by Miguel Conner | Jun 19, 2018 | Blog posts
By Vance Socci There is a 20th-century Gnostic ritual that started in 1956 and was performed annually to this day. It’s called “The Wizard of Oz,” a phenomenally popular children’s movie with definite esoteric elements. There are few of us who don’t remember...
by Miguel Conner | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog posts
by Alex Rivera (Check the first part of the article) The Eternal Wound. In the first half of the film, Papa Javier tends to the wounds of a sick Adam, on his ribs, while sitting in a bathtub. This scene hints at Kabbalistic and Gnostic legends of the psychic Adam...
by Miguel Conner | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog posts
By Alex Rivera Beware of Spoilers! Please watch Mother! before reading this article. This article is also R-rated. The surreal, fever-dream film Mother! by Darren Aronofsky, contains many allusions to Kabbalism, Jungian psychoanalysis and Gnosticism—particularly...
by Miguel Conner | Sep 12, 2017 | Blog posts
By Joseph Armetta David Bowie died on January 10, two days after his 69th birthday. Two days prior he left us with a “parting gift” as described by co-producer Tony Visconti, his final album Blackstar. A video of the title track was also released. The video of...
by Miguel Conner | May 30, 2017 | Blog posts
Most of us have read Moby Dick, or are at least familiar with Herman Melville’s classic. Many of us know the metaphors and symbols and pathos of this great American novel. We heard it all in high school and perhaps found insights once we got older — as the whales of...
