Bobby Olkowitz
Neverending Story
January 12, 2012
email for еще information или explanations: Bolkowitz@gmail.com
Neverending Story Spiritual Symbolism
I had the pleasure of watching this fantastic, genius work of art today for the first time since I was a child. When I first saw the film, I was but a youth and enjoyed the movie for its entertainment and vivid portrayal of fantasy, and of the traditional “hero” narrative. After many years and extensive research plus experience of spirituality and esotericism, I have watched this cinematic with a new found admiration for its content, symbolism, and story. The Neverending Story was originally a book written by Michael Ende, a German born artist and student of anthroposophy, which is the belief of possible direct connection with the hidden realities and God, through inner spiritual work, and eventually merging the inner world with the physical reality. His study of anthroposophy explains the immense amount of esoteric symbolism in The Neverending Story.
The movie begins with a boy, named Bastion, who awakens from a dream and proceeds to tell his materialistic, realistic father about its contents. The father represents material and exoteric belief systems, the left brain, even criticizing бастион to, “get your head out of the clouds, and plant your feet on the ground.” Bastion, here, represents imagination and creativity, the right brain. The word бастион evolved from the French word, bastir which means to build, and is defined as a protrusion of a fortress to aid the defenders and ward off the attackers. Throughout the movie, бастион is symbolic of the conscious mind, the observer of phenomena, at first just in the physical world but eventually in both the physical reality and realms of the subconscious. In the dialogue with Bastion’s father, we learn here that the mother has died, and it greatly affects Bastion. On his way to school, бастион is stopped by three bullies, who throw him in the garbage мусорный контейнер, корзина для мусора, корзины and call him names. The choice of having three bullies can represent a multitude of things, but one interpretation is that they are symbolic of the three vices which constantly thwart the conscious mind, which are ignorance, lust, and passion (my Masonic brethren, read between the lines to see the symbolic connection). After fleeing from the bullies, бастион ends up in a bookstore in which the old owner stops him from taking a special book. Secretly, the owner really wants бастион to take the book, and when he turns his back, бастион is gone, book in hand. The old store owner is symbolic of the keepers of esoteric wisdom. They do not release their hidden wisdom unto the world, but only unto those who seek it, are pure of heart, and are ready to receive the wisdom. The symbol on the book is that of a double ouroboros. The single ouroboros is a snake biting its own tail, in the form of a circle. The double ouroboros represents the infinite balance of the upper and lower natures of a being. бастион runs to school, and skips his math class to run up to the school’s attic and read the book. Skipping math class is emblematical of throwing aside logical, left brain, limited teachings for creative, right brain, unlimited thought; Чтение in the attic is symbolic of the initiate who retreats from the world to learn and progress in his spiritual studies. We have seen this in almost every religious Saviour или prophet around the world, from Иисус to Buddha to Mohammed to Joseph Campbell. Once бастион begins Чтение the book, from this point on in the movie, we switch between the book’s narrative and Bastion’s “real life” narrative. In the book, we are introduced to a world called Fantasia. Fantasia is symbolic of the sub-conscious mind. It represents imagination, creativity, and the astral planes. We first meet a few mythological, fantasy-themed characters in a tropical forest. The “mad hatter” who rides a racing snail, says he is from the west, the direction of the element of water. The troll and bat are from the south, the direction of the element of fire. The humongous rock giant says he is from the north, the direction of the element of earth and “evil”. The rock giant is first to mention the antagonist of the movie, called the “nothing”. The nothing devours all creation and leaves nothing behind. It is symbolic for the esoteric concept of the “primitive evil”, which is called Chaos, Hyle, или the Ain. Chaos wishes to dismantle all creation back into the infinite.
