Did A Pulp Science Fiction Writer Channel The Annunaki?

In 1947, a strange tale by one "Alexander Blade" was printed in the pulp "Fantastic Stories." Called "The Son of the Sun," it featured a monologue by an Annunaki-type being, who speaks of secret societies, flying saucers, Egyptian "gods," and the destiny of mankind. It begins,

"We are already here, among you. Some of us have always been here, with you, yet apart from, watching, and occasionally guiding you whenever the opportunity arose. Now, however, our numbers have been increased in preparation for a further step in the development of your planet: a step of which you are not yet aware…We have been confused with the gods of many world-religions, although we are not gods, but your fellow creatures, as you will learn directly before many more years have passed. You will find records of our presence in the mysterious symbols of ancient Egypt, where we made ourselves known in order to accomplish certain ends. Our principal symbol appears in the religious art of your present civilisation and occupies a position of importance upon the great seal of your country. (The United States of America) It has been preserved in certain secret societies founded originally to keep alive the knowledge of our existence and our intentions toward mankind."

Special mention is made of the then-recent UFO sightings:

"Some of you have seen our ‘advanced guard’ already. You have met us often in the streets of your cities, and you have not noticed us. But when we flash through your skies in the ANCIENT TRADITIONAL VEHICLES you are amazed, and those of you who open your mouths and tell of what you have seen are accounted dupes and fools. Actually you are prophets, seers in the true sense of the word. You in Kansas and Oklahoma, you in Oregon and in California, and Idaho, you know what you have seen: do not be dismayed by meteorologists. Their business is the weather. One of you says, ‘I saw a torpedo-shaped object’. Others report, ‘disc-like objects’, some of you say ‘spherical objects’, or ‘platter-like objects’. You are all reporting correctly and accurately what you saw, and in most cases you are describing the same sort of vehicle."

Finally, an "Eye of Horus" is mentioned, connected to the flying ships:

"Succeeding generations, who never knew our actual presence, translated the teachings of their elders in the terms of their own experience. For instance, a cross-sectional drawing, much simplified and stylised by many copyings, of one of our traveling machines became the ‘Eye of Horus”, and then other eyes of other gods. Finally, the ancient symbol that was once an accurate representation of an important mechanical device has been given surprising connotations by the modern priesthood of psychology."

Though this is all assumed to be science-fiction, "Son of the Sun" incorporates a lot of the Ancient Astronaut lore that Zecharia Sitchin would write about decades later. Where did Alexander Blade get these insights? Who was Alexander Blade?

Alexander Blade was, apparently, a woman: Wilma Dorothy Vermilyea. She used a number of aliases for her sci-fi work for books like Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Other Worlds Science Stories, including Millen Cooke, Millen Belknap, Millen Trench...and Alexander Blade.

Vermilyea and her husband, occultist John Starr Cooke

It will perhaps not surprise you that she was into the occult, theosophy, Aleister Crowley, and even Scientology; her husbands equally immersed in various esoteric subjects.

And so the question is: was "Son of the Sun" a work of fiction -- or channeled information?

And what is the ultimate message of "Son of the Sun?" Are these ancient, otherworldly beings -- mistaken for "gods" in human cultures -- indeed walking the Earth? Are the UFO spied by hundreds in the sky really their vehicles? And what about the claim that humanity was on the verge of "ripening?"

When Crowley spoke of "The Age Of Horus," was he really referring to the age of the Annunaki and their flying machines, their "Eyes of Horus?"

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My Top 10 Favorite Conspiracy Books

Here's a list of my ten fave books about conspiracies, UFOs, the paranormal, and etc. Even more than being books I love, the titles on this list are great for the "beginner" who is just starting to delve into these topics of interest:



10. Hollywood Babylon, by Kenneth Anger

This book isn't about the "Entertainment Illuminati" per se -- but it maps out the framework upon which much of that lore is based. Come thrill at the utter murderous debauchery of Hollywood (where life is apparently cheap)! The author/filmmaker was, and is, heavily into the occult, idolizing Aleister Crowley and working with such luminaries as Anton LaVey and Jack Parsons' widow Marjorie Cameron -- so if anybody would know about the Illuminati's influence in the movie industry, it would be this guy. Also had a sequel book with gorier photos.

