Are the rumours true that the Island in Lost is based on the prophecies of American psychic Edgar Cayce? Edgar Cayce’s prophecies concerning the past, present and future of the Island of Atlantis coincide with the storyline of the Lost creators on a number of convincing points –
- Atlantis was long ruled by two factions, the ‘good’ Sons of the Law of One, and the ‘evil’ Sons of Belial. Each side desired to harness the power of Atlantis to different ends, one peaceful and humanistic, and one militaristic and greedy.
- He predicted the Island of Atlantis would ‘rise again’ in 1968/69 – a time period that coincides with the establishment of Dharma on the Island.
- Atlantis underwent three major catastrophes and the final destruction was caused when the ‘crystal’ at the centre of the Island became overcharged and caused a massive explosion.
- The ‘records’ of Atlantis are under the Sphinx at Giza, and the Atlantian people are intimately related to the Egyptians as many moved there before the deluge (remember the hieroglyphs in the hatch, and the four-toed statue of Taweret, an Egyptian God).
- The people of Atlantis had physical deformities we would now consider stranger but were commonplace at the time, having bred with animalistic lines (Back to Taweret, the four toed statue and indeed all the Egyptian Gods). =
- Many people alive today are the reincarnated souls of Atlantians and are destined to ‘face similar temptations’ again. (Remember John Locke having to choose an item as a child, a similar method by which they tell the reincarnation of religious figures)
- The people of Atlantis, developed 'electrical forces' capable of overcoming gravity, moving things from place to place, going through walls and traveling over long distances. They utilized similar ‘automatons’ to carry out work on the Island.
- He spoke of a controlling entity which sought to interpret and direct the power of the Island called Deui, which is pronounced DAR, or D-R.
Reading through the ‘prophecies’ of Edgar Cayce (which are at times confused and difficult to follow) there are many strokes of language that also chime with Lost sentiments, the use of Biblical terminology, the references to temples and psychic manifestations. It seems that this theory might just hold water.
Hello DDemeter: I wrote a post on another site a couple of years ago about the similarities between Edgar Cayce and Lost and I covered a lot of what you have mentioned here. Unfortunately, the site no longer exists so I won’t be able to direct you to that post…
ReplyDeleteI agree with a lot of the connections that you have made, and what I find most interesting in regards to Cayce is that in his readings he mentions the future arrival of a John or John Peniel. According to Cayce this John will be an important spiritual messenger for the future of the world. And, with the arrival of this John will come "the new order of things."
Sounds a bit like John Locke! Don’t you think?
Also, the name Peniel has connections with biblical Jacob...From Genesis: So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen an entity (God) face to face, yet my life is preserved."
Cayce has also suggested in his readings that the John or John Peniel that he speaks of will be an incarnation of biblical Jacob…
Peniel can also be connected with the word Pineal, as in the Pineal Gland, the third eye; the gland of enlightenment... And, since the show weighs heavily in spirituality and enlightenment, I think these ideas may not be far off track.
Also, on a side note… This picture of Edgar Cayce and his wife Gertrude really freaks me out!
http://www.edgarcayce.org/images/EdgarGertrudeCayce_large.jpg