The Reddening

We have symbolically completed the final stage of the alchemical process known as Rubedo or the "reddening".

I first mentioned this in a previous post back in July.  Now, in November we are seeing the culmination of the reddening via the U.S. mid-term election results.

The "reddening" of America on November 4th

The Empire State Building turns RED for election day 2014.

The fact that the reddening process spanned from July to November was no coincidence.

The first letters of the months July, August, September, October, and November spell out the name JASON, as in Jason and the Argonauts.

Jason's mythical quest to obtain the "golden fleece" is often used as a metaphor for alchemical endeavors.

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Recall that Rubedo ("redness") represents the fourth and final major stage in the alchemical magnum opus or great work.

It's fitting then that one week earlier Taylor Swift released her fifth album '1989', marking a definitive end of her fourth album 'Red'.

On November 3rd, One World Trade Center tower was officially opened to the public for the first time since 9/11.

The WTC opening ritual heavily signified the culmination or completion of one process and, possibly, the rebirth of something new.

Another symbol used to represent Rubedo is the phoenix as reflected in the phoenix rising imagery of the upcoming release of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" movie.

From a psychological view according to Jung, the reddening stage represents the merging of the ego and the Self.  It is the point at which the self discovers its true nature and manifests in a state of wholeness. (see the Mask of God post 'Rubedo').

The Rubedo was also alluded to on the two latest episodes of Sleepy Hollow in the form of Jincan, a red poison made from the blood of scorpions and the other most deadly venomous creatures in the world after they fight one another to the death inside the bottle.

"Although the opposites flee from one another they nevertheless strive for balance...
They do this by wearing each other out: the one eats the other like the two dragons or the
other ravenous beasts of alchemical symbolism." (from The Mask of God, 'Rubedo')

The one eats the other

I do think there is something new on the horizon for this world, but it's not in the form of the same-old establishment.

As the character Red Reddington (played by James Spader) stated on a recent episode of the TV show 'The Blacklist', the current system of governance is "an operatic perversion of righteous intent".

Regardless of how things may appear, the empire has ended. And what will emerge in in its place will be something altogether unexpected. I can't wait to see.

22/Tau Ascension: The Final Journey

On July 24-25th a river in China turned red overnight. This was a symbolic reflection of a similar incident that occurred in 2006 when China's YELLOW River turned red.

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Alchemically speaking, we are collectively leaving the yellowing stage (see my previous post The Color Yellow) and entering the final stage of the process known as Rubedo or the "reddening".

IOSIS = ISIS

Whatever journey we're on I believe we're still taxiing down the runway and ramping up to take flight (despite several tragic attempts/crashes over the past few months).

We are poised to break through and cross some type of spiritual barrier, if only in our own hearts and minds.

My last post was about ISIS, the Number 22, and the Tau symbol, and this post is a continuation to show how things are converging.

Crossing the Border (Transmutation/Transfiguration)

22 year-old supermodel Andreja Pejic announced that she'd
officially transitioned from male to female.

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"I am returning to my father..."—(John 20:17)

Tau

The Final Journey

22 feet underneath the WTC a ship was found.

PHOENIX = MOCKINGJAY

Atlanta Snowpocalypse and the Hunger Games

Recent events from nationwide mass shootings to Philip Seymour Hoffman's death to "Snow-pocalypse 2014" have all converged to point to one location...the city of Atlanta.

If any of you follow Loren Coleman's wonderful Twilight Language blog you would have seen a pattern emerging from his coverage of the mass shootings and self-immolation tragedies and culminating in his most recent post on yesterday's Kroger Shooting.

My comments from those posts:

Here's a map of the names of the shooting locations forming a circle around Atlanta. It also kinda resembles a human heart, doesn't it?  (view it on Google maps):

 

Another commenter on Loren's blog made the phoenix connection after the Kroger grocery store shooting in Lawerenceville:



Sync Note: The phoenix is the symbol of Atlanta because the city literally rose from the ashes when it
was rebuilt after being burned down in 1864 by Gen. William Tecumsah Sherman during the Civil War.

The imagery of a phoenix, a burning bird inside a circle, conjures up another relevant reference...The Hunger Games mockingjay logo.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, the latest installment of The Hunger Games movie franchise, is currently filming in Atlanta.  Famed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (who starred in the role of the head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee) died of a heroin overdose in New York during a hiatus from shooting.

Sync Notes: The name Philip means "horse lover". 2014 is the Year of the Horse. 
Hoffman was the 3rd 'famous Phil' to die this year after Phil Everly
and James Avery who played "Uncle Phil" on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Katy Perry's Grammy performance of her hit song "Dark Horse" involved her being
ritualistically set on fire. In November 2013, "Fast and Furious 7" star Paul Walker
died in a car crash fire while on hiatus from filming in Atlanta.

With only the final 7 days of filming left in Atlanta, the inconvenient filming hiatus was most likely due to...

Atlanta's Snow-pocalypse 2014

The catastrophe was compared to scenes from the zombie apocalypse TV series "The Walking Dead"
which is also filmed in Atlanta.

As in the plot of The Hunger Games, the Atlanta snow disaster alarmingly led to many children being separated from their parents.  Kids in some school districts were forced by state mandate to spend the night sequestered inside of schools or on buses.

Note that President SNOW is a pivotal character in The Hunger Games.  His cruel character is the driving force behind both the child-killing games and the stifling laws that keep the districts' citizens in bondage.

President Snow from The Hunger Games

Some of you may know I live in Atlanta.  And as I'm writing this post the city is currently being shut down in anticipation of yet another historic "crippling, catastrophic, " ice and snow storm.

Yesterday (2/10) in anticipation of being snowed in I, like many Atlantans, went to the grocery store to stock up on food.  The scene inside the grocery was utter chaos with lines wrapped around to the back of the store and people on the verge of fighting. 

By the time I got home I heard the news about the Kroger grocery store shooting.

(Sync Note: Thanks to Darren B. for pointing out that the shooting occurred in Lawrenceville and actress Jennifer Lawrence is the star of The Hunger Games).

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

Unfortunately, I wasn't surprised having myself just witnessed the violent desperation of people scrambling for food and supplies.  It was quite unsettling.

I felt like I was part of an experiment to see how quickly people can be manipulated to devolve into animalistic (zombie-like?) behavior through fear propaganda and a perceived 24-hour lack of bread.

Hunger games, indeed.

UPDATE 2/12:
I just had to add fellow sync-ologist Dan's 'Grocery Wars'  theory to the mix lol. Thanks, Dan! :)

"I have been working on a theory that the polar vortex is actually a viral marketing effort on behalf of Krogers as they seek to reduce Labour costs by only opening twice a week to completely sell out of everything before the would be consumers descend into a frenzy of retail induced Helter Skelter Grocery Wars. A la the Hunger Games. Winter isn't just coming; its There"—Dan O.