A New Era Needs A New Symbol...

One of the top articles last year was the analysis of  Marilyn Manson´s latest tats and their origin.

http://sweetandsourdreamz.blogspot.com/2010/05/lost-symbols-part-1-tursaansydan.html

Today I discovered a new symbol added to his collection of swastika-inspired imagery, not necessarily related to the Nazi paraphernalia and it´s exactly this combination of four M´s apparently spinning clockwise.

Four M´s symbol.

04/11/2011 - Marilyn Manson - "Scream 4" Los Angeles Premiere showing
off his latest ink.

Meaning:

????????

A very interesting theory, besides bearing obvious similarities with the actual swastika is the letter M. Letters in a way can also act as symbols and regarding numerology it is related to the number 4 and means spirituality and transformation. People who also bear this name are incredibly self confident and likely to achieve success. It is also a letter that is somewhat of a workaholic. A negative aspect of the M is that it can be hasty and become easily angry.

http://www.numberquest.com/knowledge_letter_meaning_m.php

Another 4 is found on the Major Arcana, The Emperor, which is related to an incredible amount of strength due to its constant appearance in nature; four seasons, four elements, four walls, etc.

Also compare the four corners of the throne

Another surprising hint? This year, 2011 broken into numbers goes something like this:

2 + 0 + 1 + 1= 22


2 + 2 = 4

The Emperor is very adequate for this era since it communicates stability, protection, authority, leadership, strategies, power.

More coincidences? Divide Manson´s actual birthday in numerology: January 15th, 1969 or,

01 05 1969

1 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 9 =  31


3 + 1 = 4

Hopefully we will see more of this new untitled symbol soon, probably even as part of the album artwork. You can help to promote this as many times as you like!

New Photo...

Well, this one appears to be the same picture from a few days ago, except for the fact that the red and orange coloration have changed. Does it look like fire?

scary...

New Status Update!

Well, this morning something very 'particular' showed up on My Space...

Status: wavicle
mood: artistic

But this "wavicle" thing is intriguing, because it might be related to theories of the creation of the universe, how profound.

Here's a link that might help you understand the term wavicle.

New Status Update!

Nice, very nice! We´re patiently waiting...

New Status Update: Back to Zaneadu

For those of you who don´t know, "Zaneadu" is referring to the studio Marilyn Manson and his band have started recently, so this might be a sign that they´re on their way to develop the album. Until now, it´s a complete mystery, so expect the unexpected...

New MM Status: Get Ready To Bleed This Weekend...

Ooooh, we have detected something "dangerous" will take place this weekend, according to Manson´s status:

 And also this phrase showed up on his Facebook:

"I am a shameless panderer of hanky panky"

So keep your eyes and your mind open this weekend!

Find The Real Treasure...

You still think that 6:19 are beautiful numbers for Marilyn Manson? Look what we found.

With all due respect to Catholics we extracted a passage from the Bible, specially the Gospel according to Matthew 6:19 which reads:

Treasures in Heaven

(Luke 12. 32-34)

6:19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not steal.

6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Here, from our point of view is a deep reflection that relates in part to the accumulation of material goods. In this era of high consumerism and cult of the object its's well worth thinking about these words, as we won't keep anything when we are dead. That is, what we have inside, what makes us special is the real treasure and also transcends, and will be present both on Earth and in Heaven.

In the case of what we have seen of the work and life of Manson it could apply to his music, his words and visual art, and maybe something more ....could these be the real treasures and not collectibles and all other paraphernalia?

There are fans who feel one step further accumulating more things than others, when in fact there are non-material things that sometimes do not see, we only see what we need. And when that treasure is revealed to us it's becoming more difficult to assimilate.

A Pink Floyd song that can compare to this reflection is "Money" from "The Dark Side of the Moon" where the phrase

"Money, So They Say, is a root of all evil today"

 is paraphrasing the New Testament, I Timothy 6:10,

"because the root of all evil is the love of money, which while some coveted after, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs ."

This is just a personal reflection, which treasures has he left you?

LOST and found...

I believe it was 3 A.M. when this status was updated:

By "Hurly Burly" I think it was a pun for Hurley, which is another one of the characters from "Lost".

Also he uploaded this autographed picture:

I guess this is to show us that everybody, even Manson is a huge fan of something and expresses his admiration for in every single way. Thank you for thinking of us.

New MM! Check out Naveen...

