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Join us as we start our journey into the Devils involvement in Music, the Music Industry, it’s influence on the youth subcultures attached to it and the overall effect on society at the time.
We start with a brief look at the Legend of Faust and the Faustian Bargain where the 15th-16th century historical figure Johan Georg Faust sells his soul to the Devil in a deal for personal gain. How do you think that works out for him?
We then move on to more modern times to look at the similar myths and stories surrounding famous musicians we have come to know and love and debate whether they obtained their skills and achieved their hugely successful careers through similar deals and unholy Luciferian alliances.
We begin with Robert Johnson the Mississippi blues legend who gained short term success in the 1930’s before dying suddenly under mysterious circumstances and became the 1st modern member of the now infamous 27 club. The Johnson myth is well known and sparked the interest of Hollywood and inevitably led to the film “Crossroads” being released in 1986 which is loosely based on the story. A plethora of songs based on the myth have also been released and many artists like Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton etc have performed their own versions of the song “Crossroads” over the years to pay homage to the dark deals done with the Prince of Darkness by Robert Johnson and others like Tommy Johnson, Paganini etc.
Moving on from the Blues legends we switch to The Beatles during the 60’s and their careers which appear to have an underlying, subtle thread of Occult interest and involvement running right through their centre. The Beatles were massive architects of the 60’s counterculture and influenced the youth of the day to take a different direction in life, through the use of hallucinogenics, transcendental meditation and esoteric thought. The world was never the same again!
Through the course of detailing The Beatles, we mention big influences they had from the Occult world including Alesteir Crowley, Kenneth Anger, Austin Osman Spare, Helena Blavatsky, William S Burrows and others, not to mention Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono the Avant-Garde artist and her dark occult links including her interest in John Dee’s Enochian Magick.
Yes, in hindsight we do concentrate on Lennon in this episode more than the other Beatles by highlighting his superstitious outlook to life and even unearthing his links to the Dakota, Rosemary’s Baby and Mark Chapman. There is much more to tell on this story, we truly have only scratched the surface. If we were being totally thorough and vowing to leave no stone unturned it would lead to a podcast series in its own right as there is so much info on the subject. We will definitely return to The Beatles at a later date and the other members in the band to discuss their occult links but for now it’s time to move on and continue our journey through the rest of our series on the Occult in Music. We hope you enjoy the episode and the information we provide. Some of the information is hard to verify, some is easy but the most important thing here is we just relay the information to you and you make your own mind up. Have fun with it! Anyway….Next stop “The Rolling Stones” & “Led Zeppelin”.
Until next time…. Remember “Nothing is Real”.
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