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gods, polytheism, suffering, theodicy
In praise of polytheism
11.25.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsJason Pitzl-Waters linked a few days back to an LA Times article by Mary Lefkowitz arguing that we’d all be better off going back to worshiping the Greek pantheon. Not too long ago, I read John Michael Greer’s book on polytheism, A World Full of Gods, an apologetics of sorts for the pagan community. Standard […]
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empire, evil, gnosticism, gnostics, theodicy
The empire never ended
I finished up Philip K. Dick’s freaky book VALIS last night. It’s gnostic, and if there’s anything consistently true about Gnostic writing, it’s that it’s freaky. “Phildickian” gnosticism does not disappoint on that account. There’s the VALIS—the Vast Active Living Intelligence System—which controls the world and even creates it. There’s the Black Iron Prison, which […]
