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Courtenay on Doenut Factory – The Dark Enlightenment: Philosophy, Occult, and Technocracy

Courtenay on Doenut Factory – The Dark Enlightenment: Philosophy, Occult, and Technocracy



Unpacking Dark Enlightenment, accelerationism, neoreactionary ideas, transhumanism, libertarian roots, occult connections, gnosticism, eugenics, and concerns over network states, crypto, and extremism.


During our podcast break, enjoy this replay of Courtenay's appearance on Doenut Factory with co-guest Isaac Weishaupt from July 15, 2025.

Key topics:

  • Unpacking the Dark Enlightenment philosophy: Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug), accelerationism (left/right), neoreactionary ideas, posthumanism, and ties to technocracy/transhumanism.

  • Influences and critiques: Hegel, Nick Land, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk's family technocracy roots, libertarianism's philosophical origins (Kant, Mont Pelerin Society), and concerns over network states, crypto, and extremism.

  • Occult connections: Gnosticism, eugenics, symbolism (e.g., Illuminati, Age of Aquarius, Game B), and the "technological immanentization of the eschaton" as a control mechanism.

Broader debates: Victim culture, social Darwinism, inverted worldviews, and Courtenay's book on Hegel's dialectic as a gnostic Jacob's Ladder.

Read Courtenay’s Article:

⁠Hegel’s Dialectic, a Gnostic Jacob’s Ladder & the Machinery of Control⁠

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