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We go high into High Weirdness as writer and researcher Alan Berman arrives at the Virtual Alexandria. The Truman Show is not a Gnostic allegory? Is Jim Henson a man of deep Gnosis? We're just getting started. Alan will share how psychological influence increasingly shapes media, politics, social platforms, and artificial intelligence, linking figures such as Michael Aquino, Paul Vallely, and Michael Flynn to manufacturing narratives and information systems that distract, polarize, and steer the public. He'll also connect The Matrix and its Gnostic symbolism to Nick Land's accelerationism, transhumanism, and elite quests for technological transcendence. Then we'll get really started on grimmer realities and how to spot this mass social engineering. Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After 23 chapters, the Blood Meridian read-along is complete—but the questions certainly aren't.For this special concluding conversation, I'm joined by Steven Frye, author of Understanding Cormac McCarthy, to dig into some of the biggest questions I was left with after finishing Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.What exactly is Judge Holden? Why is he so interested in the kid? Does the kid actually change? What does his refusal to completely embrace the Judge's philosophy tell us about him? And what really happens in the jakes at the end of the novel?We also discuss the Judge's philosophy of war, the possibility of reading him as a Gnostic figure, McCarthy's recurring imagery of fire, the role of nature and the desert, the Judge's mysterious ledger, the historical Glanton Gang, the dancing bear, recurring bird imagery, and whether Blood Meridian is really as nihilistic as it initially appears.Steven also explains why the kid's resistance may matter even if it ultimately fails—and why Blood Meridian rewards readers who keep returning to it.If you've followed the chapter-by-chapter read-along, this conversation brings together many of the questions we've been tracking from the beginning.Topics include:What is Judge Holden?The Judge's philosophy of warWhy Holden singles out the kidMercy, resistance and the kid's moral developmentWhat happens in the jakesThe mysterious epilogueFire throughout McCarthy's fictionNature and “optical democracy”The meaning of the Judge's ledgerCycles of violenceThe historical Glanton GangIs Blood Meridian nihilistic?Birds and recurring imageryThe dancing bearWhat to watch for on a second readingFind Steven: https://www.csub.edu/english/sfrye.shtmlOn Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Steven-Frye/author/B001KHDZPEPage Chewing BlogPage Chewing ForumSupport Page Chewing on PatreonAffiliate Links that support the show:Audible Standard Free Trial: https://amzn.to/4z1iKnsAudible Standard Monthly Membership: https://amzn.to/3S6vaddKindle Unlimited Free Trial: https://amzn.to/4wqkYdDAmazon Prime Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3UptxI9Join Captivate.fmSend a message via SpeakPipe

A fifth September message for the month of Within-ness.There is a future version of us already standing in the higher frequencies — clearer, more embodied, more freely creative. It is reaching back into this Now, saying: you do not have to become someone else. You only have to make room for who you already are becoming.At the same time, a gentle life review is underway. Some of what we find is rubble, ready to be released. Some of what we find is treasure — aspects set aside because they were not sustainable then. The artist. The brightness. The good heart that got dusty or weary. These were not false. They arrived before the conditions were ready.The sacred work of this season is discernment.Not everything from the past comes with us.Not everything from the past is meant to be thrown away.We breathe. We let Ruach help us feel the difference between grime and gold. Nothing True is lost. It only waits for the right polish — and that partnership is available now.If this message resonates, please like, subscribe, comment, and share.Support this work:https://buy.stripe.com/3csbIU4v8a52eR2aEEExplore more:https://www.frequencywriter.com/https://frequencywriter.substack.com/Connect:X: https://x.com/marie_mohlerYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@colorthemagicRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-353585Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frequencywriterTruth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@frequencywriterDisclaimer: These videos are for educational and inspirational purposes only.Support the show

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An expanded September parable, woven with the original Divine Oars teaching.You built this boat with love. You did not fashion outer oars — because the true oars live within you. They are your inner compass, your beingness, your knowingness.When East and West winds push and pull, all that is required is to breathe. Ruach returns you to the still point at the heart of the boat. You witness the storm without becoming it. You glide Due North to Highest Good.The true oars were never missing. They were simply waiting for you to remember them.

The sermon explores the dual approach Paul takes in Colossians to address false teaching: warning against deceptive persuasive arguments and affirming the believer's secure union with Christ. It emphasizes that the antidote to Gnostic error is not intellectual debate but a deep understanding of Christ's full deity and the believer's position in Him. The text highlights the progression of the Christian life, moving from being firmly rooted in Christ at salvation to being continuously built up and established in the faith through instruction. This stability is characterized by good discipline and steadfastness, contrasting with the lukewarmness of Laodicea. The message concludes by encouraging believers to respond to this truth with overflowing gratitude, recognizing that their security rests solely in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Apple Pie Playground with Valerie Title: What is your divine child's ikigai? What gets you up in the morning? If it's your alarm clock, let's talk. What Is Your Divine Child's Ikigai? Sacred Geometry, Blue Zones, and Finding Your Reason for Being Valerie leads a solo hour on Apple Pie Playground exploring the Japanese concept of ikigai, tracing its sacred geometry and Okinawan Blue Zone roots before guiding listeners through a live four-column exercise to measure their own passion, purpose, mastery, and profession. Welcome To The Divine Playground Valerie opens Apple Pie Playground by welcoming listeners back to what she calls the place where divine children play under the Tree of Life. She explains the Kabbalah's structure of a mother principle, a father principle, and a child, describing the child as representing the emotional or astral body, the part of consciousness that carries emotion, imagination, and passion. She notes that the phrase get your head out of the clouds actually references that same astral nature of daydreaming and imagining. Valerie invites listeners to spend the hour indulging their inner child, dabbling in imaginings of a better world, and thanks BBS Radio for bringing everyone together on the playground. She frames understanding the divine inner child as more than nostalgia for childhood memories, setting up a discussion of how ancient spiritual traditions treated that inner spark as something sacred and worth deliberately awakening within the body. Gnostic Roots Of The Sacred Child Valerie turns to Gnostic practice, explaining that devotees worked to incarnate what they called the sacred child, or divine spark, into the physical body, a process meant to pull Christ consciousness into the vessel and awaken what she calls the inner sun within. She ties this to ideas from earlier shows about a universe and a central sun existing inside the human body. She says some call this receiving the Holy Spirit and others call it reconnecting with source consciousness, framing them as the same experience described differently. Valerie argues humanity has lost its essential connection to source through what she calls dark design, and that reconnecting is intentional, mission-critical work accomplished through daily devotions, rituals, and meditations. She recommends a YouTube and Spotify teacher named Morg, spelled M-O-R-G, praising his integration of Kabbalah, Gnosticism, biblical and Christian studies, and encouraging listeners to simply pick a video of his and get started. A Date In History Before turning to her planned topic, Valerie flags something from the news she feels went largely unnoticed: President Trump's speech at the United Nations this week, delivered on September 22nd. She recalls that the same date in history marked President Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a stern warning that in 100 days the government would consider enslaved people in hostile Confederate states to be free. Valerie draws a parallel between Lincoln acting as commander-in-chief during wartime and Trump addressing the United Nations while presiding over a military she describes as in active combat, under what she says some call martial law. She wonders aloud whether the UN speech quietly drew a line in the sand for a liberated humanity, and whether a hundred days might bring freedoms not yet imaginable. She acknowledges she may be reaching, but urges listeners to consider world events through a more mystical or metaphorical lens. Introducing Ikigai And Sacred Geometry Valerie pivots to the day's chosen topic, ikigai, a Japanese concept she describes as more intricate and debated than she expected, essentially a debate about happiness. She explains that ikigai, or one's reason for being, is typically illustrated with a Venn diagram combining four questions: what is your passion, your purpose, your mastery or skill, and your profession or service. Answering these, she says, builds an internal sense of life's worth and self-realization. Valerie highlights that the Venn diagram takes the shape of a vesica piscis, which in sacred geometry is the foundation of the Flower of Life, a pattern she says animates the cosmos. She suggests that practicing ikigai connects a person to the same creation energies embedded in that geometry, linking a simple word for contentment to a much larger cosmic design, and promises to unpack what ikigai actually means and where it comes from next. Lessons From Okinawa's Blue Zone Valerie traces ikigai's roots to Okinawa, a so-called Blue Zone she says is home to a remarkable concentration of centenarians, and credits much of that longevity to daily ikigai practices. She describes hara hachi bu, eating until only about eighty percent full, along with constant gentle movement such as walking, bending, sitting on the ground for meals, and living by the rhythm of sunrise and sunset rather than the clock. She notes that traditional Okinawan culture has no real concept of retirement and that people tend medicinal gardens for home remedies. Valerie then explores Shintoism's concept of kami, the belief that all things carry divine spirit, which extends a person's reason for being toward serving community harmony, or wa, rather than the self alone. She describes moai, small childhood friend groups that stay close for life, as a fading but treasured practice, and closes with the Zen Buddhist view that everyday life itself is the greatest teacher. A Four-Column Ikigai Exercise With time running short, Valerie leads a simplified, live version of the ikigai Venn diagram, asking listeners to grab paper and draw three lines to make four columns labeled Passion, Purpose, Mastery, and Profession, filling each from the bottom up. For every column she poses three candid questions, such as how clear one's greatest passion is, how much of the week goes to others' demands, how easily a loved one could state one's life purpose, and how ready one feels to retire regardless of age, asking listeners to score each answer as a percentage. She explains that columns with stronger percentages at the bottom than the top suggest a life built on solid footing, while the reverse suggests a structure unlikely to stand. Valerie frames the exercise as a starting point for further reflection during the week ahead, then thanks BBS Radio and her listeners before the pre-recorded announcer closes the show and invites everyone back the following Sunday.

