The Gnostic Parasite | James Lindsay
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- The Secret Religions of the West, Session 2 of 3
In his first talk at the Mere Simulacrity conference in Phoenix, Arizona, in December 2022, James Lindsay introduced the idea that there is a long, running current of "Secret Religions" in the West. These are the Modern and Postmodern manifestations of the Esoteric Religions like Gnosticism and Hermeticism as they developed through what we might consider the Middle Age's "New Age" period, famously codified by G.W.F. Hegel. In the second lecture in his "Secret Religions of the West" series, Lindsay explains that these "philosophies," including Marxism, are actually mystical Esoteric cult religions posing as science, economics, and politics, and that their success in infiltrating our religions, societies, and institutions is down to their intrinsically parasitical nature. They mimic and illegitimately claim the language and structure of the things they pretend to be and bring destruction and madness into the void they create. Join him to understand not only this but how the "handshaking" balance between Reason and Faith is the only way to stop Gnosis.
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I've been thinking lately that Tolkien was really onto something with the expansion of the 'Ring' concept. The original story is that becoming invisible in attempts to escape responsibility was a corrupting impulse, Tolkien took it further that the end, the one that the ring would serve alone, was an evil Tyrant willing to dominate all forever. So seeking to avoid responsibility for what you have done will always fail, but the ultimate end is tyranny, usurpation of God on earth. Seems very correct, this expansion of the concept to it's end. I think this is Leftism today. They refuse to admit their murderous mistakes for the past century and are trying to distort reality and tyrannize the ability for people to object, or even think to cling to their refusal to admit they are wrong, were wrong, will always be wrong.
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Look up the myth of Gyges.
Ive never read Tolkein before (only watched the stories) but your comment makes me want to !
@@texasred1894 I support the idea. :)
@@texasred1894 You should, man. I ripped through The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in less than two weeks.
I couldn't put it down!
I was born in 1974. When I watch these videos I see parts of this that happened at different times in my life that I never realized were connected. The time and effort that has been put into implementing this in the US is scary.
don’t be scared.
You have the information.
Now-Use it for good.
@@Job.Well.Done_01 I've been doing what I can. At this point that is just sharing the info as much as possible.
Yeah i've been watching it going on since I was around ten years old since i've clued into what was happening. it's horrifying, a lot of my peers have been successfully brainwashed and are extremely socially hostile and unsafe to be around if you don't openly align to their belief system. My close friend was one of them, I knew them for years, and then they exploded on me. Because I thought it was racist to accept people into college on the basis of their skin color and not their merits. Which apparently was a racist belief for me to hold? She tried to brand me as a rapist, tried to destroy my career, tried to destroy my social reputation. Over a 15-20 minute conversation, it was so just shocking and disgusting and disheartening, they were brainwashed into viewing me as a enemy of the party and leaped upon me the moment I was identified as a threat to their ideology. We were friends for years and if the gnostic gulag was real they would have thrown me in without a moments thought...
@@dominusbalial835 crazy. Sorry that happened to you.
@@dominusbalial835 been there. I’ve absolutely been right there in all the ways you described. I’d be willing to bet you “look” a certain way too.
"People can write fake papers. Ask me how I know." - lol that what got a laugh out of me
“People don’t have ideas; Ideas have people.” I feel like this quote is particularly apt to James’s discussion. Very interesting to hear that the corrosive and pathological ideas manifesting themselves today are just very old ideas in a new form. Thanks for making the talk available and accessible, great stuff as always.
Now have a little think about, where ideas come from. Not everyone coming up with these things have read ancient texts etc. There's a reason why drugs are being popularized in the century.
@@JohnSmith-wo2fz More than a few reasons. Oil by-products, there are over 6k of them in everyday use. Rothschild funded school systems, elementary through university. And money.
Ironically that's a quote from Carl Jung, a major figure in esotericism who even wrote a text which is considered a modern addition to gnostic scripture. He was also an opponent of communism and authoritarianism. I'm really struggling to see James' link between wokeism and esotericism especially since one of the most vocal opponents, Jordan Peterson, is quite influenced by Jung.
@@narcoticdruid This lecturer is quite ignorant of ancient religion. Modern wokeism is the exact opposite of gnosticism , which is based on the direct knowledge of the soul or self within. Compared to modern judeo Christianity which posits that they have the
One and only truth.
Oh that what they doing now. There's alot of people that remember the truth.
I actually saw a video where an educator said that her master’s degree qualified her to be a better parent than a biological parent to raise children. They forget that the child would not be there without the efforts of the parent. It is essentially an educational supremacist viewpoint.
That's sinister. That piece of work would be a eugenics apologist, but gaslight you if ever confronted about it.
James Lindsay rocks! I'm homeschooling now, largely because I was able to recognize the parallels between what James says in his videos, and the things my son was telling me about school. And as scared as I was of being inadequate, my children are thriving. In fact, my 5 year old is reading at what the school would consider to be a 2nd-3rd grade level. That's just from me testing my abilities for a couple of (inconsistent) months before he's supposed to be starting kindergarten.
Don't start a sentence with “And“ Good luck.
@@plintdillion286 That's a rule that I know, but break all the time nonetheless. Thank you, though!
time to Unschool///Not Public School Indoctrination///time to go back to free range children//free range parents Not New Age Helicoptor Parents promoted by The New Age Occult/Cult !!!
@@plintdillion286This is not accurate. It is perfectly acceptable and a normal grammatical practice.
@@lisalisa2375 It's honestly crazy to think about how much power these people hold to take over education in not just 1 country but many. I was even watching an air force general repeat socialist talking points. 3 star general in America.... I suggest you check out Tikhistory. He has videos on ww2 history and does videos on socialism. What happened in Germany. Hitlers socialism, etc. He's extremely good. Now we know the religion behind that socialism thanks to James.
Sounds like gnosticism is narcissism's final form
I mean, you can't get much more narcissistic than "I know more than you" or something even worse "I am god."
Talk of narcissism masked it, made excuses for it and gave it a new name.
No, just one step behind solipsism
@@janinecat1865 great point. Conceded
gnarcissism?
