Hello, thank you for joining me on this lovely summer's day and out for a pleasant walk in the woods in the Surrey Country side And what we're going to do in today's video is we're going to go and look for a very mysterious mausoleum Where bodies have come and gone. Sounds strange doesn't it? That building there is The Chantneheath 74 Tower, which I have just been to. So if you want to see inside that tower because that really is something fascinating and a unique survival, please look at the link on screen now But in this video, we're going deeper into the woods because there really is this very mysterious mausoleum Which I'm very keen to go and find This is quite a pleasant walk across Oakland's common You can hear the birds singing really nice place to be on a hot summer's day like today But the place we're going to is very mysterious and its back story is even stranger Usually the mausoleum is where people are buried and they're laid to rest forever But not this one Some mausoleums usually are quite attractive buildings interesting styles. They can be quite large This one is quite big But it's very odd as to what actually happened with the bodies that have come and gone from this place It was commissioned by a gentleman called Sir Henry Samuelsum. He built it for his father Bernard Samuelsum his mother Caroline and his sister He wanted them to be buried there and the idea was Generations of the family the Samuelsum family would all be laid to rest there Over the coming years things didn't quite work out like that for a start his father mother and sister were already dead And they were buried down in Torquay. Although this was the family estate the father Bernard had spent a lot of time Down in Torquay. He had a steam yacht down there. So he very much liked it down there, but in 1919 this was commissioned by an architect he commissioned an article Mr. Plum to design it and It's got similarities to Montague house, which is a natural truss house in Somerset, which I've not actually been to yet So he got them to design it and they actually moved The bodies of his mother father and sister were dug up from their graves in Torquay They were traveled 170 miles into this Surrey woodland And they were laid into their new home, which is this This is the mausoleum which we've been walking through the woods to see now This is where naturally you'd assume They'll be laid to rest Unfortunately for them things didn't quite work out like that. We're going to go up to the mausoleum So this is the big dome on top as we come into here can't be stairs And so it has This is color stone isn't what you expect to find in Surrey It's more like something you'd see in the Cotswolds or maybe Somerset. It's that kind of orangy color. If we have a look at this here Let me have a look at that So they They were originally buried down in Torquay. They've been moved up here They were buried here downstairs We're going to go and have a look Unfortunately, what happens if we're wondering how on earth are they not here anymore? What could happen? Well They were Moved here in 1920 1960 or early 60s around that time a lady was out for a walk with her dogs in the woodland You know down the path what are you going down there? And she saw two men With a winch coming out from down there. We're gonna have a look down there a minute pulling out a bronze coffin So these they were stealing the coffin Because suppose they wanted to you know for its monetary value they wanted to Set it off for scrap. She phoned the police. Unfortunately, the men got away But luckily they didn't get far because further up the road another police officer spotted this van with a 40 tail line For that's all I'll pull them over and found the bronze coffin, but it's understood It was never returned to here. So I'm not sure if they got away or quite how it happened But sadly it never came back Up into the dome But as for Sir Henry Samuelson He naturally would have been the next person to get buried here when he passed away and you know He'd intended it for future generations of his family, but we're going we're gonna jump back a bit So I mentioned how in the 1960s the people who were buried here Left but before then in the night. I think it was about 1937. So Henry Samuelson eventually passed away He wasn't buried here. He obviously didn't know about the unfortunate future this place had but he In lati years of his life was in ill health and he'd moved down to the Côte d'Azur in France And he and his wife passed away down there. So they were buried down there. So they didn't ever so he You know went against his plan. His plan was for future generations of the family to be buried here He he wasn't and then as I say it was unfortunate. What happened that, you know That the coffin was stolen. Hey, let's go down and have a look. Here's a bit of a Mysterious place. That's so very peaceful. I don't feel like there's anything sinister Yeah, but that's another thing I was going to go on to. So coming to here, this is like a little chapel You can see there's a cross on the floor And there's much more modern brick walls If there is any, there's a coffin still here. They're behind this brick wall. They've been Bricked in. Unfortunately, there has been a bit of vandalism as you can see. In fact, that's interesting I noticed that that's gone. I wonder if that somehow got damaged in when they were trying to pull the coffins out I assume they had gone that way out the door But maybe they were using Some sort of to put a winch around. I don't know. Unfortunately, there is a bit of graffiti and so that's the more modern of the bricks So it wasn't ever the resting