Red Dawn Again

by Loren Coleman ©2012

There is another synchrocinematic red dawn.

"Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!" ~ Theoden, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Once again, I have mentioned before the meanings of Colorado (= red) and Aurora (= dawn).

 

Long before the movie was released on December 5, 2002, the book The Two Towers was published on November 11, 1954, as the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel series The Lord of the Rings. Much has been written on the prophetic nature of The Two Towers and its visual, visceral link to the twins towers of the World Trade Center and 9/11. No need to go over that again. I suppose we should feel, then, that finding "red dawn" within The Twin Towers is not overly surprising.

But there it is, nevertheless.

“A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.” 

~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (1954)

"It is a red dawn. Strange things await us by the eaves of the forest. 

Good or evil, I do not know; but we are called. Awake!" 

~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (1954)

Visup, who clearly comprehends twilight language, said this week:

The name Aurora itself means 'dawn', while Colorado means 'red.' This has led several synch-watchers, most notably Loren Coleman, to revisit the notorious 1984 action film Red Dawn, which I've written briefly on before here. However the combination that Colorado and Aurora produces, red dawn, could just as easily be an allusion to the heliacal rising of Sirius as it is to the Milius film. When Sirius returned to visibility after a 70 day absence it appeared as red in the sky during the heliacal rising, thus producing a red dawn at the onset of the Dog Days.

As Visup hopefully also understands, it is not important to me if the expression is literally taken as an early morning, ruby first viewing of Sol (the offspring of Aurora)/the Sun, a synchrocinematic reference, or Sirius rising. What is more important, of course, is its metaphoric appearance in the context of our discussion here, of a "red dawn" being translated as an action resulting in major unknown cultural and societal change. Specifically and synchromystically, I have employed this definition here at Twilight Language:

"Red dawn event," a milestone manifestation of unfathomable future dimensions (July 24, 2012);

and

The Aurora, Colorado shooting appears to be a "red dawn," a milestone awakening event of which we can only guess what it might really mean in the near and distant future (July 22, 2012).

Meanwhile, the story unfolds. Or does it?

The strange graphic created, apparently, for the 

even stranger site, "Guilty or Innocent? Take The Poll."

The latest James Holmes news is the discovery of a notebook that is “full of details" about how he was going "to kill people.” 

Police and FBI agents were called to the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus in Aurora on Monday morning after the psychiatrist, who is also a professor at the school, reported receiving a package believed to be from the suspect. Although that package turned out to be from someone else and harmless, a search of the Campus Services' mailroom turned up another package sent to the psychiatrist with Holmes’ name in the return address.

But other news sources are saying Holmes told officials to look for the package. Who knows?

Allegedly Holmes mailed this notebook to a University of Colorado psychiatrist at the  Anschütz Medical Center before the attack. The date this notebook allegedly arrived? July 12th, Orange Day.

Anschütz?

The Anschütz Medical Campus is where the alleged shooter studied. The campus is located on a portion of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. After the base was decommissioned in 1999, the campus became known as the Fitzsimons Medical Campus, or simply "Fitzsimons." The name of the portion of Fitzsimons that houses the university facilities was changed to its current name in 2006 after the (oil wealthy) Anschutz family donated $91 million to construct the Anschutz Centers for Advanced Medicine, which include the Anschutz Outpatient and Cancer Pavilions, and the Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, all located on the campus. 

The 2004 Democratic Party Presidential candidate John Kerry was born at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center on December 11, 1943. After playing 27 holes of golf on September 23, 1955, in Denver, President Dwight D. Eisenhower then had a massive heart attack in the wee hours of Saturday, September 24. It was at the Fitzsimons location where he recovered from his heart attack in 1955.

Anschütz is a North German name with an origin linked to an occupational name for someone whose job was to keep a dam or pool filled with water (German anschützen ‘to fill up’), especially a dam above a water channel serving a mill or mine. The surname is common in northern and eastern Germany.

Two different German gun manufacturers are Anschutz JGA and Anschutz Waffenfabrik Ulm Do, coincidentally.

Where are the cartoonists?

Is it me, or do there seem to be less editorial cartoons that usual in the wake of this shooting?

"ABC news had to apologize for a Brian Ross report that James Holmes, the Colorado shooting suspect, might be a member of the Tea Party." Credit: Bokbluster.

Credit: Cartoon A Day.

Credit: Latuff Cartoons

Credit: John Cole

(Thank you, RPJ, for The Twin Towers synchrocinematic reference tip.)

Slate: "Whether movie theaters have any inherent qualities that might attract continued violence remains murky. If multiplex shootings do become a new meme for mass murderers, we’ll probably have the copycat effect to thank."

USA Today: "A 2004 book by Loren Coleman, The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines provided a horrifying litany of examples in which media coverage of one killing has led to copycat killings. Sometimes the attention given to a teenage suicide leads to more teenage suicides. Often, the media attention given to a mass killer lead to more mass killings."

Red Dirt Report: "As Twilight Language’s Loren Coleman put it, 'The Aurora, Colorado shooting appears to be a "red dawn," a milestone awakening event of which we can only guess what it might really mean in the near and distant future.'
"Stay tuned."

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For the links to recent postings about The Dark Knight Rises, the Aurora red dawn event, and the copycats, please see:

Aurora: Synchromystic Wonderland
Aurora Copycats: Prepare Now
Anticipating Aurora and Beyond
Red Dawn
Blood Red Movie Massacres
Joker Copycats: 2008-2112
Dark Knight Shooting: 12 Dead, 58 Injured
Bane/Bain Bursts Bare (Part 3)
Bane/Bain Continues (Part 2)
Bane/Bain (Part 1)

Recent interviews, about the Aurora shootings:

WGN - Mike McConnell: Loren Coleman

The Corbett Report: The Copycat Effect with Loren Coleman

Binnall of America: Loren Coleman and Bruce Rux

Coming Soon:

Red Ice Creations

Talk Shoe - 42 Minutes

The Copycat Effect

(NY: Simon and Schuster, 2004)