An unprofessional esoteric take on BTS Fake Love.
*I know its old song but I enjoyed this era very much.*
A very fun unprofessional and unwarranted- very amateur esoteric analysis of BTS Fake Love. Why not Arirang? I simply don't want to because I'm *not that good. Honestly, Fake Love was my favorite era after Wings. This is just for fun. Food for thought. It just goes to show how amazingly flexible the brain is when it comes to narration, beliefs, symbology- to the point it can get delusional lmao. Anyways again this is just for fun. This is not a conspiracy theory, this is just brain rotting. I will be looking at the live comeback. I watched it in reverse because I was briefly and informally mentored by occultists; reversing things and thinking or seeing backwards is a whole thing. I've come to call it the principle of inversion (i made it up). Trained to see patterns, hidden messages, and symbols via thinking backwards. Its not a very useful skill on the resume so dont try it at home. I will be using words like ritual because this is a "EsOTeRiC" analysis. But its not, its just for fun, folks. Please chill.
What seems like the ending is actually the beginning (principle of inversion). The real “ritual” or message did not begin at the "start” Or “play” button when you're watching it “normally.” It began at the “end”.
It starts out in dark capes and masks. Thats shadow. The void. Chaos. Yin. Primordial. The subconscious. The beginning. In the beginning there was darkness. You see the group of masked and black cloaks writhes and move, then separate.
It symbolizes that creation begins in the subconscious (the dark- chaos). Thought formed in the subconscious. Thought was there then spoken (vibrated) into existence (manifestation).
The void separates from the members (7), see pic below. Take note of the number 7.
7 members. 7 chakras. 7 the perfect number, englightment (or reaching understanding of your true self/character). Their album was all about persona, map of the soul- 7. The 7 principles of truth , hermetic philosophy (i cant be bothered). 7, sheva- completion.
Its about creation and awakening. Birth, death, and rebirth. The members shed the cloaks and masks- it can be seen as initial stages of “coming into realization or self”, the chaos separates from the members in the screenshot above.
Its the alchemical process of separating the pure essence (soul/spirit) from chaos/impurity etc. to work on spiritual refinement. The universe was spoken (vibrated/ manifested) into being from the darkness then formed into matter, then it separates (waters from the earth)- the cell divides and new life is formed. Its not just physical but its spiritual, its about everything being intertwined. Your conception has a meaning and it is divine.
Observe the 2 pictures below:
All the members are hovered and clumped together, the personas or facets of the soul/divinity. Jin, the oldest, in black has his hand up. He represents the subconscious, the ancient, female energy, death. Again, it all starts with the void, the subconscious, the dark. Then light stage turns on fully and jungkook, the youngest and wearing red intertwines his arm with Jin.
Jungkook, red, youngest- is the fire, the spark, male energy, blood, motion, speed, hunger- agression… and life. Virility.
Shadow: womb, dark etc. Red: blood, fire, spark- heartbeat.
The instinct and shadow. Wrapped around like a helix.
Black was first, then red.
We begin in the womb (darkness, primordial). We are nursed in darkness nourished by the blood of our mother.
Black and red can be seen as polars to eachother. Duals, duality. In occult, spiritual, metaphysical stuff; black and red are intense energies, in its worse it can be destructive (look at the world). In this instance, it can be read as the point of life coming into being, sudden light bulb moment for an individual and this is their… alchemical process beginning towards awakening.
The unconscious (black) initiates the awakening. Vitality answers the call. The fire- the movement.
Each member are the personas, aspects of the soul that makes up the whole. The personas- the individuals are going through… their own process of refinement. It separates and joins one or rejoins the whole again. There are instances where there is mirroring (personas looking at eaching, acting like a reflection) and duality, the mind and the egos looking at each other- different sides of one coin, but they separate to undergo refinement (think about when you withdraw from a group or a situation to reflect or compartmentalize).
But yeah lets end this its getting too long.
Towards the conclusion of the act. All the members are lined up and they all come back into one single being, the camera pans and we see Taehyung.
It is a dance of the personas, a journey to self realization. The message to the ones whose eyes open “to be free, you must learn to think for yourself and come to self realization. It starts from within. Inner liberation of the mind- soul.”
Taehyung represents the individual/physical going through the process. He represents the body harboring the soul, thats why he wears what looks like a cage (bondage, to bind- the soul is bound to the body- the living physical), the soul is inside the vessel. He is the vessel that carries the soul that is made up of the personas. The soul is incarnated into a vessel. The journey starts from within.
Again, Taehyung is the body- the physical manifestation of the personas and he is part of the 7 persona too because what we see is a persona. We all have an external persona. It ends with the lights turning blue and purple- indigo.
Awakening or realization of the true character is reached.
That is Map of the Soul: 7.
Again this is just for fun. Its just an observation of how the mind can come up with anything.