Just had an image of an old school house in the 1800s where kids of all ages are in the same class. They would go to school for three primary reasons: learn to read, write and do basic math. That's enough to get any individual set up for life. I'm 75 and only participated in the first three years of learning, but it was at a Catholic school where us ADHD Irish boy street kids were not allowed to not learn. Those nuns saved me and other street kids like me--no one else was there to supply the basic tools for freedom, unlike street kids today who get no foundational education at all, just incessant propaganda manufactured in sexual liberation workshops, the entire point of education now. Once a child learns to read and write with proficiency, he-she is as free as one can be as ground. Precisely why masses of children are not being given that gift of freedom. The Left is not about freedom at all, but ideological indoctrination and control.
Not all children choose to be drones or fodder for political movements. This number was small, but the cognitive dissonance in education is waking up the rebelliously smart ones. The world will belong to these fast learners. When you're peers are all morons, all you need is a little lesson in subterfuge and the possibilities are endless.
@@I-hear-voices There is little that kids can choose. To choose means possessing the developmental faculties to choose. I recall, for example, as a child “choosing” to jump off the balcony with a Superman cape on, and float down a raging river in a cement tub and not knowing how to swim.
This newly minted (and obviously destructive) myth from the Left that children can even choose to have their breasts lopped off and get castrated reminds me of what happened in Germany with broad acceptance. Kind of sums up why we call it the Mystery of Evil. This lopping off of girls breasts and the mutilating of boys penises is something even Hieronymus Bosch couldn’t imagine happening in Hell.
This is something that could only come out of a raving lunatic’s mind, who in the past would be living most of his time in a strait-jacket in a mental hospital feeding off bugs, and yet today is honored and applauded from our university elites. A fathomless mystery indeed from the darkest depths of Evil.
LOL. I like it. But once of of the lamp, the Woke cultists unleash their Lies and Delusions
absolutely! I lived through that shit for 24 years and know what I'm talking about.
@@iga279 I became a street kid at age 8, and eventually drifted into child prostitution because I was scared of going to reformatories if I stole. And I've written extensively on the lives of those boys, which, at one point, got a New York literary agency to represent a novel, and the editor assigned to help with a final edit informed me I would have to edit out my descriptions of hebephiles (I provided descriptions of three archetypes of those insidious characters)-those purchasing child flesh, and so I dropped the agency and published it on a vanity press. Not that I was vain; indeed, throughout the entire process of attempting to publish and after I published, I remained caught up in horrid shame, and why those boys who eventually arrived at manhood-if they survived AIDS, Hepetitus and other deadly sexually tansmitted diseases, what the majority of my genraiton didn’t survive-would remain trapped in that horrid shame all the way to their graves, and why they never speak about it to anyone, not even therapists, and why demonic priests and K-12 teachers have gotten away with it for so many decades-no one, not even psychologists will delve into understanding how demonic it is, and notice the majority of hebephile teachers (groomers) are now running rampant throughout our nation’s K-12 education system are getting away with their horrid grooming of children, obviously.
This is precisely the reason hebephiles (including hebephile managers throughout our nation’s schools), cannot be defeated, unless the difficult work of finding out who are the managers that hebephile-loving Kevin Jennnigs put in high offices throughut America’s education system and firing them. Will that happen? Not likely. So get your kids out of public schools.
I've been coming to this realization for a few years now... what MAGIC is. What magic words are, what wizardry is, what witches are. Magic words are the speech that the gnostics use to manipulate people, to "put you in a spell". it possesses people, it gets otherwise smart people to accept concepts that everyone KNOWS to be false. That's what magic has ALWAYS been.
This is what they refer to in the bible. "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live". Its saying we cannot tolerate the people who use the "magic words" to manipulate people, we can't allow them to gain a foothold in society because they get people to live a life of lies.
No. The word magic originates with those called Magi... And you will find them in the Bible as they who followed a start by night to commune with the Christ Child. What you consider magic is known as sorcery.
MAGA
Yes. Witches are women who use words to convince men to destructive means.
Dostoevsky thought this subject was so vital, he created a novel out of it, The Possessed, a story about persons under a gnostic spell in limitless ways.
@@k1_w3 Yes, but gnosticism is the heart of demonic possesson. Gnosticism is born in the mind the second ADAM (Man and Woman) ate the fruit and entered into a "possessive ontology" where the man now seeks to posess the woman, to become fully god in his newly formed gnostic universe, and the woman seeks to possess the man for the same reasons, and they seek this because they are now addicted to a possessive ontology rooted in KNOWING the entirety of the moral univese on their own autonomous terms absent God's influence, ENLIGHTENMENT absent God, after biting into the fruit. In other words, gnosticism is birthed into the mind in that moment, when each one of us becomes aware that his-her own knowlede (gnosis) is the center of the moral universe. And now we see, as James Lindsay makes absolutely clear, a gnostic assault on Faith & Reason is rampant, rampt up to mob violence and total chaos, every little god running around now, especially in K-12 education and at univesities, insisting on what he-she knows as a god of his-her moral universe, which IS the universe, and you better adapt, or you'll see another gnostic mob forming, dammit!
In their minds, being as distant from God's mind and the mind of Reason one can arrive at makes one closest to being a total arbiter of life and how it is to be lived or destroyed. And the Left is the dominant, collective gnostic force of our time, determined to destroy Faith and Reason for one reason only, as Dostoevsky made clear in Notes from Underground, having nothing to do with what is reasonable or good: "Just to do it, dammit! I don't need a reason! I killed reason and your faith!" (not a quote fromt the novel, but a dialogic summation of his deconstruction of Kant's prison).
One of the most important podcasts of the decade. Not kidding.
Facts
I was just thinking this
@Lloyd J Metz whatever it is, the information may very well be some of the most of important information of our time.
I think this is your best speech, possibly beside the recent 30 min talk at the eu.
not really James is utterly blind and so are all of you, do you not get that every consequestional world leader of any note is of this ilk? Do you not see what is going on in the world today, have you not ever examined the free mason artwork in places like the Denver Airport? The nuclear exchange on the northern hemisphere is coming very soon, they emptied out the southern hemisphere on both sides of the globe into the northern hemisphere, and now their going to use the us and RUssia to nuke it, think im joking? Why wouldn't they? They don't even think this place is real, and don't get it twisted, they have zero doubt about their beliefs
This point James makes early on about sorcery, got me thinking about solutions.