Welcome back to Gnostic Insights and to the Gnostic Reformation on Substack. You know, I often tell you that I’ve been a Christian since I was about five years old, and I’ve been a follower of Jesus in particular, sometimes going to church, most often not going to church. But I’ve always loved Jesus, and I’ve had many dreams and visions of being with Jesus, and this has shaped my current Gnosticism and the reason why I favor the Tripartite Tractate as the book out of the Nag Hammadi codices that I gravitate to, because it’s definitely Christian. The myth is different than our typical Christian myth. However, the characters are the same, if they do take on slightly different roles. For example, Christianity conflates the Son, Jesus, and the Christ as one character. But in Gnostic Christianity, the Son is the first emanation of the Father, and this is simply to indicate—this has nothing to do with gender—this simply indicates that the Father is so illimitable and immense and unfathomable, yet the Father wanted to be known, wanted to have companionship, let’s say, and so the Father emanated His “only begotten Son,” as we say in Christianity. That wasn’t Jesus or Christ, that was the Son. And the Son is like the bucket dipped into the sea of the great consciousness of the Father. The Son is a particular entity with a particular countenance or face, and the Son contains all of the attributes of the originating consciousness, the Source. The Son is more relatable, because like the Son, we too are monads, which means we are a particular entity. We have a particular point of view, and our point of view here on earth is our physical point of view, what I’m looking at versus what you’re looking at, but it’s also the point of view of our meme bundle, of our ideology, of the way we think. It’s our point of view. Each one of us is unique. Obviously, we’re each unique. Our physical bodies are similar but different. We were born in similar but different manners. We live similar but different lives. We eat similar food, but it’s always different. Everything about each one of us is unique, and in a spiritual way, we think that our uniqueness contributes to the totality of the Fullness, to the totality of the experience of what it means to be alive here on this planet Earth. That’s why each person needs to grow into who they are meant to be. We have our temporal worldly parents, mom and dad, the ones who birthed us and gave us our genetic inheritance, but we also have our aeonic parents. There are Aeons in the Fullness of God, ethereal beings, a multitude, an infinite number of Aeons, and they get together in various combinations, different Aeons with their different positions, places, points of view, duties. It’s their address, but they are otherwise all identical because they all are emanations of the Son. They are all variables within the Son. So we have these aeonic parents. They get together and procreate us. We are the descendants of the Aeons of the Father. We descend into this material space. We are descendants from our aeonic parents as well as our physical human parents. So in the same manner as we inherit our genetics from our parents, what we’re going to look like, how our bodies go together—that all comes through our human parental lineage—but through our aeonic lineage, we inherit who we are meant to be. That is the perfection of our Self, our particular combination, and we’re each different, we’re each unique aspects of the Aeons of God. So if someone is a great mathematician, or a beautiful singer, or a wonderful mother, or housekeeper, or a person with any sort of talent whatsoever—and we all have our unique talents—those are the things we inherit from our aeonic parents, from the archetypes—from the archetypal singer, the archetypal mother, the archetypal Aeon, with its unique combination of talents. At least this is my interpretation. This is Cyd’s interpretation of how these things go together. So we all inherit the Fullness of God, the one true Self that is the reflection of the Aeons. Just as the Aeons are all the variables of the Son, we are their fractal fruit. So we carry the Fullness of God within each part of our living bodies. And then we have our aeonic personalities on top of that, which is the particular Aeons which figure most prominently in our aeonic inheritance, the archetypes that we inherit. By the way, this is where C.G. Jung gained his notion of archetypes. If you’ve ever taken the Myers-Briggs personality survey—introvert or extrovert, sensory or intuitive, thought-driven or feeling-driven, step-by-step planner or a big-picture gestalt type—these are the variables of the Myers-Briggs, and those are all variables that reflect Jung’s categories of archetypes. And when you put all those together, there are many, many combinations of possible personality types. Maybe you’re familiar with that system. Well, that’s based upon this Gnostic philosophy, because Jung purchased one of the Gnostic gospels from the Nag Hammadi codices, and it was translated first into German, and then he took his transpersonal theory of psychology out of what he learned from the gnosis of the Tripartite Tractate, which is the same book that we study here at Gnostic Insights and the Gnostic Reformation. But that’s not what I’m actually here to talk about today. What I really wanted to share with you was the Tao Te Ching. Tao is spelled T-A-O, but pronounced Dow. Te is T-E, and Ching. So the Tao is the way, the eternal, ethereal way. The Te is its expression here on Earth, or in the cosmos, and Ching means book. So the Tao Te Ching is the book of the way and its expressions, and is said to have been composed by a sage named Lao Tzu ages ago, around 500 BC, during the time of Confucius. However, probably it’s also an amalgam of many ancient wisdom texts and insights from many Chinese sages put together by Lao Tzu. Now the legend of Lao Tzu is that he was an old man. He had served the emperor. He was the keeper of the royal archives in the state of Chu. He was tired. He wanted to go away and die. And so he was driving his ox out of the city and away from humanity so he could be by himself and pass away. But the gatekeeper of the city saw that the sage was about to leave the world, and he said, Master, you’re about to renounce this world. Please compose a book for me. And it is said that Lao Tzu came down from his ox, sat down, and for several hours wrote a book in one sitting. And then he handed it back to the gatekeeper, got back on his ox, and traveled to the West. Now this is a symbolic telling because, first off, he needed to pass through the gatekeeper to leave the city. And it was the gatekeeper who implored him for wisdom before he would leave and never share his wisdom anymore. Lao Tzu wrote the book in one sitting, and this particular episode of history is captured in many, many ancient Chinese paintings. So if you ever see the old man on the ox or the old man sitting and writing, that’s Lao Tzu composing the Tao Te Ching. And leaving through the gate that goes to the West implies that this teaching was for all peoples. You may wonder why I am talking about the Tao Te Ching here in this Gnostic venue. The answer is that the Tao Te Ching helped me mine my own gnosis years prior to discovering the books of the Nag Hammadi, proving that we can all mine gnosis without having access to so-called Gnostic texts. As we seek out the Truth in religions and sacred writings, it is our own gnosis that draws the understanding out of these sources. Steeping oneself in religion without using discernment to mine the gnosis therein does us no good. Merely being “religious” does nothing to advance your wisdom or understanding of the world and God if you do not mine the gnosis to be found there. But if we read with a gnostic heart and mind, then the gnosis is there to be found. When you find a verse or precept that clicks with you—that is your gnosis being mined. And, why do we call it “mining” instead of “learning”? It's because we carry the Fullness of God within us, as I was saying. Yet, we forget it because of the confusion in the world. So we mine the gnosis that is already an inheritance of our aeonic parents. We don't learn it from books, or religions, or podcasts. We don't learn it from the world laterally. We mine the gnosis that is within and we look upward to the Father for discernment. Today, we are going to mine the Tao Te Ching. Tao is the supreme reality, what I often call the Father, with the base consciousness of the Source. Lao Tzu called it the Tao, the Way, the Path. Te is the shape and the power of Tao as manifest here below. So Tao is the transcendent reality, and Te is the imminent reality. That is, transcendent being above, ethereal, immaterial; Te being here we are, we’re in the material world now. How can the Tao be manifest as the Te? Te does reflect the Tao. It’s the virtue practiced here below. I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching since I was a teenager, and at first it was just completely mysterious. It read like a book of poetry where you don’t really understand what’s going on, but the words were so beautiful and went together so nicely that I picked it up throughout my lifetime to read it. Then in 2001, a translator and writer by the name of Jonathan Star put out his version of the Tao Te Ching called The Definitive Edition. And this is a wonderful book of the Tao Te Ching, because Star not only repeats the various verses of the wisdom, but the book includes a translation key. He gives first one possible translation of the Tao Te Ching for all 81 verses, so it reads like a regular book of the Tao Te Ching that you would pick up from any of the other authors. But then he gives a verbatim translation with notes for each and every verse, and that’s at the back of the book. And that verbatim translation includes the original Chinese pictorial symbol for each and every word and all of the possible meanings that that symbol could mean. See, ancient Chinese is different than the way we write now. We have these characters that stand for sounds and that replicate speech, but Chinese pictograms don’t work that way at all. Each word or symbol is a picture. It may be a house with feet. It may be a cow’s head. It’s an abstract drawing of a concept. It’s a conceptual language with no translation given. So if you were to read it in its symbolic form, it could have any number of meanings, depending on how you interpret the pictogram. So at the back of Star’s edition, he includes the pictograms in order of each and every verse, and then all the possible words that each of those pictograms could mean. And it’s the way you put together those words that shapes the translation you give. Another thing about the ancient Chinese language—there’s no difference between the subject and the object. You have to figure out—is this the subject speaking? or is this the object that’s being referred to? There’s no order to the sentence, so that’s another layer of interpretation. How does this apply? Looking at just a few characters from verse 27, which reads—and excuse my Chinese, because I don’t speak Chinese, so I’m reading this in the English type of translation, having had no instruction on how to say these things—shi wei hsi ming. Shi means this; wei is called, hsi can mean follow, one who follows, practice, unite, merge, conceal, cover, secret, penetrate, force, steal, secure by devious means, double, twofold. Hsi generally means to enter or secure by deceptive or secretive means, thus connoting an invasion, attack at night, penetration, something that’s done in secret, concealed. The next word, ming, means light, enlightenment, to enlighten, one who is enlightened, mystical vision, shine, luminous, illumined, brilliant, insight, discernment, awareness, understanding, wisdom, shines forth, conspicuous. And ming is comprised of the pictogram characters sun plus moon, and from that you get all of those interpretations. So then you put together a combination of possible meanings, and any translator can come up with a dozen plausible translations of every single word, every single verse. So those four words, shi wei hsi ming, can mean following the light, following one’s own light, one who follows the light, followers of light, following the path of light, or following the guidance of the inner light. Using other definitions, you could say the practice of mystical vision, concealing your brilliance, penetrating the luminous, the shining practice, blending the light, the secret of enlightenment, or penetrating into mystical vision. Then people often add, during their translation, modifiers to make things more clear in the direction they’re trying to translate. So an interpretative modifier could include shining the light on all that is hidden, the practice of enlightened beings, or the practice that leads to brilliant insight. Some noted translations have rendered those four words as, this is called, following one’s discernment, stealing the light, inherited enlightenment, following the light, or double enlightenment. So you see, everything is up to the interpreter and the translation. Looking back on all of this, I think that these past 25 years of reading the Tao Te Ching in this way has helped to train my mind to see more possibilities in every way that something is written, even not in Chinese. But when I read the Tripartite Tractate, for example, the Tao Te Ching has trained me in a more relaxed and informal way of interpreting what is written, much less precisely than the way many people read ancient documents. Now, I’ve had that formal training from my classical rhetorical graduate work, but I have had this Tao Te Ching type of looking at all possibilities for the way something might be said, or what is the meaning above. This has helped to give me that what I call meta-vision, M-E-T-A, vision, the higher view of what is being said or attempted to be communicated. I think that this is why I enjoy rising above the precise definitions of words we exchange in English here to what is the actual meaning that the speaker intended to convey. That’s quite a bit different than taking exactly what they said—but what did they intend to convey? Not what did I wish that they would say, or what other people impugn upon them as having said when they deny they didn’t mean that. You can’t say, oh yes, you did. You have to look at what the speaker was attempting to convey. And I think that that is what this reading of the Tao Te Ching for the past 25 years has helped me in my gnosis. So I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching all these years, as I’ve said, and since 2001, I’ve been stepping through the concordance and the translation matrix at the back of Star’s book. At first, I used it during the writing of A Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything, and there are a couple of verses in A Simple Explanation where I have taken the words as written, run them through the translation matrix–manually, of course; none of this is computer-generated–and then written it down in the manner of The Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything. What I thought I would do for you right now today is to run through a popular verse in the manner of our Gnostic Gospel that we’ve been talking about. I was going to give you several verses, but look, I’ve used up all the time of the episode just giving you the introduction. So let me just hit one of the verses at random. Star’s translation of verse 40 reads like this: The movement of Tao is to return. The way of Tao is to yield. Heaven, Earth, and all things are born of the existent world. The existent world is born of the nothingness of Tao. That’s verse 40. It’s a short one. I realize it’s very difficult to hear and comprehend a chart that is being read out loud, so if you’re listening to this on the podcast, go to the transcript at GnosticInsights.com or at the sub-stack, Gnostic Reformation, and I’m going to replicate this page out of Star’s book as a .jpg and print it right there in the transcript so you can look at the chart and I think understand more clearly what I’m talking about. Reading from the back of the book, it reads,So let’s read again what Star said. The movement of Tao is to return.The way of Tao is to yield. Heaven, Earth, and all things are born of the existent world. The existent world is born of the nothingness of Tao. Now let’s look at that through our Gnostic eyes. By the way, the Tao Te Ching probably helped form my own interpretation or vision of the Father as the ground state of consciousness. It is both nothingness and all at the same time. It is emptiness and the complete potential all at the same time. That is the Tao. The Tao is eternal and ethereal, never changing. The Tao is. That is the definition also that we use for the Father, not an old white man with a beard and so forth. That is such a straw dog argument against God, it’s ridiculous. God is the ground state. You could just say, God is all. So the movement of Tao is return; is out and return. This is why the Aeons give glory to the Father, because that is part of the return of the love that the Father is putting out. So love is a cyclical motion. The Father loves, the Tao extends love, and when you love God, the Tao receives love. It’s a cyclical motion, you see? The way of Tao is to yield. Our Father, in the Gnostic sense, is not a tyrant. The Father is yielding, like water, like you put your hand into water and the water yields and molds around your hand. The Father is not ice. It’s not hard. It’s yielding. Who is hard? Who is ruling with an iron hand? That’s the Demiurge. That’s not the eternal Tao. That’s its manifestation without the Tao here in the material world. That is the Demiurge. The way of Tao is to yield. Heaven, Earth, and all things are born of the existent world. So that is saying that everything we can see, the cosmos that exists, this material universe, are existent here below. The existent world is born of the nothingness of the Tao. So this means that even though the Tao is empty, is yielding, is ethereal, is so diffuse it can’t be touched, the existent world that we are in here is born of that nothingness. That is an assurance. How did we get here? What is this? It’s the manifestation of the Father materially, and that’s what came about through the Fall, etc., etc., etc., but that’s not covered here in this verse. So the movement of Tao or the movement of the Father is to return, is to bring everything, take everything out, bring everything back. And that begins with the exchange of love between the ALL and the Totalities and the Aeons and the Father and the Son. They’re all just sitting up there loving on one another, because when you give love, love returns. And the Father gives not only love, but consciousness. The Father emanates its own consciousness, its own sense of Self, awareness, and that emanates into all of the emanations of the Father, down through the Son, down through the Totalities, on into the Aeons, and on into us, all living creatures, not only humans. It’s not a byproduct of electrical firing or quantum channeling. All things originate from the Father. All things that existed from the beginning, that is all the attributes of the Father and the Son, the existent world, is born of the nothingness of the Tao or of the nothingness of the Father and the Son. So that’s the way I would look at verse 40. You know, we add other aspects of the Gnostic myth to that, but we’re not talking about that here. We’re only talking about the birth. We’re not talking about the Fall or the Demiurge or the Shadows—that’s a different subject. Well, I’d like to share more of these verses from the Tao with you here in the next few weeks, I think, because they’re very Gnostic, and they certainly formed the basis for my understanding. That plus Jesus. The Tao Te Ching, plus the words of Christ as manifest through Jesus, and then now these apocryphal books of the Nag Hammadi, particularly the Tripartite Tractate. That’s all that we have time for today. So join me next week. Glad to have you all here. God bless us. God bless you. And onward and upward. 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Welcome back to Gnostic Insights and to the Gnostic Reformation on Substack. You know, I often tell you that I’ve been a Christian since I was about five years old, and I’ve been a follower of Jesus in particular, sometimes going to church, most often not going to church. But I’ve always loved Jesus, and I’ve had many dreams and visions of being with Jesus, and this has shaped my current Gnosticism and the reason why I favor the Tripartite Tractate as the book out of the Nag Hammadi codices that I gravitate to, because it’s definitely Christian. The myth is different than our typical Christian myth. However, the characters are the same, if they do take on slightly different roles. For example, Christianity conflates the Son, Jesus, and the Christ as one character. But in Gnostic Christianity, the Son is the first emanation of the Father, and this is simply to indicate—this has nothing to do with gender—this simply indicates that the Father is so illimitable and immense and unfathomable, yet the Father wanted to be known, wanted to have companionship, let’s say, and so the Father emanated His “only begotten Son,” as we say in Christianity. That wasn’t Jesus or Christ, that was the Son. And the Son is like the bucket dipped into the sea of the great consciousness of the Father. The Son is a particular entity with a particular countenance or face, and the Son contains all of the attributes of the originating consciousness, the Source. The Son is more relatable, because like the Son, we too are monads, which means we are a particular entity. We have a particular point of view, and our point of view here on earth is our physical point of view, what I’m looking at versus what you’re looking at, but it’s also the point of view of our meme bundle, of our ideology, of the way we think. It’s our point of view. Each one of us is unique. Obviously, we’re each unique. Our physical bodies are similar but different. We were born in similar but different manners. We live similar but different lives. We eat similar food, but it’s always different. Everything about each one of us is unique, and in a spiritual way, we think that our uniqueness contributes to the totality of the Fullness, to the totality of the experience of what it means to be alive here on this planet Earth. That’s why each person needs to grow into who they are meant to be. We have our temporal worldly parents, mom and dad, the ones who birthed us and gave us our genetic inheritance, but we also have our aeonic parents. There are Aeons in the Fullness of God, ethereal beings, a multitude, an infinite number of Aeons, and they get together in various combinations, different Aeons with their different positions, places, points of view, duties. It’s their address, but they are otherwise all identical because they all are emanations of the Son. They are all variables within the Son. So we have these aeonic parents. They get together and procreate us. We are the descendants of the Aeons of the Father. We descend into this material space. We are descendants from our aeonic parents as well as our physical human parents. So in the same manner as we inherit our genetics from our parents, what we’re going to look like, how our bodies go together—that all comes through our human parental lineage—but through our aeonic lineage, we inherit who we are meant to be. That is the perfection of our Self, our particular combination, and we’re each different, we’re each unique aspects of the Aeons of God. So if someone is a great mathematician, or a beautiful singer, or a wonderful mother, or housekeeper, or a person with any sort of talent whatsoever—and we all have our unique talents—those are the things we inherit from our aeonic parents, from the archetypes—from the archetypal singer, the archetypal mother, the archetypal Aeon, with its unique combination of talents. At least this is my interpretation. This is Cyd’s interpretation of how these things go together. So we all inherit the Fullness of God, the one true Self that is the reflection of the Aeons. Just as the Aeons are all the variables of the Son, we are their fractal fruit. So we carry the Fullness of God within each part of our living bodies. And then we have our aeonic personalities on top of that, which is the particular Aeons which figure most prominently in our aeonic inheritance, the archetypes that we inherit. By the way, this is where C.G. Jung gained his notion of archetypes. If you’ve ever taken the Myers-Briggs personality survey—introvert or extrovert, sensory or intuitive, thought-driven or feeling-driven, step-by-step planner or a big-picture gestalt type—these are the variables of the Myers-Briggs, and those are all variables that reflect Jung’s categories of archetypes. And when you put all those together, there are many, many combinations of possible personality types. Maybe you’re familiar with that system. Well, that’s based upon this Gnostic philosophy, because Jung purchased one of the Gnostic gospels from the Nag Hammadi codices, and it was translated first into German, and then he took his transpersonal theory of psychology out of what he learned from the gnosis of the Tripartite Tractate, which is the same book that we study here at Gnostic Insights and the Gnostic Reformation. But that’s not what I’m actually here to talk about today. What I really wanted to share with you was the Tao Te Ching. Tao is spelled T-A-O, but pronounced Dow. Te is T-E, and Ching. So the Tao is the way, the eternal, ethereal way. The Te is its expression here on Earth, or in the cosmos, and Ching means book. So the Tao Te Ching is the book of the way and its expressions, and is said to have been composed by a sage named Lao Tzu ages ago, around 500 BC, during the time of Confucius. However, probably it’s also an amalgam of many ancient wisdom texts and insights from many Chinese sages put together by Lao Tzu. Now the legend of Lao Tzu is that he was an old man. He had served the emperor. He was the keeper of the royal archives in the state of Chu. He was tired. He wanted to go away and die. And so he was driving his ox out of the city and away from humanity so he could be by himself and pass away. But the gatekeeper of the city saw that the sage was about to leave the world, and he said, Master, you’re about to renounce this world. Please compose a book for me. And it is said that Lao Tzu came down from his ox, sat down, and for several hours wrote a book in one sitting. And then he handed it back to the gatekeeper, got back on his ox, and traveled to the West. Now this is a symbolic telling because, first off, he needed to pass through the gatekeeper to leave the city. And it was the gatekeeper who implored him for wisdom before he would leave and never share his wisdom anymore. Lao Tzu wrote the book in one sitting, and this particular episode of history is captured in many, many ancient Chinese paintings. So if you ever see the old man on the ox or the old man sitting and writing, that’s Lao Tzu composing the Tao Te Ching. And leaving through the gate that goes to the West implies that this teaching was for all peoples. You may wonder why I am talking about the Tao Te Ching here in this Gnostic venue. The answer is that the Tao Te Ching helped me mine my own gnosis years prior to discovering the books of the Nag Hammadi, proving that we can all mine gnosis without having access to so-called Gnostic texts. As we seek out the Truth in religions and sacred writings, it is our own gnosis that draws the understanding out of these sources. Steeping oneself in religion without using discernment to mine the gnosis therein does us no good. Merely being “religious” does nothing to advance your wisdom or understanding of the world and God if you do not mine the gnosis to be found there. But if we read with a gnostic heart and mind, then the gnosis is there to be found. When you find a verse or precept that clicks with you—that is your gnosis being mined. And, why do we call it “mining” instead of “learning”? It's because we carry the Fullness of God within us, as I was saying. Yet, we forget it because of the confusion in the world. So we mine the gnosis that is already an inheritance of our aeonic parents. We don't learn it from books, or religions, or podcasts. We don't learn it from the world laterally. We mine the gnosis that is within and we look upward to the Father for discernment. Today, we are going to mine the Tao Te Ching. Tao is the supreme reality, what I often call the Father, with the base consciousness of the Source. Lao Tzu called it the Tao, the Way, the Path. Te is the shape and the power of Tao as manifest here below. So Tao is the transcendent reality, and Te is the imminent reality. That is, transcendent being above, ethereal, immaterial; Te being here we are, we’re in the material world now. How can the Tao be manifest as the Te? Te does reflect the Tao. It’s the virtue practiced here below. I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching since I was a teenager, and at first it was just completely mysterious. It read like a book of poetry where you don’t really understand what’s going on, but the words were so beautiful and went together so nicely that I picked it up throughout my lifetime to read it. Then in 2001, a translator and writer by the name of Jonathan Star put out his version of the Tao Te Ching called The Definitive Edition. And this is a wonderful book of the Tao Te Ching, because Star not only repeats the various verses of the wisdom, but the book includes a translation key. He gives first one possible translation of the Tao Te Ching for all 81 verses, so it reads like a regular book of the Tao Te Ching that you would pick up from any of the other authors. But then he gives a verbatim translation with notes for each and every verse, and that’s at the back of the book. And that verbatim translation includes the original Chinese pictorial symbol for each and every word and all of the possible meanings that that symbol could mean. See, ancient Chinese is different than the way we write now. We have these characters that stand for sounds and that replicate speech, but Chinese pictograms don’t work that way at all. Each word or symbol is a picture. It may be a house with feet. It may be a cow’s head. It’s an abstract drawing of a concept. It’s a conceptual language with no translation given. So if you were to read it in its symbolic form, it could have any number of meanings, depending on how you interpret the pictogram. So at the back of Star’s edition, he includes the pictograms in order of each and every verse, and then all the possible words that each of those pictograms could mean. And it’s the way you put together those words that shapes the translation you give. Another thing about the ancient Chinese language—there’s no difference between the subject and the object. You have to figure out—is this the subject speaking? or is this the object that’s being referred to? There’s no order to the sentence, so that’s another layer of interpretation. How does this apply? Looking at just a few characters from verse 27, which reads—and excuse my Chinese, because I don’t speak Chinese, so I’m reading this in the English type of translation, having had no instruction on how to say these things—shi wei hsi ming. Shi means this; wei is called, hsi can mean follow, one who follows, practice, unite, merge, conceal, cover, secret, penetrate, force, steal, secure by devious means, double, twofold. Hsi generally means to enter or secure by deceptive or secretive means, thus connoting an invasion, attack at night, penetration, something that’s done in secret, concealed. The next word, ming, means light, enlightenment, to enlighten, one who is enlightened, mystical vision, shine, luminous, illumined, brilliant, insight, discernment, awareness, understanding, wisdom, shines forth, conspicuous. And ming is comprised of the pictogram characters sun plus moon, and from that you get all of those interpretations. So then you put together a combination of possible meanings, and any translator can come up with a dozen plausible translations of every single word, every single verse. So those four words, shi wei hsi ming, can mean following the light, following one’s own light, one who follows the light, followers of light, following the path of light, or following the guidance of the inner light. Using other definitions, you could say the practice of mystical vision, concealing your brilliance, penetrating the luminous, the shining practice, blending the light, the secret of enlightenment, or penetrating into mystical vision. Then people often add, during their translation, modifiers to make things more clear in the direction they’re trying to translate. So an interpretative modifier could include shining the light on all that is hidden, the practice of enlightened beings, or the practice that leads to brilliant insight. Some noted translations have rendered those four words as, this is called, following one’s discernment, stealing the light, inherited enlightenment, following the light, or double enlightenment. So you see, everything is up to the interpreter and the translation. Looking back on all of this, I think that these past 25 years of reading the Tao Te Ching in this way has helped to train my mind to see more possibilities in every way that something is written, even not in Chinese. But when I read the Tripartite Tractate, for example, the Tao Te Ching has trained me in a more relaxed and informal way of interpreting what is written, much less precisely than the way many people read ancient documents. Now, I’ve had that formal training from my classical rhetorical graduate work, but I have had this Tao Te Ching type of looking at all possibilities for the way something might be said, or what is the meaning above. This has helped to give me that what I call meta-vision, M-E-T-A, vision, the higher view of what is being said or attempted to be communicated. I think that this is why I enjoy rising above the precise definitions of words we exchange in English here to what is the actual meaning that the speaker intended to convey. That’s quite a bit different than taking exactly what they said—but what did they intend to convey? Not what did I wish that they would say, or what other people impugn upon them as having said when they deny they didn’t mean that. You can’t say, oh yes, you did. You have to look at what the speaker was attempting to convey. And I think that that is what this reading of the Tao Te Ching for the past 25 years has helped me in my gnosis. So I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching all these years, as I’ve said, and since 2001, I’ve been stepping through the concordance and the translation matrix at the back of Star’s book. At first, I used it during the writing of A Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything, and there are a couple of verses in A Simple Explanation where I have taken the words as written, run them through the translation matrix–manually, of course; none of this is computer-generated–and then written it down in the manner of The Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything. What I thought I would do for you right now today is to run through a popular verse in the manner of our Gnostic Gospel that we’ve been talking about. I was going to give you several verses, but look, I’ve used up all the time of the episode just giving you the introduction. So let me just hit one of the verses at random. Star’s translation of verse 40 reads like this: The movement of Tao is to return. The way of Tao is to yield. Heaven, Earth, and all things are born of the existent world. The existent world is born of the nothingness of Tao. That’s verse 40. It’s a short one. I realize it’s very difficult to hear and comprehend a chart that is being read out loud, so if you’re listening to this on the podcast, go to the transcript at GnosticInsights.com or at the sub-stack, Gnostic Reformation, and I’m going to replicate this page out of Star’s book as a .jpg and print it right there in the transcript so you can look at the chart and I think understand more clearly what I’m talking about. Reading from the back of the book, it reads,So let’s read again what Star said. The movement of Tao is to return.The way of Tao is to yield. Heaven, Earth, and all things are born of the existent world. The existent world is born of the nothingness of Tao. Now let’s look at that through our Gnostic eyes. By the way, the Tao Te Ching probably helped form my own interpretation or vision of the Father as the ground state of consciousness. It is both nothingness and all at the same time. It is emptiness and the complete potential all at the same time. That is the Tao. The Tao is eternal and ethereal, never changing. The Tao is. That is the definition also that we use for the Father, not an old white man with a beard and so forth. That is such a straw dog argument against God, it’s ridiculous. God is the ground state. You could just say, God is all. So the movement of Tao is return; is out and return. This is why the Aeons give glory to the Father, because that is part of the return of the love that the Father is putting out. So love is a cyclical motion. The Father loves, the Tao extends love, and when you love God, the Tao receives love. It’s a cyclical motion, you see? The way of Tao is to yield. Our Father, in the Gnostic sense, is not a tyrant. The Father is yielding, like water, like you put your hand into water and the water yields and molds around your hand. The Father is not ice. It’s not hard. It’s yielding. Who is hard? Who is ruling with an iron hand? That’s the Demiurge. That’s not the eternal Tao. That’s its manifestation without the Tao here in the material world. That is the Demiurge. The way of Tao is to yield. Heaven, Earth, and all things are born of the existent world. So that is saying that everything we can see, the cosmos that exists, this material universe, are existent here below. The existent world is born of the nothingness of the Tao. So this means that even though the Tao is empty, is yielding, is ethereal, is so diffuse it can’t be touched, the existent world that we are in here is born of that nothingness. That is an assurance. How did we get here? What is this? It’s the manifestation of the Father materially, and that’s what came about through the Fall, etc., etc., etc., but that’s not covered here in this verse. So the movement of Tao or the movement of the Father is to return, is to bring everything, take everything out, bring everything back. And that begins with the exchange of love between the ALL and the Totalities and the Aeons and the Father and the Son. They’re all just sitting up there loving on one another, because when you give love, love returns. And the Father gives not only love, but consciousness. The Father emanates its own consciousness, its own sense of Self, awareness, and that emanates into all of the emanations of the Father, down through the Son, down through the Totalities, on into the Aeons, and on into us, all living creatures, not only humans. It’s not a byproduct of electrical firing or quantum channeling. All things originate from the Father. All things that existed from the beginning, that is all the attributes of the Father and the Son, the existent world, is born of the nothingness of the Tao or of the nothingness of the Father and the Son. So that’s the way I would look at verse 40. You know, we add other aspects of the Gnostic myth to that, but we’re not talking about that here. We’re only talking about the birth. We’re not talking about the Fall or the Demiurge or the Shadows—that’s a different subject. Well, I’d like to share more of these verses from the Tao with you here in the next few weeks, I think, because they’re very Gnostic, and they certainly formed the basis for my understanding. That plus Jesus. The Tao Te Ching, plus the words of Christ as manifest through Jesus, and then now these apocryphal books of the Nag Hammadi, particularly the Tripartite Tractate. That’s all that we have time for today. So join me next week. Glad to have you all here. God bless us. God bless you. And onward and upward. 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The strange world Abigail entered under Suzanne's influence has reached its breaking point. Letters are being sent in Abigail's name, passports and ordinary conventions have lost their authority, and the Gnostic system that once promised access to a higher truth is carrying her farther from the ground beneath her feet.In this concluding episode of Part Three of Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions, Abigail Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin follow the story through its most dramatic turn: Abbie's return to New York, hospitalization, and the intervention of a mother whose wisdom proves more durable than an elaborate philosophy.When Abbie insists that she has proved God's power, her mother offers a devastatingly simple observation: a system can possess an internal logic and still be unreal. Later, when Abbie says she had been happy in the Gnostic religion, her mother answers that she will find “a saner happiness.”That exchange opens the way back. Abbie begins to recover confidence in the suspicions she had learned to distrust and in the reality of psyche and soma, spirit and body. The ordinary world, once dismissed as spiritually inadequate, becomes vivid again - a place worth entering rather than escaping.As Part Three of Confessions of a Young Philosopher comes to a close, Jerry and Abbie consider brainwashing, Gnosticism, sanity, feminine wisdom, and what it means to discover that truth cannot be secured by leaving reality behind.Married Philosophers Discuss Confessions follows philosophers Abigail Rosenthal and Jerry L. Martin as they revisit Abigail's philosophical memoir, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, and the experiences that shaped her search for truth.***Join the discussion and explore a life lived philosophically.Get the book, Confessions of a Young Philosopher: https://a.co/d/1ypibqoExplore more about Confessions of a Young Philosopher.Dr. Abigail L. Rosenthal is a distinguished philosopher, educator and author of Confessions of a Young Philosopher, (following the tradition of Augustine and Rousseau, but from a woman's perspective, with illustrations) and of A Good Look At Evil, Pulitzer-nominated.Through her platform, Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column, Abigail engages her audience with thought-provoking blogs and podcasts, discussing among other things the fascinating intricacies of women's lives and shedding light on contemporary experience. Her philosophical and other articles span a wide range of topics which can be found in academia. She is also the editor of The Consolations of Philosophy: Hobbes's Secret; Spinoza's Way by Henry M. Rosenthal, her late father.

