Divinations Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Bandildo 

Cover art for Divinations lyrics by Mastodon

Here, the protagonist gets sucked into a wormhole and gets to the Khlysts, a russian sect:

"The wormhole is empty The center of Khlysty surrounds me"

and appears in a middle of a ritual, like he was summoned by the cult members:

"The fire is dancing in the silvery sheet of breath Black robe Necromancing Summon the soul of the spectre"

Note that the Khlyst were active in the late 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century, which coincides with the time Rasputin was around (1869 — 1916).

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