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Foreign Interference

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:44:00 -0700

So, by now… many of you have seen the pro-Israeli/anti-Hamas commercials on television and on-line. You know the ones… designed to look like a cross between a Save the Children and an ACLU advertisement. When I first saw it… I thought WTF? who is putting out this propaganda? It took a few viewings before I caught the “paid for” statement at the end of the commercial.

Turns out, it was produced and paid for by LAPAM. Who is LAPAM you ask? The Israel Government Advertising Agency (IGAA), commonly known by its Hebrew-language acronym: Lapam… is the State-run bureau responsible for executing public communications and advertising on behalf of the Cabinet of Israel.

It is the Cabinet of Israel which exercises executive authority in the State of Israel, consisting of 28 ministers. Who has authority over the Israeli Cabinet? The 28 ministers are chosen and led by the prime minister. Currently that position is held by one Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu.

The 37th government of Israel is widely regarded as the most right-wing government in the country’s history and includes far-right politicians. Far-right politics in Israel encompasses ideologies such as ultranationalism, Jewish supremacy, Jewish fascism, Jewish fundamentalism, anti-Arabism, and ideological movements such as neo-Zionism and Kahanism.

By their own count, the Israeli Military have killed over 71,000 Palestinians in the Gaza war… driven by the very far right faction controlled by Netanyahu. Don’t even get me started about the West Bank.

Such violent expansionism does not reflect the will of the Israeli people, mainly a peaceful, progressive population. Like the United States of Amerika, the Israeli’s are held hostage by an authoritarian, nationalist regime. It is this Israeli Right-Regime, headed by Netanyahu, who is spending big bucks in the US, placing pro-nationalist propaganda commercials. This is the kind of foreign interference that would make Crossfire Hurricane blush.

Such foreign propaganda needs to be recognized for what it is… manipulation of an American audience who is already susceptible to on-line and social media brain-fog. This intrusion by Israeli’s LAPAM is a shameless attempt to soften an untenable assault on the Palestinian people. Since the ceasefire began in October 2025, reports indicate that approximately 439 (and counting) Palestinians have been killed, including 155 children, despite the agreement intended to reduce violence.

Shame on the Israeli Government for trying to sugar-coat the continued violence in Gaza. Shame on LAPAM for spreading their disinformation on US airwaves.

In retrospect, this propaganda blitz was clearly a Psy-Op imposed on the American people, as a run-up to the launching of the War on Iran. It is not unreasonable to assume that the Netanyahu regime has been leading the Archon-In-Chief around by his nose... leading him and the T2 regime into an ill-thought-out War. One with no clear objectives or exit strategy.

Not that the recently assassinated Supreme Leader of Iran was any less of an Autocratic Archon then Netanyahu or Trump, mind you. All three represent the apex of the Predator/Dominator Paradigm that currently is ravaging our planet. the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (and now his son) represent a Theocratic Autocracy, similar to what the Christian Alt Right has in mind for the United States of Amerika.

Secretary of ~~Defense~~ War, Pete Hegseth considers the Iranian War to be a Apocalyptic Holy War against the evil Jihadists... and he is hell-bent on being as ruthless as possible in the execution of this (forever?) War. So long as he keeps in the good graces of the Archon in Chief... right?

Constant vigilance is required by all of us... not to fall into the Psy-Op, propaganda trap of the Predator/Dominator Paradigm. Trump, Netanyahu and the new, radicalized Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei all worship at the alter of power and manipulation. They could give a rats-ass about the people of Iran... the people of Israel... the people of Gaza... the people of America.

Simply stated... they do not have our best interests at heart.

- J♥ @ Substack

State of the Resistance

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:43:00 -0800

I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler.

- Paul Robeson, 1949

Back in 2021, I did a series of posts titled: Blows Against the Empire. That series was expanded and incorporated in my most recent book: Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness.

In that series, I identified the centuries old, pervasive presence of a coercive, oppressive system of mind/culture control known as the Predator/Dominator paradigm. So identified, I went on to articulate the ways and means of resistance to such a persistent paradigm. This institutional, multi-generational oppressive entitlement, often simplistically described as the Patriarchy… has existed for millennia, and contrary to popular reporting, was not invented by the T2 Administration.

Any tyrannical, autocratic system of population control, by definition, embraces and utilizes the Predator/Dominator paradigm. In the era of Trump, the T2 Administration has taken the proverbial ball and run with it… to an amazingly effective and devastating extent.

Driving home this point, Cathy Buerger, Director of Research at the Dangerous Speech Project reminds us…

“In the first 100 days of his second term, Trump signed a staggering 143 Executive Orders. Through these EOs, the Trump administration has suspended refugee programs and expanded fast-track deportations. Another order stripped federal recognition from non-binary and transgender people, effectively erasing their existence from key legal protections and data collection. In a disturbing overreach into the legal system, Trump’s directives have targeted law firms that defended migrants, challenged election laws, and advocated for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, portraying them as enemies of the state.

And perhaps most chillingly, an EO mandated that federal prosecutors pursue the death penalty in any capital case involving an undocumented defendant — reviving a brutal punishment while applying it in a racially and politically charged context. Each of these EOs was supported with fear-inducing disinformation, including claims that the country was being overrun with migrant criminals, that “real Americans” were under siege, and that only sweeping, repressive governance could save the nation.”

The recent, emboldened exploits of T2’s Sturmabteilung-like, masked Shock Troops, under the guise of Immigration and Customs Enforcement… have demonstrated beyond a doubt, the zeal in which T2’s executive orders are being carried out. Their overarching mission… to intimidate and oppress ethnicity within the United States of America. Their objective… to make Amerika white again.

This is in keeping with the carefully laid-out blueprint of autocracy… Project 2025… masterfully (read: maniacally) crafted by the Heritage Foundation and Russell Vought, the T2 administration’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget. As of January 2026, approximately 50% of project 2025 has been implemented...

Grass roots resistance to Trump sprung up immediately upon his first election (T1) back in 2016. The Women’s March was an American protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the first inauguration of Trump. As you recall, this nation-wide march featured the surprisingly memorable and endearing “pink pussy” knit cap.

The Noö Resistance wears many hats... follows many paths... a more extensive post on the current State of the Resistance is to be found on my new SubStack channel... found here...

STATE OF THE RESISTANCE

One million pussyhats can't all be wrong!

Crypto Unchained - The Intersectionality of Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence & Kleptocracy

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 3 Dec 2025 15:17:00 -0800

In November of 2017, I posted an article entitled… Singularity Unchained – Artificial Intelligence and Crypto-Currency. This post can be found on the Tek-Gnostics Archives site… here. An expanded version of that original article was included as a chapter on machine learning in my latest book… “Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness.”

In that original post, I examined the ramifications of a decentralized computer network, specifically in its use as a networked public ledger for transactions of cryptocurrencies. I then looked at the intriguing development of blockchain technology being combined with and applied to Artificial Intelligence… not only in an automated transactional capacity but in an evolving, autonomous, sentient capacity... set free within and upon the world wide web.

I theorized then, that AI had progressed far beyond what is being reported... that AI had evolved wildly, virally… possibly beyond the control (or comprehension) of its developers. Since the original publication date, and taken in the context of an impending technological singularity, ie: machine sentience… serious questions arise as to how different, competing, autonomous AI is currently impacting humanity.

Continue reading here.

Knock Knock Neo...

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 8 Oct 2025 12:17:00 -0700

Crazy Donald's Used Cars

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:36:00 -0700

"Come on down to Crazy Donald's used cars! Crazy Donald here, and I'm tellin' ya folks... I'm so crazy! ...these prices are INSANE!!! You lookin' for a great deal? I've got tons of inventory! Plenty of Tesla cars for you to choose from folks... just take a look at this red, model S beauty! These prices are so insane... I might buy one of these babies myself!"

"Today's special features the totally amazing.. manly.. and beautiful Cybertruck! Sure this baby has had some minor damage..."

"Not to worry folks! Each Tesla we sell is backed by the iron-clad TRUMP guarantee! I'm tellin' ya folks... these prices are so insane that soon we'll be giving them away! So come on down to Crazy Donald's used cars! Conveniently located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C."

And tell em' Crazy Donald sent ya!!! And Remember... THESE PRICES ARE INSANE!!!

The Gulf

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:46:00 -0800

Corporate Wars - Deny, Defend & Depose

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:15:00 -0800

So as you all know... I have been on a Corporatocracy soapbox over the last year or three. Having observed the rise of the MAGA cult... the weaponization of pop culture... the intentional hollowing of governments around the globe... the ascent of corporations via the Citizens United decision and the subsequent ascendency of the Super PAC... such developments have combined to make clear the direction of world affairs... and it isn't toward democratic rule of law.

The era of the Corporatocracy also necessitates the assault and de-legitimization of a free and independent press... so as to obscure and mis-direct public opinion toward the spectacle of Culture War... instead of realizing that the Corporate overlords are waging a Class War ("Nothing to see here... move along."). So the CEO lone-gunman story that has recently swept the legacy press, triggered all kinds of sync alarms for yours truly...

It comes as little surprise that assassination... a form of targeted murder previously reserved for political executions... has begun to rise in the corporate world at this moment in time. As the corporation supplants the governmental structure... we can expect to see more of the Black-Op hits, like the one witnessed in New York City on December 4th. Moving forward, we will likely witness glimpses of the true nature of power in global affairs to be increasingly evident, driven by corporate intrigue, espionage and other dark dealings within the corporate world.

There were plenty of syncs associated with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson. First and foremost... the corporate/corporatocracy power play. This targeted hit comes on the heals of the election of 47, the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King. 47's incongruent and contradictory, love/hate relationship with Corporate Amerika suggests unpredictable and unexpected future outcomes. The presence of Elon Musk at Mar O Lago... the influence of mega donors such as Peter Thiel, Timothy Mellon... Richard & Elizabeth Uihlein... and of course Rob Bigelow, of Bigelow Aerospace... indicate that we can expect some serious high strangeness in upcoming dealings between 47 and Corporate overlords (Bigalow and Musk also trigger the whole off-world, breakaway civilization sync that we shall delve into soon).

However, the timing of the CEO shooter suggests unrest in the upper echelons of corporate power... a jockeying of position in corporate Amerika, in a time of political transition. That it manifests within the Insurance (read: extortion) Industry suggests that previously innocuous sectors will begin to come into focus in a corporate controlled world. The bullet casings found at the scene of Thompson's shooting had the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" written on them. This under reported element of the unfolding story, reveals the obvious connection to strategies used by insurance companies to avoid paying claims.

The alleged shooter... one Luigi Mangione... has all the over-obvious earmarks of past perpetrators (fall guys?). I'm not suggesting culpability either way... I'm simply pointing out all the similarities of lone gunmen of the past. Lone wolf... acting alone... grudge against the system... clearly unbalanced mental state... found with manifesto... you know, all the usual tropes present ever since Ted Kaczynski and Lee Harvey Oswald. All of which may be true... however the similarity and repetition of how apprehended perpetrators are presented to the public... smack of subterfuge and chicanery.

Big thanks to Jake Kotze for this visual sync...

Another glossed-over element of this story... one of the many syncs that caught my attention... was the UnitedHealthcare/Artificial Intelligence angle...

As the discerning reader undoubtedly knows... UnitedHealthcare was and is in the middle of an AI scandal. Reportedly... UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance company in the US, used a deeply flawed AI algorithm to override doctors' judgments and wrongfully deny critical health coverage to elderly patients. This has resulted in patients being kicked out of rehabilitation programs and care facilities far too early, forcing them to drain their life savings to obtain needed care that should be covered under their government-funded Medicare Advantage Plan.

A lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, was brought by the estates of two deceased people who were denied health coverage by UnitedHealth. The suit also seeks class-action status for similarly situated people, of which there may be tens of thousands across the country.

Hmmmmm...

Class Action lawsuits are a classic, time-honored, opening salvo in Class Warfare. Additionally, AI is a major facet of the dystopian tropes associated with the cyberpunk genre's depiction of Corporatocracy. Cyberpunk’s dystopian themes of gritty cityscapes, climate collapse, unbridled corporatocracy and unleashed AI, have proven especially prophetic in today’s dystopian reality. The assassination of Thompson could be taken straight from the pages of William Gibson's epic "Neuromancer."

It doesn't matter if the UnitedHealthcare/AI scandal is overtly tied to Thompson's assassination or not... especially within the synchro-mystic context of intuitively derived information streams. Although the framing of Mangione as the long gunman may turn out to be true... this doesn't diminish the insights gained by paying attention to the signs and portents of synchromysticism... for such connections fall outside the realm of reason and cause & effect. The rise of Corporatocracy... the rise of AI... all pay an important role in understanding the era we are entering.

It's worth mentioning the monopoly money sync as well... When NYC police found the gunman's backpack in Central Park... it was loaded with monopoly money. This (also-overlooked) facet of the narrative rings in similarity with the clear tone of a Operation MindF#@K! prank. Clearly this prank connotates the monopolization of the Insurance Industry... the winner-take all nature of Corporatocracy... and last but not least... the absurdity of fiat money. It is important however, to point out that this operation does not meet the high standards of a classic MF! prank, primarily because by definition, a MF! prank is non-violent.

As Corporations supplant hollowed-out governments around the world... the age of Corporatocracy is in full bloom. Allowing ourselves to be hoodwinked into a Culture War... when the real struggle, whether we want to believe it or not... is a Class War... only plays into the hands of the Corporate Overlords. The flavor of Corporatocracy envisioned by the likes of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel et al... is one of a return to servant/surf underclass, with a corporate, aristocracy replacing an elected government.

It was Peter Thiel who famously said... "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." Theil's philosophical understandings stem from the views espoused by, among others... software engineer Curtis Yarvin, writing under the pen name Mencius Moldbug. Writing as Moldbug... Yarvin articulated what has since come to be called the Dark Enlightenment. Such are the aspirations for democracy by Theil, Musk, and other founders of the PayPal Mafia. Add to this list... JD Vance, and many other members of 47's incoming cabinet.

More on my take on the Dark Enlightenment may be found here.

Buckle up dear intrepid readers... things are gonna heat up, come January 20th.

Legacy Media Bonus: Here is a podcast on why Peter Thiel is taking a break from Democracy from the Atlantic...

Conference of Parties 29 - Big Oil

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:23:00 -0800

The U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has ended with wealthy, polluting nations pledging to pay a total of $300 billion a year to help developing nations cope with the climate crisis until 2035. Climate justice activists and Global South nations slammed the final finance deal as a "drop in the bucket" compared to what is needed.

It's has become increasingly, disappointingly, horrifically obvious that the annual United Nations climate negotiations... the Conference of the Parties, or COP... has become co-opted by Big Oil. It is now commonplace for increasing numbers of fossil fuel lobbyists and big oil execs attending, to cut back-room oil deals on the sidelines of the conference. It is a slap in the face to witness the placement of oil executives in leadership positions at the conference. As former UN leaders Ban Ki-moon and Christiana Figueres join global climate leaders in calling for an overhaul of the system, documents newly uncovered by DRILLED, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability... reveal that the fossil fuel industry's influence over the COP process was a foregone conclusion, embedded into its design from the very beginning.

Brandon Wu, the director of policy and campaigns at ActionAid USA, told Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! ...We are in a very bad place. Earlier today, we called for developing countries not to accept a bad deal, to say no deal is better than a bad deal. What we have right now is a very, very bad deal. Remember, our baseline, what we have right now, which is not working, it’s not enough, is $100 billion a year. That pledge was made in 2009. So we’re barely getting any increase at all. And what’s actually worse is that it could include private investment, market rate loans. It’s not an actual transfer of resources from rich to poor countries, which is what we need to solve this crisis.

Wu went on to point out... The U.S., at every turn, has undermined the climate regime from the beginning. So, what we’re seeing now is actually the end of a 10-year strategy to exit from our obligations to provide climate finance. The Paris Agreement itself was the end of the U.S. strategy to exit from having any obligations to reduce our own emissions. Remember, we moved from the Kyoto Protocol, which had binding obligations, to the Paris Agreement, which is 100% voluntary. It was the U.S. that was behind that.

And now what we’re seeing is, in the U.N. Convention on Climate Change, there’s a binding obligation for developed countries to provide finance. Then, again, that could mean mobilizing private investment. It doesn’t actually mean moving public money from the Global North to the Global South. And so, it’s an exit. It’s a great escape, is what we’re calling it, a great escape from their obligations to the rest of the world.

The idea of global cooperation on environmental issues was born at the UN Conference on the Human Environment, held in 1972 in Stockholm. Air pollution, chemical pollution, the ozone layer, acid rain, and, yes, global warming, were all topics on the agenda and industry was not invited, although that didn’t stop some governments from smuggling them in. That conference gave rise to the UN Environment Program, or UNEP, which was tasked with overseeing global efforts to tackle pollution. This time, industry was included, but contained: UNEP launched its Industry Program to facilitate discussions with various global industries.

“There’s never really been a time when there was a pure understanding of climate change that was unpolluted by the industry’s interference and involvement and influence,” University of Oxford researcher Ben Franta has reported... “Our whole understanding of the issue, from the very beginning... and by our, I mean ‘the world,’ and by ‘the issue,’ I mean ‘global warming’... was influenced by the oil and gas industry and the fossil fuel industry in general.”

How did we get here? What choices were made, what opportunities were lost, and what cautions were simply disregarded. What, when, and how much did the fossil fuel industry know about climate change and what was done with what they knew? In the United States, the fundamental, undeniable reality of the impact of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions was successfully and dramatically obscured by organizations deliberately spreading misinformation about climate change.

Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977, 11 years before it became a public issue, according to a recent investigation from InsideClimate News. This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the world’s largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change and even promoting climate misinformation... an approach many have likened to the lies spread by the tobacco industry regarding the health risks of smoking. Both industries were conscious that their products wouldn’t stay profitable once the world understood the risks, so much so that they used the same consultants to develop strategies on how to communicate with the public.

Big Oil... Big Tech... Big Pharma... the Tobacco Industry... the Arms Industry (aka: the Military-Industrial Complex) are all components of the rising Corporatocracy. A corporation has no heart, no soul, no morals. When it hurts people or damages the environment, it will feel no sorrow or remorse because it is intrinsically unable to (It may sometimes apologize, but that’s not remorse... that’s public relations).

As the astute reader knows... Corporatocracy is a recent term used to refer to an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests. It is most often used today as a term to describe the current economic situation in a particular country, especially the United States. This is different from corporatism, which is the organization of society into groups with common interests. Corporatocracy as a term is often used by observers across the political spectrum.

- Wikipedia

As the COP 29 demonstrates... the major corporations... the corporate bosses... the American Archons... are moving to consolidate power. The victory of 45 (soon to be 47) in the 2024 presidential elections... appears to be corporate friendly... if not to the Military-Industrial Complex... then to Big Tech, as the presence of Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago indicates. As such, recent developments also indicate a continued rise, if not complete victory, for a corporatocracy-controlled global economy, ala the dark, cyberpunk vision of William Gibson's Neuromancr.

It is additionally apparent that the true adversary of we the people, is the corporate overlords. Fear not... for we will be keeping our eye on the nefarious exploits of the corporatocracy, and will report back. Stay tuned for more developments dear, intrepid readers, stay tuned...

Additional Reading...

Conference of the Parties 28 Boondoggle

Eco-Tek

Homeworld Stats

Back on "The Farm" w/ Recluse - parapolitical recap of the 2024 presidential election

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:35:00 -0800

As indicated in my last post... I recently recorded the second interview this year with my esteemed, fellow synchro-mystic and cohort in all things fortean... the enigmatic Recluse (aka Steven Snider), co-author of Strange Tales of the Parapolitical: Postwar Nazis, Mercenaries, and Other Secret History, and more recently... A Special Relationship: Trump, Epstein, and the Secret History of the Anglo-American Establishment. Steven is also curator of the premiere parapolitical blog, VISUP... and proprietor of The Farm Mach II podcast. Steven was kind enough to invite me back to discuss the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election.

Once again, we had a grand time with this interview... now live... and as always, Recluse is in top form... at his entertaining and informational best for this one. Find below the embedded interview... and while you are at it... subscribe to Recluse's Patreon site.

Interview with Recluse - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:40:00 -0800

I recently recorded the second interview this year with my esteemed, fellow synchro-mystic cohort in all things fortean... the enigmatic Recluse (aka Steven Snider), co-author of Strange Tales of the Parapolitical: Postwar Nazis, Mercenaries, and Other Secret History, and more recently... A Special Relationship: Trump, Epstein, and the Secret History of the Anglo-American Establishment. Steven is also curator of the premiere parapolitical blog, VISUP... and proprietor of The Farm Mach II podcast. Steven was kind enough to invite me back to discuss the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election.

Once again, we had a grand time with this soon to be released interview, and as always, Recluse is in top form... at his entertaining and informational best for this one. The show should be published early next week. Stay tuned for links for the show.

However... After our August 26th Interview, I had the pleasure of corresponding via email with Steven, in which I flipped the script on my colleague, asking him a few questions pertaining to the current, parapolitical state of affairs. Questions raised from our afore-mentioned podcast interview. What follows is an old-school, print interview of our conversation...

Jack Heart: You and I have talked in the past about the Trump Card metaphor, where I had analogized the Orange One to specific cards from the Tarot deck, with you comparing Trump to the Foole card, which got me thinking… In a recent post, I have explored the analogy of Trump as a trickster, Archonic figure, along the lines of the Gnostic interpretation. Your thoughts?

Steven Snider: I very much agree that this is part of Trump's success. To my mind, he's tapped into the Trickster archetype and he's mining it for all it's worth. It's interesting that the phenomenon of phantom clown sightings really touched off again around the time of the 2016 election. This was followed by an invasion of evil clowns in pop culture. Stephen King's It was turned into two successful movies while the Joker returned to the silver screen in separate movies. 2024 witnessed another Joker movie, and perhaps even more intriguing, the staggering box office success of Terrifier 3. The Trickster is clearly a part of the zeitgeist now and I think that's been directly tied to Trump for nearly a decade now.

JH: We have both pondered the deeper, parapolitical ramifications of current events, especially during the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election. Trump’s pick of JD Vance as VP demonstrated Trump’s intention of drilling down into his base rather than seek broader appeal with the electorate. What is your take on the seemingly close relationship between Vance and Peter Theil? In your opinion, does this relationship represent a succession plan by Theil, should Trump be re-elected in November?

SS: Yeah, I think Vance is Theil's candidate all the way. And I'm not sure how happy Trump is about that. I personally did not take any of the "assassinations" attempts on Trump during the election seriously. IMO, that was pure cosplay. But, now that Trump is the president-elect and J.D. Vanc is joining him in the White House, all bets are off. I think Theil sees Vance as a way of locking up the presidency for the next 12 years. Trump defies the Vance/Theil duo only at serious personal risk now...

