This video was recorded at night in Miami, Florida from a car and features homeless preacher who delivers quite a powerful speech. The preacher reflects on the challenges of trying to listen to God while being pulled in different directions by personal desires, family, friends, and distractions. He emphasizes the importance of going through the journey rather than rushing to the destination, as it is in the journey that we encounter people and experiences that shape us.
The preacher highlights the significance of acknowledging and connecting with those who might be homeless or marginalized, as they too have valuable lessons to teach. He also emphasizes the need to be humble and open to wisdom and understanding, rather than thinking one already has it all figured out. Ultimately, he suggests that the purpose of going through difficulties is to inspire and uplift others, rather than solely focusing on personal gain.
The preacher then reflects on the challenges of working in an environment where there is constant complaining, backstabbing, and lack of appreciation. He encourages gratitude for the little things and emphasizes the importance of finding a job where one can truly enjoy going to work and be appreciated.
He also discusses the concept of haters and explains that sometimes people hate without even knowing why. He emphasizes the need to teach others and show them love and forgiveness, rather than hold grudges. The homeless preacher also talks about the decline of God’s popularity in society and encourages individuals to let their actions and spirit speak for themselves. He believes that going through difficult times is necessary for growth and authenticity, comparing it to the process of testing gold in a pawn shop. Ultimately, he emphasizes the importance of staying true to one’s faith and not letting others deter them on their journey.
Later, the homeless preacher emphasizes the importance of humility and being open to correction, sharing that even though it may be painful, it is necessary to experience foolishness and limitations in order to gain wisdom and understanding. He encourages listeners to be sincere in their search for purpose and to trust that God will reveal it to them in due time.
This video, narrated by Dr. Santos Bonacci, discusses the Third Eye, its location in the brain, and how it can be activated. It also explains the difference between religious and esoteric knowledge, and how the former is typically taught in churches. Finally, the video explains that the kingdom of God is within us, and that by looking inside we can avoid being deceived by false prophets.
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In the beginning of the video, actor Jim Carey explains that in the brain there is the cerebrum, which is in the middle of the head, and the claustrum, which is a portion of the brain that is located just above the sacral plexus. Dr. Santos Bonacci then explains that the oil that comes from the cerebrum and flows down the spinal cord to the sacrum is called the “cloud stream.” The cloud stream is also known as the “holy clusterum” because of the beautiful oil that is produced and secreted. The video explains that the secretion of the oil is a secret and the sacrum is the sacred part of the secret.
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Dr. Santos Bonacci discusses the different parts of the body and how the oil is brought down to the spinal cord. The oil is brought down through the “pingala” and “Eda” nerves and arrives at the “sacral plexus.” Once a month, the oil is transmitted to the “germinating seed” in the “medulla oblongata” and “ponds and midbrain.”
If one practices meditation, good eating, and peaceful behavior, they are able to raise the “Christ oil” and send it up to the “optic thalamus” and “pineal gland.” This process is known as “eating from the Tree of Life” and it opens up millions of brain cells, which allows one to become enlightened.
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Dr. Santos Bonacci discusses the difference between religious and esoteric knowledge, and how the former is typically taught in churches. It goes on to explain that the third eye is actually located in the cerebrum, and that by understanding this secret one can regenerate their physiology and live longer.
Dr. Santos Bonacci also mentions the importance of respecting and keeping the sacred secret of the Christ within the Christ, which is why the Egyptians built Ascension Chambers. Finally, the video explains that the kingdom of God is within us, and that by looking inside we can avoid being deceived by false prophets.
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Dr. Santos Bonacci explains how physical regeneration occurs, and how the oil must be raised to the optic thalamus in order to achieve it. He also discusses mediumship and the hippocampus.
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Dr. Santos Bonacci explains how the Third Eye is located in the middle of the head and how it is activated by Jesus’ name. He also mentions the Claustrum, Cerebrum, and Pineal Gland.
Ahriman, also known as Angra Mainyu, is an ancient demonic entity in the Zoroastrian religion. To this day, Ahriman remains a deep part of Persian mythology.
He is often regarded as the evil counterpart to the god Ahura Mazda, who represents light and truth. Existence of Ahriman remains shrouded in mystery, with his influence on the world a subject of much debate and speculation. Origin of the demon still remains a mystery. However, many texts from Zoroastrianism, an ancient Iranian religion, have shed light on the nature of this dark entity.
