Teaser for 'Comic Book Heroes As Our Gods & Saviors' 10/08/2011

COMIC BOOK HEROES AS OUR GODS & SAVIORS MAIN

Topics Discussed:

--The reality comic books and their superheroes have been around since the late medieval times.
--Why such negative concepts as fascism and eugenics are commonplace in the comic book industry.
--pre-comic book thinkers that influenced the genre like Blavatsky, Crowley, Lovecraft and others.
--What is the future of esotericism in comic books, especially with their popularity growing because of movies and video games, as well as the growing nihilism of their fanbase.
--Gnostic themes in overlooked comic book series.
--The archetypal and psychological reasons comic book heroes have been popular for many generations now.
--How even comic books have been censored throughout history.

And much more!!!


Our rebroadcast is Aeon Byte #54-- Gnostic Writings and Attitude on the Soul with Andrew Phillip Smith, editor of The Gnostic 4 (and the first three issues), as well as author of  The Gnostics, Gnostic Writings on the Soul, The Lost Sayings of Jesus, and A Dictionary of Gnosticism. One of the most important themes in Gnosticism is the fall of the soul into filthy matter. It is our story. Two of the most beautiful, graceful Gnostic Scriptures that deal with this tragedy and redemption are 'The Hymn of The Pearl' & 'The Exegesis of the Soul'. We explore each of them as well as the mysteries of the soul.

Next week we deal with one of the most important and permanent stages of your existence: The Afterlife. We explore the various concepts in different religions across the globe and history, whether it's reincarnation or a heavenly reward. Some are just rather bizarre to our Western sensibilities. We even take a look at the secular attitude that has no worries about life after death. And of course we see what the Gnostics thought, although this week's rebroadcast answers a lot of those questions. Our guest will be Our guest will be Acharya S./DM Murdoch, author The Christ Conspiracy, Suns of God, and Who Was Jesus?

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