SPN 12x08 “Lotus” Mature Thoughts

SPN 12x08 “Lotus” Mature Thoughts

The mid season finale of Supernatural was IMO unsatisfying. The narrative was incoherent and inconsistent which lead to utter confusion. Personally I don't know if SPN produced such episode on purpose, or not. Though I assume because of conspicuous editing and acting, further the use of in film usual symbols and signs, that there could be a reason behind the shown gobbledegook.

The continuity of awkwardness...

As a nerd of course I need reason and logic to comprehend why the shown episode couldn't evoke any emotional respond. Just by saying “bad writing” won't simply explain the nudging question why the SPN screen writers Buckner and Ross-Leming AGAIN, delivered this season such an awkward and bizzare episode. Remember episode 12x02 “Mama Mia”, also written by Buckner and Ross-Leming, and remember how disturbing this episode was? Correct, now I have written an extensive analysis (X) of this episode trying to prove my thesis, namely that the British MoL are still manipulating Sam's perception through black magic, and thereby are using Sam like a Manchurian candidate, to gain access to the US hunter community and further thereby collect their wanted information. The reason why I took my time to analyze both episodes, namely episode 12x01”Be Calm and Carry On” and 12x02 “Mamma Mia”, was because of the very obvious, blunt contradiction and obvious unfamiliar behavior of Sam and Dean. Further to show what we had seen, wasn't just happening by chance and bad writing, but that there was more to the eye that could be seen. And now again we are confronted in the episode “Lotus” with the same blunt unfamiliar confusing awkwardness as before, so oddly enough there is a continuity in the awkwardness, hence this circumstance can't be a coincident.

LOTUS

What an odd title for a 'Supernatural' episode, normally the used title would be a pop culture or literature reference, something modern to which the audience could automatically relate to. Now of course it could have been taken from Dean's plan to “Impeach LOTUS and find Rosemary's Baby“.

But as some of you out there know, there is also a plant named lotus. Hmm...therefor one could also question, what's so special with this shrubby plant of the genus Lotus and what does this Water Lilly have in common with Lucifer and the British MoL? I mean lets not forget these antagonist are the dominant and driving figures of the mid season finale.

Well you would be surprised, they truly have something in common, namely the altering of perception.

Now have you ever heard of the lotus-eaters also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses? In Greek mythology the lotus-eaters were a race of people living on an island dominated by lotus plants. The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were narcotic, causing the people to sleep in peaceful state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness.

    c. 1901 illustration to the poem by W. E. F. Britten

     

Hence the Lotus fruit alters perception, like the British MoL did with Sam through the use of hallucinogenic drugs (magic) and thereby altered Sam's reality and Lucifer appearing as an Angel of Light and thereby altering his victims perception to gain their trust. But that's not all, the Lotus has also a symbolic meaning. In ancient Egypt the flower symbolized “rebirth”, and this also correlates with the shown narrative of Lucifer having an earthly human baby. Now by knowing the unknown 'hidden' symbolism and meaning of the given title “Lotus” the confusion aka lack of clearness gets a little bit clearer and comprehensible.

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

Edgar Allan Poe

… a dream within a dream, thank you Mr. Poe, because precisely this is my thesis of what the story arch of season 12 could be, namely by braking Sam's mind in episode 2x02 “Mama Mia” the British MoL created a highly sophisticated hallucinogenic magical dream world. I mean lets not forget the major question, namely why were the British MoL investing time and energy in torturing and interrogating Sam? Than they just let him go, in the belief that all was just a misunderstanding and overreaction of Lady Bevelle. And the only reaction of the viewers was to say “bad writing”, oh come on, seriously?

Further why I assume this all to be a dream in a dream is the contradicting and inconsistent use of the supernatural in the show 'Supernatural' furthermore the obvious dumbing down of the major protagonist Sam and Dean and of the supernatural creatures such as the angel Castiel and the demon Crowley.

For example why didn't Sam and Dean just summon Lucifer? Remember in the old days they summoned all kind of archangels and even Death. Now oddly enough some wonna be satanist moron was able to summon Satan. But not the Winchesters?

  Remember these morons in "Rock Never Dies"?

Or when they were like cute secretaries researching on their laptops in the BUNKER(!) how to get to the possessed president, now what was utterly wrong with this scene? Correct, they are sitting literally in a bunker filled with highly potent occult literature! Books filled with tons of high magic spell's for the use of summoning, deception, manipulation, hence mind bending techniques! Interesting enough this most surreal scene correlates with what Tony Bevelle said to Dean in episode 12x02 “Mamma Mia”, Lady TB: “Gentlemen. So, to recap -- you live in the Men of Letters bunker, awash in the world's greatest collection of occult knowledge, and yet you know nothing." 

Or why are the angel Castiel and the demon Crowley portrayed like comedian figures, but than not? Their actions seem contradicting, on the one hand the angel and demon act like supernatural entities, than not, than a little bit, or not. It's like trying to square the circle. For example the angel Castiel can't sense Lucifer, but can receive “angel radio”? Okay, put into relation, Castiel the angel can't in any ways sense Lucifer/Satan the father of lies and destruction, a chaotic celestial being, a powerful seraph who absolutely and utterly hates mankind, who is full of utter rage (which is BTW spiritual energy), BUT can sense, because of angel radio, when Satan's corrupt sperm hits the human female's ovum?

Further, when only focusing on the bunker scenes, they 'feel' and 'look' odd, untypical for the show. The one scene ends with Sam saying “Plan C?” and the camera than turns to Castiel showing him dramatically at loss. Editing / cut. The next scene we see they are still at the bunker and Castiel is serving coffee, thereby he receives angel radio, the brothers get to him, the angel than reveals, even for Castiel in a awkward scripted manner, what he had 'heard' and than the brothers, when hearing the news, over react actively stunned. The whole scene in it's drama looked effectively like a Telenovela. The script, the camera close ups and the obvious over acting, all together seem to be like “Changing Channels”. What are we watching? Angelos TV, capitulo 666 “El Diabolo!”? 

    "Lucifer is dating?"

Back to the brothers and the British MoL, the peak of awkwardness. Why did Sam call the BMoL? There was no motive for such action. Since episode two “Mamma Mia” the BMoL were only once mentioned but than shoved under the rug. Further objectively Sam didn't need the BMoL, a) he had the knowledge of the Bunker and b) he has Dean, an angel and demon on his side. The only explanation could be, he is still under their spell.

Another conspicuousness, the brothers were portrayed in this episode like gophers. In general the known and famous familiar interaction was utterly missing. They were on scene but actually not.

Or the entrance of Mr. Ketch onto the scene was a 1:1 remake of Dean's appearance onto the Stull cemetery at “Swan Song”.

But the most disturbing and awkward scene was Mr. Ketch's monolog. Seriously what he said was utter bull shit.

Namely on the one hand Mr. Ketch colorfully elucidates towards the brothers that he and the BMoL are only in the USA to help the US hunter community in their effort in fighting the 'monsters'. Now on the other hand we viewers know what this truly means, i.e episode 12x04 'American Nightmare' killing off the young psychic Magda. Further he says the BMoL are not following the Winchesters, but we viewers again know it's the opposite, remember the scene in 12x03 “the Foundry” where Dean is admiring a motorcycle, well this was Mr. Ketch his bike. So it is very obvious that Mr. Ketch is deliberately lying or deceiving the Winchesters. Therefor his remark that Sam through his (disconnected) call had triggered the BMoL to follow the brothers, is just plainly false. Further Sam called the BMoL when he was at the bunker, so Mr. Ketch must have already been near or by the bunker in Lebanon, from where he had than directly followed the brothers to Indianapolis. Furthermore how did Mr. Ketch know Deans admiration for the grenade launcher, it would only make sense if Mr. Ketch was present during the Winchester their “Thule” hunt (episode 12x05).

Than Mr. Ketch says something very significant, namely how the British MoL have “spent years blending sorcery and technology.” Precisely here the brothers ears should have prickled by such nonsense. Plainly said, sorcery is nothing other than the use of magical powers that are obtained through evil spirits. Hence black magic. So Mr. Ketch literally said the BMoL have just only up dated their black magic powers. And the thereby used 'technology' is actually irrelevant, well actually technology contradicts magic. Hence magic is based on metaphysics (supernatural) and technology is based on materialism (natural). Further changing a vampires DNA is in broader sense an alchemical process and has nothing to do with sorcery. And exorcisms are the opposite of sorcery, namely the expulsion or attempted expulsion of a supposed evil spirit from a person or place.

Now I don't know if Mr. Ketch has absolutely no clue of what he is talking about, or if he is only fooling / deceiving the brothers. Again altering perception. Bothersome though is, the Winchesters and the angel should have noticed the fallacies. And this brings me to another point, namely how does it come that he coincidentally has a 'devise' in the trunk, that oddly enough fits the needs of the brothers? Just take a look at the case in the pristine trunk. There are only two items, and just by chance one of the two items fits the needs of a non existing plan?