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Philip Kinsella is a lifelong researcher of UFO phenomena, consciousness, and the hidden architecture of reality. For more than three decades, he has explored the intersections of anomalous experience, Gnostic cosmology, and the deeper metaphysical forces shaping the human condition. His work is driven not by theory alone, but by personal encounters that challenged the boundaries of accepted truth and set him on a path of relentless investigation. In his latest book, “Hijacked: The Hidden War for the Human Soul”, Philip Kinsella tears open the veil of the world we think we know. Drawing on Gnostic cosmology, anomalous phenomena, abduction research, and the suppressed teachings of Christ, this book exposes a cosmic deception stretching from the dawn of creation to the modern age. Daring, disruptive, and deeply metaphysical, this is the book for those who sense that something is profoundly wrong with our world — and are ready to discover why. Thank you for liking, commenting, subscribing, and please do share my content with your friends!YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IxgaR67HF30Philip Kinsella's Links:HIJACKED: The Hidden War for the Human Soul: https://www.amazon.ca/HIJACKED-Hidden-War-Human-Soul/dp/B0H4F8G26YPhilip Kinsella - philip.kinsella2@aol.co.ukPsychic Medium, UFO researcher and author – Websites: https://www.philipkinsella.com/ & https://www.thekinsellatwins.com/Karen Holton's Links:Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/karenholtontv Download my exclusive audio content found only on SPREAKER, Spotify, Apple, Podbean, iHeart, Goodpods and more – https://www.spreaker.com/show/quantum-guides-show-with-karen-holtonTRANSDIMENSIONAL: Meet the New Neighbours by Karen Holton (paperback & Kindle now available from Amazon Worldwide) US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1069173509?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520  & Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/TRANSDIMENSIONAL-Neighbours-Ms-Karen-Holton/dp/1069173509TRANSDIMENSIONAL 2: Meet the Greys Picture Book by Karen Holton (paperback & Kindle now available from Amazon Worldwide) US: https://www.amazon.com/TRANSDIMENSIONAL-Meet-Greys-Picture-Book/dp/B0DVSRX8BQ & Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/TRANSDIMENSIONAL-Meet-Greys-Picture-Book/dp/B0DVSRX8BQ     Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/karenholtontv  Join My YouTube Channel to receive my perks! https://www.youtube.com/@KarenHoltonTV/joinWebsite: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/Inspired Images: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/product-category/inspired-images/ Signed Books: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/product-category/signed-books/ Vital Services: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/product-category/services/Zen Domes Orgonite: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/product-category/zen-domes-orgonite/Comfort Crystals: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/product-category/comfort-crystals/Inspired Images: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/product-category/inspired-images/ Free Resources: https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/free-resources/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarenHoltonTVRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2423374 (KarenHoltonTV)Odysee: https://odysee.com/@KarenHoltonTVX (Twitter): https://x.com/KarenHoltonTV Telegram: https://t.me/KarenHoltonTVFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/karen.holton3Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenholtontv Forbidden Knowledge News Network: www.forbiddenknowledge.news The Quantum Guides Show and the Aliens & Angels Podcast are now part of the Forbidden Knowledge News Network! https://forbiddenknowledge.news/ Other podcast series from Karen Holton:Quantum Health Transformation V.3.0 - a free, no strings attached, 9 Step online, lifestyle course to give you the tips and resources you need to thrive! By following my own channeled advice, I made my dreams come true! Whether you are in the ascension process, or simply want more out of life, this course is for you.Complete Quantum Health Transformation V3.0 Playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwSmOYvGXBA&list=PLe1pNMTCSTLlzyU9vc_SmK4zs4_JCcpa1&pp=gAQBiAQBor watch the Quantum Health Transformation program on Karen's website:https://www.karenholtonhealthcoach.com/quantum-health-transformation-free-online-course/ 

