Image courtesy of DC – VERTIGO THE INVISIBLES © 1994 A Path of Initiation The word ‘BARBELITH’ is derived from a dream I had when I was about 20 or 21 and coincided with my first structured ‘magical’ experiences and a minor nervous breakdown. Morrison described the origin of this word: It helps humans to realize their true nature buried beneath the subjective concept of self. It connects our subjective reality to a realm outside our space-time horizon. Beyond this, they find BARBELITH, the so-called placenta of the universe. Namely, the fake reality molded by the Archons. For example, they use Hindu meditative techniques, tantric sex, a nd psychoactive drugs to lift the veil of our alleged reality. The Invisibles use all sorts of ways to face the Archons, echoing Morrison’s personal philosophy and beliefs. Certainly the avatar of Grant Morrison themself. And King Mob, the one without rules, without limits: the revolutionary par excellence. Jack Frost, the youngest member, a thug from Liverpool who may be the next incarnation of the Buddha. Become Invisible.” Among their ranks, we can find: Lord Fanny, a Brazilian transgender witch. Their name comes from their rule number one: “ Big Brother is watching you.
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The Invisibles, on the other hand, is an organization that seeks to stop them and free humanity. If you think your only destiny is to work, have children, go on vacation and die, they had already taken you.
Over the centuries they have controlled kings, politicians, teachers. Their weapon is flattening conformism, their absolute enemy is free-thinking. A race of extradimensional Lovecraftian aliens who come from the “ direction you can’t point“, the Archons, rule the world through mass media. In The Invisibles, Grant Morrison tells of a world where all conspiracies like UFOs, Man in Black, or Reptilians are real. Image courtesy of DC – VERTIGO THE INVISIBLES © 1994 The idea of The Invisibles derives from the certainty that comics can work as a spell, able to wake up hidden truths in the reader, like the Red Pill from The Matrix. So, just as Oppenheimer has managed to translate an abstract idea into something concrete and destructive, Morrison is equally convinced that it is possible to actualize the hope of the superheroes into our world. Superman, however, was a Faster, Stronger, Better Idea. In their essay Supergods, they say:īefore it was a Bomb, the Bomb was an Idea.
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Especially the superheroes stories, depicting worlds full of color and hope. Therefore, their only way to escape this imaginary horror was the comics. Raised by a conspiratorial father during the Cold War, Morrison was surrounded by magazines with images of nuclear apocalypses and radioactive deserts. The philosophy behind all the works of Grant Morrison ( they/them) is that ideas can change reality. A psychic magic, a potent alien drug, a n idea yearning to change the world. The Invisiblesby Grant Morrison is not just a comic, it is a story with revolutionary power.
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