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The question of precisely what fires the will of the wealthy supranational elites seeking to manipulate and control world events, has not escaped the attention of serious students of conspiracies and cover-ups. The late American Professor Revilo P. Oliver, a confirmed atheist, was forced to conclude: "A theory that a conspiracy has been working consciously for many centuries is not very plausible unless one attributes to them a religious unity. That is tantamount to regarding them as Satanists engaged in the worship and service of supernatural evil. The directors of the conspiracy must see or otherwise directly perceive manifestations which convince them of the existence and power of Lucifer. And since subtle conspirators must be very shrewd men, not likely to be deceived by auto-suggestion, hypnosis, or drugs, we should have to conclude that they probably are in contact with a force of pure evil." (Prof. Revilo P. Oliver, Conspiracy or Degeneracy?, USA)
"To you, Sovereign Grand Instructors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: 'the Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the LUCIFERIAN Doctrine. If Lucifer were not god, would Adonay (Jesus)... calumniate (spread false and harmful statements about) him?...Yes Lucifer is God..."(Albert Pike, A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et l'Enfant dans la Franc-Maqonnene Universelle, page 588.)

"The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more than a cover, it may be a powerful engine in our hands... A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers." (as quoted in John Robinson's "Proofs of a Conspiracy" 1798, re- printed by Western Islands, Boston, 1967, p. 112)


Washington D.C. Street Layout. Satanic Pentagram. Designed by the Freemasons.


According to occultists/Satanic doctrine, the upper four points of the Goat head (left) represent the four elements of the world, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. The bottom fifth point represents the spirit of Lucifer.
In the photocopy of the Goat head Pentagram, the fifth point extends down into the mind of the goat, who represents Lucifer.
Notice the above pentagram of the Washington Streets layout in which the south part of the pentagram falls on the White House.
Where the Spirit of Satan is to dwell.
In order for a person to become a Shriner, he must not only go through all the degrees of Masonry, make all those blood-curdling oaths, worship gods who are not gods except they are of Satan, but he must make a blood both of allegiance to Allah as his god and Mohammed as his prophet. The Shriner is then given a red fez with an Islamic sword and crescent jeweled on the front of it. This originates from 7th century Arabia when the Moslems, under the leadership of Mohammed, slaughtered all Christians who would not bow down to Allah. Allah, by the way, was not another (generic) name given to God by Mohammed; Allah is the tribal deity --the moon god-- of Mohammed; it was the name of the god in the tribe that Mohammed was born into. That is why every mosque today has a crescent moon on the top of its spire.
Now when Mohammed's army of men, out to slaughter all the 'infidels', came to the city of Fez, in Morocco, they found a community of Christians. After killing all the Christians there with their Islamic-style swords, they took their hats (called a fez) and dipped them in the blood of the Christians, and wore the fezzes throughout the land glorying in their victory over Christianity. Today Shriner's put on red fezzes (representing the hats dipped in the blood of Christians) with the Islamic sword and crescent showing their allegiance to Allah and Mohammed (and the defeat of Christianity). Men in Obscene Red Fezzes!
In one of the Royal Institute of International Affairs top secret papers, the scenario is laid out as follows (in part): "...having been failed by Christianity, and with unemployment on every hand, those who have been without jobs for five years or more will turn away from the church and seek solace in drugs. That is when full control of the drug trade must be completed in order that the governments of all countries who are under our jurisdiction will have a MONOPOLY which we will control through supply.... Drug bars will take care of the unruly and the discontent, would be revolutionaries will be turned into harmless addicts with no will of their own...." There is ample evidence that the CIA and British intelligence, specially M16, have already spent at least a decade working toward this goal. (John Coleman's Committee of 300)

" Freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity -- an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect ... it is necessary to establish the existence of these two separate and yet interdependent orders, the one visible and the other invisible. The visible society is a splendid camaraderie of 'free and accepted' men enjoined to devote themselves to ethical, educational, fraternal, patriotic, and humanitarian concerns. The invisible society is a secret and most August [defined as 'of majestic dignity, grandeur'] fraternity whose members are dedicated to the service of a mysterious arcannum arcandrum [defined as 'a secret, a mystery']." [Hall, Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, p. 433]
"When a Mason learns the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy." [The Lost Keys To Freemasonry, Manly P. Hall, published by the Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1976, p. 48; Emphasis added]
We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries." Still Don't Believe In The New World Order?
Ever wonder why the Freemasonry meetings and gatherings are in Total Secrecy? Did you know that their rituals dishonor the person and work of Jesus Christ and give glory to the Prince of Darkness. The Masonic lodge is Satan's darkroom for developing negatives in the hearts and minds of the lost and unenlightened. As a former Worshipful Master of a Masonic Lodge I am compelled to share and tell the absolute truth as my God would have me do. (Jack Harris)
"...there is a power so organized, so subtle, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it." --- President Woodrow Wilson United States Presidents and the Masonic Power Structure

When we consider that modern "illuminized" Masonry is merely an extension of ancient "Baal" worship and religion, even down to the worship of the phallic obelisks such as those in ancient Babylon, Egypt, Rome and elsewhere - which represented Baal or Nimrod, the King of BABYLON and builder of the tower of Babel - then considering this is it to much to suggest that this modern covert space program might be in part a last days "Tower of Babel" to the stars? Believe it or not, the Masonic-Illuminati influence had infiltrated the capital city to such a degree in the early beginnings of the American Republic, that they not only placed the pentagram into the Washington D.C. street layout, but the Masonic square-and- compass, and the symbol of the horned goat as well! According to some, there's an occult history behind the building of the so- called 'Washington Monument' as well. Is it any coincidence that the 'monument' is shaped exactly like the sun-god-phallic obelisks of Rome, Egypt and Babylon?
Other works that may be very revealing along this line, as we indicated earlier, are the writings of former 33rd degree Mason and former Past Master of all Scottish-Rite Masonic bodies, the Rev. Jim Shaw. This is especially true with his book THE DEADLY DECEPTION (P.O. Box 884., Silver Springs, FL 32688). In this work Mr. Shaw exposes the blatant SERPENT worship secretly taking place within the Masonic HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE in Washington D.C. Mix this with the accounts of "Masonic" street-outlays built into Washington D.C. itself and accounts of tunnels beneath the city which connect many of the important Federal buildings and which allegedly extend to extreme depths and distances, then you have a recipe for something very strange and sinister which is undermining our nations capitol. The Cosmic Grand Deception


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Former Joint Chiefs of Staff General details NWO taking over of America
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Freemasons




