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Although still a major cultural figure, even as his legacy slowly fades against an extroverted society of shallow artistry, few people realize that John Lennon was one of the great Spiritual Seekers of our days. He was a tireless searcher of deeper truths and reality who explored various religious and philosophical traditions, experimented with varied Esoteric Mysteries and psychological theories, expressing it all in code through his timeless music and art. Lennon also considered the Gnostics the true Christians, as well as embodied the soul of the ancient Stoic, Cynic and Platonic Philosophers. We acquaint ourselves with a perennial Mythmaker who made sense of a post-modern and existentialist civilization. We study a life full of tragedy and triumph, and a man who, in the Gnostic spirit, was never satisfied with either. And how his message and life can help us find our own meaning and own gnosis.
Astral Guest-- Gary Tillery, author of 'The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon'.
--The tragic events that shaped Lennon’s existentialist yet compassionate views (how much more Gnostic can you get?)
--Lennon’s influences that expanded his idealistic cynicism, from Lewis Carroll to Bob Dylan.
--The two encounters the Walrus had with Jesus that forever changed his attitude towards organized religion.
--Did entheogens really have any influence on his mysticism?
--Other schools of religions and psychology that crystallized the expression of his gnosis.
--How Lennon became the true template for the activist-musician, who all pale in comparison today.
--Esoteric secrets found in his music (and no…Paul isn’t dead!)
--How would Lennon view today’s world if he hadn’t been eliminated by the Demiurge.
And much more! I told you about Strawberry Fields…where you know nothing is real!
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