'Wild' - 2014 film review

Wild Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Reese Witherspoon Movie HD

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'Wild' (2014 film)

Wild is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. The screenplay by Nick Hornby is based on Cheryl Strayed's 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. The film stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed, alongside Laura Dern (as Strayed's mother), with Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman and Gaby Hoffmann among several others in supporting roles. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014, and was released theatrically on December 3, 2014, in North America.

Wild opened to positive critical reviews, with much praise going toward the performances of Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern. Both actresses received Academy Award nominations for their performances, in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.


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First off, I wanted to add a couple of postings by YouTube users regarding some people comparing 'Wild' with the 2007 film 'Into the Wild'.'Wild' made it crystal clear as to what what Cheryl Strayed's motivations were, while I didn't think that 'Into the Wild' ever really made it clear what Chris McCandless's motivation and reasoning was. It was more like an obsession at some point. Did he really believe that he was going to survive an Alaskan winter outside? Cheryl Strayed stayed within her limits, and stayed focused on conquering her demons. I just thought that the two films were sort've like apples and oranges.

Wow, I'm very disappointed in some of these comments reflecting people's belief that this movie is just a rip-off of Into the Wild. They are completely different movies, and each is excellent in its own way. Into the Wild is a movie about a kid who graduated from Emory University as a successful student and athlete, but decided to donate all of his material possessions to charity and live in the wild to find spiritual awakening. The entire premise of the movie, however, is that despite the spiritual awareness he finds in the wilderness, he identifies that happiness can best be cultivated with others, not alone. Wild is the story of Cheryl Strayed, who after the death of her mother and spending years of risky behavior, decides to make the bold decision of walking the PCT trail on the west coast. She does this for a number of reasons––to heal, to find herself again, to reflect, to live. Flashbacks permeate the film, telling the story of the relationship between Sheryl and the people who have populated her life. It is a movie about redemption, reflection, and adversity. While I understand the outward appearance of significant similarities between the movies, the thematic elements of both are quite different. -- Matt Clark

Jesus...A lot of douchebag guys trash talking this movie saying this is a feminist look of 2007 "Into the Wild."  I never watched "Into the Wild" to begin with.  But I just recently watched this movie, and I gotta say it has a lot of depth to it.  I never witnessed anything like this story.  It was gritty, heart wrenching, a real tearjerker.  But there were moments sentimentality and intimacy that warmed my heart.  This movie is a masterpiece beyond belief.  I watched it solely on the reviews it has been getting as of recent.  I knew it was going to be good, but I never knew it was going to be great.  I recommend everyone to really watch it.  Everyone can learn from it, young and old.  That's why I truly rank it high in my list of my favorite movies. -- Life According to Cerizo


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I hate to be knit-picky, but I didn't really like the opening scene, which only seemed to confuse the viewer a bit as it jumped ahead to a later point of the story. It didn't seem to have any point, except maybe to make clear that this wasn't just be a serene walk through the woods amid the bees and the trees. The Pacific Crest Trail is a long distance hiking trail from the Mexican border to the Canadian border through the three western states; 2,659 miles. The films' starting point was at the beginning of the trail in the Mohave Desert. It's a harsh way to start off. There were many small struggles all throughout. For example, her backpack initially seemed nearly as big and heavy as she was.

Throughout the film, she has flashbacks about her recently deceased mother and about her past mistakes; an apparent attempt to conquer her demons. The films' soundtrack was memorable and applicable to the story. A prominent song featured throughout the film is the Simon & Garfunkel cover "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)", which was used primarily to evoke Cheryl's memory of her mother. Jacobs explained, "This isn't about reality. This is about keeping the essence of the mother there."

Like any great endeavor, there are some early rough times; marked by "Day 1".... "Day 2".... She was very alone, which was probably necessary for the spiritual part of it at least. There was a concept of "becoming humble" about ones life and experiences; almost like becoming child like and taking baby steps. Learning to appreciate the small things again. However, not humble as in pious or unempowered. It is indeed very humbling for a person to acknowledge past mistakes and negative patterns of behavior. I thought Reese Witherspoon did a good job without being like too cutsy.

