The Brutal Consequences of Mystifying Oracle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
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Turns out, The Mandela Catalogue isn't the only banger that @AlexxKister has put out. Who knew? If you enjoy internet horror content, make sure to let me know!
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// timestamps:
00:00 intro
02:21 Salutatio
05:54 Evocatio
13:05 In Limbo
22:55 Analysis
34:15 closing thoughts
// music used (in order):
♫ Yume 2kki - Hospital Outskirts
♫ Yume 2kki - Cutlery World
♫ Yume 2kki - Green Neon World
♫ Yume 2kki - Mansion Terrace
♫ Yume 2kki - Cat Cemetery
♫ Yume 2kki - Salmon-Shaded Settlement
♫ Yume 2kki - Crystal Waters
♫ Yume 2kki - Lotus Waters
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Thought I'd mention this series also takes place in the same universe of mandela catalogue
Hi
Mystifying Oracle is just a story about what would happen if one of those "3AM" channels were to actually summon a ghost and/or demonic entity.
So a 3am channel
@@nathanieljones8043but in late 2008
@@Epicconor1 and not clickbait
imagine being a supernatural entity showing yourself to humans but everyone is like 😂😂😂 ah yeah 😂 another scary 3am video suuuuure of courseeeee it's real
@@nathanieljones8043 lol
That spirit was so mad it stole all that man’s big boy furniture. Malevolent, indeed.
No, its just that he has the average amount of furniture that he realistically would have lol
Delightfully devilish, as one would say.
"My mom got pushed down the stairs... STAY TUNED!!!"
Ah yeah. He hittin' the TH-cam grindset already
I'm confused, she started off in the hospital. Are we stuck in a time loop, or was she in there for something else and got sent right back again because of the spirit?
@@WobblesandBeanprobably just a lie to make people sympathize with him more, and to make his story sound believable
not finished yet, so idk if you mentioned it, but joel's characterization feels like someone with depression. the oversleeping, apathy, disregard for his own safety, the obvious when it comes to bleeding, and at the end, that isolation, though it's not his purposeful choice, comes about as a result of his own actions. i think it's easy to read this series as a metaphor for depression, feeling like you're haunted and everything going wrong, the isolation no matter how much people reach out. the way chloe talks to him reminds me of someone trying to support a friend with chronic depression. maybe it's because i'm having a flareup, but it stuck out to me as neat. heck, even the purposeful pushing of the spirit can be seen as self-harm or reckless activities, things you see in people who are passively in a headspace of craving self-deletion. and the stepping out at the end is a fairly obvious reference to said self-deletion. but i don't know, and i really love your breakdown of the series! :D
oh wow, i didn't even think about that but now that you said it it all seems so clear. joel's message are the end before walking into the void definitely reads like a suicide note to me, with walking into the void representing the obvious
I actually think the end might be pointing the other direction, where the darkness on the outside is coming inside because he's becoming apathetic to everything, not just what's outside of his own little world. so him stepping outside may be him confronting his depression, however that may look.
sounds like projection tbh
wow yeah as someone who deals with similar shit I thought the same
Totally agree! I’m hopeful for the further exploration.
Mandela is by far my favorite Analog Horror but Mystifying Oracle is really a breath of fresh air. The commitment to the style of "early 2000s/windows movie maker" YT videos makes the series feel really authentic. Reminds me of watching those old spooky TH-cam videos like username666.
16:15 demon pulled a 'no you' on his ass 😂
imagine if he died, gonna be an awkward meetup in the afterlife with that spirit
What immediately threw me off was the candles having such round shadows. That and the “no, you” gave me a chuckle.
The thing I find strange is, why doesn't the ouija board still have the blood on it in episode 3? You could argue that he maybe washed it but depending on what material those old boards are made out of there must've still been at least a stain, right?
The hasbro version is made like a typical board game and coated in a thin layer of plastic. So no, it wouldn't stain.
