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Dharma Initiative
Background
The Dharma Initiative and its origins are first explored in the episode “Orientation” by an orientation film in the Swan Station. Dr. Marvin Candle (Francois Chau), explains that the project began in 1970, created by two doctoral candidates from the University of Michigan, Gerald and Karen DeGroot (Michael Gilday and Courtney Lavigne), and was funded by Alvar Hanso (Ian Patrick Williams) of the Hanso Foundation. They imagined a “large-scale communal research compound”, where scientists and free thinkers from around the globe could research meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and a sixth discipline that the film begins to identify as “utopian social-” before being cut off.
The episodes “LaFleur” and “He’s Our You” indicate that mathematician Horace Goodspeed was in charge of Dharma Initiative operations on the Island, at least from the very early 1970s through the time of “the Incident.” Key decisions that needed to be made on the Island were taken by a committee, which included all department heads, including Head of Research Stuart Radzinsky and security head LaFleur (the name Sawyer was assuming). They, in turn, answer to the Dharma Initiative HQ based at the University of Michigan, as evidenced when Radzinsky threatens to call the University to override a key decision by Goodspeed. In the episode “The Variable”, Daniel Faraday confirmed that Dharma Initiative Headquarters, at least through 1977, was located at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The “Lost Experience”, an alternate reality game which took place in 2006, revealed that the objective of the Dharma Initiative was to alter any of the six factors of the Valenzetti Equation, an equation which “predicts the exact number of years and months until humanity extinguishes itself,” to allow humans to exist for longer by changing their doomsday. These factors are represented as numbers in the Valenzetti Equation and are also the numbers frequently mentioned in the show: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42.
In 1977, the Dharma workers based on the Island drilled into an electromagnetic pocket, releasing a catastrophically dangerous amount of electromagnetic energy. This is referred to as “the Incident” and is frequently alluded to in other Dharma Initiative sources. Radzinsky insisted on drilling despite warnings from Dr. Chang about the danger. In the Swan Station orientation film, recorded in 1980, Dr. Marvin Candle insists that the computer at the Swan Station not be used for any other purpose, specifically to communicate with other stations, and indicates it had something to do with the Incident. When the Oceanic 815 survivors travel back in time to 1977, they attempt to negate the release of this energy by detonating the plutonium core of a hydrogen bomb. The fifth season ends just as the bomb goes off, without revealing what it changed, if anything.
The mysterious map on the blast door, revealed by blacklight.
After the Incident, according to notations on the blast door map painted by Stuart Radzinsky in the Swan Station, the Dharma Initiative’s facilities on the Island seemed to fall into disrepair. The blast door map has many annotations about destroyed access tunnels, a breakdown in the Cerberus Security System and mentions facilities being abandoned or destroyed via other incidents or accidents, specifically one happening on October 28, 1984, another in 1985, and a final one on December 7, 1987. By the time Danielle Rousseau and her freighter crew shipwrecked on the Island, in 1988, many of the facilities on the Island have been abandoned, including the radio tower. At no point between then and the eventual purge of its members did the Dharma Initiative attempt a search and rescue for Danielle or her crew, despite Danielle broadcasting her own distress signal on a continuous loop from the tower for four years.
When the Dharma Initiative arrived on the Island, they fought with the Island’s natives, known to them as the Hostiles and to the survivors of Flight 815 as the “Others”. The “Hostiles” had been living on the Island long before the Initiative arrived. The Arrow Station was eventually given a mission to observe and formulate strategies to counter the Hostiles. When Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) arrived on the Island in 1970, there was still an open conflict between the Hostiles and the Dharma Initiative. At some point prior to 1974, a truce of some kind was brokered with the Hostiles. A series of protocols were put into place between the Hostiles and the Initiative. Several episodes mention that there was a “line” and that certain parts of the Island were considered to be the “territory” of each group. This conflict ended in 1992, when Linus joined the Hostiles and helped kill the remaining members using poison gas, an event which became known as “The Purge”. The bodies were buried in a mass grave.
In 2001, after Stuart Radzinsky’s alleged suicide in The Swan, Kelvin Inman, a man who found Desmond adrift on the beach, was still working for the Dharma Initiative in the Swan station. Lost producer Carlton Cuse confirms in a podcast that Kelvin was indeed a member of the Dharma Initiative.[citation needed] In the “Lost Experience”, an actor portraying fictional Hanso Foundation executive Hugh McIntyre appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he stated that the Foundation had stopped funding the Dharma Initiative in 1987. However, in season 2, an air drop of supplies arrived for the Swan station. As an airdrop would require a cargo plane, pilots, parachutes, a loadmaster, and the supplies themselves, this would suggest someone is still providing funding for its activities. Furthermore, the Dharma Initiative insignia can be seen on the Secondary Protocol’s mission orders that mercenary commander Martin Keamy accesses in the freighter’s safe, suggesting that the Dharma Initiative continues, in some way, to the present day.
At the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con, a new ARG began with a booth recruiting new members to the Initiative. At the Lost panel, Hans van Eeghen, a Dharma executive, revealed that the results from the booth were “abysmal,” and a few people had been selected to view a video that had been sent from thirty years in the past. In the video, Pierre Chang said that the work on the Island is valid, and it is essential that the Dharma Initiative is restarted. Following this a website was launched, which allowed users to join the Dharma Initiative.
