I, pet goat II from Heliofant on Vimeo.
This insanely detailed video took Lefebvre approximately five years to produce, as he decided to undertake the massive project almost single-handedly. Because of this he was viscerally able to portray the minutest details of his vision into his finished animated product. I, personally, have never seen anything like this. The incredible and intricate level of subversion leaves the viewer in a pile of goose-bumps. You’re granted with psychedelic glimpses into the artist's original vision: crumbling pyramids and cathedrals, an entranced, trance-dancing Jesus and Shiva, an ecstatically masqueraded flying fire-dancer, bright, blooming pink and purple lotuses, Sufi whirling Dervishes, the archetypal sun, egyptian mythology, enlightenment, illumination, nirvana and a fear-stricken string puppet of Barack Obama accompanied by a confusedly blabbering George W. Bush. It's creative genius echoing through the mythological, political and spiritual levels.
The following excerpts are taken from Lefebvre's website, Heliofant, where he goes deeper into the symbology portrayed in his immediate cult-classic I, Pet Goat II.
The all-seeing eye, in the elite world view, is about control and surveillance of every person and aspect of society. When placed on the Christ character, it means the opening up of the third eye or pineal gland that permits a unhindered communication with God, as well as other dimensions. In other words, clear spiritual vision. The triangle on his forehead represents Divinity and is actually a symbol found in many churches to represent the Divine Source. This is opposed to the pyramids in the final shot which represent a top down control system where each layer is manipulated through deception by the layer above it
It is about taking back the symbology that has been corrupted to degrade the human spirit and control man, and redressing those symbols, by placing the Christ at the center of the narration.
The Christ character in his boat is reminiscent of Ra, the Egyptian sun god who travels the sky in his celestial boat. In the evening he descends into the underworld, a sort of death. And in the morning he is resurrected and lights up the sky. The theme of resurrection was an important motif in the life of Egyptians.
Anubis, the jackal-headed god, is the Greek name for the earlier Egyptian Deity Anapa. He is associated with the afterlife and protects the souls of men in their journey through the underworld. He also weighs the truth and the heart of those souls before deciding their fate. Anubis is often associated with Wepwawet who has a wolf's head and is a war deity of Egypt. He is called the opener of ways. He opens up the way for the army to move in.