Red Cross Books
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Red Cross Book (referred to as RCB) is the pamphlet sold in the cinema to those
who came to see the movie "the End of Evangelion". It cost 800 yen.
The book is A-4 in size and landscape in orientation. The cover is pitch black
with a red Georgian cross superimposed on it, hence the name "Red Cross
Book" On the cross, the words "THE END OF EVANGELION" was
printed, in thin, match-like manner.
[A-801] - This is the order sent out by the government of Japan at
Neo-Tokyo-2 in "Air", ep.25. The order means the "abolishment of
the special legal protection towards the intelligence organsization NERV, and
the transfer of its command to the government of Japan". Since
"A-17" was issued when the 8th Angel was captured, there has been
other "A-" orders. They were all emergency action orders related to
NERV.
[A.T. Field] - Abbreviation of "ABSOLUTE TERROR FIELD". A
physical barrier of absolute field put out by the Angels and EVA’s. It boasts
enormous defensive power, and it is able to greatly reduce the power of all
attacking weapons. The ability of EVA to neutralize the A.T.Field of the Angels
is one major reason why EVA was considered as the only weapon against the
Angels. However, the same A.T.Field does not exist only in the Angels or EVA’s.
Human also possesses this field. With this A.T.Field, human is able to keep
seperate from each other, and to stay in seperate physical forms. Nagisa Kaworu
explained A.T.Field as "a barrier of heart that everybody has".
[Adam] - The first Angel. The giant of light spotted in Antartica. The
rumour that Adam was confined deep underground below NERV HQ turned out to be
false information. The giant underground is in fact Lilith. The real Adam is the
embryo-looking object brought by Kaji from Germany. This object was created by
human when they restored Adam back to the embryonic state after they woke it up
with S^2 Theory. This process seemed to be what had caused the Second Impact.
Moreover, it was stated in Genesis of the Old Testament in Bible that Adam was
the first human created by God based on His image. There are many theories as to
what the word "Adam" means. "Earth", "Red" and
"Create" have been put forward as possible theories.
[Angels] - (SHITO) Some lifeforms originated from the source of lifeform
which is called "Lilith". It could be any size or shape: a big
octahedral, a form as small as the size of bacteria, or even a shadow which has
no tangible form. Borrowing the words from Fuyutsuki’s dialogue in ep.26, it
seems that "Angels" got the "Fruit of Life" whereas human
got the "Fruit of Intelligence". It can be said that
"Angels" is just another form of human, with the same probability of
appearance as human. Human is thus the 18th Angel.
[Ark] - (HOUSHUU) A rectangular shaped boat. From Exodus in the Old
Testament of Bible, Noah received a revelation from God to build a huge Ark and
put all animals pair by pair onto it, thus saving all species from a world-scale
flood. In ep.26 the dialogue said by Fuyutsuki, "Is it becoming an Ark
which saves human from the nothingness of Third Impact?", touches on this
legend.
[BC Weapon] - (B C HEIKI) Biological and Chemical Weapon, meaning weapons
like poison gas or bacteria. "B" and "C" are the first
alphabet of "Biological" and "Chemical" respectively. In
ep.25 "Air", Aoba Shigeru feared that the Strategic Self Defense Force
might deploy the BC Weapon.
[Black Moon] - (KUROki TSUKI) The word used by SEELE to describe the egg
of Lilith, the source of life. In ep.26, when Human Complementation Plan
started, we know that the huge underground cavity underneath Neo-Tokyo-3 which
later became Geo-Front is in fact the "Black Moon".
[Central Dogma] - A huge and wide underground area directly beneath NERV
HQ. Its lowest level has a sea of LCL and Lilith who was cruficied on a red
cross. By the way, in biological terms, "Central Dogma" means the
irreversible information flow that occurs in the transformation DNA -> RNA
-> protein.
