1st Generation of The New Aeon

PARALLEL PERSPECTIVES

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1st Generation

Mission Statement

The Gnostic Pagan School of New Aeon Philosophy has discarded formal organizational structure. Although the term "School" is aligned with the traditional Gnostic definition of a specific Gnostic sect (in our case "Gnostic Pagan"), the term is inconsistent with our goals & worldview. Gnostic Pagan “Project” will replace “School” in future documents.

[NOTE: We have severed ties with the “New Aeon Socialist Movement,” and no longer support the viability of political action based on a hybrid socialist/ “spiritual” organization.]

The history of the world has clearly demonstrated that once “Spirituality” is codified into an organizational structure, it begins a downward process, obscuring its original insights (if any), creates an authoritarian hierarchy, and increasingly erodes individual freedom of thought.

The worst effect of Organized Religion/Spirituality/Occultism is its inevitable propping up of the anti-humanist values of the capitalist host society—not to mention leeching the economic & moral resources from its believers .

People really don’t need organized Churches, Mosques or Temples or clandestine conspiracy theories & other spiritual propaganda in order to explore the multidimensional aspects of human nature. Organized Religion (& this definitely includes forms of Occultism & “Self-help” reactionary nonsense such as Scientology, Ascended Masters, etc) represents 3 steps backward in evolution. The human condition would be a happier & much more pleasant experience without ANY form of organized religion.

REVIEW: FANTASTIC REALITY

One of the central themes of the Gnostic Pagan Tradition was to promote the multidimensional or trans-physical nature of reality, as well as its possible interaction with the collective or political arena . Over the course of our work online, we have noticed that most readers or visitors to this site tend to fall into 1 of 2 major categories: They are either primarily interested in metaphysics—or they’re not. Likewise readers interested in progressive politics usually aren’t into metaphysics. Naturally, as an on-going publishing concern, we’d rather not lose either audience if possible; hence the realignment of information under the heading 1ST GENERATION: PARALLEL PERSPECTIVES.

PARALLEL PERSPECTIVES has replaced “Gnostic Communications” as our business name & accurately describes our integrated philosophy of multi-cultural identity.

1ST GENERATION is a term used to refer to the political agenda of our socialist philosophy. There were other objective reasons for this too as will be noted below.

Modern advocates of Gnosticism more often than not gloss over the fact that the most “orthodox” Gnostic sects were misogynist & deeply involved in both astrology and ritual magic.

The Project explains that the Demiurge represents a fractured stage of Unified Awareness, a restrictive stage of human ego transcended in The New Aeon.

We clarified the Project’s theoretical/theological position by adding “Modern” to Gnostic as a way of delineating its philosophy from traditional Gnosticism—and that works, but only to a very specific & limited extent. The closest theoretical connection The Gnostic Pagan School had in common with ancient Gnosticism is that both utilized semantics (the “Word”) as a means to dialectically de-value the false & enslaving beliefs represented by the "Archons" (lesser gods or masters) & the Christian Church of Constantine for the Gnostics; the State Capitalist Oligarchy (The New Rome) & Organized Religion to us.

Human consciousness represents an isolated fragment of the creation or Dream of Amun/Brahma/God (Maya), and can only perceive the total reality when the ego (Jehovah/Satan) is overcome by direct spiritual awareness (Gnosis/The Conquering Child.) This process or Yoga has been variously called Transfiguration, Transcendental Consciousness, Crossing The Abyss, and Conversation of The Holy Guardian Angel.

The most glaring contradiction between Traditional Gnosticism and the Project’s of it is the fact that, where the historic Gnostics perceived the natural world as the result of a catastrophic false creation, The Gnostic Pagan School insisted on the divine origin of the natural world. This pantheistic view cannot be reconciled with Traditional Gnosticism.

Again resorting to metaphor, the Project today asserts that the creation of the human ego represents a “Fall from Grace”—that is, a separation from Unified Awareness—a severance from Unity that plunges human consciousness into pain, conflict & error. All physical existence is based on the inevitability of life & death, the reality of disease & physical limitation. We do not pursue The Great Work for our own sake alone, and much like the early Gnostics we feel a mandate to alleviate the pain of existence experienced by others.

Be that as it may, we must also agree with the opinion that if you try to re-define “Gnosis” to fit any concept of Knowledge—no matter how liberating in form or essence—then the word itself is rendered meaningless. However, The Gnostic Pagan Project continues to focus on both Gnostic and Pagan theology, and forms a significant philosophical bridge between the two.

