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Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future

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by Seraphim Rose


  Advaitins, 10, 14, 23

  Aerial realm, 111

  Africa, 80, 137, 212

  “Age of Mary,” chiliastic, 177

  Al Montada, xxviii

  Albrecht, Mark

  —“Questioning Jonestown,” 198n[3]

  Ambartsumyam, Victor, 83

  Ambrose, Starets of Optina, 129

  Anatolius, monk, 104

  Ancient of Days, 4

  Andrew of Caesarea, Archbishop, 179n[3]

  “Angel of light,” 12, 18, 42, 144

  devil appearing as, 165

  “Angels,” 104, 106–8, 114, 144–45, 148, 184, 226

  evil spirits appear as, 149

  in Indonesia, 185

  Anthony the Great, St., 104

  Anti-Trinitarians, 3

  Antichrist, 6, 109–10, 179, 181, 186, 188, 226, 235, 239

  false messiah, 174, 178

  “great signs and wonders” of, 175

  Orthodox teaching on, 175, 186

  reign of, 181n[6], 192

  religion of, xxii, 114

  forerunners of the, 188

  spirit of, 183, 237

  Apocalypse (Revelation) of St. John the Theologian, 177, 179

  Apostasy, 6, 170, 184, 186, 188, 209

  “Aquarian Age,” 59, 62

  “Aquarian nation,” 59

  Arminianism, 121

  Arnold, Kenneth, 79

  Arrupe, Fr., S. J. (General of the Society of Jesus), 27

  Ashtavakra Samhita, 8

  Assemblies of God, 119

  Association of United Religions, xxvi, 1

  Asia, 80, 212

  Astral travelling, 64

  Astrology, 64, 202–3

  Atheism, 197

  Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople, xxiv, 171

  Augustine, Blessed, 125

  —Homilies on John, 125

  Aurobindo, Sri, 28n[3]

  Averky (Taushev), Archbishop of Syracuse

  —The Apocalypse in the Teachings of Ancient Christianity, 179n[3]

  —Guide to the Study of the New Testament, Part II, 179n[3]

  Ayurvedic medicine, 203

  Babel, Pastor, xxvi

  Bailey, Alice, 223–26, 228, 229, 232n[70], 238

  Baki (ritualistic magic) ceremony, 16–17

  “Baptism of the Holy Spirit,” 117–18, 120, 134–36, 143, 146, 159, 162, 188, 190

  can be had without Christ, 172

  commonest responses to, 139, 151, 156, 163, 171–72

  “ecstatic” experiences of, 156, 158

  other physical reactions to, 154

  Baptist church, 211, 215

  Barsanuphius and John, Sts., 153, 169

  writings of, 169

  Basil the Great, St., 6

  Berdyaev, Nicholas, xxxii–xxxiv, 130, 143, 173–74

  Bhagavad Gita, 8, 21–22, 55

  Bhajan, Yogi, “3HO” founder, 60–61

  Bhaktivedanta, A. C., “Krishna Consciousness” movement founder, 55

  Bigfoot, 109n[32]

  Biofeedback, 67, 208–9

  Black magic, 16, 18

  Blackmore, Simon A., S. J.,

  —Spiritism Facts and Frauds, 131n[8], 157, 163n[16]

  Blake, Eugene Carson, Dr., xxvi

  Blasphemy, 149, 167, 176, 186, 234

  Blavatsky, Helen, 132, 223–26, 230

  Bon religion, 203–4

  Breath control, 19, 39, 43

  Bredesen, Harold, 178

  Brown, Dan, 234

  Buddha, 65

  “-nature” within one, 63

  Buddhism. See Zen Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism

  Burdick, Donald W.,

  —Tongues: To Speak or Not to Speak, 128n[4], 167

  Burning Man Festivals, 207

  Byashyananda, Swami, 24

  Bykov, V. P.

  —Tikhie Priyuty, 129n[5]

  Caen, Herb, 198

  Calvinism, 121

  Cambodia, 197, 199

  Campbell, Fr. Robert, 24–25

  Campbell, Joseph, 202

  Canadian UFO Report, 101

  Catholicism. See Roman Catholicism

  Catoe, Lynn G.