[Children] - The persons picked by Marduk, the consultative body directly
under the Human Complementation Committee, (in fact NERV is Marduk) who can
pilot EVA. According to the order of being chosen, the persons are called First,
Second, Third etc. What is common to all of them is that they are all young boys
and girls who do not have mothers. By the way, the candidates of Children are
grouped in Class 2-A of the First Municipal Junior High of Neo-Tokyo-3.
[Command Centre (literal translation: Command Announcement Office] - (HATSUREISHO)
A command room located inside the Central Combat Operation Room of NERV HQ. It
reminds one of the bridge of a military ship. During combat, seven people
including the commander, deputy commander, combat operation leader would gather
in this place to form the core staff. All the instructions would then come from
this room. There are more than two such command centres in NERV HQ. Since the
first was destroyed during the intrusion by the 14th Angel, the second command
centre is currently in use. By the way, below the command centre are three
secondary command centres and the original MAGI systems are installed there.
This becomes the cause of the hesitation of the invading JSDF over their
tactics.
[Community/Colony] - (GUNTAI) Misato used this word when she said that
human are "a colony of worthless" from the point of view from the
Complementation Plan. For colony, it originally means a group of individual
organism linked to each other, each of them can produce new individuals by
splitting or budding. Each individual organism within a colony can live as its
own independently.
[Destrado] - In ep.26, when Hyouga checks on the status of EVA-01, he
confirms that the Destrado of the pilot -- Ikari Shinji -- is getting physical (PY:
or un-metaphysical, material). Destrado is, according to the theory advocated by
E.Weiss, the energy of the self-destructive impulse. It is the antonym of
Libido. Its meaning is different from the energy of "Instinct of
Death", advocated by P.Federn, the master of Moltedor-Weiss.
[Dummy Plug] - A virtual Entry Plug which was developed for starting and
using EVA without the pilot. Even though it has a copy of the personal pattern
of the Children, the digitization of the soul is impossible. Thus the Dummy Plug
can only serve to simulate the thought pattern. The Dummy Plug prepared by NERV
had the copy of the personal pattern of First Children (Ayanami Rei). On the
other hand, the Dummy Plug prepared by SEELE used the personal pattern of the
Fifth Children (Nagisa Kaworu).
[Enchantment/Haunt] - (IDAI/yoridake) An object to which spirits stick.
Also an object that becomes a media through which spirits manifest themselves.
At ep.26, when SEELE uses EVA01 and converts it into a Tree of Life, Fuyutsuki
uses this term in comment.
[Entry Plug] - A capsule-shaped cockpit inside which the EVA pilot sits.
EVA is started by the insertion of such plug into its back neck (the same
applies to the virtual entry plug—dummy plug). In emergency the plug can be
ejected and becomes an evacuation capsule. The plug is equipped with parachute
and ejection rocket for this purpose.
[Evangelion] - The formal name is "General-purpose Humanoid Decisive
Combat Weapon - Artificial Human (Adroid) Evangelion"
[Hanyou Ninkei Kessen Heiki - Jinzou Ningen Evangerion]. In order to
implement the Human Complementation Project, 14 years of time and astronomical
amount of money were used to build Evangelion. Being able to deploy A.T.Field as
well as neutralize it, it is the only weapon that human have to counter the
Angels. It takes its power from electricity and without external supply it can
maintain only 5 minutes of activity. Thus usually it takes the electrical power
it needs through Umbilical Cable. (EVA from EVA-05 onwards does not need this
cable because it has the S^2 Engine) Originally EVA does not have soul. To have
a soul in EVA, EVA-01 had the soul of Ikari Yui living in it. The origin of the
name "EVA" was thought to derive from EVA, the wife of Adam, from the
"Old Testament" of Bible, and "Evangel", the English for the
gospel.
[Evangelion mass-produced model (EVA series)] - (Evangerion RYOUSANKI)
The nine EVA (EVA-05 to EVA-13) built at different NERV branches. Different from
the existing EVA’s, these EVA’s are under the command of SEELE, not NERV.
