I'm posting this, uh, post on a somewhat recent religion, or more of a mindset, really, that has started to gain groun since around the mid 90's. That is the idea of the Spiritual Cyborg. A self fulfillment religion based on bettering oneself through gnostic meditative techniques, mantras and all that stuff. The basic idea is to free oneself from the automaton state that many people spend most of their time in, the reactive self that has been programmed by genes and society, so as to regain one's free will. These ideas are heavily gnostic in origin, but with a modern sort of twist. An ongoing evolution of gnostic ideals seen through many stages of Western history.
Anyways, what I want to know, is how popular the idea of the the spiritual cyborg is and whether or not it's a popular term (I've only really seen it in a few places)
It's fun to track how meme's are started, you know? I believe this one was first coined by Erik Davis, although he could have picked it up from somewhere and just been the first to publish it.
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