Secret Masonic Handshake





THIS is the Invisible Freemasonry, about which you have been kept in ignorance all along! To verify this fact even further, we encourage you to go to the publishing and distribution house of Invisible Freemasonry, Kessinger's Freemasonry and Occult Publishing; Kessinger's publishes all the old, formerly very secret Masonic books of the Invisible Society. The address is http://www.kessingerpub.com/ (External Link) and we encourage you to peruse the subjects they have listed at the very bottom of their Home Page, noting the extremely Satanic, anti-Christian subjects of which the Invisible Fraternity is comprised! We have noted a few of these subjects below as Kessinger's has listed them:
Alchemy; Ancient Religions; Astral Body [Satanic practice]; Astrology [Forbidden in Bible]; Auto-Suggestion; Babylonian; Blavatsky, H.P. [one of the most Satanic Black Magick practitioners of all time! Her teachings were studied by Adolf Hitler and provided basis for the Jewish Holocaust]; Buddhism; Card Reading; Chaldean [Babylon and Chaldean Mysteries were brought into total annihilation by God for their severe Satanism, and is the same Babylon condemned in the Book of Revelation]; Christian Mysticism [This is the "Christianity" of Masonry, where every single doctrine is reinterpreted]; Christian Science [Fully anti-Christian but compatible with Masonry]; Clairvoyance [Satanic to the core and forbidden in the Bible]; Color and Sound [Critically important to Satanism]; Cosmic Consciousness [SATANIC]; Crystal Gazing [Forbidden in Bible]; Divination [Forbidden in Bible]; Druidism and Celts [Elevated human sacrifice to highest levels]; Eastern Doctrines; Esoteric Christianity [Redefining Christian doctrines]; Evolution [And you just thought Masonry was compatible with true Christianity]; Fortune Telling [Forbidden in Bible]; Geomancy and Gematria [Satanic]; Gnosticism [Fought against in the Epistles of Paul in the Bible]; Hermetic; Holy Grail [Satanic allegory to produce Antichrist]; Hypnotism; Islam; Karma [Satanic doctrine teaching Reincarnation]; Love and Sex Consciousness [Completely Satanic]; Magic [Forbidden in Bible]; Nature Worship [Sun Worship primary worship of Invisible Freemasonry]; Palmistry [Satanic Divination]; Phallicism [Worship of Male erect Sex Organ!]; Qabalah [Satanic Reinterpretation of Hebrew Old Testament]; Reincarnation; Rosicrucian [Satanic to the core]; Serpent Worship [Not only is Masonry a religion, it worships the Serpent, actually Satan himself]; Telepathy [Satanic communication without audible language]; Tarot [Divination forbidden in Bible]; Transcendental Physics; Zoroastrianism [Satanic cult destroyed by God in Old Testament].


THE COMMON THEME WITHIN ALL "SECRET SOCIETIES" IS THAT OF KING ARTHUR
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Bechtel

(pronounced BECK-tul)

Bechtel is a super secret international corporate octopus, founded in 1898. Some say the firm is really a 'Shadow Government'--a working arm of the CIA. It is the largest Construction and Engineering outfit in the U.S.A. and the World (and some say, beyond). "The most important posts in the U.S.A. Government are held by former Bechtel Officers. They are part of 'The Web' (an interconnected control system) which links the Tri-lateralist plans, the C.F.R., the Order of 'Illuminism' (Cult of the All- seeing Eye) and other interlocking groups..." "MIND MANIPULATING EXPERIMENTS... Battle Beneath The Earth


Bertelsmann AG

The highly secretive German firm, Bertelsmann AG, and their global media empire, includes Random House, Bantam Doubleday Dell, and reportedly they are sizeable owners of American Online, known as AOL.COM, the online service. As stated in Nation Magazine, November 8, 1999, "Contrary to the company's official history, Bertelsmann cooperated with the Nazis in the late thirties and early forties, publishing a range of Hitlerian propaganda.


Bilderburgs



B'nai B'rith (aka) Anti-Defamation League

The ADL is not an arm of the Jewish community; but is an arm of a secret society, a branch of the Illuminati, known as B'nai B'rith, which is controlled by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.


Bohemian Club

President Herbert Hoover once called this club "the greatest men's party on Earth."




Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C., buyout firm, is one of the nation's largest defense contractors. It has billions of dollars at its disposal and employs a few important people. Maybe you've heard of them: former Secretary of State Jim Baker, former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, and former White House budget director Dick Darman. Wait, we're just getting warmed up. William Kennard, who recently headed the FCC, and Arthur Levitt, who just left the SEC, also work for Carlyle. As do former British Prime Minister John Major and former Philippines President Fidel Ramos. Let's see, are we forgetting anyone? Oh, right, former President George Herbert Walker Bush is on the payroll too.