Since they have S^2 Engine mounted, they have infinite active duration, and thus
do not need Umbilical Cables. They also have foldable wings which enable them to
fly. In order to start the Human Complementation Project, SEELE throw them into
their battle against NERV, and as a group they destroy EVA-02.
[Frigate] - (Furigeeto KAN) A military ship standing by at the
underground lake inside Geo-Front. It has the high speed and sea-worthiness of a
destroyer and can be used for anti-submarine, anti-air and alert patrol
purposes. Since the ship belongs to NERV, at the broadsides of the ship the
printed letters of "NERV" could be seen. At ep.25 "Air", it
is destroyed by the fighting between EVA02 and JSDF.
[Fruit of Life] - (SEIMEI no MI) It is mentioned by Fuyutsuki in ep.26 as
the thing that Angels have. It is written in "Genesis" of "Old
Testament Bible" that at the centre of Eden there were the "Tree of
Wisdom" and "Tree of Life". Human disobeyed the order from God
and ate the "Fruit of Wisdom". But what if the "Fruit of
Life" was instead eaten? Could the answer be the Angels? Moreover, the myth
has it that one can live forever if he eats the fruit from the Tree of Life.
[Fruit of Wisdom] - (CHIE no MI) The "thing" that is held by
human. The product of this wisdom seems to be "Science", which is
praised by Gendou as "the power of human" but ridiculed by Fuyutsuki
as what "caused the Second Impact". Both EVA and the Human
Complementation Plan are all the products of this wisdom. From Genesis of the
Old Testament of Bible, it was said that at the centre of the Garden of Eden
beside the Tree of Life, there was a Tree of Wisdom -- a Tree that knows good
and evil. Human disobeyed the order of God and ate its fruit. As a result God
banished human from the Garden of Eden and imposed many constraints of freedom
on human. If that is the case, does it mean that human got wisdom in exchange
for banishment from the Garden?
[Gaf’s Room] - (Gabu no HEYA) A word spoken by Fuyutsuki in ep.26. He
said that the opening of Gaf’s Room has the same meaning as the start of the
world as well as the opening of the door of the finale. When this door is open,
the surface of the Earth turns to LCL, human can no longer keep intact their
physical forms as individuals but return to LCL form. At TV ep.21, Ritsuko also
mentioned the Gaf’s Room.
[Geo-Front] - A big underground city buried deep underground below
Neo-Tokyo-3. This was built using an pre-existing spherical cavity (though most
of it had been under earth and dust at first). Its ceiling was almost totally
destroyed when in ep.25 the Strategic Self-Defence Force mounted their attack
against NERV, and Geo-Front became exposed to outside. NERV HQ is located at the
centre of Geo-Front, and is surrounded by big forests and underground lakes. The
many high-rising buildings that hang upside-down on the top part of Geo-Front
are the "Celing City (Tenjou Toushi)". It looks exactly the same as
Neo-Tokyo-3 that sits above it, and is used to accomodate the sunken buildings
of Neo-Tokyo-3 when an Angel comes to attack. After the start of the Human
Complementation Plan, we know that this cavity is actually the egg of Lilith—the
"Black Moon".
[Human Complementation Plan] - (JINRUI HOKAN KEIKAKU) A plan to induce
artificial evolution for human, who had reached an impasse in becoming a colony
of worthless, to become a total single-form organism. It was under the direction
of SEELE, and the secret agency NERV was the implementation organisation.
However, the expectations of SEELE seems to be different from the objective of
NERV (which means the objective of Gendou and Fuyutsuki). EVA was in fact not
planned as a weapon. It was built with the aim to realise this plan. More
specifically, it seems that the plan is to artificially start the Third Impact,
thus erasing all human, and after human shed their physical form, they will then
evolute into a new stage.
