The Third Wave (April 5, 1967)

My son, Derek, sent me the link to this Wikipedia page. It’s informative and not really surprising. After all, when it comes to our own welfare and security, we always want to be in control, even if we’re really being controlled by someone or something else.

Since the Wikipedia report had a specific date and time in its notes, I wondered if I could raise a chart.

Since this is the fifth and final day of the experiment, it only stands to reason that Jupiter would be on the Cancer Ascendant. After all, this was an experiment to teach the students a lesson from history.

Fifth and final day

The students all arrived at 11:50 a.m. Jones had convinced a number of his friends to pose as reporters, and asked the students to demonstrate what they had learned in the minutes before the televised address would supposedly begin. He then led them in shouting chants of “Strength through discipline! Strength through community! Strength through action!” He turned on the TV placed in the middle of the room. Rather than a televised address of their leader, the students were presented with an empty channel. After a few minutes of waiting, Jones announced that they had been a part of an experiment in fascism and that they all had willingly created a sense of superiority, much as German citizens had done in the period of Nazi Germany. He then apologized to them for how far it all had gone, and played them a film about the Nazi regime to conclude the experiment.

Wikipedia

Say hello, (Third) wave goodbye.