We learn that these three characters are heading East to the Ivory замок where the Empress lives, the apparent ruler and soul of Fantasia, seeking her help. The East holds much symbolism, some of which include the rising sun, God, Jesus, Horus, light, creation, hope, and birth. The East is also symbolic of the element of air. We are shown a glimpse of the Ivory Tower, which is lit up with bright light, upon a mountain, has a river flowing beside it amongst a lush forest, and is in front of the rising sun. On вверх of the Ivory замок are three touching circles, forming a triangle. This represents a multitude of symbolism, such as, the Holy Trinity, the first three spheres on the дерево of life (Kether, Chokmah, and Binah), the three symbolic supports of Freemasonry, and the Father, Mother, and Son. Above the three circles is a фонтан inside a lotus flower. Above the фонтан is a rose. This refers to a form of the rosy cross, the origin of life, the union of opposites and the phallus and yoni united. The Empress is not only a tarot card representing fertility, femininity, and the giver and womb of life, but in Fantasia she is the ultimate ruler of the realm. In the castle, we learn that a hero named Atreyu is on his way to begin his quest to save the Empress, who has fallen ill. A young boy dressed in garb similar to a Native American’s and who looks exactly like Bastion, enters through the crowd. After being laughed at, he finally gains respect and is told he must divest himself of his weapons and company to succeed in this quest. Atreyu represents the conscious observer of the subconscious realms, the astral planes and dreams. At first separated from Bastion, symbolic of our lack of control over our dreams and the astral, but ultimately we are both Atreyu and бастион when we understand and gain control. The quest Atreyu embarks on is emblematical of our Поиск for inner wisdom, and ultimate union with God. We must do this by ourselves, without any weapons или armor. Atreyu is дана a double orouboros ожерелье to guide him on this journey, the same symbol on the cover of the book. It should also be pointed out that only one who is innocent, pure, courageous, and like a child (as Иисус says) can be successful and merge with God.
Atreyu rides his white horse off through many different landscapes, symbolic of the endless realms of dreams and imagination. At this point we are introduced to another antagonist, this time a physical being, the evil wolf. The evil волк is out to kill Bastion, symbolic of our own fears and limitations. Atreyu, after unsuccessfully searching the landscapes for the cure, dismounts and walks with his white horse through the swamp of sadness. The white horse eventually sinks into the swamp and dies, leaving Atreyu by himself. He stumbles upon a large mound in the middle of the swamp of sadness, who is the “ancient one” who holds the knowledge of the cure. A large черепаха emerges and the холм, хилл was his shell. The черепаха is allergic to the boy, and keeps saying “I don’t care about anything” and “What’s the point of trying?” This allusion is to the parts of our mind или others who are lazy, pessimistic, and weak или to the branch of philosophic thought which believes life is meaningless. After telling Atreyu the Southern Oracle knows the cure, he then states she is 10,000 miles away, disheartening the boy. The Ancient One submerges and Atreyu continues through the swamp of sadness, draining his energy, and eventually sucking him down below the surface. The swamp represents depression, sadness, and the peril of basking in these thoughts, which can literally stop your progression in life and possibly lead to suicide или death. Just as the boy is almost fully submerged, the evil волк dashes and leaps at him, but instantly the clouds clear of sunlight and Falkor, the luck dragon, swoops down and saves Atreyu. Falkor is silly, intelligent, hopeful, courageous, morally good, and represents both our Higher Selves and the Fool tarot card. This scene is symbolic of just when we think we have hit rock bottom and there is no hope, our Higher Self, или inner light, emerges and save us.
