The Aryan Kampf in "Lord of the Rings" - Part IV

Events and Places
Volume II: The Two Towers

The story picks up right where the previous installment left off. The Fellowship had been separated by the Falls of Rauros and now three parties push on with the Grand Task. I have said that the Fellowship wasn't really "broken" (as the chapter title seems to suggest), but that it is still intact and it is just different duties that sent the members in different directions. This idea is confirmed by the Extended Edition DVD, which includes a map of the Fellowship's trek on the box art. The map on the first film's DVD box shows the Fellowship's path from the Shire and to the Falls of Rauros, thus the Fellowship was formed much earlier than it was formalized by Elrond, simply new members joined the mission. In the box art to The Two Towers, there is also a map, but now with three paths - that of Frodo and Sam; that of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli; and that of Merry and Pippin, who go through a similar change that their two Shire kin have already begun to experience.

Frodo and Sam's Journey
The first of three major plot lines in the film. Frodo and Sam are traveling through a chain of mountains and the journey is starting to take a heavy toll on Frodo. First, he has a nightmare about Gandalf's fall from the Bridge of Kazad-Dum in Moria. Second, the weight of the Ring is making him ever weary and seems to be altering his body. Sam notices that Frodo is eating and sleeping very little, thus it must be the Ring that is somehow driving him and this condition of being artificially alive are the first steps that led to Smeagol's degradation into the Gollum.

Gollum is also introduced as a character here - previously he had just been an ominous background stalker as seen in The Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo connects with Gollum in a way and he seems to at least partly understand Gollum's condition, since he himself is going through what Gollum went through years and years ago. Sam, on the other hand, is very wary of Gollum and suspects him to be pulling a two-faced trick so that he can get his hands on the Ring, which he repeatedly calls "the Precious." Gollum may be just a goy of Sauron, though he is a clever goy and promptly begins to use the Dark Lord's favorite tactic of divide and conquer. Gollum knows that he cannot overpower both Hobbits at the same time, especially since Sam is not falling for his charade, so he starts to sow discord between the two Hobbits. This is subtle at first, such as calling Frodo "Master" and belittling Sam as "the fat Hobbit," which, in effect, places them on opposite ends of a forced dichotomy - one is held in esteem, the other in disgust. Through constant repetition, this mindset of Gollum's begins to settle into the minds of Frodo and Sam and the seeds of conflict start to sprout. The first argument that the two of them have is after being with the Gollum for a few days, yet they were best of friends before. Thus, this new found callousness they have towards each other (though mainly Frodo towards Sam) must have been subversively introduced - first by the Ring and then further stirred by Gollum, which is basically just the same process as both serve the Dark Lord.

Gollum's inner conflict is also a mirror of Frodo and Sam's brewing conflict. The theme of duality seems to be very pervasive in Lord of the Rings, and due to the great length and scope of the work, Tolkien was able to demonstrate not just a great many possibilities, but their opposites as well -- Boromir and Faramir; Saruman and Gandalf; Denethor (whom we still have to meet) and Theoden; Gollum/Smeagol and Frodo & Sam. In all instances, one side is seduced by evil, while the other rises up to the call of duty, note that this does not always mean survival.

The destructive efficiency of evil hopes that by making one side fall, the other side will be pulled down trying to save it. This image of a forced dichotomy that is engineered to destroy is the main theme of this chapter and the first great task of the Fellowship is to counter it.

Dichotomy of the Two Towers
There are two literal towers in the film, Orthanc in Isengard and Barad-Dur in Mordor. These titular towers represent the Grand False Dichotomy that the Dark Lord is using to divide the nations of Middle Earth, but mainly the two nations of men - Rohan and Gondor. This image can be directly applied to the real World Cold War that was in full swing when Lord of the Rings was first published with the two towers being Washington DC and Moscow, or Capitalism and Communism, or NATO and the Warsaw Pact, etc... However, this idea of subversive divide to pave the way for easier conquest and control is nothing new and a well versed scholar like JRR Tolkien was certainly well aware of this fact. To this day we have people arguing over left and right in countless forms be they social, political or even in the fields of science. The point is that it very effectively negates the objectivity and focus that unity requires and thus Gentiles remain repressed. It is a grand irony that this unfortunate condition is largely due to their own doing, but that is what makes it so hard to combat - it requires the swallowing of one's own pride (something not easily done) and realizing that you've been fooled by an illusion.

This is by an large what the puppet master Sauron is counting on, that capable Men are unable to swallow their pride and sacrifice for their neighbor with whom they have a grudge or in whom they see some arbitrary difference, be it political, social, cultural, or national - or even simply geographical. Conquest of spirit precedes conquest by sword.

The Light of Arya begins to expose to the False Dichotomy

Gandalf's Journey
A longer version of Gandalf's great fall from the broken bridge of Kazad-Dum is the opening sequence of the film. Despite already being very deep underground, Gandalf and the Balrog seem to fall into a pitch black abyss and in this sequence we see that it is actually quite deep, they fall and even fight while still falling and falling...

