STAR TREK --

SCI-FI OR PSY-WAR?

(This article appeared in PARANOIA MAGAZINE, Vol4 No.4, Issue 14, Fall 1996)

Psy-war, or psychological warfare, is an admitted, if little understood by 
the public, component of the U.S. military. Other 'powers' are also known to 
have so-called psy-weapons. Those powers are not limited to governments. 
Modern media advertising is clearly a form of psy-war, one waged against 
'targeted demographics' by major corporations and other institutions. Those 
institutions include religions.

In Victorian dramas, plays and novels, characters were often given 
significant names, names that described the character or had a special meaning 
in terms of the plot. Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," is 
an example of this; with the title's double meaning. Likewise, the names of 
the characters in the original television series Star Trek(TM) are pregnant, as 
the Victorians would say, with multiple meanings. Are these meanings of no 
significance beyond the spinning of a tale, or do they reveal a hidden, 
subliminal psy-war attack on a targeted population? In this article I will 
attempt to show that, because of the core nature of such occurrences, that Star 
Trek(TM) was a premeditated attack, one whose purpose was to subliminally 
indoctrinate America into obeying the Roman Catholic Church!

First, let us take up the primary character, the mover and shaker, the guy 
in charge, Captain James T. Kirk, Commanding Officer of the Federation Starship 
U.S.S. Enterprise. When we analyze his name, we first notice that that James 
was the brother of Jesus. James took over the movement founded by Jesus after 
the crucifixion. The name means 'the supplanter' and is a variant of Jacob, 
one of the Patriarchs of the Old testament. Kirk's middle name was Tiberius, a 
Roman General and Emperor. "Kirk" is the most common European language 
spelling of the word we know in English as "church." Put these all together: 
(brother of) Jesus, Roman (Emperor), Church; and what do you have? The Roman 
Catholic Church! It was the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) that was in control of 
the Enterprise! In the U.S. Air Force a Chaplain is referred to as a "sky 
pilot," here, in the person of Captain Kirk, we have a church (a kirk) flying 
through outer space, the abode of God. Just a pun, or a subliminal message?
Who ran Kirk? He took orders from Starfleet Command. If Kirk represents 
the RCC, then Starfleet has to be God. "Fleet" can refer to a number of ships, 
it can also mean "swift." Is it not "God" who commands the "stars" in their 
"swift" passage through the heavens?

Under Kirk were two primary characters. The Medical Officer, Leonard 
McCoy, and the Science Officer, Mr. Spock.

Let's take up McCoy first. Leonard is Teutonic and it is "-nard," meaning 
"brave or strong," plus "Leo," the lion. Together they mean "strong in the 
Lord," or "strong in Faith." No less than thirteen Popes have taken the name 
Leo. The Lion has been a symbol of Christianity nearly since its inception. 
Of course, the lion image tracks back to the Lion of Judah, the totem of the 
Jews.

"McCoy" has two referents to American culture. Recall, if you will, that 
Spock and McCoy, the emotionless and the emotional, were perpetually locked in 
a feud. As well as being the archetypical battle of emotion vs. logic, it is 
also an allusion to an event in American history. In the name and character of 
"McCoy" we have the power of an archetype welded to the image of the bitter 
feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys. Dr. McCoy represents The McCoys and 
Spock stands in for the Hatfields --who lost.

McCoy's second connection to American culture and consciousness is in the 
phrase: "the real McCoy." It means that the item referred to is the genuine 
article, not an imitation or fake. Clearly, this attempts to say that the RCC 
is the true religion while up-start science, championed by Spock, is the 
impostor. So, Doctor (healer) Leonard (of the faith/faithful) McCoy (true 
religion), is the emotional (be as the little children, faith is from the 
heart) winner.

