Magical thinking has probably always surged in times of crisis, probably more extravagantly in cultures with dominant metaphysical and eschatological doctrines. So though the (positive/wishful thinking) volitionist Q-Anon twist on latterday Gnosticsm may seem peculiar, is it really that far a cry from the widespread Rapturist evangelicalism and miraculism underpinning the growing support for theocracy in the US and other places?
Michael Gregory - www.michaelgregory.org - www.reddragonflypress.org/2020-titles/pound-laundry
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