The Diana Legend
In the aftermath of a week of mourning, these thoughts...
A long time ago I said that when William becomes King, he will be
"worshipped" by forms of "idolatry" that we have not seen since
Roman times. Diana was "worshipped" in this way, and a
legendary "Goddess-like" persona was created for her by the media.
The MEDIA itself, television in particular, may be the
"false prophet" of Revelation 13:15, rather than a particular
person.
"For he shall have the power to give life to the IMAGE
of the beast, that the image of the beast should SPEAK,
and cause that as many as would not worship the IMAGE
of the beast should be killed."
Reading the tributes that I have seen on many web pages, only makes
me feel that what I had said is coming true. I never predicted that
it would come true so tragically as it did.
Seeing the world's reaction to Diana's death, is it that hard to
believe that in ancient times, long before television, the common
person idolized and worshipped their leaders or emperors like Gods?
Caesar's exploits were not televised, they were transmitted by word
of mouth, told and retold as legends, and copied down by scribes,
the most advanced form of communication available at the time.
Temples were erected in his name. When he got to considering HIMSELF
to be a god, that was when his closest advisors saw that it had gone
to his head and things had gone too far. He could no longer be trusted,
he could no longer be controlled by the Roman Senate- he became a
THREAT because they could not guess his next move, and he was
becoming so wildly popular to the common Roman citizen, that he
could have turned on them at any time, and the mob would have backed
him against the Senate.
Even after the royal divorce and the removal of the "HRH" title,
Diana still fancied herself to be a "good will ambassador" for
Britain, and the media saw her as such. But the British Royals saw
her as a threat- she was not under their control, but was acting
on their behalf, even though it was charity work. When the
likelihood of her marrying into the Fayed family, the owners of
Harrods, and Arab arms dealers- while still carrying on as the
ex-Princess and Ambassador at large- it was not meant to be, it was
too much to bear. In the famous BBC interview, in which Diana spoke
of herself as the "Queen of Hearts" the key issues are all there;
the interviewer asked "At WHOSE BEHEST do you call youself
an ambassador"? Diana replied, (my paraphrasing again)
"at whose behest do the photograhers follow me everywhere I go?
This is an awesome power and responsibility that can not be ignored."
After Caesar's death, Halley's comet appeared, and the common
person took it to be Caesar's soul ascending to heaven.
Elton John, much more metaphorically, writes to Diana ...
"Now you belong to heaven
and the stars spell out your name."
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Caesar was declared to be a god AFTER his death by the Roman masses-
and thus immortal.
After that, more temples were built in his honor, other great public
buldings were named after him. I heard on the radio this morning that
there is a movement to have Heathrow Airport renamed to "Princess of Wales"
airport. I don't like it, personally; I think it would be more fitting
to name something of BEAUTY after her, rather than a place that perpetuates
the dehumanzing experience that air travel has become.
This is not that far from what happened after John F Kennedy's death
in 1963- seems that every new school or public building built in
the late 1960's was named "John F Kennedy High School" or whatever,
at least here in the States.
Diana was 36 years old- the same age as Marilyn Monroe when she died.
The Diana Conspiracy
But I think Diana is linked more with John Kennedy than Marilyn for
many reasons. Diana was cut down in her prime, as was JFK, at a
time when she seemed on the verge of many more great changes and
things that would have changed the world, as was JFK; whereas
Marilyn was depressed and comitted suicide as her stardom faded.
There are all kinds of mysteries concerning the way they died, and
the true cause; the stories that the paparazzi were chasing the car,
or that the driver was drunk- these are like the "single bullet theory"
of the Warren Commission.
There are inconsistencies in the reports from the hospital on how
long it took for her to be freed from the wreckage and how long
they tried to revive her at the hospital- just as the inconsistencies
in the Kennedy autopsy and the handling of the body enroute to
burial are legendary. The investigation will go on for months
and years. There are a LOT of conspiracy theories buzzing around
the net- there could have been any number of people who wanted her dead,
for some of the reasons mentioned above. And there are any number
of ways the car could have been made to crash. Most of the mystery
is probably caused by the MEDIA handling of the facts- as we already
know, the media is so sloppy in checking its facts that they release
tidbits of rumors as if they were true- what is being debated is the
order of events as they were REPORTED, rather than as they actually
happened.
While Diana had rejected British security protection (it would have
been like inviting a royal spy to follow her every move) she was
probably under surveillance without her knowledge, because she could
have been a target for kidnapping or terrorism. It is ironic that the
crash took place on the same night that Dodi had proposed to her, and
had purchased a $200,000 ring. That will also be the subject of much
speculation for conspiracy theorists, similar in some ways to the story
that Bobby Kennedy visited Marilyn on the night of her death. When the
people who were watching her, for whatever reason, learned of the
proposal, and transmitted that back to their superiors (some "grey
haired" royalist in the Queen's entourage? Or as high as the Queen
herself?) they were given the order to "terminate"- all speculation of
course, none of which can ever be proven.
Chris M
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Chris M
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