I believe this scene is emblematical of the death and ascension of the soul, for Atreyu wakes up clean, healed, and cuddled Далее to Falkor in outer space, like a child in his father’s arms (Lower Self in Higher Self’s arms). Also, Falkor states that he has brought Atreyu 9,891 of the 10,000 miles needed for his quest. 9,891 adds up to 9, the number of the moon, sub-consciousness, Yesod, and creation completed. The reason Falkor, или the Higher Self, did not bring Atreyu all the way to the Southern Oracle was because Atreyu (us) has to complete the journey by himself and pass the tests without help. Here, we meet two gnomes who live in a cave, a man and his wife named Engywook and Urgl. These names are close to “energy work and Uriel (angel of element of Earth).” Engywook is drawing a picture of a Kerub, who is the first gate или test Atreyu must pass through. Engywook represents the Alchemist, his house is full of flasks, potions, books, and alchemical experiments. Urgl is symbolic of reality and objectivity. Both gnomes together represent the Alchemical Marriage, of body and soul, man and Divine, male and female, and subject and object. The gnomes are extremely excited to see Atreyu, and instruct him on how to get to the Southern Oracle, who resides in an valley after passing through two gates или tests successfully. The first test is walking through a narrow corridor in between two Golden Kerubs. One needs self-confidence and courage; otherwise the Kerubs open their eyes and shoot light at the stranger, killing him. The Kerubs can see directly through to one’s heart, and we are shown a knight in armor who is killed trying to pass through, emblematical that even strong physical armor cannot save Ты if Ты have a weak сердце или are fearful. The two Kerubs and the narrow corridor is the picture on the Moon tarot card, which is the passageway from physical life to the higher realms. The two Kerubs have two large wings each in the shape of a crescent Moon, and are also statues on the Ark of the Covenant in the Bible. The секунда test Atreyu must pass is the Magick Mirror, which reflects the true self, and can be very frightful to people who deny parts of their past and sins they have committed. Esoterically, the Magick Mirror is known as the dweller on the threshold, who is the worst aspects of our personality in demon form. To accept and understand this part of ourselves and merge with it is the only way we can pass through, creating unity from duality.
Atreyu runs into the valley and stops before the two Kerubs. Engywook becomes frightful and doubts him, but Falkor says he knows the boy will do it and is always optimistic about him. Atreyu begins to fear and doubt himself after seeing the skeleton of the dead warrior. The Kerubs eyes begin to open and Atreyu finally gains the inner strength to run through, just missing the bolts from the Kerubs. Now treading through a snowstorm, Atreyu encounters the Magick Mirror. After looking deep inside, his reflection becomes transparent and he sees бастион looking back at him. Throughout the movie, effects from Bastion’s reality are experienced in Fantasia and vice versa, hinting at the connection between reality and the sub-conscious. бастион is at first scared, but continues Чтение and Atreyu walks through the mirror, symbolically merging with Bastion, или in esoteric terms, the consciousness of the physical self is merged with the consciousness of the sub-conscious realms. Atreyu enters into another narrow passageway with two Kerubs like before, except now they are blue and the sun is shining in the far background, and he finds out the Kerubs are the Southern Oracle. They are symbolic of the secrets of our sub-consciousness we may discover through union with our physical consciousness. The Southern Oracle tells Atreyu that only a human boy must rename the Empress to save her. After they tell him the secret, they begin disintegrating.
At this point the nothing has taken over most of Fantasia. Falkor takes Atreyu across the realm into the “Sea of Possibilites”. Falkor loses Atreyu in the storm and he awakens on an island пляж, пляжный amidst the Sea of Possibilities, without his necklace. In the meantime, Falkor is searching for him. The Sea of Possibilities represents Binah или the abyss on the дерево of Life, the consciousness and possibility of all. The island is symbolic of Kether или Chokmah on the дерево of Life. The only way to pass through или pass the tests of the abyss and Binah is to dissolve one’s ego and merge with the all, defeat one’s fears, and reform on the other side или the island; this must be done without the Higher Self, which is why Falkor is separated from Atreyu at this point. The nothing has almost completely devoured Fantasia. On the island, Atreyu sees cave-drawings of his past, present, and future. This is emblematical of the Akashic Records, a location in the upper realms like a библиотека of all the events, thoughts, and experiences of creation. As Atreyu looks at the drawings, he sees one of the evil wolf. To make things worse, the evil волк emerges from a cave behind him. The волк mocks and threatens Atreyu, but surprisingly gives him some helpful information. The evil волк represents the Devil tarot card. Summarized, it means that even evil is a tool of God to teach goodness, but evil for its own sake is destructive. The волк says that he is the evil servant of the nothing, and helps the nothing because weak minds are easy to control and dominate. He also informs Atreyu that Fantasia has no boundaries, which Atreyu must reach to find the human boy (Bastion) needed to name the Empress, and it is made up by people’s hopes and imaginations. Then the волк leaps at Atreyu, but Atreyu stabs him in the сердце with a sharp rock, killing him. Falkor finds the ожерелье in the sea and saves бастион just as the nothing destroys the island and everything else. Flying through space, Atreyu and Falkor Поиск for the Ivory Tower, and find it floating amidst the ruins of Fantasia in space.
