Why I Think 2016 Has Been a MENtal Year

Synchromysticism is the drawing of connections in modern culture (movies, music lyrics, historical happenings and esoteric knowledge); and finding connections that could be coming from the "collective unconscious mind"; and finding connections between occult knowledge (i.e. esoteric fraternities, cults and secret rituals), politics and mass media.

The opening shot from the movie 'Mental',
 flying over Mt. Warning

I have already written a post about the movie 'Mental' resonating with the tragedy of an American tourist who was struck by lightning while camping on top of Mt. Warning this year - 

Does Synchromysticism Sound 'Mental' to You?

Riders on the Storm?

That news story was the main reason the movie 'Mental' and 2016 came together in my mind, but there were other synchromystic pieces in the movie that also resonated with the year 2016 for me.

'Mental' is about, "a charismatic, crazy hothead who transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity."

Some movies really hit home on a synchromystic level in one particular year, and I think that 'Mental' really hit home on a synchromystic level in 2016, and the first three letters in the movie's title is a big clue why with the setback of a woman not being elected President of The United States when it looked in the bag for her.
2016 seemed to be a year where the feminine spirit was Trumped by a truly mental result. 

'Mental' is a movie about a misogynistic politician whose only real goal is to win the upcoming election, but the females in his life are driving him crazy, as he doesn't understand them, or care to, until he realizes he could lose the election because of their rebellion against him.

There may even be a reference to PizzaGate, if that above line from the movie is anything to go by;-)

There may even be a synchromystic wink to the scary clown sighting phenomena that really hit the headlines in 2016.

There was even a theme park tragedy in 2016 where four people died on a flume ride at Dreamworld, which was just up the road from the theme park this movie was filmed at.

But my favourite piece of synchromysticism in this film aligning with the year 2016 was the shark theme throughout the movie and the fact that my favourite football team the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks won their first ever NRL grand final by beating the Melbourne Storm. 

The joke about the Cronulla supporters having a better chance of seeing Harold Holt come back out of the ocean than winning a grand final has finally been laid to rest in 2016, to my relief. 

 And Harold Holt disappeared on the morning of Sunday 17 December 1967, not the 23rd of June like the movie states, but oddly enough 1967 was the year that the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks entered the NRL competition, as well. 

And another resonating coincidence in the movie is that Shaz has her hand on a stuffed monkey when she first meets Coral and 2016 is the Year of the Monkey.

Then again...

or a Shark supporter;-)