place It was meant to be. It's now just you go out for a walk in the woods and it's a curious place to come and have a look at Um, it wasn't quite what they had planned so Yeah, a bit odd. Let's have another look around the outside so you can see Each side underneath the building. That's where Yeah, they would have been Walk around here. I won't go round that side. You can see it's quite overgrown. It's so Odd though. There's just you don't seem to see anyone. That's interesting. Look at this. It's going to appear on the steps See down there He's hold That must be to the air In and out There's another shield here Let's have a look at that one. I'll go over the other side and Have a look So in so I'm not too sure again if anyone knows more about it was there Like sort of a replica of a tomb here. It almost looks a bit kind of ruined not quite As it was intended now you've got you're quite high up up dome And on all four corners. So it's it's effectively it's symmetrical certainly down the middle and then You've got these columns. So you've got eight of these on each Art so just after the aperture of the art got these columns. Unfortunately People have come and vandalized it. You know, I think that's the shame That's the problem. It's in open wood and anyone can come here and it's nice that anyone come here But sometimes the wrong people come here. I think it's a great building It's an interesting story a bit of a sad one a bit of a odd one um but you know It'd be a bit boring if everything had the same thing so Whether there's actually anyone in there now or where we don't look there's some more another it's like an Air circulation see just there see little holes So, yeah, I don't know if there's anybody's in there, but it's very weird I don't feel like I said it doesn't feel like a haunted sort of place There are suggestions that some someone said that witches come here and practice their rituals I don't quite believe that story Some places you go you kind of get that feel about it But here, you know, it's on the edge of a peaceful woodlands Um as for Hatchford park. I'll just that's another interesting bit So when Sir Henry Samuelson sold off the estate This wasn't included in the sale of Hatchford park and it passed on to the local church So it's it's effectively a gravestone. It's just not in the local church anymore. So It's um, yeah, like I say a bit of an unusual story So if you'd like to come and see this it is just be Be aware it's a fair walk to it. You're probably looking at maybe a least a miles walk from where from nearest road So it's it's worth coming to see and as we saw at the beginning of the video I was at the seven four tower If you're staying there, it's a perfect place to come for an evening walk And if you want to go to one there open days, you could also come here like I have done So from this rather unusual mausoleum in the Surrey countryside, thank you very much for watching Please do feel free to like subscribe and comment. Goodbye


Hey how's it going writers and readers just a super quick video today just to give you a bit of an announcement a bit of an update. We're getting very close to the spooky day and the spooky season Halloween my favorite time of year of course and it's with that in mind that I get to tell you that I have two separate books coming out involving horror short stories from myself. One is another entry in the horror tube anthology hopefully you're already aware of it I think we're like four books in at this point curated by Regina over at Regina's haunted library it's an anthology so it involves a bunch of different authors a whole ton I think it's like more than 20 at this point all of the profits go to charity and every year there's a different theme so this year it was monsters and gore so it was a bit of a more graphic one this year which was fun to write it's called lurking in the dark this is the cover I think it looks beautiful and my story is called severance pay it's just a fun little gory short story about a guy who works in an office building and the story starts with him being trapped in an elevator and while he's in the elevator he starts hearing something happening just outside the doors and the question goes from when am I going to get out of here to should I get out of here so that's the first book very exciting all of the profits for the horror tube anthologies go to charity so that's cool you can find a lot more information on those anthologies over on Regina's channel I'll leave it linked below and it's out right now so I'll also leave a link to buy it if you would like you'd be supporting charity and getting a bunch of great short stories just in time for halloween so enjoy the second one is an announcement that I am very happy I can finally make because I've been talking about it for probably years at this point but it is my own collection of horror short stories it's called darkest deepest there is a concept cover right now but I'm not going to show you the whole thing until it's actually finished which will hopefully be within the next week so keep an eye out for that video I'll do a cover reveal and I'll talk a lot more about the stories that are in there but yeah this is a collection of 100% my own short stories that I've been working on for a really long time I'm really really proud of every single one of them it will be releasing in a very early next year and it will also be the last horror thing I put out for a little while until I get through some of the fantasy that I'm writing right now so this collection is going to be me giving my last little hurrah to horror probably until this time next year next halloweenish that's about it that's all I had to tell you but keep an eye on my channel if you want to keep updated with when that collection is coming and when my first book in my new fantasy series is going to be coming as well because I have some real momentum going there the first draft is practically already done so I'm going to be moving on to the next stage in that one so I'm very excited thanks as always for the support big kiss for you and good luck with the writing happy halloween enjoy your spooky season and I'll see you in the next one catch you


