I am finding that everything here comes back to Gnosticism. Those in power are all gnostics.

"Loosh" might be described in gnostic terms as "the dew from above [that] gives them strength.") Here's the "Loosh Rote" as translated by Robert Monroe into English:

Someone, Somewhere (or both, in millions, or uncountable) requires, likes, needs, values, collects, drinks, eats, or uses as a drug (sic) a substance ident Loosh. (Electricity, oil, oxygen, gold, wheat, water, land, old coins, uranium.) This is a rare substance in Somewhere, and those who possess Loosh find it vital for whatever it is used for. Faced with this question of Supply and Demand (a universal law of Somewhere), Someone decided to produce it artificially, so to speak, rather than search for it in its "natural" form. He decided to build a Garden and grow Loosh.

http://www.jamesdekorne.com/NewDawn/obegnostic.htm