The Plate in My Head is a Government Plot: Visions of the Eschaton in UFO Conspiracy Theory

final destinies. "Gnosticism" is generally understood to be amind-set, or a method of mystical awareness. Most definitions of "gnosticism" focus on thepersonal, experiential aspects of that process of "coming to know the truth" for, indeed, that iswhat the term "gnostic" refers to: "knowing, knowledge, a knower." Texts identified as"gnostic" often contain instructions about how to gain inner knowledge of one's purpose, destinyor source, or descriptions, even road-maps, if you will, of the ...