Brand Hand

We touched on a character James Ross back in early November via the comments. He was the chap apparently held captive in Portugal over a drug debt, his kidnappers cutting of various body parts, including his privates and allegedly posted them to other, presumably rival, gangsters as some sort of underworld message. It was all related to Osiris, an Egyptian Sun-God, who's parts too were dismembered, a replacement penis being formed with gold. Later that month, the chap appeared on the front page of the News of the World. I could not get a copy picture due to copyright however noted in the comment section of Snowball effect :

Today's Scottish News of the World front page headline :I HAVE BEEN TO HELL. Picture of Lisbon torture victim, surname Ross, from Wick. He got body parts chopped off and seemingly distributed as a warning (see Osiris). As such there is a close up of his hand on the front page, he has one digit missing, thus providing the classic pyramid /Spock pose provided and discussed in aferrismoon's last post. Ross as in the terrorist Loch Lomond. Wick as in light/candle/mining ?

The original story broke on the 21st/22nd October, some 64 days prior to Christmas. 64 is indeed eight squared and the number of squares on the chess board - the latter, in some quarters, being regarded as an important freemasonic (and well before) symbol; good/evil, black/white etc. Boxing Day there was no Scottish Sun (The NOTW sister newspaper), it being a Sunday, however on the Monday we were treated to the banner headline as imaged below, the entire family dressed in black and white.

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Scottish Sun.

Parallels between Osiris and Jesus.

By their fruits ye shall know them

It begins with the purple attired Queen, dapper in pearls. Almost immediately she vanishes. "God save the Queen" is played, and we are transported to Hampton Court Palace. The camera lingers on an exterior unicorn and other heraldic icons. We see the clock, bang on 3, and close into the House of Stewart flag. Suddenly we are inside the Palace, the camera detailing the magnificent decoration within the chapel. Our cameraman hesitates upon the phrase "Dieu et mon droit" ; God and my right - a reference to the supposed divine right of the monarch to govern. (Basically, the monarch is answerable only to God, not to parliament, the people, any other monarch; or any church - see King James 6th and 1st))

HM reappears, now up in the proverbial "heavens". Below are angelic choir children. She begins her Christmas message:

Over 400 years ago King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England at a time when the Christian church was deeply divided.

Here at Hampton Court in 1604, he convened a conference of churchmen of all shades of opinion to discuss the future of Christianity in this country.

The king agreed to commission a new translation of the bible that was acceptable to all parties.

This was to become the King James, or Authorized, Bible, which next year will be exactly four centuries old.

At this point the camera image changes to a copy of the first page of an early KJV Bible:

Acknowledged as a masterpiece of English prose and the most vivid translation of the scriptures, the glorious language of this bible has survived the turbulence of history and given many of us the most widely recognised and beautiful descriptions of the birth of Jesus Christ which we celebrate today.

The Queen is still preaching as above, the image changes to another - the title - page. "To the Most High and Mightie (sic) King James". Then the Gospel of St. Luke pops up.

We then cut to little schoolchildren Bible reading Luke, they are mostly of ethnic appearance. It begins at verse 6 and ends at 13 although 10,11 & 12 are skipped. (The word taxes appears in the KJV, prior to the revision it was census). Then to the choir: all white I think, dressed in red, conducted by a black gentleman. They sing While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks". We cut back to HM:

The King James Bible was a major co-operative endeavour that required the efforts of dozens of the day's leading scholars.

At this point we go back to the chapel decoration - a Royal crown is lingered upon

The whole enterprise was guided by an interest in reaching agreement for the wider benefit of the Christian church, and to bring harmony to the kingdoms of England and Scotland.

Again back to HM

Four hundred years later, it is as important as ever to build communities and create harmony, and one of the most powerful ways of doing this is through sport and games.

Here we shoot to Wimbledon last summer and the Queen's visit there after a 33 year absence. More little children are shown, a large proportion coloured (bear in mind I live in Scotland). Again they wear red. (Later the Queen watched Dunblane massacre survivor, Andy Murray). The date is 24th June, importantly the anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.(Braveheart Enigma)

During this past year of abundant sporting events, I have seen for myself just how important sport is in bringing people together from all backgrounds, from all walks of life and from all age groups.

Back to HM again:

In the parks of towns and cities, and on village greens up and down the country, countless thousands of people every week give up their time to participate in sport and exercise of all sorts, or simply encourage others to do so.

These kinds of activity are common throughout the world and play a part in providing a different perspective on life.

We now cut to televisual images of the Royal Princes, William and Harry, playing football on their recent World Cup coinciding Africa trip; high fiving with little - once suffering - African children. Wills is in the familiar number 11, more camera time is devoted to him than his sibling. (Drip Fed)

Apart from developing physical fitness, sport and games can also teach vital social skills.

Back to HM:

None can be enjoyed without abiding by the rules, and no team can hope to succeed without co-operation between the players. This sort of positive team spirit can benefit communities, companies and enterprises of all kinds.