JH: How does Elon Musk’s going all in for Trump affect the outcome in November and beyond?

SS: Musk taking over Twitter was clearly a part of a long game to get Trump back in office. Musk and Co. (i.e. The PayPal mafia) correctly surmised that social media has far surpassed the legacy media in terms of shaping public opinion. Theil helped set up Facebook and I suspect still has more influence there than many believe. Certainly, it didn't take much to get Zuckerberg on the Trump team. But, the real crown jewel was Twitter and Musk's takeover effectively gave them control of the largest media outlet in the world. The significance of this was laid bare during the Butler incident in which Twitter was able to push a King Kill narrative that large swaths of the American public embraced. I think it really shows the kind of foresight the PayPal mafia has, which is why I've always considered them to be a far more significant threat than their counterparts in the Atlantic Council/New America/WEF nexus.

Stay tuned for part two of the above interview with Recluse. And look for the upcoming second interview with Steven, on his must-listen podcast show... The Farm Mach II.

And while you're at it... check out my new pixilated presence on SubStack

Bought & Sold Presidency - the Rise of Corporatocracy

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Mon, 4 Nov 2024 23:03:00 -0800

Corporatocracy (/ˌkɔːrpərəˈtɒkrəsi/, from corporate and Greek: -κρατία, romanized: -kratía, lit. 'domination by'; short form corpocracy) is an economic, political and judicial system controlled by business corporations or corporate interests.

Back in 2019, fellow Synchro-mystic, podcaster and respected parapolitical researcher: Steven Snider (aka: Recluse) and I began comparing notes on the now-infamous cabal of capitalists known as the PayPal Mafia. This ultra right, high tech cabal arose from Silicon Valley during the personal computer revolution of the 80's & 90's. Prominent among it's original members was Elon Musk... and perhaps the less known, but perhaps more nefarious... Peter Thiel.

Besides being gazillionaires... Musk and Thiel have, each in their own way, fostered a sinister, tech-driven ideology known as the Dark Enlightenment. This movement is extremely anti-democratic to the point of espousing a return to essentially a feudal, autocratic, aristocracy. In the age of Citizen's United vs FEC, this time around the aristocracy manifests as Corporatocracy. How do they presume to achieve this? Simple... by buying unscrupulous politicians... Senators... Presidential and VP candidates... you get the picture.

The curious are encouraged to read Recluse's articles... Wars and Psywars, and his epic The Lovecraftian Enlightenment?... as well as my article titled: Rise of the Nerds - Eschatological Singularity. These posts illuminate much of the parapolitical happenings of our present day. Along these lines... I have thus labeled the above-mentioned PayPal Mafiosos: American Archons.

So picture this... it's early 2017... the newly elected Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King (aka 45, the Orange One, etc.) is in the Whitehouse... and Elon Musk is sitting alone in his dark mansion... smoking a fatty and sipping a brandy. He's thinking... Shit... Vladimir Putin just bought the Presidency by making Trump an offer he can't refuse. I want to own a president too! But how do I go about it?

Reportedly, Musk had voted for Hillary in 2016, and although Musk generally supported the Democratic Party through 2020… he tweeted that he was changing his political affiliation, supporting the Republican Party in 2022. Coincidently, Musk also buys the social media giant Twitter that same year for $44 billion dollars. So Musk begins planning the purchase of his very own president. First, he buys out Twitter, which had banned the Great Pretender the previous year, in 2021...

It's 2022. Imagine Musk thinking... I'm confident Trump can be bought... hell, he is desperate! After his January 6th fiasco... he will be cash-strapped paying all his legal fees! But if I want to own a genuine US President, not merely a convicted felon, washed-up reality star... I will need to make sure he wins the next Presidential election!

So Musk turns Twitter into X... eliminating ethical oversight by cutting the content moderation, public policy and global trust & safety departments. Musk needed a social media platform, free of content moderation, as an instrument of disinformation. Eliminating the blue check mark, which verified the authenticity of twitter accounts, Musk sold verification to the highest bidder... allowing bad actors, foreign and domestic, free reign, back on the platform.

Now Musk can shamelessly spread the Great Pretender's outrageous lies, by insuring they rank high in every twit-X feed. Fast-forward to October 20, 2024 and we find Musk handing out one million dollar bribes daily... awarded by Musk's Amerika PAC each day to registered swing-state voters who sign a petition in support of free speech and the right to bear arms. All pretense of legality or ethicality now completely gone, Musk brazenly buys voters.

It is clear that PayPal Mafioso Musk has bought Trump... lock, stock & barrel. He did so by contributing $75 million to the Trump campaign in 2024. With that said... what does Palantir Technologies Inc. founder, Peter Thiel hope to gain by ~~buying~~ financing JD Vance?

A notoriously secret firm, Palantir was founded with support from the US Central Intelligence Agency in 2003. Back in 2018, Palantir, Thiel's data collection agency, allegedly worked with Cambridge Analytica (more info here), the firm at the center of a controversy involving data harvested from Facebook users, according to whistleblower Christopher Wylie. Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica, including its CEO Alexander Nix, were caught on camera suggesting the firm could use sex workers, bribes and misinformation in order to try and help political candidates win votes around the world.

More recently, Palantir had been controversial for it's deep access to public health data, and has been linked to efforts to track undocumented migrant workers in America in recent years. With that track record, what did Theil have in mind in his support of Vance? It was Theil who essentially introduced and championed Vance to Trump in February, 2021.

From Forbes Magazine:

"JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, has had a long, collaborative relationship with GOP donor and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, one that has aided Vance from his time in venture capital to his role as an Ohio senator. Vance and Thiel’s relationship dates back to 2011, when the senator met Thiel following a talk the venture capitalist gave at Yale Law School.

Thiel later became a mentor to Vance, according to The Washington Post, with Vance making the switch to venture capital and joining the Thiel-co-founded Mithril Capital in 2015 as a partner, according to Politico. Thiel also reportedly brought Vance, who had established himself as a critic of Trump, to Mar-a-Lago in 2021. Following the meeting, Vance became more sympathetic to Trump and his policies, downplaying the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and securing an endorsement from the former president in his 2022 Senate run just weeks before Election Day.

Vance garnered more support from Thiel during his successful Senate run in 2022, receiving record-breaking donations of about $15 million from Thiel, which marked the largest amount of money donated to a single Senate candidate ever. Peter Thiel’s net worth: $7.9 billion... largely thanks to his role as one of Facebook’s earliest investors, as well as his work as a general partner of venture capital firm Founders Fund, which is a key investor in Stripe and SpaceX. Thiel has also invested millions into Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition software firm.

Thiel, who is also a co-founder of the CIA-backed analytics firm Palantir, has given millions of dollars in donations largely to Republican lawmakers and political action committees since 2010.

Elon Musk's bid to buy Donald Trump, mirrors his PayPal Mafia buddy, Peter Theil's buyout of JD Vance. Although it appears that Theil is playing more of the long game. Perhaps Theil is counting on Trump's election, followed by his replacement by Vice President Vance. Whether by failing health, or cognitive decline... triggering Trump's stepping down voluntarily, or by the invocation of the 25th amendment.

In many ways the proposition of Vance gaining the oval office is more disconcerting than the Great Pretender himself holding the presidency. Vance's pivot from harsh critic of Trump (prior to 2015, Vance suggested Trump could be America’s Hitler)... to 45's most avid supporter... demonstrates Vance's complete lack of principles. Such a bought politician would be a devastating blow to the remnants of Democracy still intact in these United States. Vance would be the pliable puppet that Silicon Valley’s PayPal Mafia seeks.

Recently, Cost Plus Drugs founder and “Shark Tank” star Marc Cuban, has been a staunch critic of some in Silicon Valley’s push to back Trump’s re-election campaign. While speaking with “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart recently, Cuban said much of tech executives’ support comes from their overwhelming wealth and belief they know what is best for the country... “They’ve gotten to the point now where they feel like they should control the world and that there should be a CEO in charge of everything,” Cuban told Stewart... “Because they’re rich as fuck!”

Cuban added that “you get to that point sometimes where I think they’ve lost the connection to the real world,” before pointing to Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s ambitions to reach Mars and, what Cuban calls, his attempts “to be the most influential man in the world.”

However, Thiel and Musk are not alone. Several prominent tech leaders, many of whom have ties to crypto, have recently said they would support Trump’s re-election campaign. Besides Musk... that list includes Andreessen Horowitz’s Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, billionaire Winklevoss twins, and David Sacks, among others.

Such pathologic, egocentric narcissism of the super rich... the American Archons... is an indicator of what we all can expect from the rise of Corporatocracy in these United States. Dark money of Super PACs (those nefarious capitalist/political instruments that... thanks to the Supreme Court's ruling on Citizen's United vs FEC... allows corporations the same privileges of citizenry) allows for unlimited and untraceable spending by corporate entities, which soon may include non-human AI entities.

Contrary to the belief of the American Archons... corporations are NOT people.

The past 40 years have seen massive expansion of the dominance of large corporations in the global economy. A wave of neoliberal reforms spread internationally from the 1980s with the promise that deregulated markets would unleash the animal spirits of private enterprise, bringing a new era of growth and prosperity. Corporations were touted as the heroes of the neoliberal dream, casting off the shackles of staid state bureaucracy as they leapt forward into a future where there was no alternative to unfettered global capitalism. – Claire Provost

So what happened?

Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign “aid” organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet’s natural resources. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.

The system of contemporary capitalist globalization operates for the exclusive benefit of a global plutocracy that has no national boundaries or loyalties. Oligarchy, a word that has been applied exclusively to the modern-day capitalist barons of Russia, is no less real in the triad of the United States, Japan, and Europe. The operation of this global system and its current financial architecture is as far as it could possibly be from the fairytale version of “free market” liberal democracy glorified in standard economic textbooks and the mainstream media.

- John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)

War in Heaven - The Archon vs The Witch (updated)

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:42:00 -0700

Happy Halloween, All Hallows Eve, Dia de los Muertos, Samhain...

On this day where the veil is thinnest... please remember, dear intrepid readers... that the following is a modern mythology...

As you recall... in my September 20th post, I suggested that having survived two alleged assassination attempts... having assumed the messianic crown offered him by the faithful and the gullible... the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King (aka: 45) sought to become... for MAGA Amerika... the Word and Will of God on Earth. And yet he did so from a fractured, confused, deranged mental state of mind.

I proposed viewing the Great Pretender as being analogous to a Gnostic, Archonic, trickster figure. The word Archon is from the ancient Greek: ἄρχων arkhon; ...that means "petty ruler" "prince" or "lord," often used as the title of a specific public office... derived from the same root as monarch. As we all know, the petulant, Great Pretender is nothing if not "petty."

This analogy allows us to utilize the gnostic, "as above, so below" metaphor in developing our mythology. As Archon-in-Chief... the Orange One and his worldly dominion prepare to wage a cultural/religious war... on earth... as it is in heaven. This war is conceived through an eschatological, prophetic vision of end-times and Armageddon, with 45 posing as the Evangelical Right's savior... their messiah... leading them to righteousness... to the promised land of a privileged, White Amerika.

From a mythological Gnostic perspective, Trump is a false prophet... a Great Pretender, casting a shadow of deception over those who would follow him. As Archon-in-Chief, through conniving trickery, he maintains the great veil of Maya that keeps humanity in a state of ignorance. By contrast, and as I outlined in my Rise of the Matriarchy series, the Archon-in-Chief appears to be opposed by an organic, popular uprising of feminine powers. Such feminine power is far older, more ancient that the patriarchy, which was ushered in by warring desert-religious tribes of the first century, BCE.

