The Star Knight's Way as Gnostic Benevolence

So the Blood Meridian quote in the last post didn't make sense to me - I thought that dude drawing fire from the rocks was The Judge - until I read about how the book is really about Gnosticism. So the kid is the guy at the end, the one possessed of an alien compassion in a fallen reality Holden The Judge wants to dominate.

One of the major ideas here is that Good is an alien force entering the world, working to redeem the shards of Light scattered in the dark. Amid Night Suns  does a great job recounting this idea:

Eleleth tells Norea that she isn’t just a fallen shadow-creature, but that she has the spirit of truth emanating within her, a fragment of the imperishable light, and is therefore a holy immortal being of the Pleroma. Norea has the mother of wisdom Sophia within her, in the form of Zoe, or Life itself. And this means the Authorities of Darkness despise her in their jealousy. This insight is crucial. I personally believe this insight cuts to be the very heart of Gnosticism in all its permutations. Which is the fact that Knowledge, Enlightenment, or Emancipation isn’t just a state, it’s a process; the process of becoming free, of literally seeing spiritual truth. Inherent within this notion is the implication that the illusory world of matter, the realm of chaotic shadow-form overseen by the blind demiurge, can still be reconnected or transformed or taken back into the Pleroma, into the infinite, imperishable Light. This is admittedly my own personal interpretation of some pretty hardcore variations of Gnostic cosmogony. But what this suggests to me is that even the demons and dark angels of Samael can still cry out to the Holy Spirit just as Norea does, and ask for their sight to be restored. To no longer be avatars of Samael, blinded as he is blind, but to become more than shadow-soul – to become independent agencies gifted with a fragment of the Pleroma within them by awakening to the reality of pneuma; the divine spark and breath of life. Here at Amid Night Suns I often refer to this luminous pneuma as the Innermost Light, or the Midnight Sun.

As previously noted I figure Star Knights are Void Knights that went crazy, decided there was a greater unknown moral & literal Light that denies Entropy's power, and turned from Neutral Evil to Chaotic Good. So The Way, at least the Star Knight portion of It, isn't the Force that exists between all living things. Or rather, if It is such a thing it is because all Life has this Unseen Light inside of it that is a manifestation of the Benevolence.

"Life is a pure flame, and we live by an Invisible Sun within us."
-Thomas Browne

 Think of the White of Gan that works to support the Dark Tower. The Void would then be the Prim but most Void Knights wouldn't care to actively work against civilization, they're more just powerful beings who've rationalized treating everyone else like shit. So less Crimson King and more CEO calmly employing sweat shops and engaging in the blood-diamond trade. But think of how an OSR cultist may not really be trying to see the triumph of "Chaos" over "Law" (s/he's probably just trying to get money and/or get laid and/or maybe just not hate him/her-self). Regardless of intention serving themselves does ultimately serve to further the aims of "Chaos".

Or, at least, that's how the Star Knights see it. I don't see all of the Void Knights thinking of the Void as sentient, instead they just find recognizing Its dominance over all Life/Light/Meaning gives them power. Maybe a few Void Knights do get all Crimson King about it and start up a Pennywise type operation with some other cults, but I wanted to keep the Void Knights largely separate from the psycho-horror side of Space Occultism. They're ultimately meant to seem more reasonable, on the whole, than the erratic Star Knights who at times sorta go all John Brown on the varied injustices many consider ordinary life in a dystopian sci-fi setting.

This leads to an interesting question about the metaphysical/religious goals of the Star Knights - they are representatives of a Good injected into a reality more concerned with Law and Chaos (if even that). Star Knights may want to reconfigure the Void in the name of the White and make Heaven out of it - it might still be dark and even cold but perhaps it would make true Dante's idea of a "Love that moves the Sun and other Stars".

Unfortunately, they were also some of the cruelest most selfish bastards in the relevant galaxy/galaxies until the Good came upon their minds like some kind of Love-crafted Celestial. (Sorry the pun was just sitting there.)

If Indifference is truly the opposite of Love they did a 180. Now they're Cenobites with a heart and a lot of remorse. Can they somehow find a way to accept the past but also move forward, or will they be anchored down by paralyzing self-hatred of who they were? Can they find Grace without help from an overt Redeemer?

If not then the Void wins another round.