NewAge: The Only Belief You Have To Catch In The Act

I haven't read this whole piece yet, but I like that it begins with the NewAge cult's multi-pronged al Qaeda-like structure:

New Age Movement Explained The New Age Movement (NAM) is both a religious and a social movement. In fact, Western culture is currently experiencing a phenomenal, spiritual, ideological, and sociological shift. It is a religious world view that is alien and hostile to Christianity. It’s a multi-focused, multi-faceted synthesis, in varying degrees, of the Far Eastern, mystical religions, mainly Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Western Occultism, adapted to and influenced by Western, materialistic culture. It sometimes appears in secularized forms.

Yep - it's political, and religious, but also "spiritual but not religious". It can be exercise - or a 5,000 year old spiritual practice (yoga). NewAgers gather in churches, or spiritual retreats, or even corporate gatherings. Daytime TV shows are also popular. Environmentalism, feminism, healthcare, science (and pseudoscience) they've got their claws dug into any crevice, or bit of soft flesh, they can find in society.

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This Might Be How The Whole "I'm Ghost" Thing Started

It begins like we're into your typical witch or werewolf story:

"Within the Anthroposophical Society, I was a member of the School of Spiritual Science — that is to say, I was included in the special category of Anthroposophists having access to higher occult truths that are withheld from regular members of the Anthroposophical Society. I participated in esoteric lessons, which is to say I participated in the secret cult of the School of Spiritual Science. This cult also held meetings even within the school premises of Steiner Verrières-le-Buisson. 

Today, with hindsight, it is clear to me that what led me to become an active and prominent member of this sectarian organization began with my enrollment in a Waldorf school at the age of nine years. The rest of my course in life was only the logical result of the indoctrination I had been subjected to. 

I. An Insidious Indoctrination 

1. Hiding Anthroposophy in the Subjects Taught   

Based on my experience as a former student, a teacher at my old school, and an Anthroposophist, I would like to describe the subtlety of indoctrination that students in Waldorf schools are subjected to. In fact, its chief characteristic is its nonidentifiable form,..."

Oooh - See the problem?

If only the "chief characteristic" coulda been it's obvious educational abilities and attributes: 

Mighta beena winna for the GZA or the RZA to promote.

As it stands, tonight, I'm gonna go howl hippie anthems at the Moon:

"So close - so close, and yet so faaaar,..."

 

Witches Are Out In Force (Spreading Shit Everywhere)

Two quickie mentions:

1) Last night, I got turned on to WITCH HOUSE - that's underground music for occultists. It sucks as much as they do. No, really - seriously lame music.

So - my tip - if you must start doing drugs, casting spells, sleeping with stupid women STILL auditioning for Russ Meyer's casting couch, and murdering sleeping infants and men while worshiping The AC/DC God (Satan) stick with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult. They totally rock(ed) that shit.

And 2) My Bowel Speaks:

"I'm interested to see that I've been part of a movement these last 4 years."

Hey - That's a funny! I'm telling funnies at 6AM! That beats yesterday, don't it? It's almost like me in the old days! (I coulda just said "She's full of shit.") I mean it's 6 in the fucking morning! My first cup o' coffee! Ladies, come on! Have a little sympathy. Did I mention I cut myself yesterday? I cut myself yesterday.

It was bweeding,...

 

Orson Welles On Psychics And Cold Reading ("Crooks")

The man knew his stuff - and had a good enough heart to stop,...