# 362: A Planetary Girdle of Light - The Origins of the Holy Order of MANS

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Podcast: [The Empire Never Ended](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-empire-never-ended-1611209)
Published: 2026-02-18T16:14:00+00:00
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Boris begins a short series on how a relatively obscure New Age religion from the 1960s lay the foundations for the modern right wing "Orthobro" phenomenon in Orthodox Christianity. To do this, we take a journey back to 1960s San Francisco's world of mystics, American Sufis and Christian Yogis. Music Credits: Christian Yoga Church - Untitled 6 Christian Yoga Church - Turn On (Music for the Hip at Heart) The Sufi Choir - Turning Allen Ginsberg / Reverend Adjari & Buddhist Chorus - Pacific High Studio Mantra's (Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum) Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles --- Subscribe to https://patreon.org/tenepod https://bsky.app/profile/tenepod.bsky.social https://x.com/tenepod

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