Way back in the early 80’s when I was a teen, I went to a church seminar on rock music they were discussing the evils in rock and such.
The speaker discussed Hotel California, he believed they were referring to the church of satan- inside of the album cover is photo of the lobby with the Eagles and friends in the lobby with a person in the balcony thought to be Anton Lavey, founder of the church of satan.
The lyrics “So I called up the Captain,
‘Please bring me my wine’
He said, ‘we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine”
The speaker believed the “wine” is the Holy Spirit and “they haven’t had that spirit here since 1969” - 1969 was the year that Anton Lavey wrote the satan ic bible.
So essentially they kicked out the Holy Spirit in 1969.
I was about 12 or 13 then and have never forgotten that, and I still love that song