Guest Post: The Noble Lie; Western Thought and Betrayal by Mike Kay

 

Those who aren’t completely given over to the current narrative often find themselves at a loss to explain it. Much of the posturing in media, politics, and business is overtly nonsensical, pathological, and stupid. However, below the surface of what passes for rationality today is a coherent form of thought. This coherence is not organized according to any normally recognized form of values or assumptions about life. It is in fact, derived from a radical distillation of abrahamic thought, one where the escape from limits and consequences is at the core of its arrangement.

This form of thought goes completely unarticulated today. The lack of any explanation is required to avoid any analysis or judgment by those in the society who are subject to it; those who are its targets. This leads to a situation whereby a schism occurs between those who perceive this abnormal thought, those who use it, and those who see nothing at all. Such a schism is very useful for those who propagate this abnormal thought. Division makes a coherent response to this behavior much more difficult to mount. It will even attract the hopelessly inured to the cause, as we saw with the Covid narratives.

To begin to decode the abnormal thought used against its own and the world, the roots of western civilization must be understood as primarily and overwhelmingly Judeo-Christian. A primary feature of both religions is their assimilative and syncretic natures. They are assimilative because they convert others to their cause, syncretic due to the adopting of various indigestible structures of belief and identity along the way. Judaism, for example, in its bloody conversions across Africa, assimilated numerous local conventions which in turn gave the Sephardic branch its unique character. Similarly, Christianity adopted and absorbed the native festivals and celebrations across Europe, which are now inseparable from its identity.

The deference towards structures that dominate, control, and shape thought is how ideologies are born and emplaced. Judeo-Christianity is ideology at its finest, a case where the unquestioning acceptance of various narratives becomes essential to their function. All abrahamics are ideologies first, featuring a syncretic distillation of pre-existing traditions. This syncretism is never acknowledged, even as it openly operates.

Thus, Christianity and Judaism are amalgamations and simplifications of prior philosophies and religions. It would be a grave mistake to call any of this an inheritance. Rather, it recalls the case of that which is finer and more delicate becoming stained by contact with a more primitive and aggressive creature which distorts its objects of assimilation to fit into its own image. Thus, the great stories of the Old Testament are merely an impoverished rehashing of the mythological cycle of Sumer, whilst the Christian command to love is a gargantuan lack of comprehension of the philosophy of Divine Light.

Christianity, and to a lesser extent Judaism are both fundamental to the perspectives and attitudes of the modern world. Hardened as they are into rigid ideologies, they typify the abrahamic obsession with catastrophic contradiction, which is, in practice nothing less than a working moral relativism. Thus, the evil, the wrong and the immoral is useful in context, and few things fit better into this context than the implementation of the “Noble Lie”. From this point, it should be clear that the abnormal thinking is only somewhat reflected amongst the lay-folk. Whilst individuals practice moral relativism in their professional lives, and often in their personal ones as well, they are beholden to an imposed order. The choice of the bulk of the populace is a simple one, get on board with whatever agenda is being delivered, or deal with the consequences of independence.

The implementation of the “Noble Lie” is itself a transparent act of evading consequences, through assigning them to another. As we shall see, it is an exemplar of advancing corrosive and anti-spiritual fantasies into the minds and hearts of those it targets, all with the purpose of clearing the way for an ever expanding agenda of temporal power.  Yet what is this “Noble Lie” and what is its origin?

We are told many things about Plato’s exhaustive commentary on society, “The Republic”. Modern interpretations include the dismissal of this work as a comedy, a joke aimed at the power structure of his day. However, even sober reviews on this work conclude that Plato advanced the idea of manipulating the populace through lies, and that the galvanizing of the populace to achieve any goal thus involves the “Noble Lie”. Unsurprisingly, this has been seized upon by western civilization as a guiding principle. Considering the lack of spiritual depth within Judeo-Christian society, one can perhaps imagine the truth behind this interpretation of Plato’s Republic, but we will save this examination for later. The concept, as it is commonly deployed, asserts that it’s not only convenient for leaders in society to craft complete falsehoods, it’s actually necessary. The litany of lies thus simply comes along for a ride with political office, informational media, financial and military adventures. No penalty is associated with high level mendacity.

However, as philosophers and mystics have often observed, conditions, baselines, are established through triads. In order to understand the function of the noble lie, we must understand the ideological support provided by the two most influential systems of thought in the western world, Christianity and Judaism. The critic will immediately swoop in, and assert that it is neither which structures western thought today. They will claim it is science which is the beacon for modern thought. Science, they will state, provides the concepts, explanations, and allows for the understanding of the world today. Unfortunately for this hopeful point of view, the concepts, beliefs, and perspectives that make up the scientific point of view all derive from Judeo-Christian roots. This is true when one is discussing the “blind laws” of the universe, and it is especially true when we enter the zone of duplicity, ethical decay, and meaninglessness that science so haughtily occupies. Science emerged from the bosom of the church, having secured its blessing to define the world as interplay of dead forces, and implacable mechanistic functions, for such belief is wholly consistent with the “Deus ex Machina” doctrine, also known as the absentee landlord theory of creation. There is no fundamental concept within science which is at odds with Judaism and Christianity, when the apparent fields of expertise are honoured.

