Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio Chris Knowles & Gordon White on Year Review and 2026 Predictions
Dec 31, 2025
Chris Knowles, an occult researcher and blogger, joins Gordon White, an occultist and founder of Runesoup, to analyze the tumultuous events of 2025 and peek into the future. They coin 'slop' to describe widespread societal decline and discuss the collapse of traditional rituals and propaganda spells. With geopolitical turmoil and an aging Europe, they predict messy conflicts instead of full-scale wars. Their insights also touch on the erosion of media reliability, consumer culture, and the importance of personal archives in a chaotic world.
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Slop Defines The Moment
- The word of the year is "slop," meaning expectations and delivery have both degraded across systems.
- Gordon and Chris argue declining competence now defines institutions and culture.
Mass Rituals Have Lost Power
- Chris says rituals and mass narratives that once governed society have stopped working since 2024.
- That failure accelerates a fourth-turning of institutional decline and social unpredictability.
Empty Mall As A Metaphor
- Chris recounts visiting a mostly-empty mall that triggered deep personal nostalgia and despair.
- He uses that scene as a metaphor for institutional and cultural decay.