Late-Stage Babylon: Navigating the Post-Secular Spiritual Crisis

With a blend of scholarly analysis and personal reflection, this book invites readers to contemplate the complexities of our modern spiritual landscape. In today's world, something strange is happening: Celebrities like Kat Von D and Russell Brand are embracing Catholicism, finding allure in its newfound status as a counter-cultural symbol among media personalities, influencers and the literati.Tech titans like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are shirking the rationalist modus-operandi, making open allusions to the arcane, and even funding research into occult phenomena.U.S. senators stumble over their words in front of the watchful lenses of establishment news cameras and journalists, grappling with the notion of the potential existence of superintelligent life - which, if real, would shatter the fabric of our rationalist paradigm. This unexpected shift raises pressing questions: What is driving these influential individuals in secular liberal democracies to embrace ancient religious instit