Returning Families
"How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over, in states unborn and accents yet unknown!”
— Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599, III:i
Thus spoke Cassius while his co-assassins washed their hands in Caesar’s blood. Julius Caesar (100 CE – 44 CE) was not only Rome's greatest general but also the Republic's grandiose dictator. His conquests and reforms laid the foundation for the Roman Empire. According to El Aurenx, Julius Caesar and his adopted son Augustus Caesar reappeared as Charles de Gaull and Dag Hammarskjöld respectively. It was not the first time they appeared as father and son. Nor would it be their last. We examine their other lives under the Archons of Arcturus. (Esoteric Biographies, c.1997)
As commander of the Free French Forces during WWII, Charles de Gaulle (1890 – 1970) stepped up to become provisional premier of France after liberation by the Allies. Later, following his resignation and subsequent retirement, de Gaulle returned to politics when the country faced civil war over Algeria's independence. He was also called to supervise the drafting of a new constitution and, inevitably, became the founder and first president of the Fifth French Republic (1959 – 1969). Despite his controversial political career, Charles de Gaulle is highly regarded as a national hero. He unquestionably saved France from the Nazis and averted civil war (we look at this karmic act of reparation elsewhere). As karma would have it, De Gaulle survived several attempted assassinations. His war memoirs are comparable with Caesar's campaign narratives ('dispatches from the front').
From Rome to Paris
As already mentioned, we were surprised to hear El Ochre say Emmanuel Macron "was also Brutus of 'Et tu Brute' fame." (4 December 2024) Further investigation revealed at least three Roman-era Bruti: Lucius Junius Brutus, the semi-legendary founder of the Republic who expelled the old Etruscan kings from Rome; Marcus Junius Brutus, the famous orator and assassin of Julius Caesar; plus his brother-in-arms and co-conspirator Decimus Junius Brutus (Albinus). The latter was a distant cousin and is often mistaken for Brutus of 'Et tu Brute' fame.
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To clarify the matter El Ochre later added, "both, he was both." And so it transpires that Macron had been both Lucius Brutus in the 6th century and Marcus Brutus in 1st century BCE. Thus twice born Brutus. Decimus, the third Brutus, reappeared as de Gaulle's chief political opponent, François Mitterrand.
To our surprise, El Ochre had more to say: Marcus and Decimus were descendants of Lucius Brutus in whom both were once conjointly incarnate. They reappeared five centuries later, separately as cousins, and would be immortalised as assassins of Caesar. (El Ochre, 15 December 2024)
This noble soul has played a complex and controversial role during pivotal revolts/revolutions in history. As Brutus he was as much involved in overthrowing tyrants as he was in eliminating counter-conspirators or rival assassins. We see this again as Robespierre when he steers the will of the people and roots out counter-revolutionaries — or at least those suspected of corrupting the body politic. His lofty idealism was counterbalanced only by his lack of human judgement. Prior to his life as Macron, he was a model proponent of 'do unto others as they would do onto you'. So far he seems to be doing better. Let's hope there's no revolt coming this time.​
From Rome to Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, embattled in this time of transition between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, faced a similar, albeit inverse, situation in his earlier life as Publius Petronius Turpilianus. He was then a Roman governor of Britain (62 - 63 CE) and loyal to Nero (Trump), but not party to the latter's villainy. He chose the honourable way out and was executed by enforced suicide under the in-coming Galba (Biden).
Turpilianus' father, Publius Petronius, was governor of Syria under Caligula (Jimmy Carter) and also his father in this life, Pierre Trudeau. Publius Petronius faced a particularly difficult situation when Caligula ordered that he be venerated as a god across the empire, giving grave offence to the Jews. Petronius sought to dissuade Caligula from erecting a statue of himself as Jupiter in the temple at Jerusalem, at which Caligula ordered Petronius to commit suicide. Fortunately, the intercession of Caligula's trusted mentor and advisor, Herod Agrippa (Henry Kissinger), stalled events and Caligula was soon assassinated. (El Ochre, 20 December 2024)
"Petronius Turpilianus neither challenged the enemy nor was himself molested, and veiled this tame inaction under the honourable name of peace.”
— Tacitus, Annals, XIV.xxxxix
Herod Agrippa as Henry Kissinger enjoyed his heyday under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the 1970s. As an ironic twist of history, Kissinger was critical of Carter's liberal administration this time around. Of course Carter was now a much-transformed Caligula. We examine his transformation and legacy here.
From Londinium to Ottawa
The man set to succeed Justin Trudeau is Mark Carney who, long before, had succeeded Publius Petronius Turpilianus as governor of Britain (63 - 69 CE), first under Nero (Trump) and then Galba (Biden). He is remembered as the most illustrious son of the Trebellii family; namely Marcus Trebellius Maximus. (El Ochre, 9 March 2025)
Like Turpilianus, Trebellius made no war nor undertook any territorial conquests. And like his immediate predecessor, he too focused on the Romanisation of Britain. For this they are remembered as two "less energetic" and "mild-mannered" rulers of the province. (Tacitus, Agricola XVI.iii) Neither were men with real military experience and yet, under the latter, the mercantile wealth and prosperity of Londinium grew.