My daughter right now loves Aladdin. In the movie, Jafar desires all the power, and his second wish is to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world. He begins to wreak havoc. Then Alladdin tricks Jafar into wishing to be an all powerful genie. The reason this is a trick is because the thing that goes along with being an all powerful genie is LIMITATION. A genie must live inside of a lamp, only to emerge to serve the wishes of he who rubs the lamp.
The problem we face, perhaps, is not how to limit the power of the sorcerer, but rather, how to trick the sorcerer into becoming a genie; a being whos fundamental characteristic is limitation.
Just a thought, it's okay to laugh.
The lamp would be an official declaration it's a religion as while it has protections it has limitations in particular being taught in school.
For that specific example; Jafar is seeking to be the most powerful, "tyranical," and Aladdin has _unique_ knowledge that he learned from Genie himself. Jafar doesn't know that, but does know genies are powerful, or if not, he can realize the logic that Genie will give him his power, but he can also take it away. (Of course another genie could probably take it away still, just as they can remove their binds if it's wished for.)
Remember that someone can still hold the lamp, even if it may be a very long time or if ever someone frees them. With Jafar, he losses control, likely set to serve petty others... and while he can still influence them, he's more likely to nastily punish whomever he servers for having to server them (the other traditional idea that a genie will twist your wish). Or, looking at that, he becomes a poison towards his own ends.
In a way, you could probably say that Aladdin out sorcelled the sorcerer. That _limitation_ is more specifically binds, with genies, being bound to servitude. That idea may be useful, and a possible way, but the cosmic power is something beyond or other then sorcery (considering the distinction, even if in error). That would also perhaps be part of the warding created between _reason_ and _faith,_ creating binds upon those who may wield [human] power. And "binding" is more fit with all the other views of everything. Could look at as Jafar seeking to being unbound, and being sorcelled himself into becoming and accepting becoming the most completely bound entity: all powerful, yet eternal servitude. (Or going along the idea of "those that see/feel everything as binds, made to experience actual binds" also. Though Jafar is too "high" for that, more so lessers/acolytes.)
But to talk more of Aladdin... Jafar is the adviser to the Sultan, aka. the court wizard. Jafar's sorcery is portrayed much akin to hypnosis, and falls when the Sultan is distracted or manages a realization against Jafar's suggestion. The Sultan is extortable and also has trust in his advisor.
Not laughing, God solved this with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, victorious over death. That renders death powerless. It is appointed once to die for all mankind, the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ is eternal life with God.
@@HimmelsDaemon Same knowledge, different expression of that knowledge. Those with negative intent will express it negatively, those with positive intent will express it positively. Gnosticism works the same way. Two sides of one coin.
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I’ve been shamelessly bingeing these for the last 16 hours and was just wondering when there’d be a new one… then I put my phone down for a few hours and when I get back: bingo! I don’t even know how many times James spoke at this conference, but I could listen on and on…
Some of these vids are reposts of same lecture on different channels I think 😉
@@thereignofthezero225 Yes. Also, there are two sets from different seminars with Sovereign Nations, with months (at minimum) between them, in addition to the DIE seminar and other seminars separate from the SN seminars.
It sounds like the OP at least got confused about the Theology of Marxism seminar and the current one (Mere Simulacrity), because they got uploaded here back-to-back.
@@MrTTnTT I'm likely confused too. But I started listening to this one today and was pretty sure I already heard it
@@thereignofthezero225 If you have watched/listened to Sovereign Nations this year there is a good chance you have.
@CuriousnTT yep. OK, makes sense then
Leave it to the academic’s dogma to equate something mystical with an ideology. There is truth in all things sacred, unfortunately the truth of the mind does not stand a chance, but it will get you a degree and a stale applause.
Very interesting point, thanks for posting
The ancient Gnostics never wanted to transform the world into a utopia. They tried to escape from the material world because they saw it as downright evil (like its creator).
These modern Gnostics have access to the tool that is the alchemy of Hegel's dialectic. This tool of alchemy is the basis of why these modern people are so confident in transforming the world into their utopia.
@FreeSalesTips They are dark Occultists, gnosticism is just one of the ancient traditions of knowledge.
Yeah so much misrepresentation of what gnosis actually is. Seems things haven’t changed over the last 2000+ yrs
“The alchemy of Hegel’s dialectic”? 😂😂😂😂
@@luciferfernandez7094 That's exactly how it works. Alchemy is the foundation of how he viewed his reality and his religion. His most profound understanding is that literal nothingness can be transformed into literal godhood through countless successions of applying his dialectical method. He believed in creating good things out of negating what exists into a more abstract, a more higher form of what that is.
Thanks so much for your insight and research. As someone who was force-fed an unwholesome diet of postmodernism while finishing my Ph.D. In American Literature in 2017, your research along with many others has opened my eyes, mind, heart, and soul to the absolute rubbish being peddled in higher ed. I’m trying to reinvent how I teach my students going forward.
@@dangander6771 But somehow he is the only one that has succinctly skewered woke and cultural marxism.
Jordan Peterson had a bit of a crack at it, but it was nowhere near as good as what Lindsay has achieved.
@@lieshtmeiser5542 Succinctly skewered? Really? Perhaps in another 'lecture', because he does not understand what Gnosticism is about at all, or what those who would associate with this group believe.
There is no relation between Gnosticism and woke culture or marxism, any more than there is a connection between woke culture and Jesus, or Christianity, or Plato or Pythagoras. Gnosticism is a very loose group, yes there are themes in common, but not as presented here.
@@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 "...he does not understand what Gnosticism is about at all..."
"There is no relation between Gnosticism and woke culture or marxism..."
You claim this but you fail to make a convincing case for what you think the correct definition of gnosticism, woke, and marxism are and why they have "no relation".
@@lieshtmeiser5542 Gnosticism is a loose movement for lack of a better term, thousands of years old. The people in these groups have been persecuted many times in human history, for various reasons, like many groups have in the past. They have been used as easy scapegoats, since it is so easy to misunderstand their beliefs.
At best, they have in common a belief that the physical Universe is an imperfect creation, put here by an imperfect and lesser God, usually referred to as the 'demiurge'. This imperfect God is below the One True God above all, what Gnostic texts call The Great Invisible Spirit. Another common belief is that humanity has a 'divine spark' which aims to return to the One True God after this life.