Church of Jesu

Church of Jesu. ( aka Society of Jesus) Also headquarters of the Knights of Malta. Founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola to combat the reformation and propagate the faith. (Reformation being salvation thru grace instead of the Catholic Church.) The Jesuit General, and the other high Jesuit Generals, they are sorcerers. They are Luciferians, and they worship what they would call Lucifer. They do not believe in Satan. They believe in Lucifer. Their ultimate goal is the rule of the world, with the Pope of their making, from Solomon’s rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem. That’s their ultimate goal. Anti Christ. The Black Pope



Committee of 300




Council on Foreign Relations

The goal of the CFR was to influence all aspects of society in such a way that one day Americans would wake up and find themselves in a ONE NEW WORLD SYSTEM “whether they liked it or not.” Their hope was to get Americans to the point where entering a world government would seem natural and so that they would blink and miss what it is their naked eyes were truly seeing. The evidence can be found on the COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS WEBSITE at: www.cfr.org External Link


Council of Nine

  • The Council of Nine One New Age channeling cult, above all the rest, has had a huge - very disturbing influence on hundreds of thousands of devotees worldwide. Known as 'The Nine', its disciples include cutting edge scientists, multi-millionaire industrialists and leading politicians. This exclusive extract based on The Startgate Conspiracy by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince looks at the sinister origins of The Nine



Cult of the Serpent




FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Association

The Club of Rome, after playing a key role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, attempted to sell its "crisis management" (the forerunner of FEMA) program to President Kennedy. Several Tavistock scientists went to see the President to explain what it meant, but the President rejected the advice they gave. The same year that Kennedy was murdered, Tavistock was back in Washington to talk with NASA. This time the talks were successful. Tavistock was given a contract by NASA to evaluate the effect of its coming space program on American public opinion. The contract was farmed to the Stanford Research Institute and the Rand Corporation. Much of the material produced by Tavistock, Stanford and Rand never saw the light of day and remains sealed until now. Take note that FEMA is a major New World Order front with SEVERAL extensive operational underground bases which, like underground Trojan horses, exist beneath strategic locations throughout the United States: "'FINCEN' CONFIRMED PRE-DEPLOYMENT LOCATIONS: south and east-central California; west-central Montana; north Texas; west-central Wisconsin; north-east Illinois; south-east Michigan; central Indiana; south-west Ohio; north New York; south Delaware; south Maryland; north-east Virginia. North-east North Carolina; central, south Florida.


Hell Fire Club

This was a secret Satanic cult which was associated with early Freemasonry. When the connections became known between the Satanists of the Hell Fire Club and the elite of Freemasonry, Freemasonry and the elite made some radical moves. First, Freemasonry publicly proclaimed that it had nothing to do with the Hell Fire Club. When the Hell Fire Club was publicly disbanded by the government (acting on orders from people that tied-in with the club). Later, quietly the club was reconstituted. Phillip,1 at Duke of Wharton (1698-1731) who was the second person of nobility to be Grand Master of England’s Freemasons (G.M. of the Grand Lodge 6/1722-11/25/1723) was president of the Hell Fire Club.

Illuminati

Illuminati and Freemasonry go hand in hand. 33rd degree Freemason, Albert Pike, was the head of the Illuminati in the United States.
Remember that it was an Attorney General under 33rd Degree Freemason Franklin Roosevelt who with the stroke of a pen created the Federal Bureau of Investigation run by 33rd Degree Freemason J. Edgar Hoover. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (External Link), Internal Revenue Service, (External Link) and the Anti Defamation League (External Link) of B'nai B'rith are the political Gestapo for the Illuminati in the united States of America. Agents of the ADL frequently pose as agents of the FBI and IRS apparently with the full knowledge and permission of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service. MAJESTYTWELVE



IMF

International Monetary Fund




JASON Society

The JASON Society is one of the highest degrees above the Skull & Bones and the Scroll & Key in the Illuminati. In other words, it is a higher level of initiation.



