The Queen of Heaven Pt.6: Destiny's Child

Ravens have already had some main stream relevance this past year with the release of The Raven (April 27, 2012) and The Following (January 21, 2013) both the film and TV series are based of the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. And along with release of the Lone Ranger (July 13th, 2013) and Ravenswood (Oct 22, 2013).

The Raven:

Set in 1849, The Raven is a fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet and author pursues a serial killer whose murders mirror those in Poe's stories


  
The Following:

Joe Carroll, a former college professor who taught the works of Poe and killed young women in the gothic hero's honor, until he got caught. Since then he's been spending hours on a computer in the prison library, building a social network of copycat killers who hang on his every command. When the series begins, he's just escaped from death row with help from those followers, and the FBI calls in former agent Ryan Hardy —who brought down Joe the first time— to consult on the case

The Lone Ranger:

Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.

Ravenswood:

Five strangers are connected by the curse that has plagued Ravenswood for generations.

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and also in American Football.

August 28, 2013, Release of Madden 13



The Superbowl:

 
February 3, 2013, In American football, the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII 34–31 after a delay in the game's second half caused by a power outage. (BBC)

[The Ravens are named after Edgar Allen Poe and his birthplace of Baltimore. Poe is also mostly known for mystery (unknown/darkness) and death in his works being labeled a Dark Romanticist]

Super Bowl XLVII was the first featuring time the game pitted two brothers—Jim and John Harbaugh—against each other, earning it the nickname Harbaugh Bowl.

Interlude: Dark Brothers

April 15th - May 3rd

May 6th - 9th



May 12th - 16th, 2013,

:Pistorious Brothers

Oscar Pistorious became a headline for the second time in a year. First as a hero as being the first amputee to make the Olympics, then darkened as a killer, shooting his girlfriend in a mistaken scenario, thinking she was an intruder. Then his brother had a four year old incident turned into an an indictment with manslaughter from a hit and run in 2008.

February 14, 2013, Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprint runner who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead at Pistorius's home in Pretoria. (BBC)
February 22, 2013, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is released on 1 million rand bail, pending trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. (Reuters)

February 24, 2013,

The Oscars then awarded Argo with Best Picture Award. A film based off the 1979 Iranian Embassy Invasion and Hostage crisis. And inside of the plot of the film (Argo) was a movie entitled Argo based off the Golden Fleece of the Argonauts. Primarily based of the real life script "Lord of the Lights" which was based to be a Amusement Park in Aurora, Colorado.

March 28, 2013, A judge allows South African sprint runner Oscar Pistorius to travel abroad to compete in games if he complies with certain conditions (The Guardian)
May 20, 2013, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' agent confirms that he will not take part in any sports this year as he awaits his trial for murder. (BBC Sports)
May 21, 2013, Carl Pistorius, the brother of Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, is acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in South Africa. (BBC)

June 4, 2013, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius appears in court charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (RTE)

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Joe Flacco, Ravens quarterback, was named Super Bowl MVP. It was the first Super Bowl to be held in New Orleans since the Superdome sustained damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as well as since the naming rights of the Superdome were sold to Mercedes-Benz. Joe Flacco also went on the sign a contract making him the highest paid player, however taxes cut him to number 2.

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March 4, 2013,

March 5, 2013,

March 6, 2013,

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Halftime Show:

Beyoncé performed in the halftime show that featured a reunion with her fellow members from Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post quipped that she would become the first "female solo artist under the age of AARP eligibility" to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.

A countdown to the halftime show began under the music for "Countdown".

 
It then opened with an instrumental portion of "Run the World (Girls)" which then led into Knowles singing "Love on Top", "Crazy in Love", "End of Time", and "Baby Boy." Former Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams joined her on stage to perform "Bootylicious" and "Independent Women (Part 1)", and a version of Knowles' "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". Knowles ended the show with a rendition of "Halo".

The Stage was designed in favor of the Rubin Vase, an optical illusion of two faces that form a vase.

and even though it is technically a vase. It is also The Holy Grail aka Destiny's Child
which will be born this July with the royal newborn.

[Alex Grey painted "The Grail" using the Rubin Vase illusion]

Plus the Grail mission from NASA only concluded less then 2 months ago when the twin spacecrafts were crashed into the moon on Dec 17, 2012.



March 19, 2013, NASA publishes LRO images of the two craters on the Moon, where twin GRAIL probes ended their gravity-mapping mission in December 2012. (NASA)

June 1, 2013,

and 6 months and 5 days after the Grail Mission ended Kate gave birth on July 22, 2013.

