Lisa's List of Cults
From: golden3000997
Date: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:23 pm
Subject: Lisa's List of Cults Part One
Subj: websites in which
"Anthroposophy" and the word "cult" are linked
Date: 3/9/2004 9:39:44 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Lisa D. Ercolano
Reply-to: waldorf-critics@topica.com
To: waldorf-critics@topica.com (Waldorf Critics)
Christine,
You argue quite passionately
that Anthroposophy is not a cult, and offer as evidence reference
to a number of organizations whose definition of the word "cult"
you claim would prove that unfitting to describe Anthroposophy.
Having 10 minutes to spare,
I typed the words "Anthroposophy" and "cult"
into Google, and came up with pages and pages of Websites, including
the following:
http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/pseudo/anthropos.html
http://www.cults.co.nz/ae.html
http://skepdic.com/comments/steinercom.html
http://www.gkindia.com/therapies/anthroposophicalmedicine.htm
http://www.geocities.com/mibby529/rogues.html
http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/pseudo/
http://psychicinvestigator.com/demo/Cults.htm
http://cultpreres.users4.50megs.com/
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/books/evans/
http://www.csj.org/pubs_co/guestcolumn/newrelmovaagaard.htm
Lisa
OK Lisa,
Let's look at the List:
(1) http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/pseudo/anthropos.html
(Christine) - Home page of Frederik Bendz
Not much info about him or where he is coming from.
Has three "sects" listed:
Anthroposophy
Scientology
Jehovah's Witnesses
http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/index.html
Destructive sects and pseudo-sciences
Introduction
Reading about what the followers of destructive sects believe
in has made me scared of what will happen to our democratic society
if their claims are not contested. I don't think that an enlightened
person would ever join any one of these cults if he knew what
they stand for, and thus I will provide information about what
different sects believe. And if their claims are un- or pseudo-scientific,
I will tell you what the scientific community has to say about
them.
What I'm looking for is not
to give you both sides of the story, but to criticize things
I dislike in the movements. If you want a more positive view
of them, don't ask me to give you that. Instead you should
follow the "pros" links I provide on each page.
Christine - what follows is a short, inaccurate
description of Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy with a link to
(can you guess who? PLANS!! And Skeptic's Dictionary (to follow).
Links
1. People for Legal and Non-Sectarian Schools
2. Here's an essay claiming that Steiner never was a member of
the OTO.
3. Tio skäl att säga nej till waldorfskolor (Ten Reasons
for saying no to Waldof Schools, swedish)
4. Skeptic's Dictionary: Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf
Schools
Pros
5. Waldorf - Swedish Waldorf Schools.
6. The German official(?) site
7. Järna Bridge - All about the Anthroposophical movement
in Sweden.
8. Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association
../index.htmlBack to Fredrik Bendz' homepage
Last update: January 28, 2001
© Fredrik Bendz
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Actual entry:
Anthroposophy. Cult. See Anthroposophical
Society.
Anthroposophical Society.
Cult. Founded by Rudolph Steiner.
(Christine) Both signaled as "danger"
- no description at all for either
Christine - ULTRA Right Wing "Christian"
website
Lists Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam as "False Religions"
(3) http://skepdic.com/comments/steinercom.html
(Christine) There is a listing on "Skeptics
Dictionary" for Rudolf Steiner, much of which is untrue.
However, the webpage you cited above is actually a "reader's
comments" page by (guess who?) Sharon Lombard!
http://skepdic.com/comments/steinercom.html
anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner
and Waldorf Schools
reader comments:
anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner
and Waldorf Schools
26 Aug 2000
I just read your article on
Steiner, Waldorf, and Anthroposophy. Just wanted to quickly respond
as it was very clear that you didn't really understand the esoteric
Waldorf plan. The schools are an indoctrination into the cult
of Anthroposophy. The curriculum is centered on the various occult
initiates who Steiner absorbs into his pantheon. The children
are given anthroposophical pictures and notions which will be
of use in their next incarnation. The "individualism"
that they advertise is a code word for the "Anthroposophical
Being", a homogenous spirit made up of "Individual
I's" that will dominate the world in Steiner's dreamed up
future regime.
In Steiner's "Universal
Human", p 16-17, he claims that the Initiate cannot have
any personal ideas and views of his own, or he will never know
objective truth. He states, "The person in whom anthroposophical
wisdom appears must be completely unimportant compared to this
wisdom; the person as such does not matter at all." He also
says, "The anthroposophical view of the world develops in
the most individual way, but at the same time it is the most
unindividual thing you can imagine." On p 22-23 Steiner
states that those that take in anthroposophical thoughts will
have a spiritual substance that will help them penetrate the
darkness when they die, they will then recognize the people that
they worked with on earth. He discusses the deeper task of the
anthroposophical movement which is to help those that developed
their "individuality" to reincarnate and form core
groups that will be scattered over the globe to rule those of
us who are not anthroposophists. In his proposed Sixth Epoch
he ominously asserts, "To put it bluntly, we can say that
the earth and all it can yield will
belong to those who now
cultivate their individualities. Those, however, who do not develop
their individual I will be dependent on joining a group that
will instruct them in what they should think, feel, will, and
do." [24] In the Seventh Epoch his cult will inhabit the
earth in the form of the individual anthroposophical spirit,
there will be no more sex, and "man will speak forth man."