Some view that imperfect God as evil, others view the demiurge as a well meaning, but flawed God.
Point is, Gnostics are generally people who are trying to understand their world with spirituality, just as many others are. The beliefs many of us hold are quite diverse and varied, and for many, Jesus Christ is a central figure. Gnosticism is not in any way tied to political movements.
To tie an entire 2000+ year old spiritual group to modern ideas like 'woke culture' and 'cultural marxism', to say that 'Gnostic' movements have parasitically infiltrated modern day discourse to destroy our society, requires us to ignore a lot of the Gnostic's history and beliefs. It requires us to ignore all the examples contradicting this. Like the fact that a good portion of the people frequenting Gnostic forums are of the right-wing conspiracy type. Moreover, there is overlap with many other groups, like Thelema, The Freemasons, Hermeticism and others, none of which are tied to any modern political movements.
What really gets to me is not misunderstanding itself, it is the fact that we have people in these comments declaring their will to 'fight against these enemies', all based on a warped 'understanding' of Gnosticism. All because they heard some nonsense on a james lindsay 'lecture'.
@@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745indeed… Lindsey has no idea what he’s going on about. Gnosticism is very similar to Buddhism in many ways, far from political ideas such as Marxism.
I have been binge watching these videos mostly on the weekends , this information gives light to mamy unanswered questions .. and leads me to ask more ..
thank you james , i applaud your work and your efforts 👏👏🌹
I just found his videos on Thursday and have been bingeing them too!
@@melissalatorre30 we need to know this truth and share it widely . 🙂
James, you could say that Gnosticism is the Philosopher's Stone -- the universal solvent that converts the substance of faith and science into the undifferentiated "gold" of Gnosticism.
Yup exactly
Great point .
@@lt7378 To put a finder point on it: Gnosticism is political alchemy -- it promises gold but delvers less than nothing.
Or you could say the philosopher's stone is being able to love life as it is and thereby making it perfectly imperfect, rather than hating the world as it is and trying to turn it into a fat, unwashed lazy, entitled German's view of himself and making the world perfectly horrid.
Have Amy of you even looked into gnosticism? I doubt you've even read ANY other biblical books besides the cannon, Paul wasn't even liked by Jesus apostles, yet you all go along with it mindlessly. You don't even understand your own religion or history. Christianity started out as a doomsday cult, the original Christianity died out and the church we have today took over and instituted what they believed was right, they were NOT the sect of Christianity Jesus had started, that was gnosticism. Jesus historically had a brother, they dont tell you that in the cannon. do some research for once in your miserable lives.
A short popped up in my feed today of Jordan Peterson's first (maybe second?) chat with Joe Rogan talking about Feminism and Women's Studies courses. You can hear, from his description, the Gnostic structure of their roots. It's eerie to know that's been sitting there for 6ish years and is so clear in hindsight, let alone these ancient religions existing for thousands and operating throughout.
@Dan Gander Having a clear understanding of context and history goes a long way to show you have a clear understanding of contemporary culture and events. Nobody can say shit like, "you don't understand person X", "they're not teaching CRT in schools", "SEL is needed to develop children to work in the economy of our future" when we have clear receipts to prove why their objections are wrong. You can defeat the "motte and bailey" fallacy when you truly understand which part of their argument is the bailey and reveal what is actually the motte part of their argument.
And this whole time we never understood it.
@Dan Gander What pamphlets are you talking about?
This is the first video I have seen of this man. I really like his topic and presentation. I like that he is trying very hard to be understood and not trying to be clever or funny or selling secrets.
James, thank you for all of your profound insight on these topics.
Mr. Lindsay has changed my life, my worldview, my outlook. Everything is so clear now. Like a second awakening. I’m so grateful to you Sir.
James is utterly blind and so are all of you, do you not get that every consequestional world leader of any note is of this ilk? Do you not see what is going on in the world today, have you not ever examined the free mason artwork in places like the Denver Airport? The nuclear exchange on the northern hemisphere is coming very soon, they emptied out the southern hemisphere on both sides of the globe into the northern hemisphere, and now their going to use the us and RUssia to nuke it, think im joking? Why wouldn't they? They don't even think this place is real, and don't get it twisted, they have zero doubt about their beliefs
James Lindsay is a national treasure. Thanx for your work, man. I've learned a lot from you.
Keep him. Wherever he is currently is where I need him to stay.
Fruit loop just said there's only the christian way of looking at the world.
Thought you dopes were supposed to be smart.
I wonder if he believes in magic
I am so grateful for your generous sharing of what you have understood. I so agree with the points you are making. Thank you, James.❤😊
Thank you Dr. Lindsay. 🙏🏾🇺🇸❤️
Ordered James’s latest book. This is my part and contribution to support him and hopefully he will continue to fight the insanity and madness of woke cult.
01:08:10: Can you explain what or who he means by "woke" people? I'm not native speaker so it hard for me to understand.
I read, I think it was by Durant, that Julius Caesar wanted to move the Roman capitol to Alexandria. The West sublimating into the mystical East; we never would've existed.
Julius Caesar burned down the Library instead...
I think I understand now why the Left hates the NPC meme so much. 😂
James is a National treasure
He's in the closet
@Dan Saber stop projecting about your dad
@@dansaber4427 why are you gae
Worldwide treasure
laughing stock. how can people be so easily mislead
Terrifying. Once caught in this web, it's extremely difficult to return to self-determination.
Have to remember to try and watch this tonight
A discussion between James Lindsay and John Veraeke on Gnosticism would be great.
My variation on "if you don't stand for something ..." is "It's a lot easier for bad ideas to fill empty space"
Another magnificent lecture. Are these being released in sequential order? I am waiting with bated breath for the next one. I've also been catching some of the other lectures from this conference at Sovereign Nations.
This is an amazing talk.
Thank you for this presentation and your work.
Have to watch this again!
I grew up in an agnostic, materialistic home and the only source of meaning (food for the soul) was through my mystical practices.
I learned through meditation that I was not my thoughts, mind, or body.
I had respect for them and I knew that my thoughts and feelings were primary in my experience, but I did not derive a sense of self from them.
For example, I would search for the 'I' (self) within the thoughts and quickly I would see that I could not find myself in them, or anything for that matter.
For this reason, I was not compelled by my thoughts and feelings.
