-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: The Occult Technology of Power (Part II of IV) > Message-ID: <pST37.1241$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:00:05 GMT > NNTP-Posting-Host: 148.59.19.49 > X-Complaints-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Trace: nntp.msen.com 995101205 148.59.19.49 (Sat, 14 Jul 2001 05:00:05 EDT) > NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 05:00:05 EDT > Organization: Msen, Inc. > Lines: 609 > > > Subject: The Occult Technology of Power (Part II of IV) > > A-albionic Research Weekly Up-date of 11-11-94 (Part II of IV) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > The > > Occult > > Technology > > of > > Power > > > A Project of the > Society for Illuminating > the Sources of Power > > > The Occult Technology > of Power, 64 page Paperback Edition $8.95 + $3.95 p & h > Copyright 1974 > > All Rights Reserved for Printed Editions > E-text editions may be distributed without limit > as long as the address of the Copyright Holder > or publisher is included. Print-outs from e-text > are not allowed. > > Published by: > > A-albionic Research > PO Box 20273 > Ferndale, Michigan 48034 > > ISBN 0-55950-009-3 > > Library of Congress > Card Catalog Number 88-083670 > > For further information, sources, comments, & discussion write: > > A-albionic Research [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > THE TRANSCRIPTS > > > My Introduction to your Initiation > > > 1. Professor A. on the Role of Fraud in Nature > > > 2. Professor Q. on Occult Knowledge as > the Key to Power > > > 3. Professor M. on the Economics of > Central Banking > > > 4. Professor B. on the Functions of the Central > Bank in the Mature Finance Capitalist System > > > 5. Professor G. on Social and Business Legislation > and Policy > > > 6. Professor D. on the Role of Public Education > > > 7. Professor X. on Prestigious Associations and > > Secret Societies > > > 8. Professor Y. on Covert Operations > > and Intelligence > > > My Closing Remarks > > > Afterward by the Transcriber > > > Continued from Part I with Chapter 2: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > **2** > > PROFESSOR Q. ON OCCULT > KNOWLEDGE AS THE > KEY TO POWER > > > "The theory of aggregate production which is the > point of the following book, nevertheless can be > much easier adapted to the conditions of a totalitar- > ian state than the theory of production and distribu- > tion of a given production put forth under conditions > of free competition. . ." > John Maynard Keynes > Forward to the German > Edition of the > General Theory > September 7, 1936 > > > Throughout history, secure ruling elites arise through se- > cret, or occult knowledge which they carefully guard and > withhold from outsiders The power of such elites or cults > diminishes as their occult knowledge is transformed into > "scientific" knowledge and vanishes as soon as it becomes > "common sense." Before analyzing the secrets of the finance > capitalist money cult let us glance for historical perspective > at occult astronomy, the oldest source of stable rule known to > man of which astrology is hut the pathetic remnant. > > As soon as men abandoned the life of wandering, tribal > hunters to till the soil they needed to predict the seasons. > Such knowledge was required in order to know when to > plant, when to expect floods in fertile valleys, when to expect > rainy seasons, and so on. Months of back breaking work were > wasted by the unavailability of the calendar, a convenience > we take for granted. The men who first studied and grasped > the regularities of sun, moon, and stars that presage the > seasons had a valuable commodity to sell and they milked it > to the fullest at the expense of their credulous fellowmen. > The occult priesthoods of early astronomers and mathemati- > cians such as the designers of Stonehenge, convinced their > subjects that they alone had contact with the gods, and thus, > they alone could assure the return of planting seasons and > weather favorable to bountiful harvests. The staging > (predicting) of solar and lunar eclipses was particularly > effective in awing the community The general success > resulting from following the priesthood's tilling, planting, > nurturing, and harvesting time tables insured the priest- > hood's power. Today's Christmas holiday season continues > the tradition set by ancient priesthoods, who conducted > rituals on the winter solstice to reverse the retreat of the sun > from the sky. Their invariable success was followed by wild > celebrations. Popular knowledge of seasonal regularities was > discouraged by every manner of mysticism and outlandish > ritual imaginable. Failures in prediction were blamed on sins > of the people and used to justify intensified oppression. For > centuries people who had literally no idea of the number of > days between seasons and couldn't count anyway, cheerfully > gave up a portion of their harvests, as well as their most > beautiful daughters, to their "faithful servants" in the priest- > hoods . > > The power of our finance capitalist money cult rests on a > similar secret knowledge, primarily in the field of economics. > Our power is weakened by real advances in economic science. > (Fortunately, the public at large and most revolutionaries > remain totally ignorant of economics. However, we estab- > lished money lords have been able to prolong and even > reverse our decline by systematically corrupting economic > science with