  —UFOs and Related Subjects: An Annotated Bibliography, 102n[24]

  Cerullo, Morris, 213

  Chadwick, Owen

  —Western Asceticism, 147n[12]

  Chaffee, Paul, 231

  “Channels,” “channeling,” 135, 202, 209, 225, 237–38

  “Charismatic” movement, xx, 135, 141, 143, 146, 150, 160, 181, 188, 191, 212–17

  “Charismatic revival,” xiv, xvii, xx–xxii, xxxv, 35, 44, 116–24, 128, 133–44, 146, 149, 152, 154, 158–59, 162–66, 170–71, 173–74, 176–77, 179–84, 187, 209, 212–16. See also Pentecostal; Pentecostalism

  apologists of, 152, 155–56, 170, 172

  attitude of Orthodox followers of, 149

  conference in Ireland, 118

  distinctive characteristics of, 119

  interdenominational, 115, 151, 163

  “new spirituality” of, 143

  “Orthodox,” 181–82

  “prophecies and interpretations,” 137

  Chiti, goddess, 217

  Chopra, Deepak, 203

  Chrismation, Sacrament of, 122–23, 143, 183, 187

  Christenson, Larry, 127, 149, 169

  —Speaking in Tongues, 169

  Christian Beacon, 177

  Christian Century, xxvii

  “Christian” America, 56, 58, 67

  “Christian Science,” 67

  Christianity, xxv, xxix, xxxiv, 2–3, 8–9, 13–15, 22–23, 26, 29, 38, 43–44, 50–52, 67–68, 75, 101, 117, 133, 140, 154, 165, 169, 170–71, 174, 181–82, 187–89, 196–98, 207, 216, 223

  counterfeit, 183, 191

  deformation of, 29

  denatured, redefined, 209–12, 225, 230–35

  dogmas of, 9, 14–15, 211

  Eastern religion combined with, 69

  genuine, 130

  gnostic heresy of, 233

  liberal, 24–25

  “New,” xxxiii, 130, 173, 175, 234

  Orthodox, xii, xxviii, xxxiii, xxxv, 36–37, 137, 143, 156, 165, 173, 192, 239 (see also Orthodoxy)

  “universal,” 14

  Western, 43

  “Churches of God,” 119

  Clairvoyance, 129

  Clarke, Arthur C.

  —Childhood’s End, 74

  Clarke, Randy, 215

  Clinton, Bill, 227, 231

  Close encounters, 84, 87–90, 92–94, 97

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 72, 91, 110, 219

  Communion Letter, The, 222

  Communism, 77, 197–98

  “Condon Report,” 81–82

  Conference on “Divine Gifts,” 146

  Connolly, Archbishop Thomas, of Seattle, 177

  Consciousness, 60, 67, 69–70

  altered, 209

  “global,” 238

  human, 109

  “leaps” of, 202

  “new levels” of, 49, 202

  “transcendental,” 61

  of the West, 67

  Convocation of Religion for World Peace, xxv

  Copeland, Kenneth, 213

  Corbett, Deborah

  —“The Trouble with Truth,” 210n[16]

  —“The Jungian Challenge to Modern Christianity,” 210n[16]

  Cornelius the Centurion, 37, 123n[3]

  Corso, Col., Philip J., 220

  Cosmas of Aitolia, St., 182

  Council on Foreign Relations, 227

  Covenant of the Goddess, 205, 230n[65]

  Creme, Benjamin, xv, 218, 225

  Crowley, Aleister, 206

  Cults, 61–62, 70, 195–96

  “consciousness,” 68–69

  Eastern religious, xxi, 61, 67, 70

  Hindu, 62

  new, 69

  secular, 68

  UFO, 94, 98

  Cumbey, Constance E.

  —The Hidden Dangers of the Rainb
ow, xiv

  Cyprian of Carthage, St., 6, 104

  Damascene (Christensen), Hieromonk xviii, 201

  Daniel, Prophet, 4

  Darwin, Charles, 232

  David, Prophet-King, 4

  Da Vinci Code, 234

  Davis, Rennie, 57

  De Chardin, Teilhard, 21, 26–29, 224, 229, 232

  “the new religion” of, 27

  New Christianity of, 26, 28–29

  “Omega Point” of, 29, 192, 232

  Deception, xxii, 150, 179, 186

  “charismatic,” 159, 166

  demonic, xi, 104–5, 114, 159

  self-, 111, 159, 163, 174, 188

  spiritual, xiii, 41, 149, 157, 162, 165, 170, 187, 191

  Dechanet, J. M.

  —Christian Yoga, 38n[1], 41–42, 45

  Deir, Costa, 115

  Delusion, 18, 69, 175

  Demonic, 69, 75, 102, 109–13, 141, 169, 189, 192, 195, 226

  activity, true stories of, 107

  deception, xi, 104–5, 114, 159

  encounters, 219–22

  initation, 188, 192, 238 (see also Initiation)

