-many-worlds-interpretation-has-many-problems-20181018

Perhaps the biggest question is if the universe is a sentient system? Or, is it like a cosmic running OS with a programmer or a creator?


TRON

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Matrix 

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Two+Towers

It's all about exploring the nature of reality. (TNOR) 

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=What+Is+Consciousness

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Various disasters and strange occurrences


http://jfvrinfo.blogspot.ca/2012/04/flight-191-enigma.html
From 191 problems to 9-11 issues.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge#Second_design_and_Collapse_of_September_11,_1916

http://jfvrinfo.blogspot.ca/2011/09/walter-thomas-some-twin-towers-etc.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Channel_Tunnel_fire

Hurricane_Iniki 9-11-1992
"After turning to the north, Iniki struck the island of KauaÊ»i on September 11 at peak intensity..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Iniki 9-11-1992

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/Civicane49/remembering-hurricane-iniki-20-years-later,
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hurricane-iniki-the-most-power/72515,
http://www.weather.com/news/remembering-hurricane-iniki-20120911,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grandpoppop/2380528558

In 2001 on 9-11, many people saw or were affected by the disaster involving 110 story buildings. Back in 1992 people had no frame of reference for 9-11 & 110 public shelters. Yet 9-11 & 110 was apparent back then.
  1. [PDF]

    Hurricane Iniki Assessment - NOAA Coastal Services Center

    www.csc.noaa.gov/.../H_INIKI_ASSESSMENT_REVIEW_HES_UTILI...‎

    On Friday, September 11, 1992, the strongest and most destructive hurricane to hit the ..... On Oahu, 110 public shelters were opened and approximately 30,000 ...http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hes/docs/postStorm/H_INIKI_ASSESSMENT_REVIEW_HES_UTILIZATION_INFO_DISSEMINATION.pdf 

http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/111982
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=14
In an earlier plan, the 2 big WTC buildings would have been just alittle north of where 55_Water_Street is.
So ironically, the New_Pearl_Harbor could have occurred much closer to the intersection of, Pearl+Street+Wall+Street.
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=14
It could have been built & destroyed on either side of Lower_Manhattan.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Manhattan_1931.jpg

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21249&page=14
The original choice for the WTC site was for it to be on the East River side & was to feature 2 big slabs.
These 2 slabs would have been on either side of 120-wall-street.
The south slab was to be a tall & wide office tower. The north slab would appear like a tower that's laying down on its side. Curiously, the slab on its side would have featured 2 big squares.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_World_Trade_Center#Original_plans
When the WTC site was finally chosen to be on the Hudson River side, the 2 big squares were omitted from the design. The 2 wide slabs became the two iconic tall & slender towers. However, in the years after the destruction of the WTC, the 2 big squares were eventually worked back into the overall site rebuilding plan.

Today the 1776' tall One_World_Trade_Center has become the centerpiece of the old & New World_Trade_Center_site.
http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/new-world-trade-center-pictures-130910.htm

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Two+Towers