Despite the obvious contradicting monolog of Mr. Ketch, the editing was quite eyeopening. It was suddenly at night. NOTICE: the BMoL Bazooka rescue scene happened during the day at broad daylight! And now they, Sam, Dean, Castiel and Mr. Ketch, are in the woods, at the middle of the night. Than the next scene it's daytime. This is an obvious brake, a deliberate editing of the temporal continuity. Like in episode 12x02 “Mamma Mia” where the same obvious editing was made. So it seems, what we are perceiving isn't actually what is happening. No wonder confusion is the name of the game. This could also explain the contradicting / confusing(?) narrative in the shown scene. 

 

               Day & Night

Now there were more obvious contradicting and incoherent scenes in the episode, but to mention them all would bust the post. But if you want to know which ones I mean, just ask. All in all I'm not quite sure if these contradictions were made deliberately or are truly just 'bad writing'. But I tend to the former, because in the end we still don't know what this seasons major story arch is.

Lets not forget confusion is still the name of the game....or are we only being deliberately distracted? Because oddly enough the synonym of confusion is distraction. And the definition of distraction is according to Wikipedia “...the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from the desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information.”. This leads us however to the use of distraction or misdirection in magic, because as we know the British MoL are masters of black magic. In his influential and scholarly The Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians, pg. 232, copyright 1988, author T.A. Waters wrote, "Misdirection is the cornerstone of nearly all successful magic; without it, even the most skilled Sleight of Hand or mechanical device is unlikely to create an illusion of real magic."

And creating an illusion of real magic is nothing other than the re-framing or manipulation of perception.

And precisely this is what we got, namely an episode full of misdirections. And the major reason why I deliberately ignored the Lucifer scenes, they were in the end irrelevant. The Lucifer scenes IMO were the distraction. And according to Wikipedia distraction is nothing other than “ ...the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from the desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information.”

In the end it could be all or nothing....

Sam is NOT addicted to demon blood.

 

Since the last episode 12x04 aired I'm repeatedly seeing post's and gifs with Sam's supposed addiction, and this is getting annoying.

Seriously, why don't people get it?? Repeating illogical statements will not make them suddenly logical. Never heard of 'molecular biology', 'genetics', 'genome'?? Nope?

Now please, again Sam is NOT, I repeat NOT addicted to demon blood.

Why?

Sam wasn't addicted, because the corrupted demon blood was needed to transform / mutate Sam genetically into a supernatural entity. This has nothing to do with drug abuse, this is about manipulating the human genome aka the genetic material of an organism, and transforming it into a NEW METAPHISICAL BEING / ENTITY. And by being a metaphysical / supernatural entity Sam gains than through his supernatural-being new strength’s, simply because there are no earthly material limitations anymore, to which we humans are bound to.

And Dean has no clue, because he has no clue of how biology and the metaphysical realm functions and therefor just parrots the lies the angels (aka metaphysical beings, duh) dictate him. The angels were scared, because Sam would have been UNIQUE, an one of it's kind supernatural-human being that can directly interact between the dimensions. Remember Sam was suppose to reign hell, but not as a 'normal' demon in a meat suite, but as a mutated human demonized Sam in flesh himself.

What Dean only had done, by forcing Sam to stop taking the corrupted blood, was nothing other than forcing Sam's supernatural-genome to transform back into it's natural-human form.

So Sam's compulsive need for the corrupted blood, was nothing other than his metabolism telling him it needs more corrupted blood to process the metaphysical transformation. Ergo NOT addiction but METABOLISM aka the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms...Capice? 

 

In general blood is a biological data carrier, it contains ALL genetic information, and is therefor always UNIQUE, and PURE. Hence blood is much more than a 'type'... it's life!

Demons on the other hand are metaphysical utterly rotten, twisted, nefarious and eon old incorporeal entities, and the moment they possess a human being aka meat suite, they literally overthrow / conquer the biological human system and mind for their needs, and thereby the once unique and pure human, not only gets mentally but also physically corrupted. And that includes also the blood. The human blood now contains new information, has been altered, rewritten and is therefor corrupted. The definition of corrupt is according to Merriam Webster dictionary “to change (something) so that it is less pure or valuable / to become tainted or rotten”. And that is what the corrupted demon blood did, it tainted, changed Sam's DNA.

And precisely this is what Sam tried to say to Dean in season 4x04 “Metamorphosis”

SAM: “I've got demon blood in me, Dean! This disease pumping through my veins, and I can't ever rip it out or scrub it clean! I'm a whole new level of freak! “

And season 8x21 “The Great Escapist”

SAM: “(...) I remember... thinking, uh, I could never go on a quest like that. Because I'm not clean. I mean, I w— I was just a little kid. You think... maybe I knew?”

So, literally when Sam is saying “I can't rip it out or scrub it clean and I'm not clean” than he is telling Dean his blood, his genome has been corrupted, is tainted, has been deliberately changed by the demon Azazel. Therefor to say Sam is addicted, is utter nonsense, and very ignorant, simply because a drug no matter if legal or illegal doesn't CHANGE the blood, human genome (the genetic material of an organism) and therefor can't be simply taken out by withdrawal.

Further by saying “I'm a whole new level of freak” Sam is literally telling Dean he does not belong to the human NORM / standard anymore. Hence saying the standard medical methods do not apply to him. The definition of 'freak' according to Merriam Webster dictionary is: “one that is markedly unusual or abnormal”. Saying Sam is because of the manipulation of his blood, not human anymore but a supernatural entity. So it makes absolutely no sense to say he is addicted.

And precisely here lies the dilemma of our time, we get ideas from ancient metaphysical texts, written by individuals whose worldview and perception were determined by metaphysics and than try to push, shove these highly complex and advanced philosophies into a narrowed empirical materialistic mind set. And the result is as we can see incoherent and incomprehensible.

Therefor please, stop regurgitating the angel propaganda or Dean's incapability to comprehend modern molecular biology.

- Master of Reality - SPN 12x01-02 analysis

- Master of Reality - 

 SPN 12x01-02 analysis: Symbols & Editing

 

 "The true skill of the magician is in the skill he exhibits in influencing the spectators mind." (Dariel Fitzkee, Magic by Misdirection)

 

I know for some out there the analysis is going to be too long and too much to read. But to prove that very obvious 'strange' things are going on in the show, one has to go step by step, and dissect the shown events and used film techniques. Now of course one can say the scriptwriters and prep department are stupid, and thereby deliberately ignore the given hints, but than this kind of argument ad hominem only proves how ignorant one self would be. And well, that's not me, I have been literally conditioned to scrutinize everything on information or knowledge that is given to me. Yeap that's what happens when one went through the post war classical trivium old school German education system. Therefor don't put the blame on me. :D

After watching the first two episode of season 12, I was honestly pissed off. Caught in an emotional roller coaster rid, with all the loops, ups and downs. I was mad, being duped to believe, after the disastrous Carver era, the new producers could truly create a show like it once was. But than after my emotional fit cooled off, reason knocked on the door and brought me to think about of what I truly saw. I watched again and realized there is more to the eye that can be seen. In general lets not forget the show 'Supernatural' is about the supernatural.

How could we know? Simple by listening very carefully, and observing / reading the given signs and symbols seen in the show. In general TV and film are full of them. The reason is quite easy, in a very short time information has to be transmitted. The tricky thing of giving information though, the depicted information can by the viewer be acknowledged consciously because of knowledge but also unconsciously. And the movie / show makers know this. That is why not only the scriptwriter's but also the editing, prep and settings in a film are as important as the actors. Therefore on film / TV absolutely nothing happens accidentally or by coincident.

- SAM & TONI BEVELLE- episode 12x01 'Keep Calm and Carry On' 

“So... we stop trying to break his body. We break his mind.” Toni Bevelle

 

This statement made by Toni Bevelle was the most significant moment in the first episode “Keep Calm and Carry On”. Why? Because it's one of the worst and horrific things a human can do to another human. A broken arm or bruises are visible and can be healed, put a cast on or band aid and in a couple of weeks the wounds are gone. But a truly broken mind is a scary thing, it can't be seen and can't be healed, there is no band aid that than can grant healing. A broken mind, stays broken, in time the mind will adopt the brokenness, but it will not heal.

Now my thesis is, the UKMoL created through magic a stage crafted alternative reality. Because lets not forget the main goal is to brake Sam's mind.

In the first episode 'Keep Calm and Carry On' after the physical torture had failed to brake Sam's strong will, Toni Bevelle and her assistant thug Watts evaluate the current situation and concluded, if their prisoner can't be physically broken, than his mind has to be broken. The viewer than sees Sam untied lying unconscious on the floor, he than gains consciousness, is stunned to be freed from the shackles and thereby he's aware something had been injected into his neck but also recognizes, he is being surveyed through cameras.