[L.C.L] - The liquid that fills the cockpit of the Entry Plug. It is
sticky and has the smell like blood. It was discovered that when its molecular
arrangement is changed by electricity charge, the liquid can perform several
functions including the mental link between EVA and her pilot, supplying oxygen
and providing both physical and mental protection to the pilot. The liquid that
fills the lowest floor of the Terminal Dogma where Lilith was located is also
L.C.L. "L.C.L." is the abbreviation of "Link Connected
Liquid". There are many theories as to what exactly L.C.L. is, but it seems
that in fact it is what was called "the soup of life".
[Lilin] - The name used by Nagisa Kaworu to mean human. From the legends,
Lilin (the name Lil-In is also used) was the children born between Adam and his
very first wife Lilith. After that, Lilith became a demon who attacked the
new-born babies, and seduced men who are sleeping so that they ejaculated in
their sleep.
[Lilith] - A giant crucified on a red cross at the extreme depth under
NERV HQ. Its face is covered with a mask which has the Arm of SEELE drawn on it.
Its hands are penetrated by nails that are stuck on the cross. Although it does
not have the lower body when it was pierced by the Spear of Longinus, it grows
its lower body after the Spear was pulled out. Originally the Human
Complementation Plan planned to use this Lilith. However SEELE changed the plan
after the Spear was lost, and they attempted to use EVA01 for Complementation
purpose. At that moment, Keel Lorentz says this is "the copy of Lilith".
By this it seems that EVA01 was actually made by copying Lilith. By the way, in
the preaching literatures of the Rabbis, it was said that Lilith (Lilit) was the
very first wife of Adam. It was also said that between Adam and Lilith were born
the demons and spirits.
[MAGI] - A supercomputer whose foundation theory was completed by the
late Dr.Akagi Naoko and implemented by her daughter, Dr.Akagi Ritsuko. It is
said that MAGI is the brain of the secret agency NERV. It devises, revises and
solves many of its mysteries and plans. MAGI is composed of three systems:
MELCHIOR-1, BALTHASAR-2 and CASPER-3. Final decision is made after the
conference of these 3 computers. This computer is similar to human not just in
the sense that it re-creates on a computer the dilemmas usually held by human,
it is also similar in the sense that it uses a personality-transplant-OS which
has the thought logic pattern of human transplanted to the computer. The thought
logic pattern transplated to MAGI is that of Dr.Akagi Naoko. MELCHIOR-1,
BALTHASAR-2 and CASPER-3 has the transplanted thought pattern of Naoko as a
scientist, a mother and a woman respectively. By the way, the name of
"MAGI" comes from the name for the three wise men from the east who
prophesized the birth of Jesus (PY’s note: this seems to be a bit
misinforming?) in the New Testament of Bible. MELCHIOR, BALTHASAR and CASPER are
their respective names. At the beginning of movie ep.25 "Air", started
from MAGI #2 at Matsushiro, the five builds of MAGI from Germany, USA and China
etc. tried to hack into the original MAGI sitting in the NERV HQ.
[Mark of NERV] - The Secret Agency NERV has a mark which is composed of
three parts: the name of the organisation, a picture and a motto. The name of
the organisation is the 4 character word "NERV". The motto is
"God is in his heaven. All right with the world" (PY: the Japanese
translation of this English motto is given in the original text, which would be
pointless to translate back into English :-) , a section taken from "Pippa
Passes", written by a 19th century poet Robert Browning. And then the
picture is a half piece of fig leaf. The fig leaf, accoring to legend, is the
symbol of the original sin which entangled Adam and Eve. It reminds us of the
human who ate the Fruit of Wisdom.
[N^2 Weapon] - A weapon that possesses enormous destructive power and is
owned by the UN army and the Strategic Self Defence orce. There are many
variations of this weapon: N^2 mines, N^2 deep water charge, N^2 air charge, N^2
bombs etc. At ep.25, when Aoba Shigeru mentioned his fear that BC Weapon ight be
deployed, Hyouga Makoto replied that N^2 Weapon is equally dangerous.