Then to images of physically"disabled" athletes, they appear to be US forces, or certainly military. Briefly interrupted by a quick blast of Charles and Camilla. Followed by Prince Andrew, watching robotic legged ex-forces playing Scots born golf.
As the success of recent Paralympics bears witness, a love of sport also has the power to help rehabilitate.

One only has to think of the injured men and women of the Armed Forces to see how an interest in games and sport can speed recovery and renew a sense of purpose, enjoyment and comradeship.

We cut back to HM:

Right around the world, people gather to compete under standard rules and, in most cases, in a spirit of friendly rivalry. Competitors know that, to succeed, they must respect their opponents; very often, they like each other too.

We go to images of canoeists, canoeing. A banner states Complete. Dinghies appear. Some sort of race. Our camera utilises the number 18 gate as foreground. We see Princess Anne spectating then cut to a track event. It is the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. Someone has won a race; a Jamaican, Lerone Clarke. Born 7/7. A dismal performance by his own standards but he still won. Three black athletes with medals are shown, they can't disguise their jubilation. On the podium their upper lips quiver.

Sportsmen and women often speak of the enormous pride they have in representing their country, a sense of belonging to a wider family.

We see this vividly at the Commonwealth Games, for example, which is known to many as the Friendly Games and where I am sure you have noticed that it is always the competitors from the smallest countries who receive the loudest cheers.

Back to HM (this time an ornamental nativity scene and Christmas tree flank her):

People are capable of belonging to many communities, including a religious faith. King James may not have anticipated quite how important sport and games were to become in promoting harmony and common interests. (Funny that, because King James also published a book detailing acceptable Sabbath sport)

But from the scriptures in the bible which bears his name, we know that nothing is more satisfying than the feeling of belonging to a group who are dedicated to helping each other (Here we focus solely on the nativity) :

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.

Then back to HM:

I wish you, and all those whom you love and care for, a very happy Christmas.

To close, the choir sing Holly and the Ivy.

cheers

Matthew 7 - see Queen's penultimate sentence; watch where you are being driven.

BBC -text and video.

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1976

Extraordinary

All year I went on about the Pope's visit to the UK on 16/9, in particular the significance of it's commencement at Royal Holyrood, or Holy-cross, Edinburgh.

99 days later, Christmas Eve, the Pope has appeared on the BBC Radio programme "Thought for the Day", thanking the UK for his welcome in September and using the highly "unique occasion" to remind listeners that "God is always faithful to his promises but often surprises us in the way he fulfils them". Make of that what you will given my last musings.

Meanwhile tomorrow, one hundred (XxX) days after the unprecedented Papal State visit, the Queen's Christmas Message will break with convention after being recorded for the first time ever at Hampton Court Palace , rather than the usual Buckingham. The BBC link is below and includes a short 22 second preview which has been released by the Crown; apparently this year's "central focus" is, unsurprising given my last few posts, sport and it's apparent importance "to building communities and creating harmony".

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Pope on Radio 2
BBC - Queen report

wiki -Hampton Court (King James 1st & 6th, Bible, Stuarts).

Is He, or isn't he ?

Back in the seventies, when your narrator was just a laddie, there was a television advert which stuck in the mind. It involved a good-looking lady strolling, her long-locks fairly bouncing as the sun shone through her hair; her trousers very snug fitting.

On Saturday an interesting article appeared in the mail with one of the longest headlines I have ever read: Why Prince Charles is too dangerous to be king: In a landmark essay MAX HASTINGS tells why this increasingly eccentric royal could imperil the monarchy. In it, Max, former ten-year editor of the Telegraph, country-dweller and field sport lover (as was his father) wrote of how he fears Charles is madly eccentric (something we have touched on here before), has a Messiah complex, and is out of touch with reality. The source of the writers displeasure appears to source from the Prince of Wales most recent literary offering: Harmony. It is long article, well worth reading, a selection follows:

The Prince’s new book Harmony is indeed a startling piece of work. He begins it by writing: ‘This is a call to revolution. “Revolution” is a strong word, and I use it deliberately. For more than 30 years I have been ­working to identify the best solutions to the array of deeply entrenched problems we face.

‘Having considered these questions long and hard, my view is that our outlook in the Westernised world has become far too firmly framed by a mechanistic approach to science.’
He continues: ‘This approach is entirely based upon the gathering of the results that come from subjecting physical phenomena to scientific experiment.’

Some of his phrases are ­messianic: ‘I would be failing in my duty to future generations and to the Earth itself if I did not attempt to point this out and indicate possible ways we can heal the world.’

Obsessively convinced of his own rightness, he views his ­critics with the weary ­resignation of an early Christian martyr: ‘It is probably ­inevitable that if you challenge the ­traditions of conventional thinking you will find yourself accused of naivety.’