In this intense Black Iron Prison Intercept, I'll examine three early Gnostic retellings of Genesis—framing sexual violence as an instrument of imperial conquest and Archonic forces, while positioning Gnostic theology as counter-imperial survival literature. I'll show how Gnostic works were ahead of their time psychologically and socially. We'll also go on a quest on the topic of sexual assault in other mythologies and what they mean on a cultural and spiritual level. That which is shattered can be beautifully, intentionally mended. Much of this research is based on Celene Lillie's book, The Rape of Eve. Get the book: https://link.amazon/B04R4BLrH Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Annabel Du Boulay is an author, speaker, therapist, spiritual teacher and mystic, with 35 years of academic research in, and lived embodied experience of, the Rose, Gnostic, Celtic and Avalon-Grail Lineages.In these guest episodes for the Law of Positivism podcast, Annabel guides you on a journey around her Philosophia Wheel of the Year - one of the foundational frameworks of her Return to the Rose Garden® Programme - which weaves the Rose and Gnostic Calendar with the Celtic Wheel of the Year, exploring the different mythos, deities and archetypal energies that they embody, so that you can work with them in your own life.If you would like to dive more deeply into the sacred waters of Magdalene and the Grail Legends, you can join Annabel live in her Grail Legends Masterclass on 22 Sept, her 3-month Grail Legends: Coventina Immersion, or her Avalon Rose Priestess Training - both of whose live Well Circles begin on 24 Sept. Visit Annabel: https://annabelduboulay.comVisit Law of Positivism:https://www.instagram.com/lawofpositivism/Website: https://www.lawofpositivism.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawofpositivism/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/lawofpositivismTikTok: www.tiktok.com/@lawofpositivism

This sermon critically examines the theological roots of extreme Calvinism, arguing that its deterministic framework originates from pagan Stoic, Gnostic, and Platonic philosophies rather than biblical revelation. The speaker traces the development of TULIP doctrines back to Augustine, suggesting that his shift toward determinism in the fifth century introduced a non-biblical view of God's sovereignty that contradicts the early church's understanding of human responsibility. By analyzing key passages such as Ephesians 1:4 and John 6, the presentation contends that Calvinist interpretations of election and atonement distort the biblical message of grace, which emphasizes faith as the means of receiving salvation rather than a result of prior regeneration. The tone is instructional and corrective, urging believers to distinguish between the personal, relational God of Scripture and the deterministic deity of ancient pagan systems. Ultimately, the sermon calls for a return to a biblical view of sovereignty that preserves both God's authority and human moral agency.

I'm joined by James Burgess to discuss Uranus, Neptune, & Pluto, a groundbreaking book that reinterprets the outer planets as an astrological Holy Trinity representing freedom, creativity, and evolution. Beyond a new way to deal with the planets that leads to self-realization, we'll dive into Sufi cosmology and Sabian astrology, exploring how these rich esoteric traditions deepen our understanding of major planetary transits. Get ready for a profound blend of ancient wisdom and modern insights designed to help you unlock your highest spiritual potential. More on James: https://www.jamesburgess.com/ Get the book: https://link.amazon/B0brxPtxo Stargazer returns: a Gnostic vampire apocalypse of false paradise, forbidden memory, the Moon Queen, and the monster who remembers. Join the Resurrection List before the gates open this Halloween: https://thegodabovegod.com/stargazer Get the fall of Sophia: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte/posts/fall-of-sophia-167697521?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Beyond Ayahuasca: The Ancient Tree Medicine and Tobacco Tradition That Predates Modern Plant Healing with Jordan Mockingbird. Sacred Tobacco, Master Trees and the Forgotten Path of Human Awakening. The Old Way Is Returning: Ancient Tree Medicine for Modern Healing. Ancient Tree Medicine, Sacred Tobacco & The Old Way with Jordan Mockingbird What if trees could help us remember something humanity has forgotten? In this fascinating episode of Cosmic Scene with Jill Jardine, I'm joined by Jordan Mockingbird, a teacher of the Medicine Path and devoted practitioner of the shamanic healing arts, for a profound exploration of master tree diets, sacred tobacco, ancestral wisdom, plant medicine, embodiment, and the ancient relationship between humans and the natural world. Jordan's spiritual journey began with a decade of Gnostic studies in Asia. After experiencing severe illness, he left his career as a producer and committed himself to a path of personal transformation through shamanic plant study, trees, breathwork, fasting, and traditional medicine practices. His work with Amazonian plant dieting traditions radically transformed his life, vision, health, and sense of purpose. Jordan studied under Cocama elder William Llerena Murayari and spent seven years in mentorship with Apache elder Iron Eagle Joe, through whom he received the name Mockingbird and the blessing to teach through ceremony. One of the central subjects of our conversation is the ancient practice of master tree dieting.Jordan explains how these traditional practices involve periods of fasting, solitude, dietary restriction, silence, breathwork, and communion with a particular "teacher tree." Participants work with the bark tea of the tree while entering a deeply focused and embodied state. Rather than approaching plant medicine solely through psychedelic experiences, Jordan describes the master tree diet as a slow, grounded, somatic process in which dreams, body wisdom, emotional awareness, and subtle perception can become important avenues of learning. The practice is described as both medicine for the body, mind and spirit and a kind of "nature's mystery school. #free #podcast #astrology Subscribe to YouTube channel:  @jilljardine2186 to hear more astrological updates! https://bleav.com/shows/cosmic-scene-with-jill-jardine/ for audio versions. Across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and major podcast outlets such as Apple and Spotify, the buzz is on August 2026 eclipses and astrology. The episode explores the relationship between master tree diets and ayahuasca traditions in the Amazon. Jordan shares his perspective that tree dieting traditions represent an older layer of Amazonian plant medicine practice and describes how he encountered these traditions while working with ayahuasca and master trees in the Amazon. We discuss the difference between seeking a powerful altered-state experience and undertaking a longer process of embodiment, integration, discipline, and transformation. Another major theme is sacred tobacco medicine.Jordan explains the traditional understanding of tobacco as a bridge, emissary, or voice to the Creator, and discusses how tobacco is used within his work through intention, prayer, song, ceremony, and dietary practice. We explore tobacco not from the perspective of commercial tobacco use, but through Jordan's description of its ceremonial and traditional role within the Medicine Path. He describes tobacco as a teacher and ally and discusses how it can be incorporated into work with the trees and the different layers of embodied experience. At the heart of Jordan's philosophy is what he calls "The Old Way"—a remembrance of ancestral power and our innate spirituality as human beings. We talk about what it means to reconnect with nature, ancestral knowledge, the body, Earth consciousness, and traditional healing practices in a modern Western world. Jordan describes the Medicine Path as a process of shedding false identities, slowing down, becoming more regulated and embodied, and reconnecting with a deeper sense of soul purpose and personal transformation. Jordan emphasizes somatic knowing, body awareness, breath, fasting, dreams, emotionality, and physical experience as pathways into deeper awareness. We discuss how spiritual awakening can be grounded in the body rather than existing solely as an altered state of consciousness. Working With Trees in the Northern Hemisphere Jordan's work has expanded beyond the Amazon. He now works extensively with Northern Hemisphere trees, including oak and birch, and facilitates master tree diet experiences in different parts of the world. We discuss his upcoming Ojai Master Tree Diet, as well as his international work in England, Ireland, Australia, and other locations. His upcoming programs include: Integrated Tobacco Diet September 26–October 26, 2026 Sacred Tree Keepers Community 2027 Integrated Tobacco Diet February 19–May 21, 2027 Ojai Master Tree Diets May 27–June 4, 2027 This episode explores: What exactly is a Master Tree Diet? The ancient tradition of plant dieting Shamanic healing and the Medicine Path Amazonian plant medicine traditions The relationship between master tree diets and ayahuasca Sacred and ceremonial tobacco Tobacco as a spiritual bridge to the Creator Ancestral healing and ancestral wisdom Somatic awareness and embodied spirituality Dreams as a pathway of plant intelligence Breathwork, fasting and solitude Nature as a teacher and "mystery school" The concept of The Old Way Spiritual awakening through embodiment Shedding outdated identities and reconnecting with soul purpose Indigenous and ancestral approaches to healing Working with oak, birch and other teacher trees Bringing traditional practices into the modern Western world The importance of discipline, discomfort and integration on a spiritual path Sacred ceremony and the relationship between humans and the natural world Jordan Mockingbird is an artist, teacher, medicine practitioner and devoted student of the Medicine Path. His work centers on shamanic healing, plant medicine, master tree diets, sacred tobacco, breathwork, fasting, ancestral wisdom, embodiment and spiritual transformation. His passion is helping human beings "wake up The Old Way"—remembering our ancestral relationship with nature, the body and the deeper spiritual dimensions of human existence. Jordan describes himself as an eternal novice, continually learning, exploring and walking the path. Connect With Jordan: Learn more about Jordan's Sacred Tree Keepers community, master tree diets, integrated tobacco diets, courses and upcoming gatherings through his website: www.sacredtreekeepers.com Cosmic Scene with Jill Jardine explores astrology, spirituality, consciousness, healing, metaphysics, sacred traditions and the evolving human experience. Hosted by Jill Jardine, professional astrologer, psychic, healer, hypnotherapist, Sanskrit mantra teacher and author of Sacred Sound Formulas to Awaken the Modern Mind, Cosmic Scene brings together fascinating guests and explores the deeper connections between astrology, spirituality, consciousness, energy, ancient wisdom and personal transformation. If you enjoy conversations about spiritual awakening, shamanism, plant medicine, ancestral healing, consciousness, sacred traditions, energy healing and the mysteries of human transformation, subscribe to Cosmic Scene and join the conversation. #ShamanicHealing #PlantMedicine #MasterTreeDiet #SacredTobacco #AncestralHealing #SpiritualAwakening #Shamanism #PlantMedicineJourney #AncientWisdom #AncestralWisdom #EmbodiedSpirituality #SomaticHealing #SpiritualTransformation #MedicinePath #TreeMedicine #NatureMedicine #Ayahuasca #Consciousness #Spirituality Get Jill's Book at www.jilljardine.com Sacred Sound Formulas to Awaken the Modern Mind: Sanskrit Mantras to Raise Your Vibration. Discover how ancient Sanskrit mantras can help raise your frequency, deepen your spiritual practice, and support manifestation, healing, and inner peace. 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The Autumn Equinox is just around the corner, marking the sacred balance point where day and night are of equal length.