Eurythmy is taken from the
magical lodge tradition of gestures and signs. It has a secret
language which Steiner lifted from the Cabbala, (via the Rosicrucians)
and the children in Waldorf are made to communicate to the spirit
world. Of course, some of the parents, (like myself at first)
assume that it is a form of dance or movement. The Waldorf "art"
is part of the system of rigid indoctrination, anthroposophical
notions are copied off the board. There is no real free expression.
The pictures in the early grade depict faceless people to help
the children conform to the group. The water color exercises
are occult moral exercises to heal the children and help their
astral bodies mesh with their hereditary bodies, etc. If you
examine the children's drawings, you will find all sorts of anthroposophical
notions such as gnomes in mines. Anthroposophists believe that
gnomes are real, and that you can find them in mines. (There
is a book recording Steiner's lectures on this subject.)
Thought you might like to
know who the anthroposophists say Steiner was in his previous
lives: Enkidu, Kratylos, Aristotle, Schiontiolander, St. Thomas
Aquinas, Rudolf Steiner, and he is expected to return at the
end of the 20th C, in a rural, hilly place in the USA. Perhaps
as a woman, most definitely as a Waldorf student!
The curriculum is all based
on alchemy, magic, astrology, and all the bizarre and weird ideas
of the occult. It is set up as a secret society, and most of
the parents go along with the program without a clue. Luckily,
our family figured out the Waldorf lies, and we removed our daughter
from their absurd program. I have spent the last year reading
Steiner and books about the occult worldview, the schools are
not the progressive, liberal, artistic image that they are very
good at portraying. The myths, religions and everything taught,
are all anthroposophical selections and notions.
The experts of coded language,
secrecy and hiding, are 'pulling the wool' over many eyes. With
Waldorf, you must look deeper. As written in their magazine,
"Anthroposophy Worldwide" 4/2000, p 12, " The
press agent has to convey the outer appearance of things rather
than the essential core. A deep esoteric background is necessary
to make the essential core comprehensible." (Referring to
their new press agent, Ursa Krattiger who has been hired to help
them further deceive the public.)
Sincerely, Sharon Lombard.
(A Freethinker out to expose wacky Waldorf.)
reply: You are not the only
one who is out to expose Waldorf schools. Waldorf critics have
their own website.
©copyright 2000
Robert Todd Carroll Last updated 11/29/03
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(4) http://www.gkindia.com/therapies/anthroposophicalmedicine.htm
(Christine) I have no idea where this website is coming from.
It gives no background about its authors and seems to be a travel
guide of some sort to India.
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Anthroposophical Medicine
Anthroposophical Medicine involves an internationally organized
group of people who think that Rudolf Steiner (an Austrian physician,
1861-1925) found the ultimate truth - the anthroposophy. Steiner
said: By anthroposophy, I mean a scientific investigation of
the spiritual world which will bring to light the weaknessess
and half-truths not only of science but also of modern mysticism.
It is a method which, before attempting to investigate the spiritual
worlds, first develops psychic powers not normally used in daily
life or in current scientific research.
The Anthroposophic cult is
managed from Dornach, Switzerland. They have private universities
in, at least, Switzerland and Germany. The cult has tight rules
and they are very effective in lobbying for favorable political
decisions. A good example is the current Medicine Act in the
European Union.
Anthroposophic medicines are
officially acknowledged as medicines in the whole of Europe,
although the cult itself is not known in all of the 15 countries.
No proof of efficacy or safety is required. Anthroposophers often
present themselves as proponents of freedom of choice in health
care.
The medicines in anthroposophic
medicine are chosen by means of meditation.... Homeopathic medicines,
heavy metals, etc. are used "as in ancient times."
The diagnosis of cancer, for instance, is based on "balance
of forces in the blood" as determined by crystalization
by copper chloride, etc. Clairrvoyance is
the ultimate level of
an anthroposopher.
In general the cult is closed
and secretive, but Steiner and Waldorf schools teach the ideas
of Steiner (law of Karma and reincarnation etc.) to school children.
In many countries, anthroposophists have succeeded in getting
an official status (and state's financial support) for their
schools.
Biodynamic farming is also
part of their activities. Stellar constellations, as in astrology,
are taken into account when conducting farming activities such
as planting and harvesting.
An extensive review of the
German anthroposophic group was published in Der Spiegel in 1984
(5) http://www.geocities.com/mibby529/rogues.html
"American Indians Against
'Newage' Spiritual Misappropriation"
(Christine) Very vitriolic website which rants
against an assortment of people this person somehow thinks is
doing a bad job by Native Americans. I have no idea where she
got the information she printed below.
Interesting, though, in her article below,
how she is so dead set against Native American & "White"
intermixing! I say "her" because her "handle"
is mibby529 and I can't find any other name or identification
on the website.
Rudolf Steiner (deceased)
A German gentleman who started the Anthroposophy cult in the
19th century, Steiner is one of the most unusual types. His followers
claim that Anthroposophy is a "spiritual science."
Anthroposophists hold many racialist beliefs, such as Cayce's
"root race" theory. Many of their beliefs were the
prototype for National Socialism. All of this would place them
as simply another hate group, but many co-opt American Indian
spirituality for the Völk-spirit, or blood/soil connection.
Also, there is a Waldorf (Anthroposophist) school on Pine Ridge
reservation. For some reason, I can't see the locals tolerating
Nazism.
http://www.geocities.com/mibby529/essay.html
Twinkies for Dummies
Okay now, if you want to hang around Indians, there are some
rules. Don't be a twinkie. You're probably wondering what a twinkie
is. As you probably know, a Twinkie is a snack made by Hostess,
consisting of cake, cream filling, and LOTS of sugar. They're
the arch-nemesis of many a doctor. But when Indians talk about
a twinkie, they mean someone who's involved in the New Age movement,
so called because it's extremely sweet but has no spiritual value,
just like how Twinkies have no nutritional value. So, you're
probably wondering: "How do I know which way is right?"
