PKD’s Divine Invasion and its relevance in 2024

Описание: Philip K. Dick’s The Divine Invasion is the second installment of his VALIS trilogy, an exploration of divine agency, human consciousness, and the nature of reality. In this video, we’ll uncover the novel’s key themes, examine its philosophical underpinnings, and reflect on why Dick’s speculative fiction remains deeply relevant today.



00:00 Intro
00:46 Context and Plot Summary
02:30 Sources and Themes
03:29 Reading an Excerpt
11:15 Current Global Power Dynamics
12:40 Scenario 1: The Realpolitik Puppet Masters
14:08 Scenario 2: The Rise of a Shadow Network
15:14 Scenario 3: Esoteric and Metaphysical Dimensions
16:45 Scenario 4: The Psychological and Collective Unconscious
17:44 Wrapping up
1929 Slide Show of Sketches



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Buy the book featured in this video:

📙🇺🇸The Divine Invasion
https://bookshop.org/a/98861/97805475...

🎬 Documentary about PKD
   • The Worlds of Philip K Dick  

🎙Interview with PKD
   • Hour 25 - Philip K. Dick - Interview  
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You can find my take on things summarized in the books I wrote.

📙🇺🇸Aperture
https://buchshop.bod.ch/aperture-elen...

📙🇺🇸Chronicles of the Machine - Simulated conversations with Philip K. Dick
https://buchshop.bod.ch/chronicles-of...

📙🇺🇸Zero Person: Reframing Autistic Cognition Beyond the Self
https://buchshop.bod.ch/zero-person-e...

📙🇩🇪Zero Person: Autistische Kognition jenseits des Selbst
https://buchshop.bod.ch/zero-person-e...

📙🇺🇸Book order: The end of the I
https://www.bod.ch/buchshop/the-end-o...

📙🇩🇪Book order: Das Ende des Ichs
https://www.bod.ch/buchshop/das-ende-...

📙🇺🇸#actuallyautistic - Living with Autism – A Poetic Exploration of the Spectrum
https://buchshop.bod.ch/actuallyautis...
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