Re: Deep focus on Freemason forms found in Forbidden Planet

On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 12:02:44 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

   We have set it down as a law to ourselves to examine
   things to the bottom, and not to receive upon credit,
   or reject upon probability, until these have passed a
   due examination. - Bacon's Natural History.
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_The Tempest_ is popularly interpreted as an allegory for Freemason
initiation [1][2]. And some Shakespearean scholars simultaneously see
_Forbidden Planet_ as an adaptation of _The Tempest_ [3][4].
   Given all of the above, it's fun to forage for Freemason forms in
_Forbidden Planet_."

In the 50s, our teacher actually /encouraged/ us to see it because it
was based on Shakespeare.

So this is nothing new, as ideas go.

   The link below shows some symbols spotted in the movie along with
associated commentary. Views expressed are for informational purposes
only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval of
Freemasonry, Shakespeare, or Bacon.
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   <https://crcomp.net/arts/forbidden/index.php>

As Grave's /The White Goddess/ also illustrates, when you have a bee
in your bonnet, you will find what you are looking for anywhere,
whether it is there or not.

/From Hell/, the graphic novel, was tedious (the second appendix is
the only part I really enjoyed) in part because of its long and boring
explanation of how London was laid out in Masonic symbols.

Still, it /did/ explain why /From Hell/, the movie, paused to give us
a clear view of a horse's harness: it has what the graphic novel
identifies as a Masonic symbol on it.

   Do you see other, overlooked, occult Freemason symbols in
_Forbidden Planet_? Append any additional speculative symbology you spot
to this thread.

I wouldn't know one if I saw one. I might recognize a few that are
said to be Masonic in various films, but there is no reason to believe
that those films are correct.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"