by Texe Marrs
Youth Incited to Revolt
Our young ones are not only being indoctrinated and introduced to immoral concepts of sexuality, they are also being enticed into open rebellion against parents. The New Age has for years kept up a constant, throbbing drumbeat to the ears of the young. Our teens are told that it is good to question authority and to revolt against parental and other forms of authority. Our young children are being slyly conditioned to believe that their parents’ Christian beliefs are obsolete, old-fashioned, and even dangerous and inflammable. The evidence amply demonstrates that the aim of the New Age to alienate youth from their parents has been wildly successful and is now gaining further ground.
This strategy to incite our youth to revolt comes from many New Age sources. For instance, Foster Bailey, in Running God’s Plan, declares: “Our youth are the victims of our degenerating civilization against which the best of them are rebelling.” 41 “They are realizing,” says Bailey, “that the God who never was is dead.” 42
Bailey is simply expressing the satanically inspired New Age view that as the old, outmoded Piscean age of Jesus degenerates and fades into oblivion, a shining and bright, Aquarian New Age is taking its place. The revolt of the youth, he explains, will help quicken the inevitable arrival of the gloriously brilliant “New Age of the Man-gods.”
Another New Age authority promoting rebellion by youth against the older forces is Paula Tyler, an educator from Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Tyler has authored a revealing religious instruction guide for young people entitled, New Age Metaphysics: An Introduction for Young Adults. In it she cleverly gets across the point that young people should not hesitate to discard currently held beliefs inculcated by parents and others if they conflict with the New Age Worldview presented in the pages of her book:
If you don’t like your life the way it is now, there are definite steps that can be taken to change it... Often, without questioning, we have adopted the belief system of our parents. This review may disclose that these beliefs no longer work for us and need to be replaced by more positive ones. Once we have begun changing our beliefs, we can start to create our life the way we want it. 43
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Will Youth Force the New Age Revolution on Their Parents?
Meanwhile, Omraam Aivankov, front man in the group known as the Universal White Brotherhood, writes in Aquarius: Herald of the New Age that it is the youth who will take up the mantle of leadership to force the older generation to accept the New Age Kingdom. 44 Aivankov insists that loyalty to Christianity, family, and country are a cancer. The revolutionary young, Aivankov says, will realize that Christianity is the road to war and that for world peace and harmony to succeed it is necessary to reject and discard Biblical Christianity:
We hold on to our old political and religious beliefs. Christians, for instance, are proud of belonging to the one true religion, of being the real sons of God whilst all the rest of us are heathens, miscreants, and heretics! It is too grotesque, too ridiculous... 45
There is an entirely new effort being made today by young people; they will be the ones to force the adults to enlarge their concepts, because they will not put up with the old ways that create war. The young are on their way! They will turn the world upside down in Russia as well as in America; they will start a world revolution. 46
Aivankov and his fellow New Age workers in the “Universal White Brotherhood” intend to drive an irreconcilable wedge between youth and parents. Unmistakably, they are simply carrying out the odious hidden agenda of their masters in the spirit realm. As Aivankov himself admits, “The higher Intelligences and Beings are guiding humanity toward a goal we cannot even imagine.” 47
Perhaps Aivankov is telling the truth as he understands it. Perhaps he and many of his New Age cohorts are, ultimately, victims—unsuspecting, sincerely misguided disciples of demons who are leading them toward a goal they cannot even imagine. But the fact is, if those in the New Age had accepted Jesus Christ and His Word, they would not be so confused and uncertain about the goal of the New Age. They would know exactly where they are being guided—straight to hell and destruction.
The Truth is that the Bible exposes these “higher intelligences and beings” as Satan’s agents, and it reveals their true objective—to bring mankind down with them into the pit.
PART V
How to Combat the New Age Flood of Filth
Spiritual warfare is the primary—and by far the most effective—method the Christian has in the fight to protect our families against New Age subversion and attack. And fervent prayer is the very essence of spiritual warfare. God wants us to go to Him in prayer with our requests and our needs. Prayer changes things.
Strangely, often when I advise a Christian to pray through a problem or to pray for help in difficult circumstances, I am met with a blank stare. “Isn’t there more I can do?,” I am asked, “Something more concrete, more practical?”
How odd that the Christian has access to the greatest Power in the galaxy, yet so often fails to go before the Master, Jesus Christ, and seek aid, comfort, and guidance!
So the most important thing we must keep in mind is that prayer changes things and is the chief weapon in our, armory of Spiritual Warfare.