While still in the desert, at twilight one evening, she heard coyotes howling. She listened for a minute and howled along with them a couple of times. It seemed like an early spiritual and psychological acclimating to the harsh environment. Then she finally got out of the desert... now there's some symbolism. She entered a forested region and finally made it to the first stopover camp! 'The Air That I Breathe' by The Hollies was perfect! Just making it to the first stopover was very important. There was a small celebration as the more experienced hikers cheered the arrival of the clearly green hiker. This may have been a small thing, but it was important as an affirming moment. This was a person with some bad life patterns, so this was a real first step in a metaphysical and neurological transformation. A small victory.

Most of the flashbacks were about her relationship with her mother, and eventually her heath struggles with cancer. Ultimately she had to deal with her mother's death within those flashbacks and at the present. There was one extremely harsh scene where she came to visit her mother in the hospital, and found out that her mother had donated her eyes so someone else could see. Despite the incredible generosity of that act; it was still easy to see why Cheryl Strayed was upset. It made you feel closer to the character/real person. Of course, her mother knew that she wasn't going to survive. An amazing act of selflessness and sacrifice.

At one point was the hobo scene. It must have really happened, but it was presented as silly and I guess it allowed for some comic relief. A traveling journalist took her photograph as he was entirely convinced that she was a traveling hobo, and left her with a hobo kit... a bag with a few supplies. The soundtrack generated hope amid her struggle, at least as far as the film was concerned. This is a difficult film to review because it's a sum of all of it's small parts.

At one point along the trail, she met a woman whom she visited with, and said the following:

There's a sunrise and a sunset every day, and you can choose to be there for it. You can put yourself in the way of beauty."

Despite that there were some positive male characters, including her ex-husband whom she had failed, there were consistent issues dealing with misogyny throughout the film. The long hike itself, served as a practical, spiritual, and physical ritual... dealing with troubling past issues, present transformation, and working towards a greater destiny. It was about conquering her fears. One bad memory was her regressing when her horse had to be put down. She said at one point that if and when she completes the hike, she will still be left homeless with no resources. As she closed in towards the last stretch of the trail, she met a woman and her young son. The boy sung a song for her, which made her cry. Maybe the earlier predatory males represented the struggle... and the boy represented the childlike hope for redemption.

The film ended with her finally making it to a point called the Bridge of the Gods, which separates Oregon and Washington. I don't think this was the ending point, but I believe that it was just assumed that there wasn't anything that was going to stop her now. There were some final words and a final song. I think that this excellent film was more of a sum of it's small parts, rather than a dramatic ending. She was redeemed. Just like another film about redemption called 'South Central', the change must come from within. If a person is still the same, even money and resources probably won't help them.


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Hikers and surfers

When I have been in places like South Lake Tahoe, I've observed that many of the hikers seem almost like surfers, or even snowboarders, in terms of personality and outlook. If snowboarders are surfers of the snow, then maybe hikers are surfers of the land, forests, or mountains. The 1991 film 'Point Break' really touches upon the mindset and spirituality of surfers. While a surfer is chasing the rush of the ultimate wave, a hiker probably has more small rushes; such as, having to deal with a nearby bear for awhile, or making it to a high point on a mountain.


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Interstellar

I've watch numerous films over the last few months, but I can't review them all. Even if I wanted to make mention of some of them with the related subjects, it's too easy to forget the more finite points. I've watched 'Prometheus' (2012), 'Interstellar' (2014), 'The Martian' (2015), 'Oblivion' (2013), and others. 'Interstellar' really stands out. I suspect that it touches upon the manner in which the metaphysical world--in how it relates to us--really works. It's considered on of the top 100 all-time best movies.


