I don’t typically like to make conjectures on celebrities that pass away unexpectedly unless I find good reason to do so. After all, these are real people that have real friends and families so they deserve to have at least a certain level of respect upon their passing.

However, I received a significant number of requests to look into the passing of Chris Cornell so here’s the way I view it.

The articles I have written on celebrity deaths typically go into the various ideas and themes of their craft or artwork to explore the theory that their deaths were somehow “Illuminati” related.

In this particular analysis I believe we can look at the work of Chris Cornell and see that he did indeed have certain esoteric themes and messages in his music that suggest he was aware of a “higher truth” worth investigating…

Although I’m not a particularly invested fan of Chris Cornell’s, I have enjoyed several of his songs. I grew up in the 80s and 90s so I can readily remember summers of watching his videos on MTV (back when they played music and you couldn’t find videos anywhere else). Black Hole Sun and Fell on Black Days were two powerful songs that come to mind when I think of Chris Cornell, however I’m certain if I were to listen to his entire catalog I’d find more great tunes.

Exploring his catalog of music (with bands like Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, etc.) there are a few stand out songs worth mentioning when you consider the study and aim of the IlluminatiWatcher.com community.

For instance, one of the earlier Soundgarden songs was Jesus Christ Pose– which had a video that was banned by MTV. Interestingly enough you can watch it on YouTube and see that it’s a far cry from what we call “controversial” in the modern age.

The song is about people using the symbolism of Jesus Christ to put themselves on a higher footing of morality than others. The Standard interviewed Cornell about his religious beliefs in which he stated that he didn’t subscribe to any particular organized form of religion:

…so many bad things–as well as good things–have happened based on people just sort of blindly following religion, that I kind of feel like I want to stay away from any type of specific denomination or any religion period, for no other reason than just that. I don’t want to be involved with anything or condone any school of thought that, at some point or in some way, causes the death of innocent people…

I don’t see any reason to believe that this man who was brought up learning Catholicism (as well as Judaism) is some kind of Devil worshipper merely because he didn’t subscribe to organized religion. He said he was a “free thinker” and I suppose that’s a fair response for any of us trying to figure what precisely this experience is all about.

The breakthrough video for Soundgarden and Cornell was Black Hole Sun. The lyrics suggest that this world is much darker than we acknowledge it:

Black hole sun

Won’t you come

And wash away the rain …Times are gone for honest men

And sometimes far too long for snakes

In my shoes, a walking sleep

And my youth I pray to keep

Heaven sent hell away

No one sings like you anymore

While those lyrics (and the video) are nihilistic in nature, I can’t help but see the mentions of “honest men disappearing” while the “snakes” are staying around far too long. He seems to be pointing to a society of sheep that aren’t performing independent thought, meanwhile the wolves are walking amongst us, so the black hole sun might as well come and take us all away.

This is indeed nihilism but it is also quite telling of a view that the masses need to wake up to the conspiracy and agenda that surrounds us.

Another idea for the Black Hole Sun is that of the “Black Sun.” In my post Decoding Illuminati Symbolism: Triangles, Pyramids and the Sun I explore a concept of the Black Sun and The Great Work. “The Great Work” is the journey to be god-like and make something out of nothing. It is initiated with the first step being the alchemical Black Sun. The Black Sun is the first stage in the achievement of enlightenment or immortality, which is accomplished through the philosopher’s stone.

The philosopher’s stone is known for making lead into gold, and the planetary association of Saturn to metal is lead. The planetary association with the Sun is gold, so turning Saturn into the Sun is the alchemical process of the philosopher’s stone, based on metal transformation.

How curious is it that we see the symbols and artwork of alchemy in the lyric video for Chris Cornell’s final song- Nearly Forgot My Open Heart?…

The final album of Chris Cornell’s was called Higher Truth, and on it we see the esoteric symbols of the triangle/pyramid, with the ascent into the apex of the All Seeing Eye (*big ups to T.J. for making me aware of this).

The last single from Cornell was a song called Nearly Forgot My Open Heart which had lyrics that we should take a quick look at, but let’s also consider the visuals from the lyric video that demonstrate certain alchemical principles. For instance, we see a recurring theme for the symbol of Mercury, which in alchemy can mean many things, but one of these things is the pursuit of the Great Work- the philosopher’s stone that is the true will of the initiate.

