Alien: The Secret Doctrine & Simon Deering's Auto Destruct Panel

From:

Alien: Nostromo

and

Alien: Into the Minds of the Production Crew
and
Alien: Temple Of Mysteries

Simon Deering: I reckon it was the Shakti Excess  button that caused the trouble..
straight after the Pranic Lift.

a) Mr Ridley's request
Ridley Scott said to Simon Deering "make some nice buttons, complicated and interesting because they wont be on screen for more than a second or two "

Simon of course knew his philosophy was generally 'you may not see it, but if it wasnt there it wouldnt look as good'

Photo composite of key panel from shots in movie of lower
keypad with some of Ripley's hand removed

 

 

 

b) Simon D. and the Secret Doctrine
 

When Simon Deering painted in the buttons of the autodestruct panel been influenced by reading the Secret Doctrine by Madame Blavatsky during his in the production of the movie Alien. 

 

This resulted strange references that are visible in the actual film such as Shakti Excess, Aum, Akasa, Pranic Lift 777, Rohrim, Hum, Padme, Yoni, Lingha, Druze Pile, Trip, Agaric Fly, Bel , Leb Drift, Serotonin. 

 

Perhaps TAL and MU would have required a D after MU to make it Talmud, a central text of Rabbinic Judaism.

 

It wasn't until 2009 that members of the public were able to know what all these strange references were generally all about.

 

c.) See: References to Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine)

Photo composite of key panel from shots of middle keypad in
movie with most of Ripley's hand removed

 

 

The autodestruct unit

 

 

d.) Ahead of its time?
Considering this was done in the 1970s it's almost something that put his creative imagination ahead of the something such as Damien Hurst's Pharmacy's wall paper that attaches biblical references to pictures of medicine pills and capsules.

Damien Hirst' pills for religion

Quote sources

1. Simon Deering: I was reading I remember, Blavatsky, I was working my way through the Secret Doctrine .(Alien Makers 1 documentary)
2. Simon Deering: Dear Mr Ridley just said , make some nice buttons, complicated and interesting because they wont be on screen for more than a second or two, and of course we knew his philosphy was generally , you may not see it, but if it wasnt there it wouldnt look as good :) (Alien Experience.com forum, 28th June, 2009)
3. Simon Deering:Yeah , as i mentioned in the docu, I was reading Blavatsky at the time :) .. went straight off to India after the show.. (Alien Experience.com forum, 28th June, 2009)
4. Wmmvrrvrrmm: I almost imagine that the keyboard display, if it were up in a gallery ought to have put you ahead of Damien Hirst.
   Simon Deering: Had to look him up .. woo Theres a compliment I think :) Thanking youu! (Alien Experience.com forum, July 01, 2009,)