The-Outernet » The Architect http://www.the-outernet.com My place in cyberspace Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:27:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 The Architect http://www.the-outernet.com/architect/ http://www.the-outernet.com/architect/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:59:49 +0000 Nix http://www.the-outernet.com/wordpress/?p=283 We know the Architect designed the Matrix. He appears to be a symbol of God, indeed, the Freemasons refer to God as “The Great Architect” and the TV screens all around him indicate omnipresence. Yet he required the Oracle to make the Matrix work because although his first Matrix was “perfect”, it catastrophically failed.

Oracle: Please. You and I may not be able to see beyond our own choices, but that man can’t see past any choice.

 

Neo: Why not?

 

Oracle: He doesn’t understand them, he can’t. To him they are variables and equations. One at a time each must be solved and counted. That’s his purpose: to balance the equation.

 

The Matrix Revolutions

Of course he does represent God… or rather one side of God. He is the masculine principle, pure logic and mathematics. In his mind everything is black and white. He is control using reason.

]]> http://www.the-outernet.com/architect/feed/ 0 The Oracle http://www.the-outernet.com/oracle/ http://www.the-outernet.com/oracle/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:42:16 +0000 Nix http://www.the-outernet.com/wordpress/?p=226 We are told by the Architect, that the Oracle was…

“an intuitive program designed to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche”

 

and that she

 

“stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level.”

We know she is a part of the system and so represents an aspect of society. Oracles are consulted for guidance. They tell prophecies and offer hope. This one offers candy and cookies… maybe to sweeten the bitter realities of life? Throughout the story, she talks about belief and offers the choice “to believe her or not”.

The Oracle symbolises religion… as Karl Marx put it… “Religion is the opiate of the masses.”

She is the feminine principle a way of keeping the right brain sated whilst the masculine principle takes control. Not everyone accepts her as truth, but enough do to allow it to happen.

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