Dualities being the easiest to deal with in a sixty minute format, we also 
have the equally archetypical battle of Good vs. Evil. If McCoy is on the 
(winning) side of true religion, then (the losing) Spock, and Science, must be 
of the Devil. Just so you don't miss which side McCoy is on, his assistant is 
Nurse Christine (a variant of Christ, Christian) Chapel (a small church). 
Likewise, to ensure that you saw Spock as the Devil they gave him pointy ears!
Spock has no other names (pronounceable by humans, that is... demons, you 
may know, have names that humans can summon them by, as well as ones that 
cannot be uttered by the human tongue). Spock is a miscegenation (a Biblical 
sin), a half-breed: part human, part Vulcan. "Vulcan" was the Roman god of 
fire and craftsmanship who lived in the underworld --again, an image of both 
science and the Devil.

The only name "Spock" could refer to, in contemporary American culture, 
would be that of Dr. Benjamin Spock, the baby doctor. Perhaps this was 
intended to subliminally cause the viewer to associate science (only a little 
over a century old) with infants (in its infancy, as a baby) as a further 
denigration. Dr. Spock was a secular humanist, a progressive, and an outspoken 
opponent of the Vietnam War, which was just becoming a major shooting war at 
the time that Star Trek(TM) hit the air.

Mr. Spock, as a half-human demon, associated with Benjamin Spock, the anti-
traditionalist, the secularist, the authoritative anti-authoritarian, would 
have been the very antithesis of what the RCC stood for. Of course McCoy was 
the Real Thing! ("Coke is the Real Thing" was Coca-Cola's campaign at the 
time, by the bye). The Christian Church, and particularly the RCC has always 
been an opponent of rational, free thinking; and a proponent of emotional 
belief and blind faith. That is what the Inquisition was all about, wasn't 
it? Mr. Spock, the free thinker, the Faustian Devil, would have been burned at 
the stake!

In Star Trek(TM) the RCC has won, for both Spock and McCoy were completely 
under the command of Kirk (church). Capt. Kirk represents a face of the RCC 
that they would like us to believe is what the RCC is really like. Kirk is 
kind, almost indulgent of the 'feud' between his juniors, like a loving father, 
yet firm and forceful when necessary --yet, never too forceful. There are no 
Inquisitions on the Enterprise. (Except for the one episode where...)
There were two other principals on the bridge of the Enterprise: Uhura and 
Scott.

Uhura is a variant of "Uhuru," Swahili for "freedom." Uhura is the 
Communications Officer, so she could be "freedom of speech" --but she doesn't 
speak for herself. She is the go-between for Kirk and the universe outside of 
the Enterprise; especially of the link with Starfleet (God). So perhaps she 
represents religious freedom. Her "freedom," however, is closer to slavery 
(did I mention she was black?). She cannot send or receive communications on 
her own, but only as directed by her superiors (in Orwell's 1984, one of Big 
Brother's three great truths was "Freedom is Slavery," could this be saying 
"slavery is freedom?" Or, perhaps, calling her "freedom" was just a bit of 
'black' humor?) The message here could be that freedom, particularly religious 
freedom, is the freedom to be Catholic, to perceive, and receive, the universe 
with a Catholic mindset; that the universe outside of one's own personal 
starship is whatever the RCC says it is.

The other main character was the Enterprise's Chief Engineer, Mr. Scott. 
The industrial Revolution (it can be argued) began in Scotland. Mr. Scott's 
name is a perfect Victorian novel name that exactly described his personality 
and his function: the simple mechanic. Mr. Scott would then appear to embody 
all the elements of the Industrial Revolution that the RCC is willing to accept 
(useful gadgets without any challenging ideas), and Spock represents those 
elements that the RCC wishes to crush.

What about Chekov and Sulu, you axe? Sulu appeared early, about the third 
episode; Chekov, however, was not added until the last episode of the first 
season. I see no reason to treat them as part of the subliminal message 
addressed above. They were window dressing. Indeed, Chekov as added in 
response to viewer complaints that for a ship claiming to represent all of 
Earth, the bridge had too "All American" a look to it. They simply represent 
their nationalities, and by extension, the Second and Third Worlds 
respectively. Note though, that both were completely under the control of Kirk 
(the RCC). This suggests that the whole world is run by the RCC, or at least, 
that they intend it to be in the future wherein Star Trek(TM) is set.