Jesuits



John Birch Society



Knights of Columbus

I feel safe in stating that nowhere else can be found in one book the connected presentation of the story leading up to the death of Abraham Lincoln, which was instigated by the “Black” pope, the General of the Jesuit Order, camouflaged by the “White” pope, Pius IXth, aided, abetted and financed by other “Divine Righters” of Europe, and finally consummated by the Roman Hierarchy and their paid agents in this country [America] and French Canada on “Good Friday” night, April 14th, 1865, at Ford’s Theater, Washington, D. C. I am convinced that if this knowledge can be given adequate distribution and placed in possession of the boys and girls of the public elementary schools, for whom it is especially designed to reach, that the wicked boast of the Jesuits and their lay agents, the Knights of Columbus, to “MAKE AMERICA CATHOLIC” can never be accomplished. THE SUPPRESSED TRUTH ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN



Knights of the Garter




Knights of Malta

The Knights of Malta is a world organization with its threads weaving through business, banking, politics, the CIA, other intelligence organizations, P2, religion, education, law, military, think tanks, foundations, the United States Information Agency, the United Nations, and numerous other organizations. They are not the oldest but are one of the oldest branches of the Order of the Quest in existence. The world head of the Knights of Malta is elected for a life term, with the approval of the Pope. The Knights of Malta have their own Constitution and are sworn to work toward the establishment of a New World Order with the Pope at its head. Knights of Malta members are also powerful members of the CFR and the Trilateral Commission. Secret Societies / New World Order by Milton William Cooper


Knights Templars

We know that the Templars are Illuminati because the Freemasons absorbed and protected those that escaped persecution of the church and France, just as the Freemasons would absorb and protect Weishaupt's Illuminati centuries later. The Knights Templar exist today as a high degree of Freemasonry within the Templar Order. In fact, the Knights Templar is a branch of the Order of the Quest. The DeMolay Society is branch of the Freemasons that consecrates the memory of the persecution of the Knights Templar and in particular, their leader Jacques deMolay. Secret Societies / New World Order by Milton William Cooper


KKK

Ku Klux Klan = K=11, K=11, K=11 11+11+11=33



Majesty Twelve



Opus Dei

Opus Dei Is a subordinate organization to the Pope, who is in control of the Knights of Malta, and therefore there are Knights of Malta in Opus Dei. The Jesuits control Opus Dei through the hierarchy of the Pope and through the Knights of Malta. Opus Dei is composed of prominent Roman Catholic businessmen and politicians who have given themselves over to “God’s work”—that’s what Opus Dei means—for making the Pope the Universal Monarch of the world, ruling the world from Solomon’s rebuilt temple in Jerusalem. An example of this is the former head of the FBI, Louis Freeh, was a member of Opus Dei. And so, we now understand the Waco incident, where those White Protestants were killed; it was the work of the Opus Dei. And we also have to remember that the sharpshooter, one of them there, was a Japanese Roman Catholic, Lon Horiuchi. But Opus Dei is determined to create a World Government under the Pope. Opus Dei was created in the 20th Century, whereas the Knights of Malta were created in the 11th Century, and the Jesuits were created in the 16th Century, in 1540, with Ignatius Loyola. So, the super-secret society of the Jesuit Order, in control of the Knights of Malta, were in existence nearly 500 years before Opus Dei. Opus Dei, like the Knights of Columbus, is a subordinate organization to the Jesuit Order.


Order of the Garter

Another symbol on Prince Charles' Coat of Arms is that of The Order of the Garter. The Order of the Garter is the parent organization over Free Masonry, worldwide. When a man becomes a 33rd Degree Mason, he swears allegiance to that organization, and thereby to Prince Charles. According to "The 'Morals and Dogma' of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry" written by Albert Pike (Grand Commander, Sovereign Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry, July 14, 1889)
1993 December 20. George Bush was knighted by the Queen on as a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath. This was for his leadership in the Gulf War, when he sent American solders to die for England's interest of their petroleum in Kuwait


Order Of The Golden Dawn

The Golden Dawn, and its members included some of the most brilliant minds in the country. Arthur Machen was himself a member. The Golden Dawn, founded in 1887, was an offshoot of the English Rosicrucian Society created twenty years earlier by Robert Wentworth Little, and consisted largely of leading Freemasons.



Order of the Rose

"The Order of the Rose" was an emblem of those ushering in the New World Order. "Orders from the Rose" were orders from George Bush.



