{"id":10738,"date":"2026-07-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:08:08","slug":"looking-at-peter-burfeinds-book-2014-gnostic-america-part-14-of-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=10738","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Peter Burfeind&#8217;s Book (2014) &#8220;Gnostic America&#8221; (Part 14 of 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0236 Part 3 of Burfeind\u2019s book, titled&nbsp;<em>Utopian Pursuits<\/em>, permits a formulation of&nbsp;<em>the presence underlying the word \u201cGnosticism\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d327946732016d0d9220fcbb9917ddc\">Students are to read chapters 8, 9 and 10 of Burfeind\u2019s text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0237&nbsp;<em>How to Define the Word \u201cReligion\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;proposes two types of religion.&nbsp;&nbsp;These are suprasovereign and infrasovereign.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here is the interscope of the society tier:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide20-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide20-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide20-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide20-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0238&nbsp;<em>Infrasovereign religions<\/em>&nbsp;stand below sovereign power.&nbsp;&nbsp;They express organizational objectives and are defined by&nbsp;<em>a capacity to grasp for sovereign power<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0239 Christianity provides a good example<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said, \u201cGive to Caesar what is Caesar\u2019s and to God what is God\u2019s.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;This implies the believer should distinguish between religious and sovereign institutions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus, religious institutions should not seek sovereign power in the Name of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, over and over again in Western history, Christian factions seized sovereign power in the Name of God. The temptation to seek sovereign power is great. Sovereign power allows an (infra)sovereign religion to impose its interpretation of scriptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0240 Many Christian institutions explicitly vow not to seek sovereign power.&nbsp;&nbsp;This demonstrates that they are capable of doing so and are consciously aware of that capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many post-religious (so-called Enlightenment) institutions claim that they are not religious.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet, they seek sovereign power in order to achieve their organizational objectives.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thus, they meet&nbsp;<em>the criteria defining an infrasovereign religion<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0241&nbsp;<em>A suprasovereign religion<\/em>&nbsp;stands above sovereign power. It expresses&nbsp;<em>the object that brings all into relation<\/em>. It does not grasp for sovereign power. Rather, it puts sovereign power into perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0242 The Gnostic origin myth can be formatted as a relational object.&nbsp;&nbsp;This object<sup>relation<\/sup>&nbsp;appears as&nbsp;<em>the actuality on the perspective level of the society tier<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0243 Since actuality is dyadic, the object<sup>relation<\/sup>&nbsp;may be represented as two elements, a theological nested form and an anthropological nested form. (This is portrayed for&nbsp;<em>Christianity\u2019s formulation of the individual around 800AD<\/em>&nbsp;in an interlude in&nbsp;<em>How to Define the Word \u201cReligion<\/em>\u201d.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0244 Here is the Gnostic origin myth as relational object<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;in the interscope of the society tier<sub>C<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide21-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide21-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide21-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide21-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0245&nbsp;<em>A comparison of the relational objects of Christianity and Gnosticism<\/em>&nbsp;suggests that&nbsp;<em>the individual (the whole person) in Christianity<\/em>&nbsp;is divided into&nbsp;<em>the ego (site of material concerns) and the Self (site of immaterial experiences) in Gnosticism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0246 A comparison also suggests a parallel between Jesus, the Christ, and Yaltabaoth.&nbsp;&nbsp;Actually,&nbsp;<em>the Father and the Son<\/em>might be a better correspondence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hmmm.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe, Yahweh should match Yaltabaoth and Jesus should stand in for me.&nbsp;&nbsp;That would make the Holy Spirit match Sophia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0247 If that sounds like dream talk, then I am making myself clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gnosticism works by creatively fusing Christian and Gnostic relational objects.&nbsp;&nbsp;The sacraments are replaced by secret knowledge. My individual person becomes divided into ego and Self.&nbsp;&nbsp;My Self is the same as Jesus. My Self-Jesus may now escape Yahweh\u2019s material-oriented cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0248 Burfeind correlates this fusion to neo-Evangelicals in Part 4 of his book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0249 Gnosticism has always been an opportunistic religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It co-opts elements within any object (whether infrasovereign or suprasovereign) and places them into its own mythic framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0250&nbsp;<em>Progressivism<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>Gnosticism penetrating the American political system under the guise of a Union god<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is this Union god?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham Lincoln, sadly enough, spoke the slogan: A government (Union god)&nbsp;<em>of the people<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>by the people<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>for the people<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I have to do is replace the word \u201cpeople\u201d by the word \u201cphilosophers\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Philosophy<\/em>&nbsp;is Greek for&nbsp;<em>the love of Sophia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or better, erase the word \u201cpeople\u201d and write in \u201cGnostic elites\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0251 Yes,&nbsp;<em>the Union God<\/em>&nbsp;becomes Sophia.&nbsp;<em>The original American arrangement of (divided) sovereign states under a (further divided) federal government<\/em>&nbsp;is Yaltabaoth. Yes,&nbsp;<em>the American constitution<\/em>&nbsp;takes on the attributes of Yaltabaoth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts proclaim, &#8220;Our interpretations of the American Constitution facilitate the construction of a massive, centralized, &#8216;federal&#8217; government.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally,&nbsp;<em>the Progressive true believer<\/em>&nbsp;replaces me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0252 Here is what this fusion looks like, as a suprasovereign religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide22-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide22-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide22-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Slide22-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0253 If this looks completely nonsensical, then I am making myself clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These substitutions are&nbsp;<em>creative efforts to fuse American and Gnostic relational objects<\/em>. In this fusion,&nbsp;<em>the American relational object<\/em>&nbsp;is totally eclipsed, explaining why&nbsp;<em>federally funded educational programs<\/em>&nbsp;are complete gibberish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does&nbsp;<em>the American Constitution<\/em>&nbsp;have to do with&nbsp;<em>increasing student Self-Esteem?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0254 The original American relational object &#8211; the Constitution &#8211; acts like Freudian psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original Constitution aims to strengthen the ego. It extols responsibility and freedom. It puts the Self in front of&nbsp;<em>an altar of one\u2019s own choosing<\/em>. The Self is not supposed to worship Itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Self is supposed to worship (not accuse) the Other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that altar is Christian, then the ego is not separated from the Self along the axis of material and immaterial. The resurrection of Jesus demonstrates that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0255 Well then, I am talking about&nbsp;<em>the presence underlying the word \u201cGnosticism\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just completed my treatment of&nbsp;<em>Gnosticism as a suprasovereign religion<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0256 Burfeind lays out two Gnostic movements. One infuses Gnostic myth with Christian words. The other infuses Gnostic myth with American terms. In both cases,&nbsp;<em>the relational object of the Gnostic suprasovereign religion<\/em>confounds the word-meanings of the infiltrated host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why Burfeind wrote&nbsp;<em>Gnostic America<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a Lutheran minister, he sees both types of Gnosticism.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each is crazy in its own way. 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