Dark City: A Gnostic Allegory

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! This week’s episode sees us dust off the old VHS copy of the late 90s gnostic science fiction classic “Dark City,” written and directed by Alex Proyas. This is what your mom was talking about when you told her you wanted to see ‘The Matrix’ but she said “No, we have it at home,” with some scenes almost matching shot for shot visually. Perhaps more remarkably is how Dark City tackles similar themes on loan from ancient gnostic philosophy but does so in a way faithful to its science fiction roots in German expressionism where it finds inspiration in the fertile imaginations of Fritz Lang and Albin Grau, the creators of Metropolis and Nosferatu respectively. The result is a film which beneath its slick, noir surface is a thoughtful meditation on the dark side of spirituality, evolution and the destiny of the human soul. In the first half of the show we discuss some of the occult roots of the science fiction genre itself and what it has to do with the Aeon of Horus championed by Aleister Crowley before cutting into the dense symbolism in the film’s opening using the Tarot as our guide. In the extended show we visit the abode of Netzach and go deeper into Greek and even Hindu mythology to unpack some of the symbolism used in the film before discussing the overlap between The Strangers and their shadowy, real-life counterparts who manipulate our destiny from the circles beyond time. We hope you brought your Kabbalah glasses because we’ll be talking shop in this one. Thank you and enjoy the show! In this week’s episode we discuss: The Occult Roots of Science Fiction Immanentizing the Eschaton German Expressionism The Black Brotherhood The Allegory of the Cave The Hotel, Malkuth Mannequins of Hod The Automat Scene Mercury / Hermes Gematria In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go quite a bit further and discuss: Maia, Eldest Sister of the Pleiades Venus Pudica The Sacred Deer The Scales of Libra Emma Aphrodite Adonism and Luciferianism The Strangers Brotherhood of Saturn and FOGC The Tepaphon and GOTOS Men in Black Ganymede and Aquarius Prometheus and Icarus The Hand of God The Wheel Where to find The Whole Rabbit: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit X: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbit Order Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/thewholerabbit Other Merchandise: https://thewholerabbit.myspreadshop.com/ Music By Spirit Travel Plaza: https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo Sources: Tepaphon: https://josephmax.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/tepaphone-the-magickal-death-ray/ Steven Flowers, Fraternitas Saturni: https://www.amazon.com/Fraternitas-Saturni-History-Doctrine-Brotherhood/dp/1620557215 Dion Fortune, Mystical Kabbalah Aleister Crowley, Book of Thoth Full list on Patreon Support the show