Everyone and everything has been absorbed by the nothing except the Empress, Ivory Tower, Atreyu and Falkor. We meet the Empress for the first time inside her chamber. She is a young girl, adorned with a crown and her skin looks white symbolizing purity. Her chamber is emblematical of the alchemist’s bridal chamber, where the union of male and female take place. The chamber is filled with light, and Falkor waits outside symbolizing the Higher Self cannot help at the point. бастион in his reality realizes he knows the Empress’ name and must call it out to save Fantasia, but hesitates because his father criticized his imagination; symbolic of mainstream belief against esoteric teachings. Once бастион basks up the courage, he screams out “Moon Child”, the new name of the Empress. After a screen of blackness, the camera zooms out Показ the Empress and бастион amidst darkness, and the Empress is holding a glowing grain of sand. This scene is symbolic of the union of male and female, producing a child, the glowing grain of sand, или life. It also represents the union of the conscious and sub-conscious minds and the Great Work completed. The Empress says, “In the beginning there was darkness.” The first verse of Genesis should immediately come to the forefront of the mind. She says that in the beginning only a grain of light is present, and gives it to Bastion. He asks her if the whole journey was worthless, and she responds it isn’t, and that only through wishing and this tiny grain of light can the universe be fashioned again. Spiritually, this is emblematical of Purusha (God) awakening from his slumber, and recreating reality through his memory and vision. This emotional scene is the crowning of the prince (Tiphareth) unto the father’s трон (Kether). бастион is told he has to rebuild Fantasia with his mind and has an unlimited amount of wishes. Далее we see бастион riding upon Falkor in the physical world, and they chase the bullies into the same garbage мусорный контейнер, корзина для мусора, корзины they threw бастион into. бастион has become the Esoteric Magician, the controller of the elements, manipulator of reality, consummator of the Great Work, and possessor of the wisdom that thoughts and dreams must begin in the subconscious to manifest in the physical world. Now, he can do anything and everything.
The Neverending Story is a classic and invaluable film for both the occultist and average person. The symbolism and storyline is so deep, insightful, and entertaining that it can be watched again and again without boredom или complete understanding of the symbolism thereof. I have shown how this film expresses symbolism of the Kabbalah, Mystic Buddhism and Hinduism, Christianity, Freemasonry, Esoteric Spirituality and Occultism, psychology, philosophy, death, immortality, Alchemy and the Great Work, and consciousness and sub-consciousness. Only through uniting the consciousness and sub-consciousness can we complete the Great Work, enabling us to become Master Magicians and completely empowering us to understand and control reality, and also our lives path.
Neverending Story
January 12, 2012
email for еще information или explanations: Bolkowitz@gmail.com
Neverending Story Spiritual Symbolism
I had the pleasure of watching this fantastic, genius work of art today for the first time since I was a child. When I first saw the film, I was but a youth and enjoyed the movie for its entertainment and vivid portrayal of fantasy, and of the traditional “hero” narrative. After many years and extensive research plus experience of spirituality and esotericism, I have watched this cinematic with a new found admiration for its content, symbolism, and story. The Neverending Story was originally a book written by Michael Ende, a German born artist and student of anthroposophy, which is the belief of possible direct connection with the hidden realities and God, through inner spiritual work, and eventually merging the inner world with the physical reality. His study of anthroposophy explains the immense amount of esoteric symbolism in The Neverending Story.