According to Zoroastrian texts, Ahriman was created by the god of darkness, Angra Mainyu, who sought to bring chaos and destruction to the world. Ahriman is described as a powerful and malevolent entity, who seeks to corrupt everything that is pure and good in the world. He is often associated with deception, greed, and selfishness, and is said to have the power to sow discord and disharmony wherever he goes.
The existence of Ahriman has been a subject of debate and speculation for centuries. Some scholars believe that he represents the forces of chaos and destruction that are present in the world, while others see him as a metaphor for the darker aspects of human nature. Still, others believe that he is a real entity, capable of influencing the world in negative ways.
The implications of Ahriman’s existence are significant and far-reaching for the world. His presence represents a threat to order and stability, and his influence is said to be seen in many of the world’s conflicts and troubles. Those who believe in his existence warn that his power is growing, and that he poses a grave danger to the future of humanity.
Despite the ominous warnings about Ahriman’s power, many people believe that he can be defeated. Zoroastrian texts describe a cosmic battle between the forces of good and evil, in which Ahriman is ultimately defeated and cast into the abyss. This battle is seen as a metaphor for the struggle between light and darkness that takes place within each individual.
The Zoroastrian religion offers several ways to combat Ahriman’s influence. These include following the path of righteousness, doing good deeds, and living a virtuous life.
In conclusion, Ahriman is an ancient demonic entity from Persian mythology who represents the darker aspects of human nature. However, the warning about his power and the need to resist his influence are as relevant today as they were in ancient times. As the struggle between light and darkness picks up steam, the fate of humanity may just depend on the choices we make mostly as individuals, but also as a society.
Dr. Robert Gilbert explains the importance and symbolism of the Tree of Life, as well as the three pillars within it, in relation to human beings and spiritual beings. He emphasizes the need for balance between the spiritual and physical worlds and explains how different types of spiritual beings can influence human beings.
He warns against demonic forces and the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a threat to human connection with higher realms. He stresses the importance of individuals seeking their own truth and making an effort to reach the highest expression of themselves, rather than surrendering to external authorities.
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In this section, Dr. Robert Gilbert explains the embedded information in the Tree of Life, including the 22 paths that connect the 10 spheres and coding patterns for energy in the human body, consciousness, life body, and physical body. The Tree of Life also has three different pillars within it, and the middle pillar, which connects to both the highest levels of the godhead and the manifest creation, is related to Rosicrucian initiation. The left and right-hand pillars are associated with the pillars of mercy and severity, but they don’t go all the way up or down. The middle path is about holding a balance between two different extremes, and it connects with the highest levels of the godhead. The Archangel Michael is generally associated with the middle path and holds the quality of the godhead while interacting with an Archangelic level.
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explained that spiritual beings can pull human beings in different directions, towards a focus on spirit or the physical world, and that balance between the two is important. Confusion arose in the Western tradition due to mixing up the terms Lucifer and Satan. Luciferic beings are spiritual beings that focus on spirit but can lead to an illusory or hallucinogenic form of spirituality, while Aromatic beings are deeply connected to matter and materialism, denying the existence of spirit and spirituality. The balance between these two types of beings is important for human beings, who are constantly influenced by both.
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In this section, the speaker explains how humans are connected to spiritual beings and how these beings can affect us based on our thoughts and emotions. He discusses three different types of spiritual beings that we interact with: the more demonic, the more ecstatic, and the central pillar. The demonic forces, including Ahriman, are in opposition to the Christ spirit and are not interested in human sovereignty. They wish to harvest the souls of humanity to feed themselves, feeding by separating humanity’s lower energy centers from their higher centers and creating the illusion that spirituality is not important. The result is a world where people have no connection with their heart or intuition, where science and materialism are our authorities, and where people look to media and presidents to find answers.
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In this section, Dr. Robert Gilbert explains that the ultimate vision of Ahriman, which is coming into this world, is Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the transhumanist movement exemplifies this by merging humans with machines. According to him, the machine can hijack the human psyche and cut off access to higher realms, completely replacing the human ability to connect with it. People desire easy answers that come at no cost to them, but this quest for understanding and effort to find one’s truth is essential to the highest power and the highest expression of a human being. Gilbert also predicts that this surrendering of the human soul to AI will lead to cutting off its connection with higher intelligence to surrender to Ahriman.
