March 19, 2005: Gnostics and Archons - John Lash

Art Bell begins with a first-hour conversation with Whitley Strieber about the concept of the rapture, tracing its origins to 19th-century theologians John Nelson Darby and Cyrus Schofield. They discuss how this belief system functions as a collective death wish, with adherents opposing environmental stewardship because intervening might delay the end times. Strieber warns that methane trapped beneath the ocean floor and in Arctic permafrost poses a catastrophic threat if released by warming… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/march-19-2005-gnostics-and-archons-john-lash