Michael and David welcome Adam Paul Burkhart, the producer of the YouTube series “Tyranny of the Masses,” which explores the symbolism and esoteric meaning of the 1960’s hit series “The Prisoner” by Patrick McGoohan, who produced and starred in the show. Was the series a prophetic warning against what we are seeing unfold in the world today? Are we living in a prison of a sort, and how can one be free of it?
Its a place that’s trying to destroy the individual by every means possible. Trying to break his spirit. So that he accepts that he is number 6, and will live there happily as number 6 forever after. And this character is the one rebel that will not break – Patrick McGoohan
Program References
Tyranny of the Masses (A. P. Burkart)
The Prisoner and the Tarot (A. P. Burkart)
Danger Man (Series)
Rush 2112 (Album)
Blake’s Seven (Series)
Philip K. Dick
That Hideous Strength
Moondial (Series)
Phantastes
Tripods Trilogy (John Christopher)
The Earthsea Trilogy (Ursula Le Guin)
Mythago Woods (Robert Holdstock)
Castrovalva (Doctor Who)
Things to Come
Zardoz (Movie)
Excalibur (Movie)
Romantic Manifesto
M. C. Escher
Homunculus