Some of his book reads like the ravings of a Buddhist mystic.

Charles’ book ­Harmony can promote only disharmony around the throne.

It ends:

But anyone who reads the Prince of Wales’ new book will have little doubt that the chief peril to our royal institution in the decades ahead lies within his well-meaning, muddled, woolly head.

Which leads me back to the point. For also in the aforementioned Harmony hairspray advert were individuals, ogling and pointing at the pretty girl. Their thoughts were vocalised: "Is she, or isn't she". As I said, I was just a laddie and could not work out what it all meant. It was, in hindsight, a double entendre: hairspray and underwear.

Yet, what if Max's whole article is indeed a double entrende with a cynical, herding-like, twist; the author being a countryman and a field sports enthusiast (indeed his own father wrote many books on the subjects) thus surely an appreciator of the great outdoors, the balance of nature, everything having it's place and role. Someone of this vein is surely capable of seeing where our world is headed, not so much in terms of cyclical climate change, of the new world order, or of pollution, but rather just the mass of ever expanding humans, both collectively and individually. Where can they all live, what will they all eat, what will they all do. This is surely not brain science nor does it require any clever thinking. There are simply far too many humans, producing too much waste, and there are more each day.

One thing about country sports enthusiasts is that they do value their sport. The wealthy ones will pay thousands and thousands of pounds to shoot grouse for a week. Others will pay similar sums to stalk a stag or try to catch a salmon in the famous Tweed Junction Pool. Gamekeepers are employed to keep down raptors and poachers. Thus, Max's whole article tone reads false to me. He decries Charles and worships a technological and sterile age. Impossible.

Personally, I am beginning to think that indeed both "Biblical end times" roles are being played out, esoterically, by the same creatures. William plays the bogus Messiah, his father plays the Messiah. Those who were foolish enough to fall for Wills are doomed, somehow. The few who were clever enough to "listen" to his father will be saved. It will begin again, with less people, another Eden, the "space age" technology saved for the elite - Gods - along with the shooting and fishing rights. In the future, as the population increases, poachers and suchlike will be sent to the colonies although, instead of Australia, it will be Mars.

How will they kill the followers of Wills ? Our answer, like Alice, may lie in the "doorway" of a rabbit burrow. For the rabbits that escaped the initial multi-killing, man-made myxomatosis virus were the one's that lived in the brambles and rough cover, the horrible (indeed it is pitiful to see) disease being spread by fleas which lingered, and still do, at the entrance of holes, awaiting victims.

On that note, I proffer up today's earthquake in Cumbria as scant evidence of my theory. For Conniston, at the heart of the shake, is noted not only for it's lake - where Donald Campbell died in 1967 after attempting to break the world water speed record in his jet boat Bluebird K7 - but also the home of the fictional government research station, ARSE, in Richard Adams' bioweapon centred, The Plague Dogs.

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Note- rabbits are an "introduced" species in the UK.

Also see an old telegraph article on Max: My extraordinary window on power.

wiki - Adams' Plague Dogs.

Conniston earthquake.
You tube -harmony advert.

Strings of Leon ?

Early this morning, not long after the lunar eclipse, one of the Kings of Leon's tour buses went on fire, quickly spreading to an adjacent coach (perhaps a twin), the two completely incinerated. Sixty firefighters attended the scene, called out at 8.18. Sunrise was at 8.04. The Kings of Leon are a US, family-related band, all surnamed Followill.

The venue was the 02 (perhaps Oz), once the Millennium Dome, a structure which architecturally symbolically represents the "role played by Greenwich Mean Time" (wiki).

The below image is the cover of a DVD release from last year.

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BBC report

wiki -Kings of Leon.

No bones about it

Tonight is the winter solstice, midwinter, the shortest and thus darkest day of the year, all coinciding, rarely, with a total lunar eclipse.

Meanwhile in snow-white London, the Olympic stadium will be illuminated for the first time this evening, a plethora of sport stars and politicians witnessing the electrifying of the 532 individual HID lamps which light up the arena. From Bible Wheel (Revelations) re the "hidden" properties of the number 532:

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty"

The Number 532 is deeply integrated with many expressions of Divinity

Meanwhile, coincidentally today, the official range of "Royal Wedding" bone china went on sale; bone china being famed for it' s whiteness and translucency, or shine, notwithstanding longevity.

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Note -Since I initially posted the ritual has taken place (here), the switch hit by ("elite bloodlined" -see previous post) David Cameron. It appears that there are in fact 14 triangular lighting towers, each capable of holding 44 lights, although each only have 38 at the moment, hence the 532. However, if, or surely when, they are fully luminated, there will be a total of 616 - a number that many would contest was the original pre King James' edition "Biblical" number of the beast , a fact pointed out to me by aferrismoon some time ago. Also, I have added a photo of the crown/halo/eye like stadium.


BBC Olympic report.
BBC -Royal Wedding china goes on sale.>