If you got here through my little search-trap, you're certainly
wondering that. Well, my pretties, here's a list of legit elders
that charge money:
That's right. None. Real Indians
don't charge for spiritual wisdom. And we rarely reveal our spirituality
to outsiders.
Oh, I can hear your cries
of discrimination through the computer. It actually works out
very well, though. Well, Indians, or Lakota at least, believe
that Wak'an T'anka gave us our way, and gave you yours. We don't
try to convert you, and as long as you don't try to convert us,
your way of life is OK by us.
The problem therefore is when
you claim that your beliefs are ours. Or when you attempt to
convert to, say, Lakota beliefs. Or when you mix and match religions.
Well, I've got a bombshell for you:
THERE IS NO SINGLE NATIVE
AMERICAN RELIGION!!!
What I mean is that each nation
has its own belief systems. In addition to, traditionals, there
are Indian Christians and agnostics. Not only that, but there
are also traditional/Christian syncretic sects such as the Native
American Church. And, since the coming of the white man, there
have been nationalistic movements such as the Ghost dance.
So, when you want to know
about "the" Native American religion, please specify.
Now onto mixing and matching. The typical New Age cocktail will
include some non-Indian beliefs, like karma, zen, reincarnation,
channeling, Feng Shui, Reiki, tarot cards, Daoism, Tantra, Western
psychology, Atlantis, the Gaea theory, extraterrestrials, astrology,
numerology...Just mix and match, even if it starts to contradict
itself. What's wrong with mixing and matching? Simple. You know
how eventually, different points of view start to contradict
each other? Bingo. It causes confusion. Such confusion wouldn't
happen, if the people involved never mixed and matched in the
first place. Thumbs down to Dances with Wolves (Christine
- my emphasis - her words)
Okay, how many of you got
interested in Indians after watching Dances with Wolves? I should
warn you that we don't like Dances with Wolves. Why? It started this
whole wannabe craze.
Speaking of Indian movies,
why are they always about the white guy? A Man Called Horse,
Dances with Wolves, Thunder Heart, etc. Always about the white
guy. I wasn't surprised when Windtalkers portrayed the Dineh
as white man's burden. If they're not about the white guy, the
Indians are played by whites. Billy Jack comes to mind immediately.
Bottom line: If you want to
see an Indian movie, make sure the guy making the movie's Indian.
Otherwise, you end up with a lot of "sweetness and light"
crap that makes you want to vomit.
Where's the Justice?
While twinkies are doing all
this sacreligious bullshit, Indian religious freedom is regulated
by the government. Until the 1978, we didn't have religious freedom.
Period. Now we have to register with the government to have it.
Not only that, but certain Christian fundamentalist orgs are
trying to force us to convert. And in a typical week, missionaries
from twelve different denominations will try to save my heathen
soul. Some anti-Indian groups attack our subsistence, saying
that even allowing us our right to culture is the same as apartheid.
They even come up with clever slogans. "Prairie niggers,"
I would've never thought of that. "Save a whale, harpoon
a Makah." And they get to advocate genocide at the same
time. These well-meaning-but-not-having-their-priorities-straight
liberals have a good sense of humor, not. And all the time, nuclear
waste is dumped on reservations, and the environmentalists do
nothing. White privilege at its worst.
Marketing
You've heard of Lynn Andrews?
Her books alone have sold more than all the Indian-written books
ever printed. And why? Because her books are more fluffy than
(say) God is Red. A real book on Indians will make the reader
think, and show that anti-Indian sentiment is still apparent,
and even growing. A typical New Age book will make the Indians
white and the whites Indian.
Also, Andrews has the good
ol' (white) boy network going for her, and getting published
is very difficult if you're Indian. One of the biggest issues
with New Age frauds is that they use their white privilege to
sell snake oil while real Indians can't sell a single book.
Are all twinkies white?
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From: golden3000997
Date: Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:32 pm
Subject: Lisa's List of Cults Part Two
OK Lisa,
Let's look at the List: (continued)
(6) http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/pseudo/
(Christine) Whoops! Did this one (home page
of Frederik Benz) See 1-5
(7) http://psychicinvestigator.com/demo/Cults.htm
http://psychicinvestigator.com/
(Christine) The home page has a big picture
of Nostradamus and a clock and I haven't figured out how to get
to the page listed above from the home page. Backing to "demo"
gives a list of files, presumably the author's investigations,
but none of the file names start with anything
Anthro or Steiner.
from the files of the PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR
copyright 2001, Tom Howell Productions
http://psychicinvestigator.com/demo/Cults.htm
Cults and Small Religions
Anthroposophical Society -
Leader: Rudolf Steiner
Steiner's life was devoted to building up a complete science
of the spirit, to which he gave the name Anthroposophy. Foremost
amongst his discoveries was his direct experience of the reality
of the Christ, which soon took a central place in his whole teaching.
The many books and lectures which he published set forth the
magnificent scope of his vision. From 1911 he turned also to
the arts - drama, painting, architecture, eurythmy - showing
the creative forming powers that can be drawn from spiritual
vision. (Anthroposophical Webpages).