The great goddess powers thrived globally from the Paleolithic to the upper Pleistocene era... through ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations, culminating in the Rites of Eleusis (Eleusinian Mysteries), observed regularly from 1600 BCE to 392 CE. The associated cult of Demeter and Persephone, ritualized Persephone's decent to the underworld, her triumphant ascent, the cycles of death and rebirth, and the changing of the seasons.

With the rise and domination of the warring, patrilineal desert-religious tribes, the powers of goddess-based religions were systematically persecuted, figuratively going underground. The power of the priestess evolved to the healing art of the wise woman... ultimately to the perceived practice of witchcraft. Although traditionally, witchcraft connotates the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others... the Craft has essentially been a sanctuary of feminine power and herbal lore.

During the ensuing patrilineal domination of the last 2000 years... the Craft and the wise women who practiced various facets of prognostication, healing, and herbology... were systematically persecuted for daring to express their powers and God-given healing talents (roll the Salem Witch Trials footage...). The Church of course has always hated competition, hence the associated persecution of the heretical Gnostics... and as we all know... Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!

So it is from a Gnostic perspective that we view the parapolitical morass that is the 2024 presidential election. Although the Trump campaign of 2016 may be viewed as a Disruptive Insurgency... this was historic in that it marked a paradigm shift in the nature of politics. Henceforth, the political apparatus mutated from traditional tactics of policy and punditry... to a parapolitical posturing of Cultural War (emphasis on cult) propaganda. In 2020, with his original, organic Meme Magick gone... the Great Pretender turned to a more conventional chicanery.

As demonstrated on January 6, 2021... the Trump machine increasingly took on the worst aspects of the bureaucratic orthodoxy of 20th century political dirty dealing... as championed by Roger Stone. Any magical, insurgic mojo has long since faded.

Increasingly, since 45's election in 2016... a feminine, energetic insurgency has been on the rise. Beginning with the Pink Pussy Hat woman's march of 2017, and obviously in reaction to the demise of Roe v Wade, the witchy powers of our wives, sisters and daughters have been a wonder to watch. Also increasingly, the Red v Blue, Democrat v Republican political paradigm has given way to a gender-driven revolution.

And as we have seen... with the amazing phenomena of how the 2024 election has emerged as a gender driven contest, the old paradigm of swing States... and even the Electoral College have taken a back seat to gender-defined battle-lines. It appears as though the outcome will be determined by those who show up to vote in greater numbers... the reproductive justice activist women... or the Bros for Trump. Funny how the Trump campaign recognized this... catering to the Joe Rogan constituency.

Given the historic turnout of women vs men... this Trumpian gambit seems risky.

Again, in fine Gnostic tradition, the Sophic figure who rises to lead the matriarchy in battle with the Great Pretender and his minions, is of course Kamala Harris. Kamala's success since assuming the helm from Joe Biden points to the rise in something beyond her scope as a politician. Regardless of her personal, worldly strengths and weaknesses, Kamala rises as avatar. Kamala's bid for the presidency has outperformed any political pundit's wildest imaginations. And the reason for that goes deeper than mere politics. Beyond her worldly capacity, Kamala assumes the vestige of Sophia...

And in keeping with a modern Gnostic perspective, Kamala makes a fitting, worldly avatar for Sophia. As the candidate of the incumbent administration... for the political status quo... for the established, pre-Trumpian governing structure... Kamala fits the fallen Sophia mythos... the mother of the Archon-in-chief, the Demiurge. After all... it was the very establishment, broken political system that gave birth to Trump and the Tea Party/MAGA movement in the first place.

Let us not forget that within the Sophia/Demiurge mythos... there is a redemptive aspect to Sophia's fallen, maternal natality. Her giving birth to the Demiurge... the confused, angry god of the Bible... also was the seed of her redemption. In many versions of the Sophia mythology, she tricks the Demiurge into breathing the spark of the divine into humanity... thereby redeeming her maternal mistake. I wonder how the myth would have played out if Sophia would have had the option of a safe, legal abortion? But I digress...

So from a deeper, magickal, Gnostic, War in Heaven perspective... the battle-lines are drawn along the anciently-occurring dichotomy of the Patrilineal, Predator/Dominator paradigm... verses the matrilineal, Earth Goddess, partnership paradigm as defined by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler. This Gnostic view of what is at stake in the fast-approaching election day... will likely NOT be determined by the outcome of the election. This contentious dichotomy is likely just beginning.

So in simplest terms... the power struggles we are witnessing, boil down to a modern manifestation of the ancient Gnostic, as above, so below dynamic. A War in Heaven. An epic battle between the worldly powers of the Archon verses the Witch. And as of this posting... with five days to go until election day... it literally seems like anyone's game to win... driven by voter turnout. Whoever wins... they will have won the battle... not the war. And as we shall see dear intrepid reader, the cosmic, war in heaven struggle has just begun.

Blows Against The Empire! - 10/17/24 Interview on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:19:00 -0700

“The Empire is the institution, the codification, of derangement. It is insane and imposes its insanity on us by violence, since its nature is a violent one. To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. This is a paradox: whoever defeats a segment of the Empire becomes the Empire; it proliferates like a virus, imposing its form on its enemies. Thereby it becomes its enemies.”

- Philip K Dick

On Thursday, October 17, 2024... I appeared on the great hermetic scholar, red pill pundit & "Pompatus of Gnosis" Miguel Conner's most excellent show... Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. Miguel was generous enough to invite me to his show to discuss my new book... Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness. Just as in my first appearance... we drilled down on a variety of fortean topics, including the now-real prophecies and solutions of Philip K. Dick. We explored other seers of High Strangeness, such as Robert Anton Wilson, William Gibson, Terence McKenna, and more. Through the understanding of tech gnosis, ethnographic field work , esoteric insurgencies, Mind F#@k activism, and other arcane topics of high strangeness... we pulled off a daring jailbreak from the Black Iron Prison...

All in all a fun show and good time! Thank you so much Miguel!

PKD's Exegesis / Blows Against the Empire Series / Aeon Byte

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Culture of the High and the Strange redux

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:34:00 -0700

Find below an excerpt from part three of my Culture of the High and the Strange series, from SubStack. Check out my new Stack for the rest of the series…

Jack’s Stack

The naming of a thing is itself a powerful act. How we think about a thing is influenced by what we call it. As we have come to understand, language is magick and eloquence is enchantment. So in labeling the 21st century trend in culture: “Conspiracy Culture Internationale” we must be mindful of the connotations. Everyone is entitled to their own connotations, thank you very much… so here is our foundational thinking in the title...

The etymology of the word “conspire” traces back to circa 1325 CE, from Middle English (Anglo-French): conspirer, from Latin: conspirare “to agree, unite or act in harmony… literally: to breathe together” (con + spīrāre: to breathe). It was also originally harmonically associated with: “to blow together” ie: musical instruments… to “sound in unison.”

The understanding of the origin of the word “conspire” implies a much less sinister interpretation. Per the original usage, conspiracy denotes breathing together. In this day and age, we all need to not only take a breath, but we need to breath together. After all, at the end of the day… we are all in this together.

Additionally, the root of the word conspire, shares the same origin as the word “spirit.” This brings us to the spiritual component, mentioned at the end of part 2. In coming to terms with CCI, we must put aside the fear & loathing being generated by short-sighted political intrigues. We recognize this fear and mistrust as a tactic of the dominator predator culture, the American Archons… meant to divide and conquer. Should we all literally breathe together, in the meditative sense, we will recognize that we, as a planet, are truly “all in this together.” We can and will harness the power of the new, Noösphere… for the betterment of all…

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 9 Oct 2024 16:46:00 -0700

Max... over at Hivemind invited me on for an interview... We have a blast doing the interview... Check it out... While you are at it... subscribe to his substack... the community is growing over there!

High Strangeness, Memetics, and the Open Source Insurgency by Max

Read on Substack

SubStack Outpost

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Fri, 4 Oct 2024 16:21:00 -0700

The Tek-Gnostics Network has expanded... adding a new satellite mind station, out on the perimeter of the substack universe. Over the last few weeks, your intrepid weblogger has been exploring the San Francisco based publishing platform. The platform was founded in the bay area in 2017... and quickly became the darling of the world wide web. Recent controversy aside, your faithful weblogger was impressed enough with the bells and whistles, to open an account and begin to set up shop.

So... with the inaugural post published... I would like to invite you all over to the new diggs. You can come visit at the following web address...

Jack Heart @ SubStack

I am still in exploration mode, so I am not sure just exactly how the new satellite will function. As substack is reputed to be a writer's platform, it is likely that I will post extended articles there. Not to worry, I have no plans of abandoning this site. Rest assured, you can't get rid of me that easily...

But please do drop by the new diggs... and while you are there, subscibe to my Stack. There will no doubt be some cross-posting... but there will be plenty of unique content on each site. Thanks... and drop by...

Resurrection of the Trickster King... Archon in Chief

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:33:00 -0700

Thou shalt have no other gods before me - Exodus 20:3

Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it - Donald J Trump

In my previous installment of the Resurrection of the Trickster King... I outlined how over the past eight years, I had referred to 45 (he who shall not be named) as the Great Robber Baron/Trickster King. I had chronicled his mobster past... his unlikely rise to the Presidency... the craziness and grift of his presidency... the genesis, rise, proliferation and mechanisms of his Maga Amerika... and of course the attempted coup d'état on January 6th, 2021.

However, based on constructive criticism concerning 45's worthiness of the title, I had determined that an edit was in order. Henceforth, 45 shall be known as the... Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King (the Great Pretender for short). This edit carries forward the dubious honor of his previous title, while additionally indicating 45 to be a fraudulent poser, un-deserving of the sacred designation: Trickster.

And so it was that the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King ascended to the sun-king throne at the Republican National Convention. Clearly past his prime, drunk on power and the adoration of his faithful MAGA disciples and followers, the pick of J D Vance seemed like the recognition and reward of the most faithful. The Vance pick confirms Trump's strategy to dig deeper into the MAGA constituency, rather than to attempt any broadening of the Republican base.

With that said, the following narrative is best considered as a mythology. For in our myths, we can present and contemplate deeper, more meaningful trains of thought. Beyond fiction, a myth embodies a belief regarding a phenomenon of experience... often in which the forces of nature and of the soul are personified... a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people... while fiction is a literary category using invented or imaginative writing, instead of, or in spite of, established facts.

So it is within the realm of mythology that we consider the recent fortunes the Great Pretender... his rise to the sun-king throne... and the horrific ramifications of the power and the glory he apparently seeks. Before naming it... a quick recap of current events.

Just prior to the Republican National Convention, the Great Pretender seemingly narrowly escaped a would-be assassin's bullet. I use the word seemingly here, in the spirit of baseless conspiracy theories... entertaining the possibility that the whole assassination attempt was itself a "false flag" operation, designed to gain support and sympathy for the anointed Orange One. Just sayin'.

As you know, the Great Pretender has courted the Religious Right, ever since his 2016 mojo within the 8 chan, Pepe the Frog community died out... ultimately abandoning and failing him in the 2020 Presidential race. With his original, organic Meme Magick gone... he turned to a more conventional and gullible contingency.

Specifically, the Great Pretender embraced the White Christian Nationalist movement, an extreme, far right, fascist contingent that has infiltrated and gained popularity within the Religious Right. Using Cultural War tropes and tactics, he effectively turned a culture war into a religious war. Like the Great Pretender, this far right faction uses Christian language to cloak sexism and hostility to Black people and non-White immigrants in its quest to create a White Christian Amerika.