This is the beginning of a nefarious mind play, it may seem as if Sam had been freed from the physical shackles, which had restrained his body, therefor he could now take control of the situation, and thereby could actively determine his actions. But the cameras, the all seeing eyes, are the unseen shackles that now restrain his mind and passively control him. The effect thereby, the unseen control mechanism alter and determine now in a passive manner his cognitive performance. He is only given the illusion of being freed from his restraints but in reality the restraints have been utterly tightened. 

The next step of the pharmaceutical / mind torture begins with an obvious 'light' hallucination, Sam believes to see all the familiar dead friends and associates. Now some viewers mentioned, the seen hallucinations appeared to be odd, like old school film technique, and untypical for how Supernatural would normally depict hallucinations. I assume there is a reason behind the use of such kind of setting, the depicted 'old school' hallucinations, reflect precisely 1:1 what they are, namely Supernatural 'old school' familiar Sam's guilt complex themes. So, why the use of such setting? It could be to tell the audience, that what the viewer and Sam saw were not real hallucinations, but by the UKMoL deliberately created magical projection of the dead to initiate / trigger the mental brake down. Lastly Sam's guilt complex is the major driving force of his subconscious mind.

Sam than, after seeing and reacting emotionally to the projected / hallucinated dead, turns to the mirror on the wall and encounters his reflection, thereby he hears Dean's accusing voice in his head. In Sam's subconscious mind Dean is the guardian of his shame and guilt. This isn't anything new, the viewer knows how guilty Sam feels and who, namely Dean over years, in a constant manner subconsciously patronized this strong emotion. 

The mirror in this scene plays a major role, because in film mirrors are a symbol of the human psyche. Mirrors (and any other reflective material for that matter) are a well-used narrative tool for presenting the duality of characters on screen, whether they are protagonists or antagonists. In general mirrors symbolize the character duality between the conscious and subconscious mind. And broken mirrors reflect broken identity or multilevel identities. For example in episode 5x22 “Swan Song” SPN used a 'broken' and a normal mirror to portrait the multi-level's of Lucifer and Sam in one body. Since SPN used mirrors in the past to portrait the conscious and subconscious mind of it's protagonist, than one can assume in the episode 12x01, when Sam is drugged to the gills with hallucinogenics, the situation is similar.

By looking into the mirror Sam's subconscious mind reflects back to him, thereby his ego, the part of the psychic apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside, tries to fight his triggered guilty subconscious mind and thereby forcefully punches his reflection, symbolizing how Sam is fighting against himself. The mirror brakes into multiple pieces. Hence Sam's strong willed ego just broke his secured and controlled subconscious mind, his broken identity is now shattered into multilevel identities, and are spread as mirror fractures on to the floor.

Again this concept of Sam's subconscious multi-level identities are nothing new, in 6x22 “The Man Who Knew To Much” and 9x01 “I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here”, there also the audience could witness Sam's inner struggle to take control of his fractured inner self. Trying to control his multiple alter ego's. An alter ego (Latin, "the other I") is a second self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. After braking the mirror, which had reflected his inner self, broken Sam than picks a mirror shard from the floor. This scene is very symbolic, simply because the viewer, like Toni Bevelle, starring at the monitor are simultaneously witnessing from an out side view, Sam's alter ego arising from the fractured mind. Sam's conscious mind knows he is being watched, therefor his alter ego's is also aware that they are being watched and passively controlled. Watched by Tony Bevelle, but also by the viewer. At this moment the viewer is sharing Toni Bevelle's position and perception, an outsider who through the monitor acts like a voyeur when watching Sam's torment in his cell.

The viewer see's precisely what she see's, like her, the viewer is glued to the screen, like her, the viewer is in aw when Sam apparently slices his throat with the picked up mirror shard. But because the pc monitor can only create an illusion of reality, Bevelle than goes down into the cellar, too see and check with her own eyes, if what she had seen on the pc monitor, is truly real. Which is a great little twist, the controller of the illusion has at that moment lost control of the illusion, is now unsure of what she had perceived is true or just an illusion, therefor takes a weapon to be secured, to gain back the feeling of control. In the cell(ar) she than see's with her own eyes, Sam on the floor lying in his blood. The moment when Bevelle encounters the assumed dead prisoner, the camera goes back and forth to the upper room where the monitor depicts the event. The audience is kept in and out of the scenario and is thereby forced to watch the encounter through two settings, namely in real as an omnipotent viewer over seeing the event, but simultaneously the viewer's perception is than limited only to perceive the following event through the monitor which in reality projects only the illusion of moving images. Here SPN deliberately manipulates the viewers perception, both viewed settings seem to be seen as a real observed event, but in reality it's an illusion captured in an illusion. 
 

The following scene shows the borders of reality and illusion become totally indistinct when Sam suddenly arises from the 'believed' dead and attacks Bevelle, his torturer. The viewer and Bevelle are stunned, to have witnessed, by the alter ego Sam a deliberately stage-crafted scenario. A conscious by the subconscious mind choreographed cold blooded mocked death scene, but also a revealing scene. The viewer now knows which alter ego is momentarily determining Sam's conscious mind, namely no one other than the familiar over-rational, controlling, goal oriented and non-empathic Sam. This über-Sam who is determined to survive, an alter ego who neglects moral and ethical boundaries. 

This über-Sam now takes control, confident and proudly reveals his mind play. Bevelle the creator of illusions got deceived by an illusion. But than über-Sam vice versa gets deceived by Bevelle, she also uses the illusion of death to escape her death. Significant here are the repeated themes of a false impression of reality. Über-Sam now overpowered, realizing he had lost the fight, mentally brakes down and yells out is anger and frustration, of still being literally locked up in the cellar, kept down under in the dark, utterly forlorn. Despite the highly emotional scenery, this scene has also multiple deeper meanings. At first there is a visual symbolism literally played out in front of the audience, namely a dark and light or hell and heaven metaphor. Which plays in Sam's case an important role. During the scene where über-Sam overpowered Bevelle, he is literally trying to get out of the dark by climbing up the stairs to the open cellar door into the light. Or the cellar representing the cage in hell and the stairway is the path into heaven. This is Sam's life in a nut shell. And the second metaphor is according to Carl Jung, the cellar of a house represents the subconscious mind. So what we are literally seeing is a vivid reflection of Sam's current state of mind, namely his subconscious mind is now broken, dark (blinded) and forlorn. 

The song that than underlines Sam's utter chaotic and hopeless situation, namely 'Solitude' played by Black Sabbath, is from the album 'Master of Reality'. And the master of reality is Toni Bevelle, who from the distance observes Sam and thereby has utterly control over his reality but also his illusions, hence she is the master of his conscious but also his subconscious mind. Master of Reality.

 

- DEAN & MARY & CASTIEL – episode 12x01 'Keep Calm and Carry On'

“Now, I'm gonna give you one chance -- just one -- to hand Sam back.” Dean

 

Now bear with me, because it's getting a little bit technical. 

Chronology and the change of familiar behavior will play a major roll in the Dean & Mary & Castiel scenes, also the coming episode 'Mamma Mia'. At first the shift of chronology is not as visible as one would assume. On closer examination though, one will notice some odd temporal anomalies. Something one wouldn't expect in a show like Supernatural. But when noticed, than they are remarkably striking, one therefor has to assume it was deliberately made. As I had mentioned before, almost nothing in film happens by coincident, it is mostly deliberately planed. The reason is, because film per se is edited. On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music, pacing, as well as the actors' performances to effectively "re-imagine" and even rewrite the film to craft a cohesive whole. Editors usually play a dynamic role in the making of a film. This brings us to continuity editing. In most films, logical coherence is achieved by cutting to continuity, which emphasizes smooth transition of time and space. However, some films incorporate cutting to continuity into a more complex classical cutting technique, one which also tries to show psychological continuity of shots. The montage technique relies on symbolic association of ideas between shots rather than association of simple physical action for its continuity. In conclusion, the noticed subtle continuity anomalies don't occur randomly, they are deliberately made to get the viewers attention, to make the viewer be aware that something strange (out of the norm) is happening in the ongoing narrative.

The most conspicuousness was Jensen's performance or Dean and Mary's behavior. In this case Mary is still an unknown factor to rely on, but not Dean. After 11 years the viewer knows and is familiar with Dean's major (human) characteristics. One of the many characterizations, is Dean's significant protectiveness towards his brother Sam, another, his skills in combat fighting, lets not forget one year in Purgatory, and his stubborn eagerness to get things done asap. He's a shaker and maker, period. Now if these significant characteristics suddenly change and Dean acts in a quit opposite manner, than the viewer would automatically, without deep thinking, notice there is a huge change / shift in the shown narrative, and would come to the conclusion that something out of the norm is going on. 

