The Mystery Of Berry Berenson And 9-11

Berry Berenson

Berry Berenson was the wife of actor Anthony Perkins and mother of singer Elvis Perkins. She died after boarding American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001. I learned

about the circumstances of her death from a mutual friend who knew Berry from Provincetown, Massachusetts. Recently I was reflecting on Berry in connection with the events of 9-11. I wondered what her perishing moments had been like. I realized that she possessed certain secrets in connection to 911. I wondered if it were possible for her to communicate those secrets in any way. I researched Berry's life and discovered her maternal grandfather was Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a psychic medium. I researched the life of de Kerlor and discovered he was connected with both the English and French Alchemical Societies. In his capacity as a lecturer to these societies, de Kerlor had come to the attention of businessman J.R. Ritman, whose personal library, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in Amsterdam, houses Hermetic literature referencing Berenson's grandfather. Ritman's fortune which he used to create his library was made selling plastic ware for airlines. Here was a synchronistic situation. I had elected to study Berry Berenson's life to gain a more personalized conception of the events of 9-11. Since I knew a mutual friend of Berry's I felt I might in some way be part of her "Hermetic circle", as some people call the society of one's familiars. Since this mutual friend had informed me unsolicited about the circumstances of Berry's death I felt there

could be a peculiar destiny component in my having been told this information. Perhaps I was asked or called in some capacity to consider Berry and the secrets she surely possesses in some measure. That her grandfather was a psychic medium said that the terrain I was approaching was in no way foreign to her heritage. She came from a tradition of communication between worlds and it was natural that her own life across the threshold should continue it. Also synchronistic is that the memory of Berry's grandfather is preserved in a library financed by wealth made from the airline industry. Thus, in researching Berry's death connected to air travel, I am led to a library funded by air travel; it is in this library devoted to sacred mystery that I find a remembrance of Berry's grandfather. The library, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, is specifically devoted to the "ChristianHermetic" tradition. Perhaps the greatest twentieth century representative of the Christian-Hermetic tradition was Valentin Tomberg. When he died in 1973 Valentin Tomberg left behind an anonymous book called, "Meditations on the Tarot", specifically written to be published after his death. In the book, the anonymous author greets the reader from "beyond the grave". He explicitly indicates that he is available to the reader in his present

capacity. In being dedicated to ChristianHermeticism, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica aligns itself with a tradition of crossing the threshold between heaven and earth. This library honors the life of Berry's grandfather. And this library is footnoted in Berry's Wikipedia entry. Thus, in studying Berry's life for what can be considered Christian-Hermetic purposes, I discover that my interest is part of a sequence of events beginning with: 1. Berry's psychic medium grandfather; 2. Airline industry businessman J.R. Ritman's preservation of Berry's grandfather's memory in the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica; 3. Berry's death connected with American Airlines Flight 11 on 9-11; 4. My Christian-Hermetic interest in Berry and her present relation to the world she exited.

It is as though the events preceding my research called me to investigate the mysteries they contain. These mysteries cross time, thresholds, cultures, languages and worlds, proceeding from the unmeasurable past into the equally vast and inscrutable future.