The ‘Ancient Knowledge’ Trend Isn’t Wisdom — It’s Just Spiritual Porn.
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I’m writing this on my third cup of coffee.
My brain is being held together by caffeine and questionable judgment.
My co-author, Mello Puppers, is asleep again. Naturally.
I’d call him lazy, but honestly… same.
Anyway. Moving on.
This is going to trigger some people but it’s something I can’t unsee anymore:
everyone claiming to have “ancient knowledge” also seems to have a link in their bio.
It’s never just wisdom.
It’s a funnel.
The mystery is deliberate. The language is foggy on purpose.
They hint at “hidden truth,” let curiosity do the heavy lifting, and then—click here, buy this, unlock the next layer.
Ancient secrets, apparently, now accept credit cards. And, people are falling for it.
Which is depressing if we’re being honest and a little embarrassing for the human race.
Scroll Substack long enough and you’ll see the pattern.
Someone insisting they uncovered a code in an ancient text everyone else somehow missed.
Another claiming a special kind of spiritual insight—handpicked, enlightened, uniquely burdened with truth.
Cue the “I’m just doing the Lord’s work” speech.
No. You’re not.
You’re running a marketing strategy with Bible-adjacent language slapped on top.
How do I know this?
Because I’ve worked in sales. I know marketing. I know exactly what this looks like when it’s dressed up as something noble. So let’s stop pretending.
Let’s lay this out plainly so people can stop getting deceived already.
Whew.
That needed to be said.
Alright. Let’s get into it.
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Paul Already Warned Us About This (And He Wasn’t Subtle)
The obsession with secret wisdom isn’t new.
This has been around since forever.
Nothing new under the sun—Scripture already told us that.
The apostle Paul dealt with this exact nonsense in the early church, and he didn’t tiptoe around it. He told Timothy to shut it down:
“Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths.” (1 Timothy 4:7)
Notice what he didn’t say.
He didn’t say to study them more deeply or suggest forming discussion circles to unpack “lost knowledge.” Nope. He said to avoid it.
Later, Paul gets even more direct:
“Charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.” (1 Timothy 1:3–4)
Endless speculation.
Starting to sound familiar?
Paul wasn’t impressed by people who knew more things.
He cared about people who obeyed Christ.
And that difference still absolutely wrecks modern “ancient knowledge” influencers.
About the Book of Enoch (Yes, Let’s Talk About It)
Ah yes. The favorite flex.
The Book of Enoch.
Yes, I have read it—partially.
Yes, I have listened to audio books.
Yes I have listened to YouTube videos.
I get it. It’s interesting, ancient, and quoted once in Jude. It exists in the Ethiopian canon. Cool facts. Great trivia night material.
None of that makes it Scripture.
The early church didn’t receive it as authoritative.
Jesus didn’t teach from it.
The apostles didn’t build doctrine on it.
And “it overlaps with Genesis and Revelation” is not the argument people think it is. You know what else overlaps the Bible?
The Gnostic Gospels.
They mention Jesus. They reuse biblical language. They sound deep.
But, it’s still false. Overlap does not equal truth and similarity does not equal authority.
Ancient does not mean inspired—If age determined truth, pagan myths would be canon too.
Why This Stuff Sells So Well
Because obedience doesn’t.
Ancient knowledge promises power without repentance, insight without surrender, and depth without discipline.
Paul called this out too:
***“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own.
Oh, and Jesus warned about this too:
Matthew 24:4–5
“See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.”
Written in red.
So please people, don’t believe there is some “ancient wisdom.” There isn’t. Only Jesus.
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This is quite literally the oldest trick in the book. Did Satan not allure Eve with “secret wisdom”? To know good and evil?
“Obedience does not sell.” Correct. ✅