Trucidation Trump Tales & X-Files' Tipping-Point Trumpets

In The X-Files episode, "Babylon," (Season 10: Episode 5, first broadcast 2.15.2016 on Fox), "Fox Mulder" told "Dana Scully" of the enigmatic reports of the sounds of trumpets coming from the heavens.  He informed Scully that the people who have heard the trumpets believe them to be a “Herald of End Times,” as described the Bible's Book of Revelation.

Were the trumpets fictional precursors of another kind?

The leading Republican candidate, according to primary and caucus results is New Yorker Donald Trump, famed for his Trump Towers.

Donald Trump’s German wine-growing ancestors were named Drumpf, according to journalist Gwenda Blair’s book The Trumps: Three Generations That Built An Empire. (Thanks Michael Skotnicki.)

Historically, the surname Drumpf's meaning is unknown. However, the name appears loosely associated with a “deceased person” – a dead issue.

The name Trump has its origins from English (Devon), being a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumps, "trumpet," From German (Bavaria), Trump is a metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumps, "drum." Source.

The early English medieval surname Trump is derived from the pre 8th century Olde French Trompeor, and as such was introduced by the Norman invaders of England in 1066. It is a metonymic or job descriptive name either for a trumpeter or a maker of trumpets, and is recorded in the modern forms of Trump and Trumper. Amongst the many early recordings are those of Patrick Trumpe in the rolls known as the "Calendar of Inquisitions for the county of Cumberland" in the year 1275. Source.

This is the coat of arms that up till now has been used on clothing and promotional material by Trump in Scotland. His new coat of arms (granted in 2012) will show a double-sided eagle representing the dual nationality of Trump's heritage. There will also be three chevronels - one more than depicted here - which will represent sky, sand dunes and sea. Source.

Numquam Concedere is Latin for "Never Give Up."

The verb “trump” also once meant to fabricate or deceive (from French “tromper”). The phrase “to trump up” still means “forge” or “invent,” as in “trumped-up charges” or the many, many headlines punning on “Trumped-up rhetoric” or “Trumped-up politics.” If last week’s Washington Post report suggesting that Trump is a compulsive golf cheat is any measure — “the worst celebrity golf cheat,” according to Alice Cooper — this definition of “trump” may be as essential to Trump’s identity as the other. ~ The Boston Globe, "Why Donald Trump trumps Donald Drumpf," 9.9.2015.

Double-headed eagles have been present in imagery for millennia. The two-headed eagle can be found in the archaeological remains of the Hittite civilization, dating from a period that ranges from the 20th century BC to the 7th century BC. The Gandaberunda is another example of a mythological two-headed bird, which is in common use in India (The Kingdom of Mysore).

This symbol has more recent links to Freemasonry.

I wrote the chapter "The Double-Headed Phoenix" in An Illustrated Guide to the Lost Symbol, edited by Dan Weber (NY: Simon and Schuster, 2009). I discuss how Dan Brown in his book subtly uses the evolution of the "double-headed Phoenix" to the "two-headed eagle" of Freemasonry to alert his readers to the rebirth of the Masonic spirit in the founding of America.

The use of the two-headed eagle as Trump's personal coat of arms appears intriguing, to say the least.

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In the midst of all the Trump talk, one of the dark shadows that few in the mainstream media wish to explore is the hints that there are some very real rumors of assassination of Donald Trump. It may be only a weird conspiracy thought (as shown here in this "Killing Trump"), but it appears to be one that Trump takes seriously.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly always wears a bullet proof vest while he’s out campaigning. Sources 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Trump's inability to button up his coat is blamed on his wearing this bullet proof gear. Source.

During 2015, Trump asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into the threats allegedly made by notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman (who was eventually captured).

In such a strange political year, it is not out of the question that an assassination attempt might change the course of what's "predicted" now by all of the media pundits. There is good reason for Trump to protect against an assassination try on his person.

Assassinations in the past have redrawn the political map. It could happen again. It should not, and hopefully the U.S. Secret Service have stepped up their awareness across the board for all the candidates. These are strange days where body armor may not be enough.

Ziggurat to Babylon: The X-Files, 10.5

The X-Files, "Babylon," Season 10, Episode 5.

The fictional Ziggurat incident (a bombing of an art show) was set in Texas, in The X-Files. It was modeled after the Curtis Culwell Center attack carried out by two men who shot at officers at the entrance to an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on May 3, 2015. The two terrorists were killed by police.

For more content thoughts, see Christopher Knowles' "The X-Files: Babylon Working, or Isis vs ISIS."

Ziggurats

Screenshots of The X-Files' Babylon Motel.

Two Babylon Hotels in the real world.

Tower of Babel/Babylon

Babylon and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The episode mentions Dana Scully's thesis as being Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation, which we know from "Pilot" and "Synchrony," written in 1986, while Scully was studying at the University of Maryland. Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation is about time travel.

I also recommend The Secret Sun Guide to the X-Files Mythology, Parts 1, 2, and 3 by Christopher Knowles.

X-Files' Pietà

The X-Files, 10:5, "Babylon," first broadcast 2.15.2016.

There are many ways to view the world, and a deeper level of reading The X-Files demonstrates that Chris Carter is creating art. A televised metaphor for the Year 2016, using conspiracies, enlightenment, adoption, metaphysical imagery, and relationships, the revival serves as a canvas for stirring everyone's own personal issues as Carter sends out his twilight, or in some cases, such as above, obvious messages. Never go with your first reaction to The X-Files. Wait for it to show you its soul.

Revelation 14:8 

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Christopher Loring Knowles of the Secret Sun, notes the following on Facebook:

Descent into the Underworld - Noora ("Light") descends to communicate with Shiraz.

If you didn't get Babylon, you should investigate the ancient Mystery religions, which are at the core of X-Files Mythology. Chris Carter upped the ante in a way I never thought he would by making what was always implicit totally explicit. The Mystery religions were based on the use of hallucinogens like magic mushrooms, all deified Mother goddesses (Mulder's revelation about "Mother Love") and had as their central myth the "descent to the Underworld".  

From the Wiki: "The descent to the underworld is a mytheme of comparative mythology found in a diverse number of religions from around the world. The hero or upper-world deity journeys to the underworld or to the land of the dead and returns, often with a quest-object or a loved one, or with heightened knowledge. The ability to enter the realm of the dead while still alive, and to return, is a proof of the classical hero's exceptional status as more than mortal. A deity who returns from the underworld demonstrates eschatological themes such as the cyclical nature of time and existence, or the defeat of death and the possibility of immortality."

The Cigarette Smoking Man appears to be wiping slaves crossing the River Styx as the boat makes its Descent into the Underworld.

The River Styx

In Greek mythology, Styx is a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld (the domain often called Hades, which also is the name of its ruler). The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the underworld on a great marsh, which sometimes is also called the Styx. According to Herodotus, the river Styx originates near Feneos. Styx is also a goddess with prehistoric roots in Greek mythology as a daughter of Tethys, after whom the river is named and because of whom it had miraculous powers.

Mulder confronts the Mysteries.

Fox Mulder's "Mush" "Room" was based on Trace Atkins' "Honky" "Tonk."

Why fear doppelgängers?

Is everything as it appears?

I recommend The Secret Sun Guide to the X-Files Mythology, Parts 1, 2, and 3 by Christopher Knowles.

I have been documenting my thoughts on The X-Files for 21 years, since my (Loren Coleman's) cover article, "The Truth Behind The X-Files," (Fortean Times #82, Aug-Sept 1995) was first published.