Archive for Elvis

The King and Star Trek

Posted in Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema, Cinema History, Cinema Symbolism, Film, Movie History, Mysticism, Occult Hollywood, Star Trek, Symbolism, The Occult, TV Show with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 24, 2023 by robertwsullivaniv

All the Star Trek imagery in Elvis (2022) is there because it was one of the King’s favorite television shows. Keep your eyes peeled the next time you watch it.

Happy New Year – Cinema Symbolism 4 sneak peek

Posted in Alchemy, Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema, Cinema History, Cinema Symbolism, Classic Horror, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Halloween, Hollywood, Horror Movies, Illuminati, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Madam Blavatsky, Midsommar, Monsters, Movie History, Movies, Mysticism, Mythology, Occult Hollywood, Philosophy, Secret Societies, Stanley Kubrick, Symbolism, Tarot Cards, The Occult, Wizard of Oz with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 29, 2022 by robertwsullivaniv

Happy New Year! Enjoy this sneak peek at Cinema Symbolism 4 (the Preface, rough copy). Enjoy!

To this author, the thought of composing another occult movie book in the vein of Cinema Symbolism 2 (2017) and Cinema Symbolism 3 (2021) is, quite frankly, nauseating. I have no interest in writing another volume focusing on a particular movie, then analyzing it through an esoteric-Hermetic-Gnostic lens while identifying Easter eggs. I’ll take a rain check on that.

Instead, this time around, I am taking Cinema Symbolism 4 in another direction. While select films will get individual chapters (those with well-hidden undercurrents like The Batman, 2022), this book will focus on arcane topics and how specific movies project and visualize the occult, magic, and mythology into pop culture, casting powerful spells. For instance, rather than apply Joseph Campbell’s (1904-1987) monomyth to a certain film, I will present the elements of the hero’s journey and identify them as they appear in cinema proper. Indeed, I will continue to point out Easter eggs as I discover them; if I didn’t do that, what sort of analyst would I be?

And speaking of Easter eggs, how did I miss that elusive one in Mother! (2017) and that diabolical homage in The Witch: A New-England Folktale (2015). Mother!, a Gnostic flick that looks like it was directed by Valentinus (ca. 100-ca. 180 CE) and produced by Philo of Alexandria (ca. 25 BCE-ca. 50 CE), was dissected thoroughly in Cinema Symbolism 3 (2021) by yours truly. However, upon rewatching it in the autumn of 2021, I noticed the yellow elixir Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) drinks to ease her anxiety alludes to the Rolling Stones’ appropriately titled song “Mother’s Little Helper” (1966). The tune is about a mama who consumes yellow tranquilizers to alleviate her depression. Does not Lawrence’s Sophia-like Mother “… go running for the shelter of her mother’s little helper ♫” to get her through her “♫ busy dying days ♫” spent with the demiurgic, capricious Him (Javier Bardem)?

The Witch, a Luciferian masterpiece also scrutinized in Cinema Symbolism 3, was rewatched by this author during the summer of ’22. Once more, something jumped off my flat-screen television I hadn’t observed before. William’s (Ralph Ineson), the pride-infected father of the doomed family, ceaseless wood splitting hearkens back to The Amityville Horror (1979), wherein the hapless patriarch, George Lutz (James Brolin), also incessantly chops firewood. Whether the impetus is conscious or subconscious, Robert Eggers, The Witch’s director, uses woodcutting as an occult mnemonic, transferring the evil lurking inside 112 Ocean Avenue to the Puritan family’s seventeenth-century homestead where the satanic Black Phillip is king (because “ a crown grows out his head [and] to a nanny queen is wed ♫”).

Also left out of my last book was the origin of Twin Peaks’ (1990-2017) Dweller on the Threshold, a term lifted from the neo-Gnostic world of Madame Helena Blavatsky’s (1831-1891) Theosophy Society. The Russian mystic defined them as “certain maleficent astral doubles of defunct persons,” hence the entities inhabiting the Black Lodge representing the person’s shadow self and unresolved issues at the time of their death.[1] Make no mistake, David Lynch and his ilk are occult experts.

If the reader is familiar with Cinema Symbolism 3, then they should know Midsommar (2019) is a morbid retelling of The Wizard of Oz (1939) eighty years later. Ergo, the conspicuous airplane turbulence in the former is a throwback to the tornado in the latter. Just as a violent twister whisks Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland, 1922-1969) to a magical yet foreboding land, a bumpy flight speeds Dani Ardor (Florence Pugh) to a beautiful yet saturnine landscape accordingly. I can’t believe I did not pick up on this one earlier.

Then there is the solar tapestry woven around Elvis Presley’s (1935-1977) life that I analyzed in my last movie book. I thought I had nailed everything, only to recently learn the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll purchased Graceland in mid-March ’57, a few days before the vernal equinox when daylight and warmth overcome darkness; thus, Elvis’ heliacal career was on its way symbolized by his opulent estate. He married Priscilla (née Wagner) on May 1st, 1967. Beltane is midway between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice when daylight triumphs; ergo, it’s only appropriate for the Apollonian musical messiah to take a wife that day. Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie, was born on Imbolc, February 1st, 1968, halfway between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox when light continues to gain strength.

On top of that, the sun king’s manager, Col. Tom Parker (1909-1997), was born on June 26th, a mere two days after midsummer when the life-giving orb is at its apex in the northern hemisphere. Thanks to him, Elvis famously began performing at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on Lammas Eve, 1969, midway between the summer solstice and the vernal equinox signifying the forthcoming harvest while honoring the weakening sun. As such, Elvis would entertain audiences at the renowned venue up to the year he perished. However, the King met with the leader of the free world, the thirty-seventh President of the United States, Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994), on December 21st, 1970, the day before midwinter when the sun is annually renewed or born again, signifying his pop culture transcendence.  

