THE RAINBOW SWASTIKA - Scattered Seed Ministries

a Christian mission, after which it was "cleared" to carry on its activities without interference.
A Waldorf kindergarten in Jerusalem, "Gan HaShemesh", also received mixed reviews in a
_Jerusalem Post_ article on parenting (June 16, 1999), mainly for its "stress on the magical"
and its diet of violent fairy tales, but no mention was made of the international controversy
raging over the Waldorf curriculum.
6f. Kibbutz Harduf: near Shfaram.
Another brainchild of Steiner was "biodynamic farming" (not to be confused with ecological
techniques), which resembles farming methods of Findhorn, the famous New Age mecca in
northern Scotland. For biodynamic farmers, the earth is an organism which breathes twice a
day and has a spiritually alive soil. To nurture it, different homeopathic concoctions are
applied to transfer the "astral forces" of the ingredients to the crops. Or, if something more
potent is preferred, Steiner advises old-fashioned witchcraft: "You catch a fairly young field
mouse and flay it... We take the skin, when Venus stands in the sign of Scorpio, and burn the
skin... Now take the ash which results and sprinkle it out on the fields." (translated by Bendz)
Israel is one of the few countries which hosts a community completely run by Steiner's
philosophies. Kibbutz Harduf, producer of health foods and host to Steiner seminars, has been
a member of the United Kibbutz Movement since 1985. Members embrace Steiner's
teachings without reservation, and see themselves as offering "a better alternative to the
hazara b'teshuva [return to Torah Judaism] movement." (_Jerusalem Post_, Aug. 1, 1986)
Accordingly, their vegetarian restaurant does double-duty, generating income and serving as a
front to "to spread the word" of Steiner's gospel. The _Jerusalem Post Magazine_ gave two
positive (if perplexed) critiques of Harduf ("Community of Spirit", Aug. 1, 1986; "In Steiner's
Footsteps", Nov. 19, 1999). Anthroposophy was presented as a legitimate alternate Jewish
lifestyle, referring to Steiner's teaching with a superficial rosiness that gave no real
information.
6g. Scientology: Tel Aviv.
One of Steiner's early occultic colleagues, L. Ron Hubbard, started his own cult of
"dianetics", which teaches that all human misery was caused by the space-tyrant Xenu, who
transported people to Earth 75 million years ago, dropped them into volcanoes and exploded
hydrogen bombs on them. Hubbard identified himself as the new Maitreya (competing with
Theosophy's choice at that time, Krishnamurti), chosen by the "ascended masters" to bring
mankind the solution. [For a full treatment, see "Pseudo-Buddhism in the Form of
Scientology", Dialog Center International, Denmark.] This spiritual solution (which can set
you back as much as $50,000 a year) developed into the "Church" of Scientology, now a
multi-million-dollar global enterprise known for ruthless exploitation and intimidation,
especially by lawsuit. The Church's "fair game law" targets any critics who becomes a threat
as fair game, at which point every method, legal or otherwise, is used to destroy them. _Time
Magazine_ labeled Scientology "the cult of greed," and Cynthia Kisser, former Director of the
Cult Awareness Network (CAN), called it "the most ruthless, the most classically terroristic...
lucrative cult the country [U.S.] has ever seen." Kisser should know; she experienced their
tactics first-hand when Scientology, through a string of bogus but financially draining
lawsuits, forced CAN into bankruptcy in 1996 -- and then in late 1997 bought the
organization (rights to the name, logo, and case files, including those against Scientology!).
All CAN staff have been replaced with Scientology church members. (For the whole story,
see the transcript of the "60 Minutes" production with Leslie Stahl, Dec.28, 1997) [It is not
known how this affects the CAN office which is said to be located in Israel. I have not been
able to locate them.]