The hero cults of classical antiquity are alive and well, with new ones blossoming and withering every thirty minutes. The cult of celebrities, mascots, pansexual spokesthings and cultural idols of every cloth are available in all colors, sizes, shapes and smells. The difference is there is no Heraclean challenges set by the cult leaders, no standards, no identifiable goals or metaphysic, no cosmology, no philosophical ideation, nothing really, except an endless stream of consumer incentives.

#KnightsTemplar is trending. Have you ever seen the original Baphomet that they venerated? Their occult lore and practice was a direct result of their contact with several Arab and African holdover cults of Late Antiquity, and a variety of Islamic sects including the assassins The Druze, Mandeans, Nestorians, Ismailis, Yezidis, Sabeans, all of these and more would come to influence the secret heretical mythology of the Templar order.