All right, it is four o'clock. I will call the planning commission meeting to order. Older person Mitchell, Ryan Sasma, Jerry Jones, Marilyn Montemayor, Dave Hoffman, John Matiska excused. For those in attendance, would you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Is there a motion to approve the minutes from our last meeting? Yeah, let's do that. Motion by Maryland, second by Jerry. Any discussion? All those in favor, please stay dived. Aye. Anyone opposed? Chair votes aye. Minutes are approved. All right, first we have a public hearing regarding the Subtraction Territory Amendment to the tax incremental district at 18. Chad or Steve? So we will talk about what we're doing in the 3.2, so I don't know at this point if there's any public hearing. All right, anyone wishing to be heard on this one? Anyone wishing to be heard? Anyone wishing to be heard? Seeing none. We'll close the hearing on that. 3.2, consideration and possible action approving the Subtraction Territory Amendment in the tax incremental district at 18 and approving the corresponding project plan. Chad? Thank you, Mayor. So I handed out to the committee members a map that shows one side of the map that doesn't have any color and is fairly large shows the boundaries of the current tax incremental district 18, which was created for the development of the South Point Enterprise Campus on the south side of Sheboygan. If you turn the map over on the sheet two of two, there's a blow up of the subdivision that the Stonebrook Crossing subdivision that Warner Holmes is building. And the green line on that map shows the previous TID boundaries. So the TID when it was originally created in 2018 was created to be the two parcels in that area. When they platted out the subdivision, the six parcels shown on that drawing that are in gray were split between part of the parcel being in the TID and part of the parcel not being in the TID. And the real property lists are contacted us to say that we have to do something with those parcels because whole parcels need to either be in the TID or out of the TID. So the easiest process for us to follow was to subtract the parcels from the TID. So those six parcels will be taken out of the TID and just beyond the general property tax liability which for the taxing jurisdictions, including the city will allow us to get revenues right away as part of the new home construction. So we need to have this adopted by the end of September. The council will take this action up next week and then we can have these lines redrawn to allow for a little bit more clarity in how the real property lists in the city assessor assigns values to those parcels. Thank you. Questions for Cat at all. Is there much to accept? I'll make that motion. I'll second. All right. All those in favor, please state aye. Anyone opposed? Chair votes aye. That's approved. Thanks, Chad. All right, next we have an application for conditional use with exceptions by priority one investment LLC to install new murals on the north and south. Also Nikki's next new located at 1019 South A Street. Steve or Chad. So I'll start out by saying that I'll be the applicant on this one. This is a similar to the murals that were approved last week or last time you guys met for the Du Bois and the Peabodies. This is on the Nikki's next to new building for two murals and Steve will go through his information as normal but the Danielle who was part of it last week was unable to come because of a family emergency. So I said that I would kind of handle it on her behalf. All right, so this is real similar to the murals that we had taken a look at at the last meeting at Du Bois and Peabodies. This time we're taking a look at Nikki's next to new which is just to the east of Falkland Park. They have two wall spaces that you are gonna be seeing on the photos. Again, we're talking about the installation of two interactive hundred square foot murals on the northwest corner of the north wall and the southwest corner of the south wall. And again, the interactive mural is large scale public painting that pedestrians can interact with in some way.  And on the south wall, an individual would stand in the black and white space and the black and white design are very cartoon in nature, showing images of well-known objects and places that make Sheboygan unique. And if approved, they would be looking to start these and complete them possibly in September. And staff was again, recommending approval of the conditional use permit. Is anyone in the audience here for this? Questions from commissioners? Make a motion to approve it for them. It's subject to recommendation. Motion in second. Further comments? Seeing none. All those in favor, please stay dived. Aye. Anyone opposed? Chair votes aye. That's approved. 