THE RAINBOW SWASTIKA - Scattered Seed Ministries

C. The Gods of the New Age
(Dick Sutphen, "Infiltrating the New Age into Society,"
_New Age Activist_, Summer 1986, p.14)
[Important note to orthodox Jewish readers: Jews are commanded in the Torah to shun the
study of idolatrous religions. However, the law of pikuach nefesh requires us to make an
exception here -- ignorance on this subject is destroying our people. The main tenets of NA
religion are important to grasp, not least because familiar religious terms are given radically
different meanings while allowing outsiders to define them as they like (for example, the
Great Invocation). This ploy has allowed NA "change agents" (as they are known to insiders)
to infiltrate the unsuspecting Jewish community in the Trojan Horse of semantics. They say
all the "right" things, work hard in service and scholarship, win leadership positions, and only
then do they set out to reshape the old concepts to fit the "new paradigm". So please do not
skip this section under any circumstances.]
[One other note about quotes below relating to "Jehovah": Readers will notice that I am
quite careful about spelling "G-d" in such a way as to avoid writing it out. Those familiar
with Orthodox Jewish custom will understand it as a mark of reverence for the One we
worship, and therefore may be confused by the fact that I spell out the name "Jehovah",
assumed by many to be the phonetic Name of G-d. According to rabbinic authorities, this is
actually a misnomer based on an uninformed transliteration of the Tetragrammaton (G-d's
four-letter Name in the Hebrew Bible has the vowels deliberately changed to avoid making
the correct pronunciation available). Because "Jehovah" is not the actual Name, I decided to
quote it in this section as it appears - and because it is a name used only for the G-d of Israel,
it serves us well here.]
New Age Religion is based on a blend of practically every religious and occult philosophy
found in the world, rejecting only Torah-based Judaism and early (pre-Constantine, pregnostic,
Judaic) Christianity. The blend is known as "The Ancient Wisdom" and harmonizes
surprisingly well; it is outlined methodically in a 19th-century Western system called
"Theosophy". Following are the spiritual principles by which NA groups can be identified, no
matter which label they give themselves. [As elsewhere, I concentrate on Alice Bailey's
writings, since she is the single most prominent NA theologian vis a vis the UN; those of
Helena Blavatsky are a close second, since so many groups trace their worldview to
Theosophy.]
1. The highest "God".
God is not the Creator (although there is a Creator, or perhaps two, as we will see). The Most
High God does not "do" anything, He just is. The very title "God" is a misnomer which limits
the concept; Theosophists prefer abstract Principles. The ultimate Divine has no name, no
definition, and therefore no accessibility. Man cannot begin to know "the God" of New Age
thought; but for the purpose of indoctrination, NA missionaries will revert to the traditional
title and attributes when dealing with the uninitiated. However, the Jewish idea of one
personal G-d who rules alone is so offensive that the knowledgeable NAer will not even
pretend to be speaking the same language at that point. Helena Blavatsky [HPB] called the
"God of Abram, Isaac and Jacob" a "spiteful and revengeful" deity. (_The Secret Doctrine_ I,
p.439, footnote) [For a fuller description, see below.] The Divine has no personality or selfconsciousness
- hence, no revelation from Him is possible, let alone what the Jews have