9. Dead Names, by Simon

Purporting to be a history of the "Simon" version of the Necronomicon, this book provides not only a nice history of the occult in New York City and background on one of the most famous books of magic in the world -- but it also gives you an "insider's" look at the mass corruption (with possible connections to international espionage) of the various "Orthodox" Christian churches. You'll never quite feel like you're getting the complete story from author Simon, in part because the author is really Peter "Sinister Forces" Levenda (who has a great deal of fun with it all).

8. Subliminal Seduction, by Wilson Bryan Key

If you are into spotting the "secret messages" behind pop-culture, this book is the Bible. Key's ground-breaking work analyzes advertising for "hidden" subliminals (most involving sex) designed to help sell products. These subliminals include sex acts painted in ice cubes and the word "sex" drawn faintly all over photographs. You'll literally never look at ads the same way again; this might mean that you are going as mad as Key, or stumbling upon one of the greatest conspiracies of all time.

7. Hellhounds On Their Trail by R. Gary Patterson

An exhaustive look at the connection between the occult and the music industry, this book is a must for anybody interested in Illuminati/pop-music lore. As with "Hollywood Babylon," the secret societies within Music aren't named as such, but it becomes quickly clear that something bigger and more systematic is going on rather than a handful of unrelated cases. This is one of the few books that have massively creeped me out; as if there was something demonic hidden in the pages themselves (which I realize sounds corny, but that's how I really felt).

6. The Secret History Of The World, by Mark Booth

An epic overview of the history of esoteric thought since the dawn of recorded time, and of the secret societies that keep this knowledge alive (and hidden). You get a really good foundation in alchemy and occult symbology here, and it's stuff you can then apply to a whole host of other research. The only caveat is that, like "Dead Names," you always feel like the author is not telling you the full story -- or that he may have an agenda of his own (I am specifically referring to Booth's postscript entitled "Is The Anti-Christ Already Here?" -- a sharp departure from the balanced tone of the rest of the book).

5. Book Of Lies: The Disinformation Book of Magick

This is one of the very first books that introduced me to the word of conspiracies and the occult, and as such it was very formative for me. It covers it all: Crowley, Hitler, Sirius, William Burroughs, Lovecraft, LaVey, psychedelics, the Apocalypse. It will crack open your head and take you on a whole bunch of different directions (which, strangely, will all sort of take you to the same destination point).

4. The Spear Of Destiny, by Trevor Ravenscroft

This another of those conspiracy "meta-narratives" that ties together a massive amount of different people and ideas -- in this case, the occult, Nazis, secret societies, Christianity, reincarnation, and etc. And again, the narrator seems somewhat unreliable; but more than unreliable, he also seems somewhat mad. The conclusion Ravenscroft makes at the end of this book as to the Jews and the Holocaust is also quite jaw-dropping; the equivalent of driving a car steadily down a road for miles and then taking a sudden and violent left-turn right through the highway's shoulder and into a densely wooded area.

3. The Gods Of Eden, by William Bramley

This is, like "Behold A Pale Horse," a seminal work in conspiriology that countless writers have stole borrowed from. Bramley, a lawyer, systematically goes through the entire history of mankind, methodically building a case that alien "Custodians" have been manipulating humanity. Just like any good lawyer, Bramley will have you convinced of this tale of ancient astronauts and masonic secret societies whether you're a "believer" or not.

2. Sinister Forces, by Peter Levenda

I've admittedly only read the third and last volume of this series -- but its grand, operatic, all-encompassing narrative makes it a titanic work of conspiracy lore. This is Levenda's magnum opus, a work connecting the dots on everything from Satanism to JFK to MK-Ultra to Charles Manson to Jeffrey Dahmer. You can almost feel Levenda fighting off madness/depression/mania as he struggles to part it all down on paper; which is why, more than just conspiracy books, they almost read like works of art.

