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<blockquote class="definition">'''Elite spirituality''' is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by | <blockquote class="definition">'''Elite spirituality''' is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by high-level members of the accumulating class. Catholicism, which was created when Roman Emperor Constantine "converted" to Christianity, is an iconic example.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/Rethinking_the_Origins_and_Purpose_of_Religion_Jesus_Constantine_and_the_Containment_of_Global_Revolution></ref>. | ||
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Elite spirituality is spirituality constructed in [[Symbol Factories]] and propagated by [[Ideological Institutions]]. | |||
Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity). | Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity). | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 25 January 2023
Elite spirituality is spirituality created, or more often co-opted, by high-level members of the accumulating class. Catholicism, which was created when Roman Emperor Constantine "converted" to Christianity, is an iconic example.[1].
Syncretic Terms
Colonized Spirituality > Elite Religion, Elite Spirituality, Mainstream Spirituality
Related LP Terms
Elite Spirituality > Authentic Religion, Authentic Spirituality, Elite Narrative, Elite Religion, Regime of Accumulation, System Maintanence
Non-LP Related Terms
Elite Spirituality > Common Core, Philosophia Perennis, Pia Philosophia, Prisca Theologia, Religion
Notes
Elite spirituality is spirituality constructed in Symbol Factories and propagated by Ideological Institutions.
Elite spirituality may be easily identified by its advocacy of violence (let's go kill some evil people), exclusion (only the "chosen" get in), and patriarchy (women are stripped of power and dignity).
More specifically, elite spirituality may be recognized by the presence of an Old Energy Creation Template.
Consider Persian Autocrat Aradashir took control of Zoroastrianism to further his imperial agenda.[2]
Elite spirituality is enacted by System Agents for the purpose of System Maintanence
List of Elites
Marsilio Ficini (1433-1499) the "virtual founder of the Renaissance Prisca Theologia narrative. [3]
Agostino Steuco (1496-1549).
Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike. “Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution.” Athens Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2020): 69–88. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/Rethinking_the_Origins_and_Purpose_of_Religion_Jesus_Constantine_and_the_Containment_of_Global_Revolution>
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike.“From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Mass Human Manipulation,” Under Review. https://www.academia.edu/34504691
- ↑ Haneegraff, Wouter J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 8.
