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Some movies, in. No particular order, which explore the concepts of dreaming conciousness, the supernatural, the UFO phenomenon, and / or a Gnostic worldview in a unique way: Dark City (Gnostic-noir. Concepts of a manufactured world-in-a-bottle combined with some of the transhumanist ideas of mind / memory swapping for the purposes of elucidating the inner workings of the human soul to a group of otherworldly captors. Add in a little bit tech-indistinguishable-from-magic and the man-becoming-god ideas and set the whole thing in a downtrodden 1940’s crime drama and you have a hell of a heady brew) The Truman Show (the world is not what it seems, the Gnostic worldview through the lens of peak media-driven late-stage capitalism morality) The Matrix (the now-classic SF techno-noir wuxia action extravaganza filled to the brim with Gnostic concepts; an artificial world, Agents as Archons of control, and men-becoming-gods with intentions of waking the world up) The Nines (mind-bending...

Author and blogger Matt Cardin writes about the liminal spaces between cosmic horror and holy terror, religion, science fiction, and the paranormal, demonstrating how easily these elements can feed back into one another. He blogs about these interstitial elements in popular culture and written works at: http://www.teemingbrain.com/ He also offers a free eBook with suggestions on harnessing what is essentially one’s own muse or ‘daemon’ to improve their skills as a writer at: http://www.teemingbrain.com/2013/08/22/a-course-in-demonic-creativity-a-writers-guide-to-the-inner-genius-a-still-free-ebook/ Some useful links to other media appearances of Matt Cardin: http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-177-matt-cardin-on-horror-and-spirituality-thomas-ligotti-and-alan-watts/ http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-178-matt-cardin-on-horror-literature-encyclopedia-social-media-addiction-and-a-course-in-demonic-creativity/