(8) http://cultpreres.users4.50megs.com/
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The idea is that an informed
consumer will be more likely to make whatever decision is best
for him. If a person knowingly decides to trade his independence
and control over his life and finances for promised salvation
of any kind, this is his God(?)-given right. If he is however
covertly tricked into making small commitments which step by
step lead to his complete social isolation outside of and dependence
on whatever group, his basic rights are being violated. It is
against this that our efforts are aimed.
It is CPR's experience that
a lot of information is already available. Where this is the
case, CPR provides links to the respective sites, thereby making
a broader spectrum of views more easily accessible. (Christine's emphasis)
We will feature information
on a lot of groups, such as the ones named on the below list.
This is not understood as passing judgment on these groups, but
intended to provide the reader with factual and critical information.
In most cases, a link to the official home page of the respective
group will be given as well. On the other hand, the below list
is in no way complete, but focuses on groups that we wish or
are able to inform about at this point. The fact that an activity
is not listed does not mean that it is above all suspicion. Other
groups will be added onto the list, as information (and time...)
will become less inflationary at CPR.
(MY NOTE - IT IS EASY TO FIND
A LINK TO THE ANTHROPOSOPHY HOME PAGE, SO WHY
ISN'T THERE ONE?)
As we are still in the process
of constructing our site, not many links are currently active.
Keep checking back, as this will change weekly.
Important
We feel that in alignment with our desire to provide information,
it is very important for people to network and coordinate. Because
of this, CPR will provide a platform for anybody to announce
their upcoming events.
List of Featured Information
Adventists (aka Seventh Day Adventists, SDA)
Ananda Marga (AM)
Anthroposophy
Christine's Note: (NO LINK FOR INFO)
AVATAR®
Baha'i-Movement
Boston Church of Christ
Children of God
Chinmoy
Christian Fundamentalism
Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT aka Summit Lighthouse or
Summit
University)
Eckankar
Evangelicalism
Free Masons
Hare Krishna (ISKCON)
ICF - International Christian Fellowship
Islam
Jehovah's Witnesses/Watchtower Society
Landmark Education (aka "The Forum" or "EST")
Mormons (Latter Day Saints)
Opus Dei
Osho (aka Baghwan)
Radha Soami Satsangs
Rhema Bible Church
Sai Baba
Sathya Sai
School of Tomorrow
Scientology
Soka Gakkai Internationale (SGI)
Solar Templar
Tele-Evangelism
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Unification Church (aka Moon)
Watchtower Society (see Jehovah's Witnesses)
And lastly, some general links:
Fredric Rice's Skeptic Tank is a very interesting place to get
information. It "maintains extensive archives on destructive
groups, individuals, and ideologies with special focus on religion's
impact upon history as well as religion's impact upon rights,
liberties, health, and safety of the world's populace in contemporary
times."
Steve Hassan has been involved
in educating the public about mind control and destructive cults
for over twenty-three years. He is a licensed Mental Health Counselor,
and holds a Masters degree in counseling psychology from Cambridge
College. He has authored the critically acclaimed book Releasing
the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves.
French legislation currently
being discussed in the French government (this document is in
French, chose # 546) The report of the German Enquete Commission
in English on the server of the Bundestag or, as an alternative
for those who don't favor reading never-ending vague documents,
only the recommendations of this report, also in English. A European
page with A LOT of links on many groups. A lot of stuff is in
Dutch, German or Swedish, but there is also information in English.
Check it out, it's interesting! For an input on tis site, additional
information, links that you would like to have added, or just
to say hello, mail CPR at cpreres@yahoo.com
(9) http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/books/evans/
(Christine) This page is the index page of
the book below, specifically against Scientology.
Dr. Christopher Evans - Cults
of Unreason
HTML'ized by Alan Barclay
Table Of Contents
Contents:
INTRODUCTION:
End flaps and title page
Introduction
/krasel/books/evans/begin.html
I THE SCIENCE FICTION RELIGION
In the Beginning...
Lives Past, Lives Remembered
Grow New Teeth
Thought Has Mass
The Master of Saint Hill
Brush with Authority
All at Sea
Ethics and Uniforms
From Psychotherapy to Religion
II THE SAVIOURS FROM THE SKIES
The Coming of the Saucers
Jesus is Alive and Well and Living on Venus
Myths in the Skies
III BLACK BOXES
The Pioneers
More Mental Marvels
IV THE MYSTIC EAST (OR THEREABOUTS)
