We are witnessing the mixing of religion, powerful iconography, demagoguery, and politics; what could go wrong?
Here a rundown is what is my mind today:
Trump departed Florida for NYC.
Q-drop 55’s bizarre connection to 4/4/23 and Trump’s arraignment.
John Wick 4 (which I have not seen yet) has more Christ/King symbolism:
I am alleged to be but one of a triplet:
I was interested to learn Moloch, the 42ft stone owl at Bohemian Grove the Republicans worship, corresponds to Saturn:
“…the Planet Saturn is probably thought to have been worshipped under the Name of Moloch….Saturn, because as to Moloch, so to Sa∣turn, the Heathen people did sacrifice their sons and Daughters. Secondly, Saturns Image differed not much from Moloch's. Of Saturns thus we read, hIt was made of Brass, wonderful for its greatness, whose hands reaching towards the earth, were so hollow (ready to claspe) that the youths which were compelled to come unto him, did fall as it were into a mighty ditch full of fire.”— source
Donald Trump Jr. is encouraging this Christification of his father:
I expect Neo-Christianity + Trumpism combined with Q-eschatology to be on full display this Tuesday. From the Intercept:
“The MAGA crowd has frequently compared Trump to Jesus, and now they are beginning to make the connection between Trump’s latest legal problems, Jesus Christ, and the liturgical calendar. In fact, the right-wing outrage that erupted after Trump’s indictment in New York was disclosed on Thursday has already taken on an apocalyptic tenor, and MAGA-world characters are beginning to fill their biblical roles. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has come to symbolize MAGA in Congress, immediately vowed to go to New York to support Trump; she seems to be fulfilling the role of Mary Magdalene, who washed Christ’s feet with her tears and later witnessed his crucifixion. Of course, Michael Cohen, Trump’s onetime lawyer and the star witness against him in the New York case, is being cast by MAGA world as Judas.” —The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2023/03/31/donald-trump-indictment/
This is ominous:
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