James Lindsay first gained national attention with his co-authoring of the book “Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity–and Why This Harms Everybody,” which critiques the postmodernist philosophy that has influenced many social justice movements. The book has been praised for its rigorous analysis and bold stance on a controversial subject.
Lindsay’s most prominent argument is that the “critical social justice” movement has become a form of fundamentalism that is more interested in promoting ideology than in promoting real change.
While some may disagree with his ideas, there is no denying that James Lindsay has made an important contribution to contemporary discourse by challenging established beliefs and encouraging critical thinking.
In the video, James Lindsay discusses the concept of esoteric religions, which are cult-like, initiate societies that are characterized by their misuse of language and their extreme secrecy. He warns that these religions are often hidden in the shadows, and their beliefs and practices are often disguised as mainstream religion or science.
Lindsay explains that these cults create simulacra of things that deserve authority and use fake images to occupy their space and move people out of the real thing, ultimately negating their access to the real thing and substituting a hyperreal in its place.
He warns against the lure of hyperreality and the use of faith and truth to prevent people from falling for scams, including those that claim to have a deeper understanding of bigger truths, and concludes that reality is recalcitrant, and truth remains a leveling tool accessible to all.
Titled “The Negation of the Real“, it’s the presentation in which James Lindsay talks about how certain movements, such as Marxism and the woke culture, rely on negative denunciations rather than positive ideas of their own.
These beliefs lead to constructing a synthetic simulacrum, a hyper-reality where reality is negated as it contradicts their religion. This is done through the creation of social concepts, such as gender and race, leading to the idea that everything is a political construction.
Philosophers like Hegel adopt this way of thinking, where reality is abandoned to understand their own interpretation. Lindsay argues that these movements ultimately aim to control everything, and anything that needs to be controlled is labeled as racist.
This negation of the real undermines reason and faith, allowing Gnosis to pose as a more sophisticated and complicated version of itself. Finally, Lindsay urges people to resist this religion and identify those who traffic in it.
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In this section of the lecture, James Lindsay discusses how the West has been shaped by so-called secret religions or cults, which are often overlooked or ignored. He argues that these cults have been central to the construction of the West and have played a major role in its politics, faith, science and overall development.
Lindsay explains that if one wants to install false religions, they must negate the real religions while acknowledging that his use of the term religion is broad and includes the sciences. Through his talks, he aims to compare faith, science, and these cults to better understand how they work together.
Lindsay asks his audience to engage in a mental exercise and imagine a world where a large ancient religion exists that is just as big as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or Buddhism, but nobody has ever heard of it, and how this religion has been present and influenced the development of the West.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the concept of esoteric religions, which are cult-like, initiate societies that are characterized by their misuse of language and their extreme secrecy.
Lindsay warns that these religions are often hidden in the shadows and that their beliefs and practices are often disguised as mainstream religion or science. He sees the exposure of these religions and the development of the discernment to identify them as necessary steps to defeating them, as they cannot claim truth on their side.
While acknowledging that the terminology and concepts associated with these religions may be overwhelming, Lindsay encourages the audience to watch the videos multiple times and at double speed to develop an understanding of these religions.
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In this section, James Lindsay asks viewers to imagine that they are “crazy” and believe they had a direct encounter with God and have been told to change the world. He explains that these occult religions, like ancient hermeticism, gnosis, and gnosticism, operate on negative theology, which tears down or takes things apart, rather than positive theology, which describes the attributes of God.
These cultures create simulacra of things that deserve authority and use the fake images to occupy their space and move people out of the real thing, ultimately negating their access to the real thing and substituting a hyperreal in its place. The only way to get people to accept this fake reality is to obliterate reality first.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses how negative thinking or critique has evolved into “woke denunciation,” which involves denouncing something in a way that supposedly announces the possibility of something different without ever having to articulate a positive argument or clear plan. He explains that this process is a form of sorcery that confuses people and gives power to those making negative arguments against others.