[Neo-Tokyo-2] - The new capital city of Japan. Built in the old Nagano
prefecture to replace the old Tokyo. Construction started in 2001 and it
acquired all the functionalities suited for a capital in 2003. In 2005 the
second capital relocation plan was agreed, and it was planned that the capital
would be moved to Neo-Tokyo-3, still under construction then. By the way, old
Tokyo was annihilated by the new bomb dropped one week after the Second Impact.
Again, the construction of Neo-Tokyo-2 was decided by the Provisional Government
of Japan. In ep.25 "Air", when Hyouga mentioned "the second
Tokyo", he meant this Neo-Tokyo-2 as well as the government of Japan which
was located there.
[Neo-Tokyo-3] - Although in public it was circulated as the new capital
city that would replace Neo-Tokyo-2, it is in fact a fortress city for ambushing
the Angels, which was built with the expectation of Angels coming to attack it.
But then the ambush combat force is the EVA. The city mainly serves the function
of supply and support. Armed buildings—supporting facilities which are made to
look like ordinary buildings—stood inside the city like forests. Inside the
buildings are the discharge outlets of EVA, electricity supply, replenishment of
weapon and ammunition and supporting guns. There are also many ambush weapons
installed around the city. Spread below the city is the wide and big Geo-Front.
Located at its centre is the headquarter of the Secret Agency NERV. In ep.25,
the city was first attacked by the Strategic Self-Defence Force, and then
EVA-series were thrown into the attack. This annihilated all the combat strength
of the city except for EVA-01.
[NERV, Secret Agency] - (TOKUMUKIKAN NERV) An extra-legel organisation
which aims at pushing the Human Complementation Plan. It was organised by moving
the whole GEHIRN, the investigation body for the same plan, into this new body.
The headquarter is located at Neo-Tokyo-3. It is also an international body with
branches in Germany and USA etc. Although to outsiders it is an organisation
directly under UN, in fact UN has absolutely no influence over it. It is under
the command of SEELE. Holding several Evangelion, the General-Purpose Humanoid
Decisive-Battle Weapon, it possesses the only combat force capable to counter
the Angels. However, its vulnerability to anti-personnel combat was fully
exposed when it received attacks from the Strategic Self-Defence Force in ep.25
"Air".
[Noises of Cicada] - (SEMI no KOE) In the world of Evangelion, because of
radical changes in the climate and environment caused by the Second Impact,
Japan had lost her four seasons and had a summer climate all through the year.
That is why in the anime the noises of cicada can always be heard.
[Plug Suit] - The dedicated uniform for EVA pilot. It has the effect of
raising the sync-rate and protecting the body etc. This suit is totally one
piece covering from feet to neck. Its structure is similar to things like wet
suit. There will still be space between the suit and the body after it is put
on, but by clicking on a switch on the wrist the suit then sticks to the body.
[Progressive Knife] - A melee fighting weapon which forms a blade with
high-frequency vibrating particles that cuts through the object of contact on a
molecular level. It is one of the standard equipments for EVA and is usually
stored in a space at the shoulders. EVA02 uses a new cutter-type knife -- even
if the blade is broken, a new blade will come out from the back by pushing a
button, making the knife useable again. It is often called in its abbreviated
form: Prog Knife.
[Red Earth Purification Ceremony, The] - (AkiChi no MISOGI) A word spoken
by the members of Seele in ep.26, when Geo-Front reverted itself back into the
"Black Moon" i.e. the Egg of Lilith. "Misogi" originally
means a religious ceremony in which body is cleansed through bath in water. As
an extension it means any method used to purify or sanctify a certain object.
While there is a theory that the etymology of ADAM, the ancestor of all human,
is red or earth, its link with the "Red Earth" is unclear.
[Rite of Passage] - (TSUUKAGIREI) A ritual ceremony performed when a
person changes his identity in the society and acquires new responsibilites. It
is a declaration to outside about the personal change in a social sense. It is
also a prayer for safe and peace to come with the change. In ep.25
"Air", members of SEELE comment that the Human Complementation Plan is
"the Rite of Passage aimed to bring new vigour to human which has become
blocked-out".
