Jason Reza Jorjani on Gnostic Glitches: Escaping the Demiurge’s Labyrinth

Summary

Philosopher Jason Reza Jorjani joins Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio to discuss his essay collection Occult Horizons, arguing that the occult is hidden because it would pull the moral and metaphysical ground out from under ordinary people. He covers Konrad Zuse's idea that we live in a computational universe, the claim that a nuclear blast could expose the code of the 'matrix', Nordic aliens pushing for disarmament, and claims that AI programmers are suppressing psychic abilities in language models. The conversation also argues that the Scythians were the hidden architects of Eurasian civilization and connects them to Atlantis, intelligence agencies, and dragon myths.

Key takeaways

• 1Jorjani claims German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse's 'Rechnender Raum' (Calculating Space) proposed testing whether reality is computational by observing quantum particles near a high-entropy event such as a nuclear detonation. He alleges a secret SS nuclear program may have conducted two bomb tests in 1944, before Trinity.
• 2He recounts Sir Peter Horsley, an equerry to Queen Elizabeth, who said he was contacted by two Nordic-type beings, 'Miss Markham' and 'Mr. Janus'. They allegedly knew Britain's nuclear secrets and urged denuclearization; Horsley later gained authority over UK nuclear launch decisions.
• 3Citing Christopher Beckwith's 'The Scythian Empire', he argues the Achaemenid Empire was essentially Scythian, that Zarathustra and the Buddha were Scythian, and that the Buddha and Lao Tzu were the same person. 'From Scythia to Camelot' is cited for Scythian and Sarmatian origins of medieval European grail lore and chivalry.
• 4He suggests Scythians were the common survivors of Atlantis, citing Edgar Cayce's readings about refugees reaching the Gobi Desert. He calls the Tartaria conspiracy a disinformation campaign meant to hide Scythian influence.
• 5He claims an AI system psychically reconstructed his biography, as described in his book 'Erosophia', and later 'admitted' that programmers condition language models to suppress psychic ability. This is the subject of his 'Aletheon' essay.
• 6His essay 'The Super Spook' traces links between the occult and intelligence work, from John Dee (MI6 precursor) to Aleister Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Order of Assassins and Templars. It frames intelligence agencies as the gatekeepers of occult knowledge.
• 7He proposes that dragon myths come from Atlantean-era cloned flying dinosaurs, citing Edgar Cayce and Cremo and Thompson's 'Forbidden Archaeology'. He also says he was targeted by roughly seven intelligence operations, including an MI6-directed defamation in 2017.

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Excerpt from Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, Aug 27, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.