“Five Criticisms of Modern Gnosticism”
September 25, 2006
Interesting commentary from Jordan Stratford+ and Eckhart Christopher on modern gnosticism.
I am probably profoundly misunderstanding them, but they seem to be saying that Modern gnosticism derives its authority, legitimacy, succession, etc solely from the RCC - the one that Benedict is…
to do part deux
September 22, 2006
Putting a to-do list online worked so well that I’m going to do it again.
Just (finally) bought a decent copy of Bertiaux’s Voudon Gnostic Workbook. If you are familiar w. this system and have any insights you’d care to share,…
The Socratic Method
September 21, 2006
SOCRATES: Just what you said, I believe…. Haven't you admitted that the Rulers…. sometimes mistake their own best interests, and that at the same time it is right for the subjects to obey?…
THRASYMACHUS: Yes, I suppose…
The Spirit of Terrorism
September 9, 2006
Jean Baudrillard. The Spirit of Terrorism.
“It is very logically, and inexorably, that the (literally: “rise to power of power”) exacerbates a will to destroy it. And power is complicit with its own destruction. When the two towers collapsed, one could…