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And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand.Revelation 14:9
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.Revelation 17:5
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CELEBRITARIANISM | Celebritarian.com was the first step and public display of the concept of Manson's Celebritarianism. The site was hinted at in the lyrics to Holy Wood in the song The Fall Of Adam in which the term was used which Manson coined. And what brought specific attention towards it was in the liner notes which reads "Celebritarian™ used by permission". The is the meaning behind Celebritarianism being that religion is based on death; echoed by the precepts and rituals of Christianity where we drink the blood in the form of wine and whose body we feed upon in the form of a communion wafer; the devouring of celebrity as set by precedent of the first celebrity, Jesus Christ.
It is a theme which Manson has been evoking since his inception. The original Celebritarian.com and more are archived here and firstly by The NACHTKABARETT.
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LEST WE FORGET & THE AGAINST ALL GODS TOUR | Marilyn Manson, 2004 - 2006. The era of 'Lest We Forget' and the 'Against All Gods Tour', their influences, imagery and inspirations Manson has cited leading up to The Celebritarian Corporation and Phantasmagoria. Influences and imagery ranging from The Black Death, Romanticism, Lewis Carroll, Victorian era fashion, Marlene Dietrich, Nineteenth Century military aesthetic, and an overall extension of 'The Golden Age of Grotesque.'
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BIBLICAL PASSAGES WITHIN MANSON'S ARTWORK | 'The God Bandaid' & 'Tim Skold / Biblical Swastika'. Passages, and literally pages, from the Holy Bible within Marilyn Manson's artwork. All deciphered by NACHTKABARETT contributing partner, Brad Jaeger, the unifying theme presented by the King James Bible's juxtaposition within these two paintings are deception (assisted by God himself), premonitions of burning strongholds, dashed children, and mass murder by the sword, the necessity of Jesus' death for mankind's salvation, cannibalism, polygamy, the total destruction of the earth, as orchestrated by God himself. All as Manson's continued presentation of the morbid foundations and hypocrisy within the teachings that self righteous Christianity invokes for personal gain.
DOUBLE-CROSS - THE CELEBRITARIAN SYMBOL | Celebritarian.com was (temporarily) resurrected from the dead in October of 2005. The sole symbol which the website consisted of is a double barred cross, often known as The Cross of Lorraine. It's a symbol that has connotations in the occult, alchemy as well as freemasonry, all of which have been underlying, reoccurring and key elements throughout Manson's art.
First hinted at by its implied formation on the cover of the unreleased Holy Wood novel, it is a symbol which has been consistently been referenced by Manson since this date and is additionally found within the cover artwork of 'Eat Me, Drink Me'.
MARILYNMANSON.COM - CELEBRITARIAN TRANSFORMATION 1 | January to March 2006. The first new signs of a thematic direction emerged from Manson in January 2006, following by the 'Against All Gods Tour', the resurrection of Celebritarian.com and the announcement of the Phantasmagoria film project.
Subtly contained within a changing flash introduction to MarilynManson.com were three brand new images hinting at his new direction and the first stages of a cryptic number code which would be present within the site for another year.
All original elements are archived and hosted here by The NACHTKABARETT.
MARILYNMANSON.COM - CELEBRITARIAN TRANSFORMATION 2 | April to May 2006. Following the teaser introduction of the number cypher and two following introductions showing new imagery for Manson's Phantasmagoria film, more of the website was launched in a slightly more "complete" form. Or at least inasmuch as showcasing many numerous new images and the number code evolving into an interactive puzzle to be entered into the site itself.
One again, all original elements are archived and hosted here by The NACHTKABARETT.
MARILYNMANSON.COM - CELEBRITARIAN TRANSFORMATION 3 | November 2007 to March 2006. After long stagnation of nearly six months, the brand new Celebritarian themed MarilynManson.com was launched on November 6, 2006.
Though this site incarnation would be short lived, and very soon discarded altogether in favour of the 'Eat Me, Drink Me' themed official site, several cryptic new elements were revealed as to Manson's direction with Celebritarianism. Details within the following article is a breakdown and decryption of many of the symbols and hints which were included in this now "lost" era in Marilyn Manson history.