-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy ----- As always, Caveat Lector. Om K ----- <A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:488029">::: BROTHERHOOD OF THE MASTERS :::</A> ----- Subject: ::: BROTHERHOOD OF THE MASTERS ::: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brother Blue) Date: Fri, Feb 12, 1999 1:05 PM Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ::: BROTHERHOOD OF THE MASTERS ::: [from http://bbs.rowlandnet.com/cgi-bin/WebX?14@@.ee6dad1/13] "THERE IS A FORCE WHICH SHAPES MAN'S LIVES, ROUGH HEW THEM HOW WE WILL". MEL RICHARDS WONDERS WHO IS REALLY IN CONTROL OF OUR MODERN DEMOCRACIES AND UNCOVERS SOME DISTURBING SUGGESTIONS...." SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THERE is a secret council, whose members move among us from time to time and have immense influence on the society around us. The more charitable have declared these 'Ascended Masters' to have once been humans like ourselves, but who have now achieved enlightenment and immortality. Some less charitable speak of a mysterious cabal of 'Illuminati' who manipulate multinational business interests and individual will as part of a plan to bring global society under the heel of a single world government. There appears to be circumstantial evidence for both of these arguments. ::: The White Brotherhood ::: The idea of a secret society of spiritually advanced beings seems to have emerged relatively recently, alongside the popularity of the Spiritualist movement during the latter part of the last century. Early members of the Theosophists in particular, claimed to be in communication with members of a lodge of Ascended Masters hidden deep within the Himalayan mountains. In 1875 the self- styled medium Helena Blavatsky claimed to receive messages from the "Masters of Wisdom and Compassion" which were designed to enhance the evolutionary development of the human soul. Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, believed that all spiritual beliefs sprang from a single world religion which the Masters were encouraging us to rediscover by re-acquainting Western society with the older spiritual philosophies of the East, as well as our own mystical traditions. Ascended Masters were thought to include spiritually enlightened philosophers such as Jesus, Buddha and Confucius as well as the previously unknown Dywhal Khul, with whom Madam Blavatsky was in contact. In fact Helena Blavatsky may have based her understanding on even older traditions of immortal master alchemists, who seem to emerge every few hundred years to reveal the secrets of their material and spiritual success to struggling initiates, and revitalise the Rosicrucian movement toward the end of each century. The most famous master alchemist is the Comte de St Germain, a legendary immortal who was the toast of European courts throughout the 1700s and supposedly took an assumed identity to spearhead the major rebirth of alchemy at the turn of the 19th Century -- 50 years after his reported death. Some modern Rosicrucians have suggested that St Germain has been solely responsible for the development of alchemic practise throughout the centuries and may be due back in time for the upcoming millennium in the year 2000. He is believed to have masqueraded in Paris under the name Fulcanelli as recently as the 1920s when he warned against the development of atomic science. [some may recall Fulcanelli's mysterious remarks regarding the atrocities of "nuclear alchemy" in Pauwells' & Bergier's seminal _Morning of the Magicians_ -B:.B:.] Other Masters have apparently been continuing their contacts throughout this century, sometimes in unexpected quarters. Napoleon Hill was a best selling author of self-help books -- including the seminal work Think and Grow Rich -- throughout the 1940s, '50s and '60s. However in the later work, Grow Rich with Peace of Mind, Hill abandons his normal examination of strategies and examples and devotes a chapter to reporting an apparent incident of Clairaudience. He apparently receives a message from an un-named member of the School of the Masters, a body of 33 scholars who live in the Himalayas and pass on instructions for those seeking to becoming an Initiate of the School and eventually a Master Adept -- in other words, achieving immortality, spiritual enlightenment and psychic powers. This report may tally with the brief reference made in Bram Stoker's Dracula to a secret mountain school called the Scholomance, where ten students a year receive esoteric training based on the mystical knowledge of King Solomon. At the end of the course one student of the ten is then obliged to serve the devil. Similar auditory contact has been reported by Sir George King, founder of the Aetherius Society. King also accepts the existence of a Great White Brotherhood of 144 Masters, as claimed by Madam Blavatsky, who live in secret retreats inside mountains and believe they are working to further the spiritual development of mankind, alongside other etheric beings from other