Topic: Anagram

Greg Carlwood shares a finding from Nick Hinton regarding Darya Shipilova, a scientist reportedly killed by the Russian plague, whose name is an anagram for "Ladyship Viola." This name connects to Chinese folklore about a goddess who sent smallpox to Earth. The segment also touches on the book New Light on the Black Death, which suggests environmental or cosmic causes for historical plagues rather than just bacteria.

Mark LeClair’s analysis of "Eyes Wide Shut" (EWS) suggests the title is an anagram missing the letter "N" for North, which corresponds to Saturn's position in the ceremonial ritual of the hexagram. The theory posits that the film's protagonist, played by Tom Cruise, lacks a "true north" while navigating Manhattan. This missing element is framed as a deliberate occult detail embedded by Kubrick to attune the work to specific solar system frequencies.

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is scrutinized for its heavy use of mythological and occult symbolism, including the Shiva statue and various project anagrams. Examples cited include the "Satan" antenna (Solar Axion Telescopic Antenna) and the "Hades" spectrometer. The name CERN itself is linked to Cernunnos, a horned Celtic god of the underworld, suggesting a focus on entities associated with destruction and rebirth.

The deck utilizes sophisticated 15th-century cryptographic techniques, including "Sigla"—a Roman shorthand using the first and last letters of words. Adams identifies multiple levels of encryption where images represent letters and vice versa, potentially including hidden Hebrew characters. This complexity suggests the deck was intended to hide its deepest meanings from all but the most initiated users.