Many Masters
Divers Holy Monks
Yesterday and Tomorrow
INDEX
To Library of books on Scientology
Dr. Christopher Evans - Cults
of Unreason
Index
Abrahms, Dr Albert, 181-3, 191, 206 pioneers
Adamski, George, 142, 146-7 pioneers
Aetherius Speaks to Earth, 154 pioneers
Aetherius Society, 150-1, 153- 7, 159, 160-1, 162, 167, 179,
212 pioneers
All About Radiation, 21 begin
All and Everything, 218-20 begin
Analog, 201 page
Anderson, Kevin, 82 S7
Anderson Report, 82-4, 103 S7
Angell, H. R. `Wing', 55-6 S4
Anthroposophy, 226 SH (Christine's emphasis)
Apollo (yacht), 117 page
Arnold, Kenneth, 140 page
Astounding Science Fiction, 30-2, 201 begin
Atlantean Society, 248-9 SI
Atlantean, The, 248-9, 252 SI
Atlantis, 245, 246, 247-9 251 SH
Auditor, The, 89, 99, 101, 106, 109, 114-15, 125n., 126, 131
S7
Avon River (trawler), 93, 94-6 S7
Bartok, Eva, 230 0
Basille, Rev. Frank R., 170-1 1
Beatles, 227, 233 1
Benitez, William, 124-5 1
Bennett, J. G., 217-18, 220, 221, 222, 223, 228, 229, 230, 232
1
Besant, Annie, 225, 226, 227 1
Bianca, Sonia, 49, 56, 72 1
`Black boxes', 180-9, 195-200. See also Feedback Cult; Orgone
Accumulator 1
Blavatsky, Helena, 145, 225, 226 1
Bouchier, Chili, 248 0
Brown, Gertrude, 127 0
Brubeck, Dave, 48 0
Burgess, Clifford, 239 0
Callaghan, James, 90 90
Cameron, Basil, 231 231
Campbell Jnr., John, 31-2, 37, 38, 58, 201 31
Cave of the Ancients, The, 244 244
Certainty, 21, 25, 103-5 2
Chapdelaine, Perry, 42-3, 49-51 42
Character Analysis, 207 207
Character of Scientology, The, 81, 132 81
Chariots of the Gods?, 146 146
Christian Science, 12, 57 57
Church's Fellowship for Psyical Research, 13 13
`Church of the Final Judgement, The' - see 'Process, The' 1
Churcher, Stanley, 96, 97 96
`Clear', the state of being, 39- 40, 41, 42, 43, 110, 111-12;
searches for
the first, 48-56, 88-9; and preclears, 62-63 39
Coming of the Guardians, The, 168 168
Condon Report, 144, 145 144
Cosmic Voice, 154, 155, 158, 161-2, 163, 164, 252 154
`Daily Express', 199 199
Daily Mail, 108-9, 215 108
Daily Mirror, 94-5 94
Daily Telegraph, 104, 218 104
Daniken, Erich von, 146 146
Davies, Mr Justice Arthurian, 198-9 198
Day, Langston, 194-5 194
de la Warr, George, 184-9, 191, 193, 194, 195-200, 201, 206 184
de la Warr, Mrs, 200 200
Delawarr box, 187-9, 195-200 187
Dewan, Dr Edmund, 203 203
Diana (yacht), 93 93
Dianetic Research Centres, 38 388
Dianetic Research Foundation, 59 59
Dianetics, 20, 31-7, 38-9, 75- 6, 97, 116, 117; become, Scientology,
43, 20
Dianetics: Axioms, 24, 27 24
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, 18, 29, 33, 39,
18
Doctor from Lhasa, 239, 242-4 239
Doctor Looks at Dianetics, A, 58 58
Dramatic Universe, The, 229 229
Eddy, Mary Baker, 12 12
Edwards, Frank, 147 147
Einstein, Albert, 79, 195, 197 79
Eisenbud, Dr Jules, 190 190
E-meters, 12, 61-2, 63-6, 73, 95, 96, 97, 111, 117, 129, 179-80,
203 12
Empire News, 154-5 154
Endfield, Cy, 49 49
Evening Argus (Sussex), 19, 74 19
Excalibur, 61 61
`Fads and FALLACIES IN THE
NAME OF SCIENCE', 67, 207 67
Feedback Cult, 202-6 202
Filson, Vic, 104 104
Flying Saucer Conspiracy, The, 142 142
flying saucers, 137, 154, 165-6, 168, 171-5, 251; and cults,
11, 137-49, 137
Flying Saucers; a Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, 165,
165
Flying Saucers and the Straight-line Mystery, 172 172
Flying Saucers have Landed, 142-7, 168 142
Food and Drug Administration (US), 79, 80-2, 180, 207, 208 79
Foster, Sir John, 131 131
Founding Church of Scientology, The, 77 77
Fourth Way, The, 216 216
Freedom, 133 133
Freud, Sigmund, 35, 103, 207 35
Function of the Orgasm, The, 207 207
Gaiman, David, 91, 92, 101,
125 91
Galbally, J. W., 82 82
Gandalf's Garden, 250, 251-2 250
Gardner, Martin, 67, 207 67
Glastonbury Tor, 172, 249- 50; and zodiac, 250 172
Goddard, Air Marshal Sir Victor, 198-9 198
Great Pyramid in Fact and Theory, The, 143 143
Green, Gabriel, 145, 148 145
Grimstone, Mary Anne, 118-19 118
Grimstone, Robert de, 118-19, 122 118
Grubb, Margaret Louise, 26, 59 26
Guide to Clinical Condition, 188 195, 214-24, 225, 228, 230,
231, 188
Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich, 195, 214-24, 225, 228, 230, 231,
246 195
Gurdjieff Foundation, 223 223
Hamblett, Charles, 73 73
Hare Krishna, 232-4 232
History of Man, 42, 43-7 42
Holy Grail, 173, 249-50 173
Horden, Peter, 88, 89 88
Horner, Jack, 54-5, 56, 118 54
Hoskins, Cyril - see Rampa, Tuesday Lobsang 1
Howes, Ron, 51-4, 56, 72 51
Hubbard, Alexis, 27 27
Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, 59-60, 61 59
Hubbard Exploration Company, 93 93
Hubbard, Katherine May, 26 26
Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald, 17, 18-29, 31-7, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 46, 48, 49-50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57-8, 59-61, 63, 66-7,
68-71, 72-9, 83, 84-7, 89, 89-92, 93, 94, 95, 96-7, 98, 99, 101,
102, 103-6, 107, 108-9, 111, 113-14 17 115,116-18, 123, 127,
130, 131,132, 133, 134, 189, 195, 201, 214 1
