Joseph Flatley on Consciousness Engineering and Mass-Market Spirituality

Hot off our chat about his book The Occult Timothy Leary,  Joseph L. Flatley rejoins the Virtual Alexandria to talk about social engineering that even happens in the mystic and occult arenas. From hotel conference rooms enforcing intense psychological breakdown to prison cells detailing neurological control, we’ll explore how human belief systems can be systematically dismantled and rebuilt. We’ll examine the thin line between individual self-determination and coercive manipulation, revealing how everyday institutions, mass-market seminars, and radical leaders deploy psychological techniques to obtain power over others. Ultimately, you’ll find out whether individuals can consciously reprogram their own minds or remain perpetually conditioned by subtle forms of social engineering. More on Joseph: https://lennyflatley.neocities.org/ Get his book: https://link.amazon/B03GRdnez Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I vant to drink your Gnosis! That’s basically the theme for my latest Black Iron Prison Intercept and Halloween Special. This isn’t a typical vampire exploration; we’ll trace it from Sumerian times through Greek folklore to today’s cyberpunk dystopias. We’ll view this “monster” through sociological, psychological, metaphysical, artistic, and Jungian lenses. You’ll understand the vampire phenomenon as an eternal cosmic and archetypal force that reveals deep insights into human consciousness and psychic liberation. By the end, you’ll glow like those dorky vampires in Twilight, but because your Divine Spark blinks with new awakening. Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Let’s find the alien truth in the Bible, as Will Blesch joins me to discuss his new book, In the Shadow of Goliath: Angels, Giants, UFOs, and the Hidden History of the Watchers, Nephilim, and Interdimensional War. We’ll delve into ancient records and biblical texts to investigate the reality of the Nephilim and the anomalous beings recorded throughout early human history. From ancient giant remains and the Watchers to modern UFO encounters, Will uncovers how these mysteries point toward an ongoing interdimensional war. You’ll explore how secular and religious institutions have suppressed inconvenient physical and historical evidence to maintain conventional narratives. Prepare to challenge standard dogma and re-examine reality’s true scope through a multidisciplinary lens spanning ancient literature, genetics, and astrophysics. Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get ready to have occult sacred cows broken as Cyrus Ryan returns to the Virtual Alexandria. He’ll detail the difference between the lower occult—external practices like astrology, tarot, ritual, and symbolism—and the higher occult, where true secret knowledge must be earned through discipline, inner development, and lawful readiness. He’ll challenge modern seekers to look beyond the abundance of occult information available today and ask why deeper knowledge remains hidden behind guardians, cycles, and karmic limits. Through mysterious stories, esoteric examples, and reflections on sound, ritual, healing, and magic, Cyrus will invite you on a provocative journey into what it really takes to move from occult curiosity to genuine occult understanding. More on Cyrus: https://www.northernschoolofesotericwisdom.com/ Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get ready for an inspirational, touching journey of awakening as Samuel Stirpe discusses his book, This Surrender: From Joseph Smith to Marcion: My Journey Out of Mormonism and Into the Arms of the Father of Jesus. Tracing a personal spiritual transition, this show follows a journey from an upbringing in Latter-day Saint culture and mission preparations to a period of secular atheism following a life-altering stroke. Sam’s narrative dives into a dramatic theological transformation sparked by discovering second-century Christian teacher Marcion of Sinope and esoteric Gnostic scripture. We’ll examine the key contrast between Jehovah—understood as a secondary creator or Demiurge governing the material realm—and the Monad, the transcendent Father of Light revealed by Jesus Chris. You are invited to explore deep themes spanning early Christian canons and divine emanations to modern simulation theory and the soul’s ultimate quest for Gnosis. Get the book: https://link.amazon/B0fM90dLr More on Sam: https://samuelstirpe.com/samuel-stirpe Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As promised, and overdue, I’m excited and honored to introduce Ravenna Dame to the world. Most of you know her as my “Gnostic Witch,” the individual who provided the protocol to heal my artery disease in ways modern science couldn’t match. That’s just the tip of the pleromic iceberg. She brings an entire agenda, commissioned by her channeling of Sophia, that includes AI destroying AI, the startling truth about Gnostic texts, and even when the mother of the Demiurge will return to claim her planet. Prepare to have your mind expanded and reality disbanded forever. More on Ravenna: https://sophia-infinity.com/ Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Can spirituality and entrepreneurship go hand in hand? That’s been an ongoing debate. For this issue, I’m excited to be joined again by Rizwan Virk to discuss his memoir, The Zen Entrepreneur and the Dream. Get ready for a wild ride of building a tech startup during the dot-com boom while exploring esoteric practices like lucid dreaming, synchronicities, and past lives. He’ll share how high-stakes venture capital decisions and personal relationship hurdles reflect deeper inner energetic patterns and karmic lessons. You’ll gain insightful strategies to “ride the dragon” of career turbulence instead of letting life’s recurring patterns consume you. Whether you are an ambitious founder, a spiritual seeker, or anyone striving to harmonize work and personal growth, this episode will inspire you to view waking life as a meaningful quest of self-discovery. Get the book: https://link.amazon/B07wyafAZ More on Riz: https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/ Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I’ve had to deal with the accusation that the Gnostics and Cathars never existed for years. So why not move on to the Essenes and Therapeutae? Dr. Ray Taylor joins me for this exploration, tapping into sound scholarship and his Zeroist method. We’ll go beyond these monastic sects and find the true mystic movements that predate and shaped Christianity, Islam, and rabbinic Judaism. All roads lead to Simon Magus, as I’ve always said, and we’ll take detours into the Mandaeans, John the Baptist, and the river tradition that made the Watchers shake in their cloudy boots. It’s all fun and games until someone loses a third eye, and then it’s just Gnosis. More on Ray: https://bishopraytaylorphd.substack.com/ Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The great Richard Smoley joins me to decipher Jewish mysticism with his new book, Kabbalah: Treasure House of Secret Wisdom. We’ll explore Kabbalah’s Jewish roots and its influence on Western mysticism, while discovering the Tree of Life, the ten sefirot, Divine Names, and the Four Worlds. Richard will decode the Sefer Yetzirah, sacred number symbolism, Genesis, and esoteric traditions. And he’ll share practical meditation techniques for awakening higher consciousness. Whether you’re an expert or beginning at Kabbalah in any of its variations, you won’t want to miss this Gnosis. Get the book: https://link.amazon/B02zK9Z76 More on Richard: https://www.innerchristianity.com/ Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Let’s have a wee spooky fun. For this celebration, I’m joined by psychic medium Allison Carmany. Beyond sharing her challenges and journey into becoming a spiritual visionary, she’ll give yours truly a reading and also reveal what’s going to happen to humanity in the next few years (and it will be challenging). We’ll discuss vampires and other scary aspects of The Shadow. As I say, variety is the spice of Gnosis, and you’ll get plenty on this special. More on Allison: https://allisoncarmany.com//index.html Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.