@WobblesandBean not the way I use it
maybe it's a different version of the board? since there's alot of shots that show the house changing, especially with the window and the title it could be a different version of his house. that could also be why he couldn't contact emily
I think it's meant to imply that the blood offering was accepted by whatever entity he had summoned.
most violent "no you" ive seen ever
It really does seem like the rationality of a severely depressed person working through their understanding of self harm and how it appears to help them and even get them attention, despite overall distancing them from their support group. I believe the intent here is to be more metaphorical in story telling than a literal telling of a haunting. Not sure though! But if it’s meant to be literal it seems a little cliche and disrespectfully handled as self harm just for the sake of showing a ghosts power is a tad tone deaf.
FUN FACT!
both the mystifying oracle and Mandela catalog exist in the same universe......
(if you watched Vol 4......something may stick out when you know this fact)
I'm not happy he did that. That screams "I don't think this will stand on its own so I'm going to retroactively hitch it to my big hit to get more attention on this".
@WobblesandBean What? Nothing is wrong with attaching this to a bigger universe and project at all. There are so many books, movies, video games, creepypastas, comics, ect that do this. I don't see the problem.
@@WobblesandBean I trust that he actually has a reason for it in writing terms.
Something tells me we'll see what happened to stolen children, who got replaced by changelings, though MC or this series.
Source? i don't think so, i think this leans to more of a demonic entities, not alternates.
I love seeing “smaller” channels start getting sponsorships. It’s nice to see someone like Minaxa, a grain of sand in a desert of TH-camrs, get recognized and paid by a brand!
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Nuts from Berk
Mystifying oracle is literally so special to me along with TMC. Somehow all of Alex’s work strikes a really great chord with me, but MO has that nostalgia factor. I used to watch low quality, underground ghost videos like that when I was a kid.
One thing to keep in mind is that those who believe in Ouija boards have two rules that are believed to be necessary: you need to open every session with a prayer to repel malevolent spirits and make sure the spirits you're speaking with will be good spirits, and you always always ALWAYS end every session by saying goodbye to dismiss the spirit so that you're not keeping a spirit around. Otherwise, you're opening the door for any spirits to communicate with you and stick around when you're done, regardless of their moral alignment. Joel clearly did not do either of these, so yeah. Dude was asking for it.
TLDR: Demon bullies depressed youtuber for milking content
as much as I like the idea of analog horror, I've only watched one all the way thru. That being Angel Hare. Saw an adorable bunny and was like "What's a cute bunny doing in a horror series?"
You’d be suprised about how common rabbits are in horror stuff, but angel gabby is a much cuter bunny compared to like Bon from the Walten Files
@@crescentcreates6286 Bon isn't cute
If there is one thing Analog Horror has taught us, it's that losing your humanity can lead to ungodly results. Especially if you think you understand the divine more than you understand yourself ("GREYLOCK", I'm looking at you)
But common sense 101 would tell you that pestering the paranormal with a ouija board is a really, really bad idea.
Yet, it is clear this entity is disciplined enough to not fully commit to harming the source of its grievances, but rather use its otherness to get a lesson across.
Joel was in WAY over his head with that board thinking it was a shortcut to achieve a viral state. In the short term, it definitely worked. Yet, poke the bull with a stick one too many times, don't be shocked when you wind up getting impaled by its horns.
What disturbs me the most is Joel's apathy toward the whole thing. He is very much in a state of limbo, trapped in a facsimile of his house, cut off from friends and family....yet he doesn't regret anything?! Just how jaded is this guy?! Better yet, this guy is so unfazed by this situation that he doesn't realize how good he has it with this entity warning him. It is pure luck it had enough restraint and didn't just tear him apart.
Regardless, the message is very clear here: Seeking attention through social media and outrageous, extravagant events is a recipe for self-destruction. Such things are fickle, fleeting, and parasitic in nature as you slowly begin to follow the bandwagon of trends in order to validate one's own worth. By the time you realize just pointless the venture is, you may have burned so many bridges that there is really no going back, as the sink cost fallacy starts slinking its way in. By then, I have to ask one simple question:
"Was it worth it?"
@19:53-The painting featured on the wall here is a detail from Enguerrand Quarton’s Coronation of the Virgin, a painted altarpiece. It depicts the torture of souls by a demon & the comfort of those souls by angels. It’s understood as a depiction of purgatory.
Looking at Kister’s most recent work as a small, shallow slice of La Divina Commedia (Dante) clarifies it almost completely.