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Watch 'Wild' for free

The full movie is available for free at the following link:
Wild (2014) Movie - Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern
Surprisingly, this has been available since January 2017. Many forgotten films from the 70s, for example, are closely guarded by copyrights on YouTube



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Reddish Mars is still very bright in the sky

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During recent night hikes amid a clear sky, I see where Mars is still very prominent in the sky. It's something of an orangy color in contrast with the white light of the stars or other planets; almost like one gold coin among some silver ones. It is said that it will shine bright until the end of summer at least. Since it's usually too dim to even see with the naked eye, I really hate to lose it. Several weeks ago when I drove into a good hiking location, it immediately struck me in the sky! This is special, and worthy of a night hike just to see it before it...  in a sense... goes away.

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The Hamlet by the Metropolis

South Salem and Lake Truesdale

Believe it or not, the above image lies within the New York City Metro. The village of South Salem (pop. 206) surrounds one mile long (83 acres) Lake Truesdale. The lake is one of seven lakes in Lewisboro, New York (pop. 12,411); with South Salem apparently being something of an unincorporated section. It is apparently a very well-to-do community, but with an apparent tinge of humility to it.... being so small and hardly gaudy in overall appearance. I noticed where a two-bedroom/two-bath house was being offered for $998,000, so this is not the Hamptons. There is however, as far as I can tell, no public access to the lake. I have mixed feelings about that, since quiet places near urban centers are not very quiet for long after they've been "discovered," and they don't have to be an affluent community either. Lewisboro is 55 miles from NYC, but looks like 30 miles on a map, and is sheltered from the north suburbs by a 4,315-acre nature preserve called the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation

[In the likely event that the above image does not maintain, here are some images of South Salem]

There are rural-looking communities much closer to large cities. Still, considering that we're talking about The Big Apple, the contrast is remarkable. I remember the 1997 film 'Copland', where a semi-fictional town called Garrison, NJ was right on the water across from the NYC skyline. Some of the scenes made the town look very green and almost rural. I think that we can all think of a few quiet locales close to the social and economic aggression of urban life. Places which somehow have escaped the gravity of such places. I recall recently, with demusement, of a person who was critiquing a great deli in one such location. This person identified themselves as being from the big city, but who worked in this town. They took the time to complain of the "townie feeling" there. It's as though some people residing within the centers of urban power, and self-identifying themselves with it strongly, don't like being resisted in any manner at all! Suffice to say, for the most part, this social dynamic is not a socio-economic one.

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation

Last November, AandE/Lifetime network aired a film entitled 'The Lost Wife of Robert Durst'. It was based on a book about the true crime drama of Robert Durst, a do-nothing social deviant heir of an extremely wealthy and powerful family, who has so far still escaped justice after murdering three people; although he is set to go on trial for murder yet again! I taped the film and set it aside, and didn't view it for several months. Just yesterday evening, I felt the urge to view it again. Although a gloomy but mildly interesting film, I was more impressed with the cinematography... which was to have portrayed the years between 1971 and 1982. Not only did it give the appearance of that time period, but it could easily have passed for... say a 1983-made film. It had a particular dim lighting to it. For such a dark-hearted movie, it had many beautiful visuals. Just the acting itself was excellent, with Daniel Gillies playing Robert Durst; and Katharine McPhee playing his wife Kathie Durst. The beautiful Katharine McPhee is an excellent actress and professional. Actors John Glover and Martin Donovan were also cast, as I recall them from older films.

One part of the film showed them at a somewhat secluded home on Lake Truesdale. The house had a large open living room, with a hardwood floor, sliding glass doors leading out to a beautiful deck overlooking the lake, and a dock below. One of the ironies of the film, to me at least, was the contrast of beautiful things being bestowed upon such an unworthy useless unappreciative man. In my mind, I have some type of fantasy of a very sunny and warm late summer afternoon, a house/cabin on the lake, with many trees shading the house and deck and keeping it cool. I guess I'm like a lot of people who want their cake and eat it too; they want the city, but they also want their sanctuary. Maybe they just want those special unplanned little hamlets, like little green islands amid the urban landscape. I always like those photos of Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, or Vancouver; where the city skyline stands tall, but is perhaps dwarfed by the nearby mountains. South Lake Tahoe or Reno are like mini-versions of that, with the several big casinos like an little urban island amid the natural beauty.