Lindsay then explains that these occult, esoteric religions of the West need to displace their competitors (such as faith and science) to occupy the space they fill, so they create a counterfeit and subvert the real thing to make their own ideas look more attractive. He concludes that these confidence religions or philosophies are parasitic and latch onto something real.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the concept of simulacra which is the idea that a copy of something can lose its relevance and resemblance to the original. He provides examples such as knockoff Rolex watches and pancake syrup, where each iteration becomes less and less like the original.
He then compares this to the concept of performance, which is the idea that some people perform a role or identity rather than it being inherent in them. He gives examples such as communist pastors and Judith Butler, a college professor who believed that gender was a performance, which led to the negation of biological sex. This idea of negating the real in favor of a constructed reality is a theme that he believes is present in many aspects of Western culture, including religion and politics.
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In this section, James Lindsay describes the Gnostic creation myth and how it is a simulation and a counterfeit of Christianity. The creator God, who is seen as God in Genesis and throughout the Bible, is actually an evil demon, the demiurge, who created the world as a prison to trap humanity and keep them from realizing they are really God.
The serpent in the Garden of Eden was telling the truth, and Lucifer, the first savior, becomes equivalent to Christ as another savior. Lindsay warns against the lure of Gnostic cults that construct a false version of reality, and how this can extrapolate out into the creation of fiction that replaces reality, such as gender identity replacing biological sex.
Finally, Lindsay explains how faith and reason are broad institutions that are being counterfeited, leading to false churches and institutions that claim to be something they are not.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the concept of Gnosis and how it is an absolute, revealed knowledge that is not based on faith or reason, but on secret and esoteric teachings known only to a select few.
He draws attention to the different meanings of the word Gnostic, including lower case Gnosticism, referring to awareness of absolute truth, and capital Gnosticism, a religious text originating from the early Christian cults of the first and second centuries that refers to the universe as a prison constructed by an evil demon.
Lindsay argues that the point of Gnosis is not the truth of the propositions presented, but rather the meaning they affect in the hearts of the readers or listeners, leading to a revolutionary moment of reflexivity which can be a dangerous thing when people start to lose track of what they’re supposed to be fighting for.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the difference between science and alchemy. While science seeks to understand reality and discover truths, alchemy seeks to bring about a desired state of affairs through means that may not be based in reality.
Lindsay argues that this kind of desire for control, rooted in esoteric religions from antiquity, is what we are seeing now with the rise of woke communism or neo-communism. He emphasizes the importance of faith and reason working together, keeping each other balanced and preventing gnosticism from taking hold.
Lindsay concludes that despite certain people claiming that reality has moved “beyond true theories and false theories,” the fact is that reality is recalcitrant and truth remains a leveling tool accessible to all.
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In this section, James Lindsay talks about how snake oil and other scams have operated historically, and how the use of faith and truth can prevent people from falling for such scams. He warns about the lure of hyperreality and how people can be misled by those who claim to have a deeper understanding of some bigger truth.
He explains how the drive to dominate others, or libido dominandi, can be behind some of these scams, and how people can be seduced by the idea that their ignorance is keeping them from deeper truths. He warns about how people may unwittingly become complicit in oppressive systems like racism and capitalism without even realizing it, and how these dynamics can be exploited by those with a financial interest in keeping people stuck and ignorant.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the concept of hermeticism and how it relates to the idea of creating a new religion called sustainability and inclusion by taking all existing faiths, philosophy, and sciences and mashing them together. He highlights how the woke movement has colonized the sciences and uses dialectical inversion to justify their beliefs.
They claim that everything is political, nothing is objective, and the hard sciences are not inclusive or diverse enough. They offer a new method as a solution, which they claim is data-driven and being implemented in almost every American school district. However, they do not have the data to justify it, and they dismiss any criticism as conspiracies. Hegel’s dialectical method is invoked as a formal language to explain this phenomenon.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses how Hegel’s philosophy involves negation and the shift from the real to the actual. Hegel believed that reality was abstract and that true knowledge involved understanding all of its causes and making it concrete.
Negation, in this context, meant recognizing that one’s understanding of reality was incomplete and needed to be expanded. However, according to Lindsay, Hegel’s method led to guru-ship and a cult-like practice, attracting grifters and abusive psychopaths to take advantage of people.