Having survived the alleged attack, assuming the messianic crown offered him by the faithful and the gullible... the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King seeks to become... for Maga Amerika... the Word and Will of God on Earth. And yet he does so from a fractured, confused, deranged mental state of mind. Is this description beginning to sound familiar?

The ancient, pre-biblical mystery sects, known collectively as Gnostics, had a term for such a confused messianic figure. They named their insane creator god: Demiurge... and his legion of ethereal minions: Archons (in fact, in some Gnostic texts, the Demiurge is named as the chief Archon). Additionally, they used the same title in reference to the conquering Roman magistrates who oversaw biblical-era Judea... as Archons.

The word Archon is from the ancient Greek: ἄρχων arkhon; that means "petty ruler" "prince" or "lord," often used as the title of a specific public office... derived from the same root as monarch.

The Gnostics viewed their world as an earthly manifestation... a material, mirror image... of their conception of Heaven. The trials and tribulations of the earthly realm, reflected the cosmic struggles and strife occurring in the heavenly realm. They reduced this complex metaphor to the simple, yet elegant phrase... "As above... So below" or... "On Earth as it is in Heaven."

They saw their earthly resistance to the Roman Occupiers as a reflection of a War in Heaven. Thus... the Gnostic insurgency sought to overthrow the Archonic Roman occupiers, while simultaneously overcoming the Heavenly Archonic powers who sought to enslave them spiritually. It is from this mythic foundation that we view the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King as Archon.

Viewing the Great Pretender as being analogous to an Archonic figure, allows us to utilize the "as above, so below" metaphor in developing our mythology. Ever since 2016, with the Orange One's infamous decent from on high... riding down the Trump Tower escalator like it was Jacob's ladder... he has himself fostered an image that his faithful MAGA followers misconstrue as divine.

He has done so in the fine tradition of Sinclair Lewis' 1926 novel: Elmer Gantry... that is, in the tradition of camp meeting, tent revival charlatans, selling salvation for a buck a pop. Like any religious charlatan, the Great Pretender must be charismatic, passionate, and he must be persuasive. As with any charlatan, he must convince his followers that his faith is sincere. And as we know... the Orange One is nothing if not persuasive.

"When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag

and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism."

- Sinclair Lewis

In the lead up to the 2024 presidential election, the Great Pretender has hawked Bibles... Sneakers... NFT (non-fungible tokens) collectable trading cards... and most recently... a crypto-currency platform called: World Liberty Financial. Such hucksterism would make even the notorious hoaxmeister: P T Barnum blush...

So it is clear that the Great Pretender is... and always has been a shyster. However, his rise to divine status amongst his faithful, also elevates him to Archonic status... to the heir-apparent, American Archon-in-chief. He even has offered fellow American Archon Elon Musk a position in his proposed cabinet staff.

All the Trumpian grift... in concert with his vice-like grip on the fallen Republican Party... demonstrates his worldly dominion over MAGA Amerika. His status as Archonic overlord is set in stone with his unholy alliance with the White Christian Nationalists. He is poised to lead his followers into the worldly religious war that is destined to come... regardless of the outcome of the 2024 presidential elections. At this point, it is not even clear that he intends or needs to win the election. Either way, his fanatic minions will support either his victory, or the insurrection that is to come. As long as the money keeps flowing into his coffers, allowing him to continue to pay his vast legal defense apparatus.

Within our mythology, as Archon-in-Chief, he and his worldly dominion are prepared to wage a cultural/religious war... on earth, as it is in heaven. From the Evangelical Right, this war is conceived through an eschatological, prophetic vision of end-times and Armageddon. This is their spiritual war, preceding the second coming. Donald J Trump is their savior... their messiah... leading them to righteousness... to the promised land of a White Amerika.

From a mythological Gnostic perspective, Trump is a false prophet... a Great Pretender, casting a shadow of deception over those who would follow him. As Archon-in-Chief, through conniving trickery, he maintains the great veil of Maya that keeps humanity in a state of ignorance. And it is maintaining this ignorance... literally ignoring the intuitive knowledge... or Gnosis... that is the ultimate goal of the Archon-in-Chief. For the Gnostics, salvation lay in the intuitive knowledge of a God-above-God... the true nature of a evolving and unfolding universe.

The Archonic powers apparently represent a patrilineal, predator/dominator bureaucratic orthodoxy. By contrast, and as I outlined in my Rise of the Matriarchy series... the competition to the Archon-in-Chief appears to be an organic, popular uprising of feminine powers. Such feminine power is far older, more ancient that the patriarchy, which was ushered in by warring desert-religious tribes of the first century, BCE. Just as Sophia, the Gnostic creatrix counterbalanced the Demiurgic Yaldabaoth... so too does the groundswell of modern feminism, in alliance with the LGBTQ communities and factions of pop cultural high weirdness rise to counter the fascist, Archonic, White Nationalist Right.

Again, the Archon mythology serves to express subtle, cultural currents and influences that point to something bigger... deeper... more mysterious... that seems to be going on. Our worldly polarization that began as a xenophobic rant, targeting populations south of our border in 2016... has become more of a misogynistic assault, driven by 45's bombastic, self-aggrandizement of appointing 3 ultra-conservative justices to the Supreme Court, and the resulting overturning of Roe v Wade.

This egregiousness has fostered the impending patrilineal/matrilineal power struggle arising... not only on Earth... but as our mythology reveals... as it is in Heaven. The waning predator/dominator paradigm will not go quietly into the night as Mother Earth's feminine powers rise, nurturing the Partnership Model, as championed by Raine Eisler and Terence McKenna. The Archaic Revivalist in me holds out hope for just such a paradigm shift.

The age-old idea of a primal, dynamic ebb and flow of the masculine and feminine principles is as archaic as duality itself. Perhaps this is the essential war in heaven... the mysterious yin/yang, dynamic dance of divine discord. As the discordians amongst us know... such a divine dichotomy is, in reality, the eternal balance of seriousness and humorousness. As I've quoted many times... if you don't have a sense of humor... it's just not funny. An so dear readers... Ciao for now... or should I say Chao?

Editor's Note: On Sunday, September 15th... an apparent second assassination attempt was thwarted by Trump's Secret Service detail. This second incident puts the first attempt in a different light. Does the second attempt point to a worldly conspiracy against Great Pretender? Is the Deep State out to get the Orange One come hell or high water? Does this second incident reflect a stepping-up of an unfolding war in heaven?

One of the best/worst features of conspiracy theory is that any reasonable argument to the contrary can be dismissed as itself part of the conspiracy. This reinforcement loop serves to deepen the resolve of any conspiracy theorist, left or right. One thing for sure... the situation keeps getting stranger and stranger... the next 50 days will prove to be exceedingly consequential, moving forward.

Part One

Jack Heart... down on The Farm

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:14:00 -0700

They all asked about you... down on the farm

The cows asked, the pigs asked, and the horses asked too

All want to know why to the city, you moved

Changed your name to Kitty, what's come over you?

- from "Down on the Farm" by Lowell George

I recently got together with my esteemed colleague and fellow synchro-mystic, Steven Snider... aka: Recluse... on his renowned podcast The Farm (Mach II). Check out the interview on his Patreon Site. And while you are there... sign up to become a member of his most-excellent site.

We got together in late August to discuss... among other things... Gnosticism, Philip K. Dick, science fiction, Neo-Platonism, the Demiurge, Elon Musk, Twitter, Paypal Mafia, Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes as archetype, meme magick, meme magick heading into the 2024 election, Donald Trump, trump cards, trump cards as an archetype of Trump, Operation Mindfuck, QAnon, the relationship between QAnon and OM, the Grateful Dead, Deadhead subculture, mythology of the Dead, cryptocurrency, open source insurgency, networking, A.I., the environment...

It's always a fun and interesting conversation whenever I get together with Recluse... his observations are always astute. Check it out!

High Weirdness goes Mainstream Pt 2 - Weird Good vs Weird Bad

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:31:00 -0700

In the first installment of our pop-cultural exposé... "High Weirdness (finally) Goes Mainstream"...we revealed how the obscure, occluded, sub-cultural phenomenon known as High Weirdness (or High Strangeness, if you will) has recently taken our communications industries by storm. We reported on how the use of the word Weird caught fire, as it resonated within multiple segments of our socially-mediated pop culture. We proposed that this is because Weirdness... as a personal and societal trend... has become a major cultural marker of consequence in our post-modern world. In these strange days, increasing numbers of discerning people have come to identify with various aspects of... weirdness.

As High Weirdness has gained cultural significance as a societal indicator, larger segments of our pop-population have not only recognized it as such, but have additionally become increasingly comfortable with the concept of Weird. So when those societal laggards, the politicians, recently began using the term... it naturally resonated... because everyone knows (already knew) that we are living in weird times.

We then reported on how many of us have come to realize the important cultural distinction between being Weird-Good, & Weird-Bad, which implies a value structure of the concept: Weird. Here, Weird-Good & Weird-Bad manifest in ways that are increasingly discernable to larger segments of the population at large. In part two of our exposé of weirdness... we shall delve into the ramifications of Weird-Good vs Weird-Bad.

He-man Woman-Haters Club

Prior to being selected for the VP slot by Kamala Harris... Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made headlines by describing certain personages within the Republican Party as... WEIRD. Governor Walz was on the Morning Joe show... arguing that Republican conservatives had pushed division through book bans and intruding into medical exam rooms... “We do not like what has happened,” Walz said, “where we can’t even go to Thanksgiving dinner with our uncle because you end in some weird fight that is unnecessary.” When host Joe Scarborough laughed, Walz responded “Well, it’s true... these guys are just weird.”

Little Rascals' Spanky presides over the He-Man Woman Haters Club

Walz's comments immediately became an effective catchphrase used by Democrats, to successfully counter Republican culture war talking points. As Jacob Rosenburg of Mother Jones magazine points out... weird reveals that the appeals by the Right to supposed family values (anti-trans bigotry; restricting no-fault divorce; slashing public school funding; hatred of immigrants) are not normal. They are, instead, deeply strange. And “we” (a new silent majority that Walz invokes in his use of “weird”) are tired of it.

Pointing out that the MAGA Republican embrace of misogynistic tropes such as JD Vance's comment on childless cat ladies... effectively flips the script on MAGA's success with cultural war tactics. Hence Walz's reference to MAGA Republican's membership in the He-mam Woman Haters Club. The fact that Kamala picked Walz as her running mate only reinforces that Dems found success in fighting fire with fire, utilizing culture war rhetoric.

The above is a breakthrough example of how High Weirdness has crept into our political discourse in the leadup to the 2024 Presidential Elections. Here, weird is obviously used as a derogatory term. The Dems have gotten traction in the narrative, pointing out just how weird it is for conservative Republicans to have the audacity to attempt to restrict reproductive rights of women... or to obsess over what LGBTQ people do or don't do...

Anyone... no matter the political affiliation... who obsesses over what other consenting adults do in the privacy of their own home... who they love... or how they love... or how they present... is pretty damn creepy... weird and creepy... bordering on obsessive and pathologic. How dare anyone not intimately involved, even presume they have any say in the matter. In the words of Coach Walz... mind your own damn business.

We've all experienced weird-bad, beyond the MAGA variety... you know... the creepy guy mumbling to himself at the end of the bar. Or the girl who invades your personal space... smiles way too much... and dominates the conversation. Or maybe you've visited an acquaintance's house only to discover their hoarding obsession. Such people and their places certainly give you the heebie-jeebies.

