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Peter M. Burfeind’s Followers (7)
Peter M. Burfeind
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Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
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“To get to this point, the magician must know his subject, understand his yearnings and his loves. "Like a spy wanting to procure material for future erotic blackmail, the magician must collect all the indices that permit him to file his subject under some classification or other."17 Mass manipulation, easier than individual manipulation because more generalized, requires the manipulator to know the demographics of his subjects.”
― Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
― Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
“In religion, the popularity of New Age spiritualities, but more interestingly the trajectory Neo-evangelicalism has taken, falls under this banner. In politics, the progressive movement has clear kinship with Gnostic impulses, especially given the evidence of its medieval roots.”
― Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
― Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
“Allan Bloom suggests a difference between European and American nihilism.3 European nihilism is pessimistic. Nietzsche's philosophy proposes dreadful things. It takes one to the abyss of his being. It's a tremendously confounding, depressing, scary, and confusing time. All the more was nihilism scary for the Europeans because they saw what it resulted in, fascism. In a complete breakdown of cosmic order, humanity seeks an Orderer, and any Orderer will do so long as they give some structure. Europe saw where this led. For the optimistic American, on the other hand, the nihilistic point is exciting and thrilling, a time for wonderful Self-development and growth. The Self can be the Orderer, right? It's an optimistic nihilism.”
― Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
― Gnostic America: A Reading of Contemporary American Culture & Religion according to Christianity's Oldest Heresy
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