Research stations
A Bagua
The Dharma Initiative placed nine (known) research stations around the Island, which take the form of hidden, underground facilities or bunkers. After Oceanic Flight 815 crashes on the Island in September 2004, the survivors encounter several of these stations. The first to be discovered is “The Swan” which they refer to informally as “the hatch”. Nine additional stations have since been visited over the series, each with its own particular logo associated with it: an octagon, similar to the bagua design, with a differing symbol at the center. The Swan Station’s blast door map makes reference to a light manufacturing facility, a meteorological research station, station “CVII”, and others that have yet to be shown on the series.
In the episode “He’s Our You”, during a meeting of Dharma Initiative heads, there were 14 members present, suggesting 14 separate divisions of the Dharma Initiative on the island.
The Swan station’s blast door map claims that there was, at one time, an underground tunnel network that connected many of the stations. Notations on the map suggest that the tunnels started falling into disrepair in the early 1980s, soon after the incident occurred.
Station 2: The Arrow
The Arrow station is first seen in “The Other 48 Days”. In “Because You Left”, a flashback shows Chang doing the initial recording for the orientation film, where he explains that it is a station for monitoring the Hostiles and formulating strategies to combat them. He is interrupted before he can finish. In “The Man Behind the Curtain”, flashbacks of the Dharma Initiative in operation on the Island show one of the members, Horace Goodspeed (Doug Hutchison), wearing a jumpsuit bearing the Arrow station logo with “mathematician” written below it. When rediscovered in 2004, the word “quarantine” appears on the inside of the station’s door. In “LaFleur”, Horace gives the order to notify the Arrow to “prepare the heavy ordnance” when he believes there is an imminent danger from the Hostiles.
When the tail section survivors come across the Arrow Station in “The Other 48 Days”, it has apparently been converted into a storage room. Within, they find a radio, a glass eye, and part of the Swan station’s orientation film hidden inside a Bible. Producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof stated on a podcast that each object is significant, and not randomly chosen.
Station 3: The Swan
Dharma food, bearing the Swan logo
The Swan was planned to be a laboratory used by the Dharma Initiative for research on electromagnetism.. In the episode “The Incident”, Dharma Initiative member Radzinsky claimed when complete, the Swan Station would allow manipulation of electromagnetism that “would change the world”. According to the feature “Access Granted” on the third season Blu-ray, Dharma drilled into the earth and hit an area containing a large electromagnetic buildup, which their drilling released. The Swan was built over this area to act as a cork. Dharma then came up with a scheme to “dam” the leak but with the drawback that the field built up behind the dam and would eventually break it. A failsafe key could be used to permanently “seal” the leak. The specific event happened some time in 1977, as revealed in “The Variable”, and necessitated the evacuation of the island.
On the station’s orientation film, Doctor Marvin Candle explains that an “incident” occurred early in the station’s experiments. An edit to the film, which according to Inman was made by Radzinsky, removed specific details of this incident. The full film implies that unauthorized usage of the station’s computer terminal had something to do with the incident. This event required the entire Swan station area to be sealed with a large amount of concrete “like Chernobyl” (according to Sayid and Daniel Faraday) to contain the dangerous energy. This caused a consistent build-up of electromagnetic energy, which resulted in a change of the station’s focus: a two-member crew, replaced every 540 days, were instructed to enter a numeric code into a microcomputer terminal every 108 minutes. The station is equipped with a split-flap display timer, which is interfaced to a microcomputer terminal and connected to an alarm system.
The station is stocked with food, a record player with a collection of old LPs, a small library, an armory, a shower, and bunk beds. There is also a brand new washer/dryer and one of the books in the library is “Rainbow Six” by Tom Clancy, published in 1998. It is almost entirely underground, except for an entrance shaft and a concealed door (possibly due to being hidden in the Hostiles territory). The station also has several internal blast doors, with a map in invisible ink on one of them. This map has been worked on by, at a minimum, Kelvin Inman and Radzinsky. Analysis of the map suggests no less than five unique handwriting styles, and thus five different contributors. The map has direct revision dates on it, and as well as the obvious map entry, also seems to serve as some sort of history to happenings on the island, as there are many annotations that seem to suggest the writers were attempting to locate and ascertain the status of many stations on the Island. There are sections that are written in Latin. Kelvin Inman is seen writing in the lower right hand part of the map in “Live Together, Die Alone”, near a revision dated for 6.26.2002. There are also acrylic based paints and several murals painted in different portions of the hatch by unknown people as well as tick marks on the wall derived from them.
In the episode “Some Like It Hoth”, set in 1977, the Swan Station is shown to be under construction in an area designated as the Hostiles’ territory, a violation of the truce Dharma had brokered with them, under the primary authority of Radzinsky. In the episode “The Incident”, Dharma hits the pocket, releasing the energy and drawing all metallic objects into the hole. The plutonium core of a hydrogen bomb is detonated by the survivors in an attempt to negate the energy. In “Live Together, Die Alone”, Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) shipwrecks on the Island in 2001 and is taken to the Swan station. Here Kelvin Inman explains about entering the numeric code then pushing the button to save the world. In September 2004, Kelvin and Desmond get into a fight, resulting in Kelvin’s death. Desmond enters the numbers too late, resulting in an electromagnetic build-up, which causes the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Two of the survivors, Locke (Terry O’Quinn) and Boone (Ian Somerhalder), discover the Swan accidentally. Locke manages to successfully open it in the first season finale “Exodus”. Inside they find Desmond, who flees after they break the computer. The survivors manage to fix the computer, and begin pushing the button every 108 minutes.
