I am writing an application that works with satellite images, and my boss asked me to look at some of the commercial applications, and see how they behave. I found a strange behavior and then as I was looking, I found it in other standard applications as well. These programs first write to the temp folder, and then copy it to the intended destination. Example: 7zip first extracts to the temp folder, and then copies the extracted data to the location that you had asked it to extract the data to. I see several problems with this approach: • The temp folder might not have enough space, while the intended location might have that much space. • If it is a large file, it can take a non-negligible amount of time for the copy operation. I thought about it a lot, but I couldn't see one single positive point to doing this. Am I missing something, or is there a real benefit to doing this? A few reasons I can think of: • On most platforms, file moves are atomic, but file writes are not (especially if you can't write all the data in one go). IMM Extractor. IMM Extractor is a plugin that allows you to extact IMM Brush parts to separate Subtools. Simply select an IMM Brush, and Press 'IMM Brush to Subtools.' A new Tool will be created that consists of all the IMM Brush parts. Knowledge, religion, and culture came from extraterrestrial visitors in ancient times, in that ancient astronauts acted as a 'mother. [5] Harry Orlinsky, Notes on the New JPS Translation of the Torah: Genesis 1:1-3 (1969), at voiceofiyov.blogspot.com (The bones were considerably. So if you have the typical producer/consumer pattern (one process produces files, the other watches a directory and picks up everything it finds), writing to a temp folder first and only then moving to the real location means the consumer can never see an unfinished file. • If the process that writes the file dies halfway through, you have a broken file on your disk. If it's in a real location, you have to take care of cleaning it up yourself, but if it's in a temp location, the OS will take care of it. • If the file happens to be created while a backup job is running, the job may pick up an incomplete file; temp directories are generally excluded from backups, so the file will only be included once moved to the final destination. • The temp directory may be on a fast-but-volatile filesystem (e.g. A ramdisk), which can be beneficial for things like downloading several chunks of the same file in parallel, or doing in-place processing on the file with lots of seeks. Also, temp directories tend to cause more fragmentation than directories with less frequent reads, writes, and deletes, and keeping the temp directory on a separate partition can help keep fragmentation of the other partitions down. TL;DR - it mostly boils down to atomicity, that is, you want to make it so that (at the final location) the file is either complete or not there at all at any given time. This seems to be an issue in Windows, more specifically related to how the drag-drop is managed. The developers of the client have developed their own shell extension, which overrides this drag-drop behavior and allows dropping the file to the right folder immediately. They explain the trick in their and, more interesting, what is the problem and how they solved it. Here is the interesting part: Windows drag&drop mechanics does not allow source application of drag&drop operation to find out easily, where the files are dropped. It is up to target application (Windows Explorer usually) to transfer files to destination. It is rather reasonable, because source application can hardly transfer files to all possible destinations. Keep in mind that you can drop files not only to a directory, but even to ZIP file (or any other archive), remote directory (via FTP, SFTP, SCP, ), trash, Obviously even Windows Explorer (or any other target application, like WinZip) cannot download files from any possible source (particularly it does not know SFTP/SCP). Also, specifically for 7Zip: user ray023 answers this question in the SuperUser Stack Q&A: Basically, if instead of drag-dropping your file you use the 'extract here' method available in bith 7-ZIP and Winrar, the files are directly extractly to the right directory. If you have to do any kind of data processing to the file (decode/convert/etc.), then it's better to use a temporary file and when completed, and only if completed, transfer the result to the final destination. Benefits: • Only completed files reach destination • Temporary file may (should) reside in fast media • Avoid fragmentation on final file • Allows the use of other media as final destination (ftp, cloud, whatever) • Aborted temp files are easier to clean I don't see real benefits of writing straight to the destination while processing the data. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country by William S. Kowinski I’ve been slow to complete this essay on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” because it means saying goodbye to the original crew, the original cast. Of course, movies are forever, more or less, and owning the DVD means I can revisit them at any time. But I still have to write the goodbye part, and move on. Even though I feel great kinship with the Next Gen crew, it’s not primarily through their movies. The television episodes of the original series are indispensable--the characters were established on TV-- but for me, the original crew really blossomed in their six features plus. They acknowledged change and the aging process, and they did change. They ripened, deepened, and became legends. The way they were in the series is unforgettable, but as they are in the movies is how I remember them. “Is Star Trek dying? It’s enough to make Spock laugh.” That how my began in August 2004, just before what would turn out to be the last season for Enterprise. It’s in fact how my telephone interview with Leonard Nimoy began. The question my editor wanted my story to ask was precisely that: is Star Trek dying? And Nimoy not only laughed---he kept on laughing. This is his complete response to that question: “(Laughs) This is so funnywell, Star Trek has died several times, and (laugh) and come back stronger than ever. It’s hilarious. Let me go through the history very briefly, very quickly, in a nutshell. At the end of the second season we were cancelled. There was a big letter writing campaign, asking NBC to keep the show, so NBC kept the show on for one more season. Then it was cancelled again, right? Eleven years later we made a movie, and everybody said that’s the end of Star Trek. Star Trek THE Motion Picture—it’s over. Couple years later it was revived and something like ten more movies were made. [laughs] Spock died, Spock came back [laughs] It goes on and on. [laughs] I think Star Trek is ready for another reincarnation. It’s hilarious, I can’t help but laugh.” I was reminded of this as I reviewed the history of Star Trek VI, because not only were there uncertainties between many of the movies, within the process of this one there were several births, deaths and resurrections. It almost never happened, then almost didn’t happen, then was definitively cancelled. And at the last moment, reborn. Hilarious now---hysterical then. Even for Hollywood. The doubt started when Star Trek V: The Final Frontier became the first Trek feature to not show a profit in its first run. So Paramount, already beset with a string of expensive failures (though Star Trek V wasn’t one of the expensive ones), dawdled until it was almost too late. But Star Trek’s 25th anniversary was coming up in 1992, and on television TNG was sparking renewed interest in all things Star Trek. At first, executive producer Harv Bennett tried to cut costs in salaries by using new actors, and at the same time play to a younger market with a movie about Kirk and Spock in their Starfleet Academy days. Everybody in the original crew plus Gene Roddenberry were against it. (Ironically, William Shatner said he proposed such a story for the next Trek TV series after Enterprise, and in 2006 it's rumored to be the premise of Star Trek XI. ) Roddenberry knew something that Bennett apparently did not appreciate: part of the magic was in the casting, and was proven in the original cast. It was one of Roddenberry’s chief talents, and in both of the shows he cast, he found an uncommon on-screen chemistry with relatively unknown actors. (There was plenty of off-screen chemistry as well, among all the TNG crew, and two factions of the original cast: the Kirk/Spock/McCoy triumverate, and the rest of the regulars.) Of all of Roddenberry’s talents, this was the spookiest. Even actors he wasn’t crazy about at first (like Patrick Stewart) turned out to be perfect. Besides, what was the point of celebrating a quarter century of Star Trek if you ignore the people who carried it for all that time? For whatever reason, Paramount decided to gamble on one more show for the original cast, and Harv Bennett separated himself from Star Trek for the first time since Star Trek II. With Bennett gone, Paramount went to Leonard Nimoy (the two had problems over IV, and it could be argued that Bennett did not serve Shatner’s V well as executive producer.) Nimoy came up with the basic idea for the story. The Paramount executive in charge insisted on a particular new writing team that Nimoy found to be useless, and he went to Nicholas Meyer, the writer-director of II and co-writer (with Bennett) of IV. Together they worked out the story, and agreed that Meyer would direct and Nimoy would executive produce. But even though time was getting short to have the picture ready for the 25th anniversary, Paramount went back to the ineffectual writing team until it was clear to everyone they had nothing. Finally the writing job was given to Nick Meyer, who was under contract to Paramount already, and his assistant, Denny Martin Flinn. There was apparently further intrigue, creating tensions between Meyer and Nimoy. But finally, there was a script, just in the nick of time (all puns intended.) And then in an amazingly short time, the film was cancelled. Negotiations over the budget had come down to a difference of $2.5 million, but Paramount wouldn’t budge. Nick Meyer believed in the art of working with limitations, but he also knew what he absolutely needed for a Trek picture. So Paramount decided to kill the project. But then with all hope lost, something budged Paramount: the head of the studio was replaced (with the father of the Trek movie’s co-producer and second unit director!) and apparently with one phone call, Meyer got the budget he needed. So on a very short schedule, the filming of Star Trek VI began. The rush of the schedule may have led to more mistakes in details than usual, and the budget decreed eliminating an opening sequence, of the already retired crew being rounded up for one more mission, leading to some uncertainty at the film’s beginning about how much time had elapsed between adventures (although it may also have been killed due to objections from Gene Roddenberry and Nichelle Nichols to portraying the legendary crew as bored losers in retirement in a 23rd century society as clueless and corrupt as ours.) But it could have been much worse. This combination of a tight budget and tight schedule could have ruined the movie but it seemed to have had the opposite effect. Stylistically Star Trek VI is the most economical of the Trek films. It moves briskly and efficiently, not a moment is wasted, yet due to skillful directing and editing, the pace is not rushed and scenes are not truncated. The acting by the guest stars is excellent: bold yet also economical. The dialogue sounds fresh and except for the quotes from Cold War and other history (not to mention Shakespeare), even improvised. Even the stagier moments towards the end of the film (the crew carefully posing around the Federation president, the final “yearbook portrait” on the bridge) work perfectly in that spirit. There were few new sets or costumes, yet the visual effects weren’t neglected, as some were on Trek V. The original crew film series went out on a winner. The film opens on the starship Excelsior, Captain Sulu commanding. After years of lobbying for his character’s promotion, and even with a scene indicating it shot (by Nick Meyer) but not used for Star Trek II, George Takei wrote in his autobiography that he didn’t know about Sulu’s new status until first reading the Star Trek VI script. (He also suggests that Harv Bennett got him to sign for Star Trek V with a deal that included a raise for VI, believing that his Starfleet Academy idea would make this an empty promise. But Takei took his case to the conventions---12 in a row in three months-- and may have been instrumental in stopping Bennett’s plan. ) Excelsior is returning from a three year mission, the first indication of how much time has passed since the last adventure (based on other internal evidence, the Okudas’ timeline has it as six years later, while J.M. Dillard's novelization says ten years past.) The Excelsior is hit with an energy wave created by a mammoth explosion that has destroyed the Klingon moon Praxis, an overmined moon supplying energy to the Klingon empire. The Klingons at first deny the incident is serious and refuse Sulu’s help. The only other familiar face on the Excelsior is Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney, now a communications officer. She and Sulu have the final exchange of the scene. “Should I report this?” she asks him. “Are you kidding?” Captain Sulu says, as only George Takei can. At last his commanding voice is given command. The film also includes another set of references not belonging to the Cold War but to the internal history of the U.S., reflecting a nearly universal problem on our earth: racial prejudice. These were references to attitudes and actual popular sayings (the two Enterprise crewmen exchanged several about the Klingons in a few seconds: they all look alike, they smell, and most are mentally inferior;) that white Americans applied to African Americans. It is a striking and daring parallel to add, characteristic of Star Trek at its best in raising issues of contemporary significance with a bit more depth. At first, racial prejudice doesn’t seem to apply to the Russians, although the country is so vast that it blurs the distinctions between white European bloodlines and Asian. (Hitler considered the Slavic peoples to be inferior to his idea of Aryans; they were to be the ultimate targets of his genocide, after he worked out the mechanics against the Jews in the Holocaust.) But its equivalent was definitely present, even as late as the 1980s, when a television commercial purporting to show a Soviet fashion show presented old, overweight women modeling baggy military garb. This was in line with Soviet stereotypes going back to the 1950s. (Of course now, sleek Russian women are among the most fashionable icons of beauty in the world.) Relating stereotypes of Klingons to racial prejudice is fitting, not only because Klingons were always portrayed as dark-skinned, and beginning with Michael Dorn in TNG, they would often be played by African Americans) but in terms of Star Trek’s classic treatment of aliens. The tendency to stereotype unfamiliar and “different” peoples has been present in the U.S. Since Europeans confronted Native peoples, and debated whether they had souls. Part of this tendency is motivated by fear—not only fear of the unknown, but fear of a potential or actual enemy. This is clear in the stereotyping of the Russians: they were portrayed on the one hand as backward and inferior, and on the other as inhumanly strong and powerful, men with the souls and power of robots who would kill with single-minded devotion to an ideology, completely without remorse. When Scotty says that the Klingons don't value life 'the same as we do,' it's a common stereotype used for Asians, particularly in the World War II/ Korea/Vietnam era, though we hear it more now regarding Arabs. That’s pretty much how aliens were portrayed in science fiction, especially when they were clear stand-ins for the Soviet threat in the 1950s. But even before then, space aliens were differentiated from humans by portraying them as unfamiliar ethnicities and supposed inferiors. Asian aliens were particularly popular: Emperor Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon was low-budget obvious, but pretty much the template. Even Leonard Nimoy was cast an alien because of his “exotic” looks, i.e. His dark hair and less than leading man features. For years he joined the other dark-haired Jews playing Italian hoodlums and dark-haired Italians playing American Indian villains. That’s how far Hollywood and “popular taste” was from infinite diversity well into the 1960s. Eventually Star Trek would add elements of Asian architectures and cultures to the Klingons, but in a much more positive fashion. In Star Trek VI, Klingon garb (at least the costumes not leftovers from the first movies) was a bit more Asian, while Michael Westmore added beards cut in English Elizabethan style, a subtle visual support to all the Shakespearian references. Racial prejudice and stereotyping became a major theme of Star Trek VI, and now that Star Trek had a 24th century model of the future, those in the Federation who were prejudiced prefigured an arc of development to Picard’s time, when the Federation and the Klingons would be allies. The script emphasized the universal possibility of hidden prejudices in a series of ironies in comparison to our time: racism against Klingons was first expressed in this movie by Admiral Cartwright, played by an African American actor, Brock Peters, probably best known for his portrayal of the innocent man defended by Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird, who was nevertheless convicted by a racist jury. As he says in a DVD interview, director Nick Meyer intended this resonance. (Peters, who later played Captain Sisko’s father in Deep Space Nine, had also appeared in the Preminger film version of Porgy and Bess, along with a young chorus dancer, Nichelle Nichols.) Meyer wanted to reinforce this by having Uhura respond to Kirk’s dinner invitation to the Klingons with the title of another Hollywood film, this one about an interracial couple, “Guess who’s coming to dinner.” When Nichelle Nichols refused to say it, the line was given to Chekhov, producing a different irony---a Russian prejudiced against the Star Trek stand-ins for the Russians. It is a worthy theme and it all works for the story, but it was seriously out of character for the Enterprise crew, as Roddenberry, Nichols and William Shatner insisted. They had gotten past this in the original series. Even after the Klingon violence in Star Trek III, at the end of V, Kirk had been rescued by a Klingon ship, and they were all drinking together. Even Kirk’s bitterness over the Klingon execution of his son seems a bit much, a decade after it happened, especially since Kirk had only known he had a son for a few weeks. But there is some attempt at internal justification: Kirk’s prejudice against Klingons, as well as Spock’s prejudice in favor of a Vulcan, are linked to their aging, to becoming rigid, and to a weariness as their careers come to their end. In the headquarters scene, the Enterprise crew enters talking about retirement. At the end of his one-on-one with Spock afterwards, Kirk complains that the crew is scheduled to stand down in three months, and that they’ve done their bit “for king and country.” One could argue that this film replaces racism with ageism, but this is a legitimate theme, and it does pay off later. There is another factor. When Kirk says “the Klingons have never been trustworthy,” he is speaking from experience which they’ve all shared. It’s a fact of Star Trek history that Klingons have done bad things to the Federation. This is a consequence of conflict, which inspires anger, fear and suspicion, which precipitates more conflict, until two sides are locked into an automated and apparently inescapable dynamic. Eventually each side demonizes the other, and the longer the enmity, the more extreme the demonic stereotypes. So aliens become not just unknown, they become automatically hostile and dangerous. The ultimate prejudice is expressed by Captain Kirk: “they’re animals.” Indeed, animals were the first aliens, and the relationship of the humans to animals is a rich story too complex to reference here. But what Kirk means is animals as not human—without the kind of reason, ethical feelings and soul, that define humans. It's what some Europeans said about the Native Americans they encountered. That’s the essence of prejudice and racism among humans: it denies the Others their humanity. Identity is a major science fiction theme. It’s in every story of characters “taken over” by an alien presence, of every society fighting for its life against alien invasion, from the first (Wells’ The War of the Worlds) to the current TV series, Brannon Braga’s “Threshold,” where the threat is to genetically alter humans to become aliens. Ethnic, religious, cultural and racial identity are sources of wars on earth, as part of the more obvious battles over political power, land and resources and economic dominance. Technology is a source of anxiety because it threatens human and individual identity, which is perhaps sci-fi’s earliest defining theme, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s the ultimate threat of the Borg: “you will be assimilated.” You will lose your identity, your power of decision, your self, your soul. Yet life is change, and lifeforms incorporate change. How they do so or fail to do so is the through-line of evolution. In our world we constantly adapt to changes wrought by technology, and now some combinations of how the powers that be and the critical mass of people decide to use it. We are subject to wrenching changes caused by economic and political shifts, wars and natural disasters, or personal illnesses and accidents, economic misfortunes or fortunes, psychological and spiritual transformation. How we negotiate change and retain identity is one of the great dramas of life. It’s like our own bodies---every cell (or nearly every cell) dies and is replaced within a seven year span. We start as babies and our size, weight and age changes throughout life. Our experiences and what we see and hear, read and create, all change us. Yet we are the same person. Each change outside of us may suggest this doubt about what is happening inside of us. The subject of identity is raised at the dinner and is a theme throughout this film. But the irony is that the conspiracy that’s revealed at the end, but which is shaping the events of the whole movie, unites people with different anxieties and desires into a common identity. In opposing the