Game of Gods: The Temple of Man in the Age of Re-Enchantment

by Carl Teichrib

Game of Gods is a comprehensive investigation into the changing nature of Western civilization, the revolutionary replacement of the Judeo-Christian framework with a new, yet ancient paradigm. It is a journey into the cracks and crevices of big history; an expedition into the expanding realm of transformational movements and ideas - forces of change that shift how we think, behave, and relate. A sense of uncertainty and foreboding anticipation is palpable, and it's more than just a feeling in the air. We are witnessing a titanic impact at the crossroads of religion, politics, technology, and culture. Fundamentally, it is a collision of worldviews - and we are all experiencing the shockwaves. Game of Gods allows you to step back and see the unfolding drama, to understand its points of contact, and to consider challenges and opportunities. In doing so, you will be traveling through the history of ideas, while probing dreams of Step into closed-door meetings at the United Nations, rub shoulders with faith leaders playing politics, scrutinize the religious impulse of technology, and watch how culture becomes a platform for spiritual engineering. A new and dominant mythos emerges, the vision of Oneness. But is this the only claim? A different and contrasting paradigm is considered against the bulwark of One-ism, a reality claim that emanates from beyond time, space, and matter. This, too, has a bearing on ethics, liberty, and freedom. It makes a case for human dignity, hope, and salvation. Game of Gods explores humanity's three Great Desires, and the clash of two primary worldviews.

Genres: Conspiracy Theories, Christian Non Fiction

572 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 13, 2019

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

What would help this review on a very complicated book? How about an analogy. I'll keep it simple.

This world is the Titanic. Yes, the ship that purportedly not even God himself could sink.

1. Most passengers are busy in their own lives, enjoying the ride happily trusting crews behind the scenes to run the ship, steering it away from icebergs.

2. Some passengers who see the iceberg, wonder if the ship is getting too close. When they warn others, they are labeled "conspiracy theorists." These passengers are such crazy buzzkills.

3. Carl Teichrib is also on the ship. Twenty-five years earlier, he started exploring this exact iceberg. He made many trips out to the iceberg exploring its depth, breadth, and reach. He traversed up the side of the iceberg, then onto the top of the iceberg so he could get very, very familiar with it. He went deep-sea diving, so he could discover below the surface. He even took his trusty ice pick to see what was inside.

In between his many expeditions, he attended conferences, seminars, and planning & development stratagems on this same iceberg. His sole aim the past 25 years was to understand the target and impact of the iceberg.

4. After all his research on the actual iceberg that's going to irreversibly alter the Titanic forever, Carl Teichrib wrote a book and titled it Game of Icebergs.

5. Passengers on the ship who read Game of Icebergs are acutely aware of the lifeboat situation.

For what reason would you not read this book?

[Abby Burrus]

Honestly, I'm not sure this would be a book I'd look into, if it wasn't for the fact that Melissa Dougherty recommended it. She's a very solid Bible-thinking Christian, and she thought it was good, so now I'm interested lol.

[Ryan Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the book. I thought Carl did a great job outlining pantheism and our spiritual western culture. Further the detail on the influence in every aspect of our culture was incredible. I had no idea that from the Nazis to Earth Day, the impact that the “all is one” culture shift has had. I gave this book a 3 instead of a five because I was hoping Carl would provide more in depth perspective on how to actively influence the changing culture. Also, while I appreciated the depth of the book, it often went too deep. Some of the different world views were very similar and it caused sections of the book to seem repetitive. Lastly, I was hoping the book would spend more time specifically on Hinduism and Buddhism, but it didn’t really touch in those subjects as much as I’d hoped. That said, I would suggest Christians who want to know more about the spiritualization of western society/the world to check it out.

[Raeann · Rating 5 out of 5]

A necessary read to Christians who care

So you care what your, friends, and neighbors believe or even hear? Then please read this for a reasonable and understandable shift of changing worldviews. The author includes a large number of footnotes. They are not required reading. The writing flows well and the footnotes are simply additional information or credit as would be included by any reputable author.
Please, get and share this book. Tune in, wake up, and respond. Thank you Carl!!!! For a preview of the book view the author's interviews at the fringepop321 channel on youtube!

[Celeste · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book after listening to the author on podcasts. I was intrigued by a Christian going to Burning Man year after year to talk with participants and engage in conversation. He learned a lot and made a commitment of decades to following the scene; transformational festivals. At first, I thought his comments on "oneism" to be a bit trite and made up but after reading this book, I really understand where he's coming from.

As a young person, I wasted far too much time on New Though [A Course (aka Curse) in Miracles] and, I'm embarrassed to admit, on occulture at large (astrology, wicca & tarot). And, an ethos of "oneism" pervades the whole scene. New Thought is really not too different from the Old Thought as expressed in Paganism and Gnosticism.

The author also brings in transhumanism, much of it animated by Man's desire to make an immortal god of himself. He also documents how the UN has been using "interfaith" work to undermine Christianity's essential "twoism" of a Creator who is other and eternally above man and to replace it with a One World Religion where Man is worshiped as a god. And this is a guy who made the sometimes long treck to these UN interfaith meetings happening all over the world to hear from the organizers, to see first hand their agenda and to talk with them about their beliefs and objectives. He put in decades of commitment to this work and it really shows. I learned about the Esalen Institute promoting and sanctifying this "oneist" worldview and how "transformational festivals" like the Burning Man attempt to transform man via transgression of society norms and morality, bad electronic music and drugs. And many big players in tech scene go to Burning Man and believe we can use tech to consciously evolve and even to live forever. They would answer the question of whether God exists with the response: not yet; we're building Him.

It took me a good month to get through this weighty book. To its credit, the author cites a lot of "oneist" thinkers, influencers and critics. There's a lot going on in this book and even more cud to chew. I'm glad I spent time with it.

[Some Christian Lady · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The Game of Gods” is essentially about the fact that humanity, since the Garden of Eden, has always desired to be our own gods. The author focuses primarily on this happening with government (there is a long history of the government wanting full control, far beyond what I was aware of), but he has also attended events like Burning Man to understand what is going on in current culture as well (and how we as Christian’s should respond and push back). I cannot do this book justice with my explanation. It’s long, but worth the time to read.

[Tolulope · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well researched

77% of the book is the actual book and the rest are reference. The book is well researched though heavy to read and it took a few days to get through the book though I usually will go through similar length at a seating
The book is an eye opener to Christians and a call to wake up and look around and take a stand for Jesus Christ and the exclusivity of the gospel. It was recommended though one of the testimonies of Nathan Reynolds

[Edna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must give Carl 5 stars for this well-written thoroughly-researched testament to cultural and governmental shifts. The author brings it down to one-ism vs two-ism (all is god or God is separate). This book contains a lot of documentation on groups and organizations whose goal is to unite the world under one ruling power. Another volumn could be written to cover what has been observed and experienced since the release of "Game of Gods", substantiating this premise.

[Allan Kugler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must Read

To gain insight, perspective and concise account of what you’ve been molded and shaped by if born in this century or the last

[Jeff Irvin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not finish . Interesting but very detailed