1. Cosmic Trigger, by Robert Anton Wilson

Yet another meta-narrative, this time weaving together the Illuminati (yes, referred to by name), aliens, synchronicities (as embodied by the "23 Enigma"), mind-expanding drugs, mythology...and of course Aleister Crowley. But what really made me place this book at the top is not just the skillful and humorous way we handles the subject matter -- but his overall advice on how to "handle" conspiracy/occult studies in general. Which is to say: keep an open mind and don't get too hung up o any one point of view (or, "reality tunnel"), as to avoid going stone-cold paranoid and get trapped in the "Chapel Perilous."

There were other books that I've also enjoyed that didn't quite make this list for one reason or another. I quite like David Icke's books, but they are hard to read straight through & are very derivative of other works (read "Gods of Eden" to see how much Icke "borrows"). "Behold A Pale Horse" by Bill Cooper is another book that I just couldn't read straight through, and was really bogged down by all the disparate sources and pages and pages of "official documents." Much of the MK-Ultra lore (Fritz Springmeier, "Trace-Formation," etc.) have some good stuff in it but also seems to go off the rails. Lastly, there's a rich library of conspiracy material with a specifically Christian view-point; I've avoided these in this list, as a lot of it hinges on "if you are not Saved you are going to Hell."

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Rabbit-Hole News: Pat Robertson's Illuminati Theories, Bagram Batman, Bigfoot

THE ILLUMINATI:

Televangelist Pat Robertson decided yesterday that the public needed more of his pearls of wisdom, blaming the Bavarian Illuminati for gay marriage:

"It has been said that those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to live them again. If you go back in history to the French Revolution, there was a thrust spurred by the writings of the group called the Illuminati to destroy the family, to destroy the state, to destroy capitalism and to destroy the church."

Robertson's rantings will in no way be used by the media to make all alternative news/history enthusiasts look like raving lunatics. Oh wait, they totally were.


ALEISTER CROWLEY:

Along similar lines as the Robertson piece, conservative site Big Hollywood has picked up the OTO/Peaches Geldof/Jay-Z story from the Daily Mail -- though never mentioning the word "Illuminati." Crowley cited as sex-crazed maniac, though; cool to see that media still buys Uncle Al's press after all these decades. Makes you wonder if the "mainstream" conservatives (and I know that's a stretch when referring to Robertson) are starting to overtly adopt the Illuminati/Satanist narrative.


THE DARK KNIGHT:

Because our soldiers really need more of the blending of fantasy and reality in order to keep a healthy mindset on the field and back at home, a series of Army PSAs called "The Bagram Batman" teach soldiers how to be more prepared. Because there is nothing less "triggering" than the Chris Nolan version of Batman.


BIGFOOT:
Is this Bigfoot's foot? Or a bear paw?

If it was Bigfoot's foot that would be really cool. Let's all hope it's Bigfoot.


META-NARRATIVE:
This podcast by The Higherside Chats, interviewing author Kent Bain, contains a little something for everyone: 9/11, Sandy Hook, Hunger Games black magick, Baphomet, and, of course, The Dark Knight. I'll be looking at Bain's (Bain/Bane sync LOL) theory about "The Great Gatsby" in a future post.

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Rabbit-Hole News: Nike Boston Sync, Crowley's Cult, Dzhokhar Groupies

SYNC:

Nike pulls their blood-splattered "Boston Massacre" shirt, an item of clothing made BEFORE the Boston bombings last week; the phrase refers to a 1978 Yankees/Red Sox game.

ALEISTER CROWLEY:

Occultist, mountain climber, poet, yoga practitioner, and AIWASS channeler Aleister Crowley has had a long, rich history of being called a "satanist" and other such scandalous things in various news rage; this article in The Daily Mail manages to connect him and the OTO to the Illuminati, Jay-Z, the possible human sacrifice of "an intelligent young boy," and Peaches Geldof.