Here are the lyrics we’ll be exploring:

Every time I stare into the sun

Trying to find a reason to go on

All I ever get is burned and blind,

Until the sky bleeds the pouring rain When you came along the time was right

Pulled me like an apple red and ripe

Wasn’t very long you took a bite

And did me wrong, and it serves me right And I nearly forgot my broken heart

It’s taking me miles away,

From the memory of how we broke apart

Here we go round again, again Every little key unlocks the door,

Every little secret has a lie

Trying to take a picture of the sun

It won’t help you to see the light

Every little word upon your lips

Makes a little cut where blood pours out

Every little drop of blood a kiss that I won’t miss

Not for anything

While we can assume this song is about a relationship; we could also suggest this is another narrative and continuation of Cornell’s Black Hole Sun. He tries to “stare into the sun” which is a reference to the Illuminati esoteric ideas of a Luciferian source of enlightenment but he only “gets burned” (symbolized on the Audioslave cover with the flame).

Every time I stare into the sun

Trying to find a reason to go on

All I ever get is burned and blind,

Next, he references the serpent coming by and taking a bite of him like a red apple- obviously a reference to the Garden of Eden and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from which the serpent promised man could become like God.

When you came along the time was right

Pulled me like an apple red and ripe

Wasn’t very long you took a bite

And did me wrong, and it serves me right

He makes reference to the secrets of this inner group and the fact that they’re are lying to him about the source of true light (meaning they worship Lucifer and he doesn’t subscribe to that):

Every little key unlocks the door,

Every little secret has a lie

Trying to take a picture of the sun

It won’t help you to see the light

Finally, he may even be talking about the theories of Illuminati blood sacrifices when he mentions he won’t miss the spilling of blood:

Every little drop of blood a kiss that I won’t miss

Not for anything

Or perhaps I’m looking far too deep into this- you’ll have to be the judge of this.

To me it seems that Cornell was an enlightened man who demonstrated that through his music. Even if you don’t agree with his religious beliefs, it appears that he was aware of the dangers of the “Illuminati” and the esoteric belief systems they subscribe to.

An interview with Kerrang! revealed something else worth making note of:

“We’re in this weird age where there’s more and more immediate distraction and we’re all getting used to it,” explains Chris. “The distraction is just absurd – watching a YouTube video of a guy falling off a skateboard, this kind of crap! Our eyes are just sort of buried into our smart phones now, so I think we’re going through a period of getting further and further away from recognising what we have, which is this crazy planet full of amazing things.”

Cornell knew the magic, power, and lure of technology and the entire music industry. Even though he may have suffered from severe depression and sadly took his own life, there remains possibility that he would’ve continued to reveal more truth to the masses.

Would the “Illuminati” have taken him out specifically for that? I believe so. In this particular instance I don’t see any significant sacrifice dates that would line up with it, so it’s most likely that he was a victim of his own depression, which is a tragic loss.

May he find peace wherever his soul resides now.

**UPDATE** To add more complexity into this situation, it appears that Chris Cornell was a Greek Orthodox Christian. Like most forms of Christianity, they do not approve of suicide (not that depression couldn’t overcome that); but his wife stated that he was not depressed. TMZ reported it as follows:

Sources who spoke with Chris’ wife Thursday morning tell TMZ, Vicky Cornell spoke with her husband during soundcheck before he took the stage in Detroit and after Wednesday night’s show. According to our sources, Vicky says Chris was NOT in any way, shape or form in a suicidal state. She doubled down and said there were no signs he was at all depressed.

So it seems that his subscription to the Orthodox Christian faith only further adds to the idea that he was a man trying to reveal the truth of the music industry. It also adds curiosity as to whether there was foul play involved.

-Isaac

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Website publisher of IlluminatiWatcher.com, author, and independent researcher; Isaac Weishaupt has been on the leading edge of conspiracy theories surrounding the elusive “Illuminati” and its infiltration of the entertainment industry. Using examples of familiar pop culture and works of entertainment, Isaac has been speaking and writing about the occult from a unique perspective that seeks to understand the big agenda while helping others along the way.

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