Mycroft
Remember when the 'Family Fortunes Celebrity Satan-Worshipers' special edition was on TV and Vernon Kay turned to Samia Ghadie saying "Samia, we asked 100 people to name a tarot-related movie - what did they say?" She bit her lip, looked a little worried and then exclaimed, "OH! The James Bond one, with voodoo, that has tarot cards in it, and Paul Wotsit sings the song - 'Live and Let Live' is it?" Vernon gave a half-smile and an imploring look, then there was an audible whisper of "...Let Die" from one of Samia's family (which Vernon heard but pretended not to) and then "OH! Live and Let Die! - That's it!" Vernon turned to the board announcing "Our survey says..... 88! Top Answer Samia!!" Vernon then attempted to kiss Samia, she wisely pulled away but he pounced on her anyway. I'm just jesting of course, Samia is most definitely not a Satan-Worshiper (although Vernon probably is.)
However, we now have irrefutable scientific proof that 'Live and Let Die' is the top Tarot movie of all time, and as such I felt it was worth (yet) another viewing, but this time with the 'Occult-Metaphysical-Tarot Filtered Goggles' firmly in place. What I discovered what both startling and revealing, in a rather mundane and boring sort of way. My main realisations involved;
a) Dead people singing
b) Wardrobes
c) Alligators
First up, let's deal with why dead people are singing in this movie. It's because the singer of the theme-song and the central character of the film are both Resurrected Men. The old James Bond (Sean Connery) had died and been replaced by the new James Bond (Roger Moore). This had also happened with Paul McCartney, and if you're not familiar with the idea then google "Beatles Paul Is Dead" to find out why. For our purposes it doesn't matter whether McCartney died in a car crash or whether it's another conspiracy theory to throw in with 911, Faking The Moon Landings and Tom Cruise Is A Homosexual (actually one of these is not so ridiculous - I've always been a bit suspicious of that moment when Armstrong lifts up his visor and asks "Are we okay, is that a wrap?") The important point is that in 1973 the 'Paul Is Dead' story was very prevalent and relevant, many people did believe that the old Paul had died and been replaced by the new one. The covers of 'Abbey Road' and 'Sgt Pepper' certainly appear to be hinting at a spiritual form of death and re-birth, and so is McCartney's presence in this film. The song title 'Live and Let Die' can easily be transposed as "To Let The New Self Live, You Must Let The Old Self Die" and it begins to play at the moment that this happens at the beginning of the film;
A man being bitten in the neck by a snake can quite easily be viewed as symbolism for the kundalini rising to the throat chakra, something which in many schools of esoteric thought is viewed as the moment that we begin to activate our higher centres and develop latent 'psychic' faculties. We are thus moving from the mundane to the divine, and are 're-born' in our way of experiencing reality.
In the second part of this dazzlingly mesmeric journey down a dark alley that leads to a dead-end, I will be examining the pivotal role that the wardrobe has played in the history and development of Tarot.
How Not To Run A Game Show
However, we now have irrefutable scientific proof that 'Live and Let Die' is the top Tarot movie of all time, and as such I felt it was worth (yet) another viewing, but this time with the 'Occult-Metaphysical-Tarot Filtered Goggles' firmly in place. What I discovered what both startling and revealing, in a rather mundane and boring sort of way. My main realisations involved;
a) Dead people singing
b) Wardrobes
c) Alligators
First up, let's deal with why dead people are singing in this movie. It's because the singer of the theme-song and the central character of the film are both Resurrected Men. The old James Bond (Sean Connery) had died and been replaced by the new James Bond (Roger Moore). This had also happened with Paul McCartney, and if you're not familiar with the idea then google "Beatles Paul Is Dead" to find out why. For our purposes it doesn't matter whether McCartney died in a car crash or whether it's another conspiracy theory to throw in with 911, Faking The Moon Landings and Tom Cruise Is A Homosexual (actually one of these is not so ridiculous - I've always been a bit suspicious of that moment when Armstrong lifts up his visor and asks "Are we okay, is that a wrap?") The important point is that in 1973 the 'Paul Is Dead' story was very prevalent and relevant, many people did believe that the old Paul had died and been replaced by the new one. The covers of 'Abbey Road' and 'Sgt Pepper' certainly appear to be hinting at a spiritual form of death and re-birth, and so is McCartney's presence in this film. The song title 'Live and Let Die' can easily be transposed as "To Let The New Self Live, You Must Let The Old Self Die" and it begins to play at the moment that this happens at the beginning of the film;
A man being bitten in the neck by a snake can quite easily be viewed as symbolism for the kundalini rising to the throat chakra, something which in many schools of esoteric thought is viewed as the moment that we begin to activate our higher centres and develop latent 'psychic' faculties. We are thus moving from the mundane to the divine, and are 're-born' in our way of experiencing reality.
In the second part of this dazzlingly mesmeric journey down a dark alley that leads to a dead-end, I will be examining the pivotal role that the wardrobe has played in the history and development of Tarot.