South Lake Tahoe

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"Childhood's End" - The very real beginnings of a new society now taking form

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baphomet statue arkansas

To this "cult of Saturn" milieu, anything that can even remotely be perceived as "the Devil"... will be projected as such. The higher-ups know better, but they'll do it anyway. For example, Lucifer (a half-truth), Pan, Kali, Apollyon, Cernunnos, and others are presented as "Satanic" despite clear evidence to the contrary. Even Atheism is presented by Christians and Satanists alike as "Satanic"; a confusing more-or-less illusory half-truth synthesis.

To this social elite, our masters, this is their religion... always was. The Baphomet is not some goat or fertility god, it represents the Freemasonic "alchemical union" of male and female; literally a transexual god, at the expense of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine. Yes, everything that's been happening ties in. It was all planned long in advance. If Christianity was an oppressor, then it was basically an honest oppressor. This "cult of Saturn" are notorious liars.

Among their long list of deceptions are that they've convinced hundreds of millions of people that creating a World Tax payable to global banking cartels---who have a combined wealth into the hundreds of trillions of dollars---is a good idea. The Bushes and Clintons, middle management families, represent Masonic values very clearly.


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"But weren't America's Founding Fathers Freemasons?"

"Illuminati" - Just an old nickname for what was the new brand of criminal Freemasonry

"It is not my intention to doubt that the doctrine of the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more satisfied of this fact than I am."
-- George Washington, October 24, 1798, Mount Vernon, 'The Writings of George Washington', vol. 20, p. 518. Washington acknowledged that the Illuminati had begun actively recruiting members from within the American lodges of Freemasonry.


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This is what they had in mind all along

"There was no mistake. The leathery wings, the little horns, the barbed tail--all were there. The most terrible of all legends had come to life, out of the unknown past. Yet now it stood smiling, in ebon majesty, with the sunlight gleaming upon its tremendous body, and with a human child resting trustfully on either arm."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, high-ranking Freemason, 'Childhood's End, 1953


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“When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onwards and upwards he must prove his ability to properly apply (this) energy.”
-- Manley P Hall 33rd degree Freemason, '‘Lost Keys of Freemasonry’ page 48




Freemason Admits That Lucifer is the SAME as Jesus Christ! He Worships Lucifer!

Clayton Traylor


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Lucifer quotes by famous Freemasons


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"Lucifer, the Light-bearer !  Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of darkness!  Lucifer, the Son of the Morning!   It is he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual or selfish souls?   Doubt it not!"
-- Albert Pike, 19th Degree Grand Pontiff of Freemasonry, Morals and Dogma of the ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, p321

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'Völuspá: The Song of the Sybil'

Dead Can Dance - Song of the Sibyl

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Song - The Song Of The Sibyl (Live Remastered)
Artist - Dead Can Dance
Album - Toward The Within (Remastered)
Licensed by - [Merlin] Beggars (on behalf of 4AD); UBEM, Public Domain Compositions, UMPI, CMRRA, and 1 Music Rights Societies

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Völuspá

Völuspá (Old Norse Vǫluspá or Vǫluspǫ́, Prophecy of the Völva (Seeress); reconstructed Old Norse [ˈwɔlʊˌspɒː], Modern Icelandic is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end, related to the audience by a völva addressing Odin. It is one of the most important primary sources for the study of Norse mythology. Henry Adam Bellows proposed a 10th-century dating and authorship by a pagan Icelander with knowledge of Christianity. He also assumes the early hearers would have been very familiar with the "story" of the poem and not in need of an explanation.

The poem is preserved whole in the Codex Regius and Hauksbók manuscripts while parts of it are quoted in the Prose Edda. It consists of approximately 60 fornyrðislag stanzas.

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The Song of the Sibyl

The Song of the Sibyl (Catalan: El Cant de la Sibil) is a liturgical drama and a Gregorian chant, the lyrics of which compose a prophecy describing the Apocalypse, which has been performed at some churches of Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) and Alghero (Sardinia, Italy), and some Catalan churches, in Catalan language on Christmas Eve nearly uninterruptedly since medieval times. It was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on November 16, 2010.