  “kidnapping,” 106

  manifestations, 104, 112

  “pentecost,” xi, 213, 238

  power, 104, 130, 140, 192

  possession, 51, 102, 128–29, 157, 192, 216–17

  Demons, 11–12, 36, 42, 68–69, 75, 102, 104–9, 113–14, 144, 146, 149, 152, 162, 166, 174, 185, 220, 236

  activity of, 108

  and angels, Orthodox doctrine of, 104n[26]

  contact with, 110

  escaping the nets of, 108

  in human form, 113

  inspiration and activity of, 199

  Devil, 105, 131n[7], 162, 173, 183, 235, 238. See also Lucifer; Satan

  appearing as an “angel of light,” 165

  gains initiates, 110

  grants great “visions,” 144

  loosed for a time, 188

  wiles of the, 113, 141

  Diakonia, xxiv

  Discernment, 12, 149, 238

  “Disciples of Christ,” 198

  Divination, 130, 202

  “Divine Light Mission,” 56–57, 68

  “Djwhal Khul,” 225

  Dogma, 14–15, 161, 202, 211, 231

  as a derisive term, 13

  “Doors of perception,” 68

  Dostoyevsky, Fyodor M.

  —The Possessed (The Demons), 197

  “Dream work,” 202, 208

  Druidism, 204, 208

  Du Plessis, David J., 120, 124–25, 162, 167

  —The Spirit Bade Me Go, 167

  Duddy, Neil

  —“Questioning Jonestown,” 198n[3]

  Earth/nature worship. See Gaia (earth) worship

  Eastern religions. See Religions, Eastern

  Ecology, “deep,” 207

  Ecumenical

  activists, xxiv

  “Christians,” 191

  fashion, xx, 183

  movement, xxiii–xxvi, 120–21, 170, 182, 191, 212

  spirituality, xx–xxi

  Ecumenism, xxviii, 23, 120, 123, 211

  “charismatic revival” comes to, 171

  “Christian,” xxv, xxviii–xxix

  heresy of, xix, 191

  ideology behind, xxv

  Efremov, Ivan, 76–77

  Elijah the Prophet, 178, 184

  Emilianos, Metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, xxvi

  “Enlightenment,” 76, 107

  the modern age of, 113

  Ephraim the Syrian, St., 153

  Episcopalianism, 115, 117, 121, 209–10, 215, 230

  Equinox rites, 63

  “Erhard Seminars Training,” 67

  E. T.: The Extra Terrestrial, 219

  Evolution, evolutionism, 10, 27–28, 73–75, 77, 91, 202, 218, 220–21, 224, 232, 235

  “Exotheology” (theology of outer space), 74

  Exorcism, 216–17

  Extraterrestrial beings, 73, 74, 103

  hypothesis of origin, 79, 99

  idea of intelligent life, 98

  myth, 108

  races of, 74

  Fakir, xvi, 32, 34–35, 87, 132

  “Faith Movement,” 213–15, 235n[75]

  Fall of man, 202, 211, 224

  “Fancy,” 165–67

  deception known as, 165

  second form of prelest, 162

  “Father Divine,” 196

  Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works (Hieromonk Damascene), xiiin[2], xvii

  Fellowship of Crotona, 206

  Feminism/Feminist theology, 207, 211–12, 225[52], 233

  Ferguson, Marilyn

  —The Aquarian Conspiracy, 209

  Fetishism, 23

  Findhorn Foundation, 210

  Finsaas, Clarence, 121

  Fisher, David

  —Tranquility without Pills (All about Transcendental Meditation), 46n[3]

  “Flying saucer.” See Unidentified flying objects

  Ford, J. Massingberd, 160

  —The Pentecostal Experience, 167

  Fortune tellers, 98. See also Divination

  Francis of Assisi, 158

  Freemasonry, xxvi, 201, 206–7

  ideology, undisguised aim of, xxv

  lodges, xxxii, 225

  “Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International,” 119, 161

  Fuller, John

  —The Interrupted Journey, 95

  Gaia (earth) worship, 202, 206–8

  Gardner, Gerald, 206

  Garrison, Jim, 231

  Gelb, Les, 227

  Gelpi, Donald L., S. J.

  —Pentecostalism, A Theological Viewpoint, 169

  Genocide, “revolutionary, “ 197

  Georges (Khodre), Metropolitan of Lebannon, xxvii, xxix–xxx, 20

  Ghandi, philosophy of, xxvii

  Globalism, 226–30, 232, 237

  Gnosticism, 204, 233–34

  Goddess worship, 202, 206, 208, 210–11, 217, 232

  Gore, Al, 231

  Grace Episcopal Cathedral, San Francisco, 209

  Graham, Billy, 177

  interpretation of the “Rapture,” 180

  —World Aflame, 181n[4]

  Grebens, G. V.

  —Ivan Efremov’s Theory of Soviet Science Fiction, 76n[5]

  Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, xxv, xxviii, 182

  Greek Orthodox Church, 115–16

  Greenfield, Robert

  —The Spiritual Supermarket, 57–58

  Gregerson, J.

