The 2009 VMAs: The Occult Mega-Ritual

Sep 25th, 2009 | By Vigilant | Category: Vigilant Reports

From unexpected drama to shocking performances, MTVs 2009 Video Music Awards managed
once again to raise eyebrows and get people talking. What most people however missed is the
occult meanings encoded into the VMAs. The TV event was in fact a large scale occult ceremony,
complete with an initiation, a prayer and even a blood sacrifice. Well look at the symbolism that
went on during the show.

MTVs Video Music Awards have often incorporated dark and strange acts, even containing
some occult symbolism. This years version has however outdone itself. The show left most
people wondering what was wrong with Kanye West or trying compute the madness of Lady
Gagas performance. The only way to understand the real meaning behind those performances
is to look into esoteric teachings. Fact is, the whole awards show took the most common rituals
of occult orders and reenacted them in a show witnessed by the entire world.
This years VMAs were very different from other awards shows. They focused on a very limited
number of artists (Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga), while ignoring many others who were
equally successful. The chosen artists became characters in the VMAs ceremony and acted
out different ritual dramas. This might sound totally crazy to the average MTV viewer but those
acquainted with the practices of occult orders (such as Freemasonry) can decode the references
to sacred rituals. There are numerous types of fraternities and rituals, from the most noble to the
most infernal, and they have existed throughout History. The VMAs were decisively inspired by
dark, sinister and even Satanic ceremonies. Lets look at those rituals.
The High Priestess Words of Wisdom

Madonnas sermon
Madonna, the music industrys High Priestess, the revered elder of MTV, opens the show with
a very solemn eulogy for Michael Jackson. She admittedly never really knew or connected
with him but she was still chosen to pay him tribute. Madonna is a well known and publicized
adept of the Kaballah, the esoteric school of Judaism which is studied in most occult orders.
Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok explained how she uses (or abuses) Kaballah symbolism in her music:
I discovered that Madonnas famous dabbling with sacred Jewish mysticism has taken an
interesting turn. In her latest music video for the theme song of a new James Bond movie, the
material girl of old is transforming herself into a Kabbalah girl. Aside from the traditional
Madonna blend of music and sensuality, in this video we see Madonna has a Holy Name of G-d
tattooed onto her right shoulder. Tattooing, mind you, is a practice forbidden under Torah Law,
all the more so abhorred by the Kabbalah. Granted the tattoo may not be real or only temporary
but nonetheless, any expression of performing a forbidden act is itself forbidden and
inexcusable. Unfortunately, Madonnas abuse of Kabbalah and traditional Torah Judaism does
not stop here.
Later in the video we see Madonna winding leather straps around her left arm in the exact same
format and style as holy tefillin are worn by religious Jewish men. Tefillin consist of a small
leather box containing scared parchments. These are then strapped to ones left biceps, and the
strap is wound down the left arm and around the hand. Granted Madonna did not go so far as to
defame the tefillin boxes themselves. Yet, it is quite clear that the wrapping of the straps around
her arm is done in orthodox Torah style. This act of hers is pure sacrilege.
-Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok, Madonnas Kabbalah Not Kosher
http://www.koshertorah.com/PDF/madonna%20kabbalah.pdf
Madonnas tribute focused on the fact that MJ was otherworldly and a king but that she
insisted on the fact that he was also a human being. Wisdom that can only be imparted by the
High Priestess, while members of the audience bowed their heads and meditated on those
words. Her words had a deep Kabbalisitic resonance. The speech was followed by a video
tribute to Jackson, which oddly started with Thriller, displaying on a huge screen the face of MJ
as a decaying zombie who is risen from the dead. We then hear Prices verse in the song saying:
Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize yawls neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpses shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
It is only fitting that MJs greatest was included in his tribute. But this was a rather gruesome
way to start a posthumous tribute. Someone, somewhere made some odd choices, but this
somehow fitted the vibe of the rest of the show.
Taylor Swifts Initiation

Imma let you finish!
Taylor Swift wins the Best Female Video award and goes up on stage to give her thank yous.
Kanye West pops out of nowhere, taking the mic from her hand, and informed her that Beyonce
had one of the best videos of all time. This scene has caused much controversy and has earned
Kanye the title of Douchebag of the year plus a the honor of being called a jackass by the
President of the United States. I might shock some people by saying this but this unexpected
event was STAGED! There I said it. Did you ever watch a crappy reality show and had the gut
feeling that the whole thing was scripted? Well, Ive got an overload of that feeling while
watching that. None of the people implicated (not even Beyonce making her I cant believe this
is happening face) are good actors. Furthermore, Ive been following Kanyes career since his
beginnings and Ive retained one important fact about him: the only thing Kanye West cares
about, is Kanye West. So if he had to throw a hissy fit about something, it would had been about
him not winning. Not Beyonce. Him.
This scene is in fact Taylor Swifts initiation into what I call The Circle of Chosen Artists. The
pupil is humiliated in front of her peers and told that she is not worthy to be on the same stage as
Beyonce, the queen of the ceremony. Almost all groups, fraternities and gangs carry out an
initiation process to test the recruits character, strength and worth. Swifts ordeal was to have
Kanye ruin her first award ever and to be told that she didnt deserve this recognition. The
rapper is known for bitching during award shows so he was the perfect candidate to make it all
seem unexpected.
The Prayer

