657: What Will Happen to The American Empire | Alex Sachon

Mar 24, 2026

Alex Sachon, philosopher and author of The Coming World Nation, blends esoteric philosophy with systems-level history. He explores why hierarchies persist, the hidden history of etheric technologies, and how finance and soft power shaped American imperial trends. Conversations span UFO disclosure, archetypal cycles, and a possible shift toward an energy-based technocracy.

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Mystery Schools May Have Guarded Dangerous Technologies

Sachon theorizes a custodial mystery-school institution preserved dangerous etheric knowledge separate from oligarchic materialists.
Their mandate: protect the technology from misuse while nudging outer institutions to build infrastructure required for safe eventual disclosure.

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Technocracy As An Energy Based Economy

Technocracy is framed as an energy-based economy enabled by open etheric tech, distinct from capitalism.
Cryptocurrency is a stepping stone toward digitization and infrastructures that can integrate a non-monetary energy economy.

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UFO Disclosure As A Tool To Reengineer Institutions

UFO disclosure functions as social engineering for multiple audiences: public fear and especially to prod the outer military-industrial complex.
The staged crisis advances institutional changes needed before revealing etheric tech publicly.

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What if the patterns driving today’s global instability have been repeating for far longer than we realize?

I sit down with Alex Sachon, a philosopher trained in the social sciences who uses ancient philosophy to make sense of the rapidly shifting social, cultural, and geopolitical landscape we’re living through. His work brings together esoteric philosophy, historical analysis, and a systems-level view of civilization to explain how we arrived at this moment.

We trace how early exposure to Daoism and Zen Buddhism opened the door to deeper questions about consciousness, and how that eventually intersected with the study of empire, financial systems, and the evolution of power structures. His recent book, The Coming World Nation, outlines a model of social hierarchy and offers a revisionist look at the last 200 years of American history.

If you’ve ever felt like something about the current system doesn’t add up, but couldn’t quite articulate why, this conversation helps connect those dots. It’s especially relevant for people who question mainstream narratives, think in systems, and want a deeper framework for understanding where we might be headed next.

You’ll Learn:

[00:00] Introduction

[07:26] Why humans keep choosing rulers, even when it destroys them

[17:02] The one thing keeping the masses from organizing against the elite

[28:44] Soft power, hard control, how empire stopped needing soldiers

[40:38] Free energy, anti-gravity, and why even the ruling class was kept in the dark

[01:01:50] What's really behind UFO disclosure, and who's engineering it

[01:19:04] Atlantis, astrology, and a 25,000-year pattern we're living through today

[01:35:39] Karma, cosmic justice, and why the elite's arrogance is already their punishment

[01:43:41] What you bring with you when you die, and how psychedelics show you first

[01:53:12] Shakespeare, Masonry, and a secret lineage hiding in plain sight

[02:21:51] Philosophy, science, religion; why all three collapse without each other

Full show notes at https://lukestorey.com/wisdom

Resources Mentioned:

Read: Tao Te Ching by Laozi | Book

The Century of the Self | IMDb

Westworld | IMDb

Carl Jung, Stanislav Grof, and the Science of the Soul by Sachon, A. | Article

Read: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 10: Civilization in Transition by C. G. Jung | Book

Read: The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind by Alison Gopnik | Book

Read: The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall | Book

Read: Manly P. Hall: The Maestro of Esoteric Philosophy by Alex Sachon | Book

Cracking the Shakespeare Code: The Seven Steps to Mercy | YouTube

Read: The Lost Keys of Freemasonry: The Legend of Hiram Abiff by Manly P. Hall | Book

Find more from Alex:

Alex Sachon | Website

The Wisdom Tradition | Substack | Instagram | YouTube

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