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"Although Susan Atkins had emphasized Charlie's surname in talking to Virginia Graham, I hadn't really thought, until now, how powerful that name was. Man Son. It was tailor-made for the Infinite Being role he was now seeking to portray."

"Up until his arrest in Mendocino Country on July 28, 1967, Charlie had always used his real name, Charles Milles Manson. On that occasion, however, and thereafter, he called himself Charles Willis Manson. Had Manson ever said anything about his name? I asked. Crockett and Poston [fellow resident of Death Valley and former Manson family member, respectively] both told me that they had heard Manson say, very slowly, that his name was "Charles' Will Is Man's Son", meaning that his will was that of the Son of Man.



THE THIRD & FINAL BEAST - THE ANTICHRIST | "And I saw a beast coming out of the sea..." Marilyn Manson: His various and multifaceted personifications as the Antichrist of Revelation, The Book of Daniel and Islam. The Holy Bible's emergence throughout Manson's performance and art, the weapon of the enemy used against them. "..before me was a fourth beast, terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left..." Daniel 7:7 Click for full article



HOLY WOOD - PSALM 23 | "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over." Psalm 23:4-5. The Biblical verse which Manson enacted onstage during the Holy Wood era and where the original title of the album, 'In The Shadow of the Valley of Death', was inspired from. Click for full article



666 : MANSON AS NERO CAESAR | "I'm looking to bring back feeding Christians to the lions as a new reality TV program," he says. "Called 'Christian Survivor, by Marilyn Manson'. I'm the new Julius Caesar. The networks would probably love it, because it involves religion, politics, and violence, and that's really what makes the world go around these days, unfortunately." Marilyn Manson's "Guns, God & Government Tour" performance entrance; led onstage in the outfit of a Roman emperor, drawn by a chariot pulled by two naked women wearing horse's heads. An evocation of Nero Caesar, the grand and most notorious persecutor of the Christians. Click for full article



THE TAU CROSS | "Then the Lord called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side and said to him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it." Ezekiel 9:3-4 Manson's Holy Wood era vindicating symbol of the blame scapegoated upon him for the Columbine murders.

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AMPUTATION OF SIN | "And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire." Matthew 18:8 This Biblical verse acted out in literal fashion in the video for, 'I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)'.

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THE MECHANICAL CHRIST | "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and a girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire..." Revelation 1:13-14 Manson during the Mechanical Animals era. The opening song of each performance of the subsequent tour being named 'Inauguration of the Mechanical Christ'. Click for full article



EAT ME, DRINK ME TITLE CONNECTIONS - THE EUCHARIST | One of the most prominent themes of the album's title can be taken from the Eucharist, in which Jesus gave his disciples the instruction to eat of his flesh and drink of his blood, and where the concept of Manson's Celebritarianism originates from : "Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." Matthew 26:26-28 Click for full article