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Dead Can Dance

Formed in Australia in 1981, Dead Can Dance is something of a legend in neoclassical dark wave and related genres.

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'Völuspá: The Song of the Sybil'

This short booklet, published in 1968, is a translation of the Old Norse Eddic poem Völuspá by W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor. In the book's title, they combined Odinic prophesy with the title of a prophetic Gregorian chant as the sub-title.

Heidi men call me when their homes I visit,
A far seeing Völva, wise in talismans.
Caster of spells, cunning in magic.
To wicked women welcome always.

-- From 'The Song of the Sybil'

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'Völuspá: The Song of the Sybil', Auden and Taylor 1981. The title of this piece would be translated more literally as the 'Prophecy of the Volva. Volva or volve, means "woman with a magic wand" or "wand-bearer" and hence denoted a woman knowledgeable in seiðr (Gordon, 1957).

-- Footnotes from 'Witchcraft Out of the Shadows' (Ruickbie, 2004)

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Ancestral Window Ritual and Crafting Intergenerational Continuity - Part 2

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Crafting clan continuity

This concept is basically where an individual may observe and/or perceive... and ultimately formulate an inter-generational set of consistent-congruencies based on their own culture, sub-culture, beliefs, religion, politics, values, etc., as it relates to their own bloodline or a part of it. In other words, your family in whole or part, possesses certain consistent and congruent behaviors or tendencies... generation after generation. It may skip a generation here or there. This is a realm where reality and fantasy become particularly conflated. At best, there's a very special spiritual bliss to it; at worst, it could be an arrogant attempt to manipulate others. It's the whole range of good and bad and right and wrong. I would suggest keeping it within the range of the former. If shared, then it would be best kept to a simple shared idea or value.

Whereas the room/window ritual could easily be a collective endeavor, the idea of formulating the direction and consistency of a clan continuity is inherently more personal... and perhaps should remain as such. This is the idea that you can observe and chart, largely in a subjective manner, particular patterns within your bloodline or a part of your bloodline. This can be very provocative... and ultimately may be controversial. In other words, a crafted set of consistent chronological/inter-generational values and activities is more true for that individual. Since each family represents two different larger clans coming together, there can be many consistently-congruent--but different and sometimes opposing and/or competing--behaviors, values. spiritualities, and... politics (ouch!). Hence the reason that this is best for the individual self.

On the positive side, this crafting of consistent-congruencies via the bloodline can free your mind to at least explore many possibilities.. and there doesn't have to be any limiting perception of right or wrong. Therefore, hypothetically, if two different family members--lets just say unbeknownst to each other--were to both craft or chart some sort of congruent clan continuity, or even just a history, the results may reflect a very different history, set of values, or even world view. One may be correct and the other incorrect, they both may be correct, or they both may be incorrect; therefore maintaining the subjectivity and lessening the right and wrong factor probably would be best. Maybe it could work if those involved were really on the same page or agree that one cultural element or belief is of the utmost importance and focus.


Crafting continuity of cultural collectives

Within the framework of the reality of "a history of any distinct people" and the concept of shared ancestry, if someone shared the related consistent-congruencies of their family... a person not directly related to them could subtly adopt that history in something of a collective-historical manner... or in turn, share their own. This type of sharing may spiritually enhance the collective experience, it may bond them closer together, or it may bring focus to a greater meaning. There can be something of a collective ancestor, but not a direct descendant. Tito Speri was a hero of what was essentially the Lombard nation in the middle of the nineteenth century. Like my family, he was a Brescian; so he was something of a collective ancestor, but I'm not blood-related to him.

