Ah, I missed that in my research! Thanks for pointing that out, George Ripley is a pretty big connection there between the Knights of Malta and Alchemy!
I dont think its a coincidence that Celia is keeping her truth from Sam, and Sam was literally shown right after having his mind searched by the archivist. Could be Celia really wants to tell Sam but knows the risks involved with sharing information even if the person is trustworthy
I really hate how much info is exclusive to the transcripts of the show. I listen at work and then listen to your reviews and feel like i miss too much by not just treating it like a book
As I was listening to your review of the last e[isode, I was thinking about how in MAG200, Jon said to Jonah that "IImmortality. It’s impossible. Even without me, nothing escapes entropy. Not forever. Not even fear." and how an end goal of the "great work" is well.... immortality. Is this anything? Is This How Jonah Can Still Win?
Teddy could be working for the Response Team, Starkwall or whatever it's called now, the Royal Society, or whatever happened to the survivors of TMI after it was burned. I think that key will matter.
My personal theories that he's somehow involved with the Magnus institute now. Or whatever the institute has become. I don't think burning down their main base was enough. I think the Magnus protocol is still going on. They're trying to contain whatever the Magnus institute is trying to do which I think is a replication of the watchers crown just with a different application.
I saw someone in the episode’s comments speculating that quitting the OIAR is not as consequence-free as we were lead to believe, even though you can quit
By tomorrow the season will be over so time to get out all my predictions -Sam dies or ceases to be main character -Celia is statement giver of the episode - it guy is not in the episode -Archvist is not a previously known character - one or two of previously met characters, the ones Sam and Celia have been meeting show up
What popped into my head when we learn that its on the train with them was. Somthing like, oh it sensed Celia's weirdness on sam/alice when they set it free, sam living is just a way to get him to bring Celia somewhere where it can learn about her weird potentially other reality nature.
Just food for thought: alchemy doesn't only pertain to the transmutation of chemical elements and the creation of the philosopher's stone. In gnostic theosophy and hermeticism, alchemy is actually a spiritual endeavour and it's essentially about transmuting yourself into something better, about elevating the base elements of your psyche/soul. This is also a theme in Taoist alchemy (Taoism is HUGE on alchemy). The Great Work, the Elixir of Life is about the ultimate union with the divine and the attaintment of immortality - the immortality of spirit. This is something Jung was also interested in, he saw alchemy as important in psychology and wrote extensively on the topic.
Absolutely, there's a ton of philosophy and a ton of schools of thought when it comes to Alchemy! There's a lot of different ways Protocol could go for sure, and between Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Esotericism, Rosicrucianism, Gebers unity based Alchemy, Rasayana and the Divine Body, Taoism as you mentioned it's hard to say where the series is going!
10:28 Maybe it's just me being stupid - but I assumed when listening that a cold white key that opens all locks was made of human bone, not ivory, which would make it a *skeleton key*.
