[Gogan]

Some interesting posts from the Lost forums as I quickly browse them tonight...

The main picture at the altar showed a picture of Anubis, the god of the dead/Underworld for the Egyptians, summoning what looked to be a representation of Smokey (Albeit, it had a definite face). The way the picture is drawn leads me to believe Smokey is the "judge/minion" of Anubis - the one who decides who gets to enter the Underworld. Smokey could also represent the wrath of Anubis as well.

The image also shows Anubis in a possible kneeling formation - which is known as the praise and glorification pose.

One thing I've noticed about Anubis is that he's listed as the following in some circles:

"Foremost of the Westerners": refers to the role of Anubis as leader of the "westerners"; that is, those that resided in the West, in the direction of the setting sun and the underworld, namely, the deceased (most ancient Egyptian cemeteries were established on the western desert edge of the Nile valley). This particular epithet was transferred from the earlier canine deity, Wepwawet, subsequently superseded by Anubis at Abydos.

Could this be where they are leading to in terms of what Richard really is?

http://www.archaeowiki.org/Anubis

Ok. This show always leaves clues as to what things are in the future i.e. smoke monster etc. I also like how they showed us what he images are when someone faces the smoke monster. (We can only imagine what Eko saw) It seems to me that the smoke monster can appear as persons who are dead somehow. We know Yemi was the smoke monster right? We also never see two apparitions at the same time.
Another thing I noticed in a previous episode, was that Christian showed up at the same spot Sun heard the smoke monster.

I think that however John is able to exist has to do with the smoke monster. In fact, I would go as far as to say that he IS the smoke monster. I also think it was Locke appearing as Alex putting Ben in his place.

I can't find the post now, but someone theorized that Widmore is actually in the box back on the beach, and that the rest of the crew are Widmore people. Would def be interesting...

I thought we were perhaps meant to think it (the game of Risk in Ben's old house) was the exact same one that Sawyer & Hurley were playing with at the beginning of one episode. When they said "Australia is the key to the whole game?" Didn't something happen and they all walked away from it??