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The world is currently enduring neo-gnosticism, which is a form of occultism. Gnosticism was the first heresy to attack the Church. It offers salvation through secret knowledge. Yet its very essence is to reject the revealed Genesis account of creation and substitute an unreal world for the real. Thus, it cannot be reconciled with Christianity. The reemergence of gnosticism constitutes the very essence of modernity. The fact that gnosticism has returned so strongly, and we are inundated in it, ought to concern us - especially since it has deeply infiltrated the Church. Neo-gnostics have given up on Heaven above and instead look to salvation by 'moving forward' to a better earthly future. Yet Our Lady crushes this heresy through the Mystery of her Assumption. There is no self-salvation; God must save us. Heaven is upward not in human progress. The person is not just a soul; but soul and body. Moreover, the Assumption increases piety, upholds the value of human life, and strengthens faith in the Resurrection.