The movie begins with a boy, named Bastion, who awakens from a dream and proceeds to tell his materialistic, realistic father about its contents. The father represents material and exoteric belief systems, the left brain, even criticizing бастион to, “get your head out of the clouds, and plant your feet on the ground.” Bastion, here, represents imagination and creativity, the right brain. The word бастион evolved from the French word, bastir which means to build, and is defined as a protrusion of a fortress to aid the defenders and ward off the attackers. Throughout the movie, бастион is symbolic of the conscious mind, the observer of phenomena, at first just in the physical world but eventually in both the physical reality and realms of the subconscious. In the dialogue with Bastion’s father, we learn here that the mother has died, and it greatly affects Bastion. On his way to school, бастион is stopped by three bullies, who throw him in the garbage мусорный контейнер, корзина для мусора, корзины and call him names. The choice of having three bullies can represent a multitude of things, but one interpretation is that they are symbolic of the three vices which constantly thwart the conscious mind, which are ignorance, lust, and passion (my Masonic brethren, read between the lines to see the symbolic connection). After fleeing from the bullies, бастион ends up in a bookstore in which the old owner stops him from taking a special book. Secretly, the owner really wants бастион to take the book, and when he turns his back, бастион is gone, book in hand. The old store owner is symbolic of the keepers of esoteric wisdom. They do not release their hidden wisdom unto the world, but only unto those who seek it, are pure of heart, and are ready to receive the wisdom. The symbol on the book is that of a double ouroboros. The single ouroboros is a snake biting its own tail, in the form of a circle. The double ouroboros represents the infinite balance of the upper and lower natures of a being. бастион runs to school, and skips his math class to run up to the school’s attic and read the book. Skipping math class is emblematical of throwing aside logical, left brain, limited teachings for creative, right brain, unlimited thought; Чтение in the attic is symbolic of the initiate who retreats from the world to learn and progress in his spiritual studies. We have seen this in almost every religious Saviour или prophet around the world, from Иисус to Buddha to Mohammed to Joseph Campbell. Once бастион begins Чтение the book, from this point on in the movie, we switch between the book’s narrative and Bastion’s “real life” narrative. In the book, we are introduced to a world called Fantasia. Fantasia is symbolic of the sub-conscious mind. It represents imagination, creativity, and the astral planes. We first meet a few mythological, fantasy-themed characters in a tropical forest. The “mad hatter” who rides a racing snail, says he is from the west, the direction of the element of water. The troll and bat are from the south, the direction of the element of fire. The humongous rock giant says he is from the north, the direction of the element of earth and “evil”. The rock giant is first to mention the antagonist of the movie, called the “nothing”. The nothing devours all creation and leaves nothing behind. It is symbolic for the esoteric concept of the “primitive evil”, which is called Chaos, Hyle, или the Ain. Chaos wishes to dismantle all creation back into the infinite.