planets within the solar system. The Aetherius Society is helping establish new retreats for the Masters by distributing cosmic energy to create 'holy' sites. Though many of these are secret, those identified by King include the Himalayas, the Andes in South America, Mount Kilimanjero in Africa and Ben MacDhui in Scotland. Linda Goodman, the late astrologer, used to say that she was prompted to write her third book, Star Signs, at the behest of a Himalayan immortal with an Oxford accent who appeared in her Los Angeles hotel room on New Year's Day 1970. [cf: the strange uninvited hotel room guests encountered recently by UFO author Whitley Strieber and CIA/SRI players Green, Puthoff and Targ -B:.B:.] The man introduced himself as "Nahtan" and claimed to have been trained in Zen Buddhism and Hatha Yoga. So if the Masters are still living, breathing corporeal human beings rather than spiritual presences where do they come from? It may be possible that the mountain homes are in fact just gateways to a massive underground world where the Masters live in a series of over 100 cities known as the Agartha Network. Masters from the secret world venture above ground, either on foot through passages to mountain exits or in flying saucers to assist in the spiritual development of individuals who may eventually be invited back to the lower realms. Some who claim to be in contact with emissaries from this secret world have been alerted that the time is fast approaching when the Masters will travel openly and return lost technologies to surface dwellers. ::: The Illuminati ::: For those who find the idea of a conspiracy on a global scale totally ridiculous, it might be timely to point out that the early existence of The Illuminati is an undisputed fact. Illuminati can be discovered as far back as 16th Century Spain when a group of renegade Jesuits and Franciscans took the name Alumbrados (Enlightened). Their belief in direct contact between the human soul and holy spirit prompted the Inquisition to issue three edicts against the group and they -- like the Gnostics and other mystical orders of the time -- were viciously suppressed by the Church hierarchy. For the less generous observer, the foundation of the Illuminati began in far less spiritual quarters. Originally called the 'Order of the Perfectibilists', the group of Illuminati most favoured by conspiracy enthusiasts was founded in Bavaria on May Day 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a Jesuit- trained Professor of Natural and Canon Law at the University of Ingoldstadt. Weishaupt apparently founded the Order of the Enlightened, or Illuminati, as a foil to the religious superstition that still had a stranglehold on the University administration. The group became immediately popular and racked up 2,000 members in lodges across France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Hungary and Poland. The Order was apparently modelled along similar lines to Freemasonry and exactly mirrored their three symbolic degrees in the fourth, fifth and sixth degrees of the Illuminati's own ten degree system. Membership of the Masons wasn't essential but Weishaupt was later initiated into the Munich Lodge Theodore of Good Council in 1777. The Order was presumed to have been dispersed by the end of the century, apart from a brief scare in New England during the 1790s, but some believe that Illuminati members chose instead to conceal themselves and their plans within the cloak of Freemasonry, under which aegis they continue to thrive. Despite the historical precedent of the Knights Templar hundreds of years earlier -- an Order also suppressed by the Church who allegedly found sanctuary amongst the Freemasons -- Masonic scholars give short shrift to the idea of a secret society operating within a secret society but their findings are considered part of a pattern to camouflage the Illuminati's existence. Very little had been heard of the Illuminati for almost two centuries until two US writers created the fictional Illuminatus! trilogy which became runaway best- sellers during the mid-1970s. The books were deliberately written to plant doubts about the nature of reality in readers' minds, and successfully combined real events with long-standing conspiracy theories. Robert Anton Wilson, one of the pair, has gone on to almost personally spearhead an Illuminati industry including additional fiction and non-fiction of his own and even a role playing game. ::: So what do they want? ::: Wilson's work had caused the Illuminati to become synonymous with the establishment of the 'one world government' mentioned in Revelations, along with accusations of a Jewish industrial cabal (though this anti-semitism is often perceived as another tool to deflect attention from their existence). Conspiracy theorists hold that the Illuminati have been biding their time and establishing a secret powerbase both from within the ranks of Freemasonry and other fraternal, literary and political societies. Their immense political and economic influence