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Contents 1 The DHARMA Initiative is no more 2 Electromagnetic Energy Pockets 3 Builder 4 Number 5 Brother Campbell 6 On the floor in The Lamp Post

The DHARMA Initiative is no more

This is an off-island DHARMA station, and it is operated by Eloise Hawking, & not DHARMA. Therefore, if DHARMA still existed off island they would have control over this station. DHARMA no longer exists or The Purge also occured off-island.

Electromagnetic Energy Pockets

There is a "pocket of energy" at this location. Other pockets of energy exist at Isaac of Uluru's in Australia, at The exit in Tunisia, & at Penny's Tracking station.

Builder

Lamp Post was built under the direction of Horace Goodspeed & Pierre Chang; one of them is the "clever fellow" who figured out how to use the energy pocket to calculate the island's position.

• They may have been hired by Charles Widmore and possibly Eloise Hawking (who in this theory would have to be Ellie from "Jughead"). These two left the island long ago, possibly together or apart. Hawking may have left because she was pregnant with Faraday or another child; Widmore left because of a power struggle. These two are now desperately trying to return or at least regain control of the island and may be using the O6 to accomplish this goal (as Desmond says, "they're playing some kind of game and we are just the pieces"). Thus, Widmore and Hawking would have been co-originators of Dharma with Hanso; or Hanso was the public face.

Number

The Lamp Post is Station #1, since the DHARMA Initiative would have had to build it before even finding the island. .

Brother Campbell

Brother Campbell is a monk at the Eddington Monastery and the Lamp Post is located underneath a church. It is a possibility that he was once stationed at that same church. Furthermore, one would become suspicious of the doctored photograph of Campbell and Hawkins on the desk at the monastery as in Catch-22. This implies a close relationship between the two which could explain why Campbell offered Desmond a job and arranged his meeting of Penny Widmore. Hawkins, it seems was trying to find a way to lead Desmond to a path that would ultimately lead him to the island.

On the floor in The Lamp Post

When we see the floor in The Lamp Post station, it is a picture of a globe. The pendulum is swinging over the globe back and forth making an asterisk(*) style marking on the floor. There are multiple (*) marking's all over the map of the globe. Due to the Lamp Post being a DHARMA station for finding the island (as it is able to move), the marking's on the floor are all of the different locations the island has been located throughout time, or at least since The Lamp Post was built.

v • d • e Theories about the "Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project" Theories in general Characters Dan Bronson • Dharma video cameraman • Lara Chang • RuckusGuy • Pierre Chang Features Dharma booth video • The Lamp Post Websites Octagon Global Recruiting • Dharma Wants You

v • d • e Theories about Locations Flight 815 survivors and Flight 316 survivors Eko's church • Golf course • Hydra Island camp DHARMA, The Others and U.S. Army The Staff • The Arrow • The Swan • The Flame • The Pearl • The Orchid • The Hydra • The Looking Glass • The Tempest • The Temple • The Lamp Post • The Door • The ? • The Barracks • Cages • Capsule dump • Decoy village • Hydra Island • Jacob's cabin • Mass grave • Pala Ferry • Runway • Radio tower • The Incident Room • Tree mark • Sonar fence • The Tunnels • Jughead The Island's locations Alex's hideout • Balloon • Black Rock • Cove • Dark Territory • Beechcraft • Statue of Taweret • Frozen wheel • Jungle • The Line • The Mesa • Pascal Flats • Polar bear cave • Rope bridge • Rousseau's camp • Ruins • Waterfall Off-Island locations The Lamp Post • Commune • Kashmir Curry • Tracking station • Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute • Simon's Butcher Shop • Tunisia • University of Michigan

v • d • e Theories about the DHARMA Initiative Theories in general Founders Gerald DeGroot • Karen DeGroot • University of Michigan • The Hanso Foundation • Alvar Hanso Personnel Alvarez • Annie • Amy • Casey • Lara Chang • Pierre Chang • Doctor • Glenn • Horace Goodspeed • Olivia Goodspeed • Kelvin Inman • Jay • Jerry • Jeanette Lewis • Roger Linus • Mike • Oldham • Paul • Phil • Stuart Radzinsky • Ethan Rom • Rosie • Tom • Wayne • Workman • Willie Locations The Hydra • The Arrow • The Staff • The Swan • The Flame • The Pearl • The ? • The Barracks • The Door • Capsule dump • Pala Ferry • The Looking Glass Research Psychology • Parapsychology • Electromagnetism • Utopian Social Engineering Films Flame video • Sri Lanka video • Swan film • Pearl video • Psychology Orientation Test video Miscellaneous DHARMA cabling map • DHARMA vans • The Purge