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== Heroes as allegory for Hindu myth == |
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<p>I don't know where to post this, so I hope you'll excuse my edit. From the reading I've done both at university and in the four years since, it is clear to me that Heroes is a very specific type of allegory, and [[Five Years Gone]] only confirms this for me. A few terms to consider: <i>Rama</i>, <i>Ravana</i>, <i>Navratras</i>, <i>Akashic Records</i>, <i>cosmic involution</i>, <i>Chakra</i>. There are two moments in [[Five Years Gone]] which are absolutely convincing for me: first, the fact that [[Niki Sanders]] and [[Peter Petrelli]] are romantically involved, five years later; second, and most importantly, that when [[Sylar]] and [[Peter Petrelli]] meet in the hallway at the end of the episode, [[Sylar]] invokes <i>Manipur Chakra</i> and [[Peter Petrelli]] invokes <i>Svadhistan Chakra</i> to counter it.</p><p>On another random [[Heroes]] blog, I mentioned that it would be quite useful to attempt to categorize the heroes into sub-classes based on the elemental manifestations of their powers; I'll finish this edit by listing the six <i>Chakras</i>, into which each hero we've seen can be classified:</p><ul><li><i>Muladhara</i>: earth element, associated with the number 56</li><li><i>Manipur</i>: water element, associated with the number 52</li><li><i>Svadhistan</i>: fire element, associated with the number 62</li><li><i>Anhata</i>: air element, associated with the number 54</li><li><i>Visudhi</i>: ether element (think [[Hana Gitelman]], [[Micah]]), associated with the number 72, and</li><li><i>Ajna</i>: mind element (think [[Matt Parkman]], [[The Haitian]]), associated with the number 64.</li></ul><p>The numbers associated with the elements are said to be the number of cosmic 'rays' necessary to cause that element to invoke its cosmic involution. How many rays are there in total? <b>360</b>. Like a circle. It's the universal <i>sakti</i> -- the number of creation.</p> |
<p>I don't know where to post this, so I hope you'll excuse my edit. From the reading I've done both at university and in the four years since, it is clear to me that Heroes is a very specific type of allegory, and [[Five Years Gone]] only confirms this for me. A few terms to consider: <i>Rama</i>, <i>Ravana</i>, <i>Navratras</i>, <i>Akashic Records</i>, <i>cosmic involution</i>, <i>Chakra</i>. There are two moments in [[Five Years Gone]] which are absolutely convincing for me: first, the fact that [[Niki Sanders]] and [[Peter Petrelli]] are romantically involved, five years later; second, and most importantly, that when [[Sylar]] and [[Peter Petrelli]] meet in the hallway at the end of the episode, [[Sylar]] invokes <i>Manipur Chakra</i> and [[Peter Petrelli]] invokes <i>Svadhistan Chakra</i> to counter it.</p><p>On another random [[Heroes]] blog, I mentioned that it would be quite useful to attempt to categorize the heroes into sub-classes based on the elemental manifestations of their powers; I'll finish this edit by listing the six <i>Chakras</i>, into which each hero we've seen can be classified:</p><ul><li><i>Muladhara</i>: earth element, associated with the number 56</li><li><i>Manipur</i>: water element, associated with the number 52</li><li><i>Svadhistan</i>: fire element, associated with the number 62</li><li><i>Anhata</i>: air element, associated with the number 54</li><li><i>Visudhi</i>: ether element (think [[Hana Gitelman]], [[Micah]]), associated with the number 72, and</li><li><i>Ajna</i>: mind element (think [[Matt Parkman]], [[The Haitian]]), associated with the number 64.</li></ul><p>The numbers associated with the elements are said to be the number of cosmic 'rays' necessary to cause that element to invoke its cosmic involution. How many rays are there in total? <b>360</b>. Like a circle. It's the universal <i>sakti</i> -- the number of creation.</p> |
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Heroes as allegory for Hindu myth
I don't know where to post this, so I hope you'll excuse my edit. From the reading I've done both at university and in the four years since, it is clear to me that Heroes is a very specific type of allegory, and Five Years Gone only confirms this for me. A few terms to consider: Rama, Ravana, Navratras, Akashic Records, cosmic involution, Chakra. There are two moments in Five Years Gone which are absolutely convincing for me: first, the fact that Niki Sanders and Peter Petrelli are romantically involved, five years later; second, and most importantly, that when Sylar and Peter Petrelli meet in the hallway at the end of the episode, Sylar invokes Manipur Chakra and Peter Petrelli invokes Svadhistan Chakra to counter it.
On another random Heroes blog, I mentioned that it would be quite useful to attempt to categorize the heroes into sub-classes based on the elemental manifestations of their powers; I'll finish this edit by listing the six Chakras, into which each hero we've seen can be classified:
- Muladhara: earth element, associated with the number 56
- Manipur: water element, associated with the number 52
- Svadhistan: fire element, associated with the number 62
- Anhata: air element, associated with the number 54
- Visudhi: ether element (think Hana Gitelman, Micah), associated with the number 72, and
- Ajna: mind element (think Matt Parkman, The Haitian), associated with the number 64.
The numbers associated with the elements are said to be the number of cosmic 'rays' necessary to cause that element to invoke its cosmic involution. How many rays are there in total? 360. Like a circle. It's the universal sakti -- the number of creation.