THE RAINBOW SWASTIKA - Scattered Seed Ministries

elationships, and slipping away into a self-absorbed quest for do-it-yourself godhood
(doomed to fail again and again). The linked information below will add to your distress --
especially if you and/or your friend are Jewish. But you also gain insight as to how someone
could fall for such empty promises and contradictions. That insight can give you leverage to
help them get back to solid ground. If you have faith in the G-d of Israel, you will find Him an
interested and indispensible Ally in rescuing the people you care about.
Even if you don't personally know someone who has been turned upside-down by New Age
thinking, if you are Jewish and/or love the Jewish people, you have an interest in preserving
the Jewish community, and in defending them against plots to eliminate them. But you can't
fight what you don't understand. So, whatever your motivations, here are some basic facts to
equip you:
1. Different new branches, same old roots: The premises of New Age (NA hereafter),
sometimes called the New World Order, are most clearly mapped out in a religious society
called Theosophy (founded 1875 by Helena Blavatsky), which coined many of the "code
words" found in this material and which remains a prime source for piecing together NA
foundations. Most if not all of NA concepts predate Theosophy, as its founder freely
admitted. They borrowed heavily from classical Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism, with large
doses of Gnosticism, astrology and other occultic power-quests. So despite the name "New"
Age, we are surveying an ancient system of worship, found in various forms around the world
(Babylonian, Egyptian, Norse, Atlantian, Pan/animist, American Indian, and other religions
dependent on enpowerment from various spirit-guides). This is why New Age teaching is so
easily adapted to so many cultures. Alice Bailey, the next major NA leader, "channeled" the
extensive directives for the framework of the New Age -- what she called the New World
Order -- and fully subscribed to Theosophy as well.
2. Logic not required: The discerning reader will notice some NA statements that contradict
others, especially regarding good and evil, fate and choice, equality and elitism, truth and
falsehood, and the origins of Maitreya / Lucifer. Pointing out these contradictions to hardcore
New Agers will not cause them to doubt. Since they have accepted the Hindu worldview
that truth, good and reality are whatever each finds within himself (at any given moment),
they will patiently reply that your demand for consistency in any of these is arbitrary,
unimaginative and unnecessarily narrow. Do not expect logical analysis, empirical
observation or comparative argument to be taken seriously, as NAers respect subjective
experience only (and then only for the one who experienced it first-hand). There are also a
few contradictions about the origin of the Jews, but interestingly there are no contradictions
about the destiny of those who insist on retaining the faith of their fathers.
3. Deliberate riddles: Public pronouncements and teachings of New Age leaders, although
usually in English, can seem like a foreign language - recognizable terms are used in
unintelligible contexts or given contradictory associations. These are known in esoteric
societies as 'blinds' or code words - riddles deliberately coded to convey still-classified
information over the heads of the uninitiated or hostile observers. The blinds used in New
Age are many, and match those used in the occult (per Helena Blavatsky, _The Secret
Doctrine_, p.435). Thus, we on the outside can know only as much as NA spokesmen see fit
to tell us; as in all occult groups some information is presumably shared only with top-level
initiates. However, the riddles are being publicly unlocked with increasing frequency on a
voluntary basis, showing that NA sees its power base as sufficient to withstand any hostility
to its agenda. In other cases, there are "leaks" by high-level leaders who have jumped ship,