Post by t***@gmail.comWhen LOST finally came to an end in 2010 there were complaints from fans that some of the LOST mysteries weren't adequately explained. After six seasons and 121 episodes in total this is probably not unusual. But Heeb Magazine published an article by Arye Dworken, addressed to JJ Abrams in an open letter complaining about what he called the "Hebraic Mystery". (1)
"However, here’s my major problem with Lost. I just looked it up on IMDB and found that there were 178 characters, including Teenage Boy, Flight Attendant #2, “Old Scooter Man” and Gate Attendant. Wonderfully gifted actors working on a wonderfully crafted series (I’m looking at you, Lotto Girl) and none were Jewish. Not even “Anxious Guy.” His real name is Brad Berryhill and that’s as WASPy as it gets. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not saying there needed to be a Jew. I just find it weird that with so many religious undertones (or in some instances, super overtones) the only bone we get is a Star of David on a stained glass window in a church during the final ten minutes." (1)
Dworken continues his argument saying two of the creators of LOST, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, are Jewish. Two out of three show creators and not one Jewish character in 121 episodes, and only one Jewish symbol in the last few minutes of the series finale. What Dworken didn't say or didn't know was Jack Bender, executive director and producer on LOST was Jewish and Jack Bender's wife is a rabbi. I discovered this tidbit when a fan made video appeared on youtube with both Benders having an open discussion of LOST with fans in Tel Aviv. Rabbi Bender worked on the show too, and was the voice of the whispers on the island.
So the Hebraic Mystery is where are the Jewish characters on LOST? Dworken was correct, there were no EXPLICIT Jews or Jewish characters.
But the IMPLICIT Jewish characters were all over the LOST island, the Land Of Jacob. Those were known as THE OTHERS.
(1) http://heebmagazine.com/an-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams
By now you probably have an answer to the LOST question JJ Abrams asked during the 2004 interview with Elvis Mitchell; What is the island?
If you look at the M.A.P. I have laid out it should be apparent and if not, discover for yourself the Biblical name given by G-d to Jacob. (1)
"Israel is a tiny Island in the heart of a giant Arab sea" - David Ben Gurion
Damon Lindelof and the writing team at Bad Robot aren't the only ones who think and write in metaphor, allegory and parables.
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
An excellent example of Damon Lindelof's Judaic-history reimagining, as I have outlined was the basis for the LOST mythology and the subtext for 6 seasons of LOST, through Metaphor, Allegory and Parable, can be clearly seen in Lindelof's prose in the book 'Unscrolled', where he rewrites the story of Abraham and Isaac, in the binding of Isaac:
SUBJECT: DESIGNATED A
CASE FILE: 18-1-22-24
FOLLOWING IS TRANSCRIBED FROM RECORDING OF INITIAL
OBSERVATION SESSION.
[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
Coffee?
... Sorry?
Coffee. You want some?
No, thank you.
A soda? Some water?
Yes, all right. Water ...
We don’t have any fancy bottled stuff. Tap okay?
That’s fine.
Great. Good. We’ll get that for you. So ... you know why we brought you in?
I think so. Yes.
And you’re sure you don’t want a lawyer? That’s your right.
I’m sure.
Because you could say something that’ll get you into a lot of trouble.
Trouble with who?
Heh ... that’s ... you’re joking, right?
Not really.
Oh. OK. Well ... then I guess ... sure, I’ll answer your question. You’ll get yourself into trouble with the law.
All right.
“All right?” As in you understand?
Yes. I understand.
Good. Because there’s something I don’t understand. And maybe you can help me understand it. Do you think you can do that?
I’ll try.
Good. You try. And let’s start with this—and I apologize if I’m kinda just leaping in here ... My wife says I’m a little ... y’know, blunt? But here we go. I just want to know ... I want you to explain ... exactly why you tried to kill your son.
But I didn’t.
... What?
I didn’t kill my son.
You didn’t ... well, crap. Crap, Abe ... I guess you’re right. That’s why I said you tried to. In fact, it says here ... it says that you were spotted tying him up—
—Binding.
Huh?
I was binding him.
OK. Wow. Sure. You were binding your kid ... and then—and if any of this sounds wrong to you, Abe, you just speak up—but then you were seen putting your son ...
Isaac.
Right. Isaac. You were seen putting Isaac on top of a pile of wood.
He was meant to be a burnt offering.
Excuse me?
My son. I was told to make a burnt offering of him.
You were ... told.
Yes.
By who?
God.
... God.
Yes.
So ... God. He told you to ... light your son on fire?
After I had killed him, yes.
Sure ... because burning him alive ... that would be inhuman.
It’s what I was asked to do.
What for?
... Sorry?
