Zombie Research Society
Many of our Advisory Board members were happy to contribute to the most recent episode of The Why Factor; a program presented by BBC Current Affairs producer Shabnam Grewal. Dedicated to our cultural fascination of the living dead, this brilliant episode examines both the history and deeper meaning of zombies throughout the centuries and across continents.
Professor, author, and Zombie Research Society Advisory Board member Brendan Riley recently joined our resident survival expert, United States Navy officer, and fellow Advisory Board member Cameron Carlson to discuss why so many people continue to be fascinated by the undead. This particular episode of The Why Factor is a wonderful exploration into the zombie phenomenon; from its roots in Haitian voodoo tradition to modern popular culture.
… Zombies have been around for more than a hundred years. They first came to the attention of the American public through a book called The Magic Island, about Haiti written by William Seabrook in 1929. And we will be exploring why many say there’s more to Zombies than a reliable source of Hollywood horror. Perhaps they tell us something about significant, deep divisions at large in society. We will be tracing their history through the centuries and continents – from Africa through to Central America, the US and Europe.
Shabnam Grewal and her team have produced an entertaining, educational, and engaging piece that we highly recommend! In addition to our Advisory Board members, they interview Columbia University Professor Kaiama Glover and Harvard anthropologist Jean Comaroff who offer a fascinating perspective on the tenuous Haitian link regarding the living dead that has been mostly abandoned by many modern sociologists and scientists who study the subject.
It also provides wonderful insight into the way academics and historians often recontextualize ancient Haitian zombies and apply that outdated framework to the modern concept of the living dead, despite its radical transformation during the latter half of the twentieth century.
But that’s just one of the many interesting topics discussed during the program. So if you’re hungry for more, we suggest that you check out this episode of The Why Factor online right now via the BBC; just click here to listen! And please visit their official website for even more great episodes on topics like dinosaurs, Antarctica, and the hierarchy of musical instruments.
In the meantime, the Zombie Research Society itself remains dedicated to the current culture, science, and survival of the living dead. All of our fellow members and researchers continue to look forward by studying and examining the biological origins, possible sources, and eventual effects of the inevitable zombie apocalypse; because what you don’t know can eat you!
Zombie Apocalypse Lambda Calculus
In the Bible it says that God created the Earth and Heavens in six days and then rested on the seventh, being pleased with his work. If God created then slept then God would have the ability to wake and being discontent with the way his garden was being treated could destroy the Earth in six days with a zombie plague to then turn the soil of the garden over planting new life that was more favorably to Gods liking then the crop before.
If we look at the numerology of the zombie plague we have 1 being God and 6 being the days it took to create Earth plus 1 day of rest. The first set of numbers is 161. The second set when added together is 8, multiplied, 6 and divided is 6. The second set is 866 when added together is 20.
100 years ago this past January 50 to 100 million people died of the Spanish Flu with nearly 500 million more being infected. In that 100 years the number of infected will have tripled to 1.5 million through sexual intercourse and children being born with the infectious coding of the Spanish Flu built into their defense systems.
Now since God would have the ability to reverse what he has created we have 1661 then when flipped upside down as God turning the world on its end we have 1991, ten years before 9.11.01. We also have the date 1919 the middle year of the Spanish Flu in the set of numbers.
Going back to the 866 set or 20 being the 21st century and then add in the last two or the first two digits of the 1919 Spanish Flu outbreak we get the result of 2019. 2019 could be the year that another Spanish Flu outbreak takes place. The numbers match the theory. The only question is will God wake up and decide to turn the soil over within the next two years, 2019 and 2020 to plant new crops on Earth?