After discovering the Pearl orientation film, Locke believes pushing the button is a psychological test, and with Desmond’s help decides to find out what will happen if the button is not pushed. Desmond tries to convince Locke that the station is real, with data from the Pearl, but Locke breaks the computer anyway so he can’t stop the countdown. This causes all the metal objects in the Swan to fly about, and the ground begins to shake. Realizing the importance of the button Locke accepts he was wrong, and Desmond turns the failsafe key. The sky turns violet temporarily, and the Swan is destroyed. The electromagnetic burst released by the destruction of the Swan Station renders the island momentarily visible to the outside world. The energy signature is detected by a monitoring station under the control of Penelope Widmore, which reported to her that they had “found the island.”
The Incident Room
In the video game Lost: Via Domus, the Incident Room is revealed to be on the other side of the concrete wall in the Swan. The room was accessed by a tunnel and a large locked door. The room contains a large reactor and other severely-damaged equipment. The reactor is tilted to one side and discharging electricity as well as coolant fluid. It has the appearance of two large electromagnetic coils suspended over an excavation hole into the Island surrounded by severely damaged concrete. The Incident Room has its own computer much like the Swan’s. This section of the Swan appeared on the blast door map as a blocked off section of the station (“Lockdown”), but was never seen in the show itself.
The Incident Room has been mentioned several times in Lost. Desmond mentioned that there was a magnetic reactor behind the concrete wall. When Sayid first visited the Swan he tried to find a way past the concrete wall, but it was just too thick to get through. Sayid told Jack that “The last time I heard of concrete being poured over everything in this way was Chernobyl,” (“Everybody Hates Hugo”).
The look and design for the “Incident Room” came from never before seen blueprints given to the developers by the Lost crew for the game. Although the game has been stated to be non-canon, the designs are the creators’ intended layout for the blocked sections of the Swan station.
Station 4: The Flame
The Flame is the Dharma Initiative’s communication station. It uses sonar and satellite technologies to communicate with the outside world and other stations on the Island, and can also be used to order food deliveries. Unlike the other stations, the Flame is not an underground bunker, but rather a wood-frame bungalow with a large satellite dish on the roof. Inside the station is a living area, a kitchen, and a computer room. Below the building is a large basement containing supplies, including a library of Dharma Initiative operations manuals. The facility also boasts several gardens, as well as chickens, cows, and goats roaming the area.
On the day Oceanic Flight 815 crashes on the Island, Mikhail Bakunin (Andrew Divoff) uses the station to access news feeds to gather information about the survivors. At Ben’s request he alters one of the feeds to allow Juliet to see her sister and nephew alive and well off the Island. At some point after this, communication off the Island is no longer possible, as the Looking Glass is blocking all signals. In “Enter 77″, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly), Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), and Locke discover the station. Locke uses the computer to send a message saying the Hostiles have invaded the station, and by doing so he intentionally destroys it by causing the C4 lining the basement to go off. As shown in “LaFleur”, Radzinsky was stationed at the Flame in 1977, where he designed the model for the future Swan Station.
Station 5: The Pearl
The Pearl is where the Dharma Initiative studied psychology. It primarily serves as a monitoring station, to which surveillance feeds from the other stations are sent. Its orientation film asserts that the Swan is a psychological experiment, and that the purpose of those stationed in the Pearl is to monitor the participants in that station. The station consists of a three-by-three bank of television sets, two chairs with writing surfaces, and a computer hooked to a printer. A pneumatic tube is installed in the room, which the orientation film states is used to transport notebooks to another Dharma location. According to the orientation film that features Dr Mark Whickman, two-person teams, working eight-hour shifts over a three-week period, were to watch the video displays and take notes on their observations. Every action, regardless of how subtle, were to be recorded into notebooks by the Pearl’s team members.
After Oceanic Flight 815 crashes on the Island, Nikki and Paulo (Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro) are the first survivors to encounter the Pearl, while searching for diamonds. Several weeks later, Locke and Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) enter the Pearl and watch the orientation video. Locke believes this means pushing the button in the Swan is a psychological test, and resolves to discover what will happen if it is not pushed. However, Desmond postulates in “Live Together, Die Alone” that the Pearl participants were the true test subjects without knowing it. This is supported when the survivors discover that the pneumatic tube dumps the notebooks into an open field; the contents of the notebooks indicate that they had been dumped there long before the station closed. During season three, some of the survivors visit the Pearl in hope of finding a way to communicate with the Others, but discover that the station is only capable of receiving data, not sending it.
Station 6: The Orchid
Introduced in the three-part finale of the fourth season, “There’s No Place Like Home”, the Orchid station appears at first to be an abandoned greenhouse. Hidden below the greenhouse is a second level of the station, a furnished laboratory similar to the Swan station. The Orchid features a small chamber adjacent to an exotic matter anomaly, which can be used to warp time and space. An outtake from the orientation film was shown at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, where Doctor Edgar Halliwax explains that, contrary to Dharma’s statements that the station was for botanical research, the station is used for researching a “Casimir effect” exhibited by the Island. The producers have confirmed that the video is canon, and holds relevance to the show itself.