fallacious and spurious doctrines. Through our > power in the universities, publishing, and mass media we > have been able to reward the sincere, professorial cranks > whose spurious doctrines happen to rationalize in terms of > "common good" the government supported institutions, laws, > and economic measures upon which our money powers > depend. Keynesianism is the highest form of phoney > economics yet developed to our benefit. The highly centraliz- > ed, mixed economy resulting from the policies advocated by > Lord Keynes for promoting "prosperity" has all the > characteristics required to make our rule invulnerable to our > twin nemeses: real private competition in the economic arena > and real democratic process in the political arena. Laissez- > faire or free market, classical economics was our original at- > tempt to corrupt economic science Its beautiful internal con- > sistency blinded economists for many years to the fact that it > had virtually nothing to do with current reality. However, > we are so powerful today that it is no longer possible to > conceal our imposing institutions with the appearances of free > competition Keynesianism rationalizes this omnipotent state > which we require, while retaining the privileges of private > property on which our power ultimately rests. Although the > interim reforms advocated by Marx in his Communist > Manifesto such as central banking, income tax, and other > centralizing measures can be corrupted to coincide exactly > with our requirements, we no longer allow Marxist move- > ments major power in developed countries. Our coercive in > institutions are already in place. Any real steps toward com- > munism would mean our downfall. Of course, phoney > Marxism is an excellent ideological veil in which to cloak our > puppet dictators in underdeveloped areas. > > Secondarily, the power of the lords of money rests on an > occult knowledge in the area of politics and history. We have > quite successfully corrupted these sciences. Although many > people are familiar with our secrets through such books as > 1984 by the disillusioned George Orwell, few take them seri- > ously and usually dismiss such ideas as paranoia. Since real > politics is motivated by individual self-interest, history is > viewed most accurately as a struggle for power and wealth > We do our best to obscure this self-evident truth by > popularizing the theory that history is made by the imper- > sonal struggles between ideas, political systems, ideologies, > races, and classes. Through systematic infiltration of all > major intellectual, political, and ideological organizations, > using the lure of financial support and instant publicity, we > have been able to set the limits of public debate within the > ideological requirements of our money power > > The so-called Left-Right political spectrum is our creation. > In fact, it accurately reflects our careful, artificial polariza- > tion of the population on phoney issues that prevents the > issue of our power from arising in their minds. The Left > supports civil liberties and opposes economic or entrepre- > neural liberty. The Right supports economic liberty and op- > poses civil liberty. Of course neither can exist fully (which is > our goal) without the other. We control the Right-Left > conflict such that both forms of liberty are suppressed to the > degree we require Our own liberty rests not on legal or > moral "rights," but on our control of the government > bureaucracy and courts which apply the complex, subjective > regulations we dupe the public into supporting for our > benefit . > > Innumerable meaningless conflicts to divert the attention > of the public from our operations find fertile ground in the > bitter hatreds of the Right�Left imbroglio. Right and Left are > irreconcilable on racial policy, treatment of criminals, law > enforcement, pornography, foreign policy, women's lib, and > censorship to name just a few issues. Although censorship in > the name of "fairness" has been useful in broadcasting and > may yet be required in journalism, we generally do not take > sides in these issues. Instead we attempt to prolong the > conflicts by supporting both sides as required. War, of > course, is the ultimate diversionary conflict and the health of > our system. War provides the perfect cover of emergency > and crisis behind which we consolidate our power. Since > nuclear war presents dangers even to us, more and more we > have resorted to economic crisis, energy shortages, ecological > hysteria, and managed political drama to fill the gap. Mean- > ingless, brushfire wars, though, remain useful. > > We promote phoney free enterprise on the Right and > phoney democratic socialism on the Left. Thus, we obtain a > "free enterprise" whose "competition" is carefully regulated > by the bureaucracy we control and whose nationalized enter- > prises are controlled directly through our government. In this > way we maintain a society in which the basis of our power, > legal titles to property and money, remain secure, but in > which the peril of free, unregulated competition is avoided > and popular sovereignty is nullified. The democratic process > is a sitting duck for our money power. Invariably we > determine the candidates of the major parties and then > proceed to pick the winners. Any attempts at campaign > reforms simply put the rules of the game more firmly under > our government's control. > > Totalitarianism of the fascist of communist varieties is no > danger to us as long as bastions of private property remain > to serve as our bases of operation. Totalitarian governments > of both Right and Left, because of the vulnerability of their > highly visible leaders to party rivals, can be manipulated > easily from abroad. Primarily, totalitarian dictatorships ef- > ficiently prevent new money lords that could challenge our > power from arising in whole continents, civilizations, and > races. > > Perhaps a few words on ideology proper are in order > before I conclude. The only valid ideology, of course is > rational egoism, that is, the maximization of the individual's > gratification by whatever means prove practical. This > requires power over nature, especially, when possible, power > over other humans who are the most versatile and valuable > tools of all. Fortunately, we do not have a society of egoists. > Money lords would be impossible in such a society as the > mental spooks and rationalizations by which we characteris- > tically manipulate and deceive would be a laughing stock > Under such circumstances a policy of live and let live or true > "laissez�faire" anarchy might be the only alternative > Certainly a hierarchical order would be difficult to maintain > by force alone. However, in the current era, while minds are > yet in the thrall of altruistic collectivistic, and divine > moralistic spooks, the egoist's rational course is to utilize > such spooks to control others. > > The next speaker, Professor M., will detail the key in- > stitution of our power: Central Banking. > > > **3** > PROFESSOR M. ON THE > ECONOMICS OF > CENTRAL BANKING > > "It (a bank) can take the depositors' goods, the > goods that it holds for safekeeping, and lend them > out to people on the market. It can earn interest on > these loans, and as long as only a small percentage > of depositors ask to redeem their certificates at any > one time, no one vs the wiser. Or, alternatively, it > can issue pseudo warehouse receipts for goods that > are not there and lend these on the market. this is > the more subtle practice. the pseudo receipts will > be exchanged on the same basis as the true receipts, > since there is no indication on their face whether > they are legitimate or not. > > It should be clear that this practice is outright > fraud." > -Murray Rothbard > Man, Economy, and State > > "The bold effort the present bank has made to > control the Government, the distress it has wantonly > produced,. . ., are but premonitions of the fate > that awaits the American People should they be > deluded into a perpetuation of this institution (The > Bank of the United States), or the establishment of > another like it. '' > > -Andrew Jackson > December 2, 1834 > > As you have a doctorate degree in economics from a great > university I will touch as lightly as my verbosity allows > on facts accepted by economic "science" and proceed to occult > aspects of Central Banking. > > Since the division of labor is the key to all human achieve- > ment and satisfaction, a system of exchange is crucial. Barter > is hopelessly complicated. A command economy, in which > each does and receives what be is told, is also hopelessly > cumbersome and fails to take advantage of individual initia- > tive, ability, and concrete knowledge. A medium of > exchange, money, is the obvious solution. (Even our highly > centralized economies on the socialist model now enthusias- > tically embrace money as an indispensable simplifying tool in > their economic planning.) > > When left to themselves people of a given geographical > area settled upon a durable luxury commodity, usually gold > or silver, to use as money. Because money is a store of value > as well as a medium of exchange, people saved part of their > gold income rather than spending it all. This gold was often > stored in the vaults of a local goldsmith, the precursor of the > modern banker, for safe keeping. The depositor received a > receipt that entitled him to an equal quantity and quality of > gold on demand from the goldsmith. At some point the > goldsmith realized that there was no reason he could not loan > out some of the gold for interest as long as he kept gold on > hand sufficient to meet the fairly predictable withdrawal > rate. After all, be simply promised to pay on demand, not > bold the gold as such. Better yet, be could simply issue more > receipts for gold than be bad gold and the receipts, renamed > notes, could circulate freely among the populace as money. > However, be soon found that there was a definite limit set on > this process by reality. Not all the extra notes issued > circulated forever among the public. The rate of note re- > demption began to increase rapidly as the receipts passed > into the hands of people unfamiliar with his reputation and > especially when competitive goldsmiths, always eager for > more gold reserves, came into possession of his notes. To > prevent a disastrous run on his gold reserves, note issuance > had to be kept within bounds. But the spending power of > over-issuance was a grave temptation. Especially relished was > the power over governments, industry, and merchants that > the miraculous loan power of the goldsmith could obtain. > Many succumbed to temptation, overextended themselves > and brought ruin to their depositors while others slowly > became wealthy bankers by pursuing conservative loan policies. > > At this point, according to economic "science," Central > Banks are instituted to protect the public from periodic > financial catastrophe at the hands of unscrupulous fractional > reserve bankers. Nothing could be further from the truth. > Central Banks are established to remove the limitation on > over issuance that reality places on competitive banking > systems. As early as ancient Babylon and India, Central > Banking, the art of monopolizing the issuance of money, had > been developed into a perfect method for looting the general > public. Even today many bankers copy the traditions of the > earlier exploitive priesthoods and design their banks to re- > semble temples! Defenses of Central Banking are simply part > of the deception that lies at the heart of all power elites. > > Let us look at the way a new Central Bank is created > where none has existed previously. We bankers approach the > Prince or ruling assembly (both of whom always want more > money to fight wars or to curry favor with the people and, > typically, are ignorant of economics) with a compelling > proposal: "Grant our bank a national Charter to regulate > private banking and to issue legal tender notes, that is, force > our notes to be accepted as payment for all debts, pubic and > private. In exchange we will provide the government all the > notes it prudently requires at interest rates easily payable > with existing taxes. The increased government purchasing > power thus created will simultaneously assure the power an > prestige of the currently precarious nation and stimulate the > sluggish, credit starved economy to new heights of > prosperity. Most important the violent banking panics and > credit collapses caused by unscrupulous private bankers will > be replaced by our even handed, beneficent and scientific > management of money and banking. Our public spirited > expertise will be at the disposal of the state while we remain > independent enough of momentary political pressures to > assure sound management." > > For a while this system seems to work remarkably well > with full employment for everyone. The government an > public does not notice that we issuers of the new notes are > using the notes we create out of thin air to surreptitiously > build economic empires at the expense of established > interests. Because of the legal tender laws, few of the new > notes issued by the Central Bank are returned for > redemption in gold. In fact, private banks and even a few > foreign banks may begin to use the Central Bank's notes as > reserves for further issuance of credit. Soon enough, though, > prices begin to rise as the added notes increase demand > relative to the quantity of goods and services. As the value > of their savings decline more and more foreigners in > particular begin to question the value of the Central Bank's > notes and start to demand redemption in gold. We, of course > do not take responsibility for the rampant inflation when it > comes. We blame inflation on evil speculators who drive up > prices for personal gain, as well as the greed of organized > labor and business who are promptly made subject to wage > and price controls. Even the consumer can be made to feel > guilty for agreeing to pay the high prices! Mistaking > symptoms for causes the government accepts the banker's > analysis of the problem and continues to give the Bank free > reign in monetary policy. > > By slowing the rate of note issuance periodically,v the > ultimate crisis stage is postponed until many decades after > the original Central Bank Charter was granted. Before the > rapidly dwindling gold reserves on which faith in our Bank > depends is exhausted we abruptly contract our loan volume > to private industry and government as well. With the > contraction of the money supply a great deflationary crash > begins in earnest with all its attendant unemployment, bank- > ruptcies, and civil strife. We do not take responsibility for > the depression. We blame it on evil hoarders who are > refusing to spend their money and the prophets of doom who > are spoiling business confidence. The government accepts > this analysis and leaves monetary policy in our hands. If > things go well we bankers channel the fury and unrest into > puppet movements and pressure groups that carry our > agents into full control of the government. Once in charge we > devalue our outstanding bank notes in terms of gold and > make them inconvertible for all but possibly foreign Central > Banks and begin plans to restore a "prosperity" that will be > totally ours. > > When lucky, we are able to confiscate the gold of private > citizens as punishment for hoarding during the climax of the > depression. > > Once the old order is subdued during the chaos of the > crash and desperation of the depression, the field is open for > our full finance capitalist system to be realized. If the money > lords behind the Central Bank can avoid lapsing into political > and economic competition among themselves a new and > lasting order can be established. A war timed for this period > of consolidation provides the perfect excuse for the regimen- > tation required to crush all opposition. > > Professor B., a former Chairman of a Central Bank, will > explain the functioning of the Central Plank in the typical, > fully developed finance capitalist system. > > **4** > PROFESSOR B. ON THE > FUNCTION OF THE > CENTRAL BANK IN THE > MATURE FINANCE > CAPITALIST SYSTEM > > "We are undone, my dear sir, if legislation is still > permitted which makes our money, much or little, > real or imaginary, as the moneyed interests shall > choose to make it." > -Thomas Jefferson > > > "From now on depressions will be scientifically > created." > -Congressman Charles A. > Lindberg, Sr.