Having been a fan of “expand slow resolve fast” type of mystery series such as Twin Peaks, X-Files, Millennium etc., I developed a habit of getting past the mystery cloud to focus on the core. In the case of LOST, at the core, we have i) the island-Egypt link ii) children, their birth iii) time loops iv) origins of “the others” iv) avatars like Jacob, Christian and v) the smoke monster. If we just focus on these, it is possible to develop a theory which fits to all what is revealed about these 5 factors. Once upon a time, in ancient Egypt, a social leader was cursed by the Pharaoh, because he had the Pharaoh’s son killed. According to the curse, he was placed on an island with his followers and zapped to a remote corner of the World. There, at each generation his original son would eventually kill him, and he’d reincarnate to kill his own father. Once the leader is dead, he’d stay around as an avat! ar until his son brings his present reincarnations to perform a ritual of re-birth. The ritual involves an “ankh” that is pointed by a massive statue which symbolizes re-birth. The place of the ritual and the island at large would be protected by a smoke Cerberus. His original son is Richard Alpert, who never dies or ages. Notice that he is the only one among “the others” who looks like an Egyptian. The last incarnation was Jacob, the next will be John Locke (recall the scene where Locke at the age of 5 drawing a picture of the smoke when Richard visited him). His followers (a.k.a. the others) spread around the world in generations (since they can have a child only outside the island) . They can get rich or be poor but their homeland is the island which they indavertantly return to get under the command of their leader. Technology has made these trips easier, yet it had also a consequence: probably at World War I, convinced by a branch of the followers (who were tr! ying to deny the curse) a figter plane has hit the statue that! pointed to the ankh(s) and destroyed. This has put the curse in a loop in time: some of the followers (a.k.a Oceanic 6) arrive (fall) on the island, made Desmond stop pressing the button, then escaped, only to return later and die in an electromagnetic “incident” which was mentioned in the “Swan Orientation Film.” The incident led to Desmond’s arrival to start pressing the button (hence the loop). AT THE END, Jack (like Apollo’s son Orpheus) will beat the smoke Cerberus (probably by killing Richard) and put an end to the curse, let the father’s soul free and lead his followers off the island.