Hidden behind the chamber is a further level of the Orchid which consists of pillars and stones with unknown hieroglyphs that have been seen in a few other places on the Island, and ends with a room consisting of a giant frozen wheel built horizontally into the wall. As shown in “This Place is Death”, the chamber was in place well before the construction of the Orchid. A well was connected to it at one point before the Orchid was built, but the chamber itself predates it. Ben and Locke enter the station and Ben travels to this room, where he turns the wheel. As he pushes it, the gap containing the wheel glows and the Island vanishes. Ben is transported to the Tunisian Desert as a consequence of using it. As a result of turning the wheel, the survivors of Flight 815 and the freighter crew members begin to jump randomly through time. When Locke returns to the wheel in “This Place is Death”, it is shown to be bouncing erratically and still glowing, indicating that Ben did not push it far enough (Christian Sheppard comments that it “slipped off its axis.”). Locke finishes the job, transporting himself off the Island to the same place Ben ended up. The time jumps also stop, stranding the survivors in 1974. Charles Widmore would later tell Locke that the Tunisian Desert is the “exit point” for anyone who uses the wheel.
In a flashback in “Because You Left”, Dr. Chang is called to investigate an incident at the Orchid. A construction worker is shown bleeding from his eyes and mouth, and six drill bits have been melted drilling into the future site of the chamber. Scans of the wall reveal the presence of another chamber with a wheel behind it. Chang refuses to use explosives to clear the wall, since it might release a limitless energy source. He believes that they will be able to control time if the energy can be harnessed properly.
Station ?: The Hydra
The Hydra is a zoological research station located on a small island roughly two miles off-shore from the main island. It is described as being about twice the size of Alcatraz Island. The Hydra facility has cages outside the station in the jungle where polar bears used to be kept. An underwater complex was once used as an aquarium, which housed sharks and dolphins. The facility also features living and research quarters. The symbol for this station is the usual Dharma Initiative logo with a hydra in the middle. You can see it on a large tube behind Kate and Sawyer’s cages in season 3.
At the start of season three, Jack, Kate, and Sawyer are held captive on the Hydra island by the Others. Kate and Sawyer are forced to build a runway, until they manage to escape. In season two, a shark has the Dharma symbol branded on its tail. Also in season three episode “A Tale of Two Cities”, Tom comments that the polar bears that used to be housed in the cage Sawyer was being held in figured out the “food” puzzle in two hours. A leather collar bearing the Dharma Hydra symbol is found near a polar bear skeleton in the Tunisian desert. In the fifth season, Ajira Airways Flight 316 makes a forced but overall safe landing on the Hydra island, landing on the runway built by the Others. In the fifth season episode “Some Like It Hoth”, Dr. Chang threatens to send an over-inquisitive Hurley to the Hydra Station to participate in their “ridiculous experiments” if he mentions a body delivered to Dr. Chang by Miles Straume.
Station ?: The Staff
The Staff is a medical research station, later designed to house pregnant women who were taken there to give birth and/or die. It consists of a long corridor, at the end of which is an operating room, as well as a nursery and a locker room. Hidden inside one of the lockers is a switch that unlocks a hidden vault that contains medical equipment and nursery furniture. There is also another hidden room, where the Others take women who have become pregnant on the Island to die.
After Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) is kidnapped by the Others in season one, she is taken to the Staff station. Here she has a drug administered to her fetus. A renegade Other, Alex (Tania Raymonde), helps Claire to escape when she learns that they are planning to steal Claire’s baby. When it is found by Claire and Kate later on, Kate discovers costumes, a fake beard, and some theatrical glue in the Staff locker room. In season three, Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim) and Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell) visit the Staff station to perform an ultrasound to discover when Sun’s baby was conceived. In season four, Faraday, Charlotte, Jin and Sun visit the station to get some medical supplies for Jack’s operation
Station ?: The Looking Glass
The Looking Glass is located on the sea-bed at approximately 60 feet (18m) depth, some 600 feet (182m) from the beach. The station is used to jam communications going to and from the Island, as well as generating a beacon to guide the submarine to the Island. When the Dharma Initiative was still active, the Looking Glass was used to resupply the submarine. The station receives power from the cable that Sayid discovered in the episode “Solitary”. The station’s logo is a rabbit, a reference to the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland (the sequel to which is Through the Looking-Glass). Its logo can be seen in the episode “Greatest Hits” when Charlie swims down to it. The Others were under the impression that the station was flooded. Only Ben knew that the station was still in operation and there were people working there.
In the season three finale, “Through The Looking Glass”, Charlie Pace discovers that the rescue boat linked to Naomi, the parachute woman, was not sent out by Desmond Hume’s ex-girlfriend Penny Widmore. Charlie locks the door to the control room when Mikhail shatters the porthole window, subsequently flooding the room. This prevents Desmond from getting to Charlie, thereby fulfilling Desmond’s latest “premonition” (Charlie was meant to drown in the control room after disabling the jamming equipment). He quickly writes “Not Penny’s Boat” on his hand and shows Desmond through the glass on the door.
Station ?: The Tempest
The Tempest is a chemical weapons development station on the Island, first seen in the episode “The Other Woman”. It is used to control the release of poisonous gases over the Island. Every day, before his death, Goodwin would travel to The Tempest to press a button to prevent deadly gases from escaping. In “The Other Woman”, it was revealed that part of Daniel Faraday’s and Charlotte Staples Lewis’ primary missions were to disable the gases at the station. They said they needed to press the button to save everyone, although they may have wanted to disable the station’s gases to prevent Benjamin Linus from using the Tempest as a weapon of last resort against the Island’s enemies.