3.4 application for conditional use with exceptions by Jason LeBouvy to operate Harbor Cafe at 340 South Pier Drive. Pete. All right, thanks, Mayor. We're taking a look at 340 South Pier Drive. We have Jason LeBouvy and the owner of the property, as well as Sam Leroy from Clash's, sorry, Sam. So what we're taking a look at, this is the riverfront shanny that is closest to the miniature golf course, way on the east end of the river. And what we're looking at today is Harbor Cafe will be an earthy, sophisticated, family-friendly, French style hangout located at 340 South Pier. The proposed plan includes the construction of new interior buildout that converts the existing retail space into a new coffee, cold sandwich shop. And the goal is to open Harbor Cafe on April 1st of 2022. The vision for the cafe is to combine the menu concepts of Starbucks and Panera bread, but with an extremely welcoming atmosphere that gives patrons a place to congregate for endless periods of time without any pressure to consume or leave. And the mission for Harbor Cafe is to give the citizens and visitors of our community access to the environment and views of one of the arguably, one of the most emblematic pieces of real estate in the city of Sheboygan. Harbor Cafe will be family-friendly for patrons of all ages and will not serve alcohol. The menu will be simple and not require any fires or grills, beverages such as water, flavored sparkling waters, coffees, expressos, teas, smoothies, and foods would include soups, salads, wraps, mini deli sandwiches, charcuterie boards featuring local cheeses and sausages, bakery and specialty dessert. The menu will source local ingredients whenever possible. And the primary mission for the cafe is to provide patrons with a welcoming and comfortable environment to congregate. The decor can be summarized as earthy sophistication with a lot of natural building materials and a large Sheboygan mural to be painted by local artist Dale Knack, the current floor plan as indoor seating for approximately 60 patrons. In addition, they're hoping to get the city's approval to build a deck on the riverside building to create outdoor seating for their patrons. The space at 340 was once occupied by restoration gardens and they continue to do an amazing job of managing the landscaping. There's a beautiful garden area directly to the west of the building. And in the future, there is the possibility of using this space to create seasonally themed garden for people to walk through and enjoy, which would include patriotic themes for summer, tasteful harvest Halloween theme for fall and sophisticated Christmas theme for winter. This would just be an added bonus and perhaps they would have Salvation Army or Santa and Elves visit a bit as well. Harbor Cafe will employ one to two full-time employees and six to eight part-time employees. And initially, the hours of operation would be from six a.m. to nine p.m. Sunday through Saturday. Appkins does mention the possibility of having some outdoor seating. We've discussed this a little bit. In order to do that, there would need to be the encroachment so they would work on that most likely fall or spring and put with a potential for construction and utilize of that next summer. And then we would just work with the applicant with regards to signage. And the Harbor Cafe is a nice way of filling this vacant South beer tenant space. The staff was recommending approval of conditional use permits subject to the conditions you have before you. I can answer any questions in the applicants here. Gentlemen, any other additional comments you'd like to add or? No, I just, I'm all of Chabuigan native and I'm excited about this property and committed to it. I have another full-time job and this is going to be kind of a hobby business, just kind of paying it forward in the community. So it's exciting. Thank you. That's it. Comments from commissioners, motions by commissioners. Motion to approve all of the staff recommendations. Second. Second. Further comments? Seeing none. All those in favor, please stay down. Aye. Anyone opposed? Chair votes aye. That's approved. All right, application for conditional use with exceptions by Tony Rosick to operate Rosick garage at 1019 North Water Street at the Epco Venture Center accessory building located on the west side of the property along North Water Street 1221 Erie Avenue. Steve? All right, thanks, Mayor. We have Tony Rosick here who's looking to open Rosick's garage. Tim Ebenrider, the owner of the facility and Richard Lindy, the architect who's helping Mr. Rosick and Ebenrider with regards to the project. So what we're taking a look at is again this is the large building that you see on the west side of the site presently vacant and there's an opportunity for Mr. Rosick to come in and operate Rosick's garage. This would be a car repair business and the cars would receive maintenance of engines, brakes, lights, nobody worked just mechanical systems. About two thirds of the work will be with businesses such as budget auto and about a third of the work will be with local individual customers. There would likely be two employees. Hours of operation would be Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exterior of the building will remain unchanged and site work includes removal of gravel areas and replacing them with concrete paved parking on the east of the existing drive and grass area on the west side of the drive. So again, if you wouldn't mind, could you go to the picture that just kind of shows? So there's, you can see on the south side of the garage there's just a little bit of gravel and so that section that's on the west end is the area that they would be talking about grassing up and then the area that's gravel on the west side closer to the, or east side closer to the other building you can see over there is gravel and they would be looking to pave that. It's staff's understanding that the applicant would be