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Tag Archives: Gnosticism
Sacred Agency
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Reality Sandwich The following essay was originally published on KingsleyDennis.com Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. —Václav Havel, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1994 We are cosmologizing the human. —Henryk Skolimowski, The Participatory … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, Consciousness, culture, Gnosticism, Mind, Overmind, Philosophy, psychology, Reality, society, spirituality, Supermind
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The Search for Meaning in Modern Life
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times Every good story about a search begins with a tale. So, here’s one; it’s a tale about a magician who gave a dinner for his neighbours. There was once a Magician who built … Continue reading
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Tagged Archons, culture, empathy, Entertainment, Gnosticism, Imagination, Meaning, media, modernity, Mystery, Philosophy, Progress, society, spirituality, technology, Wetiko
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6 The Enlightened Madness of Philip K. Dick: The Black Iron Prison and Wetiko
(Editor’s note: Today happens to mark the anniversary of the birth of Philip K. Dick on December 16, 1928.) By Paul Levy There is something terribly wrong in our world. The Native American people have a term—wetiko—that can really help … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Empire, History, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Spirituality
Tagged Authenticity, Black Iron Prison, Consciousness, Cosmology, Dystopia, empire, Gnosis, Gnosticism, Philip K. Dick, Philosophy, PKD, Reality, Science fiction, Wetiko
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Modern Fictions – How the Sacred Manifests in Chaos, Superheroes and Outer Spaces
By Kingsley L. Davis Source: Reality Sandwich The virtual topographies of our millennial world are rife with angels and aliens, with digital avatars and mystic Gaian minds, with utopian longings and gnostic science fictions, and with dark forebodings of apocalypse … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, Film, media, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Chaos, Comics, Consciousness, culture, Gnosticism, Gods, Joseph Campbell, Pop Culture, Space, spirituality, Superheroes, Time
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Life in VALIS
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Reality Sandwich VALIS is a 1981 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The title stands for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, which in some respects is very close to the living intelligence I discuss … Continue reading
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Tagged Collective Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, DNA, Frequencies, Gnosis, Gnosticism, intelligence, Myticism, Philip K. Dick, PKD, Quantum Physics, Resonance, Rumi, Shamanism, Valis, Visionaries
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These Are Gnostic Times
Christopher Knowle’s “The Secret Sun” is a blog I’ve followed with great interest since there’s some overlap in our pop-culture tastes and philosophical views. However, he’s been noticeably absent for the past year. Chris recently posted an update sharing his … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Knowles, Gnosticism, The Secret Sun, These Are Gnostic Times
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