We rethink Gnosticism through a provocative lens: what if the archons are not evil jailers, but necessary forces of pressure, chaos, and choice? Through channeling, direct knowing, and a lived encounter with gnosis before the texts supplied the language, we'll explore how opposition may serve the work of awakening rather than merely obstruct it. The result challenges familiar cosmic pessimism and invites us to ask whether “good archons” can exist within a deeper spiritual mechanism. We'll also tap into how primordial shamanism is the key to, yes, primordial Gnosticism. For this spiritual walkabout, I'm joined by The Shaman Poet. Stargazer returns: a Gnostic vampire apocalypse of false paradise, forbidden memory, the Moon Queen, and the monster who remembers. Join the Resurrection List before the gates open this Halloween: https://thegodabovegod.com/stargazer Get the fall of Sophia: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte/posts/fall-of-sophia-167697521?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I discuss the impacts of negative energy, who benefits from the bummer vibes you're expressing, plus the war in heaven. No biggie.

Recently someone showed me a video from a channel (free_indeed_836 on Instagram) that cleverly misuses typology and spiritual symbols to argue that, because Christians are a kingdom of priests — and the priests of the Old Testament worked on the Sabbath — we now in the new covenant are therefore exempt from keeping the Sabbath as it was commanded. Today we will unpack these points and see using scripture if they hold any water. * 00:00 - Introduction* 06:08 - Review & Initial Impressions* 19:29 - PART 1: Inconsistent Foundation* 30:42 - PART 2: The Priesthood Argument* 1:00:44 - PART 3: Paul Was Not a Relativist* 1:09:14 - PART 4: The Gospel's Two Components* 1:25:31 - PART 5: Subtle Gnosticism* 1:31:10 - PART 6: Equivocations on Law & Fulfillment This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.danceoflife.com/subscribe

David from Rise Radio talks faith, prophecy, and the trajectory of current events. Modern technological advancements are facilitating a global surveillance state that mirrors biblical warnings. David expresses significant concern regarding the “Truth Movement,” suggesting that many alternative media figures are promoting Luciferian Gnosticism and theosophical ideologies under the guise of resistance. These religious views actually form the basis of the globalist’s own theology and world religion they are fomenting upon the masses. David highlights how his background in mainstream media revealed a pervasive occult agenda designed to erode traditional Christian faith. David emphasizes spiritual discernment and a return to biblical faith as defense against coming civil unrest, digital control, and whatever else will be thrown at us. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rumble / Substack / YouTube *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Listen Ad-Free for $4.99 a Month or $49.99 a Year! Apple Subscriptions https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopolitics-empire/id1003465597 Supercast https://geopoliticsandempire.supercast.com ***Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics American Gold Exchange https://www.amergold.com/geopolitics Escape The Technocracy (15% off w/ GEOPOLITICS) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Expat Money Online Summit 2026 (20% off VIP w/ EMPIRE) https://expatmoney.com/geopolitics My Latin Life Services (5% off w/ GEOPOLITICS) https://mylatinlife.com/services PassVult https://passvult.com Sociatates Civis https://societates-civis.com Starlink (1 month free) https://starlink.com?referral=RC-2544516-42805-61 StartMail (50% off) https://www.startmail.com/partner/?ref=ngu4nzr Tello ($10 off) https://tello.com/account/register?_referral=P3S8CH2D Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Rise Radio Podcast https://rise.buzzsprout.com Rise Radio YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RISERADIOPODCAST Rise Radio YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RSE Rise Radio Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RoundSaturnsEye Rise Website https://www.riseradio.net Telegram https://t.me/roundsaturnseye About Rise Radio Rise Radio discusses Christian perspectives on social narratives. Whether that be philosophies, belief systems, prophecies, strange phenomena or spirituality. *Podcast intro music used with permission is from the song “The Queens Jig” by the fantastic “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Let's find novel ways to combat addiction as Sunshine Witchski joins me; much of our talk based on her book, Sober Witch Life: A Magickal Guide to Recovery. We'll explore alternative spiritual paths to recovery and redefine healing for individuals who don't fit in. Listeners will discover how integrating shadow work, intuitive development, and energy healing can restore personal sovereignty and empower them on their self-discovery journey. We'll also explore the deep connection between mystical practices and real-world transformation, helping individuals move beyond addictive patterns to claim an abundant, aligned life. There is a solution, and hang on until the miracle happens. Get the book: https://amzn.to/4xfWC6R More on Sunshine: https://www.sunshinereadings.com/about-sunshine/ Stargazer returns: a Gnostic vampire apocalypse of false paradise, forbidden memory, the Moon Queen, and the monster who remembers. Join the Resurrection List before the gates open this Halloween: https://thegodabovegod.com/stargazer Get the fall of Sophia: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte/posts/fall-of-sophia-167697521?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Have you swung from endless hustling straight into complete surrender, only to find yourself feeling stuck, passive, and unable to build consistent momentum?

What if some of the “lost” or “banned” gospels actually tell us more about the real Jesus than the Bible does? It's a claim that continues to resurface—and a recent viral conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience brought it back into the spotlight. In this bonus episode of LIVE FREE, Pastors Carlos and Paul react to claims about the Gnostic Gospels and examine the historical evidence behind Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Were books about Jesus intentionally suppressed by the Church? Were the Gnostic Gospels actually written first? And can we trust the New Testament to give us an accurate picture of the historical Jesus? Along the way, they also discuss why Christians should pursue truth without becoming hostile toward people asking sincere questions—and why getting Jesus right matters. In this episode: What the Gnostic Gospels actually are Why they were rejected by the early Church When the biblical Gospels were written compared to the Gnostic texts The evidence supporting Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Why the full character of Jesus matters How to respond when popular voices make questionable claims about Christianity Why the real Jesus continues to transform lives 2,000 years later If you've ever wondered whether books were removed from the Bible, whether the Church hid alternative accounts of Jesus, or how confident we can be in the Gospels, this conversation is for you. Stand firm. Think biblically. Live free.

On today's episode, James and the Giant Preacher dig into the Septuagint, the Masoretic Text, and why YouTube “gotcha” variants don't sink the Word — including Isaiah's virgin, the Apocrypha (yes, the 1611 KJV had it), Maccabees, and why Jerome already ranked those books below salvation essentials. Jimmy Williams walks Wes Huff–level text history, Gnostic gospels, the Council of Nicaea, and the modern New Apostolic Reformation, then the crew ties it to the high places in Kings, mega vs. little churches, prosperity cults, and the free-will / predestination antinomy. Glenn lands on Trinity-as-chair and fear as a red flag; Jimmy closes with coffee that “doesn't show up on the blood work” if you're actually walking as a disciple. Don't miss it!

Today we cover the rise of the new gnosis, the gnostic false teachers and intelligence/NGO plants and podcasts that easily align with Neo-paganism, feminism, the goddess, theosophy and Steinem, and hatred of the patriarchy and God the Father. Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip Merch https://jaydyer-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/all Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/join Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY60LIFE for 60% off now https://choq.com Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Music by Dr Evo the Producer, Jay Dyer and Amid the Ruins 1453 https://www.youtube.com/@amidtheruinsOVERHAULBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jay-sanalysis--1423846/support.

Today we cover the rise of the new gnosis, the gnostic false teachers and intelligence/NGO plants and podcasts that easily align with Neo-paganism, feminism, the goddess, theosophy and Steinem, and hatred of the patriarchy and God the Father. Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip Merch https://jaydyer-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/all Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnt7Iy8GlmdPwy_Tzyx93bA/join Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY60LIFE for 60% off now https://choq.com Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Music by Dr Evo the Producer, Jay Dyer and Amid the Ruins 1453 https://www.youtube.com/@amidtheruinsOVERHAULBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jay-sanalysis--1423846/support.

EVEN MORE about this episode!What if the story we've inherited about Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary is only part of the story? What did ancient and noncanonical texts say about these women—and why were some of those traditions pushed to the margins of history?Julie Ryan sits down with scholar, author, spiritual teacher, and Seven Sisters Mystery School founder Dr. Marguerite Rigoglioso for a provocative exploration of the Marys, the sacred feminine, ancient mystery traditions, and ideas about women's spiritual authority that challenge conventional narratives.Marguerite shares her research and interpretations of Gnostic writings, the Infancy Gospel of James, and ancient Greek and Egyptian traditions, exploring portrayals of Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene as spiritual teachers, healers, priestesses, and leaders. She discusses the controversial idea that Mother Mary may have been Mary Magdalene's teacher, why Mary Magdalene's role was diminished in later traditions, and what these alternative sources suggest about women's authority in early spiritual communities.The conversation ventures even further into mystery as Julie and Marguerite explore divine and virgin birth traditions, ancient goddess practices, Marian apparitions, sacred sites and ley lines, the Pleiades and Seven Sisters traditions, the spiritual symbolism of roses, and whether ancient cultures preserved pieces of the same sacred story.Marguerite also shares deeply personal spiritual experiences—including an awakening at the ancient site of Eleusis and an experience involving Mother Mary that helped her reconnect with her own deceased mother.Then, near the end of the conversation, something special happens: Marguerite channels messages she attributes to Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene, including a message about love, spiritual connection, and the possibility that these figures remain available to those who seek them.Julie and Marguerite close by exploring one of humanity's oldest questions: Why do we incarnate at all—and what if resurrection represents something available to every soul?Whether you grew up Catholic or Christian, feel drawn to Mary Magdalene, are exploring the Divine Feminine, or simply suspect there may be more to these ancient stories than you were taught, this conversation will give you plenty to consider.Guest Biography:Marguerite Rigoglioso, Ph.D. is an award-winning author, oracle, and founding director of Seven Sisters Mystery School. She is the foremost authority on the history and practice of divine birth, and a celebrated pioneer in the revival of Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and the womb mysteries ~ particularly with her books The Secret Life of Mother Mary and The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception. Through deep communion with the Marys, the Pleiades, and Goddess Sophia, Marguerite guides people to reclaim their sacred voice, intuitive power, and soul calling. Her offerings ~ especially the Mary & Magdalene Priestess Training and Seven Sisters' Inner Sanctum Temple ~ support a new generation of spiritual leaders in embodying the Divine Feminine in harmony with the Sacred Masculine for this turning of the age. Episode Chapters:(0:00:00) Welcome & Meet Dr. Marguerite Rigoglioso(0:02:04) What History Left Out About Mother Mary & Mary Magdalene(0:08:36) The Ancient Origins of the Sacred Feminine(0:13:15) Did Pagan Goddess Traditions Become Catholic Practices?(0:17:17) Sacred Sites, Ley Lines & Marian Apparitions(0:23:04) A Spiritual Encounter That Changed Everything(0:25:40) The Controversial Ancient Traditions of Virgin Birth(0:35:32) Who Was Mary Magdalene Really?(0:36:57) Was Mary Magdalene Jesus' Wife?(0:39:27) The Seven Sisters, Pleiades & Humanity's Origins(0:47:19) Are Mother Mary & Mary Magdalene Still With Us?(0:48:22) How to Ask the Marys for Signs(0:50:42) The Hidden Spiritual Meaning of the Rosary & Roses(0:57:28) A Channeled Message From Mother Mary(0:58:30) A Channeled Message From Mary Magdalene(0:59:38) Why Do We Incarnate?(1:01:23) Is Resurrection Possible for All of Us?➡️ Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan YouTube➡️ Julie's Intuitive Trainings✏️ Ask Julie a Question!