First: I don’t find this recent work of Kister’s to be effective; I understand I’m in the minority on that-I also found his later installments of Mandela to be weaker each time, with only the first installment feeling like a tight, concrete, & polished product. Second: I don’t see how this series trivializes any serious topic of IPV or self-harm. His lack of concern around his mother’s wellbeing, even after she was pushed down the stairs, is the point-we are meant to be repulsed by his indifference. I only saw one person repeatedly comment this, but wanted to add my feelings on it in response.
As for the “meaning” of this series-it is indeed vague; we are given enough to have a general idea. Joel is portrayed as a self-centered & obsessive person. You’re right to describe him as someone with little regard for himself or others, minaxa-I think his lack of regard for others is the more important trait to stress, here.
Joel’s “self-harm” was not true self-harm, to my mind. Instead, I interpreted it as a blood offering. As Joel went looking for the haunted board, & displayed no hesitation in its unveiling-even with the warning-we can conclude he was all-in from the start. It’s easy to then assume that Joel intended to provoke the spirit, or use the spirit board to call upon something else. There is plenty of mythological literature about demon-summoning that involves blood offering or blood sacrifice. I believe Joel spilled blood on the board with the intent to summon, or the intent to provoke. The result we see the next day-of him having been transported somewhere between time & space-I believe was a direct result of his blood offering.
This is one possible explanation for why-when Joel asks the spirit if it did this-the spirit says, “NO - YOU.” Meaning, “No, I didn’t. You did.” The spirit can either mean that Joel’s blood provoked this outcome or summoned something else. It can also mean that Joel’s actions prior to these events led to this outcome, as well. Did Joel do something irrevocable to land in his own state of purgatory/limbo? Was this the natural conclusion to his obsessive, self-centered behavior? Are there events that led up to this that we don’t know, but Joel knows? Or was Joel willing to enter into a bargain with something otherworldly/spiritual in order to prove the existence of it?-the price of his bargain being his life/soul?
The entire series can also be a metaphor for a few things-the pursuit of online success & forfeiture of values/authentic self to achieve it; the spiral of mental illness (isolation; self-centeredness; obsession & compulsion); “you reap what you sow.” The final blip of scripture at the end from Matthew, which mentions paying back what is owed, really highlights the similarities to La Divina Commedia & establishes that, for me, this series is about Joel’s repayment of some debt. Whether that debt was incurred when he invoked the spirit; when he offered blood; or something he did before these events that we aren’t privy to, we don’t know. I think it’s very clear, though, that Joel had his own journey through purgatory.
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The simple nature and more isolated event happening here really works. I miss older supernatural stories wherein spirits just clapped back because they got mad, instead of some Avengers level demon wants to destroy the world or something. It feels a lot more personal this way, and I applaud Alex Kister for going for this style of story.
I am FUMING at the fact that at 11:02 he gave the malevolent spirit was basically given human blood which as far as my ethereal knowledge basically gave him all the fuel it needed basically sealing his fate! WHY ON THE LORDS THIRD NAME DID YOU DECIDE TO GIVE THE MALEVIOLENT SPIRIT A BLOOD SACRIFICE DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THAT DOES!? he was dead the moment he did that.
I saw that and I was frozen in a state if horror. I refuse to go nera oujia boards bc I don't want to mess with Spirits, so Joel's lack of caution was the scariest thing about this for me
@@weeblinggaming1373 Lol ghosts don't exist. You're working yourself up over nothing.
@@WobblesandBean clearly never a person thats had a actual ghost interaction.
@@weeblinggaming1373 yeah same Ouija boards are basically a one way ticket to let a demon/ghost/spirit to ravage your house
this is actually how i discovered this fact, so, yeah. theres a potential answer for you.
I worked at Spirit Halloween and we used to sell Ouija Boards but at my specific location we had to stop selling them because people would try to use them in our store because the mall where we were located was on top of a Native American burial ground.
Fun times.
I like how the series references actual demons, also I think that "3 episodes" is a reference to the holy trinity from christanity
You are genuinely one of my favorite youtubers now I spent my 2 days off last week just to watch all of your videos, hope to see more from you
I only have a WEEGEE bored
I've got a Luigi board
@@CommanderWiggins I've got a linguini board.