In this regard the editorial position of the Project reflects a form of Christo-Paganism.

2. We selected 1st Generation to focus attention on the most important human goal on earth today—that is, creating a positive environment conducive to the health & development of the First Generation of The New Aeon. This is an urgent issue because thousands of children have been maimed & slaughtered in Iraq as a direct result of the criminal foreign policy of the USA, the most technologically advanced & powerful State Capitalist nation in the world.

There is an increasing attempt by the American political establishment to absolve itself by blaming the Bush dynasty for all the ills of the illegal Invasion & Occupation; but one can’t help but wonder at the functioning of the much touted American democracy when Bush II was actually re-elected after demonstrating what a dangerous mediocrity he was.

Somewhere in its highly conflicted psyche the US electorate must have an equally dangerous & collective screw loose.

The level of child abuse & neglect in America itself is also of unprecedented & epidemic proportions. The subject of the escalating violence between teens & even younger children in the United States—particularly the severity of violence exhibited by girls & young women—has become a “hot” topic for the mainstream media. However, it is really astounding that blame is being placed—not on a society predicated upon violence—but on computers, cell phones & the Internet. These material factors obviously have a role to play in this general scenario, but to pointedly ignore the socio-political basis of the problem is fairly typical of the media & other paid pundits.

The escalation of social violence reflects the depth of alienation caused by a senile & distorted economic system supported by Abrahamic State institutions (Judaism, Christianity & Islam.)

Protecting the interests & future of ALL children is more important than pampered egocentric “self-discovery” or insistence on the dominance of any single school of thought or theory—including our own (this is where the PARALLEL PERSPECTIVES also comes in.)

As for the term “New Aeon’—well, that’s even more nebulous than “Gnostic.”

Aleister Crowley had this to state on the subject:

The Aeon is a symbolic way of saying that in the present

age man will learn how to materialize thought and make

it truly creative. Such methods of birth will supercede (sic)

the production of human children.

THE CHILD = LOGOS = TRUE WILL = COSMIC CONCIOUSNESS

From our point of view, “Aeon” is an allegorical (“daemonic”) projection of humanity on the existentialist cosmic backdrop as a means of making collective sense of things and developing the harmonious interconnection of Mind, Heart & Environment. We variously call this integration Pan-Psychic Materialism, Unified Awareness, The Theory of Everything (TOE) or TRANSPHYSICS.

The Gnostic Pagan School views metaphysics to be the langauge of the individual/collective unconscious, and Unified Awareness the voice of the newly emerging Collective Consciousness symbolized by the image of The Conquering Child.

“New Aeon” is an idea that has been promoted by various Pagan Cults such as Mithraism, by almost all the Gnostic sects—and nearer our own time by Theosophists, The Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley & the O.T.O., and many others.

The problem is that almost all the groups have widely divergent opinions concerning The New Aeon ranging from the sinister to the ridiculous. There is not even any agreement just when The Aeon came into biological manifestation. Some claim it won’t begin until 2012, the 5th Age & end of the Mayan Calendar.

We only have space here to state a capsulated view of The Gnostic Pagan School interpretation of The Aeon:

The Avatar of The New Aeon is the Liberator-god Horus, the Son of Isis & Osiris. Both Isis & Osiris are represented in the preceding Aeons, as well as that of The Adversary Set (h).

The Aeon of The Conquering Child began manifestation in 2001 CE.

The next Aeon is The Aeon of Ma’at.

The zoomorphic falcon-headed god Horus is the incarnation of Krishna, Prometheus, Dionysus, Odin, The Pagan Christ—and all other Savior Gods symbolizing human emancipation & The True Self. Horus embodies the inner core of humanity freed from the constraints of gross materialism & egocentric philosophy. He represents both individual & collective liberation.

The New Aeon also signifies Humanity’s “magickal” act of Self-Creation.

The 1st Generation is the First Generation of Humanity, in contrast to being unwilling participants in the puppet genealogy of Jehovah. Most significantly, however, is that this (post-2000CE) Generation is literally the Flesh and Blood of The Conquering Child.

This Generation is the first born without the memory of the old technology. These Children will either learn to harness technology for the common good (including the environment)—or they will be destroyed by it. This is the tremendous burden The Old Aeon of The Dying God has placed on their shoulders.

The Elders have a lot to answer for.

See also,

Children of Conflict

Whatever benefits the 1st Generation & the Environment is “good” and whatever abuses & undermines them is “evil.” We consider this to be the most objective & logical interpretation of New Aeon morality. For example, preserving the environment intact for the 1st Generation is a GOOD thing; the US War of Aggression Against Iraq kills innocent children, and therefore is a BAD thing.