Of course, this type of crafting of inter-generational values could be applied to aspects other than clan history or collective ancestral ties. It could be latched onto any religion or politic... but somehow this, although applicable, lacks the spiritual metaphysics of a DNA-connection. However, if there exists a strong cultural divide within a particular family or the larger clan..... well, this concept could aid in perhaps establishing what amounts to a breakaway clan if

need be! This thought-process of crafting values and congruencies should  be a tool of liberating the mind and exploring possibilities. Once I ran into a blog in which the person's whole message was to tie Asatru/Heathenism to Communism/Marxism. It was nonsense, but it apparently liberated this person's mind. It could be thought of as a tool for the personal-evolution of an individual; a personal or family mythos... or a relatively larger clan mythos of some type. Ideally, individual identity should go hand-in-glove with each larger collective identity. One shouldn't be devalued at the hands of another. Intrinsically, it's probably something that should evolve over time.

While becoming, we discover, we already are.
  
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'Viking: The Berserkers' 2014 film review

Viking: The Berserkers - Official Trailer [HD]

Tornado Films

"The Viking Hunger Games!" When a clan of Viking 'Berserker' warriors terrorise Saxon youths in a ritualistic manhunt, the youths must fight back!


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‘Viking: The Berserkers’ - 2014 film

In Dark Ages Britain a group of five young Saxons are captured by a clan of fearsome Viking warriors and used as prey in a ritualistic manhunt. High on a potion that turns them berserk the brutal hunters are soon on the scent of the terrified youngsters in a desperate battle for survival. Against long odds, the captors fight back and the hunted become the hunters.

There are so many films about Romans and Vikings, Romans and Vikings, Vikings and Romans…. that I may have to be more selective in which I review. I review the Roman-themed films at the other blog. This film effort was a little different, and would hold up fairly well to ‘Valhalla Rising’, and worth a review. It was at the least, eerie, brutal, and gripping. The film opens with the words Viking Britain 835AD. Most portrayals of the Vikings tend to be negative; however here they are truly shown as brutal murdering sadists. Actually, these were a warrior subgrouping called the Berserkers.

The first scene shows what is described as a rural Saxon family whose mother had been murdered by the invading Vikings, or Berserkers, and the father was merely trying to protect what was left of his family; keeping them away from towns and open trade routes. He is soon murdered by a Berserker ambush. His sons, including a young man named Wade, are captured and taken to a holding pen at their camp.

The entire film is set amid a gloomy foreboding landscape; I assume filmed somewhere in the UK. There’s an obvious British-bias here, but it’s just a movie right? Actually the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were Teutonic tribes which had invaded the British Isles, and they were originally from what is today northern Germany, Denmark, and Scandinavia. The idea that,--as the DVD jacket stated--"the peaceful times of Saxon Britain have been shattered by the invasion of Viking forces” is at least somewhat deceptive. Those earlier Teutonic invaders were very similar to the Vikings. Also, the Christians are shown to be very peaceful; but actually they had run an aggressive campaign against the Vikings and others who would not submit to the Christian faith. For example, cutting them off from established trading centers.

The Berserkers chose five young individuals from the holding pen, I think three men and two women, and released them into the wilderness to be hunted down. This apparently was a rite to Odin, as the high priestess called The Volva administered this blood ritual. She said to Wade before he was released: “You have fire in your blood. Odin will feast upon your soul.” As the chosen victims were trying  to escape as far as they could get, the Berserkers painted their faces white (later to add blood) as the wicked-looking Volva chanted. They ingested some type of drug substance which put them into a frenzy… growling, foaming at the mouth, and barking at the moon!

Spoiler alert beyond this point!!

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As each victim was brutally killed, their hearts were cut out and taken back to the Volva. It wasn’t always clear as to the intentions of the various characters, but that added to this unpredictable melee. At one point as one the victims was dying, they left some advice to her fellow prey:

“To beat the wolf, you have to become the wolf.”

The Berserkers were presented as like wild animals, roaring and looking into the eyes of their victims as they cut their hearts out; all the while continuing to take more of the drug substance and snarling like wolves. They were like werewolves.

