Rev Illuminatus Maximus, Author at Gnostic Shock

Obviously the rationalistic approach to reality is one-sided: the principles of time, space and causality should be supplemented by the principle of synchronicity. And this means that both the absurd world of the unconscious within and the absurd nonsense of the world outside is pervaded by a mysterious and awe-inspiring Sense. Old-fashioned people would call…

Patterns and Reality

By Rev Illuminatus Maximus | December 7, 2014 |

Humans are pattern-seeking, storytelling animals. We look for and find patterns in our world and in our lives, then weave narratives around those patterns to bring them to life and give them meaning. Such is the stuff of which myth, religion, history, and science are made. Sometimes the patterns we find represent reality — DNA…