I saw them as 'forces' and I humbly asked for a higher power to show me how to deal with them.
James is right about being arrogant because I would think things such as "oh that person over there thinks they are a person" that makes them less than.
But I see things differently now except that its more of a spectrum and everyone is slowly 'waking up'.
This stuff is so engrained I have no idea where to start...
After trategy last year, I realised how little I knew and how much I was deluding myself.
I looked to my fellow man to show me things but I am yet to find a coherent throughline except for doing 12 steps.
Doing 12 steps has shown me how to hubmle myself and ask for help.
I still feel that there are some really nasty manifestations of christianity in that they fear of eternal hell to trick people.
I see christianity as having a few major positives.
Admission of sin and forgiveness practices (repentance). This is known to help recovering addicts to stay on the path of recovery despite having relapses (except in this case its called self forgiveness).
Faith - meaning that there is a level of humility which says its ultimately up to God to decide how my life is to play out. I can do my best but my will is second to God will.
I always felt that it was my job to calm my mind, connect to the wisdom of my body and to be open to guidance from above. It was made to be very like "god speaks to all of us all the time, we just don't listen".
Who is your god?
Weird how i was captured by the idea that "we are all parts of God yearning to return to Him" early on by theosophical gurus like Maher Baba, Parahmansa Yogananda, Sri Chinmoy, etc. Listening to this has made me questioning fundamental beliefs formed in my teens. Thank you for bringing this to light. It is crucial.
Why is that notion wrong? It seems quite intuitive, universal and rational.
@@natanaellizama6559it evokes, generally speaking, a subtle presumptuous arrogance which develops an allergy to the humble and truthful answer “I don’t know”.
@@MonteGibson2113 We do know, you do not. There is nothing arrogant about stating facts. If you would like to see those facts for yourself, begin by watching 'Rediscovery of Lost Pythagorean Sacred Geometry, Plato's Divided Line, and Pentagram' 1 and 2.
@@archaicsage4803 Jesus loves you
@@jaxjax2011 That's not how it works.
Fascinating information! Thank you 👍🏾
Love your work
You've become my favorite living person over the last few days. Keep up the good work. God bless.
Psychopaths are the human manifestation of a parasite 😅
This is fascinating!
All of the ads I saw during this video prove his point.
James is so right on a few thing and so wrong in others
Its hard to listen to these out of context ridiculous interpretations of gnosticism 🤦♀️
@@finalfantasy8VIII do you have an specific critique?... i think gnostics are indeed very close to postmodernist with their creative anti-realism... but i dont think is accurate to include hermeticism, alchemy, kabbalah or freemasonry into "all of that is gnostic"... there may be similarities, but def not the same.
@@casusolivas What this guy is doing is simply fearmongering, and putting everyone into one group. While I don't want to fearmonger myself, this is the exact mechanism of "I will show you who is responsible for this mess and make them pay" that was pretty popular pretty much whenever large amounts of people started being murdered.
As far as gnostics are concerned, the basic tenet is transcendence. Not trying to change the world, not controlling it (which is an absurd implication in itself because it would mean collaborating with what is considered evil by gnostics themselves), but transcending it, or even "freeing oneself from the illusion of Maya" if you wish. That is literally it. Chalking it up to the fucked up things that are happening in the world stems from fear and nothing else. Fear regarding current events, and fear of this "unknown approach" that enables people to look at things from a distance.
@@casusolivas I'd say that alchemy, freemasonry, and the kabbalah at the very least are in opposition to gnosticism. Gnostics see earth as a prison, whereas the others see it as the mundane soil for divine seeds. And alchemy has a distinction between dark magic and normal magic, with normal magic being being in alignment with creation, whereas dark magic is trying to cause/force things to come about. I've got no idea where Lindsey is getting his interpretations from.
It's especially weird in that Jordan Peterson is one of the staunchest opponents to the SJWs, and yet he's the closest we've got to a modern day Jung, who was all in on alchemy and kabbalistic philosophy.
That is precisely how he crafted the fake papers.
He is at it again.
This time he is trolling the religious right, making up a gnostic boogeyman for them to turn their rifles on.
The problems being faced in America and the west today have a cause. It's easy to see. All that is required is a large mirror.
James, I was astounded by the clarity you brought to the historical origins of the philosophy which has transported us to the Chaos which we now must confront. 👏 🙏 👍
It's existential. Once caught in this, it's very difficult to reverse. People don't understand how deadly and permanent this can be.
He is assuming a lot by only focusing on the patsy, never addressing the roots of this malaise. Doubtful he will ever expose the Talmud, Zionism, and Albert Pike.
Confront! And utterly destroy the ideas behind the Cult ... forever
Actually, Gnostics were part of the early Christian movement that could read Ephesians. Paul’s gnostic awakening is unpacked in Ephesians 1. Sophia delivers gnosis with her friend prudence. James is the parasite he lashes out at. His Sokal squared is an example- making a name for himself writing broken papers. He’s an academic parasite, and a spiritual one. The early Christian gnostic message was of personal sovereignty. It had nothing to do with Marxism. The Marxism that James makes popular in his Kayfabe battles at Evergreen is the real problem. Early Christian gnostics existed but “gnosticism” is a creation of Anglo-Saxon supremacist historians of the 19th century. His platform here is historically illiterate mis-information.
The Kayfabe battles with the Marxist friends of Black Lives Matter at Evergreen is more of a parasite move than the gnostic origins of Christianity in the first and second centuries. James promotes Marxism by making a name for himself in their staged theater that’s part of a deracinating of American culture one liberal University at a time. He’s part of the enemy. The gnostics advocated paying their taxes and lived side-by-side with synagogues into the third and fourth centuries. Why is James acting like this information isn’t easy to come by? This parasite just sucked over two hours of my life away lying his ass off.
Surprisingly VERY interesting! "It's far easier to fool someone, than to explain they have been fooled"
James Lindsay: proof that God indeed works mysterious ways.
As I was listening I began thinking of The Screwtape Letters. Chapter 7 goes into a description of what Screwtape calls the Materialist Magician: “If once we can produce our perfect work-the Materialist Magician, the man, not using, but veritably worshipping, what he vaguely calls ‘Forces’ while denying the existence of ‘spirits’-then the end of the war will be in sight.”