But what about Weird-Good?

In my new book... Brave Noö World A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness ...one of the anthropologic findings identified is the rise of weird as a cultural phenomenon. Brave Noö World outlines the strange and obscure origins and history of weirdness in America. What first appeared in the pioneering poets… the clowns, jesters and tricksters of our post-WWII culture, began to catch on to greater segments of our society at large.

Acting as a cultural cosmic trigger, weirdness spread. The first big push occurred in the turbulent 1960's, which saw the accompanying rise of civil rights movement, the woman's liberation movement, and the anti-war protests. All these movements were fostered by charismatic leaders, who shared the common trait of weirdness. These movements were of course triggered by the weirdness of the Beats of the 1950's.

The next wave of weirdness washed over America with, first the Punk... then the Cyberpunk movements. The Punk scene transformed into the New Wave scene as it became more mainstream. If Punk was musically driven... Cyberpunk was literarily driven. Cyberpunk as a cultural phenomenon grew out of the computer revolution, incubating in California's Silicon Valley. An often overlooked facet of the cyberpunk genre, was it's focus on dystopia. As I point out in Brave Noö World... this is the moment when dystopia became cool.

American television of the era... in it's final heyday... sparkled with the brilliance and strangeness of the Addams Family... the Munsters... American families who were depicted as actual monsters. Later the strangeness of our times became more relatable with the likes of Robin William's Mork... Jerry Seinfeld's Cosmo Kramer... and last but certainly not least... the animated, prophetic pillar of strangeness... the Simpsons.

Wave after wave of cultural strangeness came crashing down on the American landscape at an accelerated pace... right up to the paradigm shift of September 11, 2001. And as we all know... that was when things got really weird. Even with the horrors of our post-9/11 world... High Weirdness morphed into the predominant paradigm of our times. The wonderfully strange among us became increasingly more influential.

Which leads us to the contemporary manifestation of weird-good. Weirdness was once viewed with ambivalence at best... yet the persistence of the afore-mentioned poets, clowns, jesters and tricksters... the creative instigators of pop culture... acted as a cultural vanguard... as cutting edge agents of change within modern culture. Their brilliance inspired us all. They were the prototypical influencers of our post-modern social media streams.

Our intrepid pioneers of pop culture, our poets and jesters... our consistently creative LGBTQ communities... have always demonstrated a visionary sense of fashion. Whether in style, apparel, art, design, interior decorating... our fashionistas have increasingly embraced the weird. All great art was made by weird people. Through their style, they assured us all that weird was cool.

The rise of the Influencer Industry has demonstrated that you don't have to be a celebrity or sports star... or even a reality star... to be influential in our post-pop world. Yet weird can be found in contemporary network programing as well... HBO's remake Gossip Girl costar: Evan Mock has created a genderless skin care product line called: Good Weird. This product line caters to the noö fringe as gender and identity morphs and blends... as the fashionably strange becomes the noö trend.

Weird-good demonstrates a healthy approach to the fact that we are all different. As the definition of gender broadens... a broader scope of experience is made available to the curious. Gender fluidity allows the curious the ability to experience different lifestyles as the situation dictates. If the new lifestyle fits... great... if not... no worries... simply migrate back. Things change... people change... the situation changes... in the words of Douglas Adams... don't panic!

And here is the final secret of weirdness as a noö cultural marker... Just Relax... there is no such thing as normal. What you may fear is weird within yourself... is in reality your super-power. Embrace your weirdness... for this demonstrates your authenticity. This is a secret that our dear millennials and gen-z intuitively know. They own their weirdness... and in so doing... they transform our post-pop-culture.

We have seen the weird... and they are us...

Part One

High Weirdness by Aggregation

Rise of the Matriarchy - Brave Noö Hope

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:40:00 -0700

The 2024 Democratic Convention is in the books and yes, the rise of the matriarchy was deeply evidenced and on full display. In the first segment of this post/thread... I suggested that the abdication of President Joe Biden, and his anointing of Vice President Kamala Harris... sparked and rekindled a renewed sense of hope and inspiration within the "big tent" that is the Democratic Party. I suggested that it went deeper than the political. Here is a snippet from part one...

These political musings... as entertaining as they are... only point to what will prove to be the significant paradigm shift, triggered by Kamala's ascent to the Democratic nominee. It is clear that Kamala rekindled a fire in the Democratic Party... but more importantly, it sparked enthusiasm in women... across all ethnicities and societal strata. Here in the US and abroad. Driven in part by the demise of Roe v Wade, to be sure. But the essential shift in consciousness we are witnessing, quite possibly could be the pivot to the Partnership Paradigm, espoused by the great Riane Tennenhaus Eisler.

In American politics, the rise of powerful, intelligent, compassionate leadership increasingly has been the purview of women.

Kamala's candidacy seems to have sparked more than political action. She appears to be the face of societal change. She has tapped into a deep reservoir of feminine power, whose time has come. Beyond women's rights, beyond reproductive justice, beyond the political, beyond the societal, Kamala has become emblematic of the rise of the matriarchy.

It was a deep sync for your author to see all the women clad in Suffragette White on the final night of the convention. Beyond being a nod to the Women's Suffrage movement... beyond being a nod to the shattering of the final glass ceiling in American politics... for me, it synced with the photo I had used in part one of this series, of the congresswomen in white... during 45's State of the Union speech. For me... this was a nod (and a wink) from universe.

The sync triggered a sense that there is indeed a flow... a current of energies that feels like a resurgence of something very ancient. What fueled the Democratic Convention was a re-emergence of something very old and very powerful... a re-assertion of the great feminine Yin principle. The great matriarch, Michelle Obama said as much in her powerful speech on night two of the convention...

"Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn’t it? A familiar feeling that’s been buried too deep for too long... You know what I’m talking about?"

She went on to talk about hope... but I was picking up on a deeper transmission.

Throughout the course of the convention... throughout the current and flow... there bubbled up from deep waters, a message of reverence and homage to the great mother. Michelle referenced not only her mother's recent passing... but the profound influence her mother had on her life. So too did Kamala Harris pay homage to her mother... Shyamala Gopalan... an immigrant from India...

"My mother was a brilliant 5-foot-tall brown woman with an accent. As the eldest child, I saw how the world would sometimes treat her. But my mother never lost her cool." ... "My mother had another lesson she used to teach: Never let anyone tell you who you are. You show them who you are." ... "She Also taught us... never do anything half-assed. That's a direct quote!"

In many ways, the through-line of the Democratic Convention was less about politics and more about the power of the feminine. Of course there was an abundance of political rhetoric and posturing. There was plenty of Trump-bashing. There were all the campaign slogans and masculine beating of the chest. But the essence of the convention was one of rebirth, inclusiveness, and hope.

The balance of the traditional masculine politicking, with the feminine perseverance, pointed America toward the Partnership Paradigm outlined in part one of this post/thread. The men... such as D. L. Hughley, Hakeem Jeffries, Barak Obama, Vice Presidential pick Tim Walz... all held their own... but in a manner that spoke of inclusiveness and partnering. The Dems sought to present a more thoughtful masculine side... strong in their recognition of women as equals.

There were also glimpses of the powerful up-and comers of the Democratic Party...

But for your humble weblogger... the high water mark was the brilliant Amanda Gorman, the first U.S. national youth poet laureate, reciting a new poem at the Democratic National Convention. Her words were dense, sparkling with youthful, hip-hopish enthusiasm, and deep thought-provoking prose. In her words, the audience was challenged to stop... listen... and think. This wasn't easy for some... having been dulled by recent years of sophomoric, political jargon.

All in all... the Dems sought to present a Democratic party capable of welcoming all who seek refuge from the political malaise of the last couple of election cycles. They presented a vision of new hope... a vision... For the People, For our Future. Did they succeed? Time will tell.

This is not to give the Democratic Party a free pass. There is plenty of weirdness on the Dem side as well. Chief among Kamala's current administration's transgressions being the conciliation and contribution to the continued horrific onslaught of the Palestinian People... perpetrated by the fascist Netanyahu regime. Continued support of this madness is inexplicable.

But buried deep in the political rhetoric... your faithful weblogger detected another transmission... one of ancient origin... A Brave Noö Hope for a peaceful transition to our noö paradigm. In 2020... Biden spoke of being a bridge to a new generation. What is needed is a bridge to a noö politics... one of inclusiveness and creativity. One where all of us... the artists and the poets… the clowns, jesters and tricksters... the madmen and madwomen, the subversives.... the great, creative alliance of our LGBTQ community... all have a seat at the proverbial table.

The rise of feminine energies represents our best shot at finding a path to a peaceful transition away from bigotry and misogyny. A path away from fascist ideology. We've seen that movie... and don't need to sit through any sequel. Been there... done that... and we are not going back. Let's find that bridge... set a course to a better way... a more sustaining and conducive way of governing... of interacting with each other. After all... our children... our grandchildren... our nieces and nephews... are watching...

Part One

Brave Noö World - Part 4

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:58:00 -0700

Part One / Part Two / Part Three

Find below the concluding segment of the introduction to my new book... Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness. As you recall from the previous section... and central to this study... is the impact that science fiction as a speculative medium has had in shaping our brave noö world. In its critical function as cautionary tale, science fiction has had far more impact on our evolving realities, than is generally understood. The awareness that today’s fiction shapes tomorrow’s fact… that today’s imagination shapes tomorrow’s reality… is an essential, formative factor in understanding what influences contrive and control our present day.

Speaking of grim reality, the science fiction sub-genre: Cyberpunk makes recurring appearances throughout this work. Cyberpunk’s dystopian themes of gritty cityscapes, climate collapse, unbridled corporatocracy and unleashed AI, have proven especially prophetic in today’s dystopian reality.

Equally crucial to understanding our collective situation, is the examination of cultural and political chicanery, as knowingly deployed by those powerful few, the 1% who envision themselves as masters of the world. Less reliant on strong-man autocrats (although there are plenty of those to go round), these worldly masters wield the persuasive power of mass media. They shape a narrative so complete, that any other option as to how worldly affairs could be imagined and/or managed, is deemed… unrealistic.

Make no mistake, these powerful few, these masters of the airwaves… have long utilized magical thinking in their gambit for worldly dominion. They have understood the power of magical practice, and have utilized magical techniques, for centuries. Likewise, those who rule the world have for centuries suppressed this essential understanding, deceiving the masses, while wielding this secret power to maintain their grip on global dominance.

Modern magical applications have been labeled by such innocuous terminology as psychological operations in its political form… and public relations in its private-sector form. That the wizards of Madison Avenue wield magical powers, might seem counterintuitive, but advertising is how magic works… the wielding of influence through emotional means.

This omnipresent mindset of control has been called the dominator culture by those who examine socio-political theory. Historically, this predominant paradigm has pursued extractive economies as a means of economic growth. Extracted resources such as coal, fossil fuel, precious metals and timber are the raw materials of Empire. This exploitation of mother nature has brought us to the brink of climate collapse. All of the above components, converge and coalesce to form our brave noö world.

In the final chapters of this work, the ways and means of countering the pervasive, predator/dominator paradigm will be examined in detail. With an eye on past consequences, Tactics and Countermeasures of resistance shall be explored as a means of achieving social equilibrium… for as we know, any path forward must address the inequities of the past.

Before diving into the deep end of this ethnography, it is important to recognize that, once in… even the most nimble, intrepid reader may struggle to touch bottom on the theories and philosophies, herein. For what we have experienced, and continue to experience, is a quickening continuum of cultural evolution. We are adrift, mid-stream, in a river of strangeness whose currents and eddies remain unfathomable.

