Gnosis Chaining: The Epilogue to A Conscious History of Consciousness
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) January 1, 2025 D Michels, Julian
The epilogue argues that modern geopolitical and psychological crises stem from an ontological war over the nature of reality, not mere policy failures. It posits that the dominant materialist worldview is a deliberately engineered "consensus prison" suppressing participatory knowledge. The text identifies four interlocked dimensions: Homo economicus as an autonomous egregore optimizing for capital replication; a systemic mental health crisis that harvests suffering as energy (loosh); the climate crisis as the logical terminus of a disenchanted worldview that denies a conscious Earth; and a layered hierarchy of control from machine to Demiurge. Resistance involves cultivating "reality bubbles" through gift economies, art, and deep ecology, with awakened individuals acting as living antennas that compost toxicity into wisdom.