German-American political philosopher, the analyst of Gnosticism as a modern political phenomenon. In dialogue 09 Voegelin surfaces as the correspondent for McLuhan's own preoccupation with Gnosticism in 1953–54 — a thread Cameron traces to McLuhan's "definitive statement," the close of his 1955 review of Kenner's book on Lewis: "let us go and rejoin the one."
Across the dialogues
The Gnosticism thread — Voegelin as McLuhan's 1953–54 correspondent, and "let us go and rejoin the one"
In 1953–54 McLuhan was preoccupied with Gnosticism — his letters to Voegelin (and to Lewis) explicitly so.
"He was complaining about Gnosticism right at that time, in '53, '54. His letters to Eric Voegelin, for example, are explicitly about that — and he also has letters to Lewis about Gnosticism."
McLuhan's 1955 review of Kenner's Lewis book is his definitive statement on Gnosticism, closing "let us go and rejoin the one."
"And then in his review of Kenner's book on Lewis in 1955 — his definitive statement on Gnosticism, which ends by saying: let us go and rejoin the one."
Connections
McLuhan's 1953–54 Gnosticism correspondent; his "definitive statement" on Gnosticism closes the 1955 Kenner-on-Lewis review.
McLuhan's definitive Gnosticism statement comes in his 1955 review of Kenner's book on Lewis.