The Real Meaning behind Martix
movie
It is no secret that the W brothers are followers of the
Gnostic faith, which is a belief that the God of
Abraham is actually a flawed inferior being called the Demiurge.
Demiurge came from the womb of the one true transcendant God's
wife, Sophia (knowledge) as a result of her
passion to truly know the transcendant God. When born,
Demiurge was cast from the Pleroma (heaven and
home of the transcendant God). He did not retain knowledge of the
Pleroma or the transcendant God. Thus, he believed himself to be
alone as the Almighty. He created for himself this universe from
existing matter, in his own flawed image. In this universe he
created for himself a home, known to us as heaven, followers known
as Archons (angels), the earth, and life on earth,
so as to amuse and worship him. In humanity exisits a divine spark,
a trace of the transcendant God, which wishes to ultimatley return
to the Pleroma. Knowing this, the Archons created the circumstances
on earth, sin and the like to trap the divine spark (souls) on
earth for eternity. Only through Gnosis can a soul attain the
knowledge necessary to outwit the Archons following bodily death
and return to the Pleroma. Gnosis is attained through the help of
Aeons, deities that exist in the Pleroma and momentarily return to
earth to help free the divine sparks. The biblical figures like
Jesus are Aeons. It is here that the stage is set for the Matrix
movies. One misconception is that the Matrix stories are told from
the aspect of the human plight. This is incorrect. The actual
struggle is within the machines.
The "Real" World: Pleroma
The Matrix: Earth
The Source (big building where the architect resides): Demiurge's
Heaven.
Architect: Demiurge or flawed creator. He creates
the Matrix to "mathematical perfection", except of course of the
anomoly which he cannot get rid of. This exhibits his own
imperfection as his model of perfection is imperfect.
[bb]Oracle:[/b] Barbelo, Demiurge's consort who was born as
Demiurge's first thought. As the Demiurge creates
his imperfect "perfect" world and is passive in its maintenance,
except to "balance the equation" from time to time, Barbelo is his
active, energetic, complement. She sees that the Demiurge is flawed
and works within his system to break down the barriers that he has
constructed to trap the divine sparks. In Reloaded, the Architect
told Neo that it was the Oracle who helped him set up the system to
control the anomoly to suit his purposes, ie., the role of the One
to reboot the Matrix. In Revolutions, she herself stated to Neo
that her job was to unbalance the Architect's equation. These two
are the Ying and Yang of the universe, working for and against one
another at the same time.
For the remainder of the characters, I will be switiching to
traditional Christian Biblical names.
Merovigian: Adam, the first man. Merv was
described as the "first exile", cast out from the
Demiurge's heaven, when he sought and received "too much"
knowledge. Gnostic teachings tell us that Sophia manifested herself
as the serpent and brought the knowledge that the creator was
untrue and that they themselves were of holy origin in Pleroma.
Persephone described him as "once like Neo". But once, he had the
knowledge, that the Matrix was a barren reality of pain, suffering,
and "causation". Emotions such as love and the like are illusions
to keep him trapped. He now wishes only to survive, to outlast the
Architect. One misconception about this character is that he was an
adversary to Neo. He was not. He actually helped Neo along the way
(and had a bit of fun in the process). THink about it; HE was
holding the keymaker, who was being stalked for deletion by the
system agents. HE trapped Neo in the train station, protecting him
from Smith's growing power in the Matrix. HE made it possible for
Sati's parents to bring her into the Matrix and allow her father to
explain much to Neo. HE allowed Neo to be saved when the time was
right. And, HE led Smith to the Oracle so as to end her meddling
and facilitate the end.
Persephone: Eve, keeper of hidden secrets.
The One of the 5th Matrix (Morpheus' teacher): Seth, the
descendants of which are the gnostic followers. His knowledge was
passed down from his father Adam and mother Eve. The movies don't
elude to a connection between Merv and the prior One, except that
Merv "survived" him. However, it is clear that the origin of the
human resistance was Morpheus' mentor, as he chose the 2nd door to
rebuild Zion,]/b] reboot the Matrix, and begin freeing new
minds.
[b]Morpheus: Moses, liberator of the Hebrews. Clearly
Morpheus serves the purpose as freer of the enslaved human
minds.
Neo: Jesus Christ. Christ is viewed by the
gnostics as an Aeon sent down from the Pleroma, who takes human
form and teaches humanity the secrets of gnosis. He teaches, is
crucifyed, and returns from the dead to lead his flock to
salvation, do battle with the Satan, and usher in a time of
unheralded peace. In the trilogy, Neo is killed by Smith, then an
agent, comes back to life to defeat the system, and then fights
Smith for supremacy over the system. He is neither human nor
machine, but a mixture of both. He possesses super abilities inside
the Matrix. He frees more minds in six months than in the prior 6
years. He eventually bucks the traditional role of the One, ending
the Architect's control over the system. He subsquently saves the
Matrix from Smith and ushers in peace between the machines and
humans. Most importantly, he saves the exiled programs from
deletion as negotiated by the Oracle at the end of Revolutions,
shows the Architect his flaws, and preserves the ability of
individuals to attain gnosis or a higher sense of being
(purpose).
Agent Smith: Satan, a fallen Archon who wishes to
replace the Demiurge as the God of the Universe. In the trilogy,
Smith was a fallen "agent of the system" whose job it was to track
down and eliminate freed minds and return exiled programs to the
source. After being rendered obsolete by Neo, Smith refused to
return to the source for deletion. Thus, he became a rogue program
whose mission was to destroy the Matrix and take his place as its
God. Some believe that he may be the actual good guy, as he tries
to bring down the Architect's perfect world. However, he does not
wish to free the programs, he only wants to take the Architect's
place as ruler over them. Therefore, even though Neo saves him by
giving him purpose, he remains Neo's adversary as Neo is attempting
to save ALL from the Matrix while Smith wishes to continue the
enslavement with him as the leader.
There are more characters that follow this suit, like Cain
and Abel (sons of Adam who do his bidding), Seraph (seraphime, a
choir of angels or aeons sent to help free the Matrix, Trinity
(Mary Magdalene), the Kid (the apostle Paul), and many
more. However, my fingers are tired. But after this post, you can
get the gist of it.
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