Following "Secrets of the Beehive", Sylvian underwent an extended period of depression and undertook analysis as a way of coming to terms with facts in his childhood upbringing, and his restless search for a spiritual creed to which he could adhere. Ultimately he left behind his Christian roots and via explorations of widely varied philosophies ranging from the writings of Gurdjieff to Gnosticism to Zen Buddhism, all of which left its traces in his lyrics and music, he settled on Buddhism as his primary spiritual path.