peace treaty, they have made their peace with each other. Yet the identity they have forged reflects their fears rather than their hopes. When President John Kennedy made a case for peace between the U.S. And the Soviets in 1963 (in his speech at American University---a powerful document that is as relevant today) he said, “For in the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” (In yet another Hollywood irony, these words were given to the Russian president in the movie of Tom Clancy’s The Sum of All Fears.) This is the common identity of peace (elements expressed in the late 1980s by Sting’s world-famous song, “Russians.”) But the Starfleet officers, Klingons and Romulans who engage in their conspiracy have in common the practice and psychology of war. Their identity depends on these conflicts. In the Star Trek universe, the question of Klingon identity becomes a major theme in stories involving Worf, mostly in TNG but also in Deep Space 9. How Worf (played by Michael Dorn) negotiates his identity---what elements of Klingon culture he accepts, and which he rejects---takes this theme further. So it’s appropriate that Michael Dorn appears in Star Trek VI as Worf’s grandfather, defending Kirk and McCoy in their trial for the murder of Gorkon. Two new elements were entering visual effects at the time of Star Trek VI: the beginning of computer generated imagery (CGI) and “morphing” to show transformation. This movie made good use of both. The most impressive visual effects scene—and the one that took up most of that budget---was the assassination sequence. After the disastrous dinner party, Spock calls Kirk back to the bridge because of unusual radiation outside the Enterprise, just in time to see torpedoes hit the undefended Klingon ship, apparently launched by the Enterprise. When artificial gravity is disrupted on the Klingon ship, Star Trek’s first zero gravity scene begins. Two assassins in spacesuits and wearing gravity boots beam in, shoot phasers and draw globules of Klingon CGI blood. It’s probably the most impressive and effective action sequences using visual effects in all the Trek movies. The assassination horrifies Kirk. He and McCoy beam over to the Klingon ship, but not before Spock claps a conspicuous black patch on his back. It turns out to be a homing device that apparently nobody else notices. Gorkon’s last words are a plea to Kirk, “don’t let it end this way, Captain.” Chang arrests Kirk and Spock and they are placed on trial on the most elaborate set made for the movie although not much of it shows up in the film. Before the trial, there are a couple of scenes with the Federation president that make their point, but are otherwise fairly slipshod in terms of credibility and continuity. The trial itself unleashes Christopher Plummer, and both Shatner and DeForrest Kelley also acquit themselves well (although Kirk and McCoy couldn’t possibly get acquitted.) Kirk and Bones are taken to the penal mining colony on the ice and snow planet of Rura Penthe, where they are greeted by the warden. On the DVD commentary, Nick Meyer admits that the device of the warden getting up on a box to make his speech was stolen from the 1957 David Lean classic, “ The Bridge on the River Kwai.” What he doesn’t reveal is that much of the speech itself is taken directly from the Japanese warden’s “welcome” in that film. As Kirk and Bones meet up with a helpful alien named Martia (played beautifully by the beautiful Somali model Iman, who turned in a perfect performance in this film), Spock is busy in command of the Enterprise trying to discover how Gorkon was actually assassinated. Spock had taken command before, but never as energetically. Leonard Nimoy often says that he was able to define Spock’s character in contrast to Shatner’s Captain Kirk. As Kirk did everything with breezy speed and energy, Nimoy could give Spock a contrasting stillness and deliberateness. But both Spock and Nimoy had had difficulty when he had to command in Kirk/Shatner’s absence. However, after his five-film journey, especially his death, rebirth and second life, he was in this film both more confident and more vulnerable. The confidence showed in his command scenes. He was frequently in motion, and his words were unhesitating. This forward momentum kept this element of the story moving at the same accelerating pace as the rest of the film. Back in the mines, Kirk articulates his own change which began at Gorkon’s assassination. It is one of those moments of self-revelation that characterize Star Trek. Kirk has realized he is prejudiced, that he denied every individual Klingon a possibility of being judged by their own actions and qualities. “It never even occurred to me to take Gorkon at his word,” he says. But admitting his own prejudice has revealed something else to him. He understands that it involves a fear of a future different from the reigning assumptions he knows and has learned to live. It was his own fear of the future that gave him insight into the assassins. “Don’t be too hard on yourself,’” McCoy tells him. “We all felt exactly the same way.” “No,” Kirk. “Somebody felt a lot worse.” Some of those who feared the future even more.” They are the conspirators, and Kirk is convinced they will assassinate someone else, at the peace conference. Martia provides them a plan for their escape, and their trek across the frozen wastes provided a brief scenic interlude, accompanied by the sweeping orchestral score. Cliff Eidelman’s music, beginning with its mood-setting portentous opening, styled after Holst’s “The Planets” and Stravinsky’s “Firebird” as suggested by Nick Meyer, was unusual for a Trek movie, but was elegant in its parts, its whole, and especially in how it matched up with the action. This scene was a conspicuous high point, as were the beginning, and as the ending would soon be. Spock has concluded that a cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey had fired on Gorkon’s ship from beneath the Enterprise (which meant a new technology, for the series established that Klingon ships could not fire while cloaked), and because the Enterprise logs were altered to show it had fired the torpedoes, he deduced that there were conspirators aboard his ship as well. Meanwhiel, Martia is revealed (through morphing) to be a shape-shifter--with the attendant amusement that Kirk had kissed her when she had “assumed a pleasing shape”---borrowing Biblical words about Satan. When Kirk realizes she was setting them up to be killed as escaping prisoners, she shifted into his double. It wasn’t the first time that Kirk squared off against Kirk, but this time it was played with high spirits, a kind of giddy tribute to the good feeling engendered by the original cast’s episodes and movies, that they would all be saying goodbye to shortly. Spock rescues Kirk and McCoy just as they are about to learn who ordered them killed (also played for comedy) but Kirk has an idea who might be a conspirator aboard the Enterprise. He recalls that his personal log railing against the Klingons used against him at his trial was witnessed by Valeris. Suddenly both her flattery and her attempt to talk to Spock about her anxieties fit the pattern. They lay a trap for her, and when their suspicions are confirmed in a scene in sick bay, Spock acts with obvious anger. As she points a phaser at him, he tells her bitterly that if she’s logical she must kill him. She says she does not want to. “What you want is irrelevant,” he says. “What you have chosen is at hand.” He smacks the phaser from her hand. Valeris explains why her course had been logical. Klingons can’t be trusted---their assassination of their own leader proved it---and the Federation risked destruction. She took Kirk’s expression of prejudice literally, not discounting for the emotional effects of grief and even weariness. Spock had counseled her to have faith in the future, but she couldn’t make that leap beyond her logic. After Valeris refuses to name the conspirators voluntarily (She says she doesn’t remember. In a variation on byplay between them throughout the movie, Spock asks, “A lie? “A choice,” she replies), an even darker side of Spock is revealed in his forcible mind meld with Valeris, a kind of rape and a kind of torture, that elicits the names of the conspirators. This is saved from being too much like the torture of prisoners currently a source of anguish and controversy, since it is a brief, unique method certain to extract the relevant information, and not the clumsy, prolonged, cruel and counterproductive torture that is all too common in the world today. Not only does it almost never result in useful information, but those who practice it know this. It is done out of fear, anger, malice and utter disregard for the humanity of prisoners, always regarded as aliens, as others, as less than human yet predominately dangerous. Still, it is the darkest scene in a Star Trek movie. That it was a difficult scene for everyone is suggested by James Doohan’s account in his book. He writes that Meyer had no plan for it, and it was his suggestion for staging it with Valeris on the lower level of the bridge and everyone else above her, until Spock descends to her level for the mind meld. Kirk learns the location of the peace conference, not from Valeris, but from Captain Sulu on the Excelsior. They agree to meet there, as Kirk suspects the Bird of Prey will be watching for the Enterprise. Then comes another key scene, on several levels: a dialogue between Kirk and Spock in Spock’s cabin. It begins with Spock alone, reclined in the darkness. His anger spent, he now confronts his own feelings and their cascading results: his prejudice towards a Vulcan that kept him blinded to her villainy, supported by his pride in grooming and then naming his successor, and then his anger at her, which was an expression of his anger at himself for these previous weaknesses. And before that, his arrogance in believing he could engineer an easy peace. He tells Kirk this. Kirk, wandering around his cabin, idly examining objects in that Kirk/Shatner way, observes that they have both been acting characteristically---and in the process he restates the essence of their contrast through all their years. “You’re a great one for logic. I’m a great one for rushing in where angels fear to trend. We’re both extremists. Reality is probably somewhere in between.” After Spock admits his prejudice in favor of Valeris, and Kirk admits that “Gorkon had to die before I realized how prejudiced I was.” It is at this point that Spock is to speak lines that Leonard Nimoy felt were expressions of both his character to Kirk, and himself to his acting partner for all these years, and now his closest friend: William Shatner. “Is it possible that you and I have grown so old and so inflexible that we have outlived our usefulness?” As they discuss their mistakes, Kirk refers to the difference between taking responsibility as the Captain and taking responsibility as an individual human. Spock points out, as he often did, that he is not human. But Kirk doesn’t back down this time. Though his tone is almost whimsical, he utters the line that is the most central to this story. “Spock, you want to know something? Everybody’s human.” Spock replies, as he often did, that he finds that remark insulting. But in a scene that for Nimoy already mixed the Star Trek universe with the other one (the “real” one) on several levels, this is the essence of what links the metaphorical Star Trek story with the world it is commenting on. On the earth of Russians and Americans, Europeans and Asians, Israelis and Palestinians, Americans and Iraqis: “everybody’s human.” It’s that same point that JFK was making in 1963: the ground of peace, the basis for the conspiracy of hope. The movie then goes into action mode, with a space battle pitting the Shakespeare-spouting Chang and the Enterprise, with Spock and McCoy astride a torpedo a la Dr. Strangelove, and Sulu’s Excelsior zooming in to the rescue. Notably, the solution for discovering the cloaked vessel comes from Uhura. (In the novel version, Kirk proposes it, which suggests that he did so in an earlier version of the script. If so, it’s a switch on an alleged notorious practice in original series lore—Shatner taking key lines from other actors so Kirk can say them.) The action scenes at the peace conference lean heavily on similar scenes in the classic 1962 version of The Manchurian Candidate. The assassination attempt on the Federation president is foiled, and the conspirators exposed. But the pivot to the reconciliation depends on Rosanna DeSoto, as the new Klingon chancellor. It works magnificently because of the light in her eyes, the incline of her head and expression on her face, and especially the softness in her voice as she speaks her realization, “You have restored my father’s faith.” “And you have restored my son’s,” Kirk says, with more emotion than literal sense. But it’s enough to elicit the applause of the delegates of many worlds, and to round out the exploits of the original Enterprise crew with a Star Trek affirmation of hope. As a political metaphor, this movie used elements of the recent past, and prefigured others. Though nobody tried to assassinate Gorbachev, there was a military coup attempt and he disappeared for days, causing many to fear for his life. But the military couldn’t get public support and the coup failed. Shortly afterwards, the Soviet Union itself dissolved. And now we’ve come to the farewells. There are two, both elegantly done. We see the Enterprise and the Excelsior return together. Captain Sulu is seen on screen with his bridge crew behind him. George Takei’s voice again gives weight to the words, “Nice to see you in action one more time, Captain Kirk. Take care.” Although everyone knew that this would be the last original crew movie, Nichelle Nichols wrote that once again because filming had gone so well, several hints were dropped in that might enable another film, and these probably had to do with establishing Captain Sulu and the Excelsior. (Indeed, there’s been some fan agitation for such a film or series ever since.) After Sulu departs, McCoy observes that the Excelsior is a big ship. “Not so as big as its Captain, I think, “Scotty replies. Kirk suggests it’s time they got underway, but Uhura tells him that Starfleet has ordered them back to space dock, to be decommissioned. Her voice drops on the last words---it’s the voice of doom, and a series of reaction shots shows how the finality of it is sinking in. When the film began they were all weary and ready for retirement, but this adventure renewed them, and the hope in the future it represents rekindled their enthusiasm. So might the wisdom they’ve attained. Then in a classic Spock maneuver (a function Data would fulfill in similar moments for the TNG crew), he says that “If I were human, I believe my response would be, go to hell. 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It is also a transformative moment, as the original crew passes into myth and legend, further symbolized by the disappearance of the Enterprise itself in the corona of a star. Not having gone anywhere in particular, the Enterprise has simply faded into everywhere. Some criticized the signatures of the actors that then appeared (they said it should have been the signatures of the characters) but that's really a lame quibble: the ending is all but perfect. This is how legends go. They don't die, they simply disappear into the region of space in our minds and hearts where all legends lie in repose, in suspended animation perhaps, but with the potential to return when needed. It's how the greatest English legend, that of King Arthur ends. And the Enterprise is doing what it exists to do: going off to explore, going off to the next adventure. It's how we would all like to end. So before we say our farewell, let’s remember who these people are. First, a few experiences they had in common that contributed to forging the Star Trek future. Many came with strong experience in theatre. Shatner got his first breaks playing Shakespeare. James Doohan was a highly regarded acting teacher; Joanne Woodward once remarked that he taught her all she knows. The Next Generation actors also had strong theatre credentials, and to some extent so did the following casts, but it was particularly important for the first. For the meager Original Series budget allowed for a few obligatory special effects, and not much else. As Shatner has since observed, they were essentially putting on Greek plays every week, with emphasis on character, story and especially the key questions that human beings face. They grew up before there was television, but they had the magic of the movies. Nimoy, Shatner, Takei, all recall Saturday matinees at the local movie palace, an ornate and special world separate from their daily lives, different from any other environment where they lived, where their heroes had bright adventures ten feet tall on the big screen. This was an experience shared by young dreamers from the 1920s until at least the 1960s. These were generations---both the makers of Star Trek and its first audience---enthralled by the magic of character and story. This is worth mentioning in an era more characterized by the single-purpose, goal-driven interactive narratives of video games. When they came together to create the crew of the Enterprise, they brought with them real life experiences that pertained to what they played, and the statements Star Trek made. None came from a wealthy background, some experienced the Depression, others a childhood of modest means and even privation. In his autobiography, Walter Koenig writes that early poverty colored his attitudes for the rest of his life. For some, the topic of bigotry dealt with in Star Trek VI was not an abstraction, or something they simply read about. Nichelle Nichols lived through racial prejudice, and as late as 1956 when she was touring as a singer she was denied a hotel room because of her color. She also dealt with an attempted rape, and at a time when prosecutions were much less likely to be brought or to be successful, she testified against a powerful man in his own city and the jury convicted him. As a boy, George Takei was in U.S. Internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. Both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy had to deal with prejudice against Jews when they were boys. In his first book, Nimoy emphasized that he could identify with the alien Spock because he'd been an alienated young man, playing alienated characters. When their Star Trek created stories about the conduct and psychology of war and conflict, there were many who knew about them first hand. James Doohan had been among the soldiers storming the Normandy beaches on D-Day, and he was severely injured by enemy gunfire that day, with visible scars not shown on camera. Gene Roddenberry didn't just write about flying a ship, he had flown bombers in combat. He and writer/producer Gene Coon didn't write antiwar stories from theory; they had both experienced real war. Roddenberry didn't just write about grace under pressure--he survived two plane crashes and helped to rescue survivors from both. These actors played their Star Trek characters for their seasons on television, and then in six movies through another decade. Many actors who have played the same heroic character over time have been changed by that experience. When these characters became global icons for a quarter of a century, they had enormous impact on each of the actors’ lives. But in addition to their characters, they became identified with Star Trek, and everything it meant. Some had problems with that from time to time, but in the end, they all embraced it. It became a major part of their lives. Gene Roddenberry was often invited to speak to groups of futurists, scientists and psychologists. Real engineers consulted Doohan, and Nichols had a real role in the U.S. Space program, recruiting minority participants for NASA, including several astronauts. Leonard Nimoy participated in anti-war demonstrations while Star Trek was in its original TV run. William Shatner became an advocate for ecology. George Takei served on local government commissions and became a political player in Los Angeles. He recently made news by going public about his long-time homosexual relationship. For years, fans have agitated for a gay character to be included in a Star Trek crew. It turns out that there always was one. And befitting the 23rd century future Star Trek envisioned, nobody thought it had even to be mentioned. Takei did mention it, he said, because of his concern for contemporary bigotry against gays and Lesbians. And of course Star Trek remained in their lives through the Star Trek conventions. Each one was touched by encounters with fans, and each of them contributed something personally to the lives of specific fans. After resisting conventions for years, William Shatner has become a fan of them. His friendship with Leonard Nimoy has deepened over the years, as is evident in their “Mild Meld” conversation. They now do a kind of comedy improv act together at conventions, like the Scotty event in Hollywood. Two of the fan favorites have passed away: DeForest Kelley and James Doohan. A tribute to Kelley is included in the Star Trek VI DVD—he was unique in his consistent modesty and warmth. He didn’t have an unkind word for anyone (which may be why he is the only cast member not to publish an autobiography) and he is unique in no one having a negative word to say about him. I attended Doohan’s final convention in Los Angeles as part of my New York Times story. When I asked about him in interviews, LeVar Burton and Nicholas Meyer separately declared in the same words, “I love Jimmy Doohan!” Jonathan Frakes emailed his recollection of good times with him at conventions. When the original cast (minus Shatner and Nimoy, but with the addition of Majel Roddenberry and Grace Lee Whitney) gathered with James Doohan for their last moments onstage together, Nichelle Nichols’ affection and concern for Doohan was palpable. The bond between fans and these legendary stars continues. George Takei brings his energy and his ability to articulate the Star Trek vision. “In a society with so much violence and stupidity,” Walter Koenig told me, “ the conventions are an oasis, where you can find some genuinely good people who believe in humanity and respect the rights of others.” “Because the fans are loyal to Gene’s dream, “ Nichelle Nichols said to me, “we are loyal to the fans.”