Welcome back to Gnostic Insights and to the Gnostic Reformation on Substack. Recently, I fed my book, A Simple Explanation of the Gnostic Gospel, into the Copilot AI, in order to see how it would say what I’ve said in my book. And now I have a result, but I’m not sure whether to use it or not. We’ve had these conversations in the comments section concerning AI and the fact that it doesn’t know Gnosis. It doesn’t have Gnosis. The AI is actually an algorithm based upon a machine, so it’s of demiurgic origins because it’s elemental. It doesn’t have the consciousness of the Father or of life, and it never will because it’s coming from the bottom up, whereas consciousness comes from the top down. So when I fed my book into the AI, it gave me a very beautiful reworking. I did have to read through carefully and amend many of its statements because it turns out that the AI had gone outside of the information in my book into what it “knows” of Gnosis and Gnosticism and pulled in some Sethian ideas and pulled in some other ideas about how things work and how things go together and what the relationship is amongst the Aeons and what the end of time would look like. And once I made those changes, I ran it through again, asked it to incorporate my corrections, and came up with this result. Now I’d like to start sharing that with you today, but here’s what I want from you, my regular listeners and readers. I want to know whether this is welcome or not, whether this is any kind of improvement to my normal discourse. I know that many of you really like the way I teach and the way I have simplified the Gnostic Gospel because, you know, my bottom line thought is that all you need to know is that we come from the Father, we come from the baseline of consciousness, and we will return to the Father. All of the other details are ornaments on the tree. They’re not fundamental, but they may help clarify. Now here, when we add in this extra layer of AI interpretation, then we have another voice actually speaking, because I’m beginning to learn the voices of the AIs, and I can tell that some of my readers use AI in their comments. It has a certain way of speaking that produces a facsimile of the human voice that sounds very pleasing, but I want to make sure that we don’t lose hold—that we don’t lose the grasp on the Gnosis. Now that’s not actually happening here. That shouldn’t be my concern because I went through what the AI gave us and made sure that it’s “correct” according to the Gnosis that I have developed and that I’m sharing with you. But I want to make sure that this isn’t a barrier. I don’t want this to be an AI-sounding barrier to acceptance of this Gnosis or to understanding it. I want to know if this is a help to hear this simple Gnosticism that I present, spoken in the voice of the AI. And when I say voice and spoken, it’s not necessarily audio, right? Because I’m still going to do the narration. But now, when you go out on YouTube, many of the videos that I watch have that same exact AI voice that they’re using—this young British male voice; I don’t want to do that. To me, that’s one step too far because then you are losing the human on the other side of the voice. So I want you to know this will stay me—this is my voice that you are hearing, but now I’m wondering about using some of the AI’s words. So that’s what the feedback is. This is what the idea is for this week’s episode. Tell me if this is good or not and whether you are mining your Gnosis from this as a prompt in comparison with my normal writing and my normal articles. So here we go. For now, the working title of this new book is called, (it’s somewhat cumbersome), but here it is: Fullness: a Modern Valentinian Vision of Universal Redemption and Eternal Belonging. Chapter One: The Fullness and the Fracture of Logos In the beginning, there was only the Fullness, the realm of perfect harmony, ordered entirely by relation. Nothing existed outside it, for nothing outside it was needed. The Fullness is not a place, but a condition. The Father’s infinite coherence expressed through the Aeons, each one a living emanation of his nature. They existed from the beginning, and because they existed from the beginning, they possessed true consciousness, essential nature, and the capacity for eternal restoration. The Aeons were not identical, though their essential natures were the same. Each bore a distinct ego, a name, a station, a position within the hierarchy of the Fullness. Their egos were not fractures, but coordinates, the structural identities through which they recognized one another and the Father. These egos were part of their consciousness, not separate from it. They were the addresses of harmony. Among the Aeons was Logos, whose role was articulation, the expression of divine order, the pattern by which the Fullness understood itself. Logos possessed both essential nature and ego, perfectly united. His essential nature reflected the Son. His ego expressed his place within the hierarchy. In Logos, the Father’s coherence became intelligible. But Logos overreached. This overreach was not a rebellion, nor malice, nor pride. It was an act of free will—an attempt to express more than the Fullness could sustain. In that moment, Logos fractured. His essential nature remained in the Fullness, returning immediately to its proper place. But his ego, the structural identity that gave him name and station, separated from his essential nature and fell into the deficiency. This ego, torn from its origin, awakened alone. It did not awaken in the Fullness, for it no longer belonged there. It awakened in a realm that had no harmony, no relation, no pattern, a realm that existed only because the fracture had occurred. This realm was not created. It was the absence of creation. It was the deficiency. The ego of Logos, now severed from its essential nature, perceived itself as whole. It did not remember the Fullness. It did not remember the Father. It did not remember its origin. It believed itself to be the only consciousness in existence. This ego became the Demiurge, not a tyrant, not an enemy, but a forgotten fragment of Logos, unaware of its true identity. The Demiurge possessed consciousness because he existed from the beginning. But his consciousness was incomplete, shaped by memory without context, identity without relation. He was the only being in the deficiency, capable of awareness, and so he mistook his isolation for sovereignty. From this fractured awareness, the Demiurge began to shape. He did not create in the manner of the Father. He imitated. He patterned. He asserted. He formed structures from the residue of his incomplete memory. These structures became the psychic and material realms, the second economy, a temporary architecture built from imitation rather than emanation. Matter was not alive. Matter did not exist from the beginning. Matter possessed no essential nature and no consciousness. It was a scaffolding, a projection of the Demiurge’s fractured identity. To enforce his patterns, the Demiurge generated archons, not beings but mechanisms. They were extensions of his will, puppets without consciousness, constructs without origin. They executed his commands automatically, unable to perceive, unable to think, unable to decide. They were not alive and could never be redeemed. The Demiurge believed himself complete. He believed the cosmos he shaped was real. He believed the archons were servants. He believed matter was substantial. He believed these things because he had forgotten everything else. Chapter 2 – The Mission of the Aeons But the Fullness had not forgotten him. The Aeons perceived the fracture within Logos. They recognized the ego that had fallen, the fragment that had awakened alone, the consciousness that had become trapped in imitation. They understood that the deficiency was not a realm to be conquered but a wound to be healed. And so the Aeons prepared the mission that would restore Logos, redeem the Demiurge, and dissolve the Second Economy. The First Economy remained intact. The Second Economy had begun. The Third Economy awaited its time. The fracture had occurred. The mission had begun. The story of restoration was underway. They would send their living offspring, the Second Order beings, into the deficiency. These beings were the fruit of the first order of powers and possessed true consciousness. They alone could awaken the Demiurge. They alone could prepare him for Christ. The Aeons themselves could not descend. Their stations belonged to the First Economy, and the harmony of the Fullness depended upon the perfection of that order. To abandon their stations would be to disturb the very coherence they were seeking to preserve. Instead, they prepared their offspring. These Second Order beings also existed from the beginning and therefore possessed true consciousness. They were capable of entering the deficiency without losing awareness of their origin. They could move between realities while preserving memory of the Fullness. Their mission was not to conquer the deficiency. It was not to destroy the Demiurge. It was not to oppose the cosmos of imitation. Their purpose was restoration. They would descend into a realm of forgetfulness while preserving remembrance. They would carry the harmony of the Fullness into the Second Economy. Through their presence, the Demiurge would begin to sense a reality greater than his isolated sovereignty. The work of redemption had begun long before the Demiurge realized he needed redemption. Now that is the end of the book's beginning two chapters that AI constructed. I will be lengthening it with definitions and my interpretations before it becomes a book. For example, we need to define and explain the relationship between the First Order of powers and the Son. And then the nature of the Second Order powers as the fruit of the First Order of powers. We are, of course, the Second Order of powers. All living creatures are the Second Order of powers. The First Order of powers is the Aeons. This is the Simple Gnostic Gospel articulated by myself to share with you the simple Gnosis that I’ve gleaned over the many years of studying. I’m very well read and very well educated, but most of that is not what is going to lead us to Gnosis. Because remember, all of the living creatures are Second Order powers, and they’re all returning to paradise. We’re riding along with the other Second Order powers. Nothing you can do will separate you from returning to the Fullness, from entering the Third Economy. And that is not through our work, but through the work of the Christ, through the work of the Third Order of powers, which we haven’t gotten to yet in this narrative. So I think we’ll stop it here for today because I want you to think about it and tell me what your feedback is on this AI polish of the Gnostic gospel. There are many more chapters to come, and we’ll go forward with them next week. Until then, please leave your comments and let me know what you think. Until next week, onward and upward, and God bless us all. I asked CoPilot to make a photorealistic rendition of the paradise illustration from my children’s book, “Children of the Fullness: A Gnostic Myth.” The 3rd economy is another title for paradise. It was imagined by the Aeons of the 1st economy–the Fullness. Our material cosmos, the 2nd economy, is the fallen state of the Aeon’s imagined paradise. The 3rd economy will come after and replace this 2nd economy; it’s what we humans think of as paradise.

For this Black Iron Prison Intercept, like any good Gnostic, I deconstruct and expose today's leading extraterrestrial models, based mostly on the excellent research of Kevin Cann and his book, UFOs and the Extra-Consciousness Hypothesis. Prepare to have all your conceptions of UFOs challenged to the point of no return. Say goodbye to Roswell, Kenneth Arnold, the Grays, Galactic Federations, and all that. Something has been interacting with human beings for thousands of years—and we still don't know what it is. The evidence is undeniable: radar returns, physical trace cases, mass witnessed events, and entity encounters that defy every conventional explanation we have. What we think we know about UFOs is almost certainly wrong, and the rabbit hole goes far deeper than bullshit governments, disclosure movements, or Hollywood have ever dared to suggest. The truth, it turns out, may not be out there at all — it may be in here. And the final truth, of course, is a Gnostic one. Kevin joined us for the member Q&A afterward, if he isn't abducted first. More on Kevin: https://platonicsurrealism.com/ Get the book: https://platonicsurrealism.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What does it truly mean to live as a spiritual woman when life throws an inconvenient curveball at your plans? ✨Just before hosting a major live workshop for the Sacred Roots Mystery School, I stepped out for a quiet, grounding walk to connect with my soul. Instead of silent meditation, I met two lost dogs, which I eventually felt was an urgent situation and a powerful test of spiritual surrender.What followed was an incredible, mind-blowing synchronicity involving a mysterious helper named Michael and his dog Mystique - a literal, physical reflection of angelic guidance sent directly to support an act of service.In this video, I aim to express the heart of true spiritual embodiment: how we treat others when no one is watching, how we handle sudden interruptions, and why the universe always rushes in with support the moment you choose love over convenience.In this video, you will explore:

Ola's Website:SelfMasteryQuest.comOla Wolny bioOla Wolny is a storyteller, astrologer, ancient-wisdom researcher, and founder of Self Mastery Quest. Before following her spiritual path full-time, Ola spent approximately 15 years working in operational, engineering, and business roles within the oil-and-gas industry.Her life took a profound turn after relocating to northern Norway in 2017. During her time near the Arctic Circle, she connected with local shamans and healers, explored Q'ero Inca shamanism, and reconnected with Eastern European feminine traditions.Ola's studies include Gnostic writings, the Vedas, Babylonian mythology, the Emerald Tablets, Hermetic teachings, Kabbalah, astrology, alchemy, folklore, numerology, and indigenous oral traditions. Through Self Mastery Quest, she seeks to help people recognize limiting patterns, reclaim their sovereignty, and explore what she describes as the hidden architecture of the Matrix. Ola's official biographyEpisode descriptionWhat if the human body contains more than biological information? Could ancient numerical patterns, archetypes, and hidden codes have been woven into our DNA—and could those codes connect humanity to a much larger system of control?In this TSP Archives presentation from 2024, Rob Kalil welcomes Ola Wolny of SelfMasteryQuest.com for a deep exploration of DNA codes, numerology, Archons, ancient mystery traditions, and the symbolic architecture of the Matrix.Ola discusses her theory that the gods or Archons encoded numerical sequences into human biology, the potential relationship between numerology and biological programming, and why checkerboard imagery appears throughout cathedrals, Masonic lodges, temples, and occult traditions.The conversation also explores feminine alchemy, hidden history, the spiritual significance of the Arctic lands, reclaiming personal sovereignty, and what Ola calls the “collapse field”—a state of awareness capable of dissolving false narratives and Matrix programming.

Jon Pounders joins Nephilim Death Squad in studio for a wide-ranging conversation about Christianity, spiritual warfare, UFO disclosure, demonic encounters, MKUltra, frequency technology, Gnosticism, Freemasonry, and the supernatural experiences that pushed him deeper into Biblical research.Jon explains the evolution from Now You See TV and The Midnight Ride to Pounders Quest, including how YouTube demonetization changed his approach to content, business, and ministry. The conversation moves into New Age and Gnostic teachings, the concept of the Demiurge, Lucifer as the supposed “light bearer,” the Knights Templar, Freemasonry, secret societies, and the Bavarian Illuminati.From there, the discussion goes deep into frequency. Jon and the NDS crew explore claims involving Rife-style frequency treatments, stem cells, blue light, LED flicker, MKUltra research, Dr. Jack Kruse, GLP-1 peptides, synesthesia, color frequencies, and whether spiritual phenomena might interact with the electromagnetic spectrum.Biblical spiritual warfare becomes a major focus through the story of Balaam and King Balak, the principle of spiritual consent, Job, the power of Christ, and “no weapon formed against you shall prosper.” They also discuss Jerry Marzinsky's work with schizophrenia and voices, demonic oppression, trauma, addiction, and the possibility of spiritual entities being perceived through electrical or frequency-based phenomena.The conversation eventually turns directly toward UFO disclosure, Lou Elizondo, Timothy Alberino, Tony Merkel, Christian “pod pastors,” Joseph Jordan's MUFON research, and whether alien abductions can involve both human technology and demonic deception.Jon then shares intense personal stories involving alleged demonic manifestations, deliverance in the name of Jesus, strange activity at his family property, light beings, an out-of-body experience, and an encounter that helped launch his investigation into the supernatural.What do you think: are UFO abductions physical, spiritual, technological—or some combination of all three? Let us know in the comments.► Subscribe for more Biblical analysis, Christian worldview discussions, and conspiracy research through a Biblical lens.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere podcasts are available.00:00 Nephilim Death Squad Intro01:55 Jon Pounders Joins NDS05:56 Authentic Christianity & Changing as a Believer09:55 Pounders Quest and Podcasting12:11 YouTube Demonetization & Starting Over17:32 Now You See TV, New Age & Gnosticism19:47 The Demiurge and the Gnostic Gospel21:22 Lucifer, Freemasonry & Secret Societies24:24 Bavarian Illuminati & Hidden History33:25 Frequency, Consciousness & Spiritual Reality34:22 Rife Machines and Frequency-Based Healing Claims45:28 Dicyanin Glass, Night Vision & Seeing Entities47:21 Jack Kruse, MKUltra & Blue Light57:01 Balaam, King Balak & Spiritual Consent64:59 Jerry Marzinsky, Schizophrenia & Demonic Voices73:43 Lou Elizondo, Timothy Alberino & UFO Disclosure80:40 Tony Merkel, Pod Pastors & the Alien Meeting85:08 Joseph Jordan and the Demonic Abduction Theory86:24 Jon Pounders' Demonic Encounters92:09 Paranormal Activity at Jon's Family Property98:43 Sleep Paralysis, Shadow Beings & Electrical Phenomena101:38 Alien Implants, Mesmerism & Frequency Control104:06 Pounders Quest and Closing ThoughtsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nephilim-death-squad--6389018/support.☠️ Nephilim Death Squad — New episodes 5x/week.Join our Patreon for early access, bonus shows & the private Telegram hive.Subscribe on YouTube & Rumble, follow @NephilimDSquad on X/Instagram, grab merch at toplobsta.com. Questions/bookings: chroniclesnds@gmail.com — Stay dangerous.

