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In 2023 Marvel has released a gnostic christian allegory. No not on Disney+, or in a comic, because the comic has been out since 1972. Its Guardians and the Galaxy volume 3 which is based on a 1972 ...

Hermeticism is a philosophical and esoteric system based on the teachings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a mythical ...

Having read the Gospel of Thomas, I believe that it is a mystical fiction, not an inspired writing. It gave me a glimpse into why Gnostic books featuring incoherent and alternative beliefs have been ...

Christopher Summerfield’s book “These Strange New Minds” offers a lucid intellectual history of AI and argues that chatbots are more than clever copycats. Joshua Hammer’s “The ...

This is the third in a series.] The intentional denial or erasure of African achievements played a crucial role in ...

March 19, 2025 • Russell has published excellent short story collections since her 2011 debut novel Swamplandia!, but this is her first novel in nearly 15 years. It follows a "Prairie Witch" in ...

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