For 10 years Miguel Conner has been a leading voice for Gnosticism, so why the sudden interest in his ideas?

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Alex Tsakiris: Today we welcome Miguel Conner to Skeptiko. Miguel is the creator of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, an entertaining and influential podcast that’s become part of this resurging interest in Gnosticism that seems to be seeping deeper and deeper into our collective consciousness. Miguel’s the author of several fine books, and he’s here today to talk about, Other Voices of Gnosticism, which is a follow-up to his acclaimed book Voices of Gnosticism, published just a few years back.

Miguel Conner: …It seems ten years ago when I was talking about how reality is an illusion, and don’t trust any sort of reality you see in front of you, and everything is ruled by powers, principalities and wickedness in high places and how paranoia actually might be a good thing and alienation is something people should accept. That was pretty radical ten years ago, but I’m finding people are just kind of nodding their heads after they after they look at their Facebook feeds, the news and saying, “You know what… the Gnostic sensibility, the Phillip K. Dick world and all that… it’s a powerful thing.”

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Alex Tsakiris: Today we welcome Miguel Conner to Skeptiko. Miguel is the creator of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, an entertaining and influential podcast that’s become part of this resurging interest in Gnosticism that seems to be seeping deeper and deeper into our collective consciousness. Miguel’s also the author of several fine books, including a couple of novels that are probably ripe for a movie deal about now, I don’t know Miguel?

Miguel Conner: No, I hear you. Keep saying that!

Alex Tsakiris: But he’s here today to talk mainly about his new book Other Voices of Gnosticism, which is a follow-up to his acclaimed book Voices of Gnosticism, published just a few years back.

He’s a great friend to the show. You’ve heard me mention his show many times because I think it’s really just a top-notch podcast. It’s always on my playlist.

Miguel, it’s great to have you here. Thanks for joining me.

Miguel Conner: Oh, it’s a pleasure to be with you, Alex. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

Alex Tsakiris: Okay, great. Now, we’ll see how you feel at the end. I told you just a minute ago, you know, I am going to have to do a little bit of the Skeptiko thing on you because well, it’s what I do, man.

Miguel Conner: Oh, yeah. I hear you, man. I was thinking today, “God, if Alex doesn’t go off on me, then I have failed.” I mean, that’s my favorite part of the show when you go, “What are you doing?”

Alex Tsakiris: Well, I hope I don’t go too far.

You know what I really wanted to do, because the book is terrific and I really hope people check it out, especially if they’re a little bit unsure of the whole Gnosticism ...