spirituality

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One of my all-time favorite franchises.  Took a Sci-fi Literature class when I was first working on my philosophy degree in the 00s, and Matrix was one of the movies we watched in the class.  Started my obsession with AI that's still going all these years later.  

But the deep spiritual symbolism in the movies is often overlooked by the mainstream focus on the tech and cool effects.  LOT of gnosticism in there.

Devotional polytheist living a monastic lifestyle centered on curiosity, simplicity, and joy.  Exploring the intersection of technology and spirituality.

Well, of course, the most obvious is the whole premise - humans are trapped in an illusionary world created by a false god/robots.  This differs from the Buddhist illusionary world which is a creation of our own attachments and expectations.  In gnosticism, there's a clear bad guy, and the bad guy is "God", the demiurge who trapped humanity in the false reality and demands our worship for a pittance of favors.

There's Neo the Savior - gnosticism is heavily into Saviors, particularly Jesus, of course, as it's a primarily Christian development.

The Oracle is Sophia, Wisdom, a concept heavily featured in gnosticism as well.  Obtaining wisdom is the key to freeing oneself of the chains of the demiurge and attaining the "keys to the kingdom" aka enlightenment.

And the whole Neo+Trinity thing is a reference to various nostic beliefs in syzygy, a perfect union, usually between man and woman, that can facilitate that enlightenment.