In other news, Peaches Geldof is apparently a member of the OTO.


DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV:

According to Wired, there is now a cult of admirers/apologists for Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, mirroring other cases such as the James Holmes "Holmies" groupies and Columbine Kidz afficonados. Dzhokhar fans -- who use the Twitter hashtag #freejahar -- seem to be the place on the Venn diagram where Boston bombing False Flaggers/Deniers, teenage girls, and angry men in their early 20s who smoke pot all meet.


VIGILANT CITIZEN:

Vigilant Citizen would like to remind you that April is "Illuminati Human Sacrifice Month." Have a nice day.


ALEX JONES:


Is this an emo 16-year-old's gloomy video or the latest rant/tone poem by Alex Jones against the New World Order? You decide.

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Aleister Crowley 101

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)

I’ve found that if you do enough research on conspiracy theories or the occult, all roads link back to Crowley. Magician, poet, author, mountain-climber, yoga practitioner, drug-addict, and occasional maniac, Crowley was one of the decisive influences on modern Western occult philosophy and practice. And it’s pronounced “Crolly,” by the way (at least according to him).

Born on October 12 to a prosperous Victorian English family, young Aleister was an inquisitive, intelligent child but also somewhat of a bloody terror–so much so that his mother would refer to him as “The Beast 666.” To be fair to Crowley, the fanatical religiosity of his parents most probably contributed to the boy’s rebellion and chosen life-path. After all, Marilyn Manson himself was once an altar boy.

Marilyn Manson: Altar Boy

After attending Cambridge University and having a short career in the Diplomatic Service, Crowley experienced an epiphany: he was completely wasting his life and was destined for awesomer, more eternal things. At the age of 23 he began his occult career by joining the Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn, a magical fraternity based in London. Following the tradition of all truly great psychic vampires, Crowley started trouble and dissent within the organization in no time flat, helping it schism and implode. His main objection to the Golden Dawn’s practices was their focus on “self-development” and their neglect of “real magic” – you know, "Earth-shattering kabooms". Crowley wanted Earth-shattering kabooms.

"Earth-Shattering Kabooms"

After being kicked out of the Golden Dawn, Crowley took some time to take stock of his life and travel with his new wife, Rose Kelly. One March day in Egypt, 1902, Kelly apparently received a psychic communication from the god Horus himself–and Crowley’s life would be changed forever. For the next few days Crowley took dictation from the entity identifying itself as Aiwass, and soon The Book Of The Law was written. The book would be the cornerstone of the man’s occult philosophy, and it stated that he was the prophet of the new age–the Age of Horus–in which all other religions would be cast aside.

He liked to doodle

The Book Of The Law is most famous for introducing the phrase “Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law.” In contemporary times this has been bastardized into “do whatever the hell you feel like doing and it’s OK,” which was not exactly what Mr. Crowley meant (though he did do a lot of whatever the hell he wanted).

The Hip-Hop/Thelema connection

Rather, “Wilt” or “will” or, as Crowley referred to it, “Thelema”, was what one’s Higher Self dictated–the very unvarnished essence of one’s being, which not only was OK but mandatory for a person to express. The only sin that could really be committed would be not being true to yourself. Which sounds like a very nice, life-affirming philosophy–though it can be argued that such historical misanthropes as Hitler and Jack the Ripper were indeed following the unvarnished essences of their beings.

The Jonas/Thelema connection

After his encounter with Aiwass and the completion of The Book Of The Law, Crowley ostentatiously sent notice to his former leader in the Golden Dawn, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, that the New Aeon had come and that Crowley was its herald. At which point, according to Crowley, Mathers sent a vampire woman to kill him, thus starting out a bit of a witch-war between the two men that involved “evil currents,” dead bloodhounds, and the 47 demons of Beezlebub.