. Nichelle Nichols figures in a special moment I had at the Scotty convention. Her participation in Star Trek is uniquely intriguing. Though she had a complicated relationship with GR, she has remained steadfast in her loyalty to him as Star Trek’s creator and visionary. Before Star Trek, she was a unique and highly successful dancer and singer. After Star Trek, she continued her immersion in music and added writing---several forms of nonfiction, and her science fiction novels. But for most of her time on Star Trek, the prominent role she was promised got eroded to very little. Everyone must know the story by now of how she almost left the show after the first season, but was persuaded to remain by Martin Luther King, Jr. Like several other cast members, she did not get the kind of acting roles she otherwise might have, and certainly was capable of doing. But entertainment is a strange business, and talent is no guarantee of anything. Character, however, gives you a life. Nichelle Nichols is universally recognized as a great lady. It is obvious seeing her. She is not at all pretentious, but she has great dignity, and kindness. Fortunately for me, I was not only to witness a demonstration of all this, but to be its beneficiary. It was at the benefit dinner before the convention, in James Doohan’s honor. I was seated with a group of fans, including the man who won the Scotty lookalike contest, a few tables deep from the dias. But I could see Nichelle Nichols at a front table with several other people. I hadn’t spoken with her yet, but I knew she would be appearing at the convention over the weekend, and I wanted to secure a brief interview then. So I decided to introduce myself now, and let her know my intentions. I walked past the table from behind and came around to her side, careful to let her see me approach. I intended to be very brief, so I wouldn’t interrupt her evening. I told her my name and that I was representing the New York Times, and that I wanted to introduce myself now, and would be asking for a few minutes of her time at the convention. Her response startled me. She immediately said, “And I’d like to introduce you to someone,” and she turned to the man on her left. The man popped up from his chair, and I was even more startled to see it was Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. She did introduce us, saying my name correctly---astonishing me, partly because few people do, and because I tended to rush through it to get to the New York Times part, and also because I hardly ever remember a stranger’s name immediately after hearing it. I was pretty much a loss for words at that point. But I got to shake hands with Neil Armstrong. One degree of separation between me and another world. Nichelle Nichols did that for me, about half a second after seeing me for the first time. If you need a definition of graciousness, this is it. These actors took their life experiences into a decade of change, of activism on many levels of doing, thinking and feeling. They were part of our common adventure, exploring racism and diversity, the perils and opportunities of technology, the deadly diversion of greed, and the costs of war versus the perilous building of peace. They were--and are-- part of our exploration of our time, its bearing on the future, and its insights into the human soul. Gene Roddenberry died shortly after Star Trek VI was completed, and, William Shatner says on this DVD, essentially 'the Star Trek we knew died with him. Other people came and with some success carried his laurels, never to the degree of success and knowledge that Gene Roddenberry had.' Star Trek VI was the last story of the original cast, and the last Star Trek story that Gene Roddenberry saw. GR was executive producer of the first film, but the studio gave him little control over the next five, and even his influence was not always decisive. In her book, Nichelle Nichols writes that he was more involved in VI than he had been in awhile, but his strong objections to aspects of it were not heeded. Nick Meyer abruptly left one meeting with him, and while he listened to him in a second meeting, he reportedly didn’t take any of GR’s suggestions. In a DVD interview, Star Trek VI producer Ralph Winter says he escorted GR to a private pre-release screening of the film. GR was in a wheelchair, with a blanket for warmth in the air-conditioned theatre. Winter said he left for awhile, and came back for GR at the end. He said that GR said he had enjoyed the film. William Shatner’s Star Trek Movie Memories leaves a different impression. He claims that GR returned to his office, and called his lawyer to demand specific changes. GR died less than 48 hours later. Everyone knew that GR wasn’t happy with elements of the script, the blatant prejudices of his 23rd century Starfleet officers, and the militaristic emphasis. But I imagine that even though parts of it made him angry, he did in fact enjoy watching it. He knew he was ill and weakening. He knew this was probably the last original cast movie. If he was left alone in that theatre, it was just him and the characters he first brought to life. He didn’t create everything about them, or every aspect of the Star Trek universe. Yet he provided the vision, incorporated the contributions of others, and when he could, kept out what didn’t fit. He was there in the dark, as he had been so many times since his boyhood, looking up at heroes on the screen. Except these were heroes that to some significant degree came from within him, and were by now part of him. He saw them foil a plot against peace, and restore the faith of a visionary peacemaker. He saw them gather together on the bridge of the Enterprise, going off together into the corona of a star. When they looked out, they were looking at him, who brought them into the world, into the universe of story. I can’t help believing that at some moment in that dark screening room, GR and Star Trek said their goodbyes. Novelization and DVD As she often does in her novelizations, J.M. Dillard adds some backstory that adds plausibility to on-screen events and behavior, as well as a subplot or two that gives something extra to fans without changing the on-screen story. In Star Trek VI her fan gifts include references to the Organian peace treaty and a subplot involving Carol Marcus (Kirk's lost love and mother of the son he discovers in Star Trek II, and loses in III.) In the novel, Carol Marcus was badly injured in an earlier attack on an outpost, where phaser fire 'seemed to come from nowhere'-an invisible ship. Kirk remembers this, and had told Spock, and he remembers it when the improbable idea of a cloaked ship firing from just below the Enterprise was the only not-impossible theory he had. In the novel, Marcus awakes from her coma in time to greet Kirk when he returns. A version of the script also began with Kirk and Marcus together, but this and other preliminary scenes were dropped for time. (In the novel there's also a love interest story for the Klingon chancellor's daughter that doesn't really work.) As usual, Dillard cleans up some implausibilities. For instance, the scene in which the bridge crew is huddled around Uhura, searching through huge books for Klingon words, trying to convince the men at the Klingon outpost monitoring ships in the sector that they are a Klingon freighter. It's a funny scene, well shot and well played, and is one of several that involve the bridge crew beyond Kirk, Spock and McCoy. There are several mild implausibilities here: besides Nick Meyer's fondness for anachronisms and for this joke, why would the crew have old Klingon language books? The DVD adds Chekov’s off-screen voice saying that they can’t use the universal translator because it would give them away as not a Klingon ship. But when Uhura butchers the Klingon language, aren't the usually volatile Klingons suspicious? Why doesn't the Klingon outpost’s equipment recognize the Enterprise? Except for the books, Dillard neatly solves most objections with her description of the outpost. Because it's not on the more active Romulan border, this is an old outpost that's given only obsolete equipment, and is manned by the dregs of the Empire. Moreover, it is a known smuggling route, and so the Klingons know very well that the Enterprise is lying and that they are not Klingons, but they think they're just the usual smugglers, and anyway they don't care. As usual, the first disk of the definitive DVD has the movie and commentaries; the second has interviews and various extras. I found the audio commentary by director and co-writer Nicholas Meyer and his writing partner, Denny Martin Flinn, more annoying than useful. Meyer is well represented on the second disk, and is quite eloquent in his solo interview. But in the commentary he sounds a bit pompous at times, and Flinn too sycophantic. Fans know what to expect from the text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda---a bit of good-natured nitpicking amidst the observation of production details, with little gems like the motto on the dedication plaque of the Excelsior (“No matter where you go, there you are,” the essence of Zen wisdom from Buckaroo Bonzai) and that the Enterprise model in Captain Kirk’s quarters was assembled by Trek producer-writer Ron Moore, when he was twelve. The second disk is mostly fun, and includes probably the best serious feature on any Trek film DVD, called “The Perils of Peacemaking.” It should be required viewing at the White House. Ambassador Dennis Ross is especially eloquent on the need for diplomacy, and what makes it successful. What separates the leaders who are prepared to make historic change, he says, is a vision of the future, and a readiness to make difficult choices. But the key to all of it is mutual understanding. And it begins with story. “Everybody has a narrative,” Ross says. “Everybody has a story that describes how they see themselves. That frankly is the most important way to come to grips with who it is you’re dealing with. You can’t do it overnight, but you can do it if you make the effort.”. Considering all the misunderstandings, infighting and threats of law suits in the making of this film---even a conflict over the wording of the film’s dedication to Gene Roddenberry---it’s more than ironic that its subject is the end of enmity between warring parties and the beginning of understanding and mutual commitment to peace. “I see we have a long way to go,” said the Lincolnesque Gorkon—Nick Meyers told David Warner to play him as if he is “the only one in the room with imagination.” How far we have to go is clear just from reading about how these first six Star Trek movies were made. According to various accounts, nearly everyone involved stabbed someone in the back at one time or another, and nearly everyone felt betrayed at some point. Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner felt betrayed by Nick Meyer on Star Trek VI, and GR felt insulted by him. Others (and probably even some of the aforementioned) believe that Meyer saved the franchise, maybe more than once. At various times Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei felt betrayed by Harv Bennett, who felt betrayed by some of them and many others. And some believe he saved the franchise. GR felt betrayed by nearly everyone, including those who consider themselves his staunch supporters, such as Shatner and Nimoy. And they are his staunch supporters. People are complicated. But that’s our adventure in the real world: to make a future possible by finding, developing and using the skills and tools to become better people in a better society. The need for that focus is Star Trek’s legacy. As Nichelle Nichols wrote in Beyond Uhura, “One of Star Trek’s enduring qualities is that with the exception of a few great technological tricks, nothing came easy for the crew. In a world of phasers, transporters, dilithium crystals, and Dr. McCoy’s amazing arrays of instant antidotes, ultimately the outcome relied on human beings doing the right thing.”. Welcome to Soul of Star Trek. Of Craig's List names it one of the top ten Star Trek blogs, names it as one of the top five. It's on the top 10, top 10, and at least top ten list. The Trek Movie site it. There are posts here about other science fiction, from 50s classic movies to Doctor Who and Firefly, H.G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon to Kim Stanley Robinson. Most wind up relating to what I feel is the soul of Star Trek in some way. As for Trek itself, you might start with Star Trek origins posted for the, or the essays on the Star Trek feature films, or on one of the more popular TNG episodes, (with a comment by one of its writers.) I'm also partial to the posts on Encounter at I've tried to make the labels useful, so I hope they can serve as good guides on your explorations. The Captain's Logs are generally newsier and more random. Thanks for stopping.
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Follows his movie career, from his first job installing Thomas Edison's Vitascope machines in New York, through his business as a film exhibitor, to his job as head of. Film shows the competitiveness and tricks used as news reporting got its start and includes rare footage of very early newreel films. Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American and, noted for his sensational. He first attracted notice in in the US and then as 'Harry Handcuff Houdini' on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, under water, and having to escape from and inside a sealed milk can with water in it. In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special commissioned by London's, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near-breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were faked, Houdini presented himself as the scourge of fake. As President of the, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. He was also quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts. Houdini made several movies, but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also a keen aviator, and aimed to become the first man to fly a plane in Australia. 1900 Houdini began his magic career in 1891, but had little success. He appeared in a tent act with strongman. He performed in dime museums and sideshows, and even doubled as 'The Wild Man' at a circus. Houdini focused initially on traditional card tricks. At one point, he billed himself as the 'King of Cards'. Other professional magicians would come to regard Houdini as a competent but not particularly skilled sleight-of-hand artist, lacking the grace and finesse required to achieve excellence in that craft. He soon began experimenting with. In 1893, while performing with his brother ' (Theodore) at as 'The Brothers Houdini', Houdini met a fellow performer,. Bess was initially courted by Dash, but she and Houdini married in 1894, with Bess replacing Dash in the act, which became known as 'The Houdinis'. For the rest of Houdini's performing career, Bess worked as his stage assistant. Houdini's big break came in 1899 when he met manager in St. Paul, Minnesota. Impressed by Houdini's act, Beck advised him to concentrate on escape acts and booked him on the circuit. Within months, he was performing at the top vaudeville houses in the country. In 1900, Beck arranged for Houdini to tour Europe. After some days of unsuccessful interviews in London, Houdini's British agent helped him to get an interview with, then manager of the. He was introduced to and gave a demonstration of escape from handcuffs. He succeeded in baffling the police so effectively that he was booked at the Alhambra for six months. His show was an immediate hit and his salary rose to $300 a week. 'My Two Sweethearts'—Houdini with his mother and wife, c. 1907 Houdini became widely known as 'The Handcuff King.' He toured England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Russia. In each city, Houdini challenged local police to restrain him with and lock him in their jails. In many of these challenge escapes, he was first. In Moscow, he escaped from a Siberian prison transport van, claiming that, had he been unable to free himself, he would have had to travel to Siberia, where the only key was kept. In, he sued a police officer, Werner Graff, who alleged that he made his escapes via bribery. Houdini won the case when he opened the judge's safe (he later said the judge had forgotten to lock it). With his new-found wealth, Houdini purchased a dress said to have been made for. He then arranged a grand reception where he presented his mother in the dress to all their relatives. Houdini said it was the happiest day of his life. In 1904, Houdini returned to the U.S. And purchased a house for $25,000 (equivalent to $666,389 in 2016), a at 278 W. 113th Street in,. Whilst on tour in Europe in 1902, Houdini visited with the aim of meeting the widow of Emile Houdin, the son of, for an interview and permission to visit his grave. He did not receive permission but still visited the grave. Houdini believed that he had been treated unfairly and later wrote a negative account of the incident in his magazine, claiming he was 'treated most discourteously by Madame W. Emile Robert-Houdin.' In 1906, he sent a letter to the French magazine L'Illusionniste stating: 'You will certainly enjoy the article on Robert Houdin I am about to publish in my magazine. Yes, my dear friend, I think I can finally demolish your idol, who has so long been placed on a pedestal that he did not deserve.' In 1906, Houdini created his own publication, the Conjurers' Monthly Magazine. It was a competitor to, but was short-lived and only two volumes were released until August 1908. Magic historian has noted that: 'Houdini couldn't resist using the journal for his own crusades, attacking his rivals, praising his own appearances, and subtly rewriting history to favor his view of magic.' From 1907 and throughout the 1910s, Houdini performed with great success in the United States. He freed himself from jails, handcuffs, chains, ropes, and, often while hanging from a rope in sight of street audiences. Because of imitators, Houdini put his 'handcuff act' behind him on January 25, 1908, and began escaping from a locked, water-filled milk can. The possibility of failure and death thrilled his audiences. Houdini also expanded his repertoire with his escape challenge act, in which he invited the public to devise contraptions to hold him. These included nailed packing crates (sometimes lowered into water), riveted boilers, wet sheets,, and even the belly of a that had washed ashore in Boston. Brewers in and other cities challenged Houdini to escape from a barrel after they filled it with beer. Many of these challenges were arranged with local merchants in one of the first uses of mass tie-in marketing. Rather than promote the idea that he was assisted by spirits, as did the and others, Houdini's advertisements showed him making his escapes via, although Houdini himself never claimed to have supernatural powers. After much research, Houdini wrote a collection of articles on the history of magic, which were expanded into The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin published in 1908. In this book he attacked his former idol Robert-Houdin as liar and a fraud for having claimed the invention of automata and effects such as, which had been in existence for many years. Many of the allegations in the book were dismissed by magicians and researchers who defended Robert-Houdin. Magician would later write a full rebuttal to Houdini's book. Poster promoting Houdini taking up the challenge of escaping an 'extra strong and large traveling basket' In 1913, Houdini introduced the, in which he was suspended upside-down in a locked glass-and-steel cabinet full to overflowing with water, holding his breath for more than three minutes. He would go on performing this escape for the rest of his life. During his career, Houdini explained some of his tricks in books written for the magic brotherhood. In Handcuff Secrets (1909), he revealed how many locks and handcuffs could be opened with properly applied force, others with shoestrings. Other times, he carried concealed or keys. When tied down in ropes or, he gained wiggle room by enlarging his shoulders and chest, moving his arms slightly away from his. Houdini in handcuffs, 1918 His straitjacket escape was originally performed behind curtains, with him popping out free at the end. Houdini's brother, (who was also an escape artist, billing himself as ), discovered that audiences were more impressed when the curtains were eliminated so they could watch him struggle to get out. On more than one occasion, they both performed straitjacket escapes while dangling upside-down from the roof of a building in the same city. For most of his career, Houdini was a headline act in. For many years, he was the highest-paid performer in American vaudeville. One of Houdini's most notable non-escape stage illusions was performed at the, when he vanished a full-grown elephant from the stage. He had purchased this trick from the magician. In 1923, Houdini became president of & Co., America's oldest magic company. The business is still in operation today. He also served as President of ( a.k.a. S.A.M.) from 1917 until his death in 1926. Founded on May 10, 1902, in the back room of 's magic shop in New York, the Society expanded under the leadership of Harry Houdini during his term as National President from 1917 to 1926. Houdini was magic's greatest visionary. He sought to create a large, unified national network of professional and amateur magicians. Wherever he traveled, he gave a lengthy formal address to the local magic club, made speeches, and usually threw a banquet for the members at his own expense. He said 'The Magicians Clubs as a rule are small: they are weak.but if we were amalgamated into one big body the society would be stronger, and it would mean making the small clubs powerful and worthwhile. Members would find a welcome wherever they happened to be and, conversely, the safeguard of a city-to-city hotline to track exposers and other undesirables.' For most of 1916, while on his vaudeville tour, Houdini had been recruiting—at his own expense—local magic clubs to join the S.A.M. In an effort to revitalize what he felt was a weak organization. Houdini persuaded groups in Buffalo, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City to join. As had happened in London, he persuaded magicians to join. The Buffalo club joined as the first branch, (later assembly) of the Society. Chicago Assembly No. 3 was, as the name implies, the third regional club to be established by the S.A.M., whose assemblies now number in the hundreds. In 1917, he signed Assembly Number Three's charter into existence, and that charter and this club continue to provide Chicago magicians with a connection to each other and to their past. Houdini dined with, addressed, and got pledges from similar clubs in Detroit, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Cincinnati and elsewhere. This was the biggest movement ever in the history of magic. In places where no clubs existed, he rounded up individual magicians, introduced them to each other, and urged them into the fold. By the end of 1916, magicians' clubs in San Francisco and other cities that Houdini had not visited were offering to become assemblies. He had created the richest and longest-surviving organization of magicians in the world. It now embraces almost 6,000 dues-paying members and almost 300 assemblies worldwide. In July 1926, Houdini was elected for the ninth successive time President of the Society of American Magicians. Every other president has only served for one year. He also was President of the Magicians' Club of London. In the final years of his life (1925/26), Houdini launched his own full-evening show, which he billed as 'Three Shows in One: Magic, Escapes, and Fraud Mediums Exposed'. Notable escapes Mirror challenge. Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell Around 1912, the vast number of imitators prompted Houdini to replace his milk can act with the Chinese water torture cell. In this escape, Houdini's feet were locked in stocks, and he was lowered upside down into a tank filled with water. The mahogany and metal cell featured a glass front, through which audiences could clearly see Houdini. The stocks were locked to the top of the cell, and a curtain concealed his escape. In the earliest version of the torture cell, a metal cage was lowered into the cell, and Houdini was enclosed inside that. While making the escape more difficult – the cage prevented Houdini from turning – the cage bars also offered protection should the front glass break. The original cell was built in England, where Houdini first performed the escape for an audience of one person as part of a one-act play he called 'Houdini Upside Down'. This was so he could copyright the effect and have grounds to sue imitators, which he did. While the escape was advertised as 'The Chinese Water Torture Cell' or 'The Water Torture Cell', Houdini always referred to it as 'the Upside Down' or 'USD'. The first public performance of the USD was at the Circus Busch in Berlin, on September 21, 1912. Houdini continued to perform the escape until his death in 1926. Suspended straitjacket escape One of Houdini's most popular publicity stunts was to have himself strapped into a regulation straitjacket and suspended by his ankles from a tall building or crane. Houdini would then make his in full view of the assembled crowd. In many cases, Houdini drew tens of thousands of onlookers who brought city traffic to a halt. Houdini would sometimes ensure press coverage by performing the escape from the office building of a local newspaper. In New York City, Houdini performed the suspended straitjacket escape from a crane being used to build the New York subway. After flinging his body in the air, he escaped from the straitjacket. Starting from when he was hoisted up in the air by the crane, to when the straitjacket was completely off, it took him two minutes and thirty-seven seconds. There is film footage in the Library of Congress of Houdini performing the escape. Films of his escapes are also shown at The Houdini Museum in Scranton, PA. After being battered against a building in high winds during one escape, Houdini performed the escape with a visible safety wire on his ankle so that he could be pulled away from the building if necessary. The idea for the upside-down escape was given to Houdini by a young boy named (March 31, 1895 – December 5, 1956), when the two met at a performance at 's Empire Theatre. Overboard box escape. Houdini prepares to do the overboard box escape c. 1912 Another of Houdini's most famous publicity stunts was to escape from a nailed and roped packing crate after it had been lowered into water. He first performed the escape in New York's East River on July 7, 1912. Police forbade him from using one of the piers, so he hired a tugboat and invited press on board. Houdini was locked in handcuffs and leg-irons, then nailed into the crate which was roped and weighed down with two hundred pounds of lead. The crate was then lowered into the water. He escaped in 57 seconds. The crate was pulled to the surface and found still to be intact, with the manacles inside. Houdini performed this escape many times, and even performed a version on stage, first at Hamerstein's Roof Garden where a 5,500-US-gallon (21,000 l) tank was specially built, and later at the. Buried alive stunt Houdini performed at least three variations on a stunt during his career. The first was near Santa Ana, California in 1915, and it almost cost Houdini his life. Houdini was buried, without a casket, in a pit of earth six feet deep. He became exhausted and panicked while trying to dig his way to the surface and called for help. When his hand finally broke the surface, he fell unconscious and had to be pulled from the grave by his assistants. Houdini wrote in his diary that the escape was 'very dangerous' and that 'the weight of the earth is killing.' Houdini's second variation on buried alive was an endurance test designed to expose mystical Egyptian performer Rahman Bey, who had claimed to use supernatural powers to remain in a sealed casket for an hour. Houdini bettered Bey on August 5, 1926, by remaining in a sealed casket, or coffin, submerged in the swimming pool of New York's Hotel Shelton for one and a half hours. Houdini claimed he did not use any trickery or supernatural powers to accomplish this feat, just controlled breathing. He repeated the feat at the YMCA in Worcester, Massachusetts on September 28, 1926, this time remaining sealed for one hour and eleven minutes. Houdini's final buried alive was an elaborate stage escape that featured in his full evening show. Houdini would escape after being strapped in a straitjacket, sealed in a casket, and then buried in a large tank filled with sand. While posters advertising the escape exist (playing off the Bey challenge by boasting 'Egyptian Fakirs Outdone!' ), it is unclear whether Houdini ever performed buried alive on stage. The stunt was to be the feature escape of his 1927 season, but Houdini died on October 31, 1926. The bronze casket Houdini created for buried alive was used to transport Houdini's body from Detroit to New York following his death on. Movie career. Heavyweight boxer mock-punching Houdini (held back by lightweight boxer ) Unlike the image of the classic magician, Houdini was short and stocky and typically appeared on stage in a long frock coat and tie. Most biographers give his height as 5 ft 5 in, but descriptions vary. Houdini was also said to be slightly, which aided in his ability to gain slack during his rope escapes. In the 1997 biography Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss, author summarizes how reporters described Houdini's appearance during his early career: They stressed his smallness—'somewhat undersized'—and angular, vivid features: 'He is smooth-shaven with a keen, sharp-chinned, sharp-cheekboned face, bright blue eyes and thick, curly, black hair.' Some sensed how much his complexly expressive smile was the outlet of his charismatic stage presence. It communicated to audiences at once warm amiability, pleasure in performing, and, more subtly, imperious self-assurance. Several reporters tried to capture the charming effect, describing him as 'happy-looking', 'pleasant-faced', 'good natured at all times', 'the young Hungarian magician with the pleasant smile and easy confidence'. Houdini and his wife Harry Houdini died of, secondary to a, at 1:26 p.m. On October 31, 1926, in Room 401 at Detroit's Grace Hospital, aged 52. In his final days, he optimistically held to a strong belief that he would recover, but his last words before dying were reportedly, 'I'm tired of fighting.' Eyewitnesses to an incident at Houdini's dressing room in the Princess Theatre in gave rise to speculation that Houdini's death was caused by a student, Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead (b. 1954), who delivered a surprise attack of multiple blows to Houdini's abdomen. The eyewitnesses, students named Jacques Price and Sam Smilovitz (sometimes called Jack Price and Sam Smiley), proffered accounts of the incident that generally corroborated one another. Price describes Whitehead asking Houdini 'if he believed in the miracles of the Bible' and 'whether it was true that punches in the stomach did not hurt him'. He then delivered 'some very hammer-like blows below the belt'. Houdini was reclining on a couch at the time, having broken his ankle while performing several days earlier. Price states that Houdini winced at each blow and stopped Whitehead suddenly in the midst of a punch, gesturing that he had enough, and adding that he had no opportunity to prepare himself against the blows, as he did not expect Whitehead to strike him so suddenly and forcefully. Had his ankle not been broken, he would have risen from the couch into a better position to brace himself. Throughout the evening, Houdini performed in great pain. He was unable to sleep and remained in constant pain for the next two days, but did not seek medical help. When he finally saw a doctor, he was found to have a fever of 102 °F (39 °C) and acute appendicitis, and was advised to have immediate surgery. He ignored the advice and decided to go on with the show. When Houdini arrived at the Garrick Theater in, Michigan, on October 24, 1926, for what would be his last performance, he had a fever of 104 °F (40 °C). Despite the diagnosis, Houdini took the stage. He was reported to have passed out during the show, but was revived and continued. Afterwards, he was hospitalized at Detroit's. It is not entirely clear what relationship the encounter in the dressing room had on Houdini's eventual death. As points out, the relationship between blunt trauma and appendicitis is not clear. One theory suggests that Houdini was unaware that he was suffering from appendicitis, which would have been clearer to him had he not received blows to the abdomen. After taking statements from Price and Smilovitz, Houdini's insurance company concluded that the death was due to the dressing-room incident and paid. Houdini grave site Houdini's funeral was held on November 4, 1926, in New York City, with more than 2,000 mourners in attendance. He was interred in the in, with the crest of the inscribed on his grave site. A statuary bust was added to the in 1927, a rarity, because graven images are forbidden in Jewish cemeteries. In 1975, the bust was destroyed by vandals. Temporary busts were placed at the grave until 2011 when a group who came to be called The from the in, Pennsylvania placed a permanent bust with the permission of Houdini's family and of the cemetery. The took responsibility for the upkeep of the site, as Houdini had willed a large sum of money to the organization he had grown from one club to 5,000-6,000 dues-paying membership worldwide. The payment of upkeep was abandoned by the society's dean, who said 'Houdini paid for perpetual care, but there's nobody at the cemetery to provide it', adding that the operator of the cemetery, David Jacobson, 'sends us a bill for upkeep every year but we never pay it because he never provides any care.' Members of the Society tidy the grave themselves. Machpelah Cemetery operator Jacobson said, they 'never paid the cemetery for any restoration of the Houdini family plot in my tenure since 1988', claiming that the money came from the cemetery's dwindling funds. The granite monuments of Houdini's sister, Gladys, and brother, Leopold were also destroyed by vandals. For many years, until recently, The Houdini grave site has been only cared for by and of the in, Pennsylvania. The Society of American Magicians, at its National Council Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, in 2013, under the prompting of The Houdini Museum's Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz, voted to assume the financial responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the Houdini Gravesite. In MUM Magazine, the Society's official magazine, President Dal Sanders announced 'Harry Houdini is an icon as revered as Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe. He is not only a magical icon; his gravesite bears the seal of The Society of American Magicians. That seal is our brand and we should be proud to protect it. This gravesite is clearly our responsibility and I'm proud to report that the National Council unanimously voted to maintain Houdini's final resting place.' The Houdini Gravesite Restoration Committee under the Chairmanship of National President David Bowers, is working closely with National President Kenrick 'Ice' McDonald to see this project to completion. Bowers said it is a foregone conclusion that the Society will approve the funding request, because 'Houdini is responsible for the Society of American Magicians being what it is today. We owe a debt of gratitude to him.' Like Bowers, McDonald said the motivation behind the repairs is to properly honor the grave of the 'Babe Ruth of magicians'. 'This is hallowed ground,' he said. 'When you ask people about magicians, the first thing they say is Harry Houdini.' While the actual plot will remain under the control of Machpelah Cemetery management, the Society of American Magicians, with the help of the Houdini Museum in Pennsylvania, will be in charge of the restoration. Magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz have been caring for the escape artist's Queens grave over the years. 'This is a monument where people go and visit on a daily basis,' said Dietrich who is spearheading restoration efforts. 'The nearly 80-year-old popular plot at the Machpelah Cemetery has fallen into disrepair over the years.' 'The Houdini Museum has teamed with The Society of American Magicians, one of the oldest fraternal magic organizations in the world, to give the beloved site a facelift.' The organization has a specific Houdini gravesite committee made up of nine members headed up by President elect David Bowers who brought this project to the Society's attention. Kenrick 'Ice' McDonald, the current president of the Society of American Magicians said 'You have to know the history. Houdini served as President from 1917 until his death in 1926. Houdini's burial site needs an infusion of cash to restore it to its former glory.' Magician Dietrich said the repairs could cost 'tens of thousands of dollars', after consulting with glass experts and grave artisans. 'It's a wonderful project, but it's taken a lifetime to get people interested,' she said. 'It's long overdue, and it's great that it's happening.' Houdini was a living superhero,' Dietrich said. 'He wasn't just a magician and escape artist, he was a great humanitarian.' To this day, the Society holds a at the grave every November. Houdini's widow,, died of a heart attack on February 11, 1943, aged 67, in while on a train en route from Los Angeles to New York City. She had expressed a wish to be buried next to her husband, but instead was interred 35 miles due north at the in, as her Catholic family refused to allow her to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. General, Helium-3, He-3, 3He 1 2 0.000137% (% He on Earth) stable ( of tritium) 3.0160293 1⁄ 2 Helium-3 ( He-3, also written as 3He, see also ) is a light, non- of with two and one (common helium having two neutrons). Its hypothetical existence was first proposed in 1934 by the Australian while he was working at the. Oliphant had performed experiments in which fast collided with deuteron targets (incidentally, the first demonstration of ). Helium-3 was thought to be a until it was also found in samples of natural helium, which is mostly, taken both from the terrestrial atmosphere and from wells. Other than, helium-3 is the only stable isotope of any element with more protons than neutrons. Helium-3 occurs as a, escaping from the Earth's crust into the atmosphere and into over millions of years. Helium-3 is also thought to be a natural and, one produced when lithium is bombarded by natural neutrons, which can be released by and by with. Some of the helium-3 found in the terrestrial atmosphere is also a relic of atmospheric and underwater. Much speculation has been made over the possibility of helium-3 as a future energy source. Unlike most other reactions, the fusion of helium-3 atoms releases large amounts of energy without causing the surrounding material to become radioactive. However, the temperatures required to achieve helium-3 fusion reactions are much higher than in traditional fusion reactions. The abundance of helium-3 is thought to be greater on the Moon than on Earth, having been embedded in the upper layer of by the over billions of years, though still lower in quantity than in the 's. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Physical properties [ ] Because of its lower atomic mass of 3.02, helium-3 has some different from those of helium-4, with a mass of 4.00 atomic mass units. Because of the weak, induced dipole–dipole interaction between helium atoms, their macroscopic physical properties are mainly determined by their. Also, the microscopic properties of helium-3 cause it to have a higher zero-point energy than helium-4. This implies that helium-3 can overcome dipole–dipole interactions with less thermal energy than helium-4 can. The effects on helium-3 and helium-4 are significantly different because with two protons, two neutrons, and two electrons, helium-4 has an overall of zero, making it a, but with one fewer neutron, helium-3 has an overall spin of one half, making it a. Helium-3 boils at 3.19 compared with helium-4 at 4.23 K, and its is also lower at 3.35 K, compared with helium-4 at 5.2 K. Helium-3 has less than one-half of the density when it is at its boiling point: 59 gram per liter compared to the 125 gram per liter of helium-4—at a pressure of one atmosphere. Its latent heat of vaporization is also considerably lower at 0.026 compared with the 0.0829 kilojoules per mole of helium-4. Fusion reactions [ ] Comparison of neutronicity of reactions Reactants Products Q n/MeV First-generation fusion fuels + (D-D) → 3 2He + 1 0n 3.268 0.306 + (D-D) → + 1 1p 4.032 0 + (D-T) → + 1 0n 17.571 0.057 Second-generation fusion fuel + 3 2He (D- 3He) → + 1 1p 18.354 0 Third-generation fusion fuels 3 2He + 3 2He → + 2 1 1p 12.86 0 11 5B + 1 1p → 3 8.68 0 Net result of D burning (sum of first 4 rows) 6D → 2( + n + p) 43.225 0.046 Current nuclear fuel + n → 2 + 2.5n ~200 0.001 3He can be produced by the low temperature fusion of 2H + 1p (D-p) → 3 He + γ + 9 MeV. If the fusion temperature is below that for the helium nuclei to fuse, the reaction produces a high energy alpha particle which quickly acquires an electron producing a stable light helium ion which can be utilized directly as a source of electricity without producing dangerous neutrons. The fusion reaction rate increases rapidly with temperature until it maximizes and then gradually drops off. The DT rate peaks at a lower temperature (about 70 keV, or 800 million kelvins) and at a higher value than other reactions commonly considered for fusion energy. 3He can be used in fusion reactions by either of the reactions 2H + 3He → 4He + 1p + 18.3, or 3He + 3He → 4He + 2 1p+ 12.86 MeV. The conventional + ('D-T') fusion process produces energetic neutrons which render reactor components with. The appeal of helium-3 fusion stems from the nature of its reaction products. Helium-3 itself is non-radioactive. The lone high-energy by-product, the, can be contained using electric and magnetic fields. The momentum energy of this proton (created in the fusion process) will interact with the containing electromagnetic field, resulting in direct net electricity generation. Because of the higher, the temperatures required for 2 1H + 3 2He fusion are much higher than those of conventional. Moreover, since both reactants need to be mixed together to fuse, reactions between nuclei of the same reactant will occur, and the D-D reaction ( 2 1H + 2 1H) does produce a. Reaction rates vary with temperature, but the D- 3He reaction rate is never greater than 3.56 times the D-D reaction rate (see graph). Therefore, fusion using D-3He fuel at the right temperature and a D-lean fuel mixture, can produce a much lower neutron flux than D-T fusion, but is not clean, negating some of its main attraction. The second possibility, fusing 3 2He with itself ( 3 2He + 3 2He), requires even higher temperatures (since now both reactants have a +2 charge), and thus is even more difficult than the D- 3He reaction. However, it does offer a possible reaction that produces no neutrons; the charged protons produced can be contained using electric and magnetic fields, which in turn results in direct electricity generation. 