The setting starts with Dean finding Mary at night in the woods. After clarifying the obvious, the following scene shows them two sitting in a park on a bench. It appears to be early dawn, the park lamps are still on but it's already getting light outside. Dean's jacket is now covering Mary's shoulders. Nothing unusual, the temporal continuity is kept in line, first it's night than dawn, and the protagonist still wear the same clothes. A simple continuity editing. Than Dean and Mary calmly enter the bunker, noticeably Mary is wearing a new outfit. Therefor one can assume they had stopped somewhere to get Mary some clothes, which seems reasonable. 

Until than everything appears to be normal and coherent. Dean interacts with Mary, thereby he's trying to grasp the supernatural event, but also typically Dean, trying to take control in a positive manner. So far, so good, everything seems reasonable, but oddly enough during Dean's encounter with his mother and during their conversation, Sam didn't play a single role. He was only slightly mentioned. Which in retrospect is quite unusual, if one keeps in mind that Dean actually a couple of hours ago just said farewell to his brother and was suppose to die. Now wouldn't it be reasonable if Dean would have been a little bit anxious to get to Sam, to let Sam know he's not dead and and let him know Amara left them a surprise, because he knows Sam is in the meantime suffering and mourning his assumed dead brother? In my opinion the relations don't fit, it feels odd. First we had this highly dramatic, chick-flick sacrificial Dean saves the world event, all are left back in aw and grief. But than oh, Dean survives, than dead mommy comes along and now lets have a relaxed, long pep talk in the park and a shopping tour. The shown calmness doesn't fit the actual drama. Hence a significant brake in continuity, tempo and behavior.

The next significant oddness is when Dean and Castiel fight against the UKMoL thug Watts. I know a lot of viewers truly believe in the “women power propaganda”, but reality is, because of physic and biology (scientific facts) women are not stronger than man. Sorry, therefor this Watts thug beating up Dean, who is a highly trained combat fighter, is very questionable. I mean Dean fights against supernatural entities and survived Purgatory, and now he can't handle a female thug?

I grasp that the thug using warded brass-knuckles is able to knock out the angel Castiel, but did he completely lose his supernatural qualities when he got smacked by this women? Why is the angel pushing the van together with Dean into the bushes and decorating it with branches? He's a supernatural entity, he is not bound to earthly physics, why didn't he just zap the van away or supernaturally hide the van? Does this scene want to tell us that the angel Castiel has absolutely no mojo anymore? Now thanks to Mary the men are saved. Okay I get it, women and especially Mary are awesome, but why is she than having a mental brake down. Until than she was the furious mommy who wanted to get her son back, and now she remembers why she didn't want to hunt anymore? Again her utter mood change at this moment makes no sense, her son is still in dire straits, and she didn't kill an innocent person, she eliminated a threat, an aggressor, somebody who is involved in Sam's kidnapping. Further even if she doesn't like it, she is a hunter herself, she is aware of the consequences, so why suddenly the change of mood? But not only her mood changes but also the temporal continuity changes. Notice after the fight when the Impala drives off, it was broad day light, and than in the car it's suddenly night and in the off the viewer hears the same song that is played after Sam's brake down, namely the Black Sabbath song 'Solitude' from the album 'Master of Reality'.

In my opinion this can't be a coincident. We have in this episode two mental brake downs, namely Sam and Mary, further notice Dean and the angel Castiel appear to be a weak projection of the original. Seeing Sam's torture and Dean and Mary's interaction in context as one picture, than the major theme is than the manufacturing of reality. Hence who's perceived reality is the viewer actually perceiving? 

 

Episode 12x02 'Mamma Mia'

“Signs and Symbols rule the world not words or laws” Confucius

 

The following episode 12x02 'Mamma Mia' is overloaded with signs, symbols and awkward continuity editing. In my opinion actually to much to access, even for the subconscious mind. Therefor I assume that's one of the main reasons why this episode appeared for various viewers to be incoherent and therefor uncomprehending. At the moment I can't tell if it was necessary, not only to overload the episode with signs, symbols and awkward continuity editing, but also with all major actors of the show. Normally SPN would have it's leading actors Jared and Jensen and than approximately two or three guest actors in the show, but 'Mamma Mia' broke the SPN record. This episode must have been extraordinary expensive. Which means CW must have given it's approval to allow such expensive episode. So to say the scriptwriters Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming alone had done an awful job is ignoring the whole industry behind the show and well the making of a show in general.

The episode 'Mamma Mia' starts with the usual recap of past episodes and thereby puts it's focus on Lucifer, Dean, Mary and Sam's torture, hence the viewer will automatically in a couple of seconds comprehend what major topic is going to dominate the coming episode. Naturally the viewer still has the last image in their mind of a broken Sam and Mary. The viewers emotions are already prepared to accept the worst outcome, simply because Sam is still kept as a prisoner of the UKMoL, and Mary is still deeply in thoughts of what her sons had become. 

But what follows is absolutely the opposite of what was expected. Namely Sam having a very vivid romanticized sexual relationship with his torturer Toni Bevelle. Shock and aw! The viewer is stunned. The setting appears to be real, Sam's reaction seems to be authentic, not imposed or forced. But than after a short while the viewers, as like Sam notice something is wrong with the perceived reality and finds out the whole scenery was an illusion, except for the in reality felt intimate interaction. 

 

- NIGHT & MORNING – episode 12x02 'Mamma Mia'

“An hallucination created by potion and powerful spell work.” Toni Bevelle

 

The viewer is now informed that Toni Bevelle has a profound knowledge of the occult and high black magic. Hence Potions and spell work, that can alter and deceive the mind in such realistic manner, show how powerful the UKMoL are. This leads us to the question why is the UKMoL investing such vast effort in getting information that could be easily obtained. Again the relations don't fit, except it's something personal between Toni Bevelle or between the UKMoL and the Winchesters or in general a grand deception. The until now unknown motive will probably reveal itself over time, but right now it's a fact that the UKMoL have resources and not only monetary but also esoteric power to manipulate reality.

The last time we saw Sam sitting brok-ish in the cellar on the stairs, but now he is chained to the chair. The continuity is interrupted. Why? Despite the crafted illusion, what happened in the mean time? How did she get this 6.4 foot man onto the chair and chained again? The viewer is aware that Sam is utterly broken, not only physically but also mentally, but still he wouldn't have simply obliged to her orders and death is not an argument that would make him do what she would force him to do. Therefor is the illusion, the crafted alternative reality still ongoing? Again which reality are the viewers actually perceiving? We had two settings, which one is the real one? 

Because the following monolog by Toni Bevelle is quite interesting. Further if one listens very carefully, one will notice the said, by any logic, doesn't match with the actual 'seen' narrative. Lets not forget she is momentarily braking Sam's mind, thereby she used hardcore magic, namely potion and spell work, so why is she than now saying “Sadly, I can't do the spell again. Your brain would liquify, which we don't want. I'll have to resort to less... pleasant methods.” 

The contradicting is simple, why begin with such elaborated spell if it in the end can't be utilized, and than go back to the physical torture, knowing that pain per se won't have any effect? Except, the created hallucination or alternative reality is still in process. And by using physical force again, she gives Sam the impression, the belief, the illusion the believed hallucination is over, even though it is still ongoing. Hence there are two basic principles of magical deception applicable to all types of deception and not just to those used by magicians. The first rule says that if the magician/deceiver doesn’t treat something as being important (in our case the hallucination / spell), then the one being deceived/victim will not treat it as important. This makes it easy to hide what must be hidden by paying less attention to it. The second rule is that deceiving somebody in the simplest way is best, because it doesn’t matter how they’re deceived, as long as they are deceived. Further according to bona fide magicians, magic is defined as a science and an art that causes change to occur in conformity with their will, meaning the sorcerer can in essence transform reality to his or hers liking usually in accordance with the laws of the universe.

And this, oddly enough leads us to the next Dean and Mary scene. I know, I know... I'm repeating my self, but it has to be said again, remember in film nothing happens by coincident. What the viewer sees on film has been deliberately edited, even the assumed errors, anti-climax or what ever.

The last time we saw Dean, Mary and Castiel in the Impala at night, all hanging in their own thoughts. Knowing that Sam is held in Aldrich Missouri. The following scene opens with Dean casually sitting in the bunker having a cup of coffee, in front of him on the table lies the laptop, and thereby talking to Castiel on the phone. Castiel is already in Aldrich, it is still night time, and he say's to Dean he will call back in the morning. 

