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John wick chapter three Parabellum that
is an action and adventure drama on the
run for committing an unsanctioned
killing of high table member Santino
deantonio within the Continental Hotel a
fourteen million dollar bounty was
placed on John's head his excommunicate
Oh status would go into effect in 20
minutes for assassins to take advantage
of at the city's public library
John retrieved a book called Russian
folktale he grabbed for a marker
medallion crucifix necklace and photo of
his wife within a secret compartment by
going to the library John relied on
these valuables from former allies books
can represent our acquired wisdom and
life experiences he chose an anthology
of 600 fairy and folk tales a form of
escapism similar to his need for
immediate escape ernest showed up to
ignore john's grace period of only a few
minutes to stab him john retaliated
using the book's binder to break ernest
his jaw and neck just like a binder that
gives support to a book he broke all
support from the high table figuratively
and literally broke his attackers upper
spine with the books spine partly
stitched up by his doctor assassins
arrived to fight john and an antique
arms shop he managed to fend off more
attacks at a horse stall than flee on
horseback while being pursued by bikers
along the highway horses often symbolize
freedom and the release of repressed
energy seeing a horse in a stable can
represent an inner fear of being
constrained riding on one relates to
John's control over his natural
instincts because dogs and horse
our domesticated animals trained to rein
in their powerful urges like John has
done by harnessing his ambitious drives
to be masterful this is also similar to
the Sagittarius sign in astrology of the
half-man half-horse ascent or being with
high ideals prophetic sight and the
power to overcome sin and death john
hurried into a theater to see the
director a former a lion head of the
Ruska roma society he found her
demanding perfection from a ballerina
who kept making mistakes John was an
unwelcome sight because she knew that
talking with him would bring death to
her door they headed for the back room
past the young wrestlers and training in
private the director had refused John's
plea for help then changed her mind to
honor his ticket by breaking the
crucifix necklace for safe passage to
Casablanca she warned that the path to
paradise begins in hell he was branded
with a hot poker stick to seal their
deal using the theater as a strict
training site the director up holds the
belief that life is suffering an art is
pain to have excellence a highly trained
ballerina symbolizes a situation that
demands perfection under circumstances
requiring total dedication to confront
an unforgiving problem the same way John
must be exacting in his moves for
survival presenting a crucifix to the
director relates in a biblical sense to
sacrificial death at the cross for true
liberation John must allow his former
self a property of the high table to die
first the adjudicator a representative
of the high table showed up at the
Continental Hotel to meet with Winston
then the Borah king at his lair based on
her findings they must give up their
position
for helping John wick this is a good
example of how karma can bind you to the
consequences of your actions in an
exacting way the high table upholds a
very simple understanding of cause and
effect known as an eye-for-an-eye
because the bori king gave john seven
bullets he must abdicate his throne in
seven days or else the adjudicator acts
like an agent for the Lords of karma to
pass final judgment on the accused
Winston received an accounting of his
misdeeds and punished in return a form
of karmic debt when it came time to deal
with the directors lack of fealty for
aiding John to an assassin sword sliced
through her hands when they were clasped
together
she was crucified without a cross for
accepting John's crucifixion necklace
another biblical Association the Bowery
King had suffered seven slashes to his
body for not giving up his throne he
survived the attack determined to get
revenge in a religious sense the high
table rules resemble Commandments and
karmic laws even though they pledged
their fealty meaning allegiance any
under-the-table acts are a violation and
transgression of the commandments the
adjudicator called on 0 a Japanese
assassin and a sushi shop to eliminate
John wick he gave his promise of service
then prepared a dish of Blowfish that
she ate without soy sauce by zeros
estimation John is is true equal in
combat strategy and prowess having the
name of zero relates to pure
potentiality by regarding John as is
equal he acknowledges that they've both
evolved from being fighters with
potential to living examples of
excellence and mastery as a highly
trained sushi chef with a flair for