0:36 I tried playing ouija once. I summoned Lemmy Kilminster. Didn't pick up. Then I tried summoning Elvis Presley. Didn't pick up either.
We remember viewing this series that Alex Kister did, it is a cool idea of having Paranormal activity happening during the scenes in the video. It is surprising how the Ouija Board was shown in the videos and episodes of the series giving the fact that the Ouija Board is used to communicate with the living beings. But yeah it is an interesting and amazing series revolving around digital horror and the paranormal. Continue with what you do whether it is making videos, making music or doing work and always have a wonderful day. Keep up the good work as well
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When more of this comes out you need to definitely talk about it loved hearing different people's takes on this stuff
awesome video glad the series is getting the attention it deserves
LMAO the opening I literally said “the Mandela catalogue” and my jaw dropped when u said it immediately after 😭
Fun fact the ouija board is just a toy
Literally a Hasbro toy.
Found your channel via Crowmudgeon, and I’m loving it so far (attention span + having watched White Stag first hand means I’ll eventually circle back around to it ^^; ).
Just gotta say, as someone who is unrepentant Hellaverse trash (and I doubt this was remotely on purpose on your end) it amuses me that your avatar looks like Vox’s more jacked older brother and kicks the idiot box whenever he has a terrible idea (which I presume is often.) 😂
I never engage with your content during reasonable times. So **checks watch** sure I’ll go into this at nearly 1:30 am.
You got me abbict analog horror again I forgot what I was missing these are really intriguing to listen and watch
babe wake up minaxa posted
I love Ouija themed stuff for several reasons and they lend themselves to Analog Horror so well. If you do not know Ouija boards are not old nor occult in the slightest, they were invented by Hasbro as games to spook literal children and the fact they terrify adults is just so comical to me.
A lot of Analog Horror is reliant upon _"Yeah but what is it _*_was_*_ real"_ and it is why they so often work because many people believe it _is_ real even as adults Ouija boards being a prime example. Sure it is just a product of a mega-corporation but what if instead of them being evil in normal ways they opened literal portals to literal Hell somehow is a fun premise.
It lends itself to being believable because people somehow already believe it despite the fact the ancient ghosts from across the planet somehow now know how to spell in perfect American English and speak in modern tones is already enough for me to discredit the boards as a whole people take it very seriously and so the idea in in part already made. Brilliant idea.
I wonder if the message is "don't mess with ouija boards"
This channel is elite
Don't you just hate it when you get Skinamarinked?
Bro i had the absolute same thoughts on what happened
The most horrifying thing about this is using footage of Pat Robertson
Man, I thought it was "The Oracle", the AI that saved humanity from the Tangi Virus.
Thank you for making this video because I did not understand what was going on in this series.
I think the self harm ties into the first ep where he says he doesnt want to worry his mom by telling her he went viral due to some prior incident. I think given your theory that prior incident could be self harm tied with virality---or rather he stopped getting attention after going viral once and that led to feelings of self consciousness/depression
I don't like the self harm in this. As someone who dealt with it in the past it's pretty difficult to watch, but it's also throwing it in so nonchalantly, which...if you're going to put in something as heavy and messed up as self harm, don't treat it like it's no big deal. It should be given the respect and gravitas it deserves.
I'll definitely follow this along
Great video :) commenting to hopefully help with the algorithm!
Love your content commenting for the algorithm
couldn't decide whether I prefer your video or PatRatrick's until the animation at 8:55 sealed the deal
I see Minaxa, I click Minaxa- looking forward to this video :)
could the spirit not be responsible for throwing the house in limbo but the protagonist, by trying another type of ritual invite something else? the "purify" message could then be the spirit demanding some kind of help because they are stuck with another (probably dark x)) entity?
just a thought
Man got No U'd by a demon lol
I went into this video hoping that it was narrated well, and not only am I already feeling really good about it, the fact that you start using Yume 2kki is like a massive green flag to me.
I'm going to love this, I just know.
PS: Aaand it was great!! I think we've come to similar conclusions. Though I still wonder if the series is over of if it will go on, since this definitely feels like an ending. Plus I think I heard something about Oracle being turned into a TMC spin-off? Which is odd since they don't seem to work within the same "lore".