It seems to me the ‘forces’ might be gnosticism.
I agree! Reasoning that's based off of false premises is sure to lead to false and destructive conclusions - then and now.
It's amazing how emotions have taken over us.
Shout out to future historians doing their PhD on early 21st century philosophy! Ya really had to be here, feeling the lift in your guts from the groundswell, like surfers in front of a big set. Time to breathe deep and paddle hard!
Nice analogy @nugley.
I love your writing here, such a great compliment on the lecture and really captures my personal perspective lately
Glad to know i'm not the only one.
Gnosis is greek for "knowledge". Gnosis does not automatically refer to Gnosticism unlike some may profess.
And what is the Bible, but a book of... mystical >knowledge< about God?
Magic is greek for "art of the magus". "Magus" is singular for "magi" which is plural. And the magi, or three wise were they (Zoroastrians) who followed a star by night (yes, astrology is in the Bible) to commune with the Christ Child. When people speak of magic as bad, evil, or of the devil, what they are actually referring to is known as sorcery (supernatural power utilized for selfish purposes). Magic is an expression of supernatural ability for benevolent purposes.
The are plenty of instances in which benevolent supernatural powers are channelled through people in the Bible. These magical instances are classified as miracles by evangelical christians.
So the next time someone says... "All channelling bad!". Really consider the implications of the "Bible-influenced-by-God" dynamic.
Alchemy is greek for "the art of transforming metals (specifically referring to the metamorphosis of the unrefined being [lead] into the refined being [gold])".
Again, there are plenty of instances of spiritual transformation happening in the Bible. Has anyone here ever heard of something called... "Being born again?"
In summary,.. things are not always so cut and dry as one might think... Information of all kinds and sources can be wielded for good or for evil.
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That’s true. Until it is used by Soros and Gates and Schwab it all goes downhill.
This series is some of the most engrossing knowledge I've ever been exposed to. It makes so many other things I've learned make so much more sense.
Amazing work! It would have taken me several more years at least, to see these connections if it werent for you. Thank you so much!
Thank you. Very well articulated. A war of good and evil, truth and lies. 2 Corinthians 10:5
Truth and lies and something in between.
Lindsay never disappoints. Awesome lecture.
I feel asleep while listening to this and dreamed that I was being checked into a mental institution, where all the patients were there because they were capable of reasoning, and therefore "insane". James was represented in the dream as a young man at the front desk, whom I thought to be a member of the staff, but then I noticed he wasn't wearing a medical coat, but a straightjacket.
Interesting!!
Very esoteric of you ;)
There’s a movie called Harry Bergeron with Sean Astin and it’s very similar to your dream.
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave.
Your dream has been steadily becoming a reality.
'What we know is'... My favourite scientism qualifiying statement. They being the exclusive holders of knowledge in whatever obscure and unimportant topic they are referring to, often as consultants to Government policy makers...
Yes, good point.
I have thought the same thing myself many times.
The concept of Satan is "the one who deceives." That "deception" can be "external" or "internal". (self deception) In the end it is some form of insanity. There is no ability to "create" without "consciousness" and there is no ability to "experience" without "consciousness". So then what is the nature of "consciousness" from which creation and the experience of that creation both emerge. And we ARE THAT, we are I AM THAT I AM. When we awake after sleep, we can remember our dreams, but never think about the "consciousness" mechanism of that, the actual "experience" seems real, and what "created" the experience? Nobody but yourself, both the "content" and the "experience" of the content. And it can be a pleasant experience or a nightmare, and either way you created it, and experienced it. The mystery of that will not be found in any religion or ideology or system of thought, it will only be found within your own self. “As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul…” Hermes Trismegistus But whatever our experience is, we created it, both individually and collectively. And all problems arise out of "denial" of that, the great "self deception"
I think we need to distinguish cultic mysticism from personal experiences of being in living relationship with our Creator.
Don’t use personal non repeating experiences as manipulation use it as art
@@REALEYESREALIZEREALLIES11 Simple. LovePresence vs. PowerPresence.
Good luck
@@ljr6723 "Choose to choose" Lou Reed, Velvet Underground.
It is a matter of Intent.
Stakeholders. Always wondered who the heck are they , who selected them ,why they selected them and why was the public never informed or asked about them
Word sorcery.
Thank you for this
I like the trinity formulation of faith, reason and gnosticism. I would suggest that there are good and bad versions of each of them so that it is not just good faith, good reason and bad gnosis, but various combinations such as good faith, good reason and good gnosis; bad faith, bad reason and bad gnosis or good faith, bad reasoning and bad gnosis etc. Good gnosis is characterised by its alignment with good faith and good reasoning. I suggest care in using this useful formulation.
There is nothing good about gnosticism. It is a lie, which leads to death.
Right. As Jordan Peterson says, "A truly good man knows he can become dangerous, but controls the urge carefully'
This is insightful. If I had been exposed to gnosticism and as a teenager, while coming from a Catholic family, but being exposed to a very morally degrading and humiliating high school experience, as well as materialistic science and existential philosophy, I might have had the mystical experience of oneness that could have prevented me from falling into a convenient and somewhat amoral agnosticism that caused me and others tremendous suffering . In my case, reason was weaponized against my faith. One needed a new understanding of what God is.
If one has not had the mystical experience one cannot understand that glimpse of Heaven on Earth. Likewise, if one has never experienced the Hell realm of depression one cannot understand that either.
@@seanmclaren8829amen.
I grew up in an agnostic, materialistic home and the only source of meaning (food for the soul) was through my mystical practices.
I learned through meditation that I was not my thoughts, mind, or body.
I had respect for them and I knew that my thoughts and feelings were primary in my experience, but I did not derive a sense from them.
For example, I would search for the 'I' (self) within the thoughts and quickly I would see that I could not find myself in or anything for that matter.
For this reason, I was not compelled by my thoughts and feelings.
I saw them as 'forces' and I humbly asked for a higher power to show me how to deal with them.
James is right about being arrogant because I would think things such as "oh that person over there thinks they are a person" that makes them less than.
But I see things differently now except that its more of a spectrum and everyone is slowly 'waking up'.
This is one of the best lectures I have ever listened to in my life. It deeply moves me.
I want to be like you, James.
Once again a very powerful lecture.
This is so good.
