The The Message Project: Some Notes Towards Apocalypse

In the course of our investigations into the unknown here at the ARSEO we often come across many interesting people and concepts. We present to you one such example the tale of Walter Drake and his prediction of an apocalyptic event to takes place some time between 2015/2016After coming in possession of various artefact's belong to Walter Drake including diaries, notebooks and sketches we were able to begin to put together a picture of his apocalypse narrative detailing a major event to take place four years hence. Drake claims to have received information through his television set on the night of the 7th February 1979, this information was relayed to him from what he called 'Angels'. After this it is believed that Drake attempted to set up a 'Church of Eve' in 1980, little information about this Church or even Drake himself is to be found.

But what of the message itself? What is the information to be passed on from Drake's Angels? Well by looking through the information left by Drake the apocalypse narrative begins in the year 2000 when Drake states that:

'....the first will be found at the top of the world and it will crack the world'

What the first is, is unclear but in relation to the first he goes on to state that:

'...the first with be controlled by the hand of man.'

Whether this is a reference to the event being man-made or being a result of the action of mankind is uncertain, often this is read as a reference to the melting of the poplar icecaps but this is open tp interpretation.

In Drake's timeline one year after this 2000 event The One and The Hollow Daughter will 'come into being' these two will have fundmental roles in the apocalypse narrative.

The One is referred to throughout Drakes narrative, being the focus of many of the events and appears to be the central and messianic figure throughout the narrative. The Hollow Daughter's role is less defined other then towards the end she will be sacrificed, for what reasons and by who is yet to be discovered.

Our current understanding of Drakes timeline is that the majority of events take place during the year 2015, when the 'Angels' begin to visit Earth in an attempt to locate 'The First' which will be protected by the 'soul, mind and body'. This may refer to separate groups, people or ideologies which fall into some kind of internal conflict.

What happens during this 'Angel' visitations is not made explicit it has so far only been hinted at through Drakes cryptic statements. These statements often reference arcane Judeo-Christian mysticism, such as the 'Tree of Life' and 'the Chamber of Gof', and of course 'The Beast'. Though within the narrative 'The Beast' seems to take on a more ambiguous role then its name would imply as it is the proctector of 'The One' it also throws some doubt on the nature of the apocalypse.

There are still so many answers to be answered, why did the 'Angels' attempt to communicate with Walter Drake, was it some form of future echo picked up accidentally by Drake? What are the roles of the characters involved? Can they be identified?

We here at the ARSEO will continue to investigate!