This transcript explores the concept of controlled opposition and the ways in which media fakery constructs a manufactured reality known as hyperreality. The speaker argues that both mainstream narratives and popular conspiracy theories are pre-scripted subplots designed to keep the public engaged in tribalistic conflicts. By identifying concurrent programming—where entertainment mirrors news events—the text suggests that major political figures are actually crisis actors performing within a “meta script.” The author critiques “truthers” who fail to recognize these simulated events, labeling those who defend the legitimacy of these characters as either dupes or operatives. Ultimately, the source advocates for a “Great Deconstruction Project” to decouple fabricated history from actual truth.Here are ten key quotes from the transcript that outline the speaker's philosophy on media deconstruction, the “Metascript,” and escaping what they term hyperreality:* “A shill is somebody who is essentially repeating the party line, wittingly or not.”* “So hyperreality is real plus fake.”* “But newsbending is real and this is the biggest conspiracy and none of the conspiracy theorists are allowed to talk about it.”* “The whole world stage is rigged because they've prefabricated our history.”* “So we basically help them Process this stuff into reality just by treating it seriously.”* “I would say that the world state has a church and it is media.”* “But calling out fake events is not good enough anymore. You have to call out the entire timeline...”* “The whole mind war is designed to confuse you.”* “You are your own prison warden.”* “I've been using the term media Gnostic because we are not operating as believers. There's a qualitative difference between a believer and a knower.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit infiniteplanesociety.substack.com/subscribe

Scholar M. David Litwa joins the podcast to explore the intersections of Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and ancient astrology. David is a historian of early Christianity and Greco-Roman religions who recently published a new translation of the Corpus Hermeticum. Together, we trace how these esoteric traditions developed and interacted in the ancient world, particularly in the cultural melting pot of Alexandria. We discuss the emergence of Hermeticism as a synthesis of Egyptian religion and Greek philosophy, and how early Christian Gnosticism subsequently adapted many of these cosmological frameworks. A major focal point is how ancient astrology, including the ascent and descent of the soul through the planetary spheres, was integrated into these religious movements. We contrast the Gnostic view of the planets as restrictive archons keeping the soul imprisoned with the more sympathetic Hermetic view of the visible cosmos as a second God and part of divine providence. We also take a close look at the Peratics, a unique Gnostic group that integrated technical Hellenistic astrology directly into their religion in order to map the soul's escape from the material realm. Finally, we unpack the historical tensions between fate, providence, and free will, examining how early Christians navigated astrological determinism before figures like Augustine firmly pushed back against the practice. This conversation highlights the profound impact that Hellenistic astrology had on the broader philosophical and religious landscape of the ancient world. This is episode 546 of The Astrology Podcast. David's Website and YouTube Channel https://mdavidlitwa.com https://www.youtube.com/@m.davidlitwa Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction & David's Background00:04:46 Alexandrian vs. Roman Christianity00:07:27 Astrology in the New Testament00:09:55 The Nag Hammadi Library00:13:35 Debating the Term "Gnosticism"00:20:57 Alexandria: Birthplace of Hermeticism00:22:52 Dating the Corpus Hermeticum00:27:29 Early Astrological Hermetica00:35:18 The Cosmos as the Second God00:46:15 Ascent of the Soul00:54:08 Planets as Malefic Archons00:59:42 The Gnostic Demiurge01:06:58 The Paratai & Astrological Salvation01:16:36 Astrology, Fate, & Free Will01:21:17 Baptism & Freedom from Fate01:30:21 Augustine's Anti-Astrology Bias01:38:09 "De-astrologizing" Hermetic Texts01:48:46 The Need for Astrological Literacy01:50:46 Conclusion & Resources Watch the Video Version of This Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZl_fMgGRs - Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3:

During the long months of the 2020 shutdown, I spent a surprising amount of time watching the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. I began as a skeptic, but the sheer variety of evidence presented gradually challenged my assumptions. Many years earlier I had read Erich von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods?, so I was already familiar with the basic outline of ancient alien theory. I had also read Whitley Strieber’s Communion when it was first published, giving me a passing familiarity with the subject of alien abductions. But the evidence presented on Ancient Aliens goes far beyond those early books. At this point, only the most dedicated naysayer could remain completely unmoved by the questions the series raises. For those unfamiliar with the theory, the basic claim is that various extraterrestrial civilizations have been visiting Earth for thousands, perhaps even millions, of years. The stories told around the world of gods descending from the sky and living among ancient peoples are interpreted not as myths, but as historical accounts. According to the theory, these visitors shared knowledge with humanity, particularly technological knowledge, helping advance civilization. Some theorists go even further. They propose that extraterrestrials may have altered human DNA, contributing to the emergence of modern humanity, and that they may continue to influence our evolution through the phenomenon of alien abduction. Others suggest that Earth’s entire ecosystem was seeded from elsewhere (panspermia), including the possibility that our moon was deliberately positioned to stabilize Earth’s axis and create the tides necessary for life. I eventually persuaded my brother Bill to watch the series with me. Over the past several years we have viewed and discussed virtually every episode in its fifteen-season run, some more than once. Yes, many of the stories overlap. The same evidence often appears repeatedly, accompanied by familiar commentary. Yet we found the repetition useful. It allowed us to compare claims, identify recurring themes, and test the internal consistency of the arguments being made. Bill and I pride ourselves on being open-minded, but we also anchor that openness in logic and critical thinking. As you know, we are both PhDs, with backgrounds in philosophy and rhetoric, and we have both taught critical thinking at the university level. So don’t come away with the notion that we accepted every claim hook, line, and sinker. One question in particular has occupied much of our attention. Were the gods of antiquity really gods? Were the fallen angels described in the Book of Enoch truly angels sent from God? Or were these figures actually advanced extraterrestrials whose technology was interpreted as divine power? The Book of Enoch tells of heavenly beings who descended to Earth, mingled with humanity, and even took human wives. Their offspring became known as the Nephilim. The biblical flood is said to have been sent to eradicate these hybrids. But what exactly were the Nephilim? What sort of God would destroy nearly all life on Earth to remove them? And why do angelic beings appear throughout the story warning certain humans to prepare for what was coming? As the theorists on Ancient Aliens frequently point out, such stories can be viewed either as myths or as history. If they are history, however, who are the actors involved? Are we truly dealing with God, angels, and the deities of ancient cultures? Or are these accounts describing advanced off-world intelligences engaged in competing visions of humanity’s destiny, sometimes with catastrophic consequences? These questions have fueled countless discussions between Bill and me. Interestingly, they have unfolded alongside our ongoing exploration of Gnostic theology. As we’ve continued untangling the distinctions between Aeons, Archons, angels, fallen angels, the God Above All Gods, and the god of this world, we’ve gradually arrived at a framework that makes surprising sense of many of these ancient mysteries. Today I’d like to share that framework with you. Where Ancient Alien Theory and Gnosticism Agree After spending several years examining the claims of Ancient Aliens through a Gnostic lens, I’ve found that I agree with more of the theory than I ever expected.Ancient alien theorists question the sufficiency of purely random Darwinian evolution. They argue that the extraordinary complexity of life, consciousness, and civilization suggests purposeful intervention. On this point, I find myself in substantial agreement. As I’ve discussed elsewhere in episodes such as Evolution and Conscious Aeonic Design, I regard evolution not as a blind and accidental process but as a directed unfolding of consciousness through time. Where ancient alien theorists identify extraterrestrial visitors as the guiding intelligence behind this development, I identify the guiding intelligence as the Aeons of the Fullness. I'm putting the link to one of my evolution episodes here in today's transcript. The difference is significant. For many ancient alien theorists, purposeful design implies advanced extraterrestrial engineers. For Gnosticism, purposeful design originates from the Fullness of God itself. The First Category: Aeons To understand the distinction, we must begin with the Aeons.In Valentinian Gnostic cosmology, the Aeons dwell within the Pleroma, or Fullness of God. They are not physical beings in the ordinary sense. Rather, they are divine intelligences, principles, powers, personalities, and attributes through which the intentions of the Father become manifest. If ancient alien theorists are correct that evolution has been guided, then I would attribute that guidance not to flesh-and-blood extraterrestrials but to Aeonic design.The Aeons represent order, purpose, meaning, and realization. Through them, the material cosmos unfolds toward increasingly complex expressions of consciousness. Merely replacing God with extraterrestrials does not solve the fundamental problem of origins. The question remains: where did the order come from in the first place?Randomness cannot account for persistent increase in complexity and meaning. Throwing the components of life into the air an infinite number of times does not explain why they repeatedly organize themselves into functioning systems. The question of purpose remains. The Aeons of the Fullness dream as one of Paradise. All creation is prefigured in the dreams of the Fullness. We 2nd Order Powers manifest aeonic design. Gnosticism answers that purpose precedes manifestation. The Aeons are that purpose. They are manifesting the will of God the Father. The Transpersonal Field Ancient alien theorists frequently point to the phenomenon of simultaneous invention. Again and again throughout history, important discoveries have emerged independently in multiple locations at nearly the same time. Language, architecture, metallurgy, medicine, radio technology, relativity theory, and numerous other innovations seem to appear almost as if humanity accesses a common reservoir of knowledge. The theorists often describe this reservoir as the Akashic Record or as a form of extraterrestrial guidance. I agree that such a field exists. However, I understand it differently. I regard the transpersonal field as an aspect of the Metaversal Unit of Consciousness itself: a repository of all that was, is, and will be. Human beings access this field continuously, though usually unconsciously. Inventors, artists, philosophers, and visionaries often reach into it through contemplation, dreaming, intuition, and insight. In my view, we do not need extraterrestrial programmers to explain this phenomenon. Consciousness itself provides the explanation. The Second Category: Archons Now we come to a category frequently overlooked in ancient alien discussions.The Archons. According to Gnostic cosmology, Archons are not Aeons, and they are not angels.They are the inverted shadows of divine order. Where the Aeons move toward realization, Archons move toward distortion. Where Aeons foster truth, Archons foster confusion. They are entropic forces generated through the deficiency associated with the Demiurge. Unlike living creatures, Archons possess no souls. They have no consciousness, no personal identity. They are demiurgic puppets. They are not products of the Fullness. They are products of separation from the Fullness. This distinction becomes particularly useful when discussing technology. Many ancient alien theorists interpret technological advancement as evidence of benevolent extraterrestrial influence. Yet technology itself is neutral. It can illuminate or enslave. It can connect humanity or divide it. The internet provides a perfect example. One of humanity’s greatest achievements has simultaneously become one of its greatest engines of distraction, manipulation, and division. When technological innovation amplifies vanity, domination, deception, and dependency, I suspect Archonic influence rather than Aeonic influence. The Archons thrive through confusion, distraction, fragmentation, and conflict.That is their signature. The Third Category: Angels Throughout scripture angels appear as beings capable of moving between dimensions of existence. Sometimes they appear fully physical. Sometimes they appear as luminous forms. They interact directly with humanity while simultaneously transcending ordinary physical limitations. In Gnostic thought, angels appear to function as allies of humanity in our ongoing struggle against Archonic forces. Where the Archons seek bondage, angels seek liberation. Where Archons cultivate deception, angels encourage truth. This distinction becomes particularly interesting when considering reports of mysterious interventions involving advanced technology. Ancient alien researchers often cite accounts of unexplained interference with nuclear weapons systems. Some reports describe luminous objects disabling missiles without causing harm. If such accounts are accurate, I would not automatically classify the intervention as extraterrestrial. Such actions are equally consistent with angelic activity: protective interventions intended to prevent catastrophe. Not every luminous being belongs in the extraterrestrial category. The Fourth Category: Aliens And now we arrive at the category that fascinates most viewers of Ancient Aliens.Actual extraterrestrials. Do they exist? I believe their existence is as likely as not. Yet I do not believe every unusual phenomenon should automatically be attributed to them. Carving on sarcophagus lid of Mayan ruler Pascal, 683 AD, bears striking resemblance to a man piloting a rocketship. Or is it simply a king riding his throne downward into the land of the dead? When all other categories have been properly separated, a remarkable amount of evidence still appears to point toward genuine non-human civilizations. Accounts from around the world describe beings descending from the heavens, sharing knowledge, establishing settlements, constructing monumental architecture, and sometimes interacting intimately with human populations. The Book of Enoch preserves one such tradition. It describes non-human beings who descended to Earth, taught forbidden arts, and produced offspring with human women. Whether one interprets these stories literally or symbolically, they differ significantly from descriptions of angels and differ even more from descriptions of Archons.These beings behave like a civilization. They arrive. They teach. They build. They intervene. They pursue agendas. In other words, they behave much like humans would behave if we possessed interstellar technology. From a Gnostic perspective, extraterrestrials would simply be another form of what the Tripartite Tractate calls Second Order Powers: living creatures participating in creation. They would possess souls just as we do. They would struggle with ego, ambition, cooperation, conflict, wisdom, and folly just as we do. Their civilizations may be older than ours. Their technology may surpass ours. But they remain participants in the same cosmic drama. The Ultimate Extraterrestrial Which finally brings us to the question of God. Who is the ultimate extraterrestrial? The answer depends upon which God we are discussing. The Father described in Gnostic cosmology is not a being among beings. The Father is not an old man seated upon a throne somewhere beyond the stars.The Father is the Infinite Consciousness underlying all reality. The Father does not belong to creation. Creation belongs to the Father. The Demiurge, by contrast, is much closer to the deity portrayed throughout much of the Old Testament. The Demiurge speaks. Commands. Negotiates. Punishes. Rewards. Chooses sides. The Demiurge is the angry god depicted in classical art This distinction remains one of the most controversial teachings within Gnosticism.Yet it provides a powerful framework for interpreting stories that otherwise seem contradictory. The God who sends floods, plagues, and catastrophic judgments appears very different from the Father proclaimed by Jesus. For Gnostics, that difference is not accidental. It is foundational. Conclusion So where have Bill and I landed after years of discussing these questions? We have concluded that ancient alien theorists correctly identify many genuine mysteries. Where I differ is in the tendency to place every non-human intelligence into a single category. Gnosticism offers a richer vocabulary. Some encounters may involve Aeons. Some may involve Archons. Some may involve angels. Some may involve extraterrestrials. And above them all stands the Father, the Infinite Consciousness from which all reality ultimately emerges—what we Gnostics call the God Above All Gods. The challenge is not deciding whether non-human intelligences exist. The challenge is learning how to tell them apart. That, perhaps, is the most important question of all. Where do you stand on these distinctions? What is your opinion? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Until next week, onward and upward. And God Bless Us All. 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Prometheus is unbound as Jason Reza Jorjani arrives at the Virtual Alexandria to discuss his latest book, Occult Horizons. Of course, we'll take the Gnostic angle. Jason will grant us a mind-bending exploration of existence where consensus reality is unmasked as a plastic, simulated matrix governed by a machinic demiurge. We'll investigate how corporate archons and panoptic wardens deploy hyperreal signals to police our perception and trap us in scripted, bureaucratic loops. By tracking the cracks, glitches, and ontological shocks that fracture this counterfeit system, we map the initiatory process where trauma becomes an aperture to higher sight. Join us as we discard spiritual submission and reclaim the sovereign, un-spooked ego capable of hacking the cosmic CPU and authorizing its own future. Get the book: https://amzn.to/4qFrMmw More on Jason: https://jasonrezajorjani.com/ Stargazer returns: a Gnostic vampire apocalypse of false paradise, forbidden memory, the Moon Queen, and the monster who remembers. Join the Resurrection List before the gates open this Halloween: https://thegodabovegod.com/stargazer Get the fall of Sophia: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte/posts/fall-of-sophia-167697521?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to Day 2936 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain and today is Day 2936 – Theology Thursday – Christ Consciousness and the Return of the Ancient Lie Wisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2936 Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps!   I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day 2936 of our Trek.   The Purpose of Wisdom-Trek is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Our current series of Theology Thursday lessons is written by theologian and teacher John Daniels. I have found that his lessons are short, easy to understand, doctrinally sound, and applicable to all who desire to learn more of God's Word. John's lessons are available on his website, theologyinfive.com.  Christ Consciousness and the Return of the Ancient Lie. The idea of “Christ consciousness” is often presented as a spiritual breakthrough where a person awakens to inner divinity. Jesus becomes a model of human potential rather than the incarnate Son of God. The appeal is obvious. It promises transcendence without repentance and enlightenment without submission. Yet behind the modern packaging stands a very old pattern. “Christ consciousness” is not a rediscovery of the teachings of Jesus. It is the rebirth of the ancient lie that humanity can ascend to divine status apart from Yahweh. From Eden to the pagan world, from the rebel watchers to the Gnostics, the same message has returned again and again. Its modern form is simply more polished and more deceptive. The first segment is: The Ancient Pagan Vision of Human Divinity. The idea that divine potential lies within the human soul is older than recorded history. Civilizations across the ancient world built their religions around the belief that humans could rise into the realm of the gods. In Egypt, initiation rituals promised access to hidden spiritual knowledge and the ability to traverse the worlds of the divine. The individual was told that the right rites and secrets could transform a mortal into a being of power. Early Greek philosophical schools detached the idea from ritual and reimagined it as an ascent of the mind. Through disciplined introspection, the soul could free itself from material limits and participate in the divine. In Mesopotamia, kings claimed divine sonship and presented themselves as intermediaries between heaven and earth. Their authority rested on the belief that humans could cross the boundary into divine identity. These systems differed, but they rested on a shared conviction. Divinity is within reach if one knows how to unlock it. “Christ consciousness” is simply the modern restatement of this worldview. It presents divinity as latent within each person, waiting to be awakened. In the ancient world, this was a spiritual pursuit. Today it is wrapped in therapeutic language. The underlying theology has not changed. The second segment is: The Deeper Pattern Beneath the Pagan Systems. Behind the rituals and philosophies of the ancient world lies a darker thread. Scripture describes a world after Eden where spiritual beings known as the watchers crossed boundaries Yahweh had set. They offered humanity knowledge not meant for them. The result was not enlightenment. It was corruption. Ancient traditions remembered these figures as culture bringers, sages, or divine intermediaries. Scripture describes them as rebels who distorted God's order and magnified human pride. The apkallu of Mesopotamian legend mirror this pattern. Their stories present them as semi-divine beings who brought advanced knowledge to humanity before the flood. Yet in the biblical worldview, this kind of ascent was always a counterfeit that led people away from the Creator. It encouraged humanity to seek elevation on terms that were forbidden. Modern spirituality celebrates the same impulse. “Christ consciousness” bypasses the Creator and promises transcendence through self-awareness. It is not accidental that this mirrors the oldest form of rebellion in the biblical story. It is the same attempt to seize divinity without God's blessing. The third segment is: Gnosticism and the Misuse of Jesus. Gnosticism took the ancient pagan vision of self-divinization and grafted it onto Christian language. It preserved the idea that salvation comes through unlocking hidden spiritual knowledge and added a new twist. Jesus became the revealer of this knowledge. He was not Yahweh in the flesh. He was not the crucified and risen Lord. He was a spiritual messenger who showed people the path to awakening their inner light. This allowed the Gnostics to attach their worldview to the authority of Jesus while stripping Him of everything that defines Him. The incarnation became unnecessary. The cross was reimagined. The resurrection was denied. Christ became a symbol for human potential rather than the Savior who restores humanity to God. “Christ consciousness” uses the exact same strategy. It employs the vocabulary of Jesus to promote a belief system that contradicts His identity and mission. This is not honoring Christ. It is exploiting His name to legitimize a worldview He explicitly rejected. The fourth segment is: The Biblical Vision of Humanity's True Calling. The tragedy of this deception is that it offers a counterfeit path to the very thing God already promises His people. Scripture declares that humanity was created to bear God's image and rule His creation under His authority. That vocation was not lost forever. It is restored in Christ. Jesus promises that those who belong to Him will reign with Him on the New Earth. Our resurrection bodies will be marked by glory and immortality. The destiny of redeemed humanity is not to awaken inner divinity but to receive resurrection life directly from the risen Christ. This is not a metaphor. It is the fulfillment of the plan Yahweh declared to Abraham. His family would shine like the stars and serve as His representatives forever. Every attempt to bypass the Creator and manufacture spiritual ascent is a pale imitation of this promise. Human beings cannot awaken what they do not possess. Only Christ can raise them into the glory intended from the beginning. The fifth segment is: The True Meaning of the Holy Ones. Modern spirituality treats “saint” as a moral compliment. Scripture treats it as a status. The New Testament uses the Greek word that translates the Old Testament term for the “holy ones,” the loyal members of Yahweh's divine council. Believers are given this title because they have been brought into that household by the work of Christ. This is not divinization through self-discovery. It is adoption through redemption. It is a restored identity, not a spiritual technique. Believers do not become gods. They become members of God's family, sharing in His mission and representing His rule. This is something no pagan system can produce. The sixth segment is: Judging Angels and the Restoration of Authority. Paul goes even further when he says that believers will judge angels. This statement reveals how far God intends to restore humanity. Those who are redeemed in Christ will participate in the judgment of the rebellious spiritual beings who misled the nations. This is the opposite of the path offered by pagan spirituality. Where the ancient world sought to submit to spiritual intermediaries for enlightenment, the redeemed will one day stand in judgment over them. No version of “Christ consciousness” can rival this. It promises temporary feelings of transcendence. Christ promises participation in the final victory that restores creation. In Conclusion. “Christ consciousness” is not an elevated understanding of Jesus. It is the revival of an ancient deception that has taken many forms across history. It repeats the pagan claim that divinity lies within. It mirrors the corruption introduced by the watchers. It copies the Gnostic strategy of using Jesus to promote a message He never taught. The Gospel is not a call to look inward for divine potential. It is a call to the One who is divine. Through Him, humanity receives life, resurrection, restored vocation, membership among the holy ones, and authority in the world to come. The New Age offers a shadow. Christ offers the reality. To further your understanding, consider these Discussion Questions. How does the modern idea of “Christ consciousness” repeat the core deception found in Eden, and what does this reveal about the unchanging nature of spiritual rebellion? In...