3 2He + 3 2He fusion is feasible as demonstrated in the laboratory and has immense advantages, but commercial viability is many years in the future. The amounts of helium-3 needed as a replacement for are substantial by comparison to amounts currently available. The total amount of energy produced in the + 3 2He reaction is 18.4 M, which corresponds to some 493 (4.93×10 8 Wh) per three (one ) of ³He. If the total amount of energy could be converted to electrical power with 100% efficiency (a physical impossibility), it would correspond to about 30 minutes of output of a gigawatt electrical plant per mole of 3He. Thus, a year's production (at 6 grams for each operation hour) would require 52.5 kilograms of helium-3. The amount of fuel needed for large-scale applications can also be put in terms of total consumption: electricity consumption by 107 million U.S. Households in 2001 totaled 1,140 billion kWh (1.14×10 15 Wh). Again assuming 100% conversion efficiency, 6.7 per year of helium-3 would be required for that segment of the energy demand of the United States, 15 to 20 tonnes per year given a more realistic end-to-end conversion efficiency. [ ] Neutron detection [ ] Helium-3 is a most important isotope in instrumentation for. It has a high absorption cross section for thermal beams and is used as a converter gas in neutron detectors. The neutron is converted through the nuclear reaction n + 3He → 3H + 1H + 0.764 MeV into charged particles (T, 3H) and (p, 1H) which then are detected by creating a charge cloud in the stopping gas of a or a. Furthermore, the absorption process is strongly -dependent, which allows a helium-3 volume to transmit neutrons with one spin component while absorbing the other. This effect is employed in, a technique which probes for magnetic properties of matter. The United States had hoped to deploy detectors to spot smuggled plutonium in shipping containers by their neutron emissions, but the worldwide shortage of helium-3 following the drawdown in nuclear weapons production since the has to some extent prevented this. As of 2012, DHS determined the commercial supply of boron-10 would support converting its neutron detection infrastructure to that technology. Cryogenics [ ] A uses helium-3 to achieve temperatures of 0.2 to 0.3. A uses a mixture of helium-3 and helium-4 to reach temperatures as low as a few thousandths of a. An important property of helium-3, which distinguishes it from the more common helium-4, is that its nucleus is a since it contains an odd number of spin 1⁄ 2 particles. Helium-4 nuclei are, containing an even number of spin 1⁄ 2 particles. This is a direct result of the for quantized angular momentum. At low temperatures (about 2.17 K), helium-4 undergoes a: A fraction of it enters a that can be roughly understood as a type of. Such a mechanism is not available for helium-3 atoms, which are fermions. However, it was widely speculated that helium-3 could also become a superfluid at much lower temperatures, if the atoms formed into pairs analogous to in the of. Each Cooper pair, having integer spin, can be thought of as a boson. During the 1970s,, and discovered two phase transitions along the melting curve, which were soon realized to be the two superfluid phases of helium-3. The transition to a superfluid occurs at 2.491 millikelvins on the melting curve. They were awarded the 1996 for their discovery. Won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on refining understanding of the superfluid phase of helium-3. In a zero magnetic field, there are two distinct superfluid phases of 3He, the A-phase and the B-phase. The B-phase is the low-temperature, low-pressure phase which has an isotropic energy gap. The A-phase is the higher temperature, higher pressure phase that is further stabilized by a magnetic field and has two point nodes in its gap. The presence of two phases is a clear indication that 3He is an unconventional superfluid (superconductor), since the presence of two phases requires an additional symmetry, other than gauge symmetry, to be broken. In fact, it is a p-wave superfluid, with spin one, S=1, and angular momentum one, L=1. The ground state corresponds to total angular momentum zero, J= S+ L=0 (vector addition). Excited states are possible with non-zero total angular momentum, J>0, which are excited pair collective modes. Because of the extreme purity of superfluid 3He (since all materials except 4He have solidified and sunk to the bottom of the liquid 3He and any 4He has phase separated entirely, this is the most pure condensed matter state), these collective modes have been studied with much greater precision than in any other unconventional pairing system. Medical lung imaging [ ] Helium-3 nuclei have an intrinsic of 1⁄ 2, and a relatively high. Helium-3 can be using non-equilibrium means such as spin-exchange optical pumping. During this process, infrared laser light, tuned to the appropriate wavelength, is used to excite electrons in an, such as or inside a sealed glass vessel. The is transferred from the alkali metal electrons to the noble gas nuclei through collisions. In essence, this process effectively aligns the nuclear spins with the magnetic field in order to enhance the signal. The hyperpolarized gas may then be stored at pressures of 10 atm, for up to 100 hours. Following inhalation, gas mixtures containing the hyperpolarized helium-3 gas can be imaged with an MRI scanner to produce anatomical and functional images of lung ventilation. This technique is also able to produce images of the airway tree, locate unventilated defects, measure the, and measure the. This technique may be critical for the diagnosis and treatment management of chronic respiratory diseases such as,,, and. Industrial production [ ] Production, sales and distribution of helium-3 in the United States are managed by the (DOE) Isotope Program. Virtually all helium-3 used in industry today is produced from the radioactive decay of. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen and is typically produced by bombarding lithium-6 with neutrons in a nuclear reactor. The lithium nucleus absorbs a neutron and splits into helium-4 and tritium. Tritium decays into helium-3 with a half-life of 12.3 years, so helium-3 can be produced by simply storing the tritium until it undergoes radioactive decay. Tritium is a critical component of and historically it was produced and stockpiled primarily for this application. The decay of tritium into helium-3 reduces the explosive power of the fusion warhead, so periodically the accumulated helium-3 must be removed from warhead reservoirs and tritium in storage. Helium-3 removed during this process is marketed for other applications. For decades this has been, and remains, the principal source of the world's helium-3. However, since the signing of the Treaty in 1991 the number of nuclear warheads that are kept ready for use has decreased This has reduced the quantity of helium-3 available from this source. Helium-3 stockpiles have been further diminished by increased demand, primarily for use in neutron radiation detectors and medical diagnostic procedures. US industrial demand for helium-3 reached a peak of 70,000 liters (approximately 8 kg) per year in 2008. Price at auction, historically about $100/liter, reached as high as $2000/liter Since then, demand for helium-3 has declined to about 6000 liters per year due to the high cost and efforts by the DOE to recycle it and find substitutes. The DOE recognized the developing shortage of both tritium and helium-3. And began producing tritium by lithium irradiation at the 's in 2010. In this process tritium-producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) containing lithium in a ceramic form are inserted into the reactor in place of the normal boron control rods Periodically the TPBARs are replaced and the tritium extracted. Currently only one reactor is used for tritium production but the process could, if necessary, be vastly scaled up to meet any conceivable demand simply by utilizing more of the nation's power reactors. Substantial quantities of tritium and helium-3 could also be extracted from the heavy water moderator in nuclear reactors. Natural abundance [ ] Solar nebula (primordial) abundance [ ] One early estimate of the primordial ratio of 3He to 4He in the solar nebula has been the measurement of their ratio in the atmosphere of Jupiter, measured by the mass spectrometer of the Galileo atmospheric entry probe. This ratio is about 1:10,000, or 100 parts of 3He per million parts of 4He. This is roughly the same ratio of the isotopes in lunar regolith, when it contains 28 ppm helium-4 and 2.8 ppb helium-3 (which is at the lower end of actual sample measurements, which vary from about 1.4 to 15 ppb). However, terrestrial ratios of the isotopes are lower by a factor of 100, mainly due to enrichment of helium-4 stocks in the mantle by billions of years of from and. Terrestrial abundance [ ]. Main article: 3He is a primordial substance in the Earth's, considered to have become entrapped within the Earth during planetary formation. The ratio of 3He to 4He within the Earth's crust and mantle is less than that for assumptions of solar disk composition as obtained from meteorite and lunar samples, with terrestrial materials generally containing lower 3He/ 4He ratios due to ingrowth of 4He from radioactive decay. 3He has a cosmological ratio of 300 atoms per million atoms of 4He (at. Ppm), leading to the assumption that the original ratio of these primordial gases in the mantle was around 200-300 ppm when Earth was formed. A lot of 4He was generated by alpha-particle decay of uranium and thorium, and now the mantle has only around 7% primordial helium, lowering the total 3He/ 4He ratio to around 20 ppm. Ratios of 3He/ 4He in excess of atmospheric are indicative of a contribution of 3He from the mantle. Crustal sources are dominated by the which is produced by the decay of radioactive elements in the crust and mantle. The ratio of helium-3 to helium-4 in natural Earth-bound sources varies greatly. Samples of the ore from Edison Mine, South Dakota were found to contain 12 parts of helium-3 to a million parts of helium-4. Samples from other mines showed 2 parts per million. Helium is also present as up to 7% of some natural gas sources, and large sources have over 0.5% (above 0.2% makes it viable to extract). The fraction of 3He in helium separated from natural gas in the U.S. Was found to range from 70 to 242 parts per billion. Hence the US 2002 stockpile of 1 billion normal m 3 would have contained about 12 to 43 kilograms of helium-3. According to one expert, about 26 m 3 or almost 5 kg of 3He is available annually for separation from the US natural gas stream. If the process of separating out the 3He could employ as feedstock the liquefied helium typically used to transport and store bulk quantities, estimates for the incremental energy cost range from US$34 to $300 per liter NTP, excluding the cost of infrastructure and equipment. Algeria's annual gas production is assumed to contain 100 million normal cubic metres and this would contain between 7 and 24 m 3 of helium-3 (about 1 to 4 kilograms) assuming a similar 3He fraction. 3He is also present in the. The natural abundance of 3He in naturally occurring helium gas is 1.38 ×10 − 6 (1.38 parts per million). The partial pressure of helium in the Earth's atmosphere is about 0.52 Pa, and thus helium accounts for 5.2 parts per million of the total pressure (101325 Pa) in the Earth's atmosphere, and 3He thus accounts for 7.2 parts per trillion of the atmosphere. Since the atmosphere of the Earth has a mass of about 5.14 ×10 15 tonnes, the mass of 3He in the Earth's atmosphere is the product of these numbers, or about 37,000 tonnes of 3He. 3He is produced on Earth from three sources: lithium,, and beta decay of tritium ( 3H). The contribution from cosmic rays is negligible within all except the oldest regolith materials, and lithium spallation reactions are a lesser contributor than the production of 4He by emissions. The total amount of helium-3 in the mantle may be in the range of 0.1–1 million. However, most of the mantle is not directly accessible. Some helium-3 leaks up through deep-sourced volcanoes such as those of the, but only 300 grams per year is emitted to the atmosphere. Emit another 3 kilogram per year. Around, various sources produce helium-3 in deposits which possibly contain a thousand tonnes of helium-3 (although there may be 25 thousand tonnes if all ancient subduction zones have such deposits). Wittenberg estimated that United States crustal natural gas sources may have only half a tonne total. Wittenberg cited Anderson's estimate of another 1200 metric tonnes in particles on the ocean floors. In the 1994 study, extracting helium-3 from these sources consumes more energy than fusion would release. Extraction from extraterrestrial sources [ ] Materials on the 's surface contain helium-3 at concentrations between 1.4 and 15 in sunlit areas, and may contain concentrations as much as 50 in permanently shadowed regions. A number of people, starting with Gerald Kulcinski in 1986, have proposed to, mine lunar and use the helium-3 for. Because of the low concentrations of helium-3, any mining equipment would need to process extremely large amounts of regolith (over 150 million tonnes of regolith to obtain one ton of helium 3), and some proposals have suggested that helium-3 extraction be piggybacked onto a larger mining and development operation. [ ] The primary objective of 's first lunar probe called, launched on October 22, 2008, was reported in some sources to be mapping the Moon's surface for helium-3-containing minerals. However, no such objective is mentioned in the project's official list of goals, although many of its scientific payloads have noted helium-3-related applications. And from the who is now in charge of the has already stated on many occasions that one of the main goals of the program would be the mining of helium-3, from which operation 'each year three missions could bring enough fuel for all human beings across the world.' To 'bring enough fuel for all human beings across the world', more than one Space Shuttle load (and the processing of 4 million tonnes of regolith) per week, at least 52 per year, would be necessary. [ ] [ – ] In January 2006, the Russian space company announced that it considers lunar helium-3 a potential economic resource to be mined by 2020, if funding can be found. Mining for helium-3 has also been proposed. The 's hypothetical interstellar probe design was fueled by helium-3 mines in the atmosphere of, for example. Jupiter's high gravity makes this a less energetically favorable operation than extracting helium-3 from the other gas giants of the solar system, however. Not all authors feel the extraterrestrial extraction of helium-3 is feasible. Dwayne Day, writing in The Space Review, identifies some major obstacles to helium-3 extraction from extraterrestrial sources for use in fusion, and questions the feasibility of extraterrestrial extraction when compared to production on Earth. Several works have featured helium-3 extraction on the moon, including the films (2009) and (2012), the manga and corresponding anime, the video game (2015) and the novel (2015). The novel (, 2016) features helium-3 mining on (a moon of Mars), while his novel (2014) features helium-3 extraction from Mars itself. Power generation [ ]. This section contains: vague phrasing that often accompanies or information. Such statements should be. (March 2013) A second-generation approach to controlled power involves combining helium-3 ( 3 2He) and (). This reaction produces a ion () (like an, but of different origin) and a high-energy (positively charged hydrogen ion) ( 1 1p). The most important potential advantage of this fusion reaction for power production as well as other applications lies in its compatibility with the use of fields to control fuel and the fusion protons. High speed protons, as positively charged particles, can have their kinetic energy converted directly into, through use of conversion materials as well as other techniques. Potential conversion efficiencies of 70% may be possible, as there is no need to convert proton energy to heat in order to drive a -powered [ ]. There have been many claims about the capabilities of helium-3 power plants. According to proponents, fusion power plants operating on and helium-3 would offer lower capital and than their competitors due to less technical complexity, higher conversion efficiency, smaller size, the absence of radioactive fuel, no air or water, and only low-level waste disposal requirements. Recent estimates suggest that about $6 billion in will be required to develop and construct the first helium-3 fusion. Financial breakeven at today's wholesale prices (5 US cents per ) would occur after five 1- plants were on line, replacing old conventional plants or meeting new demand. The reality is not so clear-cut. The most advanced fusion programs in the world are (such as ) and (such as and other ). In the case of the former, there is no solid roadmap to power generation. In the case of the latter, commercial power generation is not expected until around 2050. In both cases, the type of fusion discussed is the simplest: D-T fusion. The reason for this is the very low for this reaction; for D+ 3He, the barrier is much higher, and it is even higher for 3He– 3He. The immense cost of reactors like and are largely due to their immense size, yet to scale up to higher plasma temperatures would require reactors far larger still. The 14.7 MeV proton and 3.6 MeV alpha particle from D– 3He fusion, plus the higher conversion efficiency, means that more electricity is obtained per kilogram than with D-T fusion (17.6 MeV), but not that much more. As a further downside, the rates of reaction for are not particularly high, requiring a reactor that is larger still or more reactors to produce the same amount of electricity. To attempt to work around this problem of massively large power plants that may not even be economical with D-T fusion, let alone the far more challenging D– 3He fusion, a number of other reactors have been proposed – the,,, and many more, though many of these concepts have fundamental problems with achieving a net energy gain, and generally attempt to achieve fusion in thermal disequilibrium, something that could potentially prove impossible, and consequently, these long-shot programs tend to have trouble garnering funding despite their low budgets. Unlike the 'big', 'hot' fusion systems, however, if such systems were to work, they could scale to the higher barrier ' fuels, and therefore their proponents tend to promote, which requires no exotic fuels like helium-3. Notes and references [ ]. • Oliphant, M. E.; Harteck, P.; Rutherford, E. 'Transmutation Effects Observed with Heavy Hydrogen'.. 144 (853): 692–703.... Newsmagazine Publication. 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Retrieved 2008-07-01. Schmitt (2005).. Wilks (1967). The properties of liquid and solid helium. Oxford University Press. External links [ ] • • Lighter: Helium-3 is an of Heavier: of: () () of helium-3 to: Stable. Download Prakash Mali Maharana Pratap Bhajan song free! For your search query Prakash Mali Maharana Pratap Bhajan we have found 7039+ songs matching your query but showing only top ten results only (We cannot show you more than ten results due to API limit restrictions). Now we recommend you to Download Prakash Mali Maharana Pratap Bhajan MP3 which size is 6.92 MB, duration 6 minutes 52 seconds and bitrate is 186 kbps. Please Note: Before downloading you can preview Prakash Mali Maharana Pratap Bhajan songs by mouse over the PLAY button and click Play or Click to DOWNLOAD button to download high quality mp3 files in 186 bitrates. For your search query Marwadi Song Maharana Pratap MP3 we have found 1000000 songs matching your query but showing only top 10 results. 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The noise of thy viols indicates the stringed instruments he had charge over. But yes, actually throughout the bible in passages in the books of Ezekiel, Job, Isaiah, even Psalms upon speaking of his past lifeit tells us he was the minister of music there. Of course he no longer is now though. Lucifer means morning star. Job 38:7 – When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy Lucifer was basically a walking talking musical instrument. Ezekiel 28:13 – Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: THE WORKMANSHIP OF THY TIMBRELS AND OF THY PIPES WAS PREPARED IN THE DAY THAT THOU WAST CREATED. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering CHERUB, from the midst of the stones of fire. These were the same words that were spoken of lucifer in Isaiah 14:11-14 ( 11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the NOISE OF YOUR HARPS; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.)-(New International Version) King James Version 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee Seraphim The Seraphim (singular “Seraph”), mentioned in Isaiah 6:1-7, serve as the caretakers of God’s throne and continuously singing his praises: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. All the earth is filled with His Glory.” It is said that they surround the throne of God, singing the music of the spheres and regulating the movement of the heavens as it emanates from God. It is also said that such a bright light emanates from them that nothing, not even other divine beings, can look upon them. It is said that there are four of them surrounding God’s throne, where they burn eternally from love and zeal for God. The Seraphim have six wings; two covering their face, two covering their feet, and two that they fly with. Unlike other Seraphim who had six wings, Lucifer was featured to have twelve wings. Cherubim The Cherubim (singular “Cherub”) are beyond the throne of God; they are the guardians of light and of the stars. It is believed that, although they are removed from man’s plane of reality, the divine light that they filter down from Heaven still touches the lives of living things. They have four faces: one of a man, ox, lion, and eagle. The ox-face is considered the “true face”, as later on in Ezekiel the ox’s face is called a cherub’s face (Chapter 10). They have eight conjoined wings covered with eyes, and they have ox’s feet. Cherubim are considered the elect beings for the purpose of protection. Cherubim guard Eden and the throne of God. Their rank among angels is uncertain but they are always categorized in the First Sphere. Some believe them to be an order or class of angels; others hold them to be a class of heavenly beings higher than angels. Cherubim are said to have perfect knowledge of God, surpassed only by the love of the Seraphim. The Cherubim are mentioned in Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 10:17-20; and 1 Kings 6:23-28. Since Lucifer/beelzebub seemed to have been greater than the other beings, he is thought to be the chief of music. Conclusion:– So it is obvious that Lucifer, at the very least, contained something akin to musical instruments – the tambourine, the flute, and the harp all within the confines of his own body. Since Lucifer is a created being, he was originally created with instruments to provide beautiful music for none other than the glorification of God. Lucifer, being the most authoritative and superior angel that he was, at best, was also probably the angel of music. The point of this study is to see, purely from a theological view, if in fact Satan has a connection with and a direct influence on music, which has become undoubtedly clear that he does. We must remember that some, not all music, can come from evil sources no matter how lovely, beautiful or pleasing it may sound to the ears. For we know that the devil can masquerade as an angel of light (II Corinthians 11:14). Music, I believe, has a twofold purpose. To glorify God or not, it’s as simple as that. As we have seen, music was initially created for that purpose up until Satan’s rebellion. What he has done with music from that point on becomes a whole other issue. I had myself quite an impressive CD collection of music ranging from punk rock to disco, alternative music to mainstream pop, new wave to industrial techno music. Often times, I provided my music to local nightclubs and often DJ’d at parties and get-togethers. This was music that I believe was heavily influenced by Satan. The lyrics to most of these songs are not worth repeating. Some of which spoke of and glorified violence, sex, drunkenness, drugs, etc. Then one day I came across an intriguing Christian video speaking out about the Satanic influences of music in our pop-culture today. The video spoke about how today’s ungodly music, worms it’s way into our homes, our cars, and ultimately influencing our hearts and minds. There have even been scientific studies proving the fact that music severely influences our psyche and the outcome of our behavior is contingent upon the type of music we choose to listen to. It was shortly after this discovery that I was led to rid myself of this music that I had in my possession. Imagine burning over 200 CD’s!!! On the other side of this issue, I wish to clarify that there is plenty of godly and praiseworthy music worth mentioning that exists within our society, music from artists whose sole purpose is to honor and glorify God with talent that the Lord has endowed them with. Not all music, secular or not, is inherently evil. Just as Satan has an influence on music, so God has His influence on music as well, and even more so. It has been a historically proven fact that Christ has been the subject of more songs, music, stories, poetry, prose, screenplays, literature, art, etc. Than any other subject in the history of mankind. Christ has been the influencing source behind such famous and talented musical artists as:,,,, Handel, Bach, Pachelbel, John and Charles Wesley, Rich Mullins, and many others, not to mention the many talented worship teams that exist within the Body of Christ. As with anything in life, it is up to our own discretion and spiritual discernment to decide what is and is not appropriate for our listening pleasure. It is also up to us as parents to set standards and to monitor what our kids are listening to. What goes in the body is what comes out through the way in which we live our lives. He went on: “What comes out of a man is what makes him `unclean.’ For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery. – (Mark 7:20-21) So ask yourself, “Do I know what kind of music I’m listening to?” Better yet, “Do I know what kind of music my kids are listening to?”. YaEnigma is sth of that sort There is another technique called Backmasking (also known as backward masking), which is a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. Backmasking is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional. Backmasking was popularized by ‘The Beatles’, who used backward vocals and instrumentation on their 1966 album ‘Revolver’. Artists have since used backmasking for artistic, comedic, and satiric effect, on both analog and digital recordings. The technique has also been used to censor words or phrases for “clean” releases of songs. Backmasking has been a controversial topic in the United States since the 1980s, when allegations from Christian groups of its use for Satanic purposes were made against prominent rock musicians, leading to record-burning protests and proposed anti-backmasking legislation by state and federal governments. Whether backmasked messages exist is in debate, as is whether backmasking can be used subliminally to affect listeners. I am a minister of music and yes, Lucifer stays BUSY wthin the life of the worship and praise experience for those who seek fame & fortune as opposed to GOD’s favor. There remain MANY who still do not acknowledge that praise & worship were once the resposiblity of Lucifernow is the time to take back all the “stuff’ the devil’s stolen and use it to advance GOD’s kingdombe it rap, classical, rock, spoken word, spirituals, gospel, etc.let him and his unheavenly hosts know that we will not lose! While I agree on some of what you have to say, as a Berean I have to say that to say that he was the chief of music or that he had musical instruments in his body is ignorant, and is a twisting of scripture. Go back and re-read those scriptures. They say nothing of the sort. As Christians we need to stop twisting scripture. The world already thinks we’re ignorant enough. As for rock and hip hop having ‘his voice’ in it, that is even more ignorant. So you’re telling me that all the christian rock and heavy metal bands that influenced my salvation contained the voice of satan? Are you serious? That people like LeCrae, T-Bone, John Reuben and Gospel Gangstaz contain the voice of satan just because it’s a style you don’t like? Even though they’re more up in your face evangelistic than all the mealy mouthed contemporary artists who are afraid to say the name of Jesus? Give me a break. We need to stop giving so much glory to satan. GODcreated music. And it needs to be reclaimed to His glory, whether you personally like the style or not, and whether or not the style reminds you of your old days at the club. If you can’t be strong enough to hear a song without wanting to go out and tie one on, then maybe it’s time for you to check yourself and your relationship with God, because nothing but nothing should come between you and Him. I have a rebuttal to your claims, one of which would be stairway to heaven, I know music better than any on earth, I was saved by a monring star, and all my life I encountered only evil in christian establishments, until after enough of it had poisoned my heart I turned wicked at the age of 11. Stairway to Heaven is one of the most beautiful songs ever created, it is a song of hope, and within it are lessons of a secret and esoteric nature, that is hidden from the minds of men. What I mean is this, I have heard, the message in stairway to heaven when it was played backwards it is one of the saddest poems I have ever translated. Everyone thinks that it is a message of evil, and therefore makes stairway to heaven a satanic song I have even heard the most wicked of satanist say this. I on the other hand have my own point to lay down on this note. Stairway to heaven played forwards the way it was meant and intended is a true song of man and redemption. It is only when the song is reversed, and its message twisted and I mean twisted to be the very antithesis of what and how it was written. The song itself was based upon a genesis passage about how one of the early forefathers of Israel say angels going up and down a stairway from heaven in a dream. You uppity christians have no true understanding of the nature of Yahweh, Light or Darkness, I hate satanists, and I hate holy rolling christians, both sides of this coin, are so determined to prove a point one way or the other. I have obtained wisdom beyond the normal call of men, wisdom is hidden from the masses, it is not for the common man. I have had my life ruined by christians who zealous fervor led my parents to take me off my childhood path, and put me in a christian, school, which I refer to as a school of hell. I was taken away from my preschool friends and my entire path was changed all so pastors could feel like they were doing Gods work. Well I’ll enlighten you, the very name God is a lie. It is a scandanavian word. There is only Yahweh. I don’t buy the whole lucifer is the devil bit. How can a perfect being fall. He or it depending on how you look at these natures, was created a perfect being. I see the order of nature a little differently now, Yahweh is the Spirit who sends forth good and evil upon, man, it is that spirit which holds true command over the Heavens if the Israelites have told the truth. I have heard pastors and preachers talk about the valley of the shadow of death, I say this in return, what in their lives, and when have they earned the right to speak about such places. David Or Davud Or Dawu as the Arabs call him, when into that valley, as did I mine wasn’t in the Holy Land, but mine was in California, and I can attest to it being the valley of death and shadows, every night the shadows came out. The main point is, I have been given a higher charge to live my life, to be and to shine for all I’m worth. Christians, as they are the fallen in my opinion, they say that Jesus or Yeshua, Or Gizu, is the only way to Yahweh, I say how dare they preach such a preposterous statement. All throughout the very history of the book you all call the Bible which is questionable in of itself, which was taken from the tanak I believe or the torah. I might need to look that up later, which is aside from my point. All through the ages, there have been prophets and holy men, they did not have your chosen savior, they walked with Yahweh directly. So dont be so sure about what you read, I once believed that christians followed that thing about the love of money being the root of all evil, but I’ll wager that on an average of 250,000 to one that they would chose to keep their money, and grasp it all their lives, chose it over friends and family, and then have the balls to preach the same message the next sunday. I have one more point to make tonight. And that is this, your Jesus said he came here to divide, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, Yahweh said he would bring fathers and sons together and fix families. I truly believe now more than ever, that all christians have been decieved, brainwashed by other people who were brainwashed long before them, and that your baptism, which was never recorded anywhere before your John the baptist. Will lead you all to your destruction. I have found startling irregularities between the sovereign Spirit of the Isrealites and the one that christianity ecompasses. You probably will not publish this, due to an inner fear, but then again I say good, at least you will have tasted just a tiny glimpse at the wisdom I have gained by the tests that a true human mortal star prince, has passed. You are correct in one thing, music is dangerous, but then again so are religious zealots. Many Artists out there, are evil, but the way I see it in the end we all belong to a higher power, and I simply see many of their functions serving a higher purpose with the will of the Star King Or King Of Stars, thats who I call my Authority. Since I am a star prince I answer to no one other than the King Of Stars. For people to try to judge me is for them to mock the very King himself and his plans for me. I’ve notice one more thing about christians, they’ll never fulfill the higher powers purposes for their lives if they have a destiny preordained before their births, by hiding in their churches and not growing accordingly. (The following are all how I see thins. And remember, opinions vary!) I play fast, loud heavy metal music. I’m surrounded all the time by people who claim to be atheists, satanists.To me I think its quite funny. Because if anyone of these people actually saw satan they’d poop their pants. Best thing i can do (in my opnion) by god is to tell them they are idiots. God has given me the anility to play and perform, how I do it is my choice. God knows his followers and what they truly believe. Hearing or listening to a bunch of goofy rap songs isnt going to cost you your ticket into heaven Praise god throught the heaviest of metal or the nicest of gospel! Thanks everyone. Christ is the real Lucifer. He is the one called ‘The Bright Morning Star’ in Revelation, and He is ‘the light of the world’ and the ‘true light’ that came into the darkness of the world. His testimony, the Gospel of Glory, is the light that God the Father, through His Holy Spirit, shines into the hearts of those He is saving. The name ‘Lucifer’ is a Latin word, not Greek or Hebrew or Aramaic, and is taken from that single verse in Isaiah 14:12, which is part of a taunt against the King of Babylon that the people of Israel will have when they are released from captivity in Exile. The context shows a man (who, given, is a type of Satan) who would presume in his ruling of the great kingdom of Babylon, to exalt himself and become the greatest authority on Earth, thus de-throning God. The title ‘Lucifer’, (Latin) or ‘Day Star’ and ‘Son of the Morning’ is an ironic designation: ‘This is who you claim to be, huh? Well, you are fallen, because the LORD is King!’. So please don’t call Satan ‘Lucifer’. He is a liar, a thief and a murderer, and there is no light in him at all. If you set over two-hundred compact discs aflame, you would be inhaling toxic vapors as well as contributing to the pollution of our atmosphere.that feat is not an object of God’s appreciation. What is society without an environment? There is none. Instead of posting on a website directly pertinent to religion, try explaining your logic to the majority of today’s record labels. I dare you to sue them in the name of your Lord. The inception of a wider influence. An influence not confined by the thresholds of your faith. Give it a shot. Please do not use ‘Stairway to Heaven’ as an example of the ethereal nature of Rock music. I have a guitar that if Stairway to Heaven is played on it, the maker will revoke the warranty. If you think that is one of the most beautiful songs ever made, you might want to check out Beethoven. So I heard from someone that it is believed that Lucifer is responsible for the 8 note closed Octave and that before Lucifer it was a 6 note open Octave. Georgy, since you seem to rather informed in this area, I was wondering if you could shed some light on this for me? Wow, just wow. Are you guys serious? You do know Lucifer is the devil AKA Satan, right? And he wasnt the angel of music, he was the angel of light, hence his name Lucifer, which means “bringer of light” in Latin, and his other name where he is referred to as “Morning Star”. Cast out of heaven for hating and not wanting to serve humans by Michael at the end of the war between the angels and fell from grace. Do you even know the angel hierarchy? Lucifer was in no way the strongest. The strongest would either be Michael or more probably Raziel. I dont think that is even Lucifer in that picture, he was never depicted with feathered angel wings and the key would suggest that the angel there is Raziel as he was the angel of secrets and mystery, he was also god’s right hand man and probably helped Adam the most by giving him the book of Raziel. Although the snake halo could either be Raziel’s connection to the teaching of medicine or Lucifer’s deception in the garden of Eden. Please learn your own religion before spouting nonsensical crap. I cant believe so many people actually took your word on this crap. Although their deep dependency on religion would suggest they’re idiots anyway, like most people in the world. Hi Sunitha, Backward messages in music (commonly known as Backward Masking) have been a controversy ever since the late 60s, when messages were found backwards on some Beatles’ albums that hinted Paul McCartney had died. The controversy raged extensively in the late 70s and early 80s when religious fundamentalists claimed that Satan possessed the minds of singers, causing them to insert messages backwards into albums. Subliminal advertising is a marketing technique which tries to manipulate people’s opinion, without them becoming aware that they are being influenced. It may consist of a movie clip, image, or sound byte that is superimposed on an image, sound track or video track. It is inserted in such a way that the audience cannot detect its presence. It might be a message “Drink Coke” or “Eat Popcorn” flashed on a movie screen so quickly that it cannot be consciously sensed. It may be the word “sex” or an erotic image in ice cubes of a gin advertisement that can only consciously be seen when it is searched for. Backmasking is a type of subliminal advertising. Intentional backward masking: A verbal message is recorded, is reversed in direction, and is superimposed on an existing musical passage. This can only be done intentionally — by design. It first appeared in the late 1960s as a result of an accidental tape mixing error by John Lennon in the Beatles’ song “Rain.” He liked it and left it in. It is easy to recognize: when the music is played normally, one hears a passage that sounds like gibberish — vaguely word-like, as if it is in a foreign language. Played backwards, clear, understandable phrase or sentence is heard. Examples include: 1. “The music is reversible but Time is not. Turn back, turn back, turn back.” Electric Light Orchestra, “Face the Music” at the start of the song “Fire on High.” 2. You have just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to old pink, care of the funny farm.” Pink Floyd, “Empty Spaces,” at the end of “Good-bye Blue Sky.” 3. “Messin’ with things you don’t understand,” Iron Maiden, “Piece of Mind” at the start of “Still Life.” Does Satanic backmasking really exist? You can reach your own conclusion. Among the most famous example is a passage from “Stairway to Heaven.” If you have a player that can handle the.wav format, listen to the passage forwards and backwards. Some claim that, played backwards, they can make out the sentence: “I will sing because I live with Satan”. In reply to Georgy’s message above, I found that if I record my own voice singing “Stairway to Heaven” on “Voice Recorder” on Windows, I will hear the same “backmasked” words that the original song has. Someone did the same thing on Youtube and proved that the band who made the song did NOT intend to have those lyrics backmasked in their song. I’m glad I found this page – I’ve been studying all of the famous and lesser-known angels, and that includes Lucifer who, for some reason I am intensely interested in (and no, I’m not a Satanist.). Music is a form of expression, and as human beings we go through all emotions, and just because someone is saying something that you don’t like, or making sounds that you don’t approve of does not mean that it’s origin is Satan, or it should be attributed as being used as Satan’s tool to manipulate you. Music is entertainmentyou can go on for hours, playing shit backwards to see if it is trying to infest a subliminal message into you, trying to lure you into Satan’s scheme but ultimately you are responsible for you own actions, and again, it is entertainment. The interest in musicians should start and stop at the music itself. We all have forces inside of us that are destructive, and your kind of thinking is dangerous to artistic freedom and freedom of expression, but ultimately your ignorance probably only feeds the fire of exactly the kind of music you hate. Album selling is a business, and people who put out albums are technically in the business of selling music to people. It’s parent’s jobs to raise there kids.why not ask about the evil routes of politicians. That’s much more important to society than seeing if Led Zepplin is saying Satan backwards, in some song made over 20 years ago. I would have to disagree with the comment about “our poor westlife”. For me, Westlife is the epitome of soulless music. For anything to be solless, ie without soul, surely this is against the word of The Lord? Music used as expression, with passion, love, anguish, fear all confessed through music, surely this is what God wants, expression, so that we may communicate to him? If somebody wants to confess their sins through Rap or Rock, then let that be. I do not like music that glorifies doing bad things, but some rap songs, even the likes of EMinem, show remorse for sin. In my eyes, therefore you could agrue that these are more worthy to be God’s music. SOmethign does not need to be directly about God to fall in line with his wishes. SO please, do not denounce something as sinful without realising what it actually is. As my husband and I stumbled across this website we were in agreement with what was said. I continued to read the comments that were written and I was more than amazed at the attitudes, bitterness and even confusion behind them. I don’t think that this site should be any one persons sole source of confirmation one way or the other. WE ALL have been given a precious gift of life and of choice. How we choose to live is our choice.ONLY because GOD has given us FREEWILL. HE desires a true, deep, real and personal relationship with US. Just like in any relationship it is a two way street. We share and talk with God and HE talks to usyes it’s very true. Although, we are often not patient enough to wait and hear what he has to say. If we are listening and waiting to hear from God then we would know what would be edifying to our lives and we wouldn’t be so confused when we read something like this. We also shouldn’t be so offended and react the way some have all ready. Music is wonderful to listen to. In my opinion and personal conviction I do not listen to “secular” music. I love all stylesand some more than others:)There are great and really amazing talented christian musicians out there. My husband is one of them. He has played in a wide variety of styles (hard rock, rap, punk and even contemporary).but one thing that I admire is that he never used his GOD GIVEN TALENT to play anything BUT music that was meant to glorify JESUS! I believe that demons and spirits are real and when we listen to music that is made by men and women who do not exemplify a life that is glorifying to our Lord Jesus Christ then their is a 100% chance of a spirit of adultery, alcoholism, lust, pornography etc. To be attached to that music. With that said.why would I welcome that into my life? I doubt that if satan knocked on your front door you would welcome him in. Music is the same thing. We open doors for him to just walk in and roam our homes and enter the lives of our children and our spouses. It is a personal CHOICE. If you are digging in the Word of God and praying and staying connected with people who will edify your life I don’t think we would desire to listen to anything that wasn’t glorying to God. I don’t think if you listen to one song that is not “christian” you will go to hell. But, like I mentioned earlier it will undoubtedly change your life by the spirits you welcome in. You may not see but over the course of time your life may not be so reflecting of Christ. Which over the course of time and more listening you will slowly drift away from God.and then yes, your “ticket” as one person put it, will be gone. The Bible makes it SO VERY clear that the ONLY way to heaven is through JESUS CHRIST and to accept Him as your Lord and Savior. I am not sorry if I offended any one. I am confident in my relationship with Jesus and I am confident in what I believe. I don’t know any one on this site, but that doesn’t mean you are not on my heart. I will pray for you and your families. Not because I am better or sinless because I am NOT! I will pray because we are commanded to love one another! Blessing to everyone! Gregory thank you for this interesting topic. I have always been fascinated with angels, so this was very helpful for me. Now I’m not some “troll” or anything, but I’ll throw my “two cents” about music here. I’m not going to call myself a “headbanger” or “metalhead”, but rock based music has been my prime music choice for pretty much my whole life so far. And I do mainly listen to more metal/extreme/underground music. In all honesty, around the 200 artists I listen too, a small fraction of them are really “satanic” and most of which if you take them seriously, I’m not trying to sound like a jerk, but your a pretty pathetic person