  —“Nicholas Berdyaev, Prophet of a New Age,” xxxii(n)[3]

  Gregory of Sinai, St., 11, 150, 179

  Gregory the Theologian, St., 179n[3]

  “Guitar masses,” 120

  Gulag Archipelago, 197, 200

  Gurus, 19, 48, 56

  “Eastern,” of the newer school, 56

  Indian, 53, 216–17

  Western, 53

  Hagar the Egyptian, 3–4

  Hagin, Kenneth, 213

  Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, 54

  Hare Krishna sect. See “Krishna consciousness” movement

  Harper, Michael

  —Life in the Holy Spirit, 168

  Harry Potter books, 204–5, 224n[49]

  “Health, wealth and prosperity gospel,” 213

  Hellenic Chronicle, xxiv

  Herman of Alaska, St., 140

  Hickey, Marilyn, 213

  Himalayas, 16, 53

  Hinduism, xxxiv, 7–10, 12–13, 15, 19–21, 25–27, 29, 66, 76, 137, 203

  conversion from, to Orthodox Christianity, xxxiv

  philosophical construct of, 10

  power it holds over devotees, 143

  success of, 25

  system of practices of, 18

  Vedantic, 21

  Hinn, Benny, 213

  Hippies, 53, 61

  Hoare, F. R., 105

  —The Western Fathers, 105n

  “Ho
liness” bodies, 119

  Pentecostal sect, 132

  Holy Baptism, Sacrament of, 183

  Holy Communion, Sacrament of, xxiv, 239

  “Holy laughter” movement, 212–18, 235n[75]. See also Holy Spirit, “laughter of”

  Holy Spirit, 3–4, 17, 124, 143, 157–58, 160, 163, 191. See also “Baptism of the Holy Spirit”

  acquisition of, 183

  “channeling of,” 134, 136, 209

  “Church of,” xxxii

  descent of, 125

  “ecclesiology of,” xxxi

  gift of the, 12, 122–23, 125–27, 144–45, 158, 162, 166, 182, 187

  grace of the, 186, 192

  “laughter of,” 151–54, 212–18

  “New Age of,” xxxiii, 143, 173, 192

  Old Testament manifestation of, 4

  “outpouring of,” xxxiii, 121, 150, 166, 170

  “Third Age of,” xxxiii

  Howard-Browne, Rodney, 213–14, 218

  Hubbard, Barbara Marx, 218

  “Humanoids,” 91–96, 113

  Huxley, Aldous, 21

  Hynek, Dr. J. Allen, 82–95, 98, 101, 219

  cases examined by, 88

  chief consultant of Project “Blue Book,” 82

  technical consultant, 91

  —The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 91n[18], 93, 99

  —The Hynek UFO Report, 86n[17], 88, 90

  —The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry, 82n[12], 84–85, 86n[17], 87, 89, 92, 95–96

  Hypnosis, 95–97, 100, 129, 133, 202

  Hysteria, 152, 155

  I Ching, 64

  Iakovos, Archbishop of New York, xxviii, 182

  Ifugao magic, 16

  Ignatius (Brianchaninov), St., 68, 104, 111, 113, 144–46, 150, 154, 157, 159, 162, 165–67, 239

  —On Miracles and Signs, 111

  Ignatius Loyola, 158

  Illuminist sects, 3

  Incarnation, Mystery of the, 4, 6

  India, xvii, 13, 15, 19, 22, 30, 47, 50–51, 56, 61

  Indonesia, “revival” in, 184–85

  Initiation, 47–48, 156, 188, 192

  into the New Age, 209

  into the psychic realm, 68

  into the realm of demons, 238

  Luciferian, 210, 225

  pagan experience of, xxii, 19, 47–48, 57, 101, 136, 152, 156, 188, 192, 205, 219

  Inter-Church Renewal, 121, 163

  Isaac of the Kiev Caves, St., 144

  Isherwood, Christopher, 21

  Ishmael, the son of Hagar, 5

  Islam, xxv–xxviii, xxx, 2–3, 23

  James the Apostle, St., 8

  Javers, Ron

  —The Suicide Cult, 198n[2]

  Jerusalem, Temple of, 174, 177, 179

  Jesus Christ, xii, xxix, xxx, xxxi, 2–6, 9, 20n[2], 24–26, 34, 37, 62, 65–66, 122, 174–76, 178, 183, 188, 190–92, 232–35, 239

  Church of, xix, xxiii, xxv, xxvii, xxix, xxxi, 7, 37, 109, 114, 120–23, 128, 141, 146, 151, 158, 171–72, 174, 178–79, 186, 188, 191–92

  Cross of, 172, 211, 213

  Gospel of, 186

  incarnation of, 211, 231

  redemption by, 211, 213

  Resurrection of, xii, xxv

 

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