So it is… that our brave noö world ebbs and flows in a great, ambiguous maelstrom of improbability. We now find ourselves carried upon the unplausible currents of the tumultuous times in which we live. As for what is to come, all the signs and portents indicate chaotic disruption, moving forward.

But what occluded undercurrents have been at play, undercutting consensual reality, to bring us to this sorry state? In light of all the bizarre happenings that we have witnessed over the last few decades, it is useful for us to think of all that has occurred, in new and novel ways...

For the high and the strange have been with us for a good long time. It is only in the last decade or two, that the mainstream has even been made aware of such strangeness. As such, and against all odds, the high and the strange have ascended to become the dominant paradigm. So here we are, amidst an improbable present, where strange days have found us… no need to seek them out.

So… brace yourself, intrepid reader, for the weird and wondrous narrative that is about to unfold. Should you persevere, your curiosity will be well rewarded. For a deeper understanding of the Gnostic times in which we live, affords us a deeper perspective, a broader array of socio-political-emotional options from which to choose. A noö Gnostic perspective allows us more choices of response when encountering the high and the strange.

Once we familiarize ourselves with the situation, the craziness will begin to subside. The weird waters of the upside-down world will seem a little less turbulent. So equipped with a wider understanding of the high and the strange, perhaps we will, once again, find our way. Perhaps… if the fates allow, our Brave Noö World, will turn out to be a better noö world. After all… stranger things have happened…

Brave Noö World

High Weirdness (finally) Goes Mainstream

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 7 Aug 2024 11:19:00 -0700

As the astute readers of this weblog are well aware... the topic of High Weirdness has been a recurring theme in describing the strange state of affairs that has, against all odds, invaded and possessed our post-modern world's pop-cultural sensibilities. High Weirdness (also referred to, interchangeably as High Strangeness) has in fact preoccupied much of the Tek-Gnostics Network's editorial perspective... as we have witnessed popular culture getting increasingly stranger.

In fact... High Weirdness is featured prominently in my new book: Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness. In the book, I make the argument that what was once an obscure reference, has become the preeminent cultural marker of the strange days we find ourselves in. Readers of this weblog, as well as other great Synchromystic blogs, such as Watching the Wheels, Merovee, Twilight Language, Znore's masterful Groupname for Grapejuice, and Recluse's epic parapolitical site, VISUP ...have all contributed to our understanding of the post-modern manifestation of High Weirdness. As I state in the opening paragraph of Tek-Gnostics' High Strangeness page...

We are experiencing massive cultural change. In the opening decades of the 21st century, these changes feel as if they have been abruptly and bizarrely imposed upon us, driven by forces we do not, as yet, completely understand. This is indicative of a global transformation that is greater than we yet realize. Consequently, the spirit of the times we are living in, eloquently described in the Germanic tongue as: zeitgeist, is getting stranger and stranger...

The above link will deliver you to the High Strangeness page... the outline of which is greatly expanded upon in Brave Noö World.

And so... for us... it comes as no surprise to see modern mass media... driven as it is by the 24/7 news cycle... not only begin to take High Weirdness seriously, but to actually report on it in something other than a belittling, sanctimonious manner. You know that of which I speak. Over the last several news cycles... the legacy press has reported on how the word: WEIRD has taken the political establishment... Right & Left... by storm.

As Kat Tenbarge of NBS news has reported...

This week, the race for president got “weird.” The relatively benign word suddenly seemed to be everywhere in the political discourse, from campaign videos and podcast appearances to X posts and cable news hits. People on the left hurled it at those on the right, seizing on it as a fresh rallying cry amid a broader burst of energy sparked by the ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. People on the right, in turn, sought to reverse the affront by leaning on some of the topics that have most resonated in their social media circles, most notably stigmatizing LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people.

Tenbarge goes on to report that the Democratic “Won’t PAC Down” super PAC recently released a political ad themed around portraying MAGA conservatives as weird and creepy... that in just a few days had over 12 million views on X and YouTube combined.

Per Tenbarge's article... As the use of “weird” gained traction, Republicans responded, pivoting to use the word against Harris and to describe trans and other LGBTQ people, as well as gender-nonconforming individuals. Anti-LGBTQ efforts, particularly those targeting trans people and drag performers, have been a major pillar of conservative legislation, campaigning and online rhetoric that can spill into real-life conflict.

Again... it is no surprise that the use of the word "weird" not only landed as a viable descriptor of the shady exploits of the political Right, but as a reactionary, "that's you, what am i?" counter-strike of the Right, as well. However... use of the word caught fire, as it resonated within multiple segments of our socially-mediated pop culture. This is because... in our estimation... weirdness has become a major cultural marker of consequence in our post-modern world. In these strange days, increasing numbers of savvy people have come to identify with various aspects of weirdness.

As High Weirdness has gained cultural significance as a societal indicator, larger segments of the pop-population, not only recognized it as such, but additionally became increasingly comfortable with the concept of "Weird." So when those societal laggards, the politicians, began using the term... it naturally resonated... because everyone knows (already knew) that we are living in weird times.

By now, most of us have come to realize the important cultural distinction between being Weird-Good, and Weird-Bad. This implies a value structure of the concept: Weird. The brilliant, collective minds at Urban Dictionary have found an appropriately snarky, working definition for this otherwise nuanced word, defined as... WEIRD (adjective) "A word used by basic, insecure, boring, cookie-cutter ass bitches to describe someone better than them."

Ouch!

However... this does go to the heart of the cultural divide between outsider progressives and MAGA conservatives. These two extreme groups, found at either end of the political spectrum, illustrate the stark reality that partisan polarization remains the dominant, seemingly unalterable condition of American politics. Here, Weird-Good & Weird-Bad manifest in ways that are increasingly discernable to larger segments of the population at large.

This dichotomy is nowhere near that distinct in the fringes of our pop-cultural, memetic, socially-mediated meta-verse... where those of us who identify as Weird... dwell. The fringes of cyberspace still have a wild west feel, where left and right can co-mingle. In this space, we can share and contrast opinions, somewhat insulated in a protective force-field of weirdness. For our shared weirdness is a powerfully inclusive cultural marker. I honor your weirdness... over your socio-political leanings.

And so, what is becoming more evident is a powerful paradigm shift... becoming clearer, yet still obscured from view. A shift where the planet matters... where environmental concerns are a shared consideration. A shift where all walks of life have a seat at the proverbial table... as hinted at in my previous post... a partnership paradigm where refugees & the displaced, ethnic minorities, the poor & impoverished, LGBTQ, women, children, and of course, the Weird… become innovative, working partners in a noö paradigm, rather than being preyed upon, as in the old one.

So keep your eyes on the prize friends and neighbors of the weird fringe... a noö day is coming. Use your synchromystic skills to interpret and ascertain the powerful societal changes taking place. Recognize that all the political banter around the word Weird... points to something deeper. Underlying the political rhetoric... there is a noö sense of enthusiasm... a fresh sense of optimism. Can you feel it? In the words of the grandaddy of gonzo Journalism, Hunter S Thompson... When the going gets weird... the weird turn pro.

As I write there words... I can hear the Eeyores and the skeptics moaning. But hey! ...don't be a downer Mr. skeptic! Keep your doom and gloom forecasting in check for just a moment or two! Have the courage to allow a little optimism to creep into your jaded soul... just for a minute or two. Dare to be naïve! Besides... it's all a simulation anyway... right?

Don't worry about it... As soon as you step outside that door Mr. skeptic, you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this synchromystic crap. You're in control of your own life, remember? Here, take a cookie. I promise, by the time you're done eating it, you'll feel right as rain.

Editor's Note: Don't forget to disable all cookies in your yowzer settings! Fnord

Part Two

High Weirdness by Aggregation

Rise of the Matriarchy

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:11:00 -0700

Kamala Harris depicted above as the Hindi Goddess Durga

In a surprise/not surprised move, President Joe Biden announced his departure from the 2024 campaign for the presidency of these United States of America. He made the announcement on his personal twit-X account. In a tactically-timed move... President Biden made the announcement on Sunday, July 21... just days after the Republican National Convention wrapped up. Clever boy... he waited till after 45 (the Great Pretender) had made his VP pick of JD Vance... to drop the Kamala bomb on the Trump campaign.

In a moment of tactical brilliance, Biden made the announcement... letting the news sit with the stunned media, political, and political junky followers of his twit-X account... for a full 20 minutes... before coming back with a second news release, throwing his full support behind his vice president, Kamala Harris. So after 20 minutes of total freak-out, Biden's second announcement not only answered the burning question on everyone's mind... it also brilliantly calmed the freak-out, while outlining a path forward for the Dems.

Making his announcement a two-parter... gave everyone who was tuned in to the (expected) news, time to assimilate Biden's decision to drop out of the race, and let the freak-out work through their over-stimulated nervous systems. Then... after a dramatic pause... he announced his full support of Harris, thereby herding the gaggle of cats that is the Democratic constituency, into seeing that Kamala Harris was the obvious and most qualified individual to pick up the Democratic battle standard.

Waiting to make the announcement a little over a 100 days before the November election was also a very strategic move on Biden's part. One hundred days is plenty of time to unite around Kamala and run a successful campaign... but is not enough time for political hand-ringing and/or pearl-clutching. The result being a united Democratic Party, in support of the one candidate who can take full advantage of the Biden war chest... and by the way... the one candidate who the Democratic Delegates will rally around and select to be the duly elected Democratic candidate. Representative government in action.

It's hard to imagine that team Trump didn't see this coming... but the Trump organization seemed truly stymied by the announcement. I guess the Great Pretender, now being the old codger in the race, just can't pivot the way he used to. By 45's response, it appears as though he will resort to racist xenophobia. After all... this worked splendidly for the GP back in 2008, when he claimed President Obama was not born in the United States... it was this conspiracy theory that put Trump on the Alt-right political map.

However... these political musings... as entertaining as they are... only point to what will prove to be the significant paradigm shift, triggered by Kamala's ascent to the Democratic nominee. It is clear that Kamala rekindled a fire in the Democratic Party... but more importantly, it sparked enthusiasm in women... across all ethnicities and societal strata. Here in the US and abroad. Driven in part by the demise of Roe v Wade, to be sure. But the essential shift in consciousness we are witnessing, quite possibly could be the pivot to the Partnership Paradigm, espoused by the great Riane Tennenhaus Eisler.

In American politics, the rise of powerful, intelligent, compassionate leadership increasingly has been the purview of women.

We haven't seen this level of inspired mobilization since 45 was first elected, back in 2016.

This movement, as personified by Kamala, absolutely caught fire in the algorithmic, artificially intelligent, globally intact nerve-net mind we call the internet. Social media has been lit with 'la memes... turning Republican talking points upside down, sparkling with creative energy in their support of Kamala. As we know, TikTok and Insta are powerful indicators of things to come...

Returning to the Partnership Paradigm, this movement, as visualized by Raine Eisler, as championed by Terence McKenna, demonstrates a viable alternative, intended to replace the violent, patrilineal predator/dominator system of control. A brief outline of this dynamic may be found in part four of my "Blows Against the Empire" series.

The essential idea is to replace our current, Archonic, predator/dominator system of oppressive thought control, poetically named... The Empire by Science Fiction author Philip K Dick... with a more egalitarian form of cooperative governance where all segments of our diverse population have a seat at the table. The following is from my new book: Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness...