The peculiar thing is, why did they drive back to the bunker? There is no logical need for the bunker. Why not go to a motel in Aldrich and start researching and searching from there, it saves time. Time is the most precious commodity, when some one is missing further injured. And why send the angel to do the foot work, until now Dean had never or seldom used the angel for such task? Than Dean talking to the angel about his insecurities towards his mom. Dean doesn't talk openly, and especially not with the angel, about his insecurities. This all is not how Dean in general would act, especially when knowing Sam is in danger. And the long time viewer is aware of this, and this is the reason why it feels utterly wrong. Jensen's performance, hence the whole scenario in itself acts like a symbol, a neon sign, it appears to be the opposite of what the viewer in such situation would expect, the tune of the setting is calm and slack not tensed and strained. I assume what has been shown is from someone else perception, someone who doesn't know Dean by heart and only guesses how Dean could act in such situation. Again who's reality are the viewers actually perceiving or WHAT reality?

The easiness of the scene, which contradicts the actual narrative, goes even further. Not only are Dean and Mary now at the bunker, but they are taking their time to get refreshed, change clothes and even get comfy. Mary arrives on the scene dressed in a bathrobe and asks in an obvious casual manner if there are any information concerning Sam. Why is she wearing a bathrobe? Again time is precious, ask any real police detective how every hour counts, whole police sequels conditioned the viewer to comprehend how important time is during a rescue mission, geez even films are based on this concept like for instance the movie “Taken”, which btw is titled in Germany “96 Hours”. 

The viewer is aware of the temporal continuity, it's still in the middle of the night, the angel Castiel was shown outside in the dark and he clearly mentioned he will contact Dean in the morning. The only reason for Mary to wear a bathrobe at this moment would be she want's to go to bed or take a shower and get comfortable. Even Dean took his time to change his clothes. Both are signaling they are not in a hurry. Further take their time to have an emotional talk. Where Mary than out the blue takes responsibility for what happened in the past with Sam. Hence, right at the beginning of the show, the viewer is informed, that Mary straight ahead takes responsibility for her actions. This tells / signals us, she is self-confident and accepts her wrong doing, without fussing around. But than again, the revelation feels displaced, such a catharsis would fit after a dramatic act. The dialog, their demeanor, Mary's confession doesn't fit into the setting or narrative. It's not the right time. It's like looking at a surreal scenery, everything is at place but it feels unrealistic. 

 

- DEAN and MARY – episode 12x02 'Mamma Mia'

- “He was a great father” - Mary

 The next scene with Dean and Mary gets even weirder. Dean, hours later, is still in the same position by the table, drinking coffee and still looking at the laptop. Was he sitting there all the time, not bothered or anxious, just staring at the surveillance videos? Further why isn't he gathering information about the UKMoL, I mean he is sitting in a MoL bunker, they are the enemy right now, duh.

This scene truly tells the viewer something odd is going on. Okay, Mary than walks easily into the room, now fully dressed. Dean than asks her how she slept. Right at this moment the viewer is informed that she indeed went to bed, further she answers Dean by saying, the whole time she slept she had dreams, dreams about John and how a great father he was. Notice again the tempo and dialog don't fit into the Sam rescue narrative, the rescue dynamic as well the brotherly dynamic is utterly missing. Further, notice how John is right from the beginning always on Mary's mind, not only conscious but now also on a subconscious level. John is Mary's epicenter. Not missing Sam, nor Dean. I will get into this obvious Mary / John topic in an extra separate analysis. Than like Castiel had said, he calls back in the morning telling Dean he found the location were Sam is being held. The temporal continuity is coherent, the angel is shown calling Dean at broad daylight. Finally (it took a while) Dean and Mary are on their way to Aldrich, Missouri. 

Another prove that the temporal continuity is coherent and at this moment of importance, can be seen after the cut, namely than comes a Sam scene, and attention please, notice what Toni Bevelle clearly says, right, good morning to Sam. Further she changed her clothes and is now dressed in a ladies suit. It is very significant how SPN truly tries to tell the viewer three times in a row it is 'morning' now. Hence Castiel says he will call back in the morning, Dean asking Mary how she slept indicate it is morning time and Bevelle says to Sam good morning. Such repeated elements in a film act as a motive / pattern and have a symbolic meaning. Motifs strengthen a story by adding images and ideas to the theme present throughout the narrative. And in our case the viewer is suppose to be truly aware of the given coherent time line. The image 'morning' time is the major key element in this episode. From the beginning of the episode until now the Sam, Dean, Mary and Castiel scenes followed precisely a coherent temporal continuity. This is important, so please keep in mind it is 'morning' time. Dean and Mary left the bunker during the morning time. 

 

- The Rescue Plot – episode 12x02 'Mamma Mia”

- “Dean?” - Sam

The following scene, Dean and Mary are in the Impala on their way to Castiel at Aldrich – ATTENTION – is now dark and nighttime!

A total brake in the temporal continuity! They are driving through the night, a rainy night. First morning than without any logical or natural reason it's suddenly nighttime. Similar to the last episode where the three dove off at daytime, but than – cut - it was nighttime. The perceived 'reality' changed. Now which reality is the real one? Is the 'daytime' the alternative reality and the 'nighttime' the original reality or vice versa? Or is the 'daytime' an illusion and the 'nighttime' reality or vice versa? Personally I can't decipher precisely which is which. I can only assume, based on intuition as a long time viewer, that the rainy 'nighttime' scene in the car, appeared to be the real McCoy. It seemed more authentic, further the rainy 'nighttime' scene mentioned for the first time Sam as an individual. Furthermore it's the first time, after Mary's resurrection, that she can not only see, but also feel Dean's expressed admiration for his brother. A significant and important brotherly emotion the knowing viewer until now had utterly missed. 
 

Fast forward Dean and Mary arrive at their meeting point where Castiel is already waiting. Notice, it's now daytime! Again in the car on their way to Aldrich it was nighttime, now at the farm it's daytime. The temporal brake has been reversed, the temporal continuity is now coherent again. And than as before the viewer is confronted with an awkward Dean.

 A Dean who ignores all strategic and tactical moves. A Dean who has issues with mommy, a trained HUNTER by his side. Who ignores given info for instance “the place is heavily worded”, and since Magnus and his grandpa Henry, he knows the MoL in general have all kind of heavy duty magical shit in petto. But beside these marginally contradicting behavior patterns, the most IMO disturbing scenery was Dean being captured and held by this estimated 5.5 foot skinny, on high heels, women Bevelle. Sorry, but something is awfully wrong here. Even with those lose shackles, which were loosely hanging around his wrists, he could have easily over powered Toni Bevelle. It's like in a dream where one knows one can't overpower the villain and thereby the loose shackles only symbolize the lack of strength and power.

 So there must be a reason for Dean's very obvious anti-Dean behavior. Another indication of Dean not being Dean was his lack of reaction when seeing Sam beaten and chained to the chair. Our familiar Dean would have been shocked and furious, not calm and sassy. Now because (anti-) Dean wasn't able to rescue Sam, Mary than saves the day by overwhelming Bevelle where than (anti-) Dean, who suddenly, after seeing mommy in danger, can free himself, than takes over. Knocks Bevelle out, and thereby unbinds the than during the fight used Chinese binding spell, and et voila, ta ta rescues a seemingly 'healthy' and 'cognitive', but still tied up Sam. To be than surprised by a new UKMoL player named Mike, who than excuses in a sophisticated manner Bevelle's naughty behavior towards Sam. And well Sam, beaten up, electrocuted, burned, suffering hypothermia, probably dehydration, who knows has hunger too, drugged up to the gills with hallucinogenics, potions and let's not forget the magic spells, notices with out any hesitation Dean and Mary right away, even though assumed dead, and than miraculously stands next to his rescuers as if nothing unusual had happened. Makes sense? Nope.

Okay, now a few viewers will say the angel Castiel healed Sam, which is a good argument, because Castiel heals the brothers all the time. Hence no big deal. Except a) why does Castiel have now angel power but the episode before, after the fight he lacked angel power. And b) the angelic healing process act was until now always(!) played out on screen or like in “Red Meat” indicated by being in a medical facility. Saying the viewer until now directly observed and thereby witnessed the healing process. However this time such angelic healing act wasn't directly witnessed, the viewer could only assume / guess / believe / imagine the angelic healing process took place. Consequently this unfamiliar non-acting can only imply something unusual is happening. The lack of Dean comforting Sam, than Sam calmly accepting Dean and Mary's existence without any mental difficulties and the non witnessed angelic healing are huge red signs signaling in my opinion a surreal SPN reality.

The temporal editing and illogical / contradicting performance signal in a bright fashion, that truly something is out of the ordinary. So to say the scriptwriters were incompetent, is simply not true, because the viewer got tons of hints and signals literally telling and showing the viewer that something out of the SPN norm is going on. Remember when Kevin was confronted with the Sam and Dean (demon) imposters? Remember what he said when asked how he knew they weren't the real brothers? Correct, he said the imposters acted too nice, they were too friendly to him. And in a similar way we have the same situation, but instead of too friendly and nice attributes, the viewer got a very obvious impassioned, weak and contradicting Dean and a fantastic, unrealistic roly-poly Sam doll. Hence something is rotten in Denmark.

