Magical Mystery Tour

_{This
album has linked with it an urban legend about someone who deciphered
a phone number from the cover, called the number and was told
that they were to be taken to Pepperland. The Rosicrucian signature,
suggesting a message veiled behind a facade of farce, appears
again. This silly story, with its numerous variations remains
none the less as part of Beatle lore. As such, the clue that
numerical ciphers exist on the album remains available. In 'I
Am the Walrus' is the line "man you should have seen them
kicking Edgar Allen POE"! In the lyrics printed onthe inside
of the album jacket, the name Poe is capitalized for an unknown
reason. The line, "man you should have seen them kicking
Edgar Allen POE", could be read, "man you should have
seen them (the clues) - kicking (checking out) Edgar Allen POE".}

_{Webster's
New World Dictionary:

KICK AROUND (or about), [Colloq.] 4. to think
about or discuss.}

_{Interestingly,
POE wrote a short story called 'The
Gold Bug', about how the discovery of an unknown species of
beetle
leads to a hidden treasure! A cipher
had to be decoded to locate the treasure. The weird coincidences experienced
by the discoverer of the beetle that led to the discovery of
the cryptogram, are as significant
as the theme. You may
be amazed.}

_{The
phone number rumor hints at two things. Numerical codes can be deciphered
from the album, and the message to be conveyed is related to the Sgt.
Pepper theme.}

_{A
few observations concerning hidden references within this work to
Sgt. Pepper's... Why are these references made, and why were they
hidden?}

_{The
cover of Magical Mystery Tour is essentially identical with the cover
of Sgt. Pepper's! As with Sgt. Pepper's, the Beatles are presented
as a different group. In both albums the Beatle's costumes are related,
yet different. In each they stand behind a banner. Instead of the
background of "stars" in Sgt. Peppers, this album has a
background of star shapes. Sgt. Peppers has a missing person - the
drummer.}

_{A
missing person is hinted at here as well.}

Example Cryptogram

Reference to Sgt. Pepper's in Magical Mystery Tour

_{This
picture from the MMT album booklet shows John, wearing
a hat with a HEART
on it, sitting with George in a CLUB,
watching a BAND.}

_{The
cartoon picture of the four Beatles dancing in magicians
garb on the inside refers to "4 or 5 magicians".
SPLHCB features Sgt. Pepper as the Dead Man, Magical
Mystery Tour the Walrus (it was rumoured that a walrus
was a Norwegian symbol for death).}

_{Silly
rumors, taken at face value are written off as trite nonsense, yet
perpetuate the presence of clues should anybody be familiar with the
Rosicrucian technique of disseminating esoteric issues via wild rumors.}

_{The
evidence suggests the presence of cryptograms in this golden colored
album. The song I Am the Walrus seems more relatable to Poe's 'The
Gold Bug' than to 'Alice in Wonderland'. Rosicrucian techniques of
planting cryptograms and then hinting at their existence have been
employed. The cryptogram may be numerical.}

_{A
scene from the Magical Mystery Tour movie featuring Paul and
Ringo appropriately dressed as magicians! Notice the blackboard
in the background filled with equations. This picture is found
on page 4 of the MMT album booklet.}

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