Hubbard, Mary Sue, 27, 71, 87, 97, 117 27
Hubbard, `Nibs', 19, 26, 29, 59, 117, 123 19
Humphreys, Christmas, 198 198
Institute for the Harmonious
Development of Man, 216, 222 216
International Times (It), 133, 252 133
Irwin, John, 234-5 234
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, 130 Jesus
Christ, 13, 122, 167, 252; and the claims of the Aetherius Society,
154-5, 158, 162, 167 130
Jesus Christ, 13, 122, 167, 252; and the claims of the Aetherius
Society, 154-5, 158, 162, 167 13
Jones, Capt. John, 95-6 95
Jung, Carl Gustav, 11, 139, 165-7, 247 139
KAWIN-TOOMIN, DR MARJORIE,
203-4 203
Kember, Mrs, 89 89
Kennedy, John F., 28, 78, 79 28
Keyhoe, Donald, 142 142
King, Cecil J., 92 92
King, George, 150-7, 158, 159, 160-1, 162, 163, 164, 167 150
Kingsland, W., 143 143
Knight, Damon, 117 117
Krishnamurti, Jiddu, 226, 227 226
LARVARON, PROF. H., 192 192
Lawrence, John, 126 126
Lee, Gloria, 148 148
Lemuria, 245, 246 245
Leslie, Desmond, 142, 143-6, 168 142
Let's Face the Facts about Flying Saucers, 145 145
Ley Hunter, The, 173 173
Lilliput, 72-4 72
Living with the Lama, 244 244
London Scientology Organization, 70-1 70
Lord of the Rings, The, 250 250
MCMASTER, JOHN, 88, 89, 92,
132 88
Maharishi Yogi, 12, 227 12
Mailer, Norman, 206 206
Mass Psychology of Fascism, The, 207 207
Mathison, Volney, 63, 66 63
Meade, Layne, 168 168
Mesmer, Franz Anton, 181 181
Michel, Aime, 171-2 171
Mind and Matter, 197, 199 197
Mindbenders, The, 105 105
Murray, Jacqueline, 248 248
Musack, Bob, 126 126
My Visit to Venus, 244-5 244
myths, continued potency of, 246-53 246
`NEW MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE, A', 216 216
New Republic, 38 38 0
New Worlds Beyond the Atom, 194-5, 196 194 1
New York Times, 59 59 0
Northrup, Sarah, 27, 59, 123 27 1
`OBSERVER, THE', 238 238 0
Org Book, The, 95, 96 95 1
Orgone Accumulator, 207 207 0
Orgs, 98-100, 105-6, 117. See also Sea Orgs 98 1
Ouspensky, Peter, 215-16, 220, 215 1
Outsider, The, 223 223 0
`PEOPLE, THE', 96-7, 104,
119 96
Phillips, Catherine, 198 198
Pitt, John, 239-40 239
Prabhupad, Swami, 232, 238 232
Probert, Mark, 168 168
Proceedings of the College of Universal Wisdom, 148 148
`Process, The', 118-23 118
Psychic News, 155, 162, 167, 201, 239 155
Purcell, Don, 38, 39, 58, 59- 60, 61 38
RAMPA, TUESDAY LOBSANG, 12,
234-45, 246, 251 12
Reich, Wilhelm, 207-8 207
Religion, and vacuum left by decline in its authority, 7, 9-10,
11, 137-8,
166, 212, 247, 252-3 7
Religion and the Rebel, 223 223
Richards, Bobby, 50 50
Robertson, Rev. Keith, 164 164
Robinson, Kenneth, 88, 89, 90, 131, 133 88
Ron's Journal, 70 70
Royal Scotsman (ferry boat), 93-4, 96-7 93
Ruppelt Capt. Ed., 141 141
`SAUCERS SPEAK, THE', 168
168
Schuman, Prof. F. L., 38, 59 38
Scientology, 68 68
Scientology 8-8008, 20 20
Scientology Ethics Department, 98-9, 107 98
Scientology, Part I passim, 137, 179, 247, 252 137
Sea Orgs, 23, 93-102, 107 23
Serios, Ted, 190-1 190
Shulman, Ronald, 124, 125 124
Shuttlewood, Arthur, 173-4 173
Sinclair, Upton, 183 183
Sky People, The, 171 171
Smith, Geoffrey Johnson, 88, 89, 124 88
Snellgrove, Dr D. L., 88, 89, 124 88
Spearman-Cook, Gladys, 167 167
Spiritualism, 12, 167-8 12
Steiner, Rudolf, 226 226 (Christine's
emphasis)
Subud, 227-32, 246-7, 251 227
Subuh, Pak, 228, 229-31 228
Sudrow, Lyle, 89 89
Sunday Mirror, 93-4 93
Sunday Telegraph, 86 86
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 225,
226, 227 225
Theosophy, 12, 225-6, 227 12
`Thetans', 40-2, 43, 44, 46-7, 57, 60, 62, 111, 127; and `Operating
Thetan', ** 40
Third Eye, The, 238-9 238
Thomas, Paul, 146 146
Thompson, Cdr `Snake', 20, 69 20
thought photography, 189-91, 193-4, 206 189
Times, The, 22-3, 145, 200 22
Times Literary Supplement, The , 238 238
Tolkien, J. R. R., 250-1 250
Toomin Alpha Pacer, 204-6 204
Trench, B. le Poer, 146, 171 146
UFOLOGY - see FLYING SAUCERS
S1
`unidentified flying objects' (UFOs) - see flying saucers begin
US Air Force, investigates UFOs, 140-2. See also Condon Report
140
Universe Makers, The, 58 58
Van Tassel, George, 147-8
147
Van Vogt, A E., 38, 49, 58, 118 38
Venture with Ideas, 195
Venus, and the Aetherius Society, 152, 154, 155; and Dr Rampa,
244-5, 246 152
Vosper, Cyril, 101, 105 101
Walker, Dr Kenneth, 195-6,
197, 198, 223 195
Warburg, Frederick, 234, 235, 237, 240, 241 234
Warminster Mystery, The, 173, 174 173
Warning from Flying Friends, 174 174
With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet, 235 235
Witness, 217, 231 217
World of Teed Serios, The, 190 190
Yoga, 212-14 212
You-Forever, 244 244
Return to Introduction
(Christine) Here's page 226
The Mystic East (or Thereabouts)
and practice of yoga. Its aims were threefold: (1) to form a
Universal Brotherhood of man with no racial barriers; (2) to
further the study of comparative religion; and (3) to investigate
the supposedly paranormal faculties of man such as telepathy
and clairvoyance, which were believed in with great intensity
in the nineteenth century.
