 Haelegen is a function within Hunt-Hendrix's belief system, which she previously explored through the record "New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala" (2016); this belief system is expressed as a diagram on the cover of the album.The album is tied to an ongoing series of philosophical lectures by Hunt-Hendrix on YouTube, which details the system of concepts portrayed by the diagram on its cover.Pitchfork gave the album a 7.6 out of 10, calling it "their most aggressive and radical album yet."