The show's starship, the U.S.S. Enterprise with the designator number NCC 
1701, had a conspiratorial name as well. We all know that in modern times 
military operations are given code names like "Desert Shield" and "Desert 
Storm;" "Operation: Just Cause" and "Operation: Restore Hope." This practice 
is not entirely new. The Spanish Armada was 'code' named "The Enterprise." 
What was the failed attempt to invade England by Spain all about? England was 
then ruled by Queen Elizabeth I. During her reign she encouraged a cult of 
personality to grow up around her. She, and her inner circle, got into some 
pretty strange things --like Goddess worship, demon conjuring, and all manner 
of unCatholic activities. As an example of this, Sir Walter Raleigh's 
customary court clothing was all black with magical symbols woven in silver 
thread. The Enterprise was an attempt to dethrone the neo-pagan Queen and 
retake England for Catholicism.

The U.S.S. portion of the ship's name was defined on Star Trek(TM) as 
meaning United Star Ship --a transparent play on United States Ship, the 
designator for all U.S. Navy craft. As for the designator number, today all 
aircraft are required to display "N" numbers as a form of identification. This 
number could refer to the year 1701, which was the date of the beginning of the 
War of Spanish Succession. It was a war to determine who would ascend to the 
Spanish throne. It eventually embroiled all of Europe, becoming a precursor of 
the World Wars to follow centuries later. I believe that, in this context, 
that date symbolized that, with the airing of Star Trek(TM), a new war of neo-
Spanish, i.e. Catholic, succession (to the 'throne' of Earth) had begun.
What about the latter generations of Star Trek(TM); the seven movies and 
two TV shows that followed? Did they follow in this 'conspiracy?' I think 
not. One can find some interesting meanings in some of the names, and one can 
arrive at some intriguing interpretations of some of the stories aired; but I 
don't see this system of hidden messages about the RCC continued.
However, there is the possibility that, with the death of Gene Rodenberry, 
Star Trek(TM)'s creator, and the changing of personnel over the years, one or 
more other conspiratorial voices have begun to speak through this format. One 
episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation(TM) involved the Federation, in 
violation of its vaunted Prime Directive, sending undercover agents to a planet 
to shift them from a multi-national political system to a one-world 
government. The object was to get them to have a single voice so that the 
planet could then be asked to join the Federation. This could well be 
'softening' up of the public. It could be a message from the New World Order 
crowd (which the RCC seems to have joined). There is a growing movement to 
consolidate of all the nations of Earth under a single authority, such as the 
United Nations. While the RCC may have taken a back seat, television 
programming continues to appear to be population programming; in this case, a 
'plot' to move the Earth's population towards accepting a real 'United 
Federation of Earth' at some point in the near future.

Here's another, perhaps even more 'enquiring mind' out there interpolation: 
a number of folks in the UFO community have been suggesting for some time that 
shows like the various generations of Star Trek(TM), "My Favorite Martian," 
"The 'X' Files," "Third Rock From The Sun," "Alien Nation," etc.; as well as 
movies like EAT. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind are being used to 
precondition the public into accepting the arrival of extraterrestrials (who 
are already here in hiding) as neighbors.

So, was Star Trek(TM) originally an attempt to subliminally convert America 
to Catholicism? Did it become a vehicle for creating acceptance for the 
creation of a United Federation of Earth? Was it actually a psy-war operation 
perpetrated by the Vatican or the New World Order to convert or subvert the 
U.S.? Or, have I just found an series of 'amazing coincidences?' Perhaps I am 
just being a touch paranoid

-- Jerry E. Smith, 1996