This could be explained by the fact that they actually weren't that deep underground, but near the foot of mountain as the surrounding landscape seems to show. However, a literal and physical explanation will come to another dead end: when Gandalf tells Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli of his fall, he says that he eventually defeated the Balrog while up on what can only be the peak of a great mountain. How did he fall so far and wind up on an alpine summit? The explanation, therefore, must be metaphysical and/or spiritual. This would also explain why Gandalf is still alive after such a strenuous feat as well as why he seems to be endowed with not just new powers, but effectively a new life - Gandalf has ascended to Arhat. The fall down to the depths of Middle Earth and the final fight up on a freezing peak is him triumphing over all levels of his natural condition - both in spirit and in body. Each member of the Fellowship is on the same kind of metaphysical journey in conjunction with their mission.

Edoras
Edoras is the main city of Rohan, which is one of two nations of Men in Middle Earth. An alliance between these nations is key for Sauron to be defeated. The Dark Lord knows this all too well and has used his puppet Saruman to forge an army of elite orcs in order to destroy Rohan. Saruman is also up to tricks of his own and has divided the leadership of Rohan and effectively made it powerless and subversively guided by him. King Theoden of Rohan is under Saruman's spell and the King's advisor Grima Wormtongue has been bought out by Saruman and thus maliciously advises the King. When Eomer, the King's own nephew, warns his uncle of the coming danger from orcs, Grima accuses Eomer of being a warmonger and has him banished from Edoras, after getting Theoden to sign an "official order." Grima Wormtongue is a very apt name for this character and as with many names in the whole work, it is no mistake.

The Parasitic Advisor with the Puppet

This image can be directly applied to real World Jewish subversion of national leaderships. The United States government is a perfect example and it doesn't take very much research to see that while the US President is (and always has) been a Gentile, the amount of Zionist Jews in the Presidential Cabinet has been ever increasing. This allows the subversive agents to be very influential with a direct link to national leadership (right at its side and whispering into its ear), while also being able to take zero responsibility for any failures of their puppet since they didn't "officially" make the decision - they merely "advised" and "suggested." This allows them to place a weak leader in order to attempt to execute a strong (and possibly even noble) plan, but the inability of the leader will be ignored upon the inevitable and calculated failure upon which it will be the plan, not the leader, that will be labeled as "ineffective." Next, very quickly, the opposite plan will be implemented, which was the scheme all along. The other possible subversive course is if a leader gets too near a controversy of some sort (often even this can be engineered as well), he can be promptly removed and a new puppet, one ready to listen or take the fall, can be then installed. The overall point is that while leadership constantly changes, the parasitic agents always remain. And the masses still wonder why change hasn't come as initially (and repeatedly) "promised."

Consider the motto of the Israeli Mossad: "Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety." The subversive factor is that these "counselors" are actually placed in foreign nations; they are the parasitic advisors who funnel an able nation's resources to the Jews. The United States gives Israel a large, yearly, and unconditonal sum of money, military equipment, and aid. This is the real World's biggest example of "guidance" and "counselors" which via secrecy and brainwashing is kept from the American public. However, there are some who are well aware of this.

Grima's mission is to ensure that division and indecision keeps Rohan in a weak and disorganized status quo with everyone hesitant about what to do and how to do it. Gandalf, now as Arhat, easily sees through this charade and quickly reveals the real nature of this corner of the chessboard. Grima, confronted with reality and unmasked, flees in shame without any of the prizes that were promised him. King Theoden is tempted to strike Grima down, but is held back by Aragorn and promptly realizes that impulsive reactions cannot be the solution to their present situation. So, King Theoden was not only freed from his mind prison and reverted back to his normal human state, but also has begun to act more nobly, thus is taking his own small, but sure, steps out of the ignobility that plagues the men of Middle Earth.

When pulling Theoden out of Saruman's spell Gandalf says a very interesting line to describe the situation, "like poison from a wound." This applies directly to the method Zionist subversion, which secretly frightens its puppets with some infliction of false flag terror and then claims to have all the remedies, which are then implemented by parasitic advisors. However, it is those elements that are the poison, the "spell," which then keeps the puppet under appropriate control. Gandalf snaps Theoden out of just such a condition.

The Noble Advisor with the Leader

Gandalf then advises King Theodon on the best course of action and this is, no surprise here, a militarist plan - the Folk of Rohan are to set aside their differences with the Folk of Gondor and meet their shared enemy in battle.

An interesting visual detail, which can be seen in the screen shot above, is that there is a Gnostic Cross in the design of the throne and it is right by the King's head when he is sitting up straight. However, when he was under Saruman's spell, Theodeon was slumped and slightly angled away from the Cross and towards the traitor Grima.

The Battle of Helm's Deep
This is an interesting development in the story since going to Helm's Deep seems to contradict Gandalf's advice of militarist action. However, due to Gandalf not really protesting the decision all that much, but in fact going along with it, the decision and motivations behind it are militarist and they certainly achieve such results.