We learn that these three characters are heading East to the Ivory замок where the Empress lives, the apparent ruler and soul of Fantasia, seeking her help. The East holds much symbolism, some of which include the rising sun, God, Jesus, Horus, light, creation, hope, and birth. The East is also symbolic of the element of air. We are shown a glimpse of the Ivory Tower, which is lit up with bright light, upon a mountain, has a river flowing beside it amongst a lush forest, and is in front of the rising sun. On вверх of the Ivory замок are three touching circles, forming a triangle. This represents a multitude of symbolism, such as, the Holy Trinity, the first three spheres on the дерево of life (Kether, Chokmah, and Binah), the three symbolic supports of Freemasonry, and the Father, Mother, and Son. Above the three circles is a фонтан inside a lotus flower. Above the фонтан is a rose. This refers to a form of the rosy cross, the origin of life, the union of opposites and the phallus and yoni united. The Empress is not only a tarot card representing fertility, femininity, and the giver and womb of life, but in Fantasia she is the ultimate ruler of the realm. In the castle, we learn that a hero named Atreyu is on his way to begin his quest to save the Empress, who has fallen ill. A young boy dressed in garb similar to a Native American’s and who looks exactly like Bastion, enters through the crowd. After being laughed at, he finally gains respect and is told he must divest himself of his weapons and company to succeed in this quest. Atreyu represents the conscious observer of the subconscious realms, the astral planes and dreams. At first separated from Bastion, symbolic of our lack of control over our dreams and the astral, but ultimately we are both Atreyu and бастион when we understand and gain control. The quest Atreyu embarks on is emblematical of our Поиск for inner wisdom, and ultimate union with God. We must do this by ourselves, without any weapons или armor. Atreyu is дана a double orouboros ожерелье to guide him on this journey, the same symbol on the cover of the book. It should also be pointed out that only one who is innocent, pure, courageous, and like a child (as Иисус says) can be successful and merge with God.
Atreyu rides his white horse off through many different landscapes, symbolic of the endless realms of dreams and imagination. At this point we are introduced to another antagonist, this time a physical being, the evil wolf. The evil волк is out to kill Bastion, symbolic of our own fears and limitations. Atreyu, after unsuccessfully searching the landscapes for the cure, dismounts and walks with his white horse through the swamp of sadness. The white horse eventually sinks into the swamp and dies, leaving Atreyu by himself. He stumbles upon a large mound in the middle of the swamp of sadness, who is the “ancient one” who holds the knowledge of the cure. A large черепаха emerges and the холм, хилл was his shell. The черепаха is allergic to the boy, and keeps saying “I don’t care about anything” and “What’s the point of trying?” This allusion is to the parts of our mind или others who are lazy, pessimistic, and weak или to the branch of philosophic thought which believes life is meaningless. After telling Atreyu the Southern Oracle knows the cure, he then states she is 10,000 miles away, disheartening the boy. The Ancient One submerges and Atreyu continues through the swamp of sadness, draining his energy, and eventually sucking him down below the surface. The swamp represents depression, sadness, and the peril of basking in these thoughts, which can literally stop your progression in life and possibly lead to suicide или death. Just as the boy is almost fully submerged, the evil волк dashes and leaps at him, but instantly the clouds clear of sunlight and Falkor, the luck dragon, swoops down and saves Atreyu. Falkor is silly, intelligent, hopeful, courageous, morally good, and represents both our Higher Selves and the Fool tarot card. This scene is symbolic of just when we think we have hit rock bottom and there is no hope, our Higher Self, или inner light, emerges and save us.
I believe this scene is emblematical of the death and ascension of the soul, for Atreyu wakes up clean, healed, and cuddled Далее to Falkor in outer space, like a child in his father’s arms (Lower Self in Higher Self’s arms). Also, Falkor states that he has brought Atreyu 9,891 of the 10,000 miles needed for his quest. 9,891 adds up to 9, the number of the moon, sub-consciousness, Yesod, and creation completed. The reason Falkor, или the Higher Self, did not bring Atreyu all the way to the Southern Oracle was because Atreyu (us) has to complete the journey by himself and pass the tests without help. Here, we meet two gnomes who live in a cave, a man and his wife named Engywook and Urgl. These names are close to “energy work and Uriel (angel of element of Earth).” Engywook is drawing a picture of a Kerub, who is the first gate или test Atreyu must pass through. Engywook represents the Alchemist, his house is full of flasks, potions, books, and alchemical experiments. Urgl is symbolic of reality and objectivity. Both gnomes together represent the Alchemical Marriage, of body and soul, man and Divine, male and female, and subject and object. The gnomes are extremely excited to see Atreyu, and instruct him on how to get to the Southern Oracle, who resides in an valley after passing through two gates или tests successfully. The first test is walking through a narrow corridor in between two Golden Kerubs. One needs self-confidence and courage; otherwise the Kerubs open their eyes and shoot light at the stranger, killing him. The Kerubs can see directly through to one’s heart, and we are shown a knight in armor who is killed trying to pass through, emblematical that even strong physical armor cannot save Ты if Ты have a weak сердце или are fearful. The two Kerubs and the narrow corridor is the picture on the Moon tarot card, which is the passageway from physical life to the higher realms. The two Kerubs have two large wings each in the shape of a crescent Moon, and are also statues on the Ark of the Covenant in the Bible. The секунда test Atreyu must pass is the Magick Mirror, which reflects the true self, and can be very frightful to people who deny parts of their past and sins they have committed. Esoterically, the Magick Mirror is known as the dweller on the threshold, who is the worst aspects of our personality in demon form. To accept and understand this part of ourselves and merge with it is the only way we can pass through, creating unity from duality.
