عنوان

The Afterlives of the Archons:

شماره

LA110880

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Afterlives of the Archons:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Gnostic Literalism and Embodied Paranoia in Twenty-First Century Conspiracy Theory

نام نخستين پديدآور

Matthew Dillon

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article analyzes the reception of the ancient Gnostic archons, or rulers, in contemporary conspiracy theories. In the classical Gnostic myth these nefarious beings rule the cosmos, mold primordial matter into a prison for Adam and Eve, and blind the Elect to their divine nature. These archons send cataclysms to earth and serve as celestial gatekeepers that keep the divine light trapped in their creation. Contemporary conspiracy theorists such as John Lamb Lash, David Icke, and Carol Reimer read the archons not as allegories or metaphors, but as real beings at work in contemporary politics, media and religion. Utilizing Michael Barkun's concept of "superconspiracies," this article examines how conspiracists Lash, Icke, and Reimer weave disparate conspiratorial discourses together through the classical Gnostic myth. The article concludes that the vast gulf between the anticosmic and anthropic dualism of the classical myth and the generally pro-cosmic and humanist thrust of modern esoterica leads these authors into paradoxical understands of cosmos, mind and eschatology. This article analyzes the reception of the ancient Gnostic archons, or rulers, in contemporary conspiracy theories. In the classical Gnostic myth these nefarious beings rule the cosmos, mold primordial matter into a prison for Adam and Eve, and blind the Elect to their divine nature. These archons send cataclysms to earth and serve as celestial gatekeepers that keep the divine light trapped in their creation. Contemporary conspiracy theorists such as John Lamb Lash, David Icke, and Carol Reimer read the archons not as allegories or metaphors, but as real beings at work in contemporary politics, media and religion. Utilizing Michael Barkun's concept of "superconspiracies," this article examines how conspiracists Lash, Icke, and Reimer weave disparate conspiratorial discourses together through the classical Gnostic myth. The article concludes that the vast gulf between the anticosmic and anthropic dualism of the classical myth and the generally pro-cosmic and humanist thrust of modern esoterica leads these authors into paradoxical understands of cosmos, mind and eschatology.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

71-96

عنوان

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

شماره جلد

5/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2451-859X

اصطلاح موضوعی

archons

اصطلاح موضوعی

Carol A. Reimer

اصطلاح موضوعی

conspiracy theory

اصطلاح موضوعی

David Icke

اصطلاح موضوعی

gnostic reception

اصطلاح موضوعی

John Lamb Lash

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Matthew Dillon

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/2451859X-12340077

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y