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[sophiaserpentia]

Friday night I saw Matrix Reloaded at the IMAX. It was worth watching on the huge screen -- it underscores the attention devoted to detail by the movie makers, and watching it again gave me a chance to revisit more deeply the Gnostic and esoteric themes visited in the movie.

This time I caught something I missed earlier -- the fact that it was the Oracle who was responsible for the "unconscious complicity" that allows humans to remain tapped into the Matrix. So we have a scheme like this: the Architect created the Matrix, but the Oracle made it possible for humans to function in the Matrix. This is vaguely reminiscent of the scheme described in the Hypostasis of the Archons, where the Demiurge created the universe, and even the human body, but it took the breath (pneuma) of Sophia to make the human body rise and move around. Edit: It is also Sophia who is responsible for raising the awareness in humanity of their plight at the hands of the Demiurge; this is another detail that translates into Matrix Reloaded.

Sunday Dee and I went to the company picnic, where I was amazed when Dee said she wanted to attempt to climb the "rock climbing" setup the company had brought to the picnic for entertainment. With the assistance of the attendant and myself Dee was able to climb halfway up the rock wall. Quite impressive for someone who needs a wheelchair or a pair of crutches to get around.

Afterwards we saw Pirates of the Caribbean, which was entertaining enough. Sensitive types might complain that it glorifies violence, and they would have a point, but it's not like troubled teens are going to aspire to be pirates on account of a silly movie like this one.

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[badsede.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how well the parallel holds up. The Matrix: Revisted goes into some of the back story. As I understand it, there is the Matrix, but a percentage cannot accept it. Therefore, the Oracle came up with the idea to imbed a Matrix within a Matrix. Those who reject the Matrix escape, but only to enter the outer Matrix. So, in essence, the Oracle is responsible for an even greater deception of the humans in order to keep them in the Matrix. The whole notion of "escape" is just to keep them preoccupied so they don't think about the fact that they have only escaped to another Matrix.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

If what you wrote is true, then the parallel or analogy does not hold up.

[badsede.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure of it, but that's the way I understood it.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

After watching Reloaded again I am more certain they were hinting at the "matrix within a matrix" to capture the objectors. But it could be a red herring. We'll find out soon enough. :)

[athena813.livejournal.com]

I was pretty sure that it wasn't necessarily a matrix within a matrix, but rather that "The One's" birth and revolution would come, it was to be expected, and that signalled the destruction of the matrix, but only to bear a new one.

I remember that the architect said that there had already been six matrices in total, and then Neo thought he could be smart by going after Trinity instead of saving the world - when all along it was just part of the plan. In that sense there was a matrix within a matrix (people in Zion and the ship crews thinking they were free of the matrix when really they were just on another level of it.)