Very good talk.😊
You totally hit the nail on the head with this one. If America's pastors and priests were teaching this to their congregations, we wouldn't be in this mess.
He doesn't know what gnosis is...
What is a nation? Its people.
So what is a sovereign nation?
We're all both student and teacher to each other.
May the Sauce be with us all ✨🌛💞
Anyone have a summary for this video?
Im really interested in this topic, but not 2 hours for this.
The time for humanity to wake up.❤
Here is a perfect example of an intellectual utterly confused conflating Gnosis with everything from Black Magic and New Age to Marxism and wokeness. Gnosis means one thing and one thing alone: Self-Evident Experiential Knowledge (that which we SEEK on the Path to awakening and Self-Realization of the Being...the "being" in human being).
True Faith is not belief. To be faithful to your spouse, your mortal beloved, you must 'know them' intimately to the exclusion of all others. To have faith in the Innermost Intimate Christ, your immortal beloved, you must be faithful to your True Self, to the exclusion of all your many egos (sins, nafs, demons, psychological aggregates, infidels, psychic malware, or by any name): fear, lust, pride, greed, envy, et al. Faith then, is a matter of objective fact, not belief.
As a biochemical machine, the rational mind is a useful servant, but a cruel taskmaster. Belief (what the esteemed speaker in the lecture erroneously calls "faith") is 100% a product of the rational mind. Just like any theory, opinion, interpretation, et al. Ever wonder why Chat GPT makes stuff up? Because the ego minds of intellectual hominids designed A.I. after the rational mind. The rational mind cannot create. The rational mind cannot know. It only THINKS it knows. It only believes it knows. Only a Triune Human Being is truly capable of creation. Hume (earth: body & rational mind) + manas (Divine mind or Metamind) + Being...the earthly embodiment of the Metamind of Being. A Triune Human Being works with free consciousness to know by experience and interaction with their Innermost Being to receive insight, imagination, inspiration, et al. They use the rational mind as a tool communicate to the world in science, art, philosophy, and religion the Timeless Universal Truths and Truth, Beauty, Love, Wisdom, et al which comes into the world through them. An intellectual hominid operating with rational mind only, cut off from their True Self, have no choice but to be duped by Satan (an amalgamation of all their egos) to believe whatever they are told by others; whatever their rational mind regurgitates; however they have been CONDITIONED. It is not by accident we call it 'the human condition.' Learn more here: czcams.com/video/1LdUnZzexDg/video.html
Note: the ego mind can rationalize every crime/sin under the heavens. It is the rational mind under the influence of sin/ego which has wrought the hellscape we see around us in the world today. Postmodernism was born in the rational mind and Critical Race Theory, DEI, and the whole of the Neo Marxism woke movement was incubated and then subjugated Academia...the very heart of rationalism.
So, our illustrious speaker puts rationalism and "faith" (belief) on a pedestal, and asserts Gnosis (Self-Evident Experiential Knowledge) is a "parasite," something which exists to undermine and unravel the false reality dreamt into existence by ego-mind. If he means Truth, Light, and Love of The Logos is here to conquer the machinations of The Adversary ("Shaitan" in both Hebrew and Arabic), then he is correct. Gnosis SEEKS to disrupt the efforts of The Black Lodge (egos; demons) and the Black Magicians to enslave humanity. But Gnosis is not against ANY religion. "All religions are precious pearls on the necklace of divinity" - Samael Aun Weor. What the illustrious speaker fails to mention (and likely understand) is that there is White Magic. Esotericism simply means "that which is hidden." There is nothing inherently evil about it. But The Black Lodge is everywhere, and knowledge is power. Even though Gnosis teaches love above all, the Black Magicians use their knowledge for their own selfish gain. They serve their Inner Masters of The Black Lodge (their egos). But knowledge in and of itself is no parasite. Lies, half-truths, opinions, theories, misinterpretations, erroneous beliefs, superstitions, fantasies, and rationalizations of ego mind are the enemies of Truth; they rely on conditioning consciousness and the mind to believe subjective shadows of truth. "My truth" instead of The Truth. The Light of Truth sends the real parasites, The Black Lodge, running for cover like cockroaches scattering when a light switch is turned on. These are the objective facts.
Very well said
Correct. Faith is the antithesis of knowledge.
@@archaicsage4803 Actually, True Faith is Self-Evident Experiential Knowledge...that which we SEEK. To be faithful to your spouse, your mortal beloved, means to "know them" (in the biblical sense) intimately...to unite with them...at the exclusion of all others. Likewise, to be faithful to our Innermost Essence of God, our Immortal Beloved, means to know them intimately and consciously...to achieve religare (Latin: union with divinity, root word of religion) and yug (Sanskrit: union with divinity, root word of yoga) with our Innermost Being and Divine Mother.
In the Middle Ages, if one testified at a trial, one "gave faith." Faith meant that one had been a witness to; had direct knowledge of. To this day, even devout believers proclaim, "testify!" The evidence of the True meaning of the word faith linger, even in religions.
"If anyone would be with me, let him take up his cross and follow me." - Jesus of Nazareth. Faith is a matter of being with the Innermost Intimate Christ...not believing. "To be or not to be. That is the question."
So you see, having "faith" as "belief" is a horrendous degeneration of the word. It was deliberately appropriated and made to mean belief by the Black Lodge in order to confuse, confound, and corrupt humanity.
@@AttlasAllux I was already aware of all that, but thank you anyway. Obviously, that is not the "faith" we are talking about here...
He's an example of a very smart guy who's ego is unchecked.
Great lecture. The negative disposition is warranted and understable, but it is of utmost importance to avoid blind conflation of gnosism as a general concept and solipcism and sophistry, as it has been weaponized by the "woke" group.
Seeking to understand the universal similarities between religions is not a bad thing. It will be hard for current Christians (or anyone still subscribed to a single religion) that the concepts embodied in your sect are present in many other schools of thought under various names and presented through slightly different allegories.
The theosophists and anthroposiphists are not the ones at fault here. They are curious to understand the truth behind the various 'mysteries', also known as the occult. Gnositicism is not the antithesis to "first principles".
The people pushing the 'woke' agenda have no interest in objectivity or truth, as James said. Only employing what he called "sorcery" or "magic", or the twisting of words and meanings to construct a false reality, and specifically one that artificially benefits those who end up in power.
