Post by FRANK the giant bunny on May 13, 2011 12:10:43 GMT -5
The Mothman Prophecies
The Gnostic interpretation of this film is fairly simple, it deals once again with the role and influence of the Archons. As world rulers and co-fashioners of the material universe they have been placed in the seven positions above the earth, their purpose is to keep the soul imprisoned in material bodies. Only through gnosis, through knowing oneself and thereby gaining power over the Archons can one have any hope of returning to the original source, but until that time comes the sparks of light remain trapped.
They are overseers, but humanity remain ignorant as to their existence, but through the saving gnosis we come to realize that they do indeed have influence over us. Its important that the character played by Richard Gere, comes to know of their existence by way of the tragic events which happened to his wife. Once again being female and a personification of Sophia (wisdom), she is the one who brings her husband, her counterpart if you will, to gnosis.
For my own purposes I'm of the opinion that the alien character in the movie (Indred Cold) is not representative of the Archons, but of past life experiences which have crossed over from the intermediate realm, wherein these experiences are stored. This "storage space" of sorts is a semi-spiritual, semi-material realm which exists beside our own. A realm that I have given the name Abraxas, and since these beings (for lack of a better term), are beyond the confines and influence of materiality they therefore have the ability to see things which we cannot.
One of the most important questions of the entire movie is asked by the professor in his conversation with the Gere character. What is more important.....to know certain spiritual mysteries, or to simply live your life. Gere in the movie is a Gnostic character and therefore he must know the answer to the question. A choice to ignore the question means to remain ignorant and imprisoned in this world; to forever after be separated from the source from which we came.
But in the movie its a lot simpler then this, whats written above is just another way of looking at the movie. I love the fact that the last line in the movie is "Wake up"
Perhaps the Mothman, Indred Cold, is Abraxas himself.