keeping their garbage inside the building and as far as the timeframe, Plan Commission may wanna ask the applicant as far as when they're looking to install the landscaping and paving. Right now the condition of approval does give the applicant a little bit of time to complete that. Right in its condition number 16 and that one says June 10th of 2022. If everyone's okay with that and the applicant's okay with that but other than that, staff was recommending approval of the project subject to the conditions you have before you. I can answer any questions and the applicants are here. Questions for Steve? Gentlemen, any additional comments you'd like to add? Questions from commissioners, Ryan. Yeah, is that landscape date of 922 that Steve sets reasonable to landscaping date? The, Is the landscaping date of 922-22 reasonable to get all the landscaping done around the building? June, June 26th. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, June, yeah. Additional comments from commissioners? Motions by commissioners? Make a motion to approve subject to recommendation. Second, any other discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please state aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Chair votes aye. That's approved. Gentlemen, thank you. 3.6 general ordinance number 2221-22 by elder persons Feldy and Mitchell. Annexing territory owned by the city of Sheboygan. Owned by the city to the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Chad? Thank you, Mayor. So we're looking at a property. If so, on the drawing you can see on the screen, you can see the property. So the city purchased this property back in August of this year. It's a roughly six to seven acre parcel completely surrounded by the self point enterprise campus. So now that it's city owned, we would like to annex it into the city. And then it'll ultimately be tagged onto the industrial park. But as a part of the annexation process, if it's unilaterally owned by the city, we can just do it. And we'll assign suburban industrial zoning to that parcel, which is consistent to the zoning of the business park. So since this property was on the market, we decided that it made sense for us to own it because once we developed this into an industrial park, we went on a single family house to have to deal with whatever the industrial uses around it. So it made the most sense for us and we're happy to own it and be able to now annex it. Questions, motion? Move to approve. Second. It's been a motion and second. All those in favor, say aye. Anyone opposed, chair votes, aye. That's approved. Next meeting, September 28th. Is there a motion to adjourn? Move to adjourn. Motion and second. All those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed, chair votes, aye. We're adjourned. Thank you.


Final Fantasy VII, heralded by millions today as one of the greatest video games ever made. There is just no describing how potent this game is. No way to truly express the sheer impact it's had on the landscape of video games and culture. And how this game single-handedly transformed the art of storytelling and gaming forever. This video is intended to be an exploration of the hidden spirituality within Final Fantasy VII, but to make it accessible for people who might not have heard of it, allow me to provide an incredibly brief overview of the plot. Fair warning, this will basically spoil everything. The game begins as a humble story of an ex-soldier named Cloud Strife, whose disposition towards the world gets him a job as a mercenary, running a bombing run of a large reactor within a giant city which is literally draining the planet's life force energy. The city is owned and operated by the Shinra Corporation, using the energy to fuel the city, make bank, and support the evil corporatocracy in generally ruling the world. Cloud doesn't really care about any of that stuff though, he just wants to get paid. Joining Cloud in his adventures at first are Barrett, the gun-armed leader of the rebel faction called Avalanche trying to destroy Shinra, Cloud's old friend Tifa who just kicks ass, and Eryth, a mysterious yet beautiful flower girl who is later revealed to be the last living descendant of an ancient race of super-spiritual humans called the Cetra. Over the course of the game, fighting the corporatocracy, it is revealed that there is a deeper, more significant evil in the world. It began a long time ago when a meteor crashed into the planet which had a parasitic life form on it called Jenova, which was responsible for wiping out the ancient Cetra. Later in time, Jenova was captured by the corporatocracy and they did bio-experiments with it and created a half-human, half-Jenova clone being named Sephiroth.  He explains that we're all intimately connected with each other and that when we die, our soul energy returns to the planet and becomes one with the energy called the Lifestream whereby after which we can return again in another body and live out more lifetimes as the great energy naturally flows through us to do so. Meanwhile, we also discover that Sephiroth over his life has come to awaken the Jenova DNA within him and recognizes himself as Jenova's child and fuels this evil Jesus complex within him. He sets out on a mission to use magic to summon another meteor to crash into the planet which will release a massive amount of Lifestream energy then to be absorbed by Jenova and fuse Jenova's consciousness with the planet. So the goal of the villain of FF7 is basically to become the villain from Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Jenova would become a planet and then can create anything that