This is probably some sort of Christian propaganda poster, but it's still kind of rockin'

After all that nonsense was over, The Great Beast took a time-out from occult pursuits for a couple of years until 1907, when he founded the Argenteum Astrum, Order of the Silver Star, a magical organization based on his teachings from The Book Of The Law. In 1912 he was contacted by a German magical order, the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), and accused of plagiarizing some of their rituals. Crowley explained that it must have been all a coincidence, and shortly thereafter he was invited to be the head of the English-speaking branch of the OTO. In 1916 he promoted himself to the magical rank of Magus through a ritual he made up.

Aleister Crowley was not very well-liked in his native England–the fact that he spent World War I in the United States cranking out anti-British propaganda & expressing his support for the Germans might have had something to do with it. However, he later claimed that such an enterprise was conducted in a “satirical” fashion, and he was only kidding. His fate as “The Wickedest Man In The World”–as far as England was concerned–was later sealed when one of his mistresses did a tell-all with a London tabloid. Soon the newspapers were filled with tales of drug abuse, debauchery, and “black magic.”

shocking stories of debauchery

He had established a headquarters for himself in Sicily with his Abbey Of Thelema, but the unfavorable news reports from England plus the rise of fascism & Mussolini soon made Italy too hot for him to stay as well, and he was deported. In the interim he had written many books, including the occult classic Magick: In Theory And Practice, and was even elected head of the World OTO–but he was also in the midst of a massive drug addiction & a desperate financial situation.

Crowley claimed to be a British secret agent during World War II, hired for the task by no less that Winston Churchill himself. His mission: to exploit the Nazis’ interest in the occult & bring back their secrets. In case that didn’t work, Crowley drew up a “ V for victory” sigil for England to use in order to beat back the mystic Nazi onslaught. None of this can be verified, though, in Master Therion’s defense, the Allies did win World War II.

In the 40s Crowley met an eager young wannabe warlock named Jack Parsons, a Caltech rocket propulsion scientist. Parsons, described as the “true father of American rocketry,” became an enthusiastic disciple of Crowley’s & sought to both emulate the man and recreate his rituals.

Three's Company

In 1946 Parsons and a buddy named L Ron Hubbard performed the Crowley-inspired “Babalon Working,” which some conspiracy theorists believe created a trans-dimensional rift that allowed the aliens to infiltrate our world. In 1952 Parsons died in a mysterious explosion in his garage laboratory–the rumor was that he was trying to perform his idol’s ritual to create a homunculus. It was further rumored that the ritual failed because Crowley put “booby-traps” in all his written spells.


Aleister Crowley died on December 1st, 1947, at the age of 72...but his influence remains strong to this very day.

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Conspiracy Classics: Is Aleister Crowley On The Cover Of Michael Jackson's "Dangerous"?

One conspiracy theory I often see popping up is that infamous occultist Aleister Crowley is depicted on the cover of Michael Jackson's album Dangerous (he's allegedly the Old Man on the bottom right of the cover).

This theory often is accompanied by a more extensive "MJ/AC" narrative involving souls sold for fame and black magick:




Is this true? Did Michael Jackson, much like The Beatles before him, include an image of Crowley on his album cover?

I'm all up for sinister conspiracy theories, but it seems far more likely that the image is that of P.T. Barnum.

P.T. Barnum and the "Old Man" on the Dangerous album cover

The reasons are as follows:

1. Michael Jackson idolized P.T. Barnum and his sense of spectacle.
2. The album cover has a circus theme.
3. Tom Thumb is standing on the old man's head. Tom Thumb worked with P.T. Barnum
4. The image of the old man looks more like Barnum than Crowley, though I will admit the hair resembles more the latter.

The mysterious Old Man with Tom Thumb on his head

That said, there is more than enough occult imagery on the Dangerous album cover to keep conspiratologists buzzing, such as the Masonic pillars, the nude girl standing on the hand holding an animal skull, MJ's all-seeing eye, and the (brrr) clowns.

The Dangerous album cover was painted by Mark Ryden, by the way -- no stranger to incorporating outré & occult symbols in his work.

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