precision zero mastered the art of
preparing Blowfish in the hands of
another who is not as precise at making
the dish any remaining poison can kill
up to 30 people at Casablanca John met
with Sofia a former assassin and close
friend to offer his marker she owed him
he needs a meeting with the elder the
one who sits above the high table who
has the power to wave his bounty
Sofia resisted at first then made good
on her promise by introducing John to
her boss braddah Barada kept the elders
whereabouts vague except to say that
John would have to roam the desert
following the bright stars of canis
minor till he can't walk anymore in
exchange for the information burrata 1
and Sofia's dog she refused so her
beloved companion was shot
Sofia retaliated by killing him in his
men with help from John and the
remaining attack dogs at the casbah
Sophia's three dogs is associated with
cerebral the three-headed dog in Greek
mythology that guards the temple of
Medusa instead of a temple she oversees
the Moroccan Continental as the hotel's
manager as an alpha female
Sofia asserted her power in combat as
top dog among men ordering her companion
dogs to emasculate them on command
John got dropped off at the desert Sofia
provided him with some leftover water
that she swelled in her mouth and spat
back in the bottle he followed the stars
as directed through the dunes to
eventually collapse from heat exhaustion
then carried away by the elders men the
scene resembles a religious pilgrimage
that requires a fast for clarity of
intent it was fortuitous that John would
be guided again by a small dog this time
a constellation Canis minor at night and
he needed a pardon equivalent to asking
for
one from the Pope John woke up face to
face with the elder to ask that his
sentence of excommunicated
to keep the memories about his wife
alive John would have to kill Winston
for the request to be honored he cut off
a finger with ring attached as an
offering to reaffirm his fealty to the
high table their agreement is similar to
an arranged marriage with a wedding ring
like the Catholic Church there's no
tolerance for divorce by the high table
so John's commitment to them
is permanent back in New York City John
had to fend off assassins at the station
and on bike to finally arrive at the
Continental Hotel with zero following
him inside when John would not kill for
the elder and Winston refused to step
down as manager the adjudicator was
forced to officially declare that the
grounds are now deconsecrated this is
similar to removing a religious blessing
from a building that was once blessed by
a priest who had made it sacred ground
earlier armed forces with bulletproof
vests moved in for a shootout
Winston gave John free access to the
hotel's large cachet of guns calling
their defining moment Parabellum
translated to mean that if you want
peace prepare for war
according to self-help expert Brandon
Bayes she defined freedom as liberating
your boundless potential Winston
liberated John by providing him with
enough firepower so he can do what he
does best hunt in a fight John was
outnumbered by zero and his men within a
glass room that displayed crystal skulls
and a video mural of artwork on the
walls
he used his belt for defense against
them the battle was a show of precision
fighting as an art form punctuated by
wavy art and a clock
to represent fluidity and precision of
their moves crystal skulls encased in
glass revealed the high tables fine
artistic taste in acquiring excellence
including the best assassins John was
also a work of art he embodied an ideal
that life is suffering an artist pain he
fought with an exacting purposeful style
that's backed by strong clear intent
this was from repeatedly conforming his
will through the body with weapons to be
a creative expression of his soul's
signature true masters in battle can go
beyond the mind to be purely in the
moment referred to as a Zen mind for
their life force to flow through them so
that their moves appear effortless in an
instinctive way John did not disappoint
his fanboys they were honored to go
against a true master with a sword to
his chest zero lost his life the
judicata ended the shootout to call for
parley Winston's act of rebellion was
considered fealty for standing his
ground demanding that his managerial
position be reinstated and to prove his
loyalty to the high table he shot John
several times causing him to fall to the
alley below the hotel was reconsecrated
when the adjudicator was about to leave
she checked the site where John's dead
body should have been but is gone she
demanded that Winston take care of it
this scene can relate in a religious way
to a resurrection when a dead body has
disappeared it was really tick tock the
hobo that ferried John away to be with
the bori King as allies they declared
Parabellum against the high table a
storm is coming