Station ?: The Lamp Post
The Lamp Post is the only known off-island Dharma station. It is located in Los Angeles under a church, built on top of a pocket of electromagnetic energy similar to that on the island. This station was used by the Dharma initiative to find the island. As the island is constantly moving, the researchers developed an equation to predict where the island would be in the future, thereby providing a window of opportunity to reach it. A large pendulum (resembling a Foucault Pendulum) hangs from the ceiling making chalk marks on a map on the floor beneath. Many computers surround the pendulum, along with a panel on the wall that marks latitude and longitude. The inside of the station first appears in the second episode of season five, “The Lie”, though no explanation of its purpose (or that it is, in fact, a Dharma station) is revealed until the following episode, “316″. Eloise Hawking is currently in charge of the station, and uses it to help the Oceanic 6 return to the island with the assistance of Ben Linus.
The station is called the Lamp Post as a tribute to the Chronicles of Narnia series, in which a lamp post signifies the comings and goings between two worlds. The station’s logo includes the traditional Dharma octagon-shape with a picture of what appears to be a lamp post emitting light to either side. This picture can also refer to the pendulum within the station, due to the pointed tip in the picture.
Mysteries of the Universe
Starting on July 23, 2009, ABC’s official Lost website started posting a 5 part documentary from lost footage from a short-lived 1980s television series “Mysteries of the Universe”. In actuality, the brand and its episodes have been created by ABC and the Lost team in 2009 as a promotion for the final season of the show. The fact that a documentary series with a similar name actually did exist in the 1980s, the information provided in the documentary appears credible at first glance – although the presentation contains a healthy portion of humor. The videos contain new revelations about the DHARMA Initiative and the conspiracies that surround it.
Appearances in Lost
Station
First seen in
First visit (onscreen)
Last seen in
Name given in
Station 2: The Arrow
“Everybody Hates Hugo” (2.04)
“The Other 48 Days” (2.07)
“The Other 48 Days” (2.07)
“Lockdown” (2.17)
Station 3: The Swan
“All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues” (1.11)
“Man of Science, Man of Faith” (2.01)
“The Incident” (5.16 & 5.17)
“Orientation” (2.03)
Station 4: The Flame
“The Cost of Living” (3.05)
“Enter 77″ (3.11)
“Namaste” (5.09)
“Lockdown” (2.17)
Station 5: The Pearl
“?” (2.21)
“?” (2.21)
“Expos” (3.14)
“?” (2.21)
Station 6: The Orchid
Comic Con orientation film and “There’s No Place Like Home” (4.14)
“There’s No Place Like Home” (4.14)
“The Variable” (5.14)
Comic Con orientation film
Station ?: The Lamp Post
“The Lie” (5.02)
“316″ (5.06)
“316″ (5.06)
“316″ (5.06)
Station ?: The Staff
“Maternity Leave” (2.15)
“Maternity Leave” (2.15)
“Something Nice Back Home” (4.10)
“Lockdown” (2.17)
Station ?: The Hydra
“A Tale of Two Cities” (3.01)
“A Tale of Two Cities” (3.01)
“Dead Is Dead” (5.12)
“A Tale of Two Cities” (3.01)
Station ?: The Looking Glass
“Greatest Hits” (3.21)
“Greatest Hits” (3.21)
“Through the Looking Glass” (3.22)
“Greatest Hits” (3.21)
Station ?: The Tempest
“The Other Woman” (4.06)
“The Other Woman” (4.06)
“The Other Woman” (4.06)
“The Other Woman” (4.06)
In popular culture
A Dharma-related Easter Egg in Half-Life 2: Episode 2.
A Dharma logo in Cloverfield.
In Half-Life 2: Episode Two, players can find an easter egg in the sixth chapter, “Our Mutual Fiend”. In Uriah’s lab, there is an inaccessible room containing a computer terminal with the numbers shown on the screen and a Dharma-style octagon with a pine tree symbol for the White Forest base on the wall. The room was inserted at the request of Gabe Newell, who promised to insert a reference to Lost in response to Half-Life references in Lost’s first season episode “The Greater Good”.
In a scene of the U.S. version of The Office, in the episode “Initiation”, Dwight Shrute asks Ryan Howard, “What is the Dharma initiative?” This can be seen on the season 3 DVD. He also asks this question to the character Andy in a deleted scene in the third season finale where Andy replies that the DI is the source of all good on the earth. Dwight then corrects him by saying “Wrong. It is an organization created by aliens.”
In the 2008 movie Cloverfield, which was produced by J.J. Abrams and the team that made Lost, a slight variation on the Dharma Initiative logo can briefly be seen in the opening of the movie. It is during the introduction of the film which states where the “video” about to be shown came from. It is only visible for a few frames on the lower right side of screen. It looks almost identical to the Pearl station logo.
In the Sholazar Basin area of Northrend in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft, there is a hatch in the middle of an island (coordinates 38/37) in a lake. If the player highlights the window of the hatch, the numbers “5 9 16 17 24 43″ appear, each number being one higher than the Lost numbers.
In Call of Duty: World at War, in the Nazi Zombies level Verruckt, in the power room when the switch is pulled you can hear a voice saying the numbers.
In Fallout 3, the Numbers are the combination to a hatch-like safe hidden in the floor in Billy Creel’s house. You cannot open it by just knowing the numbers, your character must learn them from the child living with him.