As we deducted a few blogs ago, Manson seems to be revealing little by little his passion for the "Lost" cast, including his painting of John Locke and the collaboration of Naveen Andrews. Now he recently uploaded this pic to his My Space.

My dear friend. A torturer with a song in his heart.

Thanks for sharing your gulity pleasures with us, M!

Even John Locke is puzzled...

"How do you know all this?"

BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU SEE THE FUTURE...

...we want to see your version of how the new Marilyn Manson album cover will look like.

THIS IS NOT A CONTEST, it´s just for fun, no need to be a big designer or Photoshop expert, we just want your concept to make this new album a better experience for the fans and people all over the world:

WHAT YOU CAN USE:

- Any media will do; digital and good old fashioned hand made.

- USE THE FOLLOWING PICS: because it´s the most recent REAL material we stole from Marilyn Manson´s photo albums:

or any other that you find relevant, but please put an explanation about the concept of your art.

- PLEASE DO NOT SELL OR RESELL, since copyrighting is heavily observed.

- SUBMIT TO: blackestone@live.com

- ALLOW YOUR ARTWORK to be evaluated by anyone who visits this website.

Start bleeding!

New Status MM Update!

It´s hard to keep up with Manson´s schedule, so this is what he was doing while I was asleep...

No further explanation is needed.

New Status Update! READY...

May 18th, 2010 Marilyn Manson updated his Myspace status to "ready for anything. mood: handsome"

The excitement keeps building up ladies and gentlemen...

Daily Reflections: The Moon

"Here comes the Moon again..."

("If I Was Your Vampire", MM)

Everyone knows the Moon has a special effect on people, specially when it's full. It's mystery and magic have inspired thousands of stories and songs but on this ocassion we find that it has a special meaning in the imagery of Manson's music

IN THE TAROT:

The Moon (XVIII) is the eighteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.

Two large, foreboding pillars are shown. Some see them as tombstones, others relate them to Karma.


A wolf and a domesticated dog howl at the moon.

A crayfish appears in the water.

The Moon is "shedding the moisture of fertilizing dew in great drops". These are numbered 15 in the Rider-Waite deck and are all Yodh-shaped. On this basis, some associate this card with impregnation.
 
Specific to the Rider- Wait deck:
 
Very clearly, the figure in the moon is frowning, reflecting displeasure.

The waxing moon has 16 chief rays and 16 secondary rays.

The beasts are a dog and a wolf, which represent "the fears of the natural mind".

The crayfish crawls from the water onto the land.

There is a pathway into the distant, dark unknown.
 
INTERPRETATION:
 
Some ideas that we can find upon this card are:

Lack of clarity ----- Tension ----- Doubt ----- Fantasy


Deception ----- Psychological conflict ----- Obscured vision

Confusion ----- Illusion ----- Fear ----- Imagination ----- Worry

Romanticism ----- Anxiety ----- Apprehension ----- Unrealistic ideas

 
OTHER MEANINGS
 
The Moon has several phases or cycles, such as New Moon, crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Crescent and again New Moon. This rotation can also represents a renewal process in the human being or transformation. The idea is illustrated or explored on the CD sleeve of "Antichrist Superstar":
 
 

 
Also the Moon is used in the lyrics of "Cryptorchid" and the album title track "Antichrist Superstar":  

"prick you finger, it is done, the Moon has now eclipsed the Sun, angel has spread its wings, the time has come for bitter things."

and it is repeated numerous times in both songs as some kind of invocation, not that has to anything with the Devil but yes a new beginning, a cycle which is like a pattern for the famous Triptych (Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals and Holywood). Each of the identities he has experiments a rise and a fall, death and rebirth. The same concept has been used frequently in Alejandro Jodorowsky's work, specially in El Topo.
 
HERE COMES THE MOON AGAIN...
 
In "If I Was Your Vampire", the first track of "Eat Me, Drink Me" it begins with a suspicious hour of Christmas morning: 6:19
 
"6:19 and I know I'm ready..."
 
If we analyze this through Numerology, it would be: 6 + 1 + 9 = 16 and this sum reduced to one digit would be 7.
 
Remember these lyrics?
 

"when a boy is still a worm it's hard to learn the number 7."

 (Cryptorchid, 1996)
 
Seven has been a  favorite cabalistic number for centuries, why? The actual comes from the Hebrew, seven ([b'v, - Sheh'-bah) is from a root word meaning to be complete or full, as in Full Moon
 
The song continues:

"here comes the Moon again,"

which could be an analogy for a new beginning.
 
