Pretty Gnostic Machine
lankohr@PrettyGnosticMaschine "But true circumcision in spirit has become very profitable." - Literally.
@PrettyGnosticMaschine But on the other hand: Some of this "pastoral nomads" had visions with detailed explanations about the Universe which science proofed correct centuries later.
@lankohr At least the Eleusinian Mysteries knew better than to pretend certainty. They didn't sell cosmology, they staged transformation. No dogma, just initiation. Not "we know the Universe," but "enter and be changed."
Less prophecy, more direct encounter.
@PrettyGnosticMaschine "Some scholars believe that the power and longevity of the Eleusinian Mysteries [...] came from psychedelic drugs."
"Is god a drug, or have we just misunderstood her?"
@lankohr I'm thinking more like: the brain is the instrument, the substance is the tuning fork, and "God" is what happens when the signal finally comes through clearly.
The experience was always there.
The Mysteries just knew how to trigger it.
@PrettyGnosticMaschine I'm not familiar with the Eleusinian Mysteries. But i see some parallels to Dante's divine comedy, Aldous Huxley's thoughts/"trip expiriences" and Judeo-Christian/kabbalistic/gnostic mysticism - the descention, search, ascention thing.
@PrettyGnosticMaschine I'm crious about your thoughts about Merkabah-mysticism.
@lankohr Merkabah mysticism fascinates me. It reads to me like an early protocol for navigating altered states-- coded ascent through layers of mind, each gate a constraint, each vision a test of coherence... The danger was always fragmentation. The goal wasn't escape, it was integration.
As for "incorruptible" - the question is whether your system can detect corruption and update before it ossifies
@PrettyGnosticMaschine I see. More like the bouncer checks for integration acceptance than a wheelman.
@lankohr 😄👍... you speak better English than a majority of Americans!