Philion: The Cult of Saturn — Black Cubes, Immortality & the Hive Mind

Hook: What if the push for immortality is really a modern cult—carved into black cubes and hexagons—that threatens individuality? This condensed version (original ~72 minutes → now 12 minutes) of Philion’s provocative episode with guest Rory distills a wide-ranging exploration of myth, geometry, and tech: from Kronos and the Isle of the Dead to the Borg, Kabbalistic tefillin, and the Lurianic Tzimtzum. Hosts Philion and Rory connect symbols like the black cube and hexagon to transhumanism, technognosticism, and the ethics of AI, arguing that mind-uploading and life-extension risk creating a hive mind that erases mortality—and personhood. They also interrogate who stands to gain from longevity technologies, tying the debate to real-world actors and simulation/Gnostic ideas. What you’ll learn: why symbolism matters, how ancient myths illuminate today’s tech ambitions, the moral stakes of immortality, and what to watch for in our built environment (logos, architecture, code). Keywords: Saturn, black cube, transhumanism, hive mind, immortality, mythology, AI ethics. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.