References
^ As revealed during the Lost Experience.
^ http://www.Dharmawantsyou.com
^ a b c d e “Orientation”. Jack Bender, Writ. Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Craig Wright. Lost. ABC. 2005-10-05. No. 3, season 2.
^ Rose, Cecil (November 7, 2006). “The Lost Experience Explained”. Film Fodder. http://www.filmfodder.com/tv/lost/archives/003345.shtml.
^ a b c d “The Man Behind the Curtain”. Bobby Roth, Writ. Elizabeth Sarnoff & Drew Goddard. Lost. ABC. 2007-05-09. No. 20, season 3.
^ Lost podcast for March 20th, 2007..
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Musings of a Bewildered Psychic
Ever have one of those days where you knew there was something you were forgetting but just couldn’t put your finger on it? Sure, everybody has. Now, take that feeling and go a step further. Someone whom you can’t see or hear is speaking to you on a telephone with extremely poor reception and all you can get are the words, “He knows.”
Add to this the fact that lights are flickering off as you pass them walking along a dark street. Finally, in desperation and with an exasperating tone you say aloud, “Okay, okay, I get it. I know! Now, tell me, just what is that I’m supposed to know?” Suddenly, the line falls silent and you’re left with a slight sense of frustration; a bewildering angst of unresolved questions.
This is how some of my first encounters with the spirit world would occur. And, as confusing as it all seemed, I really wanted to understand. I guess, in a way that I really did know; at least in retrospect. They were just acknowledging the fact that I could hear them and perceive their presence. Guess you might say that the spirit world does have a sense of humor. Like any dry wit, it takes a while for the punch line to sink in.
Fear of the Unknown
For some reason I’ve never experienced the fear some of the present generation of psychics seem to be relating. Of course, I never was exposed to some of the ghastly horror flicks on the market today. In my day the most we feared was a can of split pea soup being vomited from a young lady who just couldn’t keep her head on straight. That’s a scene from “The Exorcist” for those too young to know.
In reality, based on my humble but widely accrued experience with spirits, there is nothing to fear. Respect perhaps, fear absolutely not. Respect is a must in the sense that not all spirits are well-intended. As I will explain later, some spirits can be confused to downright malevolent; a good reason to seek the advice of more experienced psychics.
Can a spirit do someone harm? Although physical harm is a possibility in very rare instances, most ghosts have only the slightest ability to move or manipulate objects in this plane. Most of the time an entity is more concerned with communicating than they are in frightening someone. In fact, frightening someone is the very last thing they want because it only adds murkiness to the already dense medium through which they have to communicate.
Beyond Ghosts and Goblins
Of course, not all psychic communications are with spirits. In fact, one of the first signs of spiritual development is empathic ability. The term empathic literally means understanding and entering into another’s feelings. In short, we can feel what another person is feeling. For a young empathic this can seem very odd, extremely confusing, and a bit embarrassing at times. Anger, for instance, is a very powerful emotion that can be easily picked up.
The problem for the new empathic isn’t reading the emotion as much as it is separating it out from personal emotions. In fact the boundaries can become so blurred that the unwitting empathic will absorb these negative energies as his/her own. As a result the empathic will frequently be seen as moody or become frequently depressed.
For this reason, it is important that the empathic to learn how to meditate properly. In addition to meditation, learning how to properly cleanse and protect one’s aura is also a must. Most of these techniques will be discussed in more detail further along. As an introduction to certain psychic skill sets I will attempt to keep things brief at this point.
The Clair Talents
The Clair Talents are made up of three separate types of psychic perception. Clair is derived from the French word meaning clear. The first of these perceptions is Clairvoyance meaning clear seeing.
To get an understanding of what clairvoyance is like, imagine sitting in a classroom listening to a very dull speaker. As an escape, your mind starts to drift off imaging other places you’d rather be. Although you’re not really there your mind imagines it is, conjuring up fanciful images (trance state). This is very similar to how and what a clairvoyant sees. The only difference is that the clairvoyant is receiving these images from external energies.
The second form of Clair Talents is Clair-audience. Clair-audience is the ability to hear clearly. Unlike the images seen with clairvoyance, clairaudience is more akin to an inner dialogue. Just as I mentioned previously with the “He knows” communication, there are no actual voices except those arising from an inner spiritual awareness.
Third and last of the Clair Talents is Clair-essence and although you may not find this term in any dictionary, it is probably the best word I can find to describe what I like to think of as “Angel Speak.” Think of this in terms of the phrase, “One picture can hold a thousand words.” With Clair-essence, the psychic is given what appears to be a single image, word, or emotion from which unravels all sorts of information.
One way a psychic may describe Clair-essence is like being stuck on a record track. The information just starts to flow out in a continuous line until the message is finished. For me it was like being presented a vision with the image of a heart that was scarred with dark tarlike patches. On the surface the symbolism presented one thing, however, deep inside the image additional information was made available; the essence of the symbolism.
Many Levels of Awareness
Now that we have a brief concept of how a psychic may connect with the spirit world, it is important to remember that they are concepts and not absolutes written in stone. For instance, one psychic may describe seeing images in their mind while another may literally be seeing an apparition appearing in their environment. This doesn’t mean that one or the other is wrong or right, rather that they have developed different reference points of awareness.