I think this was the type of film that is worth at least one viewing in the same way as a good B horror flick. It’s different and keeps your attention. Of course, it portrays Asatru in a negative light; “the devils of the north” as the protagonist Wade put it. Well, someone's got to play the bad guys. There’s also an interesting theme at the end about life, nature, and evolutionary struggle.

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Ultimate Red Pill: Ronald Bernard Whistle Blower Testimony

Ultimate Red Pill: Ronald Bernard Whistle Blower Testimony [English Voice Over]

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English voice over version: Vocals applied because subtitles were small and difficult to read on small screens. *LARGE SUBTITLE* video by @apocalypse found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptyW0lObpA

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT VIDEO that needs to be seen and shared by EVERYONE. It will help clarify the deep and systemic control that undermines the liberty and freedom of choice in free societies.

Ronald Bernard, Dutch banker and whistle blower, covers topics essential to understanding the globalist, ruling class, world financial structure, dark belief systems, use of child sacrifice (starting at 22:05 ) and methods used to maintain this predatory culture of the top 8000 people in power over the world.

If you really want to understand the authentic emotion by this testimony, I suggest you work through the original video with the small subtitles (linked below) so you can hear his voice and focus on the nuances of the pain expressed in Ronald's facial expressions.

Thanks to Ronald and Irma for this information reaching the public and the world.

Original Source by Irma Schiffers: https://cooperatiedevrijemedia.nl/real-big-money-revelations-by-an-insider-video/

DVM TV channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOvbkPculjIPn0ufvroG7sg

Original video upload with English subtitles only: https://vimeo.com/212237317
Also thank you to Leonie Forsman for the English subtitle translation used for this English voice reading.

This video is NOT monetized by noskerdycatUSA channel. Copyright belongs to the original creators and content makers and this channel supports their right to claim all proceeds from YouTube monetization.

The publishing of this information by NoskerdycatUSA channel that includes the added English voice over is an attempt to further the reach of the original creator's message.

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Nox Arcana - Season Of The Witch

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From the album Season Of The Witch

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Mark Passio The Story Of The Human Past Based On Ancient Accounts & Texts

Mark Passio The Story Of The Human Past Based On Ancient Accounts and Texts

Shadowrunner Radio

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9 - The Perfect Number

The Secret Behind Numbers 369 Tesla Code Is Finally REVEALED! (without music)

Gary Lite

As requested... I uploaded The Secret Behind Numbers 369 Tesla Code Is Finally REVEALED! (without music)

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://369news.net/2018/04/10/secret-behind-numbers-369-tesla-code-finally-revealed/

Nikola Tesla did countless mysterious experiments, but he was a whole other mystery on his own. Almost all genius minds have a certain obsession. Nikola Tesla had a pretty big one!

He was walking around a block repeatedly for three times before entering a building, he would clean his plates with 18 napkins, he lived in hotel rooms only with a number divisible by 3. He would make calculations about things in his immediate environment to make sure the result is divisible by 3 and base his choices upon the results. He would do everything in sets of 3.

Some say he had OCD, some say he was very superstitious.

However, the truth is a lot deeper.

“If you knew the magnificence of the three, six and nine, you would have a key to the universe.”
– Nikola Tesla

Music By:
1. Frost Waltz Alternate - Kevin Macleod
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'Witchcraft Out of the Shadows - A Complete History' (Ruickbie; 2004) .... book review

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'Witchcraft Out of the Shadows - A Complete History' (Ruickbie; 2004)
Leo Ruickbie

This complete history of witchcraft from Ancient Greece to the present day charts the rise and development of witchcraft and the modern witchcraft religion of Wicca. This in-depth investigation discovers how the ideas we have about witchcraft took shape thousands of years ago in the myths and religions of the ancient world. It looks at why these ideas were expressed so violently during the era of the witch trials, and reveals how witchcraft has been transformed into one of the most radical and fastest growing religions of our age—a religion of equality and compassion that still has the power to unsettle even the bravest amongst us. With fresh insights and previously unpublished material drawn from the author's doctoral research into the mysticism, magic, and social meaning of Wicca, this is the first book to bring witchcraft fully out of the shadows.