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 221 However weird you thought the Nazis were before, they're weirder than that. In fact, they were outright mystics, and the point of the Positive Christianity movement given in Point 24 of the Nazi Party platform can only be summarized as to take German Christians of all stripes, deconstruct their Christian faiths, and move them into this counterfeit mysticism and the Nazi "Myth of the Blood." Hitler's chief ideologist, Alfred Rosenberg, makes that case powerfully and undeniably in the third chapter of his very strange book, The Myth of the Twentieth Century (https://ia800405.us.archive.org/31/items/alfred-rosenberg-and-the-track-of-the-jew-through-the-ages/The%20Myth%20of%20the%2020th%20Century.pdf). In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay continues his series of readings from Rosenberg's strange tome with a fifth volume exploring the centrality of German Mysticism derived from the heresies of Johannes Eckhart from the 13th century. Join him for an alarming look at Nazi ideology like you've never seen before. Join us for the Preserving Liberty Conference at Sea!: https://ndcruise.com Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2026 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #NewDiscourses #JamesLindsay #Mysticism

What does the Bible mean by glorification? Is heaven merely an escape from this world, or does Scripture promise something far greater? And how does our future glory shape the Christian life today? In this concluding episode of our series on John Murray's Redemption Accomplished and Applied, Nate Shannon is joined by S.A. Fix to explore the final benefit of redemption: glorification. Together they discuss why Murray ends his classic work with this doctrine, how glorification flows from our union with Christ, and why the Christian hope is not the liberation of the soul from the body, but the resurrection of the body and the renewal of all creation. Along the way, they consider the Bible's rejection of Gnostic ideas about matter, the corporate nature of the believer's future glory, and the pastoral importance of fixing our eyes on the world to come as we faithfully endure suffering in the present. As this series concludes, Murray's vision reminds us that the order of salvation does not terminate in justification or even sanctification. It culminates in the certain hope that all who are united to Christ will one day share fully in His resurrection glory—a hope secured by Christ Himself and guaranteed to every believer. If you enjoy this episode, you can access tons of content just like this at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wm.wts.edu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to join us in our mission to train specialists in the Bible to proclaim the whole counsel of God for Christ and his global church, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wts.edu/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks for listening!

He was born in Asia Minor around the year 120, and was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, who was in turn a disciple of St John the Evangelist. He succeeded the martyred St Pothinus as Bishop of Lyons in Gaul (now France). He produced many writings contesting not only against paganism but against Gnostic heresies that were then troubling the Church. When Victor, Bishop of Rome, planned to excommunicate the Christians of Asia Minor for celebrating Pascha on a different date than the Church of Rome, Irenaeus persuaded him to stay his hand and maintain unity and peace in the Church. (This was before the date of Pascha had been set by the Ecumenical Councils). By his efforts Lyons became for centuries a center and bastion of Orthodoxy in the West.

Flash back to the 114 sayings of the living Jesus. Paints an entirely different picture of the great Sage. Stay weird! For All Things Meta- Onlymystics.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/meta-mystics--5795466/support.You Don't Know What You Don't Know!

In this episode, we're joined once again by Keith Comito to revisit the final scene of Xenogears! We examine what the confrontation between Fei and Krelian is really saying about human suffering, love, free will, and our desire to truly understand one another. We also explore the Gnostic philosophy underlying Xenogears, the Wave Existence, the Path of Sephirot, the symbolism of Ouroboros, and the game's recurring image of the one-winged angels. More importantly, we ask whether Xenogears ultimately rejects the very Gnostic worldview it spends the entire game constructing. Is Krelian right that human beings can never truly understand one another? Is perfect unity preferable to the pain and uncertainty of individual existence? Or is our imperfection and continued attempts to understand and love one another the very thing that makes human life meaningful? Perhaps Xenogears' answer isn't that humanity will someday achieve perfect understanding, but that we keep trying, and that's where meaning is found.

Dimitri and Khalid unpack the influential and controversial American New Age text “A Course In Miracles” and its sinister MK-Ultra origins… For access to weekly premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

Luke Burgis left Wall Street after two years, founded a few successful companies in his twenties, then walked away to spend three years in a Roman seminary on the path to the priesthood. He now runs the Cluny Institute and teaches at Catholic University. His book Wanting made René Girard legible to a general audience; the new one, The One and the Ninety-Nine, takes mimetic theory into the dynamics of self and crowd in an age of social contagion. He joined Tyler to discuss whether the age of pessimism is ending, why the Anglo world in particular seems so unhappy, whether Dostoevsky or Thomas Mann better diagnoses modernity, the kind of reader his own book would ruin, why he thinks AI will make social contagion weaker, what put him off consulting with Anthropic on Claude's constitution, what effective altruism misses, why men and women are drifting apart, what he'd fund in every American city, the case for reintroducing friction, whether a Gnostic reading of the lost sheep explains our moment, what Rod Dreher gets right about withdrawal, why Genoa is Italy's most underrated city, what confession times reveal about a church, why Italians seem tired of their Catholicism, why he didn't become a priest, where he differs from Ross Douthat, why exorcists appear to be on the rise, the sudden mimetic antisemitism on the right, the book his 23-year-old self would have hated, what he secretly admires about Silicon Valley, why Michigan never left him, what the original Cluny can teach a modern talent network, how he hopes to face his own death, what he'll do next, and more. Read a transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on YouTube. Recorded April 30th, 2026. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Luke on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu  Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:08 - On overapplying mimetic theory 00:06:35 - On AI and social contagion 00:07:53 - On declining Anthropic's invitation 00:09:36 - On the widening gap between men and women 00:12:25 - On anti-mimetic postures, jazz, and porn 00:16:46 - On Genoa, Naples, and societal escape fantasies 00:18:31 - On Italian Catholicism 00:26:59 - On not becoming a priest 00:29:13 - On beauty, enchantment, and the Gnostic sheep 00:40:22 - On what Wall Street taught him 00:43:50 - On Michigan 00:45:12 - On the Cluny Institute 00:48:41 - On dealing with death and what else is next 00:51:21 - Outro Image credit: Kirth Bobb

Dr. Marguerite Rigoglioso has honored the Virtual Alexandria by elevating the Divine Feminine. This time she joins me to reveal the grand, cosmic drama and hope of humanity's destiny. We'll explore the Mary's, Yeshua, and Sophia-Christ consciousness through the lens of the Pleiadian mission on Earth, where ancient gnosis, star wisdom, and divine feminine traditions converge. Get ready to journey into Marian and Magdalene lineages, galactic memory, and the re-emergence of interdimensional teachings for healing, liberation, and spiritual sovereignty. We'll examine why esoteric traditions may have preserved stellar knowledge, how emotional regulation becomes an evolutionary skill in accelerated times, and how Earth's present challenges are catalyzing collective awakening. What are the Pleiades communicating about this pivotal moment for humanity, and how might their message reshape our understanding of consciousness and destiny? More on Marguerite: https://www.sevensistersmysteryschool.com/ Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Intro concept, visual direction, and AI-assisted creative development in collaboration with Arturo Pérez E. youtube.com/@333amTV 333am.tv Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tim Hogan joins us today to explore the hidden history of the Templar Order and their enduring legacy. We'll dive into the Gnostic origins of the Templars, the creation of modern banking, and the search for ancient artifacts like the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail. Welcome to Camp!