Apep & the Tin-Foil King
...final words about the eclipse
I’ve never heard more people talking about an eclipse than this upcoming one. The “conspiracy” theories are also off the charts. I understand that my April Fool’s gag hit close to home for some of these theories, but they just keep coming: Crowly summoned Aiwass on April 8th; APEP rockets again being sent up by NASA, CERN searching for “invisible matter,” the Texan cross on the border, all these biblical named towns like Ninevah being eclipsed, the cicadas, the red heifer, and for myself, the exact conjunction to Chiron—to the arc minute!!! It’s a lot.
If you read my pieces on here, you are probably aware that I don’t suffer from eschatothesia like many; I entertain the ideas, I think it’s fun to imagine the Earth being flat, understand the arguments, and then come back to the center. But with this eclipse, it has taken on an entirely different dimension. My favorite tweet so far on the subject:
If you aren’t familiar, NASA sent out a few rockets with the eclipse in October as well to study the upper atmosphere during the eclipse. But the name. Are we serious? Who is Apep?
Apep, also known as Apophis in Greek, is a figure from ancient Egyptian mythology, not a god in the traditional sense but rather the embodiment of chaos, darkness, and destruction. Apep is often depicted as a massive serpent, lurking in the eternal darkness of the Duat, the Egyptian underworld, representing the antithesis to light and order, the eternal adversary of Ma'at, the concept of cosmic order and balance.
This serpent of chaos was believed to be the arch-nemesis of Ra, the sun god, the embodiment of light, order, and creation. Every night, as Ra journeyed through the underworld in his solar barque, Apep would attempt to swallow the sun, to engulf the world in unending darkness. These battles were not merely physical confrontations but symbolized the ongoing struggle between order and chaos, light and darkness, renewal and oblivion.
In this cosmic dance, the forces of order would always prevail at dawn as Ra emerged victorious, ensuring the sun's rebirth and the continuation of life and order in the world. The rituals and spells described in ancient Egyptian texts, such as the "Book of Overthrowing Apep," were not merely ceremonial but served as a communal participation in this metaphysical battle, a way for the people to align themselves with the forces of light and order.
It’s an acronym for NASA, of course, but still (Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path). There is no way it’s a coincidence. This was a choice.
I think tin foil stock is probably doing well. The ripples of inspiration going back to Ray Bradbury and Julian Huxley are more relevant than ever. We must protect ourselves from telepathic intrusions or government surveillance, and from the unfettered dragons and spirit beings who are amongst us during the dragon hole. It was actually in J. Huxley's 1927 science fiction story "The Tissue-Culture King" where the tin foil hat idea took root. In his story, the protagonist discovers that caps made of metal foil can block mind control attempts by a mad scientist. Sounds to me like a Tin-Foil King (or Queen) must be crowned.
And so, who has the best theory of what is going to happen with this Aries Total Solar Eclipse? (answer in the comments below)
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What will happen at the eclipse on Monday? Well along the eclipse path, there will be loads of people wearing weird glasses staring up at a dark sky...
There may also be centaurs dashing across the dark sky shooting flaming arrows that pierce the hearts of men and women around the world bringing them to their knees in recognition of all the damage war and violence have causes throughout the centuries. These will rise up as warriors for the light in fearless nonviolent resistance to the ongoing death and destruction caused by polarization and hate and we shall finally have peace. Jews and Muslims will rebuild Gaza together as Russians and Ukrainians rebuild Ukraine. Similarly, people will come together in Sudan, Iran, Lebanon, the West Bank, Yemen, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Haiti, and all the other places I can't even think of at the moment where violence is de rigueur. At least that's my prayer.
Love it Adam!! We have to laugh I because what else are you suppose to do when faced with omens of an approaching end of times. Brace for something externally to hold onto or go within and allow our imaginations to see things differently with these same old fears. Take the cyanide protection tablets for the devil comet and tin foil hats for the "Flying Salt Shakers of Death". Perhaps scare ourselves shoeless and join a religious group that promises eternal life on this heavenly earth where all our loved ones come back from the grave and we live happily in our world which would then consist of nearly all animal biomass being completely human like in the story 2430 AD by Issac Asmiov. It was 2,430 years ago when the last Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Taurus coincided with the 221yr emergence of these 13/17 yr periodical cicadas. The 17yr magicicada septendecim do sing a Pharaoh's song so the egyptian looking art feels super fitting🥰🤩 and as far as NASA and APEP goes, well we wouldnt be able to see the light without it but when these names attach themselves to things, I see it as a form of protection against things we have yet to understand. Those names may have been placed there by a person unaware that the name would not be there if it did not want to be. I decided that part after seeing the tattoos on Jacob Chansley during the Jan 6th riots. I dont know why but it gave me peace seeing it that way. Also, DO NOT look at the tin foil hats on people's heads during the eclipse without your eclipse glasses on🫣😁