Indigos, new humanity and Christ

Matt Stone thinks this could be the next fad in the more new-age inclined areas of society. It pushes a lot of the NAM theme buttons: humans evolving into something better, human potential, new powers...

I think that the comparison with X-men is probably important as a kind of cultural reference.
I am beginning to reflect on the way that childhood superheroes have had a bigger effect than I have so far seen acknowledged. The effect has been mimetic, in the sense that things that we take into our minds are often then material for us to imitate. Or, in this case, to wish to imitate. This then contributes to the form that the longing to be more than we are takes. I certainly recognise this kind of scenario from my own upbringing as I reflect on what I recall of the feelings and thoughts I had around this topic. So it is to be expected that dreams of superhumans should become both a matter of actual search and gain plausibility by being familiar and imaginable [and made so by pictures, cartoons and films]. Oh, and we all like the myth replayed through many storylines that what we thought of as a problem and what the world sees as a disfigurement or disability is actually the symptom of a far more significant and important mutation which is for the benefit of the person or even of humankind. I often reflected how often mutations in popular comic stories and sci-fi films are portrayed as the next potential step of evolution or at least as positively adaptive for the individual themself (even if potentially dangerous to the rest of us). The reality is, of course, that mutations are usually debilitating and reduce a person's ability to deal with the rest of the world. But how nice it is to think that they could be, in reality, the harbinger of superpowers and the vanguard of a new humanity.

Which is a redemptive theme indeed. The cross, which seemed to be about death and defeat, turns out to be the beginings of a new creation, the vanguard of a new humanity. So we need to think about this also as pointing up for us themes in the gospel that might resonate better than the guilt arousal bad news we've become addicted to peddling. So my thinking on this is heading off in the direction of redemption in terms of God being able to take hold of the 'maladaptive' [in terms of personal growth, spiritual life and relations with others and creation] and begin to turn it/us into something beautiful, healing, life-filled and indeed a foretaste of a world to come. We can also link that with the theme of a God who creates through evolutionary processes who can therefore be thought to have a positive purpose rather than a blind agnostic goal which we can co-operate with, synergise with or collaborate with [and note all those prepositions are 'with']. The cross must then surely be seen more in a Christus Victor theme: Christ submerging himself in human maladaption in order to release from it the potential for a new humanity or to heal it and bring it forth as a gateway for life rather than death.

Further thoughts appreciated.
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