It's not, you realize Holy Mountain is just a straight up Mandaean gnostic metaphor once you look into Jodorowskys religious beliefs El Topo is much more subtle with the spiritual stuff
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Replying to @Ans0nJackdr3w @AscendedBastard
Not going to bother because you're getting mad about my interpretation of a movie lmao
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Wait no, I’d like to hear your explanation tho
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Well to begin with the mandaeans believe Jesus stole his teachings from John the Baptist, this is why The Thief has his name and why he is protrayed as a bumbling fool despite looking like Christ...
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The Alchemist leads The Thief and the other thieves on the path of gnosis through different trials in the second half of the film At this point it kinda crosses over into Hermeticism but there's enough overlap between gnositicism and Hermeticism for it to be consistent
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Replying to @Ans0nJackdr3w @AscendedBastard
Because I'm taking Jodos actual religious beliefs into account when interpreting the film
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Where did you read about his beliefs?
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Don't remember it's been a while let me see if I can find some info
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