FLA to the Moon

I think more than anything, the video for "Freak" validates this entire interpretation. 

Father talks about the Freak video with NME http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/i-kicked-some-girl-in-the-face-by-accident-father-john-misty-on-appearing-in-lana-del-reys-freak-vid

Wow! Just saw the video and the smile on my face is a mile wide... THANK YOU :) 

There are also many excellent articles on Jim Baker, Father Yod and the Family available online. While I will be linking some of them here as references, I will mostly be focusing on the Family and their own personal interpretations of what was going on during the time they were active as I believe this is where Lana gathered most of her inspiration from. There are a lot of negative articles written about what actually was going on behind closed doors at the Family homes and while I'm sure some may be accurate, and will lend support to some theories, the writers of the articles were not a part of the Family and did not experience first hand what went on. While most former Family members do have criticism toward Jim Baker, the man, they speak very highly of Father Yod as their Earthly Spiritual Father, enough so that I don't doubt they would embellish. I recommend reading all evidence and articles with a grain of salt as all of it is personal anecdotes and there is no solid facts to back up any claims made.
I encourage every member of Lana Boards to dig in and discover any other pieces of evidence you may find regarding this topic. I will add to this post as new evidence is found with credit to the finder!
 
Here is the original post that I made in the Ultraviolence lyrics thread so please have a look at that for an idea of what started all of this:
 
http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/4684-ultraviolence/?p=198053
 
So hopefully now you have an idea of the Family, we'll jump into the evidence we have. Some of it will be stuff that I and other users have already posted on the UV thread, some will be new. Please note, this section will be updated as more info is discovered.
 
The Source Family and their Influence on Ultraviolence
 
General Evidence
 
 
 
Lyrical Evidence
While I believe some songs on UV are inspired by the Source Family, I don't think that all songs were inspired by them. So you won't see Old Money on this list for example, as it is clearly written for the Great Gatsby, inspired by the character of Daisy and written as an epilogue to Lana's Young and Beautiful.
 
I also believe Lana is inspired from many different things and she weaves them into her own story, either by becoming who she is writing about or imagining herself in a similar situation. She has said before that is in the habit of writing about several things in a song and tying them all together. For example, Video Games being about two different men, etc. So while some lyrics fit the Source theory, others will not as they are probably influenced either by her life or something else.
 
Cruel World
 
 
 
Ultraviolence
 
 
 
Shades of Cool
 
 
 
 
Brooklyn Baby
 
 
 
Aesthetic Evidence
This section is about the pictures used for Ultraviolence vs pictures from The Source Family Archives as well as the soundscape Dan Auerbach and Lana came up with. Lana had stated that her new take on the UV album was "Unlistenable" with many different sounds, tempo changes, etc. Some of the Ya Ho Wha recordings sound very similar to how Lana re-did UV with the layered sounds, experimental vocals and tempo changes.
 
Sound
 
 
 
Visuals
 
 
 
As I stated above I will continue updating this post with more evidence as I find it. Please feel free to post any similarities you might find and I will happily add it with credit to you!
 
Congratulations, your theory has been proved correct! Well, something at least a little bit   
 
 
 
 
 

Hi! I think it would be nice to turn this topic on after the Freak video. As I was watching the video this topic just came in mind. A lot of people said it was like a reference to Jim Jones and Charles Manson, the Kool aid cult (related to the red drink) and other stuff related. But It reminded me a lot of Father Yod and his wives also.
 
It's 'laladelrey' here, i couldn't recover my account, so I'm using this one :c

"I’m one of the very few who kept his picture up.  I’m the only one of his women that stayed his woman [in the way that I did it].  For the past 40 years, I became an Aquarian nun; I haven’t been with any other man–that means I’ve been celibate.  And in great joy, and it was my choice; it wasn’t hard.  It’s just, I was still connected with him.  I have been working with him."
http://www.monsterfresh.com/2013/12/04/isis-aquarian-interview-source-family/
 
"We had a very strong understanding, and he had me by the nape of the neck and I knew I wasn't done. I remained his wife, and I became, it wasn't on purpose – but I became what they call, an Aquarian nun."
http://realitysandwich.com/139810/isis_aquarian_father_yod/
 
 
- Isis Aquarian on Father Yod
 
 
 

What does this picture remind you of?
 

 
 
 

I considered this too. The thing that made all of this seem plausible is that since Isis started to release all this information, there has been a resurgence of fans and followers in the hipster and artist community. In the main post I reference Isis' book description from Amazon that lists Rick Rubin as a recent devotee or at least a fan of the Source Family, citing them as inspiration and even dressing and looking like Father Yod. Rick of course collaborated with Lana before on Paradise. I would bet Lana is well aware of the cult and how it has influenced LA culture. Whether or not she used it as inspiration is what I'm interested in. There are definitely some connections here, and I don't necessarily think they are 100% solid but they are interesting to discuss nonetheless.

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UV Booklet:
 
 
 
Might be farfetched, but there's something going on with those damn long trees and that filter. On other hand, I do recall seeing them in the music video for "Summeritme Sadness" as well... But that's a thing I've been picking up a lot lately. Another visual aesthetic move? Or just my paranoia? 

I thought the same.
 
All those theories about Lana singing about old sects and occultism are so creepy, but they make sense. I had never heard of the Source Family before. It was interesting to read about it, tho.

research pioneer of lanology

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but it seems Lana has been inspired by Baphomet (symbol for an alternative idol/deity) by quite some time. I first blatantly noticed this in 2014 when I was watching the Carcassonne concert and noticed her doing the two-finger gesture multiple times during the show. After searching about Lana & Baphomet, it was brought to my attention that she has made this gesture in many music videos, performances, etc. After posting her "solve et coagula" bio, which is written upon Baphomet's arm, I knew that this was more than just a theory. I'm not sure if this has been spoken about before, but it's just something interesting I thought I would share.






 

Wake up sheeple
 

Lana x Cat

So Lana predicted the planets now the witches cursing trump? I'm legit scared of ha 

Fuck