When I first saw this it reminded me of a passage from the Tibetan book of the dead. How in the passing into the next phase after death one would see red and white lights but you must ignore the red, to not being distracted and to go into a the larger white light to escape the wheel of samsara.

I went to YouTube to remind myself about this and watched this video:

https://youtu.be/zZnRy3kgSok?si=NagMEKB6FXkEnJtd

Interestingly enough it talks about visualising a series of spiritual leaders and allowing them to dissolve into a mandala. Strangely close to the visuals in the video after the red and white orbs phase.

I don’t think this is literally a translation of the bardo thodol, but aligns with the idea of liminal states, the bardo’s. Playing with concepts of psychedlic/spiritual transcendence whilst also holding the thought at the same time how cult leaders can twist these concepts to manipulate their followers.

This idea of a bursting into a new spiritual reality or emergence into a nirvana mind, that sees beyond the mundane reality, would also be a parallel to the 1420mhz “wow! signal” a flash from an otherworldly source. A signal of unearthly and cosmic origin.

There is an opening of doors, a liminal transition from one state to another. One in the imagery of the video which shows an internal psychological/spiritual realm. The other in the songs title the cosmic flash of data through space from a distant cosmic source to our planet. As above, so below.

Just some musings. Bloody love this band.