Archonoclast – No. My interest in mystical Christianity steered away from Gnosticism (at least in that 2nd century, dualistic, demiurge and archon sense) very shortly after beginning that blog. Nowadays my thinking is again much more Buddhist overall, and the Christian mystery for me now revolved around the ideas of the sovereign Priest King and rebuilding the temple within. This figure is most importantly represented by Melchizedek and Christ, but also in later tradition such as the figure of Prestor John.

I have long been struck with the parallel between academic deconstruction/post structural movements and the analogous logic of the chaos magick movement. Both were a dialectical response to a theory that had become unhelpfully reified, stuck. Both served their purpose of taking the Legos apart, and what is next is Apollonian play and the resulting diversity functional structures.

With chi though, I usually get the impression that it is (defined to be) exactly the same thing as anything else in the mind, just with some specific organization that allows it to create these various extra-material effects, over the usual background noise.

Energy is a bit of a sticky wicket as it does not really mean energy in the sense of physics – that is more or less a metaphor. But think Chi in Martial arts, or Prana in Yoga, but taken to a more subtle level and your are on the right track.

I do apologize for not having the time to comment as much as I would like.