Each and every person in this world has some form of psychic awareness, however rudimentary it may be. It is our spiritual self or what may be termed higher self that decides what, how, and if to incorporate these gifts. Some may have one gift they’re specifically focused on while others may have several all at once. Still, others may choose very minimal spiritual awareness in order to pursue more worldly ambitions.
It all comes down to the direction of our higher self and how it sees best to contribute to and understand the lessons this life has to offer. Even before we enter this life, our higher self chose who we would be, the circumstances we would develop in, and what kind of lessons would be learned. One may be born to live their life as a thief and in the end be hung, while another may be considered a saint. Neither life is more valid than the other when you consider the overall scope and purpose of the lessons involved.
Brief History of Psychic Phenomenon
Throughout the span of human history, psychic gifts have been both venerated and feared. Depending on the politics and perceptions of the time and region, a person could either be considered possessed by the devil in fear of death or canonized as a saint.
Fourth and Fifth Century BCE
The belief in psychic abilities has been documented as far back as the 4th and 5th centuries BCE with the introduction of the Delphic Oracles at the Temple of Apollo in Greece. Interesting to note is that according to tradition the Sybil or priestess of Delphi would sit on a tripod over an opening in the earth. Through this opening, gas would flow overtaking the oracle and throwing her into a violent trance.[1. John Roach (2001-08-14). "Delphic Oracle's Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors". National Geographic. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0814_delphioracle.html. Retrieved March 8, 2007.]
First Century AD
Saint Malachy, the 12th‑century bishop of Armagh in Northern Ireland. According to the traditional account, in 1139, Malachy was summoned to Rome by Pope Innocent II. While in Rome, Malachy purportedly experienced a vision of future popes, which he recorded as a sequence of cryptic phrases. This manuscript was then deposited in the Roman Archive, and thereafter forgotten about until its rediscovery in 1590.
Fifth to Sixteenth Century AD
Along about the 5th to 16th centuries came the fall of the western Roman empire and the rise of Christianity, otherwise known as the Middle Ages or Dark Ages as some would refer to it. During this period even the mention, let alone practice of divination was considered heresy and punishable by death. Not a great era for free thinking least of all talking or acting like you might know something more than the average Joe. [2. Robinson, F.C. (October 1984). "Medieval, the Middle Ages". Speculum 59 (4): 745–56. doi:10.2307/2846695.]
Towards the end of this period, during the early to mid 1500′s, Nostradamus came into the picture as a highly regarded seer of his day. His prophetic abilities were so accurate that his reputation almost became his undoing. Remember, we’re still in the Dark Ages albeit a little farther along in understanding. As a result, Nostradamus began using an almost cryptic prose to disguise the more controversial nature of his prophecies. [3. Wilson, Ian, Nostradamus: The Evidence, 2002]
Around the same period, Ursula Southeil (c. 1488 – 1561), better known as Mother Shipton, was an English soothsayer and prophetess. The first publication of her prophecies, which did not appear until 1641, eighty years after her death, contained a number of mainly regional predictions, but only two prophetic verses — neither of which foretold the End of the World, despite widespread assumptions to that effect.[4. Mother Shipton's Prophecies (Mann, 1989)]
One of the most notable editions of her prophecies was published in 1684.[5. Mother Shipton's Prophecies (Mann, 1989)] It states that she was born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, in a cave now known as Mother Shipton’s Cave, and was reputed to be hideously ugly. The book also claims that she married Toby Shipton, a local carpenter, near York in 1512 and told fortunes and made predictions throughout her life.
Author’s Note: Although psychic abilities consist of more than prognostication, most of what has survived in documented evidence is that of the seer or prophet. Regrettably, this being the case, most psychics have inherited the misnomer of being called fortune tellers. Knowing the future may be important to some; however, it does not address the importance of spiritual development in the present.
Modern Psychics
Madam Blavatsky – Medium/Spiritualist
Born Helen Von Hahn August 12, 1831 – Died May 8, 1891
It was in 1873 that she immigrated to New York City. Impressing people with her professed psychic abilities, she was spurred on to continue as a psychic medium. Being a Medium (among other psychical and spiritual sciences of the time), was based upon the belief known as Spiritualism which began at Rochester, NY, was a widely popular and fast-spreading field upon which Blavatsky based her career.
Throughout her career she claimed to have demonstrated physical and mental psychic feats which included levitation, clairvoyance, out-of-body projection, telepathy, and clairaudience. Another claim of hers was materialization, that is, producing physical objects out of nothing, though in general, her interests were more in the area of ‘theory’ and ‘laws’ rather than demonstration. [1. Blavatsky, Helena, Isis Unveiled, pg. xlv, Theosophical University Press: Pasadena, 1877.]
Edgar Cayce – Trance Psychic
Born Edgar Cayce March 18, 1877 – Died January 3, 1945
He is said to have demonstrated an ability to channel answers to questions on subjects such as health or Atlantis, while in a self-induced trance. Though Cayce considered himself a devout Christian and lived before the emergence of the New Age Movement, some believe he was the founder of the movement and had influence on its teachings. [2. York, Michael (1995). The Emerging Network: A Sociology of the New Age and Neo-Pagan Movements. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 60. ISBN 0847680010.]
John Edward – Psychic Medium
Born John Edward McGee, Jr. October 19, 1969
Mr. Edward is an American television personality, and psychic medium. He is best known for his TV shows Crossing Over with John Edward and John Edward Cross Country, both of which are premised on Edward communicating with the spirits of the audience members’ deceased relatives.