- THE SUPREME ILLUSION – episode 12x02 'Mamma Mia'

- “... fills in the biggest blank” - Sam

As if until now the given hints, editing, signals and symbolism weren't enough, SPN goes even further in deliberately pointing out that something surreal, unreal is momentarily going on. Simply because SPN knows the audience will be unsatisfied with the seen 'brotherly reunion', especially after Jensen, Jared and Mr. Singer had openly announced, during conventions and press meetings, that the reunion would be totally awesome. Therefor the SPN crew is aware the audience would be displeased and well furious with the shown unfamiliar and contradicting event. To make sure the viewers truly comprehend, that the observed oddities were in fact really seen and not something based on some 'felt' feelings, SPN deliberately placed an object, that could have, by any means, never truly existed in the Supernatural familiar ongoing narrative, namely nothing other than the AU Camp Chitaqua photo in John's diary. The diary handed over to Mary by Sam.

Notice how Mary reacts, when opening the diary, she recognizes John's military insignia's right away. Hence the Marine Corps weapons (highest) qualification badge “Rifle Expert”, than under the badge follows the military ribbons (Bronze Star Medal / Purple Heart / MC Good Conduct / Vietnam Service Medal), than under the military ribbons follows a black & white photo of John in military outfit. These items are very familiar to her, bear precious memories of the past, of John, objects to which only she can relate too. For a short moment she closes her eyes and gasps, it hurts when thinking of the past. Than she moves on and finds next to John's photo another black & white photo of a group of men, armed with weapons in a non military style but guerrilla like fashion. She looks at it, but than visibly shakes her head, signaling the audience, that this photo doesn't tell her anything, there is no connection, no relation.

But in comparison to Mary, the audience(!) can relate to the photo, the long time viewer knows the connections, knows this photo depicting Camp Chitaqua, can impossibly exist. Because it depicts a non existing reality, an illusion, deliberately created by the angel Zachariah in season 5 episode 04 “The End”. Further an illusion or alternative reality, which only Dean and the viewer is aware of. THIS is the most ever amazing scene in the whole episode. The Supernatural crew is DIRECTLY corresponding with the audience. Actively telling the audience, what they had seen on TV, during this episode, is an illusion. Therefor to say the prep department made a mistake is quite ignorant. Because the photo is not a 'passive' decoration, just put in to fill the setting, it was deliberately placed as an 'active' prep, a 'silent' tool to enforce the ongoing narrative. Notice the protagonist Mary is obviously interacting with the prep, hence no accident. 
 
Despite the unreal photo of Camp Chitaqua, Mary and Dean have photo's of the past, to which they can relate to, photo's which validate their memories but are also a material object connecting to the past. A moment in time preserved on a piece of paper. Except for Sam, he has no pictures to which he can connect to. No material objects that serve as evidence his memories can rely on. In comparison to Dean and Mary, who are at the same moment looking at photos, Sam is lying on his bed and staring at the ceiling fan. Here in this scene the ceiling fan is the dominant object. At first the viewer sees the rotating fan, a fan whirling around and around without end. Than the viewer sees Sam lying under the rotating fan. But because of the circling propeller blades the view is interrupted, Sam appears only fractured, out and in of place. The camera moves than back up to the endless rotating fan, a cut occurs than the camera focuses on Sam's face showing the viewer Sam looking up to the fan in a mesmerizing state of mind. The fan symbolizes repetition, further symbolizes in an abstract form something that’s happening has happened before. The last time the mesmerizing effects of a fan in combination with Sam could be seen in episode 4x21 'When The Levee Brakes' during Sam's enforced detox in Bobby's bunker, where the huge ceiling fan endlessly rotated during Sam's hallucinations of his mother and brother. Again a used familiar situation out of the past put into the present.


The viewer is aware of the Men of Letters capacity in mingling with the occult, he or she met Henry Winchester deliberately manipulating time by using spells and ritualistic magic, as like Cuthbert Sinclair consciously manipulating perception and perceived reality, which btw caused hallucinations, also by using spells and ritualistic magic. Therefor in conclusion it isn't far fetched to claim Toni Bevelle, a British Men of Letters member, could be truly in a nefarious way manipulating Sam's perceived reality. Anything goes.

-  Reality  -

“...you live in the Men of Letters bunker, awash in the world's greatest collection of occult knowledge, and yet you know nothing.” Toni Bevelle

Never before on a show have truer words been said, various viewers, as like me at first insulted the show makers of being incapable of creating a story the way the viewer had expected and wanted the story to be, BUT this is not their task. The only obligation the long running show 'Supernatural' has, is to create STORIES based on the magical world of 'Supernatural'. And for crying out loud they nailed it!! They created a magical reality hidden in a familiar 'Supernatural' reality, and the only way to find out which reality is which, is simply by knowing the used hidden aka occult techniques and trusting the known and familiar characterizations. 
 
All in all both episodes 12x01-02 are a beautiful enigma wrapped in a deception, wrapped in an illusion, wrapped in magic.
Who is the – Master of Reality - ?

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Mature Thoughts on SPN 11x23 “Alpha and Omega”

Everything is relative

OR

When the sun of culture is low, even dwarfs will cast long shadows.

-Karl Kraus (Austrian writer 1874-136)

 

An easy to read but long esoteric season eleven analysis, further some thoughts on Jeremy Carver and his time during SPN, but will now excuse Andrew Dabb, the script writer of the final episode, because I don't know if he had to clean up Jeremy Carver's over the years caused mess. 

This post is going to be long, so get your self a nice cup of coffee, tee or cocoa and some cookies, ice cream or what ever, have fun discovering the deeper unseen or hidden philosophies of SPN. 

 

I'm astonished how easy people can be simply pleased, one just has to show some emotional trigger elements and everybody is happy. Ahhh look the brothers hugged, ah Dean said brother to the celestial entity aka Castiel, ohh Dean said family, ah look god is sooo human, ain't that sweet and Amara was just a little bit depressed....

Sorry, but really? Is that all the viewer needs? No interest in a good coherent told story anymore?

IMO season 11 sucked, it didn't work for me. And especially the last three episodes, namely 11x21, 11x22 and 11x23, were heavily disappointing. I mean the Castiel / Lucifer story was already awful, it broke all SPN rules, canon and moral & ethical and common standards but than showing an ultimate omnipotent, infinite, multidimensional, for the human mind not comprehensible god figure that than obviously interacts with the brothers in a humanized manner, was just disastrous and a big NO NO!

Not even Dante, Boccaccio, Goethe, Dostojewski or Tolkien dared to use such omnipotent figure in their stories. Simply because using a Deus ex Machina as a solution for a plot is utter, crappy storytelling!

If you want a good 'Darkness' story, than I would recommend @ameliacarful 's “Hearts & Needles”(X), trust me you won't be disappointed.

Further glossing over Sam's traumatic history with the celestial being Lucifer is just absolutely stunning. I mean in what kind of society to we live in when tortured souls like Sam's are not even acknowledged and are just being deliberately and utterly ignored? Where a simple hug and sweet talk clears and redeems the perpetrators deliberately made atrocities. Is it that easy? If so than Ted Bundy a serial killer, kidnapper, rapist and necrophile, who tortured and killed 30 men and women, would just need to hug and pep talk to one of the victims parents or sibling and than everything is honky dory. Right? (sarcasm out)

Additionally a disturbing aspect of what had been shown, was the blatantly narrated and shown illogical mixture of Materialistic and Metaphysical philosophies and eastern religion. Yes I know some of you assume, just because angels, demons, the celestial being Lucifer and a god like figure is portrait it automatically has to be in some kind of manner Christian mythology. But it isn't, the reason why it's not in any way Christian is the simple fact that Jesus is kept out of the story. Christianities foundation is purely based on Jesus, he is the ultimate earthly binding link to God. And it's him whom a true Christian worships. You don't have to believe me, just read the main source, namely the New Testament. Is Jesus being portrait in SPN? No, therefore SPN shown story has absolutely nothing to do with Christianity. But everything to do with propagating materialistic religious paganism.

Some of you viewers out there assume to be highly educated, but what do you really know? Do you have knowledge of the driving major philosophies that determine our world mind set? Do you know anything about secretly kept ancient philosophies that are still taught until today and secretly determine our world view and behavior? Have you ever questioned if the ideas and knowledge that you have been taught by so called authorities are valid? Or just accept the taught because an authoritarian figure said it's true and therefor one shouldn't scrutinize the given knowledge and accept what is told as an absolute fact.

This is the main dilemma of our modern time as like in the middle ages, people are being told what to believe through media and authorities but not what they should truly know.