God tells you to kill a child ... your own child ... for what? Why? What do you get in exchange for your “offering”?
Nothing.
Nothing?
He had already given me ... given us ... something.
And what’s that?
My wife—Sarah ... she was way past the point of being able to get pregnant. But He said He would give us a child. And He did.
This would be ... God again?
Yes.
He gave you a son. So you could raise him. And love him. Then kill him.
But I didn’t kill him.
But you were willing to.
Yes.
Why?
Because God asked.
And you just ... ? You didn’t ... question it?
No.
Your wife ... Sarah ... what’d she have to say about this?
I didn’t tell her.
Of course you didn’t. And Isaac ... I’m guessing you didn’t tell him either. You just walked him up that mountain and he had no idea what you were gonna do.
That’s right. Yes.
So what changed your mind?
Nothing did. He stopped me.
... God.
No. An angel.
He didn’t come Himself?
No.
Too busy?
Maybe.
And this angel ... what’d he say?
That I didn’t need to kill Isaac.
Why not?
Because now He knew that I feared Him.
The angel?
No. God. He knew I feared God.
But that’s not what you told me.
... Sorry?
You told me you were willing to kill your son just because He asked. Not because you were afraid of Him.
... Oh.
Are you afraid of Him?
Oh.
Oh ... what?
You’re the angel.
What?
On the mountain. I only heard your voice. But now ... yes, I recognize it. You. You’re the angel. Calling to me a second time.
I’m an ... ? C’mon. You’re insane, Abe. You’ve lost your goddamned mind.
I’m not. And I haven’t.
And yet you think ... I’m an angel.
I you are.
OK. Fine then. You got me. I’m an angel. And why is it ... I’m “calling to you”? A second time?
Because you want to make sure.
Of what?
That I fear God. That’s why you asked me.
Ah ... so He’s testing you. Again. Because ... what? Getting you to stab your kid to death wasn’t proof enough?
But I didn’t stab my—
—Yeah, yeah. I got it, Abe.
He spoke to me, you know. Outside Sodom. Did He tell you that?
Why don’t you tell me.
He was ready to destroy the whole city ... and I asked Him if He would spare them. If there were just 50 innocent people inside, wouldn’t it be worth letting the rest live? And He said He would. Then I said, What about 45? And He said yes, He’d spare the city then, too. We negotiated for a while. I was able to get Him down to 10—if there were just 10 innocent people, He agreed not to destroy it.
This is ... wow ... this is a great story.
But He did destroy it. He rained fire down on Sodom. Gomorrah, too. Burned them all. And when I learned of this, I thought to myself ... Maybe I should have pushed further ... Maybe I should have asked God to spare the cities if just one innocent person could be found. Do you know why I didn’t?
Tell me.
Because I knew. I knew He was going to destroy those cities no matter what I said.
And why’s that?
Because it was His will.
SUBJECT BEGINS TO AUDIBLY CRY NOW ... THIS LASTS FOR ALMOST SIX MINUTES, FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SILENCE. AFTER WHICH:
Coffee?
... Sorry?
Coffee. You want some?
No, thank you.
A soda? Some water?
Yes, all right. Water ...
We don’t have any fancy bottled stuff. Tap okay?
That’s fine.
Great. Good. We’ll get that for you. So ... you know why we brought you in?
I think so. Yes.
[END TRANSCRIPT]
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FROM THIS POINT ON THE SEQUENCE BEGINS AGAIN.
SUBJECT WAS OBSERVED FOR A PERIOD OF 90 MINUTES UNDER WHICH THE ABOVE SEQUENCE WAS REPEATED 19 TIMES.
THE SEQUENCE WAS REPEATED VERBATIM.
SUBSEQUENT OBSERVATIONS DETERMINED SUBJECT SPEAKS ONLY THE WORDS TRANSCRIBED ABOVE AS IF ON A PERPETUAL LOOP.
THOUGH THE TRANSCRIPT SUGGESTS THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE PRESENT, THE SUBJECT WAS ALONE IN HIS CELL FOR THE DURATION OF THE RECORDING.
SLIGHT FLUCTUATIONS IN TONE AND ACCENT WOULD SUGGEST THE CREATION OF THE SECOND CHARACTER, PERHAPS AS A PROXY BY WHICH TO CONFESS AND/OR PROCESS SUBJECT’S ACTIONS.
PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS
CYCLOID PSYCHOSIS
RECOMMENDED TREATMENT
10–15 mg. OLANZAPINE, twice daily. Limit interaction with family (particularly the victim), continue observation.
Damon Lindelof is a television writer, producer, and screenwriter.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2013/10/abraham_and_the_binding_of_isaac_the_police_interview_the_patriarch.html