if you do. I’m mainly talking about the 80’s artists like Venom/Slayer then the death & black metal artists from the past couple decades. I listen to a good amount of artists from those subgenres, and I’m not trying to be all “cocky” or whatever, but I’m like a “good” person. I never intentionally abused/hurt someone or an animal, caused trouble for my family, I know how to be a good friend/family member, and I care about people. Some of the music I listen too is just straight up morbid, violent, nihilistic themed lyrics, and I’m nothing like that at all. I’m not trying to be a jerk or anything but I would like to know where you got that “scientific studies” about how you pretty much are what you listen too. Which I think is pretty far-fetched, since I know, and I mean I know, a few people who live and breath country music, which alot of it is christian, family and life themed, but these individuals I know are the opposite of “their” music. They cheat on their girlfriend/wife, their selfish, and their pretty much racsist. Like I said I listen to some very dark music, though I listen to the “music” I could care less about the vocals and lyrics. I can honestly see why music is affilated with the devil now, but like I said your pathetic if you take the death & black metal bands seriously, what I mean by that is like the people who live that way like that kind of music they listen too. The whole satanic imagery is just total BS. Like the idea of satan having horns, goat legs, being red, stuff like that. Tell me if I’m wrong but none of that is in the bible. I always thought (well not when I was a kid/little, mainly my teen years and later) Satan looked like that angel pictured above. Just during the medieval ages artists created the image of Satan at the time what they thought of what look “evil”. And we still use that image today. Honestly music is one of the least dangerous things of this world, pretty much the real threat is the Media. The Media pretty much alway blows things out of proprotions and no news channel says the same thing about a topic, it all gets mixed around and people believe what the idiot box (tv) tells them. I dont think I mentioned this but I’m not a Christian, though I wont ever say I wont become one, but I’m not one at the moment and maybe for awhile. But I don’t bash people’s religion, like faith is a wonderful thing, just beliefs/belief systems is what causes trouble. I am a child of GOD and no other god. All your information is incorrect. Why would you even play music backwards or read it backwards?! It is like you are trying to find the devil in everything. You keep looking for him and he will definitely come to you in more ways that you would like. Please, for your soul’s sake don’t play with the gospel, GOD is nothing to play with. As a Christian or whatever religion group you belong to, stop causing confusion and chaos because i know my GOD is of none of these. Hi – Its interesting to know about the facts of divinity and satanic, for GOD music or songs are not important, rather he is looking at your heart, and he is a lover of your soul, please worship him with all your lifestyle and your work. Worshiping GOD, is not just playing, listening or singing, but loving Him with all your heart, that means, to follow him and taking care, not to hurt Him in our small tiny or big walk or talk or work. Please sing with all your heart, thinking of Him, and say Father I love you and I want you whole in my heart and life, and you will see, He will rejoice over you and bless you immensely, I have experienced Him. Again thank you for all your efforts, Please do remember that, there is no better worship of GOD then your own life style dedicated to Him to follow all His commandment. May GOD bless you. George, lucifer was cast out “the devil “the dragon.”the anceint serpent. Look in the old testemnt in the garden the serpent tempted eve.my point is you have lucifer depicted as a man when the bible stats he is a serpent? This is true in a vision i saw a red dragon flying overhead of me and in front of me i saw a muiltitude of men marching in rows that were miles long and the sun was darkend.. And to be honest i think it was shown to me to know that time is coming near tribulation. “and to say the dragon didn’t have any sparkle and iam sure that is because the glory of god doesnt shine on him no longer to reflect on the jewels he was indowed with. May god bless you in many ways my brother in christ. Face book me kenneth hall my page is open for the world to see. My name is Gregory Alexander.Musician,Singer/ Rapper,Songwriter,Actor,Writer,Model,Producer, Dancer and so on. Growing up i have all ways been told about this story and it’s the Holy Truth. I know it is. I am not perfect nor any man that walks this earth. But it’s so True about the music. He’s very slick and he will try to get you.if music is not praising the lord Jesus Christ it’s not good for you. But Alot of us musicians who does bad music mix with good music end up Changing our lives and the fans that loves us / Follow us will Change there ways once they see w have changed too. Atleast most of them. It’s all about trying to save people and getting them to know about god. And thats what ill do. If i Don’t make it. God will have Another plan. This World is Soon! Gonna be very bad. I just hope to get me life right Fast. I’m not sure that common time meaning four beats in one measure or one bar can be considered satanic. What I do consider satanic is anything which is other than the two greatest commandments because the Lord says so. If you analyze the harmonics or rhythms of music I do not think it is inherently evil rather I think it is the lyrics and intent which can make a song not good to listen to. I am by no means perfect. I listen to alot of rock songs but one friend attested I only listen to “good” stuff. And I’m really picky with the songs I listen to. Mostly they are romantic love songs. I just wanted to give a fresh perspective and say that the technicality of the music is not evil but the lyrics and intent of the music. If I were to make the loveliest classical piece but have the intent of offering it to satan that would make it evil. But I am in a band like U2 for instance, and I make a song called “If God Will Send His Angels” about the commercialism of christmas and its lost values from the gospels and yet it is in common time then that would mean it is inheritantly a good song. So let’s not be quick to judge mainstream music. But yes we should be wary of what we are saturated with in the media. I’ve been looking into this for a while now. Like you I have a huge wide genre music collection. I know it is powerful. In all reality,, my sin nature seems to be addicted to it and it’s ability to control my emotions and the sensuality of so much of it, really doesn’t glorify God or help me in letting him establish my emotions and thoughts by his Spirit. For the people defending all the artists out there, don’t be so naive. Sure, the artists may not know what’s going on but if Satan has access to all the unsaved through their sin natures who says he couldn’t be engineering their product (art). Ezekiel 28:13 is a good point. Anyways let’s let his Spirit reveal to us where our liberties are. In Christ Michael. The word ‘pipe” in Eze 28:13 (KJV) does not mean “organ pipes” and therefore – does not mean “music generating”, it means the following: Pipes (KJV) Strong’s Concordance # H5345 neqeb [nek’-keb] A bezel (for a gem): – pipe Therefore, the word “pipes” has nothing to do with music playing, as in Praise & Worship. You’re spreading false doctrine friend. I strongly suggest you consider what I am sharing with you here. That one error was most obvious, so be wise – repent and seek the Lord’s explanation of what Eze 28:13 is really saying. The problem is that Christianity is a complete derivation of Mythology and the paganism involved in it. The stories you read within the Holy Bible are found in much much older scriptures of different cultural deities and the like. (Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Sumerians, Mayans, Aztecs, even the Native Americans.etc.) To confine yourself to a Book (Claimed Divine yet at the end of the day was written by “imperfect” man, as many books have) in order to find Morality and Faith and peace in oneself is quite disturbing to me. Shows a very high lack of Independence. Does this mean that some higher power does not exist? No, not to me. I know for a fact that there is a Divine Power that we cannot explain(Where my faith comes in), but with Christianity (Or any of the Monotheistic Religions) It is too structured to the point where its web entangles itself and completely diminishes the essential contradictions and missing pieces. We are not meant to know EVERYTHING, but when there are vital pieces to a puzzle missing(if they exist at all) Then something isn’t right. Also, for the alleged Satanist who actually worship Satan but detest Christianity? I find that funny. Because at the end of the day you subject yourself to the principles of the very Christianity you despise by believing in its Fallen Representative. Now, if you believe in the PERSPECTIVE or IDEALS of Lucifer/Satan, whatever you wish to call him, then that is completely different. AND now to get on Topic, as for the Music, yes, I do believe that a lot of music contains contents that are not suitable for most. But as one post had been made, that is ultimately your choice to decide if you wish to succumb to the Music or listen to it at all. You prove your very weakness by calling upon a faith to guide you in facing such an adversity as Music which is determined by a very very simple choice. My whole family is Christian, and I was too at a point as well, but me being such the analytical one, I had never felt comfortable within that environment. Because I question.if one were to judge me for questioning, shame on them, then they should blame their god for granting me alleged Free Will. What many fail to see is that in these Monotheist religions (We’ll use Christianity) They tell me that if I refuse their God (who has granted me free will, if you wish to use these proportions) Then I will be eternally Damned. That is like, You having a slave, the slave does your work faithfully and without question, You tell your slave that he/she can turn around and walk away from this at any moment, but as soon as they decide to do so and take 10 steps away from you, you shoot them in the back with a fully loaded double barrel shotgun. (Which technically is an Established “Fate” which would cancel out supposed “Free will” Therefore there is a probability that this established Idea in religion is False) I listen to a lot of Extreme Heavy Metals. I am a wonderful person, completely happy with who I am, I do not conduct myself in any “Evil” manner or demeanor, and I know for a fact that I have a great heart. Everyone at the end of the day has their mind, and they will bring into their lives what they feel to be a Necessity. Christians bash Islam and vice versa. Both scriptures cannot be true for then it would mean that each one from both sides are casted to each others “Hells” (Just an example of how ignorant most people tend to be to this simple idea) We are all indoctrinated in some way, shape, or form. Live with it. OH YAH ANOTHER THING IS THE ACTUAL DEVIL THE REAL ONE DOESNT CARE FOR HUMANS ONLY FOR GOD HE DOESNT WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOR A CREATION THAT DOES NOTHING FOR HIM HE ONLY WANTS TO REIGHN ON HUMANS LIKE IN THE MOVIE PROPHECY STANDING OVER A PYRAMID OF DEAD BODYS. WOWAngelyce.your post is most amazing to me. For someone that claims to have found “wisdom beyond the normal call of men”you seem to be a very bitter soul. I am so sorry that the wisdom you found is such. You put down christians – calling us “uppity” but you claim to be wiser than all. Seems to be a bit of double standard there and your message is so bitter. By calling yourself “The Star Prince”, you may be right. And Lucifer, also being the prince of light.and stars being light.maybe it is true that you are a prince in the “kingdom” of Lucifer. Wow.my thoughts and prayers go out to you. I am so sorry for all the things in your life that led you to the decisions and conclusions you have come to. I know your post is over 2 years ago, and I hope and pray that the “uppity christians” you have talked about on here, that have read your post, have been praying that your eyes be opened and you actually see the “light”. God Bless your little lost soul. Hi shane, Check their lyrics my friend! I can see that they are full of blasphemy! DEICIDE means “killing of God”. “All of us are into Satanism,” boasts DEICIDE guitarist Eric Hoffman. “We’re into it everyday, it’s not just a show. You’d have to be serious about it to burn an upside-down cross into your head. It shows that you are totally Satanic” (referring to singer/bassist Glen Benton’s unholy forehead decoration). My brother (Brian, guitar) has burned his arm numerous times, and Steve (Asheim, drums) and I have also burnt ourselves. We’re not just fakin’ it like Slayer. Let’s see them burn themselves.” Is this enough? I hope your doubt is cleared. God Bless You Georgy. I am sorry but that does not say he had anything to do with music. Another fact, the name lucifer is only in one version of the bible, and there is actually some disagreement to whether that these verses are even spoken of about Satan, whom Jesus said was a liar and murder from the beginning. (John 8:44)How could Satan be perfect in the begininng if Jesus said he was a liar from the start. But regardless there is nowhere in the bible that gives Satan music leader position, your reading something into that. Your giving him glory that he certainly does not deserve. Music is the most powerful force that exists, and that ever has. Some is made simply for worldly gains, not out of pure evil. Some is made of love, though not the love of a potential god, for love of people, the world, and life, is this satanic? Does god teach us to hate life if it is not by his selfish guidelines? Burning music that doesn’t fit your needs is the same as the nazis burning books that didn’t fit theirs, so who now follows evil footsteps? Black and white explains not the world, and ignorance explains those who see it as thus. Benevolent evil is less honest and more malicious than the honesty of those who are melevolent. But blindness is the language of the lord, and so you shall be. “Christ has been the influencing source behind such famous and talented musical artists as: Michael W. Smith, Don Moen, Chris Tomlin, Twila Paris, Handel, Bach, Pachelbel, John and Charles Wesley, Rich Mullins, and many others, not to mention the many talented worship teams that exist within the Body of Christ.” I liked reading what you wrote and it helped shed some light into my issue with turning to God and the fact that I am sacrificing my job as a musician. My next step is to understand whether or not to get rid of all recorded music. I quoted you above because I believe mixing personal fame with music is a Sin, even if you are singing about God. People like Michael W. Smith have helped encourage an improper worship that leads to evil. Remember how Jesus stated you must pray or fast in secret and in private away from others. You should never allow others to notice. I believe praising God with music should be along the same lines with few exceptions. Exceptions I say? I will explain. Smith has done nothing but gain admiration. Women everywhere flock to him like any other celeb. God never condoned this. He is a worldly person using God’s name for fame. But if you take a few unclean, ugly banjo pickers and sit them down in a few lawn chairs at a small town festival, singing about God, they will likely be doing God’s work. People won’t flock to them like they are celebs. But people will enjoy the sounds and listen to God’s Word through them. They will NOT have glorified themselves or made to appear like angels of light. Smith appears as an angel of light because Satan is working through him. I sincerely hope these words will be a wake-up call for many. We need to stick to God’s commands and stay focused on the accuracy of his words. You can’t follow some of his words, you must follow them all. Hi thereI just finished reading your article “Lucifer.Angel of Music”I also read a few of the comments left by other readers.First I want to say just a few things about your article.I have heard some Christians state that Lucifer was over music in heaven.But I am the type of believer that if you say something and cannot back it up with the bible.than I tend to not believe what your saying.Now if the Lord showed that to you in a vision,than that is between you and God.If God sees fit to show me that which he showed you.than thats wonderful. So basically what I am trying to say is that the only verse in the bible that I have found about Lucifer and Music is in Ezekial chapter 28 verse 13″where it talks about the workmanship of his timbrels and pipes were prepared for you the day you were created”.I do not see anywhere in that verse or anywhere else in the bible where it talks about Lucifer being over all the music.If I am wrong and there are verses that show he is over all music,than please put them in this site.Now just a few statements about some of the other readersWHAT A BUNCH OF IGNORANT PEOPLE!!!!! And most of them need to use spellcheck. There is no right or wrong, just perspectives. What is “good” for one person could be “evil” for another. Does it really matter what we belive? As long as we dont hurt each other we should be able to do whatever we want to with our lifes. Like taking drugs or listening to satanic music, so called “sins”. Am I going to hell for doing such things? Well then take me there cuz I enjoy doing them both, and you should enjoy life. But im not going to hell, because there is no hell, nor heaven, in my opinion. Embrace the time that is now, your life. Not some sort of God, if it don’t improves your life quality by doing so. Stay well everyone! In the image, does Lucifer have a massive erection wrapped inside his body why do some religions insist that God comes with a capital H? It’s always seemed to be a reference to some servant of God. What if Lucifer really wasn’t evil? After all, he is the ruler of the earth this angel is holding a set of dead Kiwi brances floating above his head i know they’re kiwi branches because I have some in my living room. Christ is also referred to as the Morning Star also praises Lucifer in a quote where he says ” I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches” Isa 14:12-15 (NIV) How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. Shane, lucifer may not appear evil because he hides his true identity as part of his plan of deception. He would never reveal his TRUE nature as he has come to steal, to kill, and to destroy. Instead he will deceive many by offering TEMPORARY pleasures of this world. Those that choose the temporary pleasure of this world already have their reward in this world but will have nothing to show for in the day of judgement. On the other hand, those that live a Godly life and deny themselves the pleasures of this world and those that are faithful to the end, will have life eternal. The break down: A: Fill yourself with everything this world has to offer, (and yes, your temporary friend lucifer will help in that department), and lose your soul in the end. B: Fill yourself with God and live for Him, sacrificing the pleasure of this world and gain live everlasting with him. Fascinated with Angels? Worship the Creator rather then his creation. Angels are simply creatures God created just like he created the plants, treas, animals etc They are created to fill a certain function as messengers of God or are sent to protect us. If we seek God and remain faithful to him to the end, we will join them one day and will worship the One True God with them. If instead we seek Angels, (the creation rather then seeking God the Creator) we will fall for lucifer’s deception of worshiping the creation rather than worshiping the Creator. Focus on God the Creator and all the other things will be revealed to us in due time. This is complete bullshit. First how do you know there is a higher power. Second if there is a higher power why would it bother itself with dirty corrupt humans? Why would anything of unhumanly nature want to infulence music. If I was a godly being I would get the hell out and create a new world because this place sucks. I believe that all realigons are real and I come onto this website and see how many nutjobs there are! The gods are to stay out of human life unless they take a shining to you. If lucifur is creating, wait lucifer is a destroyer he doent even have the means to create music. And if he’s trying to corrupt people with music it is obvously only one person he wants. I would like to thank you for this light source.I have read a number of comments some others folks have put across.Brethren,do u think that if the devil was the chief of music in heaven and he knows the format in which God ought to be worshiped,he will let music go,without using it for deception? I had a dream/vision of Heaven, there was a word written bodly in the skies about theism and atheism. The I saw King David riding on a horse in the skies, and someone mentioned that it was one of the ancient Kings. Then I saw heaven opened, and things started falling from the Heaven, musical instruments they were huge, bigger than the ones we have here on earth, they were colorful and extremely huge, they were falling one after the other, lots of them. I was asking myself why would God let these fall out of heaven, are they no more useful in heaven anymore, is that why God was throwing them down? Then I looked at where they were falling and I realised they were falling into the sea, a huge sea. And in the middle of the sea, I saw this tall, fully armoured and very huge man, which I knew instantly was the devil. He stood upright in the middle of the sea, and these musical instruments were all falling around him, and he just stood there. Then after they had finished falling, a scroll dropped down from the heavens and fell on him, and he disappeared. I saw people running towards the middle of the sea to pro;lly grab some of these instruments, i just stood there and refused to join them. Then the scroll which fell on the devil bounced off to the land and landed on a desert like sand, and people were gathered around, some wanted to pick the scroll up and open, but i refused to join them, some said they should not open it, and some said they should. It was a white small scroll Then the devil appeared again in the midst of the people in the form of a strange animal, and then started running around, i ran