Additionally, Hegel’s reliance on circular reasoning and his dismissal of other viewpoints as false or partial knowledge shows his philosophy’s similarity to gnosticism and wizardry.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses how the real must be negated to make space for the actual, which is synthetic and concrete, projected into the future by the sorcerer. He highlights how this process is like a self-fulfilling prophecy or spellcasting, posing effectively as science and religion.
Lindsay also delves into the concept of a Wizard’s Circle, where you are trapped and can only see what the sorcerer wants you to see, resulting in a negation of your reality. He emphasizes how this is a strategy that secret religions and esoteric religions have used throughout history, changing forms every time they are exposed.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses how the negation of the real manifests in society through the creation of a synthetic simulacrum. This is done through the construction of social concepts such as gender, race, and freedom, ultimately leading to the idea that everything is a political construction.
The far right and postmodernists alike engage in this process. However, when the synthetic simulacrum imitates science or reason, it becomes dangerous. Expert consensus or ideologically acceptable conclusions replace true scientific methodology.
Messages from the woke literature often fail the funnel plot technique, which involves the exclusion of scientific experiments with “wrong conclusions.” This negation of the real can be found in most major medical journals, leading to the cost of many lives and untold suffering.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the concept of gnosis and its manifestation as politics pretending to be science. Gnosis is a belief system that portrays individuals as gods seeking to displace genuine truth and replace it with their own ideologies.
Various movements, such as communism, Nazism, and sustainability, are all modern and post-modern forms of esoteric faiths trying to establish a single world religion. Hyper-reality is the false simulacrum of reality that these ideologies simulate to project their vision of utopia or the arrived kingdom.
To achieve their beliefs, they must negate the real, and the first reality has to be broken to pieces and absorbed into the second reality before it can actualize. Hegel’s hyper-reality was a perfect idea of what a perfect society with perfect people would look like, using negative thinking to create a true science of history.
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In this section, James Lindsay uses an absurd example to illustrate the problem with systemic thinking. He posits that if a driver runs over a pedestrian, everyone from the car maker to the coffee bean producer and medical industry can be implicated, therefore, everybody’s at fault, and everybody supports a system that causes damage.
By following this systematic line of thinking, everybody is guilty, so we need a total system change, which, using concrete thinking, will involve lots of intermediate practical steps that are systems of control, and bad things won’t happen anymore. This is how critical car theory and critical race theory are the same theory.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the concept of perpetual revolution, which he describes as the idea that the revolution must continue without ever stopping. He argues that this perpetual revolution is characterized by pure criticism, relentless negativity, and a constant denunciation of the world. He explains that this negative theology involves destroying reality to insert a hyper-reality that is not even clearly described.
The goal of this perpetual revolution, according to Lindsay, is to conquer existing reality by teaching children to complain about everything being racist, sexist, harmful, or traumatic. This negative theology, Lindsay argues, is found in woke ideology, and has its roots in Hegelian and Marxist thought. Lindsay brings out the idea of apoptosis or programmed cell death which he calls programmed death of the existing society.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses Hegel’s idea of negation and negativity and its role in society. Hegel believed that negative thinking is the core and that by negating, we can get more. Furthermore, Hegel understood that there are distinctions, but these have to be lifted above or sublated to find broader categorization that returns to the one category of all things, which is the one.
However, this concrete thinking that he is replacing reality with is structural thinking. Ultimately, in Hegel’s system of science for understanding things, we abandon reality and understand his interpretation.
This section also discusses how Marx talks about the ruthless criticism of all that exists, which he got from Goethe’s character Mephistopheles, the voice of Satan, who said “all that exists deserves to perish.”
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the idea of negating the real, which involves the belief that everything that exists deserves to perish. When this occurs, truth becomes relative, and the Marxist hyper reality can take precedence as the science of history, which then becomes Marxism or that which forwards Marxism as a system of praxis.
Marx believed that through negative thinking and ruthless criticism, there could be a positive Transcendence of private property as human self-estrangement. This was defined as the proper definition of communism and the ideal society they wanted to simulate through socialism.
Marx stated that communism is the positive Transcendence of private property as human self-estrangement, which is, in turn, the real appropriation of human essence by and for man. Ultimately, communism is the riddle of history solved, and it is the true resolution of the conflict between man and nature and between man and man.