Well the lesson of the trilogy for me is don't mess with the other side especially for internet clout.
Yo, Minxa are still going the Mandela Catalouge vid I requested lol.
Not gonna lie, kind of clicked the video thinking it was a Vintage Eight's Oracle video, 35 min later, not disaponted ether way
Will you make a mandela catalogue video
Let’s gooooo new vid
Honestly maybe the ghost just wants the guy to learn from his actions and get an apology. Like they could've easily killed the guy ya know? I mean maybe the ghost felt bad for him at first and that's why they went along with it at first, they humored him for a bit until Joel got annoying and instead of killing him he the ghost just put him in the void, it could be like timeout or smth lol
she mystifies on my oracle
9:03 Sounds like an AO3 author
In the Japanese interview video, the word that was written in question marks might be “plenty”
i recognise that painting somehow but i cant remember what its called...
Hey do know the channel of El ultimo Tvnauta?, have similar style
Love from a NightMind and Vaush fan!
LETS FUCKING GOOO
i do think you villainize joel a bit much. it seems more like he fell into a rabbit hole and lost control. he only says he has control because he doesn't want people to come check on him for fear they might get hurt. further, he likely walked into the dark because he spent weeks trying things to no avail and couldn't stand his prison any longer
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HIMM is easily the best Unfiction series to date, it’s the only one that’s actually stuck with me. It’s such a beautiful story.
HWLP IM SO HAPPYIM LIKE BOUNCHING OFF WALLS AND I LITERALLY STARTED GETTING A DEMON EXORCISD OUT OF NY BODY WHEN I SAW THIS IM SHAKING AND JUMPING AT THW SECOND
bro I witnessed that from the closet gah dam
STOP HUNTING ME DOWN MAMA
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One of my pet peeves is when people mispronounce "Ouija". This is going to be a bumpy ride 😂
i have literally never heard it said any way other than "wee-jee"
@@minaxa It's a very common mispronunciation, but a mispronunciation nonetheless. Same with "macabre", the RE is silent but everyone says "mack-ah-bree". Yes, I am a pedant, lol.
I'll be honest, I never find horror stories revolving around a Ouija board scary, because it always ends up being an unintentional comedy when the characters even think of touching the thing. If that were me, I'd toss that thing in the nearest dumpster. I'm not taking that risk just because it may be "fun". XD
NO U
man this video aged like milk
I'm disappointed he retroactively decided to make this part of The Mandela Catalogue universe. It was strong enough to stand on its own, and the choice to tether it to TMC just feels like a blatant cash grab.
Im just saying, you owe us the FNAF UCN video. It has 50k likes.
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broski that fnaf video got 50k likes come on chop chop we need the ucn video
as a native american it's so funny to me when white people try to use sage. no one smudges right. every nation has a different way of doing it but it's def more than just burning some herbs.
Yeah, it's kinda funny. Peak ⬜ people ⬜ peopleing.
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Hey if you are going to make video on this why not jaystation
Tbh i really dont understand mystifying oracle
Well did the video help?
a moronic mortal whom doesnt understand spirits and how angry they can be gives it a blood sacrifice fucking himself straight to hell is the plot of it
Second!!
fifth
Hey homie, try to cut out the parts of you inhaling INTO the mic
First!
No one cares
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Hey anyone who reads this. Go like the custom night part to video so that he has to make “the best Ultimate Custom Night video on youtube” its at 49k/50k needed. Please
I'm sorry, but really? This "series" is unbelievably generic and low effort. Hiding behind broken apart storytelling and stupid "SO AUTHENTIC" mid 2000s style doesn't make it any less shitty. I'm starting to wonder what won't impress the analog horror community
You’re so strange lol
@@minaxa No, I'm kinda with Caleb on this, although I wouldn't word it as rudely as he did. There are some well made spooky bits in MO, but it's very generic. Using a Ouija board ends badly, really? How original.
I'm also pretty upset at how Alex completely trivializes heavy topics, like self harm and domestic abuse (woman getting thrown down stairs). It's just tossed in as an aside, when things like that should be handled with the respect and gravitas it deserves. Alex turned a woman getting deliberately hurt into a non-entity. That's nine kinds of messed up.
@@minaxa damn.... never had a creator talk back to me before, subbed