it wishes, master of the evil reality matrix. Part of the journey to make this happen involves going into this ancient pyramid with a mind-bending reality labyrinth inside and we'll talk more about this later. As mentioned, we also learn of the Cetra, the ancient super-spiritual civilization that once thrived on the planet and who had the ability to communicate with the planet itself but have all but disappeared leaving behind only a few remnants of its civilization and Eryth, a mystical girl with magical healing powers who is instrumental in saving the day at the end through the power of prayer and a deep intimate connection with nature and the Holy Spirit. No joke. There are legends of the ancient Cetra homeland called the Promised Land, a place where the life-stream energy flows like milk and honey and this fuels the plot because the Shinra Corporation are looking for it so that they can extract more energy because their other wells are drying up. At one point, in what is perhaps one of the most legendary turning points in a video game ever, Eryth leaves the party and goes to the Forgotten City, a particularly magical city of the ancient Cetra where she is found in deep mystic prayer. Moments later, Sephiroth descends from above and kills her, creating a huge turning point for the game and the emotional well-being of the characters. Cloud 2 goes on a journey of self-discovery through this game as he first discovers that he is not even himself but that his memories were a clone of another soldier named Zac who had black hair and a really big sword. But through the reconciliation of this inner paradox of who am I, it helps him to realize who he truly is and ultimately leads him to courageously confront Sephiroth at the end of the game. The game ends with the colossal meteor that Sephiroth has summoned coming to smash the planet but thanks to Eryth's sacred prayer just before she died, she was able to summon the lifestream to awaken to the threat and stop the giant space rock from smashing into the planet. And of course, Cloud and his friends beat Sephiroth. After the credits, we see the world many, many years later and find that new life has taken over the old Shinra City and is now covered in moss and plant life. So, off the bat, let me just ask, did you notice any hidden spirituality in this game? Literally every aspect of this story we could probably go deeper into. The Shinra Corporation personifies the current economic and business systems of the world, draining the planet of her life force through the extraction of her natural resources with reckless abandon. We see references to an ancient civilization that thrived in connection with the planet. Today in our world, we see scientists and historians are now beginning to acknowledge sites like Gobekli Tepe and that there must have been some ancient civilization of some kind on this planet over 13,000 years ago. We even see a deep psychological reference to exploring our true nature with the spirit of the planet when Cloud falls into the lifestream. But yet, with a game like FF7, the real hidden spirituality goes way deeper through its unique reflection of cabalistic wisdom. Just as a side note, if this next bit doesn't make total sense, go and check out our Spirit Science Tree of Life series afterwards and then come back. It'll blow your mind a thousand times more. The first clue we see to this is through the name of the main villain, Sephiroth. In the cabalistic Tree of Life, each sphere is called a Sephirot, the exact same spelling and everything. We see further connections to the Tree of Life with the characters Aerith, Barret and Tifa, some of the initial characters we meet in the game. Aerith connects to Chesed, which stands for the archetypes of love, grace and benevolence. Barret opposes her with Gevara, the force of power and purposeful destruction in order to refine the creative process. It makes sense because he's the one who organizes the bombing run on the reactors that are draining the lifestream for profits. Then we have Tifa, whose name relates with Tifaret and stands for the harmony and goodness of the spirit of humanity. This is only scratching the surface though because it seems nearly everyone has some sort of spiritual or religious reference. Even Hojo, the evil scientist who basically created evil Jesus, has a mutated form later called Heletic Hojo, a mis-romanization of heretic Hojo, referring to heresy, a concept in many religions about going against the norm of their belief system. But on top of this, FF7 goes even deeper. You see, there is an idea that comes from ancient Gnosticism and Kabbalistic lore about the creation of the universe. Essentially, it's the idea that the Supreme Oneness created this first layer of creation, a dimension called an Aeon, which had supreme knowing and understanding from the wisdom of the Godhead. Creation then extended further, creating more dimensional Aeons, but which had less knowing and connection to the supreme source. Eventually, an Aeon was created that was entirely disconnected from even knowing that there was anything higher, which the Gnostic called the Demiurge. It thought that it was the supreme all-powerful benevolence, and this Demiurge was what created the universe and inhabited it with all of life. However, the powers that it used were still from the supreme Oneness, and so the seeds of benevolence and goodness were hidden within the created life on the planet. Now, FF7 demonstrates this story in several ways. The first is that it describes how some people can choose a life of goodness and striving, and others walk a path of evil and corruption. It also