In its early days, thanks
partly to the magnetic and well-publicized figure of Madame Blavatsky,
it attracted a good deal of attention from the intellectual middle
and upper classes and drew into its ranks, if only briefly, a
number of individuals of real creative ability such as the scientist
and philosopher, Rudolf Steiner. (Christine's
emphasis) The trouble
with the Theosophical Society was that it was run by two very
self-willed women and it nearly foundered in its early years
in legal actions and wrangles over its leadership. These became
particularly acute on the death of Madame Blavatsky in 1891,
though Mrs Besant finally emerged triumphant. Just a year after
she had been elected president she launched the Society on an
unexpected course which caused a gigantic rift in the movement,
from which it has never really recovered. This was the strange
episode concerning the elevation of a young Brahmin child, Jiddu
Krishnamurti, into the role of a new Messiah - a dramatic gesture
which implied that Christ had returned to earth, but clothed
in the body of an Indian child.
So enraged were Society members
that Mrs Besant had dared to discover Christ's successor without
their permission, that the movement broke apart. Amongst the
most notable defectors was the interesting figure of Rudolf Steiner
who departed for Europe and in 1912 set up his own occult movement,
Anthroposophy. Steiner, who was enormously influenced by the
writings of Goethe, caused a vast building of bizarre but powerful
architectural merit, the Goethanum, to be erected in Switzerland
and this is still the headquarters of his movement's activities.
Anthroposophy has gradually emerged as the more significant philosophy
of the two, and has attracted to its embraces a number of artists
and poets of magnitude, including the stylish modern painter,
Kandinsky. Though operating on vague and scatty ideas about the
healing qualities of coloured rays of light, followers of Steiner
have had notable successes in schools devoted to the care
of backward or handicapped children. How much of this success
is due to the `colour therapy' and how much to the care and devotion
with which the children are taught is a matter for argument,
but it is enough to say that the results are beneficial and that
is that.
(Christine's emphasis)
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(10) http://www.csj.org/pubs_co/guestcolumn/newrelmovaagaard.htm
AFF resources about psychological
manipulation, cult groups, sects, and new religious movements.
Cult Observer New Religious
Movements
A Review of Press Reports
on Cultism and Unethical Social Influence
The Cult Observer: Guest Columns
Prof. Aagaard on New Religious Movements
by Johannes Aagaard
What are labeled cults in
the USA are normally called new religious movements (NRMs) in
Europe. New Age should be added to these concepts, indicating
the wider and more pervasive, but also more subtle, religiosity
which is generally the basis of new religious movements. Although
these phenomena have roots in past generations, the "age"
of New Age takes it back to the last third of the last century.
The World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 can be
taken as the real beginning of the worldwide expansion of Neo-Hinduism
(Vivekananda), Neo-Buddhism (Anagarika), and Theosophy (Annie
Besant). From 1893 to this day, these three movements have grown
as part of the same New Age Tree, the Tree of Knowledge, or Gnosis.
Theosophy in various forms, including Anthroposophy, (Christine's emphasis) the Wisdom of Martinus, Alice Bailey, Elizabeth Clare
Prophet, Ananda Tara Shan (the Rosegarden), Benjamin Creme, etc.,
seems to be the common denominator of most of the New Age groupings.
The theosophical paradigm seems to constitute in some way a synthesis
of what might superficially be called East-West spirituality.
The Light from the East Comes
from the West
The new paradigm - one could
call it the Pacific paradigm - is called "the Light from
the East," but in fact it most often comes from the West.
It came over the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the USA,
crossed that country, continued across the Atlantic, included
Western Europe, and is now entering the formerly Communist world
as a sure winner.
The capitalist market system
quickly determined the financial prospects of this new paradigm.
Gurus and masters were caught up in the market mechanisms and transformed
into managers and multinational leaders. New technological and
streamlined pseudo-religions were created and their supermen
came to lead organizations which are Mafia-likeinstruments of
manipulation.
Very few of the new expressions
of synthetic spirituality survived this capitalist exploitation,
and even fewer wanted to. Youth were and are caught up in the
NRM invasion, and very large segments of Western culture, already
influenced by the New Age paradigm, are ready to sell out their
Christian heritage.
Parent Organizations' Approach
The immediate and understandable
reaction against the new paradigm and its organizational and
financial exploitation came from the parents of young people
caught up in the "stormy weather" of "Cults"
(the term common in the US), "Jugend-religionen" (in
Gemany), and New Religious Movements (the term generally used
elsewhere).