Who wants to pray to the devil with me?
Jack Black comes out dressed as a heavy metal guy on steroids to promote a video game. At one
point he asks the audience to put their devil horns in the air and the proceeds to pray to the
darklord Satan. The whole thing is light-hearted and comical but I dont see any other way a
prayer to Satan can be inserted into a primetime show without getting a truckload of complaints
by concerned parents. The scene starts off semi-funny but Jack Black finishes off on a more
serious note by saying: I ask you to grant tonights nominees with continued success in the
music industry. This last phrase actually reveals a dark truth about the entertainment business.
So the net result of this scene is this: everybody threw up their devil horns hand sign, then took
each others hands and prayed to Satan. This piece of pre-rehearsed comedy might have been an
insignificant skit in another show. But in the context of this one, with its many recreations of
occult rituals, the skit takes a whole other, sinister meaning.
The Blood Sacrifice

Lady Gagas performance was hailed as brilliant by many music fans. If you however ask
them what it symbolizes, their face turns into a question mark. Heres what Gaga said about her
performance during an interview at gagadaily.com
Do you think it will be one of those defining moments people will remember at the VMAs?
I know it will. I sort of have this philosophy about things: theres never a reason to do something
unless its going to be memorable, unless its going to change things, unless its going to inspire
a movement. With the song and with the performance, I hope to say something very grave about
fame and the price of it.
Something grave? What?
Youll have to see.
What are you going to wear?
I would say that the fashion for the performance is a representation of the most stoic and
memorable martyrs of fame in history. Its intended to be an iconic image that represents people.
I think after watching the performance and maybe studying it after you watch it on YouTube,
youll see the references and the symbols come through.
The setting for the performance is very symbolic. Gaga performs in a temple or maybe an
aristocratic mansion, complete with columns, chandlers and paintings. Occult rituals, mind
control experiments and even human sacrifices have been constantly rumored to take place in
those kinds of settings. One feature I cannot ignore is the presence of two massive pillars
underneath an arch.

Decor of Gagas performance. Notice the two pillars and the arch above
Those are unmistakable Masonic symbols as depicted on this lithograph:

This obvious reference to Freemasonry hints to the occult and ritualistic aspect of Gagas
performance. Masons are known to carry in their lodges ritual dramas, which are live
reenactments of allegorical stories. Gagas performance symbolizes her rise to fame and the
sacrifice she had to make in order to succeed.
When the bloody Gaga is lifted in the air, an eerie light comes out of of between the pillars and
the dancers lift their arms in the air in praise. Many ancient religions carried out ritual sacrifices
to please the gods. Blood sacrifices have also been viewed by black magicians as the ultimate
way to collect spiritual energy. The final scene of the performance conveys the presence of this
mysterious force after a sacrifice.

Rising star
Right after her performance, Gaga appears dressed in an all red dress, with her face completely
covered. She is basically a walking, talking blood sacrifice. It represents the aftermath of fame,
the hellish life that follows the sacrifice, the selling of the soul for success in the music industry.

This if for God and the gays
Pinks Masonic Initiation

There is no way a Mason can watch this performance without recalling his initiation into the
First Degree. Heres a description by Mark Stavish:
The candidate for initiation is stripped of all material possessions and dressed in a strange and
peculiar garb (). This includes a blindfold and a length of rope called a cable tow.
He continues
The blindfold used represents secrecy, darkness and ignorance as well as trust. The candidate
is led into the lodge room for initiation but is not able to see what is happening. He is bound
about the waist and arm with the cable tow.
-Mark Stavish, Freemasonry: Rituals, Symbols and History of the Secret Society

The initiate is blindfolded, attached to a cord with the left breast and left leg exposed
Pink is blindfolded and bound with ropes. Her costume exposes her left breast, exactly like
Masonic initiates. Instead of having her left leg exposed, Pinks costume bears a diamond pattern
which is very reminiscent of floors in Masonic lodges.

Eastern Star Lodge
Pinks performance was a dizzying display of acrobatics which undoubtedly left her (and the
viewers) totally disoriented. This is also a feature of Freemasonrys First Degree initiation:
His eyes are then bandaged against and a cord in the form of a noose is passed round his neck.
At this point the novice is entering the marginal stage, associated with ordeals; he cannot see,
his sense of direction has been confused and he has been dressed like a victim for execution.
-J.S. La Fontaine, Initiation Ritual Drama and secret knowledge across the world
Pinks performance was yet another blatant reference to ritual dramas in occult orders.
Taylor Swifts Acceptance into the Order

Can we try this again now?
After Swifts public humiliation, Beyonce, the queen of the ceremony, calls her up on stage to let
her have her moment. She appears from backstage (as if awaiting her cue) in a red dress which
is strikingly similar to Beyonces. A reader of this site has noticed that, at the moment the two
singers hug, a strange phrase appears on the screen behind them saying RDFO IL 40 PRO DEL
ATO. I have no idea what that means, but it was there. If you solve this enigma, be sure to post
it in the comments. **Editors note** Pretty sure it means Ilford Delta Pro film.

Is this a computer glitch or a coded message?
Taylor Swift being called on stage represents the fact that she is now accepted as an equal to
Beyonce and part of the chosen ones. The matching dresses also convey this sense of
belonging to a new group. She has passed the test the ordeal of being humiliated and she
can now reap the rewards of being an insider.
To Conclude
Award ceremonies like the VMAs define and crystallize the pop culture of an era. It consecrates
the chosen artists while leaving the others dwelling in the shadows of anonymity. As seen above,
the whole show was heavily permeated with occult symbolism, primarily focusing on the
initiation aspect of it. Why is MTV exposing young people (who know nothing about
occultism) to such rituals? Is there a subliminal effect on the viewers? Are we educating the new
generation to accept these symbols as part of popular culture? There is definitively a second
layer of interpretation in many of MTVs products. To decode those symbols is to understand the
inner-workings of the entertainment industry.