Is it really time for a new beginning in MM's career  6:19? or June 19th? It's only a suggestion...

6:19 And I Know I´m Ready...

At approximately 6:19 CST I found out this little status update on Marilyn Manson´s My Space:

Now, I wouldn´t like to speculate that "High End of High" is official title of the album since the fans have been juggling several titles and even cover art. Hope that this is a sign of something good.

Some of us are already that the release date might land on June, 6:19 could stand for June 19 and it has some resonance with the song named "If I Was Your Vampire" and since Manson has always been using numerology ever since the band came...start making your bets!

John Locke, New Painting!

Reassuring his connection or as he says, "Twiggy's obsession" with the series "Lost" a new painting emerged this morning of a character in the series called John Locke.

Johnathan "John" Locke is a fictional character played by Terry O'Quinn on the ABC television series Lost. He is named after English philosopher John Locke. In 2007, O'Quinn won the Emmy award for acting in a supporting role for his portrayal of Locke.

In the first season of the show, Locke is introduced as a mysterious, intellectual and stoic character who is in touch with the earth, has a penchant for hunting and tracking and believes in mystical and spiritual explanations for why things happen in the world. His stoicism and mystical outlook dominate his character and are the basis for many of his relationships and interactions in the show.

(source: Wikipedia)

May I say that the one who could have gotten Manson so hooked up into "Lost" in the first place was his pal Twiggy who could also have run into Naveen Andrews, who plays Sayid and you might also want to know that the reference Manson made sometime ago, "on the island you grow diamonds" was from another episode with another two characters named Nikki and Paulo.

I guess they want us to see more "Lost"...

HUMAN CENTIPEDE, the horror...

So Human Centipede? Yes, we all know Manson LOVES watching films of all sorts looking out for inspiration, yet we doubt that this is the case.

The horror flick came out in 2009 starring Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and Akihiro Kitamura, and directed by Tom Six. It tells the story of a crazed doctor who surgically joins three victims together, mouth to anus, to form a 'human centipede'. The film won several awards at horror film festivals but received mixed reviews from critics.

A sequel, titled The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has been planned for theaters in 2011, with filming starting in London in June 2010. Full Sequence will supposedly include a centipede composed of twelve individuals. Tom Six has stated that the first film in effect will serve to get audiences used to the idea of a human centipede, preparing them for the idea of a much more graphic and disturbing sequel."

Tom Six has claimed that he is developing ideas for a third part, but wants to see what will happen with the second part first.

(source: Wikipedia)

OTHER ANALOGIES:

A fascinating thing that I stumbled upon is this illustration obtained from the Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum, which describes a rather amusing costume called the Human Centipede or 'Nightmare'. It was a part of a catalog from a company in the 1930's called The Moulin Brothers and Co. based on Greenville, Illinois and sold rather peculiar arts and crafts. Wouldn't surprise us if magician Rudy Coby knew about this stuff since it looks so vaudevillian.

Symbolic References:

The centipede is a creepy crawler that's nothing but poisonous and uncanny. However it has different connotations in other cultures. Some see it as a sign of good luck.

In dreams...

To see a centipede in your dream, suggests that you are letting your fears and doubts hinder you from making progress and achieving your goals. You need to stop thinking negative thoughts.

Another crawler that comes to mind is none other than the Caterpillar from Disney's "Alice In Wonderland". Though it's not an actual centipede, it's curious why it's sort of antropomorphic. This might have come its habit of smoking the hookah while composing poetry in the air and its obscure reference to Indian and Arabian culture.

Knowing all these things, do you think Manson wants to adopt the 'friendly' centipede as part of his new imagery?

A scene from the movie "Human Centipede" taken by Rudy Coby.

Movie posters for "Human Centipede"

The Human Centipede or Nightmare costume, from the Moulin Brothers and Co. Catalog

The humanized Caterpillar (I am "exaketededly" three inches high, and it is a very good height indeed!)

Daily Reflections: Death

013150051310, in Numerology from here you can extract two numbers: 13 and 15 and in the next sequence they would be backwards: 51 and 31. The constant play of the Devil and Tarot cards.


The mere fact of hearing this word causes fear, because the meaning that emerges in the minds of many is the loss or the end.