What SPN had shown us in the last episodes and finale of season eleven was relativism and dualism teachings at it's finest. Was it deliberately made, I have to assume yes. But that doesn't mean the SPN script writers, director and editor consciously knew what they were propagating. Lets not forget the media in general is only mirroring and thereby through repeated propaganda is shapeing the driving Zeitgeist aka mind set of society, which is in our days nothing other than cultural Marxism, propagandized through the Frankfurt School, which is based on Materialistic, Reductionist and Empirical philosophy and eastern religions / paganism.

Lets go esoteric or The meta of the meta 

All that said, now some meat to the potatoes.

First of all my text has nothing to do with hating the show, scaring or influencing the reader, but to evoke curiosity and share knowledge. By simply knowing one can make an informed decision, and doesn't have to rely on belief or feel good mentality. And thereby can avoid manipulation.

Or as the philosopher Immanuel Kant said:

“Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another.”

One of my major critics of SPN is humanizing God. God is NOT a human being!

The term "secular humanism" basically relates to bring-ing God down to a human level and making a god out of man or lifting man up to a god state. Man is the ultimate end of all. "If it feels good do it." "Do whatever you feel is good for you." We've brought God down; we've lifted man up and made a god out of him. This is the deifying of man after the humanizing of God. We become our own gods. That's the philosophy in the world today. The world says, "Let's bring God down to a human level and man up to a god level. Man is the end of all."

Once you do that you minimize sin or moral & ethical standards. There are no more absolutes. Everybody is his own god and therefore each has his own standards. Everything then is "relative," with nothing black-and-white but all a neutral gray.

So, you in your own world do what's right in your own eyes. Another person is his own boss and does what is right in his own eyes, with everyone having his own standards.

What is "secular humanism"? First, Secular Humanism is a worldview. That is, it is a set of beliefs through which one interprets all of reality—something like a pair of glasses. Second, Secular Humanism is a religious worldview. Do not let the word “secular” mislead you. The Humanists themselves would agree that they adhere to a religious worldview. According to the Humanist Manifestos I & II: Humanism is "a philosophical, religious, and moral point of view."

Not all humanists, though, want to be identified as “religious,” because they understand that religion is (supposedly) not allowed in American public education. To identify Secular Humanism as a religion would eliminate the Humanists' main vehicle for the propagation of their faith. And it is a faith, by their own admission. The Humanist Manifestos declare: "These affirmations [in the Manifestos] are not a final credo or dogma but an expression of a living and growing faith."

In the end, without the people knowing, we have two forms of religion based on two different philosophies, namely a) The belief in men and scientism, which is based on a materialistic world view and further unknown to the masses propagated eastern religions / paganism wrapped in a comfy feel good New Age agenda. And than we have b) The belief in God and the supra-natural, which is based on a metaphysical world view.

Here lies the dilemma with the TV show 'Supernatural'. In the beginning of the show, the creator and producer of SPN Eric Kripke tried(!) to tell a classical type of drama and thereby tried(!) to differentiated between these two major philosophies, further kept God out of the equation and rarely humanized the metaphysical celestial beings, furthermore demons or monsters are evil and men are portrayed as they are, namely flawed but good at heart. Jeremy Carver on the other hand (deliberately?) broke the borders between the two philosophies and focused more on the materialistic and esoteric eastern belief system. This is the reason, why canon of the show is being deliberately neglected further causes major confusion. Because mixing two philosophies, plus depicting eastern esoteric all together is simply illogical and therefore non-sense.

'Humanizing God' leads us automatically to 'humanizing Lucifer'. Which of course fits perfectly into the abolishing of absolutes. Since there are now no absolutes, there can be no more 'absolute evil'. Everything is relative. This kind of mind set will cause confusion. And to minimize the upcoming confusion in the viewers mind, there than has to be an explanation given which is than based on emotions instead of reason. And in our case would be simply 'the evilness of Lucifer was caused because he was / is a misunderstood son'. Now the horror and trauma Lucifer consciously caused has to be deliberately neglected or relativized. That is why I assume SPN edited the scene's where Sam expressed his feelings about Lucifer to Chuck. Simply because showing Sam's individual trauma, which Lucifer had consciously caused, would contradict the shown demeanor of Lucifer being a misunderstood son. 

And here lies the dilemma with relativism, if there is no evil, than there are no victims of evil.

Further a reason why Dean's lack of verbal or physical actions towards Lucifer, the torturer of his brother, in the MoL's bunker contradicted Dean's usual ultimate protective behavior towards his brother. And a lot of viewers noticed Dean's OOC behavior and pointed it out. Jeremy Carver had to bend the major characteristics of the leading protagonist and consciously neglect their absolute characterization. Without doing so, his 'relativism' construct hidden behind emotional trigger elements, wouldn't have fitted into the given known narrative of SPN. 

Having this in mind, one will than comprehend why Darkness (portrayed as a humanized Amara) 'evil' actions on earth were suddenly in the final episode meaningless. Let's not forget around twenty episodes the viewer was shown and told that Darkness / Amara was the absolute evil in the universe. No angel or demon nor Death could compete with 'her'. Darkness was the ultimate destroyer of not only mankind but also the universe. But than out of nowhere Darkness suddenly changed it's attitude. Don't forget there were no given indications that Darkness would change it's absolute destructing behavior. Now after having a short human(ized) 'emotional' pep talk with the pigeon lady, Dean and Chuck, it's past absolute destructing actions were not absolute anymore but relatively insignificant or lets say forgettable. By changing the narrative from absolute to relative, the whole season 11 became hollow, incoherent and therefor unbelievable.

 A further shown 'relativism' in the final episode was the interaction's between Rowena (a witch), Crowley (a demon), Dean and Sam. Remember Kripke / SPN canon? Dean:”I hate witches” and Sam:”I hate demons”. The term 'hate' is an absolute claim, a misinterpretation can not occur.

Again in the season final Jeremy Carver miraculously changed (by using comedy = emotional trigger) these absolute statements made by the major protagonists of the show and than erased or relativized the given canon. The result Dean having no issue working with Rowena and Sam having no issue working with Crowley in the final episode.

Furthermore by portraying Rowena and Crowley in a comedian fashion, their absolute metaphysical 'evil' nature disappeared and they morphed into boring and disturbed but likeable materialistic humanized individuals. SPN is now 'Married With Children'.

Objectively we witnessed in the final episode how Jeremy Carver transformed metaphysical entities with an absolute 'evil' demeanor into tamed materialistic neutral gray humanized characters.

All depicted 'evil' characters turned out to be just misunderstood humanized children and siblings, who simply wanted to be accepted.

Crowley the son of Rowena

Lucifer the son of Chuck

Amara the sister of Chuck

….kum ba yah, all gathered in the bunker, to save the planet. We are one happy world family....

When Carver as an executive producer took over, everything changed. I remember once around season eight Carver mentioned he would break the brothers to build them up again. At that time I didn't comprehend what he truly meant. I mean the brothers were already mentally broken, why the need to break them more?

Now looking back I grasp what Carver truly meant, not the brothers but the overall classical concept Eric Kripke created had to be 'broken'. And precisely this happened.

Retrospective J. Carver started season eight with the purgatory. Interesting to say the least.

Purgatory is commonly regarded as a cleansing by way of painful temporal punishment, which, like the eternal punishment of hell, is associated with the idea of fire. One has to mention though, the purgatory idea is a Catholic dogma which arose around the the 12. century AD and is NOT based on bible scripture. (Further the purgatory dogma of the Catholic church was one of the major reason why the priest and scholar Martin Luther arose against the Roman institution aka Catholic church.)

That said, Carver used an occult alchemical, hermetic technique, namely one has to destroy the old, to achieve something new. Order out of chaos. 

This is what we viewers literally have seen, and the reason why a lot of SPN viewers were flabbergasted when watching the brothers interacting with each other. The leading protagonists of the show were suddenly acting totally out of character. Further season eight was also the moment when J. Carver broke the classical unique SPN concept of an individual family and introduced the new idea that every one, no matter if monster or human can now be a Winchester family member. Family now is relative and not absolute. Carver's family is now socialized and not an unique and individual construct anymore. 

 A further important theme Carver changed over the years is the meaning of consequences in general. Kripke showed us that actions have consequences and can hurt others, no matter if made out of love aka blinded by emotions, being uniformed or even informed. An action causes always a reaction, this is plain logic, reality and good storytelling. 

Carver on the other hand just deliberately ignores consequences. Carver started every season with all kind of dramatic events but never ended them, on the contrary he than shoves a new dramatic event into the ongoing story and thereby governs the viewer into another direction hoping that the viewer will forget that something during the ongoing storyline is missing. The deception works because he than uses emotional scenes that than override reason. Of course this kind of chaotic storytelling is the result of relativism.

And a majority of viewers have subconsciously noticed the chaotic storytelling without knowing why. Tons of 'meta' had been written by viewers trying to explain Dean & Sam's behavior, thereby using all kind of psychological or emotional explanations, hence trying to bring logic into the seen awkwardness. 

