DID SHE OR DIDN'T SHE? BEYONCE & THE ILLUMINATI

Beyonce has been in the news a lot lately. First, there was her lip-synching debacle during the presidential nomination and then the rumors about whether or not she flashed an Illuminati sign during the Super Bowl’s half time show. So, what’s all the hubbub about Beyonce and the Illuminati anyway?

For years, there have been rumors about the music industry and the occult. Some believe that most (if not all) successful musical artists have literally had to sell their souls in exchange for fame and fortune. Could there be any truth to such outrageous allegations? I suppose the first question we have to ask ourselves is whether or not we even believe in such a thing as the Illuminati. Do secret societies really exist with the ability to manipulate or control commerce and the media?

To hear Bob Dylan’s cryptic interview where he implies he’s sold his soul, click here.

One thing I can vouch for is humanity’s cliquish nature. Mankind has an innate desire to belong to something exclusive. We see this play out daily on grade school playgrounds as well as in the sororities and fraternities of university campuses. Many of these archetypes were well represented in the movie, “Mean Girls:”

1. The plastics
2. The jocks
3. The band geeks
4. The art freaks
5. The Goths.
6. The punk rockers

This list could go on. All of us who have survived high school, and those who are braving it now, know these affiliations well. Which groups did we interact with and what are the groups that we secretly hoped to participate in? I am unsure why we have this desire to belong to something larger than ourselves, but as we age, the exclusivity of our cliquishness becomes more and more sophisticated. These aspects are easily displayed in the hazing of fraternities and the secrecy of the Freemasons (which Dan Brown reveals in his last novel, “The Lost Symbol.”)

THE BILDERBERG GROUP, THE COMMITTEE OF 300 & THE ILLUMINATI...
So, do wealthy and influential people band together to brainstorm on ways to stay wealthy and influential? If we chose to, couldn’t we just call this by one of its names: corporate strategy, where CEO’s and high paid executives sit in boardrooms trying to determine the best way to stay on top? Not only is this a common practice, corporations contractually bind their employees to maintain secrecy about what goes on in the boardrooms. But is this where it stops? Is there another level of exclusivity beyond the corporate boardroom? We know the Freemasons exist. We know the Bilderberg Group exists. Are the Illuminati and the Committee of 300 that farfetched?

What I find interesting are the media’s attempts to rebuff that Beyonce flashed the Illuminati's not-so-secret symbol during the Super Bowl. The argument was that she would never display a secret sign in a public venue, that the gesture she made was simply one of Jay Z’s antics for his record company, Roc-A-Fella Records. I find this is flawed logic, especially since there has been talk of Jay Z’s affiliation with the Illuminati even before he married Beyonce.

As rumor would have it, Jay Z is the one who brought Beyonce into the fold. As rumor would also have it, the Rockefeller name has for years been associated with the Illuminati. Is it simply coincidence or brazen behavior that Jay Z chose to name his company Roc-A-fella and that he often uses the Illuminati symbol as part of his shtick?

Here is the Illuminati symbol, which you can find on the back of every dollar bill. It is a simple triangle with the all-seeing eye in the center of it.

If Beyonce did choose to flash this symbol during the Super Bowl half-time show, could there be a more efficient way to do it than the way she gestures above? I’ll let you do the math.

I’m not here to prove anything to you, but I do hope you open your eyes to see the world, not as we’d like it to be, but rather to see it as clearly as it is.

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“THE UNVEILING: 1.0” unveiled – Part 2

Last time, I wrote about the genesis of “The Unveiling Series” and how I was inspired by Sumerian Mythology to write it (see Part 1 of “The Unveiling: 1.0” unveiled).

In this installment of “The Unveiling Series” unveiled, I will talk more specifically about the aspect of the first book that involves the cabal. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with this term, Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines cabal as follows:

The artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also : a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues.

DO SECRET SOCIETIES REALLY EXIST?
Some examples of the cabal that are more commonly known are the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati, and some would even say the Freemasons. Of course, this list could go on with other clandestine organizations like the Club of Rome or the Committee of 300, which proposes that there are 300 individuals who run the world.

Since the recession of 2008, we have heard much talk about the 1% vs. the rest of the world. Only now are people beginning to believe the truth behind these percentages. Is the idea that 300 people control the majority of the world’s wealth so implausible? The premise of the cabal centers on the idea that those who govern the planet are not the ones we see, but are more so the ones we don’t see. Not the Bushes, the Clintons or the Obamas, but rather the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds.

THE GREATEST TRICK THE DEVIL EVER PULLED...

CONVINCING US HE DOESN'T EXIST
In the first “Unveiling” book, “1.0,” we are introduced to our protagonist, Max Battenberg. As the heir to a multi-billion dollar fortune, Max has always enjoyed the best money can buy. Just shy of his 25th birthday, he has held the belief that luck made him a member of a wealthy family. Along with most people, Max took for granted that his father, Demetrius Battenberg, had used sharp business acumen to parlay the family fortune into greater riches. While on some level, this was true, Max was completely unaware that he’d been born into the cabal, a fact his family intentionally withheld until the age of twenty-five. Once a Battenberg reaches this age, they are introduced to their true legacy in a bizarre ceremony referred to as the Battenberg Initiation.

In Merriam-Webster’s definition of cabal, it is implied that a group might secretly rise up (as to overturn a government), as if this might happen at any point in the future. But consider this: what if a cabal had always been there? What if every function of every society on every continent had been secretly governed by an invisible group?

After his initiation, Max learns he is part of an intricately placed system that has for centuries dominated the globe. Just like in the movie, "The Matrix," what if the majority of the world had been born into slavery without even knowing it? It is this reality that “The Unveiling Series” explores through the eyes of its protagonist.

In my next post, I will talk about Beyonce’s Super Bowl performance. Did she really throw up an Illuminati sign (see the eye in the pyramid above)? If so, does that mean the Illuminati really exists?

“The Unveiling: 1.0” is a sci-fi/fantasy/adventure. It is available in paperback, Kindle, Nook or iBook. To learn more or to purchase a copy, please visit TheUnveilingSeries.com

OH SAY CAN YOU SING...

BEYONCE AT THE 2013 INAUGURATION
There has been so much hubbub about Beyonce lip-synching the National Anthem. If indeed she chose not to sing live, I have to admit I'm a little curious why. At the same time, it's not like the Milli Vanilli revelation. Whether she sang live or not, that was her voice and Beyonce did "perform," even if it was, as RuPaul always says, that she was "lip-synching for her life."

All of this "National Anthem" talk has me thinking about other memorable performances like the ones by Roseanne Barr and Whitney Houston. A couple of renditions that you may not remember were performed by track star, Carl Lewis and R&B legend, Marvin Gaye.

Carl Lewis screeches the National Anthem
To see highlights of Carl Lewis and giggling ESPN commentators, please click here.

Marvin Gaye croons the National Anthem
To see one of the best performances ever of the National Anthem, as sung by Marvin Gaye, please click here.

About K. L. Collins
I am an author and a college professor of screenwriting for both television and film. To learn more about my newest sci-fi, fantasy, action-adventure novel, "The Unveiling: 1.0," please visit: TheUnveilingSeries.com.