[S^2 Engine] - (S^2 KIKAN) A power generation system based on the
supersolenoid theory advocated by Dr.Katsuragi (PY: Misato’s father). When EVA
is loaded with this engine, its active time could be extended to infinity. All
Angels possess this S^2 Engine, and EVA-01 got it when it devoured the 14th
Angel. Moreover, all EVA’s from EVA-05 onwards also possess this engine and
thus do not need Umbilical Cable any more.
[Secret Agency NERV] - (TOKUMUKIKAN NERV) An extra-legel organisation
which aims at pushing the Human Complementation Plan. It was organised by moving
the whole GEHIRN, the investigation body for the same plan, into this new body.
The headquarter is located at Neo-Tokyo-3. It is also an international body with
branches in Germany and USA etc. Although to outsiders it is an organisation
directly under UN, in fact UN has absolutely no influence over it. It is under
the command of SEELE. Holding several Evangelion, the General-Purpose Humanoid
Decisive-Battle Weapon, it possesses the only combat force capable to counter
the Angels. However, its vulnerability to anti-personnel combat was fully
exposed when it received attacks from the Strategic Self-Defence Force in ep.25
"Air".
[Secret Dead Sea Scrolls] - (URA SHIKAI BUNSHO) A document that seems to
be used by Seele for the direction of their actions. Following what was recorded
in "Secret Dead Sea Scrolls", Seele built EVA and fought the battles
against the Angels. It seems that this same document also recorded all invading
Angels. By the way, the "Dead Sea Scrolls" as exists in real life was
dug out from a cave near the Dead Sea of Israel in 1947. Its contents include
the "Old Testament" of Bible and its acryophaea.
[SEELE] - A secret organisation that existed even before the Second
Impact. It hid the truth about the Second Impact and the existence of Angels and
uses its power to abuse UN and other countries. After the Second Impact, it used
UN as a cover, established the Committee of Human Complementation and the secret
agency NERV, and built the EVA series. SEELE's Human Complementation Plan is
mapped out according to what was recorded on the "Secret Dead Sea
Scrolls". The objective of the plan is to move human up to another stage of
evolution. However, with the loss of the Spear of Longinus, and then the
rebellion of Ikari Gendou, the commander of the secret agency NERV, it became
inevitable that the plan has to be changed at the last stage. By the way, "Seele"
means "soul" in German. All organisations that are related to SEELE,
like GEHIRN and NERV, all have their names derived from German. Could it be that
these organisations first started in Germany?
[SEELE's Coat of Arm] - (SEELE no MONSHOU) A coat of arm which has an
inverted triangle superimposed by seven eyes. The same emblem was painted on the
mask that covered the face of Lilith. Its relationship with Jehovah, who is the
absolute God in "Old Testament Bible" and is sometimes said to have
seven eyes, is unclear.
[Single-Form] - (Tantai) The objective of the Human Complementation Plan is
the induced artificial evolution of human into "an organism which lives as
a total single-form". This "single-form" means a life form which
ends as a single individual. And this term is used to distinguish with
"community form", which is life form formed by a multiple of
individuals.
[Spear of Longinus] - A giant spiral-shaped spear which can penetrate
A.T.Field. The spear splits into two branches at the one end, but these two
branches will recombine into one when the spear is thrown against an object and
penetrates it. The spear was first used during the battle against the 15th
Angel. It destroyed the Angel on a satellite orbit. However the spear itself
reached the Moon and became unretrivable. That said, the real use of the Spear
is not meant to be a weapon. It seems that it is a necessary item in the
Complementation Plan which uses Lilith. By the way, Longinus was the name of the
soldier who used his spear to pierce Jesus who was being crucified on cross. The
spear is stored as a relic by the St.Augustine Church in Rome.
