by Miguel Conner | Jun 27, 2018 | Blog posts
A candidate wins the U.S. presidency and a considerable part of the population rejects the results, embracing exotic stories of birth certificates or Russian meddling. Captains of commerce like Elon Musk contemplate that humanity might be living in a simulated...
by Miguel Conner | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog posts
The mercurial matrimony of Gnostic philosophy and sci-fi movies continues to mature. It’s more of a Promethean honeymoon perhaps, with recent love-children being Mother! and Blade Runner 2049, or stream-friendly content hits such as Westworld and Altered Carbon. This...
by Miguel Conner | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog posts
Science fiction seems to rule our box office. And it’s no secret that Gnostic philosophy has found a conduit for its contraband philosophy in speculative fiction movies. Such films as The Matrix, They Live, Dark City, and The Truman Show have become modern dacitic...
by Miguel Conner | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog posts
The concept of Gnosticism has intrigued and confounded scholars long after the ancient heretics stormed the Greco-Roman scene with their radical, counterculture faith. Some academics have even proposed that Gnosticism never existed, merely part of the malleable stream...
by Miguel Conner | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog posts
In my recent writings and podcasts, I may have overstressed the mythic qualities while understated the experiential aspects of the Gnostics. Sure, myth and experience go talon in talon in the domains of the Esoterica. However, it’s always a pleromic reminder to...
