Scandal at the Abbey!

How officials at Westminster Abbey vandalised Shakespeare's tomb.

[jerrymalone]

On Oxford's original tomb, notice the circles with the shields. (Presumably, there are two more such circles on the opposite side.) On each shield are 3 prominent dots. You can draw a T on each shield between the dots. There's four of them: 4T. You can draw the 5-pointed DeVere mullet inside of the circles. Top horizontal line is tangent to bottoms of top dots, apex of the mullet on the circle is pointed to by the center top of the shield, etc. And you can easily draw the chi-rho through the dots to make the chi, vertical line is indicated by top and bottom of the shield.

[MrMjolnir]

Whoa. I had no dea about the Abbey changes!? As a big fan of if Steampunk Gothic..(it's fun to hear you say the term! ). It looks like a terrific example (not the white ish interior bloody elevator?) BUT not for our beautiful Abbey of course! A production company or my private office/bedroom ! access etc etc Film set design Sherlock/Frankenstein stuff is a personal choice - absurdly indicative of what's happening everywhere. Godspeed. P.s. truly hope you weren't SPED on your way due to your public comments on (F/M based) Hollywood infiltration and indoctrination... "a little blood". Respect.

[ajaston]

Who on earth permitted that dogs dinner, eyesore to be built onto the Abbey? They should be keel hauled! £23m!! No doubt half of that was backhanders, talk about insult to injury! It needs tearing down immediately. You're absolutely spot on to call this vandalism. I recall my dad ( a builder his whole working life) telling me how in many cases of the craftsmen who built Westminster it was over three generations. By which I mean a man began working on this which he did do for his entire working life. His son would have completed his apprenticeship while his father was still there, the father would retire and the pattern repeated with the sons, son. So grandfather began and the grandson saw its completion, likely towards the end of his career.
I'm a pretty simple guy, no fancy education however Alexander you explain everything, all your findings, the amazing decoding skills! You're a scholar and a sleuth! Like a real life Sherlock Holmes ( I'd compare it to something from a Dan Brown novel however I wouldn't wish to offend!)
I'm merely a builder myself but you present all your findings and evidence in a way that the average bloke can easily follow everything. I admit I read a pitifully small amount of Shakespeare at school, I went to a normal comprehensive school. I certainly haven't read works from all the other famous authors that you explained you've gone through to corroborate your findings and use as sources to bolster the case. I wish I had had the desire for learning I now have in my early 40's when I was back at school, sadly I wasn't interested then. Anyway to wrap this comment up before it becomes a weighty tome itself! I had no idea that this dispute even existed until stumbling upon one of your YouTube videos, I'm so so glad I did. Honestly that was the most interesting and frankly the best thing ive ever watched on YouTube! I'm now going through all of the 'Such and such knew' playlist. I was taken as a kid to Stratford when we had relatives visit from Australia, I barely have the heart to tell them they came half way around the world to visit what is a scam! An empty grave in the churchyard and a plaque of a wool merchant! Oh dear.
As an average Joe type of man it doesn't leave me with much faith in the professors and scholarly lot of our nation! I went into this with an open mind and am thoroughly convinced of De Vere as the hidden poet. The evidence is overwhelming and stacked so high I don't see how after being presented with such overwhelming evidence that you could remain Stratfordian, unless of course unlike how I approached this they are set in their ways, stubborn to the point of being in denial of reality and presentation of fact. In other words instead of weighing things up being sceptical yet open minded I can only assume these professors etc are blinkered and are closed minded. It appears a lot of people are emotionally invested in this and so no matter the evidence, if De Vere sprang from the grave and confessed himself on stage to the lot of them, they likely still wouldn't believe or see the blindingly obvious.

[lauriedavies]

I love your passion. I couldn't agree more. This vandalism is a sacrilege. Unbelievable amounts of careful thought & artistry went into preserving a memory & legacy in ways that are magical. It seems they're trying their best to turn it into an outhouse at a circus sideshow.

[CareyJordanMarks]

Excellent detective work Alexander. Your patience is slowly lifting their decoys.

[davemcmillan]

Unbelievably brilliant 👏. You and your team are the best time team ever.!!

[samuellloyd]

Yet again a superbly researched piece Alexander.

[martinbeaubien]

I love this stuff, I could watch it all day. Thank you sir, well done.

[kingman.mp]

Absolutely agree: all should be restored!

[alanteare]

Just catching up on all your videos. Great work! For me I thought that if the right arm and legs was the 4X then perhaps the left arm and the strangely folded cloak, which parallels the arm, stood out as the 17.

[shakespearemonologue]

Great video as always Alexander. So illuminating thank you!

[RabbitHorse]

1. The tower added to the Cathedral is a major change. Wasn't there an opportunity for the public to voice concerns BEFORE construction began ? (This is how it's done in the USA.)

2. In defense of people with disabilities, restrooms and elevators are necessary in locations of even deepest spiritual significance. Architects should consider restrooms and elevators, and comply with building codes. The goal, of course, is to keep buildings accessible while preserving the sanctity and beauty of the location.

3. I agree that the cluttered appearance of statues is an eyesore. It's a separate issue from the tower. Could an online petition to the Cathedral encourage them to make changes ?

[aslanrose]

1:11 - “Concerned with mans relation to god”. To take a slight aside to the video theme, how blessed we are to even still have existing architecture based on the divine geometry underlying the vast cosmic mystery that we find ourselves in as conscious beings. How incredible the grand constructs of those architects of design struck by the most curious states of illumination into the fractal nature of creation on in a way that could influence the very structures of such places of worship!

[johnanthony]

Every video you make is a dagger in the heart of William Shaksper.

[rickcurrie]

Thanks for helping to preserve our true history.

[canonical]

Been looking forward to another of your vids. Managed to be in the right place at the right time. [thumbs-up]

[garybrodziak]

well spotted again, as usual, De Vere lives on in his immortal

[matttondr]

One thing I’ve noticed: By looking at the statue, it seems that Shakespeare has 12 buttons on his shirt. (A couple are obscured by his arm in the photos available online, though assuming equal and consistent spacing, the total should be 12). 12 of course being the product of 4x3, or 4 T’s. (I’m glad you also noticed the mirroring between the 4 T’s in the upper left corner here, against the Stratford plaque’s 4 T’s in the bottom right corner. I noticed that earlier today and that’s what lead me to finding this video.)
Shakespeare is also specifically pointing at the line “The solemn temples, ” which, including the comma, amounts to 17 characters. And “the temples” likely are a reference to the two churches connected with Shakespeare, one at Westminster and the other obviously in Stratford. With that in mind, the whole stanza could be understood as a metaphor for Shakespeare’s “disappearance”, rather than the original metaphor for the certainty of death.
The Solemn Temples,
The Great Globe itself,
Yea all which it Inherit,
Shall Dissolve;
And like the baseless Fabrick of a Vision
Leave not a wreck behind.

It even mentions “The Great Globe itself”, which would be a clear nod to The Globe Theatre. And then “all which it inherit shall dissolve”, and disappear without a trace, just like Shakespeare’s body AND his missing manuscripts!!

Hopefully I made some sense..

[sonofculloden]

Love all that you have to offer. Any thoughts as to the contents of the Chappel Vault on Oak Island? Definitely Templar activity - too much evidence there to suggest them including Portuguese roads etc. - the lead cross- markings and stones etc. including the Mikmaq battle flag that is the reverse of the Templar battle flag. De Vere was a Templar as was Bacon and company - any chance there’s one of these gents buried in that vault along with original manuscripts? Your thoughts?

[gp]

I wish architects could only worry about the money 😂😂. It's a bit more complex than that. Great video.