has been traced to the year of foundation, when Weishaupt published Wealth of Nations which many scholars cite as the inspiration for capitalism and the eventual Industrial Revolution. The American Revolution was erupting at a similar time, and it is believed that not only were the drafters of the American constitution practising Masons, but also secret members of the Illuminati. The seal of the newly established United States and design of the one dollar bill are full of mystical symbolism -- the latter is most famous for the all-seeing eye atop an Egyptian pyramid. It is the accepted symbol of the Illuminati conspiracy. If, as it is claimed, this group has maintained its stranglehold on the political, financial and social administration of the US, then they have already gone a significant way to influencing the global business of nations. There is even some evidence that the group are getting bolder now that their power is well established. Though previously preferring to pull the strings from the shadows, hiding well away from public scrutiny, it is believed that a high ranking member of the Illuminati conspiracy has recently served as President. ::: Imagining the Unimaginable ::: Outrageous? Unthinkable? That a group should exert so much control over society and yet be unaccountable? It's already happening here. Britain is currently experiencing a of boom in Quangos. These are unelected committees whose members are appointed by the ruling party -- usually friends or relatives of sitting members or retired members themselves -- and whose decisions are free from the influence of the same public forced to swallow the consequences of their findings. With such an obvious domestic template, is there any reason to assume that this same system could not work on a global scale with the Illuminati as the 'ruling party'? There are signs that these organisations already exist and have begun to meet in secluded locations throughout the world. ::: Davos and the World Economic Forum ::: For the last 25 years, the World Economic Forum has been attended by thousands of the world's most influential business leaders, media moguls, politicians and scientists. People who have previously received invitations include Directors of the FBI, Presidents of the World Bank and Bundesbank, PLO Leader Yasser Arafat, Toyota executives, oil company management and the late Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Peres. It is unlikely that you've heard of this event as even if the media could afford to attend, they are discouraged from covering event by their corporation owners who have been invited. The leading international futurist organisation is a relatively small company from San Francisco known as the Global Business Network. The GBN is another invitation only group -- this time of diverse and innovative thinkers from across the social and technological board -- whose expertise in predicting the future is hired out for millions by organisations such as Shell, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the American Express bank. The major concern here is perhaps not the information itself but the influence. The GBN is possibly the most highest regarded consultancy in the world. Flying visits by network members are afforded unparalleled access to high level corporate and government administrators and their proposals are unquestioned. But how 'free' are the thinkers of the GBN? Of the 90 core network members only 15 are women and the group is heavily weighted with white male professional executives. Their professional interests began to play a part? Illuminati control of GBN would have the knock-on effect of manipulating the decisions of all of its clients. ::: Reality Check ::: The evidence for the existence and power of the Brotherhood of the Masters, whether White Lodge or Illuminati, is certainly circumstantial -- at least for the moment -- but enough circumstantial evidence can still obtain a conviction in a court of law and we appear to be nearing a time when enough evidence WILL be available. So far we can see the institutions and the mechanisms which are being used to manipulate our life and society, even our future, but for the moment the master controllers are still unknown. I have suggested who they may be, but the decision whether to believe in the hidden puppet masters has to be your own. Just the word 'conspiracy' is enough to shut down the credulity of most people. "Oh, come on." is the disgusted comment. "Do you really think they would do THAT?" Perhaps we should then be asking, "Do you really think they WOULDN'T?" BELIEVE IT OR NOT! -Brother Blue, B:.B:. http://www.brotherblue.org/ Brotherhood of Galactic Science "Where Adamski meets Crowley at Langley" _________________________________________________ "For sixty bucks, I want a live alien addressing the audience these days. Not the same old bunch of windbags gassing on about ancient history." ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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