Glyphology: You Shall Not Pass!
Glyphology: You Shall Not Pass!
There's three topics I want to look at today. They might seem unrelated at first glance, but from a glyphologic point of view they might actually be connected. And if they are, there might be more consequences to consider...
(A) When Roland Jarvis was shot in Zurich, his body stayed in this world, while his mind and soul moved into the portal network, into the Ultimate. (Even though some may have doubts about the mind part).
(B) Centuries ago, the 13Magnus fought the N'Zeer and managed to lock them away on the other side of the portals.
(C) As a result of the events at the Nest in Afghanistan, many (if not all) of the remaining Sensitives that were involved in the NIA research at CERN and were present there during Epiphany Night seem to have vanished. So far we only know what happened to Devra Bogdanovich.
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Let's start with (B). What is keeping the N'Zeer on the other side of the portals?
To keep them away, there has to be a sort of barrier to protect us from them. The glyphs support this:
Portal - Barrier - Defend - Human - Shapers
So there seems to really be a barrier, but how does it work? Looking at what we have learned about the N'Zeer so far, one of the things attributed to them seems to be chaos. And there is a glyph sequence that indicates a connection:
Chaos - Barrier - Shapers - Portal
Adding up those two sequences it looks like chaos is the property that prevents from passing the portals. But does it only affect the N'Zeer, or is this barrier working in both directions?
That is where topic (A) comes in. Roland Jarvis left his body behind when he was shot. Why?
I don't believe it was intentional, but rather a consequence of the portal chaos barrier. Throwing in the next sequence:
All - Chaos - Inside - Body
If chaos is something that resides inside the body, that would be the explanation of why his body had to remain behind.
Personally, I would disagree and say that chaos is also something that affects mind and soul as well. But maybe the roots of that chaos are actually inside the body, and mind and soul are only affected due to neural impulses from our body that make our brain go wobbly? Both Human physiology and psychology are very complex things after all, so the portals may know better.
So let's for the moment accept that chaos=body and thus the body has to stay behind. As we know, the pure human consists of body, mind and soul:
Mind - Body - Soul - Pure - Human [1]
Does this mean that mind and soul can pass the portals easily?
Shapers - Portal - Mind - Restraint
So there is no barrier for the mind, but some restraint. Something that can be overcome in order to allow the mind to pass the barrier.
I'm not aware of any glyph sequence that indicates a restriction of some sort for the soul, so I would say there is no barrier or restraint for the soul to pass the portals. The restraint for the mind may be a result of it having a stronger connection to the body than the soul.
There are two other glyph sequences that may refer to this topic:
Improve - Mind - Journey - Inside
Journey - Inside - Improve - Soul
Both contain an Improve part and a Journey - Inside part, but the order is different. What are we to journey inside into? And why the different arrangement of the glyphs?
Maybe these to sequences are actually about journying into the portal network or even the Ultimate. The order of the glyphs actually show the order in which you have to do things.
You need to improve the mind before you can journey inside (the portals), seperating it from the body. And then, once you did journey inside, you can/will improve your soul.
When Roland Jarvis was shot in Zurich, he had just escaped the NIA experiment at CERN, known as Epiphany Night. Like all Sensitives he was dosed heavily with XM, enhancing his senses and awareness - which might qualify as improving the mind. Thus his mind and soul were able to pass the portal barrier and reach the Ultimate.
This may also have formed the basis for Jarvis's view of Enlightenment:
Seperate - Mind - Body - Discover - Enlightenment
When listening to the surveillance audio of the Acolyte talking with a student about Devra's fate (https://youtu.be/McF6FOggDac), there is a part at 2:53 where the Acolyte says about the Shapers:
"That is why we study. Why we learn to calm our minds before we seek them out."
So she, too, seems to know that calming of the mind, removal of chaos if you will, is required to access the Ultimate
So what does all of this mean in regard to (C)? We saw Devra vanish as a result of the XM blast in the Nest. And the other Sensitives seem to have vanished, too.
If the theory about the body-barrier is true, then their bodies should still be somewhere else. Again going back to the above video: the student notes that Devra vanished "just like Hank Johnson in that video last year" (at 2:00). But what disappeared back then was Hank's simulacrum body, not his true one which was stored at the Nest.
From this arise two questions and a theory:
Q1: Where are those bodies? Some believe they may be somewhere at/near CERN because the events of Epiphany Night created a strong bond between them and that location. Maybe the NIA lab at CERN became another major power point like the Nest?
Q2: If the N'Zeer are to be allowed back into our side of the portals, that would require the removal of the barrier.