-1923 > > > In its pristine form a Central Bank is a private monopoly > of a nation's money and credit issuance supported by the > coercive power of the state. That the Central Bank be direct- > ly in our hands is vital until our new order is firmly > established throughout the governmental, business, intellect- > ual and political spheres of society. After our order is > consolidated, formal nationalization of the Central Bank with > great fanfare is usually advisable in order to dispel any > lingering suspicion that it is operated for private gain. Of > course only loyal agent.s of the dynasty are allowed to obtain > high offices in the Bank and our power remains intact. > Obvious private monopolies are always the targets of sharp > reformist agitators. Only the most paranoid, however, can > see through the public facade to the private monopoly of the > nationalized or quasi-nationalized Central Bank. > > The Central Bank is the primary monopoly on which all > our monopoly power depends. The occult power of the > Central Bank to create money out of nothing is the fountain- > head that fuels our far flung financial and political empire. I > will make a quick survey of a few of the ways this secret > money power is brought to bear. > > Basically, the power of our Central Bank flows from its > control over the points of entry into the economy of new. > inflationary money which it creates out of thin air. Ordinar- > ily, bills of exchange, acceptances, private bonds, govern- > ment honds and other credit instruments are purchased by > the Central Bank through specially privileged dealers in > order to put the new money, often only checking accounting > entries, into circulation. The dealers are allowed a large > profit since they are fronts operated by our agents. Our pur- > chase of government securities pleases the government, as > our purchase of private debt pleases private debtors. As a > quid pro quo to assure "good management" our agents are > given directorships, managerial posts, and offices in the cor- > porations and government's so benefitted. As the addiction to > the narcotic of inflationary easy credit grows and grows we > demand more and more control of our dependent entourage > of governments and corporations. When we finally end the > easy credit to "combat inflation" the enterprises and govern� > ments either fall directly into our hands, bankrupt, or are > rescued at the price of total control. > > Also, we ruling bankers control the flow of money in the > economy through the wide authority of the Central Bank to > license, audit, and regulate private banks. Banks that loan to > interests outside the loyal entourage are "audited" by the > Central Bank and found to be dangerously overextended. > Just a hint of insolvency from the respected Central Bank > authorities is enough to cause a run on the disobedient bank > or at least dry up its vital lines of credit. Soon the banking > establishment learns to follow the hints and nods of your > father's agents at the Central Bank automatically. > > Further, the periodic cycles of easy money and tight > money that we initiate through our control of the Central > Bank cause corresponding fluctuations in all markets. Our > inner circle knows in advance the timing of these cycles and, > therefore reaps windfall profits by speculating in commodity, > stock, currency, gold, and bond markets. Monopolistic stock > and commodity Exchanges are a vital adjunct to our power > made possible by our Central Bank power. We do not allow a > fair auction market to exist, but make a great show of > "tough" government regulation to create a false sense of > confidence among small investors. With the aid of our regula- > tory charade and financial power we are able to maintain > Exchanges tailored to our entourage's need to manipulate > stock prices at the expense of independent investors. Our > privileged specialists on the floors of our Exchanges, aided > by the propaganda of our financial press and brokerage > houses, continually play on naivete and greed to drain the > savings of the unwary into our coffers. The stock, commodi- > ties, and securities held in trading accounts by the Exchange > and brokerage houses provides us with a clout far beyond our > own actual holdings with which we can manipulate prices and > win proxy fights for corporate takeovers. > > Little danger to our lucrative racket exists from public > spirited regulation. Our manipulations are so complex that > only the most brilliant experts could comprehend them. To > most economists our Exchange operations appear to be > helpful efforts to "stabilize" the market. We ruling bankers, > if able to keep peace among ourselves, become richer and > richer as time passes without the annoyance of exerting > productive effort of benefit to others. > > The next speaker, Professor G. will discuss the secrets of > social legislation and policy that do so much to cement our > power. > (to be continued) > Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms > Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: > *********************************** > James Daugherty, Internet Postmaster for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, > Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the > entire political-ideological spectrum. 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