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The main impetus of the New Age movement is a very ancient lie. Satan, man's ever present nemesis, is still in the business of selling the same old lie he sold to Mother Eve at the very beginning of time. In Genesis 3:5, it is recorded that Satan said, "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." The deification of self, regardless of whatever particular form it takes, will always be the downfall of man. Instead of fulfilling its whispered promises of liberation and exaltation, the promises of the personal liberation and exaltation that are imagined to come upon discovering the "God-consciousness" within have been, and will continue to be, the mechanisms Satan uses to degrade and imprison man.
Make no mistake about it, Western society is faced with a new order, a new world view, a New Age. This New Age movement is nothing other than Humanism doctored up in spiritual terms, and is but another attempt by Satan to destroy the work of Christ. The Old-New Age concept that man can achieve Godhood "is an integral part of the mystical world view that is making a coordinated thrust into every aspect of our cultural consciousness... It is not a fad, it will not go away, and it is fundamentally hostile to Biblical Christianity."
As Marilyn Ferguson, herself an admitted "co-conspirator" and chronicler of the New Age movement, has so chillingly pointed out in her magnum opus, The Aquarian Conspiracy:
"Western society is at a pivotal point ... Cultural transformation announces itself in sputtering fits and starts, sparked here and there by minor incidents, warmed by new ideas that may smoulder for decades. In many different places, at different times, the kindling is laid for the real conflagrationâ€â€the one that will consume the old landmarks and alter the landscape forever."
Kundalini is a form of yoga in which is called "serpent power," or occult powers residing at the base of the spine, are summoned to the brain through certain yoga techniques. This supposedly endows the practitioner with superhuman psychic and spiritual powers which lead to samadhi or enlightenment. Figuratively speaking, the footprints of the Serpent can be found literally everywhere in false religion. There are no lies that are not his lies, and there are no false paths to God that are not his inventions.
In the past, Satan's game plan seemed to be to convince the Western World that Jesus was a myth. Using scientific skepticism as a tool, doubt and scorn were heaped upon His claims to be the incarnated Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. But in our generation, Satan has very cleverly changed his strategy. His attacks are no longer focused on the truthfulness of Christ's claims, but on their uniqueness. Satan is using the philosophies of Eastern religion to blunt the unique claims of Jesus Christ. It is well established that the Eastern mystics are willing to honor Jesus as the incarnation of God, the Savior, and the Truth, but only as one of many such incarnations (avatars), one of many such saviors, and one of many such truths. Although an avatar, in Hindu usage, is any incarnation of the god Vishnu, in general usage, it can refer to the descent of any god into the world in human form, usually to help mankind in a time of crisis. In the Bhagavad- Gita, Lord Krishna says:
In every age I come back
To deliver the holy,
To destroy the sins of the sinner,
To establish righteousness.
There are many inconsistencies in Eastern religion. Therefore, although Krishna seems to be saying that he offers salvation from sins, man's problem, according to Hinduism, is really not sin; instead, man's problem is his ignorance of his own divinity. In fact, the avatar's purpose is to teach and guide spiritual seekers toward enlightenment. In the Aquarian Gospel, it is stated this way:
There are no supernatural acts of God to lift a man from carnal life to spirit blessedness: he grows as grows the plant, and in due time is perfected.
When He was on this earth, Jesus warned that there would be many false Christs. And although in these passages He was referring specifically to the destruction of Jerusalem, I cannot help but see such warnings as being appropriate for today. Furthermore, I am reminded of what the apostle Paul said in his first letter to Timothy:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils: speaking lies in hypocrisy: having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
Previously in this chapter, I quoted Manly P. Hall, a leading occult authority, as saying: "By means of the secret processes of ceremonial magic it is possible to contact.., invisible creatures and gain their support in some human undertaking." I said that we would eventually make the connection between the alleged demon facilitators of occult magic and the so-called ascended masters or spirit (inner) guides of Eastern mysticism. Critical to understanding this connection is what has come to be called "altered states of consciousness."
Sir John Eccles, winner of a Nobel Prize for his research on the brain, has described the brain as "a machine that a 'ghost' can operate." According to this theory, in a normal state of consciousness the human mind or spirit is the "ghost" that operates the brain. This is the way God made us and this is the way He expects us to remain. But when man enters into altered states, whether through drugs, hypnosis, yoga, transcendental meditation, or any other technique, he is failing to guard his heart (mind/brain) as God has instructed him. In these altered states, man leaves himself open to Satanic influences. We know this can happen when we think improperly or sinfully, and it evidently can and does happen when one enters an altered state. God, in His Word, has always condemned those practices associated with altered states, and nowhere in His Word has He ever commanded His people to engage in them. Therefore, it is no accident that altered states are an integral part of false religion and occultism no matter where one goes in the world.
It makes no difference whether one travels to the Saut d'Eau waterfalls in Haiti to see men and women in altered states who think they are possessed by Damballah Wedo (the Serpent, the god of all spiritual wisdom) slithering on the rocks at the bottom of the falls; or to India where in altered states the people worship Visuki, Lord of the snakes, or Ananta, the holy serpent; or to Europe where a coven of witches, occult practitioners, or Satan worshippers evoke the various names of' "that old serpent, which is the Devil," the footprints of the Serpent seem to be indelibly imprinted on the landscapes of altered minds.
