Hey, igwe...thanks for dropping by:) I suspect the matrix theory and avatar theory are more than less the same although I'm suggesting they might not be. The primary split in Gnosticism seems to be whether this place is redeemable and I sit in it is not camp; in fact, it might be close to kaboom time again.
But like I said, I don't know for sure...
The earliest jnana gnostics in India thought this place sucked, too...I kind of sit in their camp and like the old Dvaita Vedantists believe the true God has nothing to do with this darkened womb brought into existence by Sofia...The Lighted Womb is our true abode.
PEACE!