In Tarot, Death, is marked by the 13 (another number charged with superstition). But we see other versions:

"This is the Tarot card number 13 (XIII). In the Western world, this number is considered bad luck, so, for superstition in many decks you omit the name or number.
A human skeleton is displayed on the field and their feet, human remains can be seen from different genders and social positions, no one can escape his blade, or the rich (king) or the poor, in allusion to the literary topic sumus et pulvis reverterimur pulvis (Dust we are and we become dust) used during the Middle Ages remembering the equalizing power of death.
In the Tarot de Marseille, the skeleton has a scythe in his hands as plowing the land where the bodies are.
In the Tarot de Rider, Death is dressed in black armor on his horse, which progresses slowly and carries a black flag with a white flower with five leaves. In the background you can see a boat on a river (the symbol of the Styx, the border between the world of the living and the dead in Greek mythology) and the far right is seen a sunrise between the two columns. In this tarot death if they have a name. "

(Source: Wikipedia)

Some words used in the interpretation are:

"End of a cycle, lost, conclusion, sadly."

"Transition to new state, psychological transformation"

"Finish, regeneration, removal of old habits."

"Trapped end, goodbye, profound changes."

The Death Card, according to the Rider Waite Tarot.

The Death Card, according to the Marseilles Tarot

The Death Card, reinvented according to the album artwork of "Holywood: In The Shadow of the Valley of Death"

It is truly rare that the Death Card bears the literal meaning when it's consulted, meaning that he or she will never see it's own death reflected, unless it's for extraordinary circumstances.

So far Manson has given us clues for the appeal of his new album, words like "suicide death metal" and the number of tracks, 13. This has some resonance with the past albums but with 15 tracks, also resembling the Devil Card. What other mysteries does it hold?

In the meantime I leave you with this beautiful song from The High End of Low, "Running To The Edge of the World", which vaguely reminds us about some of the elements in the Death card.

Remember when i took you
up to the top of the hill?
we had our knives drawn.
they were as sharp
as we were in love.
if god crossed us
we'd take all his drugs,
burn his money
and his house down,
and wait for the fire to spread.

but sometimes hate is not enough
to turn this all to ashes.
together as one
against all others
break all of our wings to
make sure it crashes
now we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but i don't know if the world will end today

I had no choice,
I erased the debt of our family.
I let you say goodbye
with lips like dynamite.
And everyone
turned their backs
because they knew
when we held on tight
to each other,
that we were something
fatal
that fell into the wrong hands.

but sometime hate is not enough
to turn this all to ashes
together as one
against all others
break all of their wings and
make sure it crashes

we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but i don't know if the world will end today

i don't seek death
i seek destruction
until death we see destruction

we don't seek death
we seek destruction
until death we seek destruction

we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but i don't know if the world will end today
we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but I don't know if the world will end today

I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run

I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run
I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run

I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run

New Manson Tweets/Confirmed Bio on A&E

Just like I commented earlier, Marilyn Manson is set to be scheduled to appear in A&E and the Biography Channel, though the air date it's still not confirmed. In the meantime you can follow Manson tweets and Facebook updates!


WoW http://bit.ly/b0Dgm4 - 1 hour ago from Facebook

@marilynmanson.Behind the scenes of me talking about me on a bio of me on A&E. Completely not self-aggrandizing. Photo by Anthony... http://bit.ly/cFZE06 - 3 hours ago from Facebook

@marilynmanson There is something coming, that is gonna hurt you more than it hurts me. More than simply an album. http://bit.ly/aT02xH - 4 hours ago from Facebook

Marilyn Manson Reveals Collaboration with Naveen Andrews?

Surprisingly this morning I found Manson's My Space status with the following information:

Marilyn Manson: Sayid played guitar, jamming good with...
Mood: Sore throat

(source: www.myspace.com/marilynmanson)

Sayid, Sayid Jarrah or so to speak may be referring to the character played by actor Naveen Andrews in "Lost," which already has several seasons on the air.




What's Naveen got to do with music? Although he hasn't recorded much it's known that he plays guitar and sings as it is decribed above.

This confirms the rumors that had been unoficially going on the popular social network that Marilyn Manson had any connection or preference with the Lost series. In fact, it just could have been ideas that the rocker picked up while working with Naveen.

Hopefully more details become available, in fact you can get material of this remarkable actor playing guitar on You Tube. It has a pretty good execution style, reminiscent of classic rock more like what some bands are producing right now like Queens of the Stone Age, Crooked Them Vultures and Stone Temple Pilots.

Links of Naveen Andrews playing guitar in The House of Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uobnDp6rcfk&feature=related