A closer look will provide the explanation. Judaism has shaped itself as a set of contradictions, oppositions, and deceptions since its origin. Whilst most would be paralyzed by the lack of anagogic direction, Judaism delights in contradictions that allow movement to a point, or points beyond logical behavior. Such a gymnastic cannot open higher mysteries, yet it cultivates thought that is not subject to conventional belief. Thus, it was Jewish thought that invented double entry banking, debt based currency creation, and lending beyond the limit of available reserves. Only Jewish thought considers it possible to convert to other, more politically powerful faiths, while remaining Jewish.

Perhaps the quintessential example of Jewish thinking is found in the tenets of Sabbateanism. Historians would have the public believe that Sabbateanism has vanished, a figment of the past. Despite this assertion, it is evident that some form of this doctrine continues today. Whatever the actual case, Sabbateanism illustrates and embodies a consistent pattern of thought common to Jewish identity. This type of thinking is evident in the type of product coming out of Hollywood and Tel Aviv, thus it remains a valid example for our purposes.

The inherent contradiction within Sabbateanism is that the arrival of their Savior can be brought about through promoting evil and destruction. Thus, abhorrent acts are portrayed as worthy and useful. Taken in any type of objective assessment, practicing overtly negative behavior creates negative results. Thus, the concept that their messiah is called down when the faithful turn everything into a cesspit is an illogical, contradictory, and thoroughly Jewish supposition. From such a point, it becomes entirely commonplace for corruption and depravity to reach a normalization, a status quo, which actually is the purpose of this behavior. In this, it should be evident that the so-called “Noble Lie” is easily, seamlessly dovetailed into Jewish thought.

Contrary to popular belief, Christianity has always arranged for itself a moral relativism that is often highly suspect. Burning people alive, for example, was seen as a bloodless death that carried different consequences than simply beheading someone. It is impossible to view the invention of purgatory as somehow distinct from the revenue stream it creates, meanwhile all sects of Christianity continue to function despite endemic child abuse, from the Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Catholics.

Just as Sabbateanism both condenses and typifies Jewish thought, so does Calvinism offer a similar example for Christians. Again, our purposes here are not a thorough examination of belief; rather we are interested in uncovering the type of thought that derives from them. Like Sabbateanism, Calvinism is widely believed to have vanished into history, a perspective that ignores the continuation of this thought in different packages. If it is beginning to seem that both Calvinism and Sabbateanism mirror each other, the following explanation should cement this conclusion.

Calvinism views the will of God as an impenetrable mystery. There literally is no recourse to this condition of rudderlessness. Humans can’t know, or fathom anything concerning the divine. The result of this is that there is no act, no belief, no behavior that promises one to be saved. The condition of being saved or damned is utterly beyond anyone’s ability to change or influence. It should come as no surprise that such a perspective is rather commonplace in modern western society. Far from breeding mystics, sages, and hierophants, such a belief system spawns a thinking related to expediency and removal of responsibility. This cultivates thinking that any problem, any condition, can be met with a penalty free exercise of whatever behavior one might choose.

Thus, Calvinism and Sabbateanism typify the thought for the ruling authorities in western society. However, in order to fully condense an at best amoral perspective, they need the directive towards complete freedom from consequences, and in this they believe they found it in Plato, with his supposed “Noble Lie”. Bolstered by ideologies dedicated to the blatant and the profane, the triad of Calvinism, Sabbateanism, and their “Noble Lie” have launched and implemented a cynical, corrosive, and corrupt distortion of society. This condition is not open to question or challenge. It moves towards a totalitarian objective convinced it is immune from all repercussion, arrogantly trumpeting its own existence.

All of this would seem to ensure a belly flop into dystopia, except for one, tiny, overlooked little fact; there is not, nor ever was a “Noble Lie”. Far from a joke on society, and a determination for empowering ruthless authority, Plato actually provided a spiritually significant explanation for myth and origin that rallies the human character rather than oppressing it.

The actual translation of Plato’s statement is great myth, or noble myth. Plato wrote that human memory could not reach back to energize its’ own origins, and thus what was required was a construction, a mythic structure that includes a set of assumptions concerning origins. Thus, the idea of a shared destiny, a unifying experience that rallies all levels of society. An example here would be the “pursuit of happiness”, where ideals, destiny and purpose merge into an awareness and understanding.

There is a wide chasm between the creation of galvanizing myths, and the spineless destruction of truth indulged in by modern western society. The base manipulation of facts and events, the adoption of complete fantasies devoid of any value or substance, are the obvious result of empowering structures of thought which serve the lust to escape from consequences, while performing acts of immense destructive power. Modern western thought is obsessed with defining myth as lie, because its own fascination with the lower orders of manifestation have paralyzed any ability to comprehend the vast and subtle nature of myth and the mythic.

Faced with increasing imprisonment erected by its own cognitive deficiency, the western world moves towards greater authoritarianism, greater stupidity, and less significance. The grinning lackeys of the triad of Calvinism, Sabbateanism, and their distorted noble lie guarantee for themselves a short and increasingly painful existence. The creation and installation of layers of false narratives carries with it the eventuality of complete marginalization, a sort of geriatric infirmity where stupidity and weakness evoke a sensibility of distrust and speculation throughout the society as a whole. The ability of such a structure to respond to any sudden shock, besides those itself creates, is minimal. Left with no true authority, all it has is force. Once the force falters, as it erodes its own support amongst all sectors of society besides the most useless, it falls like a dry leaf before the wind. This is the destiny of those who implement the unholy trinity, devoured by what they seek to escape, descent into suicide and ruin.