The hidden mind set

Immoral monster's are not that bad, you know it's relative, evil spirits aka demons the same. They are not absolutely evil, you know it's relative. Immoral human blood sucking monster's can now be true and real brothers, chosen brothers can now come and go, so seriously who cares if they get killed, we will find a new one. Demon's are just humans that had a bad childhood. Crowley, the demon and king of Hell, an immoral mass murderer, who once even wanted to eliminate the Winchester's, deliberately caused Sam pain and KILLED Sam's friend Sahra is now the friendly neighbor on speed dial. Rowena, an immoral mass murderer is just a fan girl who loves the extremes, nothing to worry about. Metatron, jeez please, forget that the celestial entity deliberately KILLED Dean and Kevin. The NOT human Demon-Dean KILLING an innocent young boy and humans, ...who cares, come on what a big deal. Werewolves are just big puppies. The celestial being Lucifer, well luck wasn't on his side, so give him a chance and thereby forget that he want's to DESTROY mankind and TORTURED Sam for eon's further wanted to KILL Sam after being released by a humanized, not very intelligent celestial being going by the name of Castiel. The entity Castiel that manipulated and lied to the Winchesters, who deliberately HURT and ABUSED Sam and Dean, KILLED hundreds of humans and angels, who caused civil war in heaven, has no clue about the supra-natural, but hey that was yesterday, today he is now a real brother. Oh and ignore bodily autonomy, it's just one of the MAJOR UNIVERSAL(!) human rights, you know abusing it in the name of love is totally acceptable.

Ohhh and BTW put the blame on Sam!

This Ladies and Gentleman is a summary of the seasons 8-11, Jeremy Carvers SPN legacy. Don't expect any logic or rules, because there aren't any, well because... everything is relative.

In the beginning of my text I wasn't sure if J. Carver consciously changed the inner structure of the TV show SPN, but now I am absolutely(!) sure he knew what he was doing.

First of all he is an invisible person in Hollywood. Which is very odd and suspicious, it is a known fact Hollywood is the place where people are the product and a public figure. One will not find any biography of him on IMBd or Wikipedia, just compare Eric Kripke's biography with Carver's one will notice the difference right away.

Than we have the BBC remake series 'Being Human', which he co-developed for the US SIFI channel together with his wife. The significance of the show is immoral monster's portrayed as everyday 'normal' humans. Again he is 'humanizing' and thereby normalizing monsters that don't belong to the moral community. And now he is writing a TV series for CW / WB based on the film 'Frequency', and thereby changes the gender of the original story, social engineering at it's best.

Conspicuously Carver hasn't created anything on his own, 'SPN' was created by Eric Kripke, 'Being Human' is originally a BBC TV show and 'Frequency' is a film made in the year 2000.

What he only does, he changes the inner core of a series to propagate in a subliminal manner a today wanted hidden mind set. Actually what Hollywood in general does, is only 'social engineered' remakes.

A mind set that propagates everything is possible, no more moral, ethical, or natural aka biological rules / laws to follow, laws which had subconsciously and consciously guided and determined through out centuries western (European) mankind's thinking and demeanor. Since there are now no 'believed' boundaries anymore, because everything is relative, it is believed mankind's conscious will evolve into a higher state of being and the result would be, so believed, man becomes gods themselves.

You may be skeptical about such statements, but our higher echelon leaders and elites in politics or science are not, they truly believe in this kind of materialistic philosophy and religion and promote such 'ideologies' through out media and universities. I heavily suspect Carver is one of them promoters. Surly I have no evidence, except his very obvious media work and lack of appearance as a Hollywood TV series producer and script writer on the internet and social network.

 “Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.” 

-Confucius.

How do I know Carver or Hollywood in general is pushing and promoting an agenda? The used topic's, symbols and terminology show and tell me ad hoc what I need to know.

“If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it? The recent practice of propaganda has proved that it is possible...” -Edward Bernays 

He called this scientific technique of opinion-molding the engineering of consent.

 

'He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.' 

- George Orwell

Now just by recognizing the observed on the series, which Carver had presented us over the years, I knew in a way he was manipulating perception. Until the last episodes I couldn't define definitely what he was trying to achieve, but the hint was given in episode 11x23 when mentioned the whole universal, cosmic balance of dark and light (black & white) and yin and yang mind set. Not only mentioned but even shown, Chuck / male morphed into white 'smoke' (yang) and Amara / female morphed into black 'smoke' (yin) and than they intertwined and became one.

I mean how obvious can it get?

So if one assumes SPN is showing Christian mythology, than guess what, it isn't. It's only manipulating the unknown viewer perception to believe such. Because the title of the final episode of 11x23 'Alpha & Omega' has absolutely nothing to do with what was shown.

I started with the ideology of relativism, which mostly defines the humanist religion. Hence there is no absolute truth except man himself, ergo man becomming gods.

This kind of thinking is the result of a perverted western form of the occult Chinese Book of changes (I Ching) which is associated with Taoism and Yin and Yang.

  

The terms Yin and Yang merely refer to opposites in nature: light and shadow, positive and negative, masculine and feminine, etc. But in the hands of the Taoists, they became a mystical unity of opposites and a declaration of moral relativism, denying the existence of universal moral standards. The Yin and the Yang are in continual cyclical motion, first one dominant and then the other. The seed of Yin is in the Yang and vice versa, as indicated by the dots in either side of the symbol. 

Most importantly, good and evil, right and wrong are also subject to the law of Yin and Yang. Chuang Tzu said: “Take no heed of time, nor of right and wrong” (Chuang Tzu, 2). Also: “If we say that anything is good or evil because it is either good or evil in our eyes, then there is nothing which is not good, nothing which is not evil. Those who would have right without its correlative wrong, or good government without its correlative misrule—they do not apprehend the great principles of the universe.”

This moral relativism is the same as the gnostic “Power of Light” and “Power of Darkness” ideology present in the West in Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. As seen, it is this aspect of Taoism.

Since it represent monism (all is one) and pantheism (all is God), it opposes Christianity, which shows us that there is only one God (monotheism), and only in Christ can we be one.

To bad that nobody will or can ask J. Carver why the final episode wasn't titled 'Yin and Yang' or 'The Power of Light and Darkness', it truly would have been a honest decision.

Alpha and Omega 

Now when J. Carver deliberately used the NT bible reference for the final episode, namely 'Alpha and Omega', he KNEW viewers would subconsciously believe the shown topic has in one way or other to do with Christianity, and geez this sucks. Seriously it sucks, because nobody will research if the said and shown in the episode is valid. Nope, not at all, why check if one only needs to parrot what is said or shown on TV.

(please excuse my rant)

The alpha (Ἄλφα) and omega ( Ὦ [ωμέγα] ) are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and a title of Christ. The term Alpha and Omega comes from the phrase "I am the alpha and the o[mega]", an appellation of Jesus in the Book of Revelation.

“I am Alpha and O[mega], the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Revelation 22:13 (ἐγὼ τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος.) In the original Greek, the Omega is not spelled out as is the Alpha. Why? Because Christ is the beginning, and the beginning is already completed. But the end is yet to be; so, He didn't spell out the Omega in this instance. One day He will complete God's program. This is a very interesting detail in the Greek text.

This phrase is only mentioned three times in the entire Bible but clearly it is Jesus Christ. We find all three of these phrases in the Book of Revelation.

As one now can comprehend the shown content on SPN doesn't correlate with western Christian belief or mythology. J. Carver the executive producer of SPN deliberately mislead the viewers, by knowing the audience would automatically associate the given names and topics with the Bible.

On the contrary he propagated IMO a very questionable 'relativism' ideology hidden behind subliminal emotional trigger elements.

This is the main trick Jeremy Carter and like every one in the media / PR industry had done. It is a known scientific fact emotions have the power to override even the most rational decisions. Studies confirmed what Plato had postulated thousands of years earlier: affect and not cognition is the major determinant of action and belief. The evidence of the manipulation through depicted emotional scenes can be witnessed by scrolling through tumblr. The brotherly hug at the cemetery, Sam's shown grief or Dean's dialog with the celestial being Castiel, were the most depicted posts after the final episode had aired. Further some viewers commented the final episode had 'shown' what they expected to see and therefor were not disappointed. In the end the major inconsistencies of the show were deliberately ignored to keep up the comfy feel good feeling.

Personally I don't like being messed around with, and I don't like it when others without their knowing are being deliberately manipulated. Simply because I grew up in West-Berlin during the cold war, therefor I know how propaganda can mess with people's perception.

All I want is a dynamic but coherent story. Eric Kripke gave us viewers a beautiful classical story with two absolutely remarkable actors, sadly to say Carver trashed it for his IMO own belief. I hope the future episodes in season 12 will bring back the known and familiar Winchester flair.