Around the time Tool released Aenima in 1996, MJK started explaining how his lyrical subject matter would do more exploration of the occult. If you look at their lyrics from all their albums, many are consistent with occult beliefs which Satanism and even proto-Nazi German mysticism is based on.
For instance, lyrics from The Grudge talking about Saturn rising.
"Saturn comes back around
Lifts you up like a child
Or drags you down like a stone"
Or the Hinduistic third eye stuff, or finding the secret to enlightenment in your DNA as the lyrics of 46 & 2 mention.
The thing is that MJK is well aware of where these beliefs lead. He knows well who Aleister Crowley and Anton LaVey are.
Around the time Tool released Aenima in 1996, MJK started explaining how his lyrical subject matter would do more exploration of the occult. If you look at their lyrics from all their albums, many are consistent with occult beliefs which Satanism and even proto-Nazi German mysticism is based on.
For instance, lyrics from The Grudge talking about Saturn rising.
"Saturn comes back around Lifts you up like a child Or drags you down like a stone"
Or the Hinduistic third eye stuff, or finding the secret to enlightenment in your DNA as the lyrics of 46 & 2 mention.
The thing is that MJK is well aware of where these beliefs lead. He knows well who Aleister Crowley and Anton LaVey are.