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'Witchcraft Out of the Shadows - A Complete History' (Ruickbie; 2004)
Leo Ruickbie

Dr Leo Ruickbie is a sociologist and historian specialising in the field of witchcraft, Wicca, magic and the occult. He hold a PhD from King's College, London, for his work on modern witchcraft, and is the author of several books including Witchcraft Out of the Shadows and Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician. In 2008 and 2009 he exhibited on the subject of witchcraft in France. As well as giving public talks and writing articles for Pagan Dawn, Watkins Review and ASANAS, he also runs the WICA (witchology.com) website.


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One thing about this book is that it's very thorough. The only thing that I could slightly knock it for is that it didn't go back to prehistoric evidence of Proto-European spirituality; including the Earth Mother, the Horned God, and the Nebra sky disk. It started with the pre-Christian era, and was very complete from that point onward as far as I could tell.

The book started off with three chapters on 'The Early History of Witchcraft in Europe', entitled 'Age of Shadows'. First was ancient pre-Olympian Greece... "The Birthplace of All Sorceries." Essentially, it was about Hecatean tradition. and how it later conflated a bit with the the gods of Classical Greece, and later Christian Greece; and it delved into the mythology of Hecate's daughters Circe and Medea as well. Medea was a prominent character in the ancient Greek legend of 'Jason and the Argonauts'; you may recall the 1963 film.

Second was entitled 'East of Midgard', and delved into the history and mythology of the Odinic tradition in northern Europe. Included in this chapter was a sub-section entitled 'People of the Oak', which described the pre-Christian Druidic tradition; and of which I found particularly interesting. Ruickbie even gave a small account of the interaction between ancient Germania and Gaul.

Third was a chapter entitled 'South of Heaven', and was a very objectively complete overview--much if it in great detail--of the history of witchcraft/pagan traditions in the Medieval/Christian era... the burning times. I found the 'Age of Shadows' to be the most enjoyable part of the book, especially the first two chapters. I would have liked to have heard Ruickbie's opinion of how the early Proto-European traditions tied together.

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The next three chapters were entitled 'Born of Shadows', and delved into the history of modern witchcraft. First, he gives a brief summary of the survivals of the ancient magical or mystery traditions at the closing of the nineteenth century. It started with Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism, the Celtic revival, Charles G. Leland's long study on Italian Stregheria and its continued existence in a few rural locations, Hermeticism and Golden Dawn, the influence of Aleister Crowley, and Margaret Murray's "Witch Cult" hypothesis.

Second was about the invention of Wicca entitled 'The Craft of Invention'. Ruickbie proved beyond a doubt that an English Freemason named Gerald Gardner literally invented "Wicca" out of thin air. He actually used elements of Masonry, Hermeticism, and the magical works of Aleister Crowley and tried to pass them off as the ancient native magical tradition of the British Isles... and that he was a part of a long surviving coven. Personally I think that the basic idea of "Wicca" was a great idea, and I don't understand the need to rush in exaggerated claims to prove the legitimacy of what was an ancient tradition of some form.

Next was a chapter on the development of Wicca. Somewhat comically, Ruickbie detailed how a very knowledgeable associate named Doreen Valiente "cleaned up" Gardner's sloppy work and made it practical and workable. This chapter went into detail of how Wicca unfolded after Gardner's death. Lots of names were dropped, mostly charlatans and pretenders; but it seemed to me that Doreen Valiente and Patricia Crowther were sincere and practical leaders.

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The final three chapters were entitled 'Empire of Shadows', and went into great detail about every aspect of modern witchcraft today; basically in the English-speaking world, or at least as of 2004. Although undoubtedly important, it was quite wordy and monotonous. I know, it's important to understand what something is, and not what people perceive it is, what you think it is, or what you may want it to be. Still, I think it could have been summarized in a short chapter. However, for what this section was trying to accomplish, it was very complete. This book was a good and complete chronological history of pre-Christian European spiritual/magical traditions--including historically conflated elements--from ancient times up to their emerging time-nexus today.

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