When we pray, what we really are doing is communicating directly with God who is Lord over all, including the devil. Some Christians mistakenly believe that in conducting Spiritual Warfare they must confront the devil head-on. They incorrectly conceive of Spiritual Warfare as they themselves personally locking horns in a mighty, touch and go contest with demons and devils. But this is not the case. As Christians we are privileged to go before the throne of God Himself and seek His help. It is God who handles our fighting, who sees to our victory. And remember, He is not limited in ability. The cosmic struggle between good and evil, between God and the Adversary, is not an equal, tit-for-tat competition. It’s all one-sided, in God’s favor.
In essence, the question is, do you want to fruitlessly battle the devil and his New Age associates using your own, easily exhaustible strength, or... should you more wisely call on God and let Him do the infighting for you? The choice should be clear. Indeed, the Bible records that even the Archangel Michael, when directly confronted by the devil, did not attempt to fight using his own limited strength. Instead, exercising spiritual wisdom and judgment, he powerfully and with authority proclaimed, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee (Jude 9).
The Christian parent’s first responsibility is to put up a hedge of protection around his/her family. It is through prayer and by rebuking the devil’s works, invoking the Lord’s authority and might, that this hedge is erected. And it is by faith that the hedge remains in place.
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Confrontation in the Ordinary World
While spiritual warfare is not to be neglected, the alert Christian should be aware that there are also concrete things that can be done to stem the tidal wave of New Age perversions. It is true that, gradually, our religious freedoms as American citizens are being steadily eroded. Yet, we still have at least some residue and vestiges of the constitutional liberty which we once so freely enjoyed. Therefore, let us, whenever possible, avail ourselves of these protections.
For example, in the 1970’s, for awhile it seemed as though transcendental meditation (TM), as taught by the Hindu guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, would literally become a staple in most American public schools. But then a small but brash courageous band of Christians decided to go to court and fight for their constitutional rights. They were determined to remove this disguised Hindu system of worship from their public school classrooms.
Finally, in the case of Malnak v. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, October 19,1977, the presiding judge ruled that TM was an inseparable part of the Hindu tradition and that because of its religious foundations, its presence in the public s
chools violated the establishment clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Those who undergo TM training believe that they will gain the benefits of creativity, clear thinking, and—in the minds of many—self-divinity. However, there is absolutely no proof whatsoever of these claims. In fact, the scientific evidence available indicates that the regular practice of TM diminishes creative thinking and undermines sound, rational processes of the human mind. In reality, TM is simply a religious ritual in which the person prostrates himself or herself to a Hindu guru, chanting a mantra, or word, which in most cases is the name of a Hindu deity.
The Christians who stood up against this growing menace armed themselves with knowledge and the Truth. They used the system and they won. Christians may not, of course, be able to win every contest, but there is no logical reason and certainly no spiritual justification for the Christian to apathetically lay around and shrink from the battle. The stakes are too high for that. Moreover, God’s Word tells us that faith without works is dead! (see James 2:26)
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Tackling New Age Discrimination Against Christians
Another great victory for Christians—and thus for America and the family—came in 1988 in a ruling by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Washington, D.C. Because so many Christians had complained to the EEOC that they were being forced by their employers to attend New Age-oriented training courses and seminars, the EEOC, after careful deliberation and investigation, issued ruling number N-915.022, dated February, 1988.
This broad and inclusive ruling is sweeping in its consequences. It prohibits employers from requiring Christians or other workers to attend any training that would infringe on their religious convictions—even if the training is not labeled New Age.
In other words, now Christians have the authoritative backing and protection of the most powerful agency in government devoted to protecting workers from discrimination in the work place.
Unfortunately, the mass media—TV networks, newspaper and magazines—because they are owned and influenced by the New Age leadership—have conveniently refused to publicize this important ruling by the EEOC. Few people even know that such a ruling exists. Therefore, I have included in the back pages of this book (see Appendix I) the entire text of the EEOC Notice that officially announced that agency’s findings and ruling regarding New Age training programs. My prayer and hope is that Christians everywhere will use this document as ammunition, enabling them to stand up for their rights by rejecting unconstitutional mind control training.
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New Age Methods and Ideas in our Schools
Keep in mind, too, that if New Age techniques, ideas, and instruction cannot legally be imposed on adults on their jobs, it stands to reason that these same New Age practices should not be required anywhere else either.
Public schools come immediately to mind: if adults cannot be forced to submit to New Age instruction, what possible justification do teachers and school administrators have for subjecting our children to such instruction?
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To Aid You in Your Efforts...