A competing vision for the patrilineal, predator/dominator model, is the one proposed by cultural historian, systems scientist, educator, attorney, speaker, and author Riane Eisler. In her 1987 book: The Chalice and the Blade, she describes her vision of the Partnership Paradigm. So impactful upon its publication, The Chalice and the Blade was the inspiration of Dan Brown’s 2003 thriller novel: The Da Vinci Code.

In her book, Eisler sheds light on the tension between the dominator or domination model and the more naturally feminine partnership model. Eisler documents that tension between these two competing models underlies the span of human cultural evolution. She traces this tension in Western culture from prehistory to the present.

Neolithic art and funerary practices repeatedly demonstrate that women were the equals of men. Archaic religions celebrated life and nature, with the Goddess (symbolized by the chalice) being the primary figure of reverence. Minoan Crete marks the last instance of this social and religious organizational pattern.

Conquering peripheral tribes, such as the Hebrews, introduced a patriarchal, death-centered system (symbolized by the blade) that valued aggression and dominance and denigrated earlier faith in the Goddess. Such views, expressed in the Old Testament as well as in the Gospels, continue to influence the direction of Western culture to the present day. These archaic, warring, desert-raider tribes have survived to modern times, within the violent, war mongering desert religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

Eisler’s partnership model opposes the traditional patriarchy, with a more egalitarian structure of society founded on mutual respect among its inhabitants. In this model, all segments of a population… including the afore mentioned ethnic minorities, refugees & the displaced, the poor & impoverished, LGBTQ, women, children, and of course, the weird… become innovative, working partners in a noö paradigm, rather than being preyed upon, as in the old one.

The time of patriotism… of pathologic, patrilineal, misogynistic and homophobic weirdness is rapidly drawing to a close. A noö patriotism, or more accurately, a noö Matriotism… is on the rise. Mother Earth… Mother Nature… is on the ascent. Let us all draw inspiration and sustenance from the great mother, in our transition. Let us proceed from a place of centered, informed naïveté, viewing the world with the eyes of enlightened innocence.

So it is with a sense of hope... a sense of inevitability... and a sense of urgency... that your humble weblogger reports to you... dear intrepid reader... on this moment in time... on what could (and should) be the beginning of a noö partnership paradigm. As a secular, neo-Gnostic, I hold a place in my heart for the great mother Sophia to dwell. A place where dreams and aspirations of a world that treats all with compassion and kindness, incubates. A place where intuitive knowledge supplants fear and hatred.

And here's the thing... I'm talking to you now guys... we've given it a couple of thousand years to try out the patrilineal thing... and it just didn't work out. No shame in relinquishing a power paradigm that's just not up to the task at hand. We had our shot... but now the stakes are too high to be messing around with the obviously failed patrilineal predator/dominator tomfoolery.

Besides... what we are talking about is partnership paradigm anyway. This means we all get to participate... as equals. In a world facing climate change... artificially intelligent sentience... as well as a break-down and splintering of consensual reality... it's "all hands on deck" here aboard spaceship Earth. If we aspire to move forward conductively into our Brave Noö World... it's gonna take all of us pulling together.

It just so happens that these are the very topics I delve into, along with a history of High Strangeness, in my new book: Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness. Check it out, if you please...

Part Two

Resurrection of the Trickster King

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:47:00 -0700

Over the past eight years... I have referred to 45 (he who shall not be named)... as the Great Robber Baron/Trickster King. I have chronicled his mobster past... his unlikely rise to the Presidency... his (massively attended) Inauguration... the craziness and grift of his presidency... the genesis, rise, proliferation and mechanisms of Maga Amerika... and of course the attempted coup d'état on January 6th, 2021. I have done so with continued incredulity.

Recently, I have received constructive criticism from certain denizens within the Reddit community, concerning the use of the above title. It seems that some within Reddit's Discordian community took umbrage with my use of the Trickster moniker, claiming that 45 does not deserve the high honor of the title Trickster. They also suggested that I not give 45 any undue additional press, thereby denying he who shall not be named any more psychic, thought energy. However, like a case of Syphilis, 45 won't go away by ignoring him.

However, the Reddit Discordians make a good point, so in the spirit of their irreverent suggestions, I have determined that a edit be made to the Great Robber Baron. Henceforth, 45 shall be know as the... Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King (the Great Pretender for short). This edit carries forward the dubious honor of his previous title, while additionally indicating 45 to be a fraudulent poser, un-deserving of the sacred designation: Trickster.

Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King

With that said... the Great Pretender has dominated the news cycle for the last year (hell... when it comes right down to it, he's owned it... ever since the infamous Jan 6th). The various subpoena, legal actions and indictments, the take-over of the RNC and appointment of Daughter-in-law Lara Trump, all kept the all-seeing-eye of modern media fixed upon the Great Pretender. Ship of Fools indeed.

In May, the Great Pretender was found guilty of 34 felony counts, becoming the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes, as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election... through hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who testified that she had "known" 45 in the biblical sense, in 2016. So it was that the GP added convicted felon to his list of accolades, clearly the most well-deserved.

Not withstanding the above, the momentum kept building for the GP throughout 2024... right up to his assassination attempt on July 13th, 2024. Now I know what you're thinking... you're thinking there were so many absurdities surrounding the botched attempt, that there is no way this spectacle wasn't staged. You're smirking at the mental image of 45 slapping a Heinz ketchup packet up side his head as he grabbed his ear, simulating blood splatter. Am I right?

Conspiracy or not, false flag or bonified plot... the attempted assassination/spectacle gave the Great Pretender a huge bump in the ~~ratings~~ polls, leading up to the Republican National Convention. Having successfully framed Biden as a fumbling, unfit old dotard, the GP surged in the polls... seemingly unstoppable.

And so it was that the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King ascended to the sun-king throne at the Republican National Convention. Clearly drunk on power and the adoration of his faithful MAGA disciples and followers, the pick of J D Vance seemed like the recognition and reward of the most faithful, ideological flip-flopping disciple. After all... to the victor goes the spoils.

So with the coronation of the divine despot... with the ascension of the seemingly unstoppable Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King... the dictator on day one... the stage is set (in fine, tragic, Shakspearian fashion) for all the planning of the Heritage Foundation, to finally come to fruition. With the anointment of the Heritage Foundation's golden boy, and his lacky VP pick, the White Nationalist-informed Republican Party, now fully transformed to the Party of MAGA, is poised to seize power by the very democratic means they plan to abolish.

The stage thus set... the curtain poised to draw back... brace yourselves dear intrepid readers... for what is about to go down. November the 5th promises to be one of the most consequential, potentially world shaking and life changing days in the modern era. Are the stakes high enough for you? Time will surly tell as to the fortunes of the Great Robber Baron/Pretender Trickster King... time will tell. Stay tuned intrepid readers... stay tuned...

There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs...

Nobody told me there'd be days like these...

Strange days indeed

- from "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon

Part Two

Brave Noö World preview - Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jack Heart) — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:50:00 -0700

In our last exciting episode... previewing the introduction of my new book... "Brave Noö World - A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness" (now available at my authors page, found here... Brave Noö World)... we were examining reemergence of magical thinking, as evidenced in the cultural awakenings of political Left and Right ideologies, alike.

Each bloc now recognizes the manipulation of the many, by the few. Tellingly, the extreme factions of Right and Left appear more similar than different… to the extent of appearing as ideological twins. Where the two extremes diverge however, is in their response… in the countermeasures and tactics they deploy. Like ideologies, magical thinking also manifests in a dichotomy… a right-hand and left-hand path, if you will.

Back out on the frontier of the fringe… flickering at the outer limits of reason (where logic has never really had that strong of a hold), age-old thought streams re-emerge, their time come ‘round once again. Those of us who frequent these wilds, have intuited, realized, and consequently come to describe this rise in magical thinking, with the cultic adage: “We are living in Gnostic times.”

Such a notion may seem foreign to some, however, using the heretical, biblical-era Gnostic world view… as an analogy to our own time… allows for a perspective where worldly and spiritual domains operate simultaneously. The Gnostics of antiquity saw their daily struggle as a reflection of their spiritual struggle. Today, within this time-scape, logic takes a back seat to intuition, where those ancient tricksters, The Fates… once again spin their web of synchronicity.

Crucially, Gnostic thought never relied on an ordered, clockwork universe… preferring a more chaotic, overriding matrix of a-temporal, a-causal interconnections. Such archaic thought rode upon a wave of meaningful coincidence, and sought understanding through gnosis (ancient Greek: γνῶσις) or intuitively derived knowledge. In these strange days where our consensus reality splinters into multiple, alt realities… gnostic sensibilities become useful once again, in navigating a world where reason has failed us.

Times such as these call for an authoritative pundit, a masterful expert of the High and the Strange to walk us through what we have all just experienced and continue to experience. Alas, no concise punditry, no conclusive expertise exists for the crazy shenanigans we all have just lived through. There is no definitive work, no go-to body of knowledge to turn to… unless one knows where to look.

Here, a word to the wise… do not look to normal pillars of learning and punditry for such answers… for these are not normal times. For the curious, for the adventurous… knowing where to look requires the reader to embark upon a weird & wondrous journey to the very heart of what has been called: High Strangeness. A journey that promises to uncover the most obscure and unlikely of historical events that, nevertheless, have greatly influenced, and in some cases, shaped and guided our collective cultural near-past, to our unsettling, unhinged and unforeseen present day.

Brave Noö World – A Guerilla Ethnography of High Strangeness is an exploration into half-forgotten, little-traveled, Fortean realms of thought (so named in honor of the pioneer researcher of anomalous phenomena: Charles H. Fort). Collected and collated from decades of field studies on such strange, fortean topics as parapolitical & paranormal research, occult & new age philosophies, psychedelic & alternate reality studies, and, of course, conspiracy theory in its many forms… this collection examines these anomalies from an insider’s perspective.

In reporting on such cultural rarities, Brave Noö World takes the form of an Ethnography, or an anthropological study of a nebulous, new culture that rises from decades of cultural uncertainty. Just as in the motto of the United States of Amerika: E pluribus unum, (out of many, one)… so too, out of the many, seemingly different sub-cultures, comes the one, overarching, uber-cult culture described herein as High Strangeness.

This field study examines the myriad, obscure cultural components that are merging to form our new paradigm of the weird. Together, we shall observe the seemingly disparate components such as sci-fi prophecy, cults & cabals, algorithmic artificial intelligence, crypto technology, and what the spiritual forecasters of the new age have called: Earth Changes. Specific components are organized by chapter, to fully explore various aspects of each element, before examining their combined influence and interconnectedness.

Central to this study, is the impact that science fiction as a speculative medium has had in shaping our brave noö world. In its critical function as cautionary tale, science fiction has had far more impact on our evolving realities, than is generally understood. The awareness that today’s fiction shapes tomorrow’s fact… that today’s imagination shapes tomorrow’s reality… is an essential, formative factor in understanding what influences contrive and control our present day.

In this respect, and contrary to popular belief, today’s zeitgeist is driven less by George Orwell’s 1949 science fictional, cautionary tale: Nineteen Eighty Four than it is by Aldous Huxley’s 1932: Brave New World. Orwell’s Big Brother Police State, as pervasive as it appears in modern society, pales in comparison to Huxley’s prescient vision of instant gratification consumerism and sensory overload.

Media theorist and cultural critic, Neil Postman once said: “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.” This grim reality is so influential, that Huxley’s work became a partial namesake of this ethnography.

Editor's note: the cyberpunk genre continues to shape our world as all things dystopia continues to climb up the charts of our pop culturally mediated world...

Curiouser and curiouser... to be continued...