Behind the scenes...

[jackshoegazer]

I found this in an article by Lon Milo DuQuette, writing about the number 666 and Aleister Crowely...

One of the most astonishing roles Crowley played on the stage of world events was that of secret agent. At a moment in history when the United States was seriously considering entering World War I on Germany's side, Crowley, working undercover for British Intelligence, secured a job writing for an English-language German propaganda newspaper in New York. There he wrote a series of outrageous and insanely inflammatory editorials that hailed Kaiser Wilhelm as the new Jesus Christ, advocated unrestricted submarine warfare against all of the world's civilian shipping, and boasted that it was God's will that Germany rule the world.

These wild statements did not reflect Germany's foreign policy, but the citizens of the United States did not know that. In short order Crowley's editorials were being quoted by U.S. senators and congressmen who used them as evidence that Germany was a nation gone mad. The U.S. finally joined the conflict on England's side largely due to Crowley's ingenious disinformation campaign.

At the request of his friend, naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond 007), Crowley provided Winston Churchill with valuable insights into the superstitious mindset of the leaders of Hitler's Third Reich during the Second World War. He suggested that Churchill exploit the Nazis' magical paranoia by being photographed as much as possible giving the two-fingered "V for Victory" gesture - a powerful symbol of destruction and annihilation that, according to magical tradition, is capable of defeating the perverted solar energies represented by the Nazi swastika.

Who'd've thunk it? I knew the very basics of this, but not quite the far-reaching ramifications of it. And for those tempted to skip the whole article, you should know that:

Recently a 1,500-year-old papyrus manuscript was examined, using new technologies to "read" the heretofore illegible script. The document is written in Greek and is the oldest known version of the Book of the Revelation. The tiny fragment confirms what many scholars and churchmen have long suspected. The text actually reads:

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man: and his number is 616."

So all you Satanic rock bands and fans better run out and get your tattoos fixed :P

Comments

[thiebes.livejournal.com]

Recently a 1,500-year-old papyrus manuscript was examined, using new technologies to "read" the heretofore illegible script. The document is written in Greek and is the oldest known version of the Book of the Revelation. The tiny fragment confirms what many scholars and churchmen have long suspected. The text actually reads:

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man: and his number is 616."

http://www.livejournal.com/users/thiebes/174362.html

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd read about this 616 bit a long time ago, and thank goodness, I have nothing invested either way :)

[ang69.livejournal.com]

About the 616 thing. I think I read somewhere that the official church of satan said that they were willing to adopt the number if the christian church would.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

HAHA, that's too funny. I find the Church of Satan kind of funny anyway, since they didn't exist until Christians made it up during the Inquisition :P

[gutzilla.livejournal.com]

Haha, loveley stuff. V For Victory. And it's 616 you fools!