For more information about John Edward visit: http://www.johnedward.net/
Spotting a Fraud
Using the word fraud might seem a little harsh; however, there are those for whom the shoe does fit. A note of caution should be used when deciding whether someone is a fraud or not. As many of those who are dishonest, are those who have unwittingly taken on a role above their head. Aside from the unwitting and ill-meaning, is the simple fact that being a psychic isn’t exactly a hard science. In fact, it takes many years to hone one’s skill to a fine art of divination.
In the following outline, I’ve listed several traits to look for in spotting a possible fake.
1. Giving advice contrary to normative values –
Reason: Normative values are those which are considered conducive to positive self-esteem and growth. They enable a person to retain their integrity and autonomy within the bounds of their native set of circumstances.
Tip: If a psychic tells you outright that you need to get a divorce; beware. It may be true, he or she may need to ultimately consider a divorce; however, the normative way of approaching this would be to seek the advice of a certified therapist or counselor, and to address safety concerns in a similar manner.
Unless the psychic is a trained and licensed therapist, counselor, and/or physician; always seek the advice of an expert in the field of concern. Psychic advice should only be treated with the expressed need to follow up with a trained professional.
Example: Several years ago a young lady asked me to do an impromptu reading for her to prove my psychic abilities. As I focused on her situation, I started to relate information about an ex-husband whom she divorced because he was very violent. In addition, I told her that she needed to tell him to get to a doctor as-soon-as possible due to his high blood pressure.
She was immediately stunned by the accuracy of the information and confirmed that he had recently been turned down for insurance because of his high blood pressure. In this situation I did not just state he had high blood pressure but also included the statement, “. . . he needed to see a doctor asap.”
The information was accurate but because it contained sensitive medical information, getting the assistance of sound medical advice was prudent advice. If you do get advice that you feel might require a more trained specialist, always do so without hesitation.
2. Guessing games or fishing for clues (Cold Readings) –
Reason: A genuine psychic may not be fully informed of the situation at hand but they will receive some information to work with. A simple response of yes or no should suffice till the end of the reading. The aim of the reading is to validate its authenticity by providing information the reader should not otherwise be aware of.
Tip: If a psychic asks for the nature of the requested reading, it’s alright although not altogether a good validation. When a psychic starts phrasing a series of questions rather than providing statements of information; he or she may be on a fishing expedition, otherwise known as a “cold” reading. Also, be aware that over generalized statements may be “cold” methods as well.
Example: As a practice, when I’m conducting a reading, I will not ask for or encourage the querent to give the nature of the question at hand. My philosophy is that the reading is not about me, nor will I limit the spirits to what needs to be addressed. Although the querent may have a valid question, spirits may be aware of more pressing matters that need to be addressed.
On one occasion while conducting readings in a group of people, the querent stated her question which was, “I have two jobs I’m considering and was wondering which one would be better?” Each person in the group provided their metaphysical input. When it came my turn to read her it had nothing to do with the jobs at all. Instead, the spirits had me focus on a disruptive influence that was surrounding her situation.
Despite the fact I felt compelled to give her the answers she was looking for; I was able to give her information indirectly related to her job quest. Not only did she receive helpful information but it also validated something she had been otherwise trying to ignore.
3. Scamming or “It’s too good to be true.”
Reason: Real psychics will rarely ask for anything above and beyond what has been agreed upon prior to the reading. They should never ask for privileged personal identification information such as social security numbers, bank account information, etc. If you’re providing a credit card for payment, the most you will be required to show is a photo ID; otherwise, you are under no obligation to provide anything else.
Also, beware of scams that require you to provide large sums of money in exchange for a promise of making even more. Scams like this also tend to have strict deadline requiring you to react impulsively before you lose out.
Tips: If at all possible, provide payment in the form of cash only. Carry only the amount of money needed to pay for the reading. This will not only keep your identity secure but will also allow you to react less impulsively when a scam is being employed.
Never provide any personal information that might open you up to an identity theft. Although not all psychics are scam artist, it is always better to be safe than sorry in the end.
Example: Any time I’ve gone for a personal reading I’ve always used strictly cash for all transactions. I have never been required to provide any personally identifiable information. Only once have I received a reading only to find out that the reader wanted additional funds for a healing session. I had called her in advance and already established the set fee. As a result, I only had those funds available and had no problem politely refusing. Needless to say, I never went to that reader again.
As a matter of practice, as a reader myself, I charge only a very modest fee under $50, if any. All in personal transactions are done by cash only. The only exception to this is for online readings which of course require a credit card. A good psychic knows that a good reputation is more valuable than gold and will do nothing to compromise that.
Conclusion
1. As spiritual beings, we’ve come far enough in our understanding to be a little less ignorant than dangerous; however, the fact still looms that we have a lot farther to go.
2. Psychics, Mediums, Prophets and Seers have existed since antiquity into the present. Their existence stands as a testament that true psychic abilities are not only real but represent the best wonders humanity has yet to fully embrace.
3. Always arm yourself by doing your research, being prepared, and most of all go with the greater caution of common sense and you good gut feeling.
About the Author
Michele Gerard is a seasoned Psychic Medium with over 30 years experience. In addition to being psychic he is also very adept at astrology, numerology, and tarot. With a 98% accuracy rate Michele’s insights into the spirit realm are, in a word, phenomenal.