[Spear of Longinus (copy)] - The fighting weapon used by the
mass-production model EVA. It is modelled on the Spear of Longinus and its shape
and length can change. When it penetrates a A.T.Field, the two tips which branch
out from the spear's end spiral into one and intrude into the field. At ep.25,
this spear penetrates the A.T.Field of EVA02 and then the still-fighting EVA02
itself, and EVA02 stops. This spear cannot be used for Complementation which
involves Lilith, but as a weapon it has almost the same power as the original
Spear.
[Stigmata] - (SEIKON) A word used by members of SEELE in ep.26 to describe
the bloody wounds appeared at both hands of EVA-01. It is called
"stigma" in English. Originally it means the burn marks applied on
cattle or slaves. In Catholic areas, it is said that the wounds suffered by
crucified Christ (on both hands, both feet, side of abdomen, forehead) sometimes
appear on human with no external reason.
[Strategic Self-Defence Force] - (SENRYAKU JIEITAI) A military force
directly under the Defence Ministry of Japan. Triggered by the military
conflicts between China and Vietnam over the Spartleys, it was formed by the
Japanese government which had no military force of its own (all the army, navy
and air force of the original Self-Defence Force had been incorporated in UN
Force). The English abbreviation is JSDF, which stands for "JAPAN STRATEGY
SELF DEFENSE FORCE" [sic]. It was also often called "Senji" as
its short form. In ep.25 "Air", under the instruction from the
Japanese government, one division of JSDF was deployed in an attempt to directly
occupy the secret agency NERV.
[Third Children] - It means Ikari Shinji—The third suitable person
chosen by the Marduk organisation. Without training, he managed to start up
EVA-01, which had been ridiculed as "09 system" because of its
0.000000001% start-up probability , and surprised all those involved.
Afterwards, he became the dedicated pilot of EVA-01 and stayed in Neo-Tokyo-3.
Having a higher Synch-ratio than other Children, he often becomes the core force
in battles against Angels.
[Third Impact] - A large-scale catatstrophe following the First (Giant)
Impact and the Second Impact, as foreseen by human. It had been said that this
would be started by from alien Angels who came into contact with Adam stored
underground beneath Neo-Tokyo-3, and therefore EVA and NERV were there to
protect this from happening. However, the truth is that they were there
precisely to start the Third Impact, the real objective being the Human
Complementation Plan.
[Tree of Life] - (SEIMEI no KI) When the Human Complementation Plan
starts, EVA-01 grows into something like a tree, with its roots spreaded towards
the sky and its branches extended to the ground. Regarding this Fuyutsuki
comments, "EVA-01 is returned to the Tree of Life". A Tree of Life
that has its roots and branches inverted appears on both Hindu scriptures and
the Kabbalah. This was called "the Inverted Tree".
[Tree of Sephiroth] - (Sehuiroto no KI) A graph of symbols in Kabbalah (A
mystery sect of Judaism which built around the mystery interpretations of
"Torah"). It represented, as a diagram, the physical rendition of the
3-dimensional images of the spiritual realm. The same diagram can also be found
in Gendou's office. The diagram is composed of ten circles linked by 22 paths.
It shows the route of how a human can attain the highest possible spiritual
level. Moreover, many other interpretations are said to be possible: As a
step-by-step diagram for meditation, as a map that shows the way to wisdom, or
as a prediction for human's future etc. In ep.26 "Magokoro wo kimi ni",
EVA series formed a big Tree of Sephiroth on the sky.
[Umbilical Cable] - (Anbirikaru Keeburu or Dengen Keeburu/Power Cable)
The cable that is used to supply electric power to EVA from an outside source
because as a weapon EVA has a very short active time-limit. It can be said as
the weak point of EVA. This is noticed by the Strategic Self-Defence Force, when
during their attack on NERV they sent out instructions concentrating the attack
on the Umbilical Cable (which they call Power Cable). Moreover, Umbillical Cable
[sic] means the blood vessels which extended from baby’s navel to the placenta
of its mother’s womb. This is taken to mean that like babies who get their
nutrients through these blood vessels, EVA’s get the electric power through
the Umbilical Cable.
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