You Are Being Initiated Addendum: So, this "OA" thing...

The London Eye, part of the Millennium festivities 

You Are Being Initiated: The OA Revisited

That's not actually an A, is it?

I wrote about the extraordinary Netflix series The OA over the winter but something about it kept nagging at me. I was so focused on the externals of the storyline that it didn't occur to me that what we're actually seeing here is a classic Mystery religion narrative, complete with a journey to the Underworld. 

Chester Bennington and the Siren's Call

Come Feel the Deep

Well, it happened again. Another prominent figure in music gone too soon. More pain and heartache. Like we needed more.

Sex Magick and Secret Societies at War: The Liminal Symbolism of Twin Peaks

It's not exactly a newsflash that secret society symbolism lies at the very heart of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks mythos. 

Talking Rock with Dr. Bob

Picture Parade: (Eastern) Star Trek, or Let's Get Sirius

Sync Log: Heath Ledger, the Joker and the Siren

Her honey mouth has got me all fool gold. 

The Two Towers, or the Siren's Ultimate Prophecy (UPDATE)

So for the past few weeks we've been looking at how a constellation of connections, syncs and symbols surrounding the doomed romance of Elizabeth Fraser and Jeff Buckley all ultimately point back to the great myth of the love goddess and her shepherd boy consort.