That being said—and assuming one has one’s energies & priorities positively aligned—then we agree with the Law of Thelema (grk. “Will”): Do what Thou Wilt is The Whole of The Law; Love is The Law, Love Under Will.

The 1st Generation is the most racially heterogeneous in history, bringing civilization one-step closer to the creation of a new, multicultural & united Human Race.

We call the positive application of technology Transhumanist Socialism. The adult generation must focus on creating this new super-structure to free up time for the new generation’s “psychic” development.

The First Generation is just now beginning to reach the age of reason (7 years)—and what do they have to look forward to? Their parents will leave them a world ridden with debt, endless war & intolerance, a crumbling infrastructure, an environment dominated by unrestrained global profiteering & an even more firmly entrenched homicidal Oligarchy. The socially accepted “role models” for the new generation are stuck in the grossest narcissistic materialism.

Meanwhile, the political misleaders of the 21° openly debate how much torture can be publicly admitted to and how much can be legally covered up.

It may be helpful here to touch upon the distinction between “New Age” and The New Aeon.

Interestingly the term “New Age” is seldom used by anybody these days—and we think we know why. From the 1960’s onward many people had a lot riding on all the fantastic wonders that were in store for humanity with the ushering in of the New Age—and with the New Millennium in particular. Supposedly a New Age of Peace & Love (supported by a plethora of commercial products, gadgets & “psychic” services) should be embracing the world by now—but we know the reality is far different. The world is more politically violent than ever (but the aforementioned dubious products & "services" continue to glut the market.)

New Age philosophy (including the “Wicca” movement) is largely based on pseudo-scientific & pseudo-historic, a priori assumptions and circular reasoning accepted as indisputable fact. It is fair to say that New Aeonic movements do the same, although there is more respect for traditional science and related disciplines within this faction. The New Age tends to have a generally superficial sheen, a sort of feely-goody, I’m OK/You’re OK & Things-Are-Getting-Better All-The-Time attitude. Political involvement is viewed with extreme disfavor because—quite frankly—New Ageism springs from a predictably consistent middle class foundation that both individually & collectively often feels threatened by any but the most innocuous political ideology—and god forbid you mention the “C” word—communism (please note, with a lower case “c”.)

A prime example as to the bogus nature fundamental to “The New Age” is its orientation to the “dawning Age of Aquarius”—a concept intrinsically linked to the fictitious concepts of Astrology.

ASTROLOGY: BAD ASTRONOMY .

Few New Age devotees have experienced what life is like down in the trenches and this is reflected in their a-political fantasies.

Finally, New Ageism emphasizes external knowledge based on a myriad of the a priori assumptions & circular reasoning mentioned above. New Age philosophy places a disproportionate emphasis on “spiritual” knowledge & “inner understanding” and discourages adherents from investigating subjects outside the rather narrow confines of “accepted” New Age definitions, fads & beliefs. The use of Awareness Enhancing Substances, once a central theme of the New Age milieu, is now condemned as the New Age increasingly reflects the prejudices & views of the reactionary host society.

MAGICK = THE ART OF LIVING CHANGE

In conclusion, we wish to comment briefly on the political orientation of this site.

We support International Social Revolution—and we’re aware how unpopular that position is today, particularly in the United States. From a rational point of view it should be obvious that the exploitation of the majority & the Earth for the benefit of an insatiable privileged few is grotesque & untenable.

We completely support the idea that the Social Revolution must be two-pronged: The individual, internal revolutiontion first, and then externalizing the newly cultivated fruit of this interior dialogue in the collective action required to overturn the corrupt & stagnate Global Social Disorder.

This is what our School calls The Enlightened International Social Revolution.

See also, Review: Deep Socialism

Occult Roots of the Russian Revolution

It’s been said before, but the Hermetic Axiom is worth repeating, “As above so below, from the inner doth the outward flow.”

In conclusion, as Lord Krishna tells the warrior Arjuna in Bhagavad-Gita, sometimes it’s necessary to recognize one’s enemies for what they are & to wage war against them for the sake of a greater good. However, in that same ancient text, Krishna also instructs Arjuna in the Way of Detachment & Compassion. Translated for the modern world, the message could mean that although we are dedicated to the Social Revolution—that is, the unequivocal overthrow of Global State Capitalism & Religious Terrorism—we know that historic event is just one phase of a long process creating The New Aeon of The Conquering Child.