Atreyu runs into the valley and stops before the two Kerubs. Engywook becomes frightful and doubts him, but Falkor says he knows the boy will do it and is always optimistic about him. Atreyu begins to fear and doubt himself after seeing the skeleton of the dead warrior. The Kerubs eyes begin to open and Atreyu finally gains the inner strength to run through, just missing the bolts from the Kerubs. Now treading through a snowstorm, Atreyu encounters the Magick Mirror. After looking deep inside, his reflection becomes transparent and he sees бастион looking back at him. Throughout the movie, effects from Bastion’s reality are experienced in Fantasia and vice versa, hinting at the connection between reality and the sub-conscious. бастион is at first scared, but continues Чтение and Atreyu walks through the mirror, symbolically merging with Bastion, или in esoteric terms, the consciousness of the physical self is merged with the consciousness of the sub-conscious realms. Atreyu enters into another narrow passageway with two Kerubs like before, except now they are blue and the sun is shining in the far background, and he finds out the Kerubs are the Southern Oracle. They are symbolic of the secrets of our sub-consciousness we may discover through union with our physical consciousness. The Southern Oracle tells Atreyu that only a human boy must rename the Empress to save her. After they tell him the secret, they begin disintegrating.
At this point the nothing has taken over most of Fantasia. Falkor takes Atreyu across the realm into the “Sea of Possibilites”. Falkor loses Atreyu in the storm and he awakens on an island пляж, пляжный amidst the Sea of Possibilities, without his necklace. In the meantime, Falkor is searching for him. The Sea of Possibilities represents Binah или the abyss on the дерево of Life, the consciousness and possibility of all. The island is symbolic of Kether или Chokmah on the дерево of Life. The only way to pass through или pass the tests of the abyss and Binah is to dissolve one’s ego and merge with the all, defeat one’s fears, and reform on the other side или the island; this must be done without the Higher Self, which is why Falkor is separated from Atreyu at this point. The nothing has almost completely devoured Fantasia. On the island, Atreyu sees cave-drawings of his past, present, and future. This is emblematical of the Akashic Records, a location in the upper realms like a библиотека of all the events, thoughts, and experiences of creation. As Atreyu looks at the drawings, he sees one of the evil wolf. To make things worse, the evil волк emerges from a cave behind him. The волк mocks and threatens Atreyu, but surprisingly gives him some helpful information. The evil волк represents the Devil tarot card. Summarized, it means that even evil is a tool of God to teach goodness, but evil for its own sake is destructive. The волк says that he is the evil servant of the nothing, and helps the nothing because weak minds are easy to control and dominate. He also informs Atreyu that Fantasia has no boundaries, which Atreyu must reach to find the human boy (Bastion) needed to name the Empress, and it is made up by people’s hopes and imaginations. Then the волк leaps at Atreyu, but Atreyu stabs him in the сердце with a sharp rock, killing him. Falkor finds the ожерелье in the sea and saves бастион just as the nothing destroys the island and everything else. Flying through space, Atreyu and Falkor Поиск for the Ivory Tower, and find it floating amidst the ruins of Fantasia in space.
