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\"Valis\"<\/a>\"\"<\/span>Gnosticism has turned up regularly in science fiction \u2013 The Matrix<\/em><\/a>\"\"<\/span> and The Golden Compass<\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/em> providing just a couple of recent examples. It also profoundly influenced the religious views of Philip K. Dick<\/a>, and in following a link to an interview about the Gospel of Thomas and Secret Book of John with Stevan Davies<\/a>, I found on the site Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio<\/a> a podcast about the Gnosticism of Philip K. Dick<\/a>, and in the interest of allowing all things \u201creligion and sci-fi\u201d to appear here, thought I\u2019d share it, even though I have not yet had a chance to listen to it.<\/div>\n
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