Ordo Templi Orientis

The letters O.T.O. stand for Ordo Templi Orientis, the Order of Oriental Templars, or Order of the Temple of the East. O.T.O. is an Outer Thelemic Order which is dedicated to the high purpose of securing the Liberty of the Individual and his or her advancement in Light, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, and Power through Beauty, Courage, and Wit, on the Foundation of Universal Brotherhood. O.T.O. is the first of the great Old Æon orders to accept The Book of the Law, received by Aleister Crowley in 1904 EV. This book proclaims a New Æon in human thought, culture and religion. The Æon arises from a single supreme injunction: the Law of Thelema, which is Do what thou wilt.


Prieure de Sion

The Knights Templar were founded sometime during the 11th century in Jerusalem by the Prieure de Sion for the express purpose of guarding remaining relics of Jesus and to provide military protection for the religious travelers during their pilgrimage to the Holy City.


Rhodes Scholars

“We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories.” -- Cecil Rhodes, “founder” of Rhodesia. Rhodes Scholars, 1902, home page External Link


Round Table Groups (aka Chatham House )

The muscle and bone branches of the Illuminati reconfigured themselves with the creation of the Round Table groups. ( The Round Table - a periodical, first published by Milner's "Secret Society" for Britain's intellectual community. The writers, and those associated with the publication became known as the Round Table Group, and later, the Chatham House crowd.)

Scientology



Skull and Bones (aka Brotherhood of Death)

There are two other senior societies, Scroll & Key and Wolf's Head and they are part of the same network. According to prominent political and financial analysts such as Antony Sutten, there is much documentation to suggest that Skull & Bones is nothing less than a Western branch of the Bavarian Illuminati, designed to recruit highly-educated individuals into serving it's cause.


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Thule Society

The German Brotherhood of Death Society is the Thule Society. Adolf Hitler joined this society in 1919, becoming an adept under the leadership of Dietrich Eckhart. Later, the Thule Society selected Hitler to be their leader of the New World Order, as Eckhart revealed on his deathbed, saying, "Follow Hitler; he will dance, but it is I who have called the tune. I have initiated him into the Secret Doctrine, opened his centers in vision, and given him the means to communicate with the powers." (Trevor Ravenscroft, The Spear Of Destiny, p. 91). In August, 1990, President George Bush announced that the world had now entered into a New World Order. Shockingly President Bush is an adept in an American Brotherhood of Death Society, the Yale Skull and Bones Society.


Trilateral Commission


Wiccan

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Friday, October 5, 2012



The Celestine Prophecy

Is this book a heavenly insight or a New Age fraud?

by Dennis Pollock

Celestine Prophecy

 
For almost a year it has been on the best seller list. It is being taught in churches, and has developed a cult-like following in a very short time. Study classes have gathered all over the country to discuss its precepts and implement its "insights." The Celestine Prophecy, written by James Redfield, is the latest New Age oracle which has managed to transcend the boundaries of the crystal gazers and navel meditaters, and reach out to large numbers of mainstream Americans.
The book makes some pretty pretentious claims for itself. From the inside flap of the book cover, we read:
"When you find and understand all 9 of the insights you will have an exciting new image of human life, and a positive vision of how we will save this planet, its creatures, and its beauty... And you will suddenly recognize the quantum leap forward humankind is preparing to make as we approach the new millennium."
On the back of the cover we find in bold print: "You have never read a book like this before... a book that comes along once in a lifetime to change lives forever."
Any book making claims like that has got a lot to live up to. There are, in fact, people who claim that the book has transformed their lives. Cosmetics saleswoman Frances Griggsby uses its teachings in dealing with her customers. Paramedic Chester Davison takes the author's advice about grabbing onto life's coincidences, and Nickie Molaire talks to strangers she would have once shut out.