Everyone and everything has been absorbed by the nothing except the Empress, Ivory Tower, Atreyu and Falkor. We meet the Empress for the first time inside her chamber. She is a young girl, adorned with a crown and her skin looks white symbolizing purity. Her chamber is emblematical of the alchemist’s bridal chamber, where the union of male and female take place. The chamber is filled with light, and Falkor waits outside symbolizing the Higher Self cannot help at the point. бастион in his reality realizes he knows the Empress’ name and must call it out to save Fantasia, but hesitates because his father criticized his imagination; symbolic of mainstream belief against esoteric teachings. Once бастион basks up the courage, he screams out “Moon Child”, the new name of the Empress. After a screen of blackness, the camera zooms out Показ the Empress and бастион amidst darkness, and the Empress is holding a glowing grain of sand. This scene is symbolic of the union of male and female, producing a child, the glowing grain of sand, или life. It also represents the union of the conscious and sub-conscious minds and the Great Work completed. The Empress says, “In the beginning there was darkness.” The first verse of Genesis should immediately come to the forefront of the mind. She says that in the beginning only a grain of light is present, and gives it to Bastion. He asks her if the whole journey was worthless, and she responds it isn’t, and that only through wishing and this tiny grain of light can the universe be fashioned again. Spiritually, this is emblematical of Purusha (God) awakening from his slumber, and recreating reality through his memory and vision. This emotional scene is the crowning of the prince (Tiphareth) unto the father’s трон (Kether). бастион is told he has to rebuild Fantasia with his mind and has an unlimited amount of wishes. Далее we see бастион riding upon Falkor in the physical world, and they chase the bullies into the same garbage мусорный контейнер, корзина для мусора, корзины they threw бастион into. бастион has become the Esoteric Magician, the controller of the elements, manipulator of reality, consummator of the Great Work, and possessor of the wisdom that thoughts and dreams must begin in the subconscious to manifest in the physical world. Now, he can do anything and everything.
The Neverending Story is a classic and invaluable film for both the occultist and average person. The symbolism and storyline is so deep, insightful, and entertaining that it can be watched again and again without boredom или complete understanding of the symbolism thereof. I have shown how this film expresses symbolism of the Kabbalah, Mystic Buddhism and Hinduism, Christianity, Freemasonry, Esoteric Spirituality and Occultism, psychology, philosophy, death, immortality, Alchemy and the Great Work, and consciousness and sub-consciousness. Only through uniting the consciousness and sub-consciousness can we complete the Great Work, enabling us to become Master Magicians and completely empowering us to understand and control reality, and also our lives path.
Here are my thoughts on this once amazing and spectacular series that now should rot in hell:
The Neverending Story (1984): I loved this visually stunning, friendly, astonishing movie. My Избранное film of all time and one of the best in the history of films. 10/10.
The Neverending Story II: The Далее Chapter (1989): It could have done better. A half-baked sequel with Bastian annoying the hell out of Ты with his stupidity and the message is taken to far. 4/10.
The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994): The Название seemed fine, but IT WAS SO TERRIBLE AND DISGUSTING I ALMOST HAD A сердце ATTACK! No Atreyu, terrible characters and acting, dull story, and stupid scenes!!!! 0/100!
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The Neverending Story (1984): I loved this visually stunning, friendly, astonishing movie. My Избранное film of all time and one of the best in the history of films. 10/10.
The Neverending Story II: The Далее Chapter (1989): It could have done better. A half-baked sequel with Bastian annoying the hell out of Ты with his stupidity and the message is taken to far. 4/10.
The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994): The Название seemed fine, but IT WAS SO TERRIBLE AND DISGUSTING I ALMOST HAD A сердце ATTACK! No Atreyu, terrible characters and acting, dull story, and stupid scenes!!!! 0/100!
Thank you.