Gnosticism Reloaded

[Dave Monroe]

Missed it sleeping off my Thursday night spin/a
couple-three rum 'n' tonics ("Don't knock it 'til you
try it!" reads an early 70s Playboy ad; perfect summer
drink, until you have to function again), but ...

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1264976

Now, without having yet seen The Matrix Reloaded
(which is in line after Nowhere in Africa and, er,
Down with Love ...), the gnosticism angle has been a
topic 'round these parts for some time.  "reality" as
illusion, a "real" reality "behind" it, yr demiurge,
what have you.  But my take on the franchise is that,
ultimately, its appeal lies in precisely the fact
that, no matter how screwy/scary the "real" world
"behind" the "illusory" one is, it's gotta be more
interesting than fliiping burgers ...

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
>
> Heard a piece on NPR this AM reflecting on the
> parallel between the worldview put forth by the
> Matrix films and that of Gnosticism.... 

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