the timboucher experience

Fantastic Planet has an awesome Gospel of Thomas post up, wherein he includes one of the best descriptions I’ve ever seen of what Philip K. Dick refers to as the “Black Iron Prison” (ie, the Gnostic material world of illusion; ie, the Matrix)

you are imprisoned for a crime you did not commit. You have no way to escape. You can decorate your cell in any way you choose; you can rail against the Authorities but will never overturn them; you can enmesh yourself in prison politics and join a gang; you can chart the routines of the guards and the schedules by which it’s determined when you get to go out into the yard for exercise. You can even make friends with the guards and wardens and work for the Authorities, thereby making your physical lot in life more comfortable and bearable. If any of this makes you feel better, well, great– go for it. In the end, however, you’re still in prison;

• Do You Live In the Black Iron Prison?
• United States of Archonica, Vol. 2
• Federal Prison Consulting
• Return of the Archons
• The Minimum Security Black Iron Prison