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The Matrix trilogy has so much symbolism packed into it that I can't help but to reference it as an example when trying to explain many things. Many times I've said, "Like in the Matrix where..." Well, I'm not gonna do a complete breakdown, or even a chronological one. So to get on with it, here's some stuff I have noticed in the films.
The movie opens on Trinity in room 303 about to be arrested. She escapes and flys down from the rooftops, with arm's stretched out like the dove of the Holy Spirit which she symbolizes. She then rolls down a staircase. It seems symbolic of the Holy Spirit comming down to Earth on the steps, or levels of Jacobs ladder perhaps; and sets us up for seeing Neo in the next scene.
Thomas A Anderson lives in room 101. His hacker name is Neo, which is an anagram of the "One," obviously. Anderson comes from Andrew which is (aner) "man." So Neo Anderson is the New Man.
After being told that he is dreaming, Neo "dies" to the Matrix when he takes the initiatory red pill. He is reborn in the Real World by coming down a canal (birth canal?) covered in fluid and totally hairless like a baby. He sleeps for 3 days. He wakes up twice for a few seconds of dialogue, then the third time we see him is in his tiny room. (Symbolic of Jesus rising on the 3rd day in his tomb)
It is interesting to note that the blue pill and red pill are perfectly analogous to the Blue and Red Lodges of Freemasonry. Those in the Blue Lodges (1-3rd degree masons) are deliberately misled and know very little truth about their organization as a whole, but those who are initiated into the Red Lodge (4-33rd degree) learn incrementally more about the truth as they progress up the chain.
Morpheus is the guy who wakes Neo up from his "dream reality." In Greek mythology Morpheus was the god of dreams. Derived from Greek (morphe) meaning "shape", referring to the shapes seen in dreams. Morpheus makes a shape with his hands like a downward pointing triangle when he greets Neo in the Construct program on Neo's first day in the real world. Now this reminded me of the lamb skin apron's that masons wear with this female symbol right over their.. "area," which is right where Morpheus held his hands. The only other thing in the Construct was a television set, and the back of the TV has a downward pointing triangle also. This equated Morpheus to the TV in my opinion. And that would make a Televison set a god of dreams or shapes.
The member of Morpheus' crew who betrays Morpheus is named Cipher, which is short for Lucifer. (As if that wasn't blaringly obvious!) In the bible "betray" means to reveal something. An example would be how Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss. In the Matrix Cipher betrays their location to the Agents in order to get Morpheus caught. (He has them track his cell phone, I dont think it would have made sense to have Cipher kissing Neo.)
The cover art of the Matrix Reloaded DVD has the three main characters under an Arch, important symbol in Freemasonry. Under the arch in masonry are the three lights of freemasonry: the solar, celestial and lunar. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost symbolized by Morpheus, Neo and Trinity. Heck even Trinity's name is, well, Trinity!
Neo is stalked by 3 Agents, in the vein of Freemasonry's 3 masons who kill Hiram Abiff. In Freemasonry, their hero is Hiram Abiff, the Widow's Son, who is in charge of building Solomons Temple, is attacked by 3 apprentices who want to move up beyond their level; but only one delivers the death blow. Hiram is attacked with a Hammer, a Level and a Plumb Level. Agent Smith has a name that means Blacksmith, which comes from "to smite or hit." Adam, of Inside the Cosmic Cube, is going to like this next part (think Human Torch): The three masons wanted to hurt Hiram's reputation by ruining a brazen sculpture so they poured out a lava flow of molten metal and fire on purpose to ruin it. Hiram tried to put the fire out, then saw a vision of his ancestor Tubal-Cain in the sky who told him that he was immune to fire and to jump in it! And he did! "Tubal-Cain gave him the hammer with which he himself had wrought great things, and said to him, 'Thanks to this hammer and the help of the genii of fire, thou shalt speedily accomplish the work left unfinished through man's stupidity and malignity.' Hiram did not hesitate to test the wonderful efficacy of the precious instrument, and the dawn saw the great mass of bronze cast."
When Neo talks to the Oracle she is making cookies. The old Oracle of Greece was a woman who huffed natural gas leaks in Delphi in order to do her predictions. And when Neo walks in, the Oracle has her head in the gas (?) oven checking on the cookies. The Oracle Tells Neo that he is not the One, and that it looks like he is waiting for his next life. This is why Neo doesnt have any superpowers until Agent Smith kills him, then he comes back all super fast and able to stop bullets.
Neo is ressurrected by the Holy Spirit, Trinity. She kisses him after he flat-lines when Smith unloaded his desert eagle into Neo's chest. (He is also in room 303, which is where the movie begins on Trinity.) Hmmm, Desert eagle.. interesting gun name...
In Part 3, Neo follows 3 powerlines to the AI city called, 01 or ZeroOne. 0 and 1 being the source for everything in the computer's world, as in binary language. Also, coincidentally, the crossing of the 1 and 0 makes the greek symbol for the Golden Ratio which is found in all life, from the face of a sun flower to the shape of our galaxy, etc, etc...
Matrix = from L. matrix (gen. matricis) "pregnant animal," "womb," also "source, origin," from mater (gen. matris) "mother."
Neo has to go back to the "source" in part 2.
In Matrix Revolutions, Neo has only 314 seconds to enter the Source. 314 = 3.14, pi.
Neo was created by the Oracle and the Architect to balance the equation. The Architect is obviously God, especially to Freemasons. And the Oracle comes from Greek history as being in Delpi. In ancient times it was the site for the worship of Gaia. Gaia is the earth, or Earth worship. So the counterpart to the Architect, is Earth symbolized by the oracle. These are symbolized in Freemasonry as the Compass and Square. Also the Compass(Architect) is Male and the Square(Oracle) is Female.
The Architect tells Neo that when he resets the Matrix, he gets to pick 7 males and 16 females to repopulate Zion. And in the Bible the world is repopulated after destruction by Noah and his ark: Genisis 7:16 = "A male and a female of every animal went in as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them."
In Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, the "Operator" for Morpheus' ship is named "Link," and his wife is called "Z."
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