The Peruvian Manuscript

The story begins with a restless, disgruntled social worker who can't figure out what's wrong in his life. When an old friend calls him out of the blue, she intrigues him with the story of an ancient manuscript that has been found in Peru. This manuscript supposedly contains all the secrets of life, but is being suppressed by the Peruvian government. The social worker is so swept up by the few things he is told, that he books a flight for Peru, to go in search of the document that can tell him the meaning of life.
Once in Peru, he spends the rest of the novel's length in avoiding hostile and misguided Peruvian officials who want to arrest him, and finding bits and pieces of the insights (numbered 1-9) that the manuscript reveals. As the story progresses our hero becomes wiser and wiser, learning step by step the philosophy of life which all mankind (excuse me, humankind) is destined to ultimately grasp.
He learns that all life's coincidences are meant for a purpose, created by a universal energy for the unfolding of man's spiritual evolution. He learns to draw on the universal source of energy, and thus be freed from the need of dominating others to steal their energy. He glimpses his oneness with the universe, and how to increase his energy by meditating on its beauty. By the end of the story he is getting so good at "energy drawing" that he finds himself turning invisible, though only for a short time.
Had this book come out in any other generation than our own, it would have been laughed off the shelves. It is not particularly well written and the new age delusions of grandeur approach the point of utter cornball. What this novel does have going for it is that it fits in beautifully with the many other truths that Shirley McLaine (Out On A Limb), Betty Eadie (Embraced by the Light), and all the other new age gurus have been saying for the last couple of decades.
Author James Redfield was asked, "Is there actually an old manuscript?" He replied, "The answer to that is no. I do think the insights in the book are coming to many, many of us at the same time." With that I certainly agree. There is a spirit of deception that has been loosed in our time which is speaking very similar things to many, many people. The Scriptures warn us: "Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world".

The Nine Insights

This novel centers around nine insights which humans will begin to grasp sequentially, one insight then another, as they move from their present state to a completely spiritual culture on earth. The attaining and comprehending of these insights is the salvation offered by Mr. Redfield. None of them relate to Jesus Christ. Nothing is said about forgiveness of sins or reconciliation to God. Instead we are told that by learning and applying these insights, our lives will be spiritual and fulfilling, and all will be well. Obviously the cross of Jesus has no place here.
The insights are a curious hodgepodge of homespun philosophy, borrowed pop-psychology, and new age rhetoric. The first step is to realize that all of life's coincidences are for a purpose. The second one is to realize that man has left traditional religion, tried materialism, and now must find true spirituality (through the insights, of course). The third insight is that there is an invisible energy which people must learn to perceive, and that the universe is energy that responds to our expectations. The fourth reveals that the world is a vast competition for energy, and the fifth says that the "universe" can provide all the energy we need if only we can open up to it. I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
The fact that people are actually taking this seriously speaks volumes about the theological ignorance of Americans. Were it not for the fact that this book is a best-seller, I would be tempted to write it off as a silly piece of harmless fluff. But to thousands this book is not silly; it is an explanation of life's mysteries. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross writes on the front cover: "A fabulous book about experiencing life — I couldn't put it down."

Jesus vs. the Nine Insights

Let us consider some of the areas where we find the worldview that Christ believed and taught at odds with The Celestine Prophecy's insights. Mr. Redfield seems very defensive about his book not contradicting any religion, but rather building on their truths and revealing their true nature. When he was asked what was the book's central theme, he responded, "Each of us can come to a place where we make a true connection with the divine no matter what religion we are. And when we do so, we can begin to see that the world will open up to us to complete a mission or a calling." When the main character of the book had a mystical experience of being one with the universe, he was told, "This is the experience the mystics of every religion have always described."
This eclectic, all religions are fine, approach sounds very open minded and noble, but runs directly contrary to the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. He declares emphatically, "If you believe not that I am He, you will die in your sins." In John 10 He proclaims, "I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them." And in a great display of religious intolerance He boldly declared, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except through Me".
Thus we come to a dilemma. From whom shall we obtain our theology? From James Redfield or Jesus Christ? Let us consider their qualifications. Mr. Redfield has written one popular book. Jesus Christ has come from heaven, died for the sins of the world, risen from the dead, and sits at the right hand of the Father, having received all authority in heaven and on earth.