How the fuck did I miss these? The answer: ultimately, no one is perfect.

Unlike my other cinema tomes, this preface will be brief as my purpose in writing it is to explain the book’s template, then move on to the good stuff. As with my other volumes, keep an eye out for Easter eggs concealed in the text and image layout. With that, I unveil Cinema Symbolism 4.

Robert W. Sullivan IV, Esq.
Lughnasadh 2022
Baltimore, MD, USA

Copyright 2022 Robert W. Sullivan IV. All Rights Reserved.


[1] G. de Purucker, Occult Glossary: A Compendium of Oriental and Theosophical Terms (London: Rider & Co. Paternoster House, E.C., 1933), 50-51.

Quod Superius Macroprosopus, Quod Inferius Microprosopus

Posted in Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema History, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Egypt, Entertainment, Esoterica, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Movies, Mysticism, Mythology, Occult Hollywood, Symbolism, Tarot Cards with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 29, 2022 by robertwsullivaniv

It is only apropos that the latest biopic about Elvis Presley (1935-1977), the Apollonian sun god, will be released on June 24th. That is midsummer, the feast day of the Baptizer (aka John the Baptist, the Lord of Summer), three days after the summer solstice, the apex of the sun in the northern hemisphere, and the birthday of modern-day Freemasonry. As above, so below as they say, so inscribed of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus. Coming soon: Cinema Symbolism 4.

Archive: Rob’s Masonic-Halloween Special 2021

Posted in Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema Symbolism, Classic Horror, Entertainment, Film, Frankenstein, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Halloween, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Movie History, Movies, Mysticism, Occult Hollywood, Stanley Kubrick, Symbolism, Universal Horror, Witchcraft with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2021 by robertwsullivaniv

In case you missed it, Rob’s Masonic-Halloween Special (debuted October 26th, 2021) is now archived on YouTube! Listen to Rob talk horror films, Elvis, the Freudian Nightmare of Halloween (1978), among other topics. Check it out!

New Podcast! The Smooth Stylings of Rob on Mysterious Outpost Radio!

Posted in Astrology, Back to the Future, Blog, Blog post, Cartoons, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Elizabeth Burnblack, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Halloween, Illuminati, James Bond, Kabbalah, Matrix, Mysticism, Philosophy, Reading, Royal Arch of Enoch, Secret Societies, Symbolism, Tarot Cards, Walt Disney, Wizard of Oz with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 11, 2017 by robertwsullivaniv

Listen to the smooth sytlings of Rob on Mysterious Outpost Radio! This show is brand new with Rob talking all things Cinema Symbolism and Cinema Symbolism 2. Check it out!

Radio: Rob on Revolution Radio, Monday, July 31, 2017 at 10:00 pm EST

Posted in Ancient Aliens, Astrology, Black Swan, Blog, Blog post, Carl Jung, Cinema Symbolism, Coast to Coast AM, Education, Elizabeth Burnblack, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Hollywood, Illuminati, James Bond, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Matrix, Occult Hollywood, Radio, Reading, Secret Societies, Starseed, Supernatural, Symbolism, Tarot Cards, The Occult, Walt Disney, Witchcraft, Wizard of Oz with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 30, 2017 by robertwsullivaniv

Rob returns to Revolution Radio (freedomslips.com) Studio B on Monday night, July 31, 2017. Rob will be a guest on Barbara DeLong’s Night Light debuting live at 10:00 pm EST. Rob will be talking all things Cinema Symbolism 2; to listen to this show click banner:
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Archive: Crystal Kids Radio

Posted in Ancient Aliens, Astrology, Blog, Blog post, Cinema, Cinema History, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Entertainment, Espionage, Film, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, Horror Movies, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Knights Templar, Movies, Mysticism, Mythology, Occult Hollywood, Reading, Religion, Royal Arch of Enoch, Star Wars, Supernatural, Symbolism, The Occult, Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 23, 2015 by robertwsullivaniv

In case you missed it, check out the smooth stylings of Rob on Crystal Kids Radio (original air date December 22, 2015). Listen to Rob talk the Solar Mythology of Christianity, Elvis, Star Wars, and other movies in this brand new podcast.

$5.99 Cinema Symbolism eBook Sale Ends 12/27 – Go Get It!

Posted in Alchemy, Astrology, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Enochian Magick, Esoterica, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, History, Hollywood, Illuminati, Lucifer, Magick, Mysticism, Occult History, Occult Hollywood, Philosophy, Sex Magick, Sorcery, Symbolism, Witchcraft with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2014 by robertwsullivaniv

All eBook versions (Kindle, Nook) of Cinema Symbolism are reduced from $9.99 to $5.99! Sale ends 12/27, take advantage of this gift today! Ebooks make a wonderful Holiday present, To purchase click banners:
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Black Swan, Alchemy, Demonism, & Satanic Magic on Midwest Real

Posted in Alchemy, Astrology, Blog post, Cinema Symbolism, Education, Enochian Magick, Esoterica, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, History, Hollywood, Illuminati, Lucifer, Magick, Mysticism, Occult History, Occult Hollywood, Philosophy, Royal Arch of Enoch, Sorcery, Symbolism, Theurgy, Witchcraft with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2014 by robertwsullivaniv

In this brand new podcast, Rob talks Black Swan, Magic, Alchemy, and the solar life of Elvis Presley. Rob also speaks on the cinematic esoterica presented his book, Cinema Symbolism. To listen to this show (Midwest Real, Episode 57) click image:
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