Hidden Meanings in The Celestine Prophecy Movie - and More ...

How many times have you exited the theater, feeling as though you were still ducking from bullets, running from dinosaurs, or crying from an actors pain, before you caught yourself and shook it off. A film is like taking on a capsule of true life experience, for better or worse.

Knowing this, we sought to write and film the Celestine Prophecy is a way that captured the essence of the book, but also elevated its reality energetically, and in a positive way. While the movie has some violent elements, it leaves the viewer with an awareness that is inspiring and spiritually affirming. In the best case, we wanted it to be transformative.

In this series of emails I would like to share with you a bit of how we were, I believe, intuitively led to create these particular affects. To begin with, I'd like to say something about the Movie's tone. If you have already seen a Sneak Preview of the movie, I'm sure you've noticed that, while it is an entertaining, action movie, it unfolds in a way where the explanations come later than in most movies. In our case, you see a prologue and then a series of scenes introducing the main character, John, that are not really discussed or made apparent right away. This is a structure that is similar to the book and creates what I call parable affects: deeper connections that are only gained with some thought on subsequent viewings.

For now, let's just look at one of them: John's relationships. As in the book, John is contacted by his old friend Charlene who tells him about the Prophecy. After that conversation, John acts as though he is romantically interested in Charlene and asks her a provocative question. But she immediately keeps him at a distance and mentions the number of failed relationships he has had since she's known him --then suggests that he go looking for the Prophecy. While this passes quickly it provides the psychological depth for much that happens in John's growth later in the movie. What was John doing that destroyed so many relationships? Did he try to repeat the same pattern with Marjorie at Viciente? We find out later as he comes to understand energy, balance in a successful relationship, and the mystery of his true destiny. Do you see any relationship balancing going on in your own life?

More on this and other connections next time...

James