It is a well-known fact that
in many countries parents and relatives of people who have joined
new religious movements have come together to create organizations
to support one another and to counter the influence of what they
call "cults." Children of parents who have become cult
members also participate.
These organizations understandably
do not care much for subtleties and differentiations when they
approach the NRMs. They generally take a very negative attitude
toward research about NRMs because researchers do not stand up
generally against the cults but rather set the "truth question"
aside. The parents' organizations, however, also tend to set
the truth question aside, for they consider the cults as solely
exploitalive and without any genuine religious characteristics.
To ask the truth question in relation to the NRMs would, for
the parents' groups, be as phony as asking the truth question
in relation to the Mafia.
(Christine's emphasis)
This means that the parents
take no stand of their own. They do not operate as Christian
bodies and do not deal positively with religion as a common option.
Individual members are often Christians, especially the leaders
(but not always). There seems to be a tendency for parents
against cults also to be parents against Christianity. But it
is impossible to generalize on this point.
The Scholars' Approach
Research on NRMs has become
a force in itself. Sociology of religion, psychology of religion,
history of religion, etc., all share in a general attempt to
collect data and establish documentation to clarify, analyze,
and understand the NRMs as contemporary expressions of the religious
search of mankind. In this effort there is a general tendency
to set the "truth question" aside because taking a
stand on the truthfulness and the reliability of NRMs would impair
the "objectivity" and "neutrality" of scholarly
projects.
This scholarly detachment
is sometimes taken to the extreme that even value statements
must be forsaken. For a scholar, Catholicism has the same value
as Scientology, Quakerism, or the Ananda Marga. It is possible
to ask, however, whether there is a tendency to fall into a rather
naive and positivistic methodology in this approach. Is such
neutrality and objectivity anything but a dream? Indeed, this
dream sometimes turns into a nightmare when the "neutral"
and "objective" scholar turns against the parents'
organizations and attacks them for taking a stand against the
cults. The simple fact of being against cults and working in
anti-cult organizations seems to be objectionable when seen by
the "neutral" and "objective" scholar. In
fact, this scholar seems toplay the role of anti-anti-cult agent.
But one cannot uphold neutrality by doubling one's anti-attitude.
Minus against minus means a plus, and that is a stand. I believe
that the anti-anti-cult movement is methodologically in deep
trouble, seen from scholarly and heuristic viewpoints as well
as from social and political perspectives. Science for science'
s sake is really old hat! (Christine's
emphasis)
Johannes Aagaard, a professor
at the Institute of Missiology and Ecumenical Theology, Faculty
of Theology, Aarhus University (Denmark), is Converter of the
Dialog Center International, a Christian research organization
that collects and disseminates information on cults and new religious
movements. His remarks here are a transcription of a presentation
he made during a recent visit to the U.S.
Got any more?
Christine Natale
March 13, 2004
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From: golden3000997
Date: Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:31 pm
Subject: Re: Lisa's list of cults
Lisa,
I really shouldn't have to explain this, but
I was trying to show that it was a pretty mindless "exercise"
on your part to attempt to justify the word "cult"
in relationship to "Anthroposophy" by saying, "See,
when I search for cult and Anthroposophy on the web I get lots
of links!" Thereby inferring that Anthroposophy and cult
are linked in definition and relationship.
I was pointing out that if any thinking person
were to follow the ten links you offered, he or she would quickly
realize that most connections made in those links were influenced
by PLANS propaganda, the work of extremists or even, ironically, complimentary to Steiner, such as the
reference in Dr. Evan's book.
At no site you referenced is there a clear
and objective correlation made between Rudolf Steiner and / or
Anthroposophy and any widely accepted definition of the use of the word "cult" in any derogatory
meaning.
Do you have any in which such a correlation
is actually made?
Christine
...................................................................................................................................
From: dottie zold
Date: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:36 pm
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] Re: Lisa's list of cults
--- golden3000997 wrote:
Lisa,
I really shouldn't have to explain this,
but I was trying to show that it was a pretty mindless "exercise"
on your part to attempt to justify the word "cult"
in relationship to "Anthroposophy" by saying, "See,
when I search for cult and Anthroposophy on the web I get lots
of links!" Thereby inferring that Anthroposophy and cult
are linked in definition and relationship.
Christine, tell her go cry me a river. It's
the ol 'you caught me red handed and so I am going to change
the subject on you'. Boohoo. I smelled a rat right away when
you looked into it and then just thought 'who do you think you
are fooling Lisa'. As if the critics are experts, although we
do know that Dan Dugan considers himself to be one, and thank
goodeness this was turned down by the courts, on who and what
is a cult. As if they really had a cult experience as the meaning
of the word is understood. As if.
And then this big baby whine 'oh I had some
hope with you' yeah right more like I had some hope I might fool
you is more like it. If only the critics lived up to what they
preach about being forth coming on information. If only....
Dottie
...................................................................................................................................
From: Tarjei Straume
Date: Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:25 am
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] Re: Lisa's list of cults
Try doing a Google search on anthroposophy
+ pussy, anthroposophy + cumshot, etc. you'll get harcore porn
sites with a vengeance against anthroposophy, or with a knack
for teasing anthro's, I don't know.
Does that make anthroposophy a pornographic
movement or a sex cult?
This argument about how many links you get
by combining words on Google is not even worth commenting. The
World Wide Web is not what it was only a few years ago. It has
exploded, and anything goes out there. Every thought that pops
into some people's heads are written in blogs or blobs or whatever,
and it will show on the search engines. In addition, there is
every kind of prank you can think of.
Tarjei
http://uncletaz.com/
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