Posts by Rev Illuminatus Maximus
Misdirection and Reinforcement
If the phenomenon is forcing us through a learning curve, then it has no choice but to mislead us. When Skinner designs a machine that feeds a rat only when the right lever is depressed, this is extremely misleading for the rat. But if the rat doesn’t depress the correct lever, he becomes extremely hungry.…
Read MoreThe Skeptics Society Newsletter
“Neo-gnostics today specifically praise Intelligent Design theory for supporting gnosticism. The “Gnostic Friends Network” (www.enemies.com), in articles such as “Intelligent Design: Proof of the Demiurge?” refer to the creator god Yaldabaoth as a Demiurge, a fallen angel or evil space alien: The gnostics taught that God was a mad scientist named “Yaldabaoth” who had been…
Read MoreRobots, Goblins and Alien Amoeba: Fermis Paradox
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #100, expanded and revised with original illustrations. Was the Earth colonized by extraterrestrial scientists?
Read MoreAbout GnosticShock.com
Launched February 18, 1996, GnosticShock.com (formerly “the Gnostic Friends Network) is one of the oldest continuously maintained gnostic websites on the internet (see archive.org). We transitioned away from the domain enemies.com and relaunched with new branding on February 1, 2016. Mission Statement The GnosticShock.com mission is to encourage the individual exploration of the gnostic mythos through unique, entertaining and…
Read MoreHollywood’s War on God (DVD)
“IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE “DA VINCI CODE” IS THE FULFILLMENT OF A MUCH LARGER CODE THAT REVEALS THAT SATANIC FORCES WOULD ONE DAY DECEIVE THE ENTIRE WORLD? Hollywood’s War on God is a mind-blowing, eye-popping documentary that reveals how satanic forces are using Hollywood’s most memorable movies and most popular actors to propagate an…
Read MoreThe Socratic Method
“THRASYMACHUS: What’s that you’re saying? SOCRATES: Just what you said, I believe…. Haven’t you admitted that the Rulers…. sometimes mistake their own best interests, and that at the same time it is right for the subjects to obey?… THRASYMACHUS: Yes, I suppose so. SOCRATES: Well, that amounts to admitting that it is right to do…
Read MoreSubversive activities
“If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it, your voice) and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.” ((Erica Jong))
Read MoreAnimals & Robots
“In contrast to man, animals are not mechanical or sadistic, and their societies (within the same species) are incomparably more peaceful than man’s societies. The basic question runs: What caused the human animal to deteriorate and become robotlike? His viciousness, his inability to live peacefully with his own kind, his wars, bear witness to the…
Read MoreThe Deprogrammer
“The cultists have been told not to talk, that conversing with “Satan” will allow “Satan” to get to them. They are advised to close their ears, not to listen, to shut “Satan” out. Often the cultists try to block themselves off from those around them with chanting or trances. They believe their new life is…
Read MoreThe Watermelon Hunter (sufi parable)
FOUND: “The Watermelon Hunter” by Idries Shah Once upon a time there was a man who strayed from his own country into the world known as the Land of Fools. He soon saw a number of people flying in terror from a field where they had been trying to reap wheat. “There is a monster…
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