Would body-transfer to the ultimate be possible after that? And what if there are people who have moved to the Ultimate with mind and soul, like Jarvis, their bodies still on this side - will the bodies automatically be pulled to the other side?
TH: The body-barrier is working both ways. It is blocking the N'Zeer, but Roland Jarvis claims that he has contact to the Shapers (his "friends") in the Ultimate. And lets assume that Shapers and N'Zeer have the same origin.
Then this might mean that either the Shapers are the ones that have managed to improve their minds, thus giving them access to the Ultimate, whereas the N'Zeer havent.
Or they are one species that has partially transformed into purely spiritual entities (Shapers), leaving behind others who did not undergo that transformation and stayed physical (N'Zeer).
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[1] So what is an impure human? One that lacks any of the 3, or also one that has another component added?
Great write up. I don't think the Shapers get enough credit for offering a path via substrate imprinting for further enlightenment. But that is also a lie to avoid chaos since shaping via XM does not actually escape from the singularity but reinforces it. It does clearly affect ones path in order to maximize XM value!
ReplyDeleteWe have some very real problems like drought in California where there are extant Mayan glyphs that clearly explain the functioning of turning on the Madden-Julian oscillation.
It's not impossible to construct meaning from the Shaper glyphs, they definitely are consistent in their observations on human civilization. In the short term that decoding ability could be effectively applied to climate control. Precisely why the signal was sent.
That said, the Shaper/N'Zeer Magnus/Anti Magnus conflict with a Shaper barrier needs work versus other pre-existing substrate options.
The First & Foremost I couldn't disagree more. The Shapers are protecting us. Perhaps reaching out to us to do as they've done and protect them.
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean is this: If we look at the Shapers and N'Zeer as two sides of the same coin, and then humans, the peaceful, the enlightened, and then the rebellious the war mongers. Perhaps the N'Zeer are the unrefined of their civilization. The Shapers are protecting us from their warmongering N'Zeer and they want us to protect the portal network from our own war mongers to protect their civilization. Scratch my back I'll scratch yours.
As for Xm not being for Humans, Radiation is also deathly poisonous to humans, but we can use it intelligently for power and propulsion. I see no reason why XM can't be viewed as the same.
The First & Foremost there is already a glyph for die, so I would guess that that one would rather be used.
ReplyDeleteBut in general you are right, some glyphs have multiple meanings, and some times those aren't even connected (not / inside comes to mind). But maybe that is because we are only seeing a 2D representation of 3D glyphs which may actually be different.
Only for some reason re-drawing the 2D shape is sufficient to create a positive feedback from the portals.
As for making up our own names, that's also were I started. But nowadays I find it much easier to use the correct names, because it makes it easier to memorize/recall a sentence that makes some sort of sense, rather than a couple of unconnected pseudo names.
It also helps to remember the sequences as a whole, so if I get distracted by something and miss one glyph from a 4G or 5G sequence, I usually remember the sequence as a whole and know what to fill in.
I get that Glyph propaganda all the time regarding how merging with the Shapers is something I should be considering while parked on the side of the road. Then I am encouraged to attack resistance portals followed by encouragement to attack enlightened portals. However despite the message content of any of the sequences, the thought behind how it was constructed amazes me that I can read it now.
ReplyDeleteIf one wants to relocate to a different substrate I think that's a matter of individual choice, like deciding if you want custom DNA to glow in the dark.
The Shapers are in a highly competitive multi dimensional business of barrier proofing and substrate storage, but that doesn't change how they may interact with Niantic in terms of brand management. I'm sure there is a Gartner matrix of contending archetypes that can encourage in app or gas/travel purchases to get more XM. For example, amusement parks were built at the end of trolley lines for usage other than commuting or shopping.
Long before anomalies there have been pilgrimages, notably one that involves walking around a portal that appears to be archeo astronomically with a specific star system, but there are many examples and there's no question that shaping is taking place.
In fact the exact decoding of the Philosopher's stone took place on once such journey. All this stuff is encoded, the important stuff is not secret, as Kerckhoff tells us but instead secured with a key. Thus alchemical knowledge was nonsense unless the right key was used. Taken literally it would result in being "Mad as a Hatter" due to mercury poisoning.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs's_principle
There is a video of Klue S. pushing HINT Water as mind control "since the brain is made up of water" I don't know if the Shapers are only a placeholder for a future major brand, but the glyphing is at least as productive as HINT Water at high XM portal with mods despite the shaping.
It is also my understanding that Chaotic Matter / Dark XM is what the Shapers refer to when they say Pure Body.
ReplyDeleteI am fairly certain of this.