Jay Dyer covers the esoteric and humorous elements in Nic Cage’s wild new film, Mandy. Mandy is a mish mash of Hellraiser, Heavy Metal, Twin Peaks, Evil Dead and more – on acid! Jay gives two possible readings of the film, including a Luciferian ‘dark hero’ narrative, or a Christological harrowing of Hades analysis. Spoilers ahead – beware.
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I’m happy to say the show is now ready to air – episode 1 is available at the Gaia link below. We’ve completed 23 episodes so far, which will appear each Monday as a new installment. The series kicks off with a powerful, in-depth analysis of the Matrix Trilogy. Enjoy!
Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire
Cabin in the Woods is an enjoyable satire of basically every horror movie stereotype and archetype imaginable. The box office hit from 2012 written by Joss Whedon raked in a hefty profit while throwing nods to horror classics like Friday the 13th, Evil Dead and The Shining. The writing is genuinely funny and the spoofing is spot on, but is there more at work here?
Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire
Secular attempts at mystery and transcendence can never rise above some form of gnosticism or Platonism. In these schemes, the preset physical world is invariably some phantasm or prison-matrix from which the divinely-sparked soul must ascend through the planetary planes or spheres back to the One (Source, Monad, etc.).
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Join host Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast as he talks esoteric Hollywood and movie magic with returning guest Jay Dyer.
Jay Dyer is a public speaker, lecturer, comedian and author of Esoteric Hollywood: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film, as well as the host of the JaysAnalysis Podcast/Esoteric Hollywood. He is also a regular contributor to 21stCenturyWire, Soul of the East and the Espionage History Archive. Jay’s work covers a wide variety of subjects, including metaphysics, film analysis, theology, geopolitics, literature, and history.
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