2 Corinthians 11:3 "But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:4 "For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully"
Make no mistake about it, Western society is faced with a new order, a new world view, a New Age. This New Age movement is nothing other than Humanism doctored up in spiritual terms, and is but another attempt by Satan to destroy the work of Christ. The Old-New Age concept that man can achieve Godhood "is an integral part of the mystical world view that is making a coordinated thrust into every aspect of our cultural consciousness... It is not a fad, it will not go away, and it is fundamentally hostile to Biblical Christianity."
As Marilyn Ferguson, herself an admitted "co-conspirator" and chronicler of the New Age movement, has so chillingly pointed out in her magnum opus, The Aquarian Conspiracy:
"Western society is at a pivotal point ... Cultural transformation announces itself in sputtering fits and starts, sparked here and there by minor incidents, warmed by new ideas that may smoulder for decades. In many different places, at different times, the kindling is laid for the real conflagrationâ€â€the one that will consume the old landmarks and alter the landscape forever."
Kundalini is a form of yoga in which is called "serpent power," or occult powers residing at the base of the spine, are summoned to the brain through certain yoga techniques. This supposedly endows the practitioner with superhuman psychic and spiritual powers which lead to samadhi or enlightenment. Figuratively speaking, the footprints of the Serpent can be found literally everywhere in false religion. There are no lies that are not his lies, and there are no false paths to God that are not his inventions.
In the past, Satan's game plan seemed to be to convince the Western World that Jesus was a myth. Using scientific skepticism as a tool, doubt and scorn were heaped upon His claims to be the incarnated Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. But in our generation, Satan has very cleverly changed his strategy. His attacks are no longer focused on the truthfulness of Christ's claims, but on their uniqueness. Satan is using the philosophies of Eastern religion to blunt the unique claims of Jesus Christ. It is well established that the Eastern mystics are willing to honor Jesus as the incarnation of God, the Savior, and the Truth, but only as one of many such incarnations (avatars), one of many such saviors, and one of many such truths. Although an avatar, in Hindu usage, is any incarnation of the god Vishnu, in general usage, it can refer to the descent of any god into the world in human form, usually to help mankind in a time of crisis. In the Bhagavad- Gita, Lord Krishna says:
In every age I come back
To deliver the holy,
To destroy the sins of the sinner,
To establish righteousness.
There are many inconsistencies in Eastern religion. Therefore, although Krishna seems to be saying that he offers salvation from sins, man's problem, according to Hinduism, is really not sin; instead, man's problem is his ignorance of his own divinity. In fact, the avatar's purpose is to teach and guide spiritual seekers toward enlightenment. In the Aquarian Gospel, it is stated this way:
There are no supernatural acts of God to lift a man from carnal life to spirit blessedness: he grows as grows the plant, and in due time is perfected.
When He was on this earth, Jesus warned that there would be many false Christs. And although in these passages He was referring specifically to the destruction of Jerusalem, I cannot help but see such warnings as being appropriate for today. Furthermore, I am reminded of what the apostle Paul said in his first letter to Timothy:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils: speaking lies in hypocrisy: having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
Previously in this chapter, I quoted Manly P. Hall, a leading occult authority, as saying: "By means of the secret processes of ceremonial magic it is possible to contact.., invisible creatures and gain their support in some human undertaking." I said that we would eventually make the connection between the alleged demon facilitators of occult magic and the so-called ascended masters or spirit (inner) guides of Eastern mysticism. Critical to understanding this connection is what has come to be called "altered states of consciousness."
Sir John Eccles, winner of a Nobel Prize for his research on the brain, has described the brain as "a machine that a 'ghost' can operate." According to this theory, in a normal state of consciousness the human mind or spirit is the "ghost" that operates the brain. This is the way God made us and this is the way He expects us to remain. But when man enters into altered states, whether through drugs, hypnosis, yoga, transcendental meditation, or any other technique, he is failing to guard his heart (mind/brain) as God has instructed him. In these altered states, man leaves himself open to Satanic influences. We know this can happen when we think improperly or sinfully, and it evidently can and does happen when one enters an altered state. God, in His Word, has always condemned those practices associated with altered states, and nowhere in His Word has He ever commanded His people to engage in them. Therefore, it is no accident that altered states are an integral part of false religion and occultism no matter where one goes in the world.
It makes no difference whether one travels to the Saut d'Eau waterfalls in Haiti to see men and women in altered states who think they are possessed by Damballah Wedo (the Serpent, the god of all spiritual wisdom) slithering on the rocks at the bottom of the falls; or to India where in altered states the people worship Visuki, Lord of the snakes, or Ananta, the holy serpent; or to Europe where a coven of witches, occult practitioners, or Satan worshippers evoke the various names of' "that old serpent, which is the Devil," the footprints of the Serpent seem to be indelibly imprinted on the landscapes of altered minds.
2 Corinthians 11:3 "But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:4 "For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully"