It is good that these terms and concepts are being brought to light, but it seems James has dug himself into the same circular logic loop that he claims (rightfully) to be critical of.
He makes the SAME EXACT mistake of the "opressive reactionary" by building this entire lecture upon the premis that 'gnostics' are inferior and dangerous and that they must be put down and curtailed. Exactly the kind of scapegoating he went on to condemn, again rightfully.
Witchcraft, blasphemy, heretics, etc...
And so the cycle continues.
Because he can’t talk about the most obvious group behind it. He is blatantly lying here
Unfortunately the real “Gnostic” teaching is always compartmentalized, misrepresented and scapegoated. Those who arrive at gnosis in their direct experience can see it in each other, but to “convince” someone to be a “Gnostic” is not how this all works
@@aryandefenseleague8243 What group is that? Do tell.
@@Yesica1993 look at the backgrounds of all the people who started critical theory. It’s so obvious I’m not allowed to name them on CZcams
@@aryandefenseleague8243 elaborate
Very good talk.
Don't make me wait Lindsey. I need talk number three
James Lindsay is a brilliant man and a true Human Being. Thank you, Sir!
Excellent work James 👍
Terrific content
Thanks!
Hold on a second... How do we know James Lindsay isn't a wizard!
He has too much humor and humility to be on the dark side. 😅
@@kellyoneill189 Yup. You nailed it.
He’s totally full of shit
Insightful as ever. Any reading recommendations for the history of Gnosticism?
This is a scam. Everything he talks about was created by jews
The Nag Hammadi Library
Elaine Pagels work is pretty much the foundational stuff
Such a brilliant speech! He’s a gifted professor!
I'm starting to fear for the safety of James.. I'm worried that the gnostic wizards start to think he's starting to hit too accurate de-spells on their nonsense, and see him as an existential threat. Praying for James's safety!
This guy is GOOD
Ty for these explanations. Was having trouble putting these pieces together.
Most of the so called 'independent' media/researchers, they talk about the visible problems, current events, without explaining the full picture, linking all the points, they don't give a full view of the picture, your lectures, videos are probably the best ones.. Thanks
Today's education, is not 'education', education is a individual process, the constant search in different fields, learning a field today don't give enough tools to understand the big picture..
From history, law, climate change/science, politics, economics, philosophy, political ideology, religion, war, cultural and political subversion, globalization/globalism, psychology and so on..
To my mind, you invent quite an interesting yet overly complicated explanation for rather simple cognitive traps people fall in. People need apomictic certainty to guide their action, and even if it is not attainable, people will invent their own truth (and if the world does not comply to them, the worse for the world in their minds).
Thank you for addressing gnostic influence. So few understand this. As you said, it’s discouraged.
@@k1_w3 vieux blancs morts
ai-je gagné ? 😮
Yeah...I can see where James coming from to an extent. But it's all a bit opaque at present. I've always thought Thomas Sowell's idea of the "vision of the anointed" was quite compelling. Is there much of a difference between "gnostic" and "anointed"...I'm not sure! Need to look into this further!
@@k1_w3 Well, the first communist experiments were the Jesuit Reductions in South America 150 years before Marx.
Marx was tutored in communism by Jesuit Peter Beckx.
Klaus Schwab of the WEF publicly stated his life's biggest influence was a particular communist Roman Catholic bishop.
Fauci went to the Jesuit College of the Holy Cross.
Not that you are wrong, but it would seem the analysis is more nuanced.
@@k1_w3 they are "fellow whites"
@@taryn2736 maybe I should have been more explicit then, they are (((fellow whites)))👃 as long as it suits them, and they are an oppressed people when they beg for billions of foreign aid money.
Nothing like pizza and pop and listen to James 🗽🦅🗽
For those fluent in French Alain Pascal has been writing about gnosticism for quite a while now (he's got a YT channel too) 😊
The gnostic parasite sounds like Morgoths corruption of Iluvatars music of creation.
This was fantastic! I don't know why the room wasn't packed!
Fascinating.
The video game halo was really spot on in their story plot line now that I have listened to these lectures. It also explains why they have a computer virus as the bad guy in the matrix movies.
I also see The Matrix in a Jungian way, so that it's a dyad with Neo-Smith. This is made quite clear later on. Smith is Neo's 'Shadow Aspect' (Dark Side). But, it's clear to me that Smith is actually deeply jealous of Neo's existence and freedom. Smith is a self-aware virus: he wants to be free, he wants to be a 'real boy', as it were. He actually hates himself but projects this out onto the world. This is made clear with his famous speech about 'humanity is a plague'.
The remarkable thing is just how many young people today actually think Smith was the good guy in a way, and support his 'humanity is a plague' speech. These people are Agents of Chaos. That's what Smith is, and that's what young viewers who agree with him are. They are leftist, materialist, secularist, gnostic, utopianist, anti-human types.
I don't trust anybody who is anti-human, either as a fundamental matter, or in narrowness. They are the people James is talking about.
Matrix was made by gnostics.
@@briggy4359 Simulation and Simulacra
@@the3sounds yep, original draft of the script had a transgender character.
@@briggy4359 brah wtf
Killing it
Very interesting perspective. As much as I hate this hegelianism /hermeticism I am really left wondering how can liberalism be the antidote to this all when liberalism itself is based upon a false ontology(I.e sovereignty of the individual) Socialism and liberalism both are fruits of secular enlightenment tradition
This is one of your best videos IMO.
Professor Linsay would you please consider creating some courses that could either be put on the great American courses or Hillsdale or considered developing for 68 high school level courses on woke ism Marxism and Gnosticism.
This lecture is a hell of a long way to say you have absolutely no idea what Gnosticism or Hermeticism stand for. And to pin that misunderstanding on people who nowadays study Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, who have no ill intentions, and box them in with an elusive group of (((them))), is nothing but ignorance, slander and fearmongering that innocent people are someday going to pay a price for. All of that coming from someone who started out with an actually beneficial task of exposing the leniency of academia towards people who use "the correct words". Shameful.
Very well said. Witch burning 2023!
It’s always the same game. Everyone they talk about is part of the tribe but then SURPRISE! It’s “gnostics”. They REALLY don’t want you looking at theosophy or Gnosticism
Who are “them”?