>>22882938they were just fucking huge geeks lol. most of that stuff was because they were D&D nerds and into mythology and tolkien and esoterica and shit like that. thats just what they thought was cool
also, the owl is just minerva (aka athena)
shes the goddess of civilization and knowledge and democracy. im sure you can see why that would appeal to a born-again atheist like neil lol
ppl get freaked out nowadays whenever they see an owl, but i think its unjustified. im still not entirely sure what the bohemian grove-types have to do with minerva, but im quite certain she would see them as an abomination. they literally work together tirelessly to try to subvert basically everything she stands for. id imagine its some gay satanic "turn everything upside-down cuz muh satan" bullshit
in the 70s, all the satanists were worshipping diana of the wilds (which ACTUALLY makes sense). THATS the greco-roman goddess youre looking for if youre looking for 70s/80s satanists
also look for the cross of leviathan, as thats when satanism REALLY started to take off in the 70s