Home›Sources›Flannery-Dailey and Wagner, "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," Journal of Religion and Film, 2001SourcesFlannery-Dailey and Wagner, "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," Journal of Religion and Film, 2001Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Flannery-Dailey and Wagner, "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," Journal of Religion and Film, 2001." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/flannery-dailey-wagner-wake-up-gnosticism-buddhism-matrix-2001.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Flannery-Dailey and Wagner, "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," Journal of Religion and Film, 2001. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/flannery-dailey-wagner-wake-up-gnosticism-buddhism-matrix-2001Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-flannery-dailey-and-wagner-wake-up-gnost, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Flannery-Dailey and Wagner, "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," Journal of Religion and Film, 2001}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/flannery-dailey-wagner-wake-up-gnosticism-buddhism-matrix-2001}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA peer reviewed article in an academic journal of religion and film, read directly for this entry. Its strength is that it is a genuinely scholarly, disciplinary reading of the film against both Gnostic and Buddhist frameworks, written by two religious studies scholars rather than by film critics or fans. Its limit is that it is one interpretive argument among several the film has attracted, and this atlas cites it as a documented scholarly reading rather than as the film's own stated intent, which no source found for this entry independently confirms.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (20 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Flannery-Dailey and Wagner's Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix, published in the peer reviewed Journal of Religion and Film, is a scholarly article by two religious studies academics, treated at the top tier as peer reviewed journal scholarship.NotesWell-attestedChecked at its exact URL, the journal's own digital commons landing page, not a paraphrase. The article argues the film frames the material world as an illusion mistaken for reality, from which a guide offers a path to waking up, reading the Matrix itself as the Gnostic demiurge's false creation and the Architect character, introduced in the sequel, as that demiurge's narrative parallel.CitationAuthorWell-attestedFrances Flannery-Dailey and Rachel L. WagnerPublisherWell-attestedJournal of Religion and Film, Vol. 5, No. 2, Article 4Publication YearWell-attested2001URLWell-attestedhttps://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol5/iss2/4/Source TypeWell-attestedpeer-reviewed articleClaims Backed By This Source (20 claims)This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Screen Works, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested15ArticlesA Red Pill and an Old Question About the WorldHow Scholars Read Religion in FilmWhat the Architect Owes the DemiurgeScreen WorksThe Matrix (1999 Film)SourcesFlannery-Dailey and Wagner, "Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in The Matrix," Journal of Religion and Film, 2001Holds1Screen WorksThe Matrix (1999 Film)General References4ArticlesA Red Pill and an Old Question About the WorldHow Scholars Read Religion in FilmWhat the Architect Owes the DemiurgeScreen WorksThe Matrix (1999 Film)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year