Discovering the Sacred Through The X-Files | Christopher Knowles

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Gordon White

Magic, Occult, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Paranormal, Ufo, Spirituality

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

Synchromystic raconteur, author, and pattern seeker Christopher Knowles returns to the show, as well as the wheelhouse, for this one.

Not that we would ever need one, but the flimsy excuse for Chris coming back this time is so that we can discuss his amazing new book, XF-ULTRA: The X-Files, Conspiracy Culture, and the National Security State.

Can a 90s genre TV-show both explore AND generate high strangeness
What happened to our ancient mythology?
Who is called to tend the flame of our culture’s sacred stories through the chaos all around us?

Even if, almost ESPECIALLY if, you’ve never seen The X-Files before, this journey down to the underworld and back up through the trash stratum of popular culture has wider metaphysical implications that make it essential listening.

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0:00.0	We crave unknowing. We crave to enter worlds that we're not familiar with and discover.
0:06.4	You know, we need that sense of discovery. We need that sense of unfamiliarity of the exotic.
0:12.5	You're looking in places where people don't look because that's where the signal is going to come through.
0:18.1	The signal isn't going to come through at a cathedral or wherever. The signal is going to come through. The signal isn't going to come through at a cathedral or wherever.
0:21.3	The signal is going to come through where nobody expects it so it can't be intercepted. In this episode, Synchromistic Racconteur and Culture Shaman, Chris Knowles returns to the show,
0:46.9	and the show itself returns to the Vancouver seasons of its heart, because we are exploring
0:52.9	how the archetypal and the mythic erupt and erupt into modern
0:59.5	reality. And the lens for this examination is everyone between the ages of 35 and 45's
1:06.1	sexual awakening, regardless of gender, the X-Files. Now, if you haven't seen the show, I would almost say this episode is more for you
1:15.2	than it is for the X-Files super fans, because it's not even really about the X-Files.
1:21.7	It's about sacred stories and the mythic and how culture can approach the mystery. So enjoy. The Reverend Dr.
1:35.4	Christopher Knowles returns to talk to us about the X-Files. And we used to talk about this all
1:40.7	the time, Chris. So welcome back. Yes. Thank you. It's been very long. I don't even remember last time I was on your show. I think it was for the synchromysticism book, the first one. So yeah, that's not that long. No, no, no. I just, we used to talk about X-Files, like when I was in London, long into the night. but you you know, X-Files was 75 years ago, and that was 60 years ago.
2:05.7	So you probably recognize a lot of the things that I was talking about in the book.
2:11.2	I did.
2:12.1	I did.
2:12.5	And I actually kind of want to start with the sort of annoying for a book question, is who is it for and why now um well why now
2:24.7	because it was now and never um just kind of felt like i wanted to get it out two years ago but
2:32.2	just it wasn't going to happen so So I got it out this year and
2:37.4	who's it for? People like us. You know, it's not for your meat and potatoes X-Files fan
2:45.2	because I don't even think they read books anymore. It's for... Yeah, why it's a leading
2:49.9	question is I'm not sure they exist.
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