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In this section, Lindsay discusses the concept of “negative thinking” and how it is used to criticize and denounce existing societal structures with the aim of envisioning new possibilities. He critiques the idea that one must have “consciousness” or be “gnostic” in order to denounce and announce a new world, comparing this to a sorcery or wizardry that is taught in woke education.
Lindsay argues that such forms of critical consciousness do not offer any tangible solutions or descriptions of what the new world is supposed to look like. He further highlights that the lack of specificity in these ideas allows for endless demands for power, leading to an endless cycle of societal upheavals that never lead to actual solutions.
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In this section of the transcript, James Lindsay discusses the origins of wokeness and how it stems from the fusion of critical theory and post-modernism into a method of knowing. Wokeness is described as gnosticism derived from esoteric secret religions, which aims to construct a hyper-real simulation in order to negate the real.
The ultimate goal of wokeness is to control everything, and anything that needs to be controlled is labeled as racist until it is fully controlled. In this sense, wokeness allows for a pointless criticism of all that exists and reflects Marx’s desire for ruthless criticism.
Lindsay also points out how absurd some of the woke narratives have become, such as claiming that shark week is racist because it employs too many people named Mike.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the negation of the real and how certain movements, such as Marxist and woke ideologies, rely on negative denunciations rather than positive ideas of their own. They make no positive arguments and risk nothing, only forward the idea that their opponent’s ideology is evil.
Lindsay explains that this tactic is similar to playing poker with someone who bets nothing and eventually ends up bankrupting the other player. Furthermore, Lindsay uses the works of Hegel and Marx to demonstrate how certain ideologies separate reason and understanding, where reason is the higher level knowing, while understanding is the lower level.
Ultimately, Hegel believed that one must negate the real to insert magic, and this way of thinking has been adopted by many modern ideologies, creating a culture in which negation of the real is prevalent.
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In this section, James Lindsay discusses the belief system of G.W.F. Hegel, a German philosopher from the early 19th century. Hegel’s system of pure reason, or the realm of pure thought, is believed to be God’s mind, logos, which represents truth without a veil.
According to Hegel, the content of this realm is the presentation of God before the creation of nature, and through his system of science, or science of logic, he alone claims to understand the pathway for people to return to what they originally supposed to be.
This is known as the Hermetic belief system, in which people like Hegel claim to know the presentation of God without any veil, absolute truth, and what humans must do to return to their original state, and it is the secret religion of the West.
Philosophers, according to Hegel, are Misti or initiates into a mystery, someone who has secret knowledge or gnosis, while their duty is to write down the cabinet orders of God. This is how Hegel thinks of himself and his philosophy, and he believes it is through secret rites that man gets elevated to the Divine and assured of redemption, becoming a God and conferring immortality upon him.
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In this section of the video, James Lindsay discusses the difference between cult religion and healthy religion. He explains that the religion he is referring to is a secret, esoteric religion posing as politics, science, and faith.
The Wizards who control this religion aim to die and be reborn through hermetic magic, become Gods, and get secret gnosis and immortality. To accomplish this, they construct a hyper-reality where reality must be negated because it refutes their religion completely.
They replace major pieces of reality with simulacra, including faith with occult belief, logic with porology, and reason with pretend reason. This negation of the real undermines reason and faith, allowing Gnosis to pose as a more sophisticated and complicated version of itself. The talk ends on the understanding that we are dealing with secret religions that have operated since antiquity throughout the West.
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In this section, James Lindsay explains how a Greek concept, which was translated into Latin and spread throughout Europe, became a defining force in the destruction of society. He argues that this concept, which is now hidden in fields such as economics, politics, and science, is actually a secret esoteric religion.
Marx turned it into a political and economic project of destruction, which has led to our current path to doom. Lindsay urges people to understand and resist this religion, identifying those who traffick in it and either bringing them back or casting them out. He also critiques cancel culture as a projection of responsibility onto others.
The video is an interview with Carl Sagan, a renowned astronomer and science educator, about the importance of science and the dangers of pseudoscience and superstition. He discusses his latest book, “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark“, which explores the growing fascination in the United States with pseudoscientific and supernatural beliefs that threaten to undermine true science.