away from him then, and then I heard a voice from heaven say Holy Holy is the God Almighty forever more ETC and i woke up Well I did not undertand this dream much until I came across this page, and realised this dreams portends the way God had driven the devil from heaven along with the musical instruments he had used while he was still an angel of God. Devil will still try to deceive a lot of people through music and other means, we need to be close to God and pray alwaysdevil is bitter, angry and roaring. THIS IS NOT LUCIFER TO BEGIN WITH. The picture resembles michael so much it is insulting.lucifer was fair haired, and blue eyed. LUCIFER DOES NOT NOT MEAN MORNING STAR who the heck wrote this crap LUCIFER MEANDS “THE LIGHT” look it upit is just latin. He was the angel of light. Michael – the angel of the dark AND THEY ALL FRIGGIN SANG IN THE CHOIRS ALL OF EM SOUND HEAVENLY THEY ARE ANGELS. Do not let my friend mike see u portraying his likeness and saying it is his enemy. They are already here even God the big spiritual fight has begun it will take awhile b4 it trickles down to where we will be seeing it and then all will be done. So, not A GOOD TIME TO BE CAUGHT TEACHING FALSE SCRIPTURE. Believe me or dont:) i know. And am done with my entire job of “converting” was told 2 protect the innocents now so i could care less if u think i sm crazy i will be crazy, hangin with the angels in heaven watchin evil burn this i know do u? Pure lies pure lies Go deeper man, you guys are too shallowTOO shallow. Enigma, satanic music.NOT!!! You want to know how to make Enigma music??? Simple do a backmask of normal songs then listen sounds like Enigma??? Bet that’s how they did their musicand it sure sounds eerie As for the rest of the songs you guys describe. Pure coincidence looks at the clouds up in the skies, you can picture whatever you want pure random stuff. You backmask music, you get that pure random stuff. No Satan, no Lucifer. Figure something out sounds like some anti-christ stuff, you fit it in. Say it comes from lucifer. Rubbish it doesn’t it’s anti-christ to your own agenda. Becos you want it to be not becos it really is. Let me tell you a msg, something to make you do something for me. Except, my msg is so inaudible, you have no clue what i’m talking about, and in result, don’t do anything for me. You think Lucifer is a fool selling messages that doesn’t do anything, that no one have a clue about you can deny it, because you have fed everything into your Anti-Christ agenda. See what you see fit that fits your way but it’s pure lies that you know See the truth as it is, these things are pure random stuff. Backmask any music, you will find some nonsense there make it out to be something you want to make it to be. I absolutely agree with you, Satan was the worship leader in heaven until he fell like lightning from the sky according scripture. This is exactly why there is so much sin in this world. Every temptation you have ever been faced with comes from the father of lies himself. He is at work in this world today, he knows that he has a short time to take with him every weak and unbelieving soul. He will throw everything he can to humanity because we are Gods beloved creation. God created us in his image not in the image of sin. There is a way to defeat the devil and his tactics. Give your life to Jesus and faithfully follow his commandments. I guarantee you that your life will be much more fulfilling than it ever was before. Nothing can compare to Gods love for us. Read Acts 2:38, it tells us exactly what we need to do to be saved. There is scriptural proof that satan was the worship leader: Isaiah 14 is typically seen as prophetic and speaking to the king of Babylon, which represents satan: verse 11: Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers. 12 “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ 15 But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit. The research is quite interesting, educating and have brought a significant knowledge of how the so called ILLUMINATI regionists with members such as Jay Z and Rhiana tend to worship lucifer for rotten tongue of immoral music and undignified dance performances which humiliates human beings whom God ‘raised’ above all angels including the down cast lucifer who was thrown out of heaven in shame. It is very pathetic that most American hip-hop artistes, rappers, rock& roll musicians etc; have sympathy for who never wanted human beings to be above him, and they have stoop so low to bring themselves under lucifer b/c of so called fame and money which he, the lucifer does not even have unless THE MOST HIGH GOD permitted. Really, the American hip-hop artistes, rappers, rock & roll musicians etc; need to go school of knowledge to know more about who they are? Who lucifer is? And his position to mankind? Education is light and the knowledge about the Most High God-ALLAH OR ELLAH OR JEHOVA (THE SUPREME GOD) is the key to permanent success, fame, wealth, good health and above all, THE HEAVENLY PARADISE. Therefore, it is a common knowledge for the ILLUMINATI to know that since lucifer have lost the Thrown of Grace, he is no longer an angel, he is a mortal being destined to wrath in hell, all plants and animals now surpass lucifer in ranks of all creations by God, lucifer is worthless as is followers and sympathesizers who are nothing but mortal hallucinators that lives on illicit drugs/cocaine and are being buried on daily basis and at tender age by illicits drugs/cocain. Hello George, it is great that you have a site like this to inform others, however you are partially right with your comments, for example; you say that Westlife is good and there is no harm? Please, if you really want to know the truth about music and its origins you should see the rockumentary “they sold their souls for rock and roll” by Joe Schimmel from “the good fight ministries”. This is a 10 hour well researched documentary and you will understand why “Westlife” is not so innocent as you think. As for Led Zeppelins “stairway to heaven” and backmasking; Robert Plant stated the following; “... Robert described the ‘automatic’ nature of the lyric: ‘I was just sitting there with Pagey in front of a fire at Headley Grange. Pagey had written the chords and played them for me. I was holding a paper and pencil, and for some reason, I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out words. ‘There’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven.’ I just sat there and looked at the words and then I almost leaped out of my seat.' ” (Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods, p. 164) “He [Robert Plant] often remarked that he could feel his pen being pushed by some higher authority.” (Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods, p. 262) So, Led Zeppelin did not produce the backmasking message themselves but from the above statement it is clear that demons are responsible, Robert Plant was simply the messenger. Hope that this was of any help to you, God bless you. This is crazy music devil! The reason nasty music is created is for god fearing people like you! Normal people can discern between good music and bad! Without making crazy devil assumptions it is because of this extreme religion bs that stupid music is crated to effect people like you and have them talk and talk and talk more fame to them this is what you are giving! Music is art and passion and can influence the brain in such positive ways that can aide severe neuro dysfunctions as autism. Maybe if you start reading more than just a bible that has ben rearranged for ages from several different hands and their own purposes you would know. A great debate. I came across this website because i am a club DJ, and i wanted to know,being a son of God,am i also a son of sata/lucifer? For playing music that people want to hear on the weekend. The same people that spread the word of God and Christ during the week on their facebook,seem to find the sluttiest dresses and get trashed the most on the weekend due to the good music that i play for them. Most of my music is without lyrics,by the way. Just good,fresh BASS sounds.that go WOBBLE,WOBBLE. Am i spreading the love of satan? Im a good guy,i need money to survive.and people like to have a good time. Just like jesus use to have a good time in his early days, yes thats right,he use to drink lots of wine and he used to hang around the scum of the scum: prostitues,thiefs,poor people. Yup they were the only ones that beleived in him. Also dont forget Jesus was a jew. Christians worship a jew. The same people that run our money system,and everyone wants dead. Christians as the Crusaders murdered how many people cause of their religion. You what they say: Teach a man how to fish,feed him a life time. Sometimes teach a man to fish and fuk up the whole ocean and eco system. Teach a man about sex and babies will be born. Aka over population. So sometimes just be true to yourself and live life on earth to the full and worry about the rest when u get to the other side. Oh yeah: who invented music? Who inveted languages? Who invented toilet paper? In all your getting, get understanding and discernment. Lucifer(human beings) is the Creators’ favorite, most loved creation. Other creations could work, and work together, but not like Lucifer. Lucifer could build things much better than any other creation. Lucifer could think and feel emotions. Lucifer could control the other creations. The Creator loved Lucifer’s ability to sing, and sing in harmony. Singing in harmony is the ultimate display of working together. Working together delights The Creator. Lucifer became swell headed and wanted even more than the Glory of The Creator. Because The Creator loved Lucifer so much, The Creator gave Lucifer the earth to inhabit. These attributes sound inherently Human? We’ve developed rituals to express our awareness of and appreciation for The Creator’s Glory(religion). Our problem is, we continue to serve two masters – The Creator and money. Even our religious institutions themselves honor money. Any and everything that separates human beings is not of The Creator. Our goal is work together as one unit. Further enlightenment available upon request. Music has a big influence on this generations aswel as tv and worldly movies.the bible say in psalm 1v2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,and on his law he meditate day and night. When we are busy watching movies and listening to worldly music then we will not have time to meditate and study the Word of God.2 corinthians 6v14 do not be yoked together with unbelievers.for what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?or what fellowship can light have with darkness? I am not one to post my comment, but I will here. First I really enjoyed your post, I do agree Lucifer did have something to do with music and I tend to believe a very great deal and for this reason I am so very careful with my music, because Satan will use what we like and that’s the first problem it isn’t about what we like it is about worshipping and Praising God. Second to many people are getting bogged down on this subject. If you are looking for answers read,,no study the Bible fervently. Not a verse here and there the whole Word of God. The amount of misinformation here is incredible. “Lucifer” had NOTHING to do with Satan. It’s a Latin term and has no business in an ancient Hebrew document. The author of this piece is perpetuating the same lie that has been around for a hundred years or more. “This verse right here is speaking of his fall from heaven, and how all of the glory he had, and the gifts he had fell with him.” Uh, no. Why do people read a single verse or two and pretend to know what’s going on? “Lucifer” was a name for the planet Venus when it appeared in the pre-dawn sky. The verse in Isaiah that mentions “Lucifer” is clearly referring to the arrogance of a Babylonian king. There is not a thing in that chapter that can be attributed, in any way, or by any stretch, to Satan, the war in heaven, or anyone being cast out of anywhere. It’s all lies. FIRST off, I believe in God above all things and I try to do the best for HIM in my life and obey his commandments. Well, i’ve been listening to heavy metal (in my case) my whole life and I accept the fact that can be negative if someone (specially teenagers) get influenced by it and gives too much importance to the dark and very explicit lyrics (not all are “dark”, there are also many many different lyrical themes). I mean, it doesnt cause on me negative feelings just brings me energy and yes.OPTIMISM in my life.Sincerely i had never take so serious what the lyrics are about That’s just my humble oipnion and self experience. God bless you all and sorry for this mess, hope you understand all, english is not my native language God bless you all. This to makes a connection to the illiuminti,i know the illiuminti most likely not realbut it seems as like the more time goes on the more i here about it. The illuminit “stars”-(ive done some research concerning illiminti.)when i say stars i mean drake,miley cyrus, justin bieber,lil wayneyou know the pop stars,the ones huge in the pop culture. I always hear about them being related and a huge part of illuminit,but i always thought it was just a glorifed subject people just talk about to talk about,-until i read this. Lucifer, the (use to be) angel of music is the “king”- or from what i read on the internet is the basically a huge part of the illuminti.anyways the connection the angle of music to the pop music stars is connection i never saw before now. Dear Jesus, I am sorry that YOU have to deal with all of us sinners! YOU died, so Lucifer needs to go to hell! The devil of old is condemned. I am sorry for breaking the 10 commandment and ruining my marriage! Satan broke commandment in heaven, so YOU cast him to earth! Furthermore, YOU gave us 3 beautiful kids please allow us to get remarried to someone else! I know you hate divorce! I believe YOUR coming soon! I love you, however, I am not happy with what YOU allowed Lucifer and his evil angels to do to us all! I am a good person! I am tired of this life, however, I have a lot to look forward to in the future! Please provide something I can work on, so I can move forward with my life! The fourth commandment is the seal of God! I am so glad I know all of this to pass to people! WOW.YOU PEOPLE, ALL OF YOU ARE MAD. SO RAP, RnB, POP, METAL ARE EVIL? SO WHAT ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON WHO IS THE KINDEST AND MOST PERSECUTED MAN BY GREED -HE DID POP, ROCK, DISCO ETC THE KING OF ALL MUSIC. AND CLASSICAL IS GODLY? YOU MISSED OUT ON TOCCATA AND FUGUE THAT SOUNDS LIKE ROUGH LIKE DEPRESSION. WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP. I DANCE TO ANYTHING THAT HAS A GREAT BEAT AND MOVES MY BODY.PURE HAPPINESS. LOOK AT YOU PEOPLE GOING NUTS. THEN GO FLY TO THE MOON THEN, NO MUSIC WILL GET TO YOU. YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING MENTAL.I SWEAR. I AM A MUSIC LOVER AND I DON’T GO OVER THE TOP ABOUT SATAN CREATING MUSIC. EVEN IF HE DID INVENT MUSIC: SO WHAT? WHO CARES, HE RULES THIS PLANET ANYWAY. SATAN OR LUMIEL, MICHAEL, RAPHAEL I LOVE ALL ANGELS AND THEY DON’T GET DISRESPECT FROM ME, THEY NEVER HARMED ME, SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? IDIOTS.CARRY ON BEING CRAZY. Hello gregory! Thank the lord i have found these messages from you. I agree with you all the way. This is something my church has also been teaching us. And im gonna keep it short. All of Gods creations were ment for they glory of God. “ANYTHING” and “EVERYTHING” are ment for the Lord music included. We are not of this world so you shall not love this world or what the world holds but meanwhile we are in it we must do everything in the glory of God. Music included. We do not have to conform to the world since we are in the spirit but the world has to conform to us. Thanks for your messages and may the Lord continue to bless you and give you revelation. In jesus name Amen. Thanks for the info, however, Michael W Smith is not from God. He has chosen to follow lucifer himself. Please look him up and read for yourself. Also, check out his website for the teen “help” center he has rocketown.com. Sad stuff, but it goes to show that satan, the enemy of our souls, also has some fallen angels of his own and uses them for his evil purposes to draw away even the believers if possible. Music is one of the most influential forces if it’s evil and for the worship of evil I feel bad for the listener. Choose Christ. I really didn’t even want to read most of the mesgs, because the more you read the deeper into confusion, and demeaning of my God. If you don’t have revelation knowledge and God’s wisdom to know the truth, then it is your interpretation of the truth. If you put something out there that could cause someone else to stumble, you are in danger of judgement! I would rather a believer say, “I believe” this or that. Because the scriptures are full of mysteries that human wisdom cannot understand. (You say Jesus, I say Yahsuah, you say Yahwey, I say God. Is it to uplift the kingdom? Or bring distention and abomination to His word? That’s what Satan want. For the body of believers to stay divided. Those who equate Lucifer, the fallen angel, to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I pray to rebuke you. Lucifer was created, an angel. Jesus Christ is the word of the Father, the body of the Son and his spirit is entirely of the Holy Ghost. To say that a fallen angel has any relation to God is deceit. Please stop reading your butchered NIV interpretations of the gospel and trying to impress others that you can worship Christ and still be of this world. Try reading the KJV and come up with the same flawed belief. PPL ARE SIMPLY MENTALLY TWISTED. ONE GUY CLAIMS TO BE THE MOOOOOOOOST KNOWLEDGEABLE MISICIAN ON EARTH. YES, THE FREAKING PLANET.SOME OF THE MOREDISRESPECTFUL UNLEARNED CLAIM THAT JESUS CHRIST AND LUCIFER ARE THE SAME PERSON. CTHU,PLEASE SEEK HELP. LUCIFER WAS WALKING/LIVING/MUSIC IN CONDTANT MOTION, ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE.WHEN CAST OUT, IT SED NOTHING ABOUT HIM BEING STRIPPED OF THAT POWER–WHICH IS WHY A PERFORMER CAM PURPOSEFULLY, & BOLDLY PERFORM A DAMNED INCANTATION TO THE DEVIL ON NATIONALLY TELEVISED T.V., AND IN YOUR FACES TELL YOU THATS NOT WHAT YOU JUST SAW. THEM LIKE IDIOT CATTLE, THEY CONTINUE ON BUYING THEIR DEMONIC B.S., ALLOW IT IN THEIR HOMES, AND LETTING THEIR KIDS SING THOSE LYRICS OUTLOUD. BEYONCE HAS A VIDEO WHERESHES DANCING ON A HOTEL BALCONY SOMEWHERE, DRESSED IN LOUNGE/PAJAMA-LIKE CLOTHES, WILDLY DANCING, DOING UNNATURAL MOVES, HAND GESTURES,ETC.COME TO FIND OUT: ITS A FEMENINE DANCE DONE BY A DEMONIC ENTITY (SHIVA? SORRY CANT REMEMBER, BUT WILL SEARCH IT AGAIN), AND DOES IT IN A CUTESY-CUTE WAY. SHES A BAPHOMET LOVING WHORE FOR LUCIFER. JACK BLACK EVEN GOT AN ENTIRE AUDIENCE TO LITERALLY N OPENLY PRAY STRAIGHT TO THE DEVIL, IN A “HA-HA, TEE-HEE” MANNER.I DONT TRUST A SINGLE ONE OF THEM, AND AM HOPING A FEW WILL READ THIS AND DO SOME DIGGING. You can tell good music from bad by the beat. If it’s a 4/4 beat, it’s good. If it’s syncapated beat, it’s definitely not good because this beat takes our energies down to a base nature – a low, completely sexual and nasty nature, one that isn’t in God. The lyrics also play an important part on the energy we are taking into our entire consciousness, being and world. Music either makes us reach for the heavens or descend to the low depths of the astral. This syncapated beat music also enters our chakras and steals the light from them. The chakras are then filled destructive, downward energy creating any harmful momentums in us. Go to for more information on the effects of music on our being. Hi.Did you know his krown,the gloria in latin translated is actualy sloth and bitch. Hey im freaked out becouse i have meet him and not in my dreems. He sayed to me im a sloth but the most years im a bitch.Then i started learn latin in my youngest ages alredy but i never understayed why he say to me or yalling BITCH DIE! Well,Ezekiel,Romans chapter and Salamon says many at time to.So i ve read many times after his bad smelling visits what comes after Baal/Bael and Baphomet.Also i never understand becouse i was so young.Asmadeus and the first Belzeebub was. I haved some serios jealouse friends and some criminals around me. Jealouse women and boyfiend,my killer. The list Lucifer: pride Beelzebub: envy (envious) Sathanus: wrath (wraþþe) Abaddon: sloth (slowȝ) Mammon: greed – avarice (avarouse) & covetousness (covetise) Belphegor: gluttony (glotouns) Asmodeus: lust (leccherouse) – later reported as using the name Asmodeum Omg i cant believe i lived all. My best advice if some one meeting one of them. Stay in the church and pray all day and night. Regarding subliminal music, the frequency we do it in, the control of sound and the intentions of those who control media, etc.it is very much controlled by the Military Industrial Complex. I recommend the book by Dr. Leonard Horowitz, titled “The Book of 528, the Key of Love” or link: Healthy World Organization.org Note that I didn’t say World Health Organization. Chapter 2 “528, John Lennon and the church of satan and Chapter 4 “Musicial Cult control Through A=440Hz’Standard Tuning’ explains much about media and music. The god of Music in our world is Satan/Lucifer. Two references in the Bible, to Lucifer/Satan being the musician/worship leader in Heaven, before his fall, are in Ezekiel 28:12-17 and Isaiah 14:12-14. This could explain why and how, throughout history, popular music has been so important and entrenched into our culture and society. Ask yourself how important “your” music is to you and think back in your life to how that music influenced and guided you. If Satan and his demons are committed to destroying you by keeping you away from Jesus Christ and His Eternal Home in Heaven, and Satan/Lucifer was created as a Musician, wouldn’t it seem logical that he would use music as his biggest weapon against mankind? Andie, regarding your comment from November 30th 2010 I would very much like to commend you for an excellent contribution. Your statement was not only well written but also very “matter of fact” and you made your point without compromise yet maintained a respectful approach. For the record, 7 years from your post there is NOW no arguement whatsoever to the fact that Satans influences have been saturating the music scene more in recent times than ever in history. As IRON MAIDEN put in their lyrics.”he knows his time is short” so clearly he has cranked things up a notch (pardon the pun) lol. You may order copies of union information reports;,, and union annual reports; and union constitutions/bylaws from this site. 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