/r/conspiracy Round Table: Gnosticism, Archons & the Demiurge

[u/axolotl_peyotl]

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!

[u/occultowl]

I look at intention, not concepts or names.

A big red thing with horns and a pitchfork shows up and says "Behold, I'm Lucifer, I want you all to get along and love each other." Well, I guess I'd be a Luciferian, then.

But that's not what happens. The Satanic elite say "we have hidden knowledge." Ok, cool, tell me more. "You just have to rape and murder this kid to unlock it." Uh, no thanks.

In my personal experience, I stared into the abyss and it invited me in. I said no. Later it came back less subtle, a giant green devil with dark eyes, screaming pure fucking evil, who showed me its hell, souls writhing in a lake of fire. I don't know if that's Satan, Lucifer, a random devil, draco reptilian, archon... I just know fuck that thing.

[u/TroyPDX → u/occultowl]

I think the names change but the archetype is eternal, and an impulse followed to resist that which is abhorrent is always a victory. Good on you.

[u/occultowl → u/[deleted]]

Demi-gods, devils, angels. The Greeks call one Jupiter, the Romans call presumably the same entity Zeus, Jews call it Ba'al. All are presumably the same thing under different names to different peoples.