Carl Sagan argues that scientific literacy is crucial in a society based on science and technology, and that without it, we risk a combustible mixture of ignorance and power that could have disastrous consequences. He also criticizes the lack of scientific education in politics and the government, as well as the influence of religion on scientific issues.
Sagan discusses the work of Dr. John Mack, a psychiatrist who believed in the reality of UFO abductions, and expresses his skepticism towards Mack and other belief systems that lack adequate evidence.
Lastly, Sagan briefly touches on the possibility of unknown species or animals, such as the Loch Ness Monster, but emphasizes the need for rigorous scientific evidence before accepting such claims.
This is the full interview of Carl Sagan’s last appearance on the Charlie Rose show. Sagan’s expertise as an astronomer shines through as he stresses the importance of scientific thinking and an open-minded approach to the unknown. This interview provides a valuable insight into Sagan’s views on science and society, making it a must-watch for those interested in these topics.
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Carl Sagan is a prominent astronomer known for his PBS series “Cosmos” and his book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.”
The document discusses the United States’ and the world’s growing fascination with pseudoscience and superstition, which Sagan argues threatens to undermine true science.
Sagan is critical of religious fundamentalists who deny scientific facts in favor of faith-based beliefs.
Sagan believes that a lack of scientific education and understanding among the general population, as well as among lawmakers, is a dangerous trend.
The document also touches on Sagan’s personal experiences with hearing his deceased parents’ voices, but he believes they were the result of auditory hallucinations.
Carl Sagan Quotes
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply to painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
~ Carl Sagan
In the given context information, Carl Sagan is discussing his concerns about the growing fascination with pseudoscience, superstitions, and fundamentalist zealotry, which he believes threatens to undermine true science. He argues that in a society based on science and technology, it is crucial for the general public to understand it and ask skeptical questions to avoid being taken advantage of by charlatans who use emotional force and belief in the absence of evidence to manipulate people.
The quote highlights one of the saddest lessons of history, which is that once people have been bamboozled or deceived for a long enough time, they tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle and become captured by it. They are no longer interested in finding out the truth and acknowledging that they have been taken. This gives charlatans or those who use emotional force and manipulation power over people, which is difficult to regain once lost.
Sagan’s point seems to be that people must be vigilant about critical thinking and questioning in all aspects of life, especially with scientific claims, to avoid being gullible and susceptible to manipulation. It is essential to acknowledge the limitations of human knowledge and to seek evidence to support claims, rather than relying solely on belief or emotion. Failure to do so can lead to misguided decisions, both personal and societal, with long-term consequences.
“Better by far, to embrace a hard truth than a reassuring fable.”
~ Carl Sagan
In this quote, Carl Sagan is emphasizing the importance of accepting scientific evidence and knowledge that may be difficult to acknowledge rather than believing in comforting but baseless beliefs. He argues that rejecting evidence in favor of belief can be harmful, especially when it comes to decision making about societal issues that are based on science and technology.
Sagan sees science not just as a collection of established facts, but also as a way of thinking skeptically, asking questions, and accommodating to the universe’s reality rather than clinging to false beliefs.
He also warns against the danger of religious literalism, which can lead to ignoring scientific evidence in favor of dogmatic adherence to faith-based beliefs.
In this context, Sagan urges people to prioritize evidence-based hard truths over comforting but unsupported fables in order to make informed decisions and better understand the universe.
Let’s Sing Along
(Verse 1)
Carl Sagan was a star astronomer,
Bringing the cosmos to our living rooms,
His latest work was about pseudoscience,
Threatening to undermine true science.
(Hook)
Americans flunk science,
We need to understand,
Science and technology,
Propelling us forward.
(Verse 2)
He’s a professor of astronomy,
And director of planetary studies,
He’s a co-founder of Planetary Society,
A space interest group that’s the largest of its kind.
(Hook)
Americans flunk science,
We need to understand,
Science and technology,
Propelling us forward.
(Bridge)
Science is a way of thinking,
Skeptically interrogating the universe,
We need to ask skeptical questions,
To prevent being duped by charlatans.
(Hook)
Americans flunk science,
We need to understand,
Science and technology,
Propelling us forward.