shows that sometimes pain and conflict are thrust upon us, and we must transmute and transform the energy within us if we are to become who we are born to be. This is why Cloud's last name is Strife. It is through his strife that he both finds himself and saves the world. But the true hidden spirituality here is this. Regarding the story of the Demiurge, we actually see it told through Genova. The name here Genova is not at all dissimilar from the Jewish Jehovah. Their name for God fused with the Greek Nova, meaning new, essentially giving Genova a name that means new God. FF7 uses this name as a commentary on the way that God was described in the Old Testament. It's said that God is a jealous God with a number of other very humanly qualities. The game here presents the idea of the false God, the Demiurge pretending to be the supreme Oneness, which it cannot be. This goes further with the relationship to Sephiroth, giving us an idea of a sort of evil Jesus figure.  For example, where Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead, Sephiroth killed Aerith so hard that no amount of Phoenix Downs could ever bring her back to life. I'm sorry, I need a sec.  By the way, Cloud, how is it you're standing here when this shot plays immediately after? I mean, where are your feet, bro? Anyways, here's a few other cool things. The game features the use of magic through crystals called Materia, and Materia is both Spanish and Latin for matter and material. There are seven types of Materia, which sort of correspond to the Chakras, but it's more likely that they were designed based on the five elements and then the forces of good and evil beyond the elements. The red Materia used for summons is notably interesting. Summons are spells cast in battle that allow you to draw upon some deity to come and assist you in some way, but what's amazing is that almost every single summon is based on a mythological God in history, and then there's the one for the giant chickens. I won't go through all of them, but here's a few key ones. There is Shiva and Rama relating to the Hindu gods of the same name.  In addition to the main five Materia that are usable by the player, there are also two more types, White and Black Materia. The Black Materia is the force of chaos for destroying anything and everything you want. In the game, it's used to summon meteor to smash into the planet. The White Materia is called Holy, a force of divine sacred benevolence which can be used to cleanse the planet of threats. I guess I should mention there's also huge Materia, which is kind of like giant chunks of unrefined crystal matter. Now, earlier in this video, I mentioned that there was this ancient pyramid. You might remember in the Spirit Science Human History movie, we talked about how there's this story about the true capstone of the great pyramid in Egypt being sealed away somewhere deep underground beneath the pyramid itself in a secret chamber and that the little capstone is a perfect image of the great pyramid made of solid gold with little passageways and everything. This idea was encoded into FF7 because when you make it to the end of the labyrinth inside of the pyramid, you enter into the secret chamber and literally find a tiny version of the whole pyramid that you're standing inside. What's more amazing is that as your character goes to take it, the great pyramid around you begins to shake and tremble. If you remove it, you get the MacGuffin, but the pyramid will collapse upon you. Oh, no! Anyway, one of the most valuable aspects of the game is that it not only loads us up on hidden spiritual symbolism, but it grabs us emotionally, too, which is why the game has weaved such tight emotional memories with nearly everyone who's ever played it. We see all of the characters get very existential throughout the game, dealing with death in their own ways, dealing with isolation, pain, loss, sadness, and struggle against their seemingly inevitable demise. And remember, all of these characters exist within us as we play. And so as you progress throughout the game, you are put in the driver's seat of experiencing those emotional states yourself.  Many people who began playing FF7 might have connected with Cloud, not really caring about the world or that the planet is dying, whatever, you know? But by the end, you see the bigger picture. You see the necessity for changing the world. And maybe, just maybe, you embody your own inner team avalanche, your own inner Cloud, Tifa, Barrett, Aerith, or Red 13, and set out on a quest to save the world. But maybe just don't blow up anything. I'm certain we can find a better way to move humanity forward. Anyway, Final Fantasy VII will stand forever in the hearts and minds of millions around the world as a testament to gaming and storytelling. And for those who are able to see deeper into the fabric of the reality matrix, it stands as an encoded language of ancient mysticism that speaks to the human soul about the nature of life, love, and our connection to the world. The game asks us if we're willing to stand for what we believe in. Are we willing to go inside ourselves and do the inner work to discover who we really are? Are we willing to look deeper past the surface level of a story, any story, and find the hidden spirituality? Thank you again so much for watching. I'd like to give some mad props to the writers at FinalFantasyFandom.com along with Peter from Kotaku, whose notes and articles provided some excellent support in making this episode. You'll find links in the comments to check out their writings, and of course, to everyone watching, enjoy the Final Fantasy VII remake.