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divine machinery en · NOUN

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1. (uncountable) An aesthetic and philosophical concept that blends themes of advanced technology with religious iconography.
   • [...] divine machinery, the idea that technology is angels designed to serve us. The bridge between spirituality and machines. Divine machinery might sound like an alarming or controversial concept that contradicts a person’s belief, but it is quite the opposite. [...] The significance behind divine machinery is not to worship computers or view technology as sentient but to better understand the importance of technology in our society and how that can be compared to the way we perceive religion. 2024 September 20, Armita Ghahremani, “Divine Machinery: What is it? Technology Talks”, in The Circuit:
   • Today’s "Divine Machinery" is the final short-circuit between these two worlds. It comes from this realization that we’ve built things—AI, global networks, hyper-objects—that we just don't control anymore. Dressing these systems in the robes of the divine is how we ritualize our submission to them. 2026 January 22, Unattributed, “The Rise of Divine Machinery”, in Etheria:
2. (uncountable) An aesthetic and philosophical concept that blends themes of advanced technology with religious iconography. ▸ A visualization of artificial intelligence and digital networks as modern equivalents of angels and deities, exploring transhumanism and the idea that humanity is inadvertently recreating ancient theological structures.
3. (qualifier:aesthetic, uncountable) An aesthetic and philosophical concept that blends themes of advanced technology with religious iconography. ▸ An art movement consisting of hyper-detailed imagery merging hardware components with sacred geometry; for example, motherboards entwined with religious artifacts, transmission towers, wires, or ethereal or biomechanical figures.