The Demonic Roots of Globalism

Occult societies, the New Age movement, and the New World Order (condensed edition)
-- by: Gary Kah, 1995, source: Huntington House
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4.  Deceptions of a Post-Christian Era

New Age thought in popular culture and holistic medicine

Europe was once the scene of spiritual awakening and great Christian revivals in the days of Martin Luther and John and Charles Wesley. But those foundations have crumbled and Europe is now in a post-Christian era. In England, less than 5 percent of the population attend church regularly. Here in America, the foundations of biblical faith, which helped to build a strong nation, are under heavy attack and the damage is already extensive.

Shirley MacLaine and Edgar Cayce

The massive effort of the Planetary Commission in 1986 to draw millions of people unwittingly into New Age theology through their year-end meditation was only the beginning. The next major event came just a few weeks later when the ABC television network aired a mini-series (Jan 18-19, 1987) on Shirley MacLaine's personal spiritual adventure, "Out On A Limb".

During this five-hour odyssey, the viewing audience was introduced to concepts of reincarnation, trance channeling (contact with demonic spirits), legends of Atlantis, extraterrestrials, yoga, meditation and astral projection (out-of-body experiences). Through this one endeavor alone, millions of people in search of spiritual reality were given a counterfeit answer. (p. 140)

Shirley MacLaine did not stop with her television special. She also planned to help thousands more to "get in touch with their Higher Self" through a series of seminars, scheduled for every major city in the country, starting with Virginia Beach, Virginia. Why Virginia Beach? Because it is the home of the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE), the institution dedicated to preserving the teachings and "readings" of Edgar Cayce, sometimes referred to as the Sleeping Prophet.

Titles included in the ARE's 1987 Annual Bookstore Edition include:

• "Numerology and the Divine Triangle"
• "Pyramid Power"
• "Cosmic Crystals: Crystal Consciousness and the New Age"
• "A Vision of the Aquarian Age"
• "Gods in the Making"
• "The Goddess in Every Woman"

Of course, they also feature books by Shirley MacLaine, Carl Jung, and John Randolph Price...

Cayce claimed to have played with "spirit children" at the age of seven, and entered his first trance state at the age of twenty. Without any medical training, he gave 14,246 "readings" while in a trance state. Most of these involved medical diagnosis and advice. Other topics discussed in these trances (altered states of consciousness) were reincarnation, aura charts, psychic phenomena, Atlantis, prehistoric Egypt, spiritism and numerology. Thus began the modern marriage of holistic health to the world of the occult. (p. 142)

Holistic Health

The area which is unsuspectingly touching people with New Age practices more than any other is holistic health, sometimes known as the "new medicine". This erosion of a once-solid scientific medical foundation has happened through a new definition of the word "energy"...[which] involves one's concept of spiritual truth.

In this [pantheistic] system of thought, there is no creature / Creator distinction; all manifestations of power are godly; and the mind is divine and potentially omnipotent. What a perfect cover for the activity of demonic power in these last days. (p. 144)

[Here the author reviews several aspects of the holistic health movement.]

The word "spirituality" is very popular in New Age circles. People need to be aware that there is a vast difference between New Age spirituality and the biblical meaning of this word. The contrast is evident in an article by Lawrence Le Shan, Ph.D. in A Science of Mind magazine. In describing holistic medicine, he states:

"Interestingly enough, holistic medicine has come to a very clear and practical definition of "spiritual"... It means such very hard disciplines as prayer and meditation, that bring you to those moments where you really know "I am one with the cosmos". You know that we are all parts of the universe, that we stand on the bedrock of the universe, and that our isolation, loneliness and alienation are in large part illusion."

A study of [alleged] UFO contacts reveals thiat same "cosmic gospel". The message from these supposedly benevolent beings is one of a coming New Age, expanded human potential and a new avatar to show us the way. In New Age theology, Jesus is recognized and honored, but only as one in a succession of avatars who came to bring enlightenment. In this way they attempt to explain away the uniqueness of Christ. (p. 151)

By contrast, the Scriptures tell us:

"He [God]...seated Him [Christ] at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come." -- Ephesians 1:20-21 (NAS)

A study center in Big Sur, California, known as Esalen, is probably the most well known New Age center in the country. In a section of her "Aquarian Conspiracy" entitled "California and the Aquarian Conspiracy", Marilyn Ferguson stated:

"In the 1950s and 1960s, Aldous Huxley was among those who encouraged Michael Murphy and Randolph Price in their 1961 decision to open Esalen, the residential center in California's Big Sur area that helped mid-wife much of what came to be known as the human-potential movement... [which] would help break down the barriers between mind and body, between Eastern wisdom and Western action, between individuals and society, and thus between the limited self and the potential self." [1]

Seminar leaders at Esalen have included Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, well-known psychologist Rollo May, author Carlos Castaneda, Zen enthusiast Allen Watts (formerly an Episcopal priest), B.F. Skinner, Jean Houston, Norman Cousins and Fritz Perls. (p. 154)

The nature of the spiritual battle in which we find ourselves can be clearly seen in statements made pertaining to the medical profession by Donald Keys, president of Planetary Citizens, in his book, "Earth at Omega":

"The world needs large numbers of constructive social-change persons who can stand strongly as the old order crashes down about them causing dismay and pessimism in the minds and lives of those who lack vision and who do not understand the nature of the transition... Transformative infiltration is proving valuable notably within the medical profession." [2]

Occultists...have always sought to avoid the results of man's fall into sin by trying to control nature, human abilities and death. The forces of darkness are only too willing to accommodate these people, leading them to believe that they are actually in control. This is why involvement in the occult is forbidden so many times in Scripture. It means direct contact with forces which are alien and hostile to both God and man. (p. 155)