To successfully aid you as a Christian in your fight against New Age encroachment on our freedoms, I have also included two other appendices. Appendix 2 is a three page chart, originally published in my book, New Age Cults and Religions, which contrasts the false teachings of the New Age with Biblical truths. Appendix 3 is a list of terms frequently used in the New Age movement. This should give you a clue as to when New Age ideas are being expressed. However, mere use of any of these terms does not necessarily imply New Age influence, so the context of their use must also be considered.
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Government Study Concludes: New Age Methods Totally Worthless!
Did you know that a massive, government-funded study has found that almost all the New Age techniques and methods now in use in many of our public schools and in our workplaces are of absolutely no value whatsoever? Included in the ineffective and worthless category are such highly touted techniques as visualization, meditation, biofeedback, yoga, neurolinguistic programming (self-talk), split brain (left brain/right brain) learning, accelerated learning methods, stress reduction and relaxation techniques, ESP, parapsychology, levitation, out-of-body experiences, psychic healing, etc.
Now there is iron-clad documentation for those who want to confront school boards, employers, government agencies, and so forth with undeniable, irrefutable, absolute proof that they’re not only wasting our hard-earned tax dollars on such rubbish, but also wreaking havoc and damage on people’s minds. Our children’s minds are especially at risk.
This important study I am referring to is the National Research Council’s 1988 report on Enhancing Human Performance.
This comprehensive report is based on three full years of active study by the National Academy of Sciences, as well as a thorough review of all other scientific studies conducted on these subjects for the past 130 years! It was funded by the U.S. Army which asked the National Academy of Sciences “to examine the potential value of certain techniques that had been proposed to enhance human performance.” (Many New Age groups had for a number of years encouraged the U.S. Army to adopt such techniques.)
In 1985 The National Academy of Sciences appointed a prestigious 14-member committee, the members of which represented such disciplines as physiology; clinical, social, and industrial psychology; cognitive neuroscience, and education. These learned scientists were of the highest caliber and their voluminous study took three years and $500,000 to complete.
What were the revealing findings of this distinguished scientific panel? Simply this: that there is not one iota of evidence to support any of all the numerous New Age “techniques.” Not one shred of proof. Not one! For example, the report concluded:
The committee finds no scientific justification from research conducted over a period of 130 years... While often using the language of science to justify their approach, these (New Age and human potential) promoters are for the most part not trained professionals in the social and behavioral sciences.
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New Age Leaders in a State of Shock
Leaders of New Age and “human potential” organizations are in a state of shock over this official government report. They definitely do not want the results of this study to get out to the general public. They know that if this happens they’ll lose their lucrative money contracts. You see, they are now being paid big bucks for all the worthless instruction they are now “providing” our unwitting school districts, corporations, and other buyers of these useless mental gymnastic exercises. New Age and human potential promoters are especially alarmed over the statement by the committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences that, “Virtually all further research in the selected areas of its inquiry would be worthless.”
The New Age and human potential propagandists well know that their long ride on the money gravy train will end as soon as the public discovers the shocking truth. That truth is contained in the National Academy of Science’s findings that the techniques and methods studied were so devoid of value that, although “the claimed phenomena and applications range from the incredible to the outrageously incredible,” nevertheless “nothing approaching a scientific literature supports the claims.”
In reporting the committee’s findings that the New Age techniques are worthless, the distinguished chairman of the National Research Council (NRC), John Swets, stated: “The underlying theme that emerges from our study is that there are no easy ways or fixes for helping people perform more effectively.”
Given the results of this first-ever exhaustive study, I highly encourage Christians to boldly resist all efforts by public schools, corporations and employers, government agencies, universities, colleges, and other groups to saddle us with mindless, unproductive, money-wasting New Age instruction of all kinds. Keep in mind, too, that much of this defective instruction does not come labeled as “
New Age.”
The results of the study by the National Academy of Sciences was briefly mentioned in Science News, Jan. 2, 1988, p. 9. The full, book-length report, entitled Enhancing Human Performance, can be ordered from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418 [phone (202) 334-3313]. Each copy is $22.50 (paperback).
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The Sovereignty of God
The New Age has come so far so fast that unless we put things in perspective it is easy for us to assume that all is lost. All is not lost. The Word of God assures us that Satan’s victory will be short-lived. The Plan will ultimately fail.
Because we are Christians, Jesus has given us freedom from worry. We know that He who is within us is greater than he who is in the world. God is our victorious, all-conquering King. Paul spoke to this in these uplifting words:
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?... I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-39)
So we are not fearful for ourselves. Our joyous fate is sealed by the grace of the Lord. But we can rightly be anxious over what might befall our loved ones, neighbors, and friends—and all of mankind—who, because they do not know Jesus, do not possess eternal security.