Never did I imagine that I would one day be writing about the intersection between gnosticism and canola oil, but it seems that my hand has been forced, so here we are. Permit me to explain. These ...

French speakers have a well-known expression, “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose,” which is usually translated as “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” I think this applies ...

What do Harry Potter, the Star Wars series, The Matrix, Masonry, New Age and the Raelian cult, which claims to have cloned the first baby, have in common? Their ideological soil. Identical esoteric ...

“The whole world groaned, and was astonished to find itself Arian.” — St. Jerome. Now the whole world groans, and is astonished to find itself Gnostic. Over on my subscriber-only Substack (become a ...

This week your professor continues a very brief introduction into the early rivals of Christianity. We know of a great many religious cults which existed in ancient times, most of which have vanished ...