Page 175 - Lunacy and the Age of Deception

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Scene from The Shining

Once my eyes were opened to perceive the occulted message Stanley Kubrick wove into the fabric
of The Shining it became impossible to look at the film and its images without seeing that his role
in faking the Apollo lunar missions was in actuality the main theme of the movie. The image above
exemplifies a magnificently crafted form of communication using images rather than words. This
one photo encapsulates the Apollo space program in a single snapshot.

The setting is The Overlook Hotel, representing the United States which is possessed of a malevolent
spirit, a nation built upon the graves of slaughtered Native Americans. Outside it is winter time with
snow piled on the ground, signifying that this is the time of the Cold War. On the wall to the right
above the fireplace we see the images of the rockets. Beneath the rockets there is a fire burning
brightly even as a rocket would have a fiery exhaust below it. Just in front of the fireplace on the
floor is a large bearskin rug signifying that the Russian bear has been flattened, trodden under foot
by the triumph of America’s space program.

The character Jack Torrance sits at a German typewriter manufactured by Adler, the Nazi and/or
American eagle, where he works on a screenplay. Over and over he is writing “A-11 work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy.” In this we are shown Stanley Kubrick’s role in crafting the audio-visual
presentation for the Apollo moon missions which would be aired to a global public. Flying proudly
from the wall at the back of the room is the American flag, a prop which was to become a
centerpiece of the Apollo missions as it was carried to the Moon and repeatedly planted in the lunar
soil.

Even the title of the movie, The Shining, has significance. In one sense the Apollo moon missions
were crafted to be viewed as a shining example of America’s technological prowess. Additionally,
one of the ancient terms used to refer to the Sun god Apollo was “the shining one.” Richard Leviton,
in his book The Geomantic Year writes the following.

Bel, the deity of Beltaine, was also called Belenus, the Continental Celtic god whose name meant
“The Bright or Shining One.” The Romans equated Belenus with the Greek Phoebus Apollo known
similarly as the Shining One or the Sun-god - a solar divinity radiant with flames and fires. Thus the