Alex Fulton | Cryptokubrology, Movie Magic, & Subliminal Bears

Summary

This episode features Alex Fulton discussing cryptokubrology, a blend of cryptography and sacred geometry, and its implications in film and subliminal messaging. Fulton connects these themes to broader ideas of movie magic and how hidden symbols can influence audiences. Listeners can explore the depths of hidden meanings within popular culture and their potential effects on perception.

Key takeaways

• 1Cryptokubrology: The study of hidden codes and symbols, especially in relation to sacred geometry.
• 2Movie Magic: The idea that films can use subliminal messages to influence viewer perceptions.
• 3Subliminal Bears: A concept discussed in relation to cryptokubrology and its impact on audience engagement.
• 4Alex Fulton: The guest expert on the episode, contributing insights on the interplay between geometry, symbolism, and media.

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Transcript excerpt

Serenity now, Higher Side Shatters. From the Sunshine State, I'm Greg Carlwood. And over the years, we've spent a lot of time going over the wide range of patterns and weird, uncanny coincidence between highly charged, oftentimes conspiratorial real-world events, works of fiction, occult symbolism, and pop culture iconography, often referred to as synchromysticism. A lot of cultural scrying, as I like to say, or a reverse engineering of rituals encoded into reality, often through 8mm magic by the wielders of the Hollywood wand. And few figures of the film industry are as symbolically potent and layered as the legendary Stanley Kubrick. Like the Gateway Drug or Rosetta Stone for synchromysticism, Kubrick demonstrates a deep degree to which themes, symbols, and ideas can be layered throughout a work, and his resonance with those who are symbolically and conspiratorially oriented has been well-established and is almost never-ending. Well, a subset of the synchromystics, like today's guest Alex Fulton, seems to have taken the focus on Kubrick to a new level with what he calls cryptocubrology, a term coined by Sean Montgomery, the recently departed research partner of Alex's, who defined it as the science behind coincidence, or the study of haunted media, in pursuit of a technical analysis of synchronicity. The sense that our reality is arranged according to some as-yet-undefined a-causal ordering principle. You can find Alex on Twitter as Crypto K, and find his sub-stack articles and podcasts at cryptocubrology.com. I love a synchromystic show, so let's go. The Kubrick decoder, movie magic demystifier, and cinema detail detective. Alex, welcome to THC. Thank you, Greg. It's a pleasure to be here. That was great. So surreal. Surreal to hear that, but it's awesome. Thank you. ...

Excerpt from The Higherside Chats, Jun 19, 2025. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.