Illuminated Rocawear

January 23, 2010

Jay-Z’s clothing line “Rocawear” has incorporated obvious occult symbols in its designs. Jay Z steadfastly refuses that he is a member of any secret society.

Jay-Z Denies Illuminati Rumors

January 20, 2010

Radio personality, Angie Martinez, recently questioned the rap superstar about the rumors, which he laughed them off.

“I don’t know where it came from, I don’t know where it started … NO, not me,” Jay said when asked if he added images deliberately in his music videos to mess with people. “No, never done that before. Why would I do that? That’s retarded.

“I can’t even get into a golf club in Palm Springs. I’m from Marcy Projects. Just think about that …” he added.

While Jay says the secret society rumors are funny, he admits that he believes, somewhat, in “cliques of friends” running world affairs. “I think there’s cliques of friends who control things,” he explained. “I don’t know if its a devil worshipping sec … I think that’s a little Tom Hanks. But, I believe there’s cliques of people who control the world. Like Jeezy’s my man, I got Atlanta. If I go down to Atlanta, I got that thing. When he come to Brooklyn, he got that thing. That’s just natural process. I’m sure Obama has his people who he’s good with. As far as how far people are taking it … I guess I’m an entertainer. People are entertained. That’s not my thing … People make up their own things, and just run with it.”

And just to clear the air about allegations that he worships the devil, Jay explained that he believes in one God, but not organized religion, and everything else you’re reading on gossip blogs are silly.

“To be honest with you. I really think it’s really silly,” he said. “For the record, I, of course, believe in God. I believe in one God. If people must know my religious belief, I believe in one God. I don’t believe in religion. I don’t believe in Christians or Muslims. I think all that separates people. I think it’s one God, I think it’s all the same God. I don’t believe in hell … Am I a part of some cult? That sounds stupid to me. That’s ignorant to even say. That’ll be the last time I address that.”

Tom, Jerry & the Illuminati

January 11, 2010

Tom & Jerry visit their boss who takes orders from the Illuminati. A really subversive cartoon.

Big Brother: Lady Soverign worships Satan?

January 7, 2010

I vaguely remember Lady Sovereign saying something along the lines of “maybe it should be satan that we should be worshiping”. I could be wrong but I remember thinking at the time of how odd it sounded. I also find it odd that she wears a pyramid all-seeing-eye thing around her neck. A gift from Jaz-Z no-doubt.

Sherlock Holmes Film

January 5, 2010

The new Sherlock Holmes film featuring Robert Downey Jr. pits the Victorian detective against the villainous Lord Blackwood and involves an occult order known as the Temple of the Four Orders.

While the Temple of the Four Orders is an invention of the film, it clearly draws from sources such as the Freemasons and the Golden Dawn. Indeed, publicity concerning the film repeatedly compares Blackwood to onetime Golden Dawn member , although i personally find such a comparison to be rather stretching things.

Regardless, I have to applaud the film writers for doing a bit of homework! While occult scribbles abound throughout the film, there’s no references to Satan or demons. (A couple quick images of Baphomet are seen, but those are historically appropriate.) Imagery does include sphinxes, alchemical symbols, pentagrams and crosses, all of which make sense for a 19th century occult group. Their uses of layered symbolism in complex images likewise is congruent with what real world magical orders were creating at the time.

In short, the film largely abandons the usual exaggerated hysterics and instead builds a relatively believable occult group, while of course taking certain liberties for the good for the story.