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An Ideological Analysis of a Satanic Agenda Promoted

by the Mainstream Music Industry

Persuasion works in mysterious ways. Often times people are not even conscious of the

meticulous details that it took to provoke them into being motivated about something in

particular. A subliminal message is a signal embedded within another object which is

programmed to travel past the conscious to the subconscious and in certain situations may affect

later actions or attitudes (Cheskin 1). Furthermore, the subliminal projection channeled by the

music industry, specifically the mainstream Rap and Hip/Hop genres, acts as a means of

persuading its audience to unknowingly accept an occult influence which this analysis examines

as the Illuminatis agenda (Cheskin 1).

Situation

The Rap and Hip/Hop genres supersede in mainstream music popularity. The magnitude

of its dedicated audiences allows for any message that a music mega artist displays to be

incorporated significantly into the lives of their followers; especially considering the consistency

of media publicity of these mega artists. The Illuminati occult established in 1776 with the

clearly defined mission of taking over the world ,through controlling peoples minds by means

such as subliminal messaging in order to condition individuals into accepting satanic

philosophies (YouTube: Satanic). Many music mega artists in mainstream Rap and Hip/Hop use

clothing, gestures, symbols, lyrics and phrases to illustrate their affiliation with the Illuminati.

Ted Gunderson, retired special agent FBI stationed in Los Angeles, claims that most artists in the

mainstream music industry are a part of the Illuminati and he supports the conspiracy that there

is an Illuminati agenda with subliminal messaging promoted by artists (YouTube: Satanic).

Method

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I will analyze the persuasive strategies founded in ideological criticism to draw a

connection between the use of Illuminati symbols and speech by music mega artists in

mainstream Rap and Hip/Hop genres and the effect it has on the genres audiences. Ideological

analysis suggests certain beliefs, values, and assumptions discovered beyond the surface of an

artifact. The position of dominance within social relevance must be reinforced continually

through the use of rhetorical strategies and practices also known as hegemonic ideology (Foss

210). So through the use of semiotics, the science of signs, there is evidence that some music

mega artists claim affiliation with the illuminati based upon their consistent use of satanic

symbols illustrated through a variety of ways (Foss 211).

Report of Findings

Within the speech I delivered on this ideological analysis, I composed a variety of videos

including mega artist interviews, lyrical spotlights, and symbolic semiotic evidence. However, I

initially posed the question of what it meant to "hide things in plain sight." I also raised more

questions during transition with the videos concerning what it could mean to be desynthesized

and how it that there could be a disjunction between the subconscious and conscious regarding

the influence mainstream music has on its audience. In preparation, I concluded that a very

verbally minimum speech would acquire the desired response. Since this issue is extremely

controversial on many levels, I resolved that declaring facts or proofs verbally would do more

damage to an assumingly already desynthesized audience and that this analysis would be best

accepted if it was seemingly realized by the audience themselves than by an elaborately detailed

and blatant presentation. An audience who probably already accepts mega artists as those without

an evil agenda is more likely to be persuaded to consider the striking analysis as a possibility if I

simply raised questions of a conditioning desynthesis all the while a packet of proofs lay "in

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plain sight." Everyone in my audience was given a packet of information clearly illustrating the

hegemonies of a mega artist wearing or making a gesture of a symbol that was directly beside an

Illuminati symbol showing that it was clearly a satanic proof. Since that packet was filled with

information laid out to offer the connection "in plain sight," t it was to my listener's advantage to

grasp the clues from my raised questions designed to tie the videos together.

The Illuminati has an agenda. This agenda referred to as the new world order is

significantly rooted in satanic beliefs (YouTube: Satanic).The relevancy of this issue strikes a

diverse audience. Since the audience is not necessarily definable, it nevertheless can be

suggested that those who are attentive even somewhat to media updates of the mainstream music

industry then this is the appropriate audience that the mega artists in the Illuminati target. In an

attempt to persuade my audience to merely consider or think about my question of being

desynthesized with satanic symbols and quotes in and throughout a variety of mega artists on

paper in front of them. Persuading the audience to be disturbed and take personal action to

remove their support or association with mega artists who is a part of the Illuminati agenda

would not be appropriate. Only an enlightenment of the reinforced symbols, promoted by the

artists, that derived from the Illuminati or satanic occult would result in the reaction necessary

for my audience to consider the connection. This would have to imply that music mega artists

were aware of these symbols and phrases which would imply that they would have some type of

evil agenda in hiding things in plain sight all throughout the media spotlight. So if there is a

disconnect between the subconscious and conscious awareness of this subliminal messaging that

is hidden in plain sight then my desired reaction would just be that they be given the tools to

acknowledge the correlation for what it is (Cheskin 1).

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Conclusion

Raising questions in a speculative tone and offering many visuals so as to exemplify the

meaning of things hidden in plain sight and solely drawing verbal attention to the fact that

there are subliminal messages that we react to with a disconnect of our subconscious and

conscious to recognize that these promoted symbols and phrases are derivative of Illuminati or

satanic beliefs therefore suggests that the music mega artists audience is becoming desynthesized

to what could only be a conditioning agenda. Persuading my audience of the intended subliminal

messages that create a subconscious and conscious disjunction provokes an unsettling realization

that satanic influences are conditioning them (Cheskin 1). This initial persuasion acquired by

ideological analysis allows for a motivation to research more into the issue for themselves which

is the most appropriate way to gain their attention because of a conclusion that they themselves

originally connected and yet not pushing disturbing evidences that would most likely appear

exaggerated or too extreme to accept.

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Work Cited

Cheskin, Louis. "Subliminal Research Implications for Persuasion." Today's Speech 7.2 (1959):

19-21. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 29 October 2010.

Foss, Sonja K. Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice. Long Grove, IL: Waveland. 2009.

Print.

"Satanic Occult/Mind Control." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 16 Feb. 2009. Web. 29 October

2010. .