The Battle of Helm's Deep will later be seen as a mirror of the final battle by the Black Gate of Mordor. At Helm's Deep, evil marches to confront good, while later at the Black Gate, good will go to confront evil. The overall strategy of this move is also a dynamic opposite to Sauron's strategy of divide and conquer. By hiding in the defensible position of Helm's Deep, Theoden evens out the odds of facing Saruman's great army of orcs, but also, in effect, denies cooperation between Saruman's army and Sauron's army. The move comes at a heavy cost and many lives are lost, but it seems men just can't help but using the enemies' weapons against them! Though, the weapon here was the general strategic move, a counter move to be more precise, thus Theoden did not succumb to the power of the Ring or sellout his honor in any way. The members of the Fellowship may have felt somewhat aggravated by Theoden not doing things exactly as they imagined, but they realized that Theoden is a sovereign leader and must be allowed to enact his own leadership in his own lands. The victory at Helm's Deep was a tough one to achieve, but it effectively united Rohan and destroyed a key part of the False Dichotomy set up by Sauron - Isengard's army is annihilated.

A strange, and seemingly out of place, event in the battle is when the orcs breach the fortress's outer wall with some powerful explosives, which they placed at its base in a key weak point - a drain. These bombs are set off in a suicide run by a torch bearing orc and the most frustrating part of this scene is that Legolas fails to bring him down despite launching two arrows. This is the only time Legolas misses and it's twice in a row. However, this is not so much of a plot point and an excuse to show a big explosion as it is a reflection on how the Dark Forces in the story work. The orcs' initial mass storming of the wall served as a cover to plant the bombs; Aragorn and Legolas realized too late what is going on and the mines were detonated. This progression by deception is exactly what Sauron is doing and him getting ahold of the Ring would be just like the bombs going off here - only the swarm unleashed then wouldn't even be winnable in a pyrrhic victory for the Good in Middle Earth.

The end of the battle at Helm's Deep has some interesting symbolism. Gandalf rides down a giant slope with Rohan's Cavalry and the rising Sun, the light of the Swastika, blinds the orcs/golems and they are decimated with the scattered remaining ranks fleeing into the nearby Fangorn Forest where the living trees finish them for good.

The triumphant army of Rohan, which now includes Eomer and his Riders, is set to be part of the overall Kampf against the Dark Lord Sauron.

Ents and the Battle of Isengard
The Ents are an interesting addition to the story and the third of major plot lines in The Two Towers. This plot is the one with Merry and Pippin who were kidnapped at the end of the last film and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli set out after them. However, they met Gandalf who told of his fight with the Balrog and assured the Fellowship members that the Hobbits are safe.

Merry and Pippin escape during a fight at the orc camp, Eomer and his Riders ambushed the Uruk-Hai, and the two little Hobbits fled to the nearby wood. There they found out that the trees are not just alive... but alive and moving! These tree beings are then Ents who safeguard and care for the forest. As a metaphor, this is directly applicable to the Aryan notion of the unity of all things under the Sun, as symbolized by the Swastika or any other of the many Sun symbols, which all derive from the Aryan Swastika. In brief, the trees join the Kampf! This plotline also shows that Merry and Pippin are maturing as warriors and, in fact, are on their own respective journeys of ascent out of their natural Hobbit condition. Each one has a role in getting the Ents to rally against Saruman. Much like Men, the Ents rise up to the call of duty after being shown the destructive possibilities of the Dark Lord's plan; the Ents see that Saruman has destroyed much of their forest to fuel his industrial forges and create his army.

With this sight, the Ents see that they must spring into action and march on Isengard. The ensuing battle has more Aryan symbolism as the golem foundries fueled by artificial fires are flooded with a great river that Saruman had blocked to allow his industry to expand. This is an image of natural life overcoming the artificial - water snuffs the foundries and the Ents smash the orcs - the trees shatter the golems.

An interesting visual detail here is that the walled compound that is now at the center of Isengard, and the one that the Ents flood and destroy, has six sections as can be seen below - three diameters in a circle means it has been partitioned into six parts. Thus, a six-pointed icon that has been forcibly scorched into the face of Middle Earth is destroyed in this battle.

Divinity drowns the Demonic

The Kampf Continues
One side of the False and Forced Dichotomy has been destroyed, however, the struggle is far from over. In the ruins of the city of Osigiliath, Faramir realizes that he cannot bring the Ring to his father, Denethor, even though he is very anxious to please his father who doesn't seem to appreciate his efforts. This is a very important step and the defining moment between Boromir and Faramir - both were faced with the same choice and both chose differently and thus wound up on very different paths.

Interesting is that Osigiliath, a destroyed city, resembles the halls of Moria, which is no surprise as both fell to the same plague. Frodo and Sam left Moria in despair, but now they press on in their journey with a new found hope, which Sam describes in a monologue. "Some things are worth fighting for" - he is basically talking about Aryan ideals of civilization. Gollum also has a final monologue, with himself, and he continues his scheme of trying get his hands on the Ring. He even seems to suggest that he wants to keep it for himself and not give it Sauron, which reflects his true nature of serving only himself, which is a trait that ultimately even Sauron possesses.

Next, the Kampf will go on to its two greatest tasks - facing Sauron's Army in battle, which will require the alliance of Gondor; and the destroying of the Ring, which will require entering Mordor.

PART V