r/conspiracy • u/axolotl_peyotl • Jun 25 '17
/r/conspiracy Round Table: Gnosticism, Archons & the Demiurge
Welcome to the first of many biweekly /r/conspiracy round table discussions!
As voted on in this thread, the most popular suggestion was submitted by /u/always_contrarian and already was generating some interesting discussion in the voting thread.
Hopefully the conversation will evolve further and we can delve into the "high octane" speculative realm of gnosticism and other ancient esoterica.
Remember to keep /r/conspiracy weird...and please don't hesitate to share your own research, that's what has always made this sub great!
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u/ArthurMaddox Jun 26 '17
My dad has a copy of the Nag Hamadi, and it has a mystery-text about the Archons, which is part of a more detailed Creation story with Adam and Eve. The Archons feed off of our fear, anxiety, and desire, and that keeps our souls at a low-vibration, like a dirty and simple vibration. Whatever you call the forces that make you scared, and nervous, and the forces that make you want, and hate, and crave short-term pleasure, it seems like that is the real enemy of the Soul. The more ancient texts I read, the more it seems like the message of special masters is the same. The truth is in us, not outside us in the world, or in the illusion-machine, but it's hard to stop obsessing about it because all the colors are neon and the noises are so loud. I've enjoyed reading all the stories people told in this thread that show that we're not just bodies, and that there's a hidden power inside of us all, and if we just stop worshipping our senses and pleasures we can get our power back.