Energy, Energy Everywhere

If there is one word that gets run into the ground in the story, it is energy. According to the insights, life is all about energy. The manuscript reveals that "eventually humans would see the universe as comprised of one dynamic energy, an energy that can sustain us and respond to our expectations. Yet we would also see that we have been disconnected from the larger source of this energy, that we have cut ourselves off and so have felt weak and insecure and lacking." Although God is mentioned a few times in the book, the real god of this book is energy.
The Bible, likewise speaks about energy. The Greek word energeia (from which we derive our word energy) is often used to describe the powerful working of the Holy Spirit in the believer. Paul uses this term in Colossians: "To this end I also labor, striving according to His working [energeia] which works in me mightily."
So as a Christian I am not opposed to the idea of spiritual energy. However the Scriptures make plain that God's energy is only available through Jesus Christ and the filling of the Holy Spirit. This is not some universal power available to people of all religions. Jesus said, "He that believes on Me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water". In Acts He promised, "You shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses of Me" . No Muslims, Hare Krishnas, atheists, or new agers need apply!
What this tale fails to take into account is that there is an evil energy that is at work in the world. This is the very energy that will one day empower the Antichrist. Paul writes, "The coming of the lawless one is according to the working [energeia] of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders". Those who would desire to open themselves up to universal energy, without bothering to make Jesus Christ the Lord of their lives, may find that the energy they receive comes from a most malicious source.

Where is the Cross?

The most condemning aspect of this book has got to be what it does with Jesus. For the better part of the book Jesus is not mentioned. Salvation of mankind is to be through the "insights." But near the end we finally learn what we are to think about Jesus. One of the "enlightened" priests spells it out:
"Isn't the story of the scriptures a story of people learning to receive God's energy and will within ... And isn't that receptivity to God's energy within what culminated in the life of a carpenter's son, to the extent that we say God, himself, descended to earth? ... Didn't Jesus, himself, say that what he did, we could do also, and more? We've never really taken that idea seriously, not until now. We're only now grasping what Jesus was talking about, where he was leading us. The Manuscript clarifies what he meant! How to do it!"
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

The Urantia Book

The great God makes direct contact with mortal man and gives a part of his infinite and eternal and incomprehensible self to live and dwell within him. God has embarked upon the eternal adventure with man. If you yield to the leadings of the spiritual forces in you and around you, you cannot fail to attain the high destiny established by a loving God as the universe goal of his ascendant creatures from the evolutionary worlds of space.


 The Urantia Book Cover--Urantia Foundation, Publisher.jpg
The book says that a person ultimately is destined to fuse with his or her divine fragment and become one inseparable entity with it, if the person chooses to accept the Adjuster's leadings and become self-identified with it. The act of fusion is the moment when a human personality has successfully and unalterably won eternal life, described as typically taking place in the afterlife, but also a possibility during earthly life. The result during human life is a "fusion flash," with the material body consumed in a fiery light and the soul "translated" to the afterlife. The Hebrew prophet Elija being taken to heaven without death in "chariots of fire" is said to be a rare example in recorded history of a person who attained fusion.

Once fused with his or her fragment of God, a person continues as an ascending citizen in the universe and travels through numerous worlds on a long, adventurous pilgrimage of growth and learning that eventually leads to God and residence on Paradise. Mortals who reach this stage are called "finaliters." The book goes on to discuss the potential destinies of these "glorified mortals."
The Urantia Book places much emphasis on the idea that all individuals have the same opportunity to know God, and it says nothing can hinder a human being's spiritual progression if he or she is motivated to be spirit led.

The book regards human life on earth as a "short and intense test," and "is not so much a probation as an education"and the afterlife as a continuation of training that begins in material life. The "religion of Jesus" is considered to be practiced by way of loving God the Father with a person's whole being, thereby learning to love each person the way Jesus loves people; that is, recognizing others as brothers and sisters and being of unselfish service to them.
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