:Royal Baby

February 12, 2013,



February 19, 2013,

March 5, 2013,

July 22, 2013, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is admitted to St Mary's Hospital in the London suburb of Paddington and gives birth to a healthy boy. The child is third in line to the British throne. (New Zealand Stuff)

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In January Destiny's Child released a compilation album titled Love Songs, a collection of romantic-themed songs from the group's previous albums and also includes the newly recorded song "Nuclear" (which is still a current meme through Japan, Iran and North Korea).

 

Knowles also performed the american national anthem singing along with a pre-recorded track at President Barack Obama's second inauguration, held at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. two weeks prior. Following her performance at Super Bowl XLVII, Parkwood Entertainment announced The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.

[Beyonce the new Queen in town]

At the 55th Grammy Awards, Knowles won for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Love on Top". Her upcoming feature-length documentary film, Life Is But a Dream, will premiere on HBO on February 16, 2013. The film, which Knowles directed and produced herself.



[Basically mimicking Madonna's schedule last year.]

Knowles' upcoming fifth studio album is due to be released in April and she will star as "Queen Tara" in the upcoming 3D CGI animated film, Epic, to be released by 20th Century Fox on May 24, 2013,

 

[Mimicking Madonna's Superbowl Entrance in 2012]

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along with a new song release which happened on March 17th entitled "Bow Down" continuing the Queen theme. (Noting her husband Jay-Z released "Watch the Throne" around 18 months ago, and his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail released on July 4th)

  March 17, 2013, 

The Blackout:

After the Halftime show and kick off to the second half which the Ravens returned for a 28-6 lead, the stadium lost a portion of its lighting for 22 minutes and play was delayed for 34 minutes.

 

February also seen a flux of movie symbolism invoking the blackout.

:Beautiful Creatures

[Patriarch: Macon Ravenwood]

Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.

:Snitch

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal.

:Dark Skies

As the Barret family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them.

:Into Darkness

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

:The Grammy's



February 10, 2013, The 2013 Grammy Awards are held in the American city of Los Angeles. Mumford & Sons win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for "Babel".
(Sydney Morning Hearld)
 

 The 2013 Grammys on February 10th also ended with a "blackout" for a lack of better words, with Mumford and Sons winning best album for Babel, and then LL Cool J, Chuck D and Tom Morello dressed in all black performing "Refuse to Lose' and a tribute to Adam Yauch with no Sleep till Brooklyn.

Blackout Aftermath:

October 27, 2013, Series Premiere of American Blackout



Vatican Blackout: Papal Retirement

And February 11th, a day later Pope Benedict announces he will resign on February 28, 2013 in an unprecedented move,

which also opens the door for the first black pope?

February 12, 2013,



Peter Turkson was the only potential candidate to be quoted and given a headline in the mainstream news from the time of the announcement til the day of retirement.

Feb. 27, 2013,



Feb. 28, 2013,

Then Benedict XVI rode off into the sunset literally.  Leaving the Vatican darkened until the new pope is elected. With black smoke billowing out until the new light of god is chosen.

March 4, 2013, Papal conclave, 2013: More than 100 Roman Catholic cardinals meet in Rome to start the process of selecting a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (CNN)

March 4, 2013,

March 8, 2013, The Vatican announces that the 2013 papal conclave to select a new pope will begin on March 12. (The Washington Post)

March 9, 2013,

March 10, 2013, Roman Catholic Cardinals meet in Rome in a conclave to appoint a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (AP)
  

March 11, 2013,

 

March 12, 2013, Papal conclave, 2013: Roman Catholic Cardinals meet in Rome in a conclave to appoint a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. (AP)

-Black smoke rises from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, signalling that Roman Catholic Cardinals had not elected a new pope in the first vote of their secret conclave. (BBC)

 

 March 13, 2013, Papal conclave, 2013: White smoke rises indicating that a new Pope has been chosen. (New York Times)

-Cardinal Bergoglio from Argentina is elected as the new pope, taking the papal name 'Francis'. Bergoglio is the first Jesuit pope; the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. (CTVNEWS)

Dennis Rodman's prediction even came true although in the wrong context as he is the first Jesuit Pope.

March 13, 2013,

Even though he never reached Black Pope status. "The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus—the Roman Catholic religious order, also known as the Jesuits. He is generally addressed as Father General. The position sometimes carries the derogatory nickname of the Black Pope, after his simple black priest's vestments, as contrasted to the white garb of the Pope."

:Angels and Demons

And a day after the new Pope is elected.

March 14, 2013, Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider express confidence that a particle discovered in July 2012 is a Higgs boson. (BBC)

:Papal Aftermath

:Cardinals become Champions

April 8, 2013, The Louisville Cardinals win the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament defeating the Michigan Wolverines 82–76. (AP via The Washington Post)

:From Down Under

April 14, 2013, In golf, Adam Scott becomes the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament by defeating Ángel Cabrera in a sudden-death final. (AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)