What is Satan's Plan for the Church?

SATAN'S PLAN

Note: Except for Samantha Smith's remark, all other quotes are by occultists.

A. Christianity must embrace mysticism

"Embracing the Cosmic Christ will demand a paradigm shift, and it will empower us for that shift; a shift ... from rationalism to mysticism" (Fox, p.134-135)

B. Doctrines about the Bible rejected

"The 'higher criticism,' to-day has destroyed the authority of the Christian Scriptures in their literal form, but has offered us nothing to replace that interpretation. We have to turn elsewhere ... (to) the various Theosophical Societies ... (and) in the ritual of Freemasonry..." (Kingsland, p.91-92)

"The documents of the Bible itself, very far from being the inspired word of 'God', are exceedingly human documents; and - as Dr. Eisler says ... even the Gospels themselves were falsified in order to bring them into line with 'Orthodoxy'. They are full of errors, contradictions, unbelievable statements, and are replete with 'the precepts and doctrines of men'; not to mention errors of translation and re-translation." (Kingsland, p.36)

C. Bible to be interpreted and taught allegorically, not literally

"There always has been and ... always must be an exoteric doctrine for the masses, and esoteric teaching for those who - as Plotinus says - 'are fortunately able to perceive it'. But in fact these 'mysteries' cannot be stated in any language but that of allegory and symbolism ... and in a physical language which can only be symbolical, never literal." (Kingsland, p.26)

"Paul ... speaks of 'false apostles, deceitful workers,' ... (2 Cor.xi.12) ... Must we not say, in deed, that all those teachers in the Church who still base their teachings on the literal word of the Scriptures belong to this class, and are simply 'blind leaders of the blind'." (Kingsland, p.84)

"... what is known traditionally and historically as 'Christianity' consists of man-made dogmas based on a literal interpretation of those Scriptures, and not on their allegorical, mystical, and gnostic nature." (Kingsland, p.23)

D. Christian doctrine to be changed

"We have in the Modernist Movement some kind of attempt within the Church itself to bring Christian doctrines more into line with our modern knowledge and our modern concepts as to the nature of Man and the Universe in which he lives. But can Christian doctrine be thus reconstructed if the Bible is to be taken in its literal narrative and word? ... The Bible, then, along with other Scriptures, having its origin in this same Ancient Wisdom or Gnosis... (is) sadly mutilated and garbled in our authorized version; its proper interpretation lies in what we can gather from other sources of those great fundamental principles concerning Man's nature and destiny which have been taught for ages past, and long before the Jews were ever heard of" (Kingsland, p.78, 81)

E. New Bibles will contain new Gospel and new message

"Judaism is old, obsolete and separative and has not true message for the spiritually-minded... The Christian faith has also served its purpose; its founder seeks to bring a new Gospel and a new message that will enlighten all men everywhere." (Bailey, p.754) 'The real Gospel of the Christ is ... the ancient Gnosis ... (Kingsland, p.47)

F. Mysticism to be taught in Christian and Jewish seminaries

"Education for Deep Ecumenism - Courses in the mystics, and above all courses that bring out the mystic in each minister, rabbi, or priest-to-be, must be taught in our seminaries" (Fox, p.239)

G. Mysticism to be made accessible to average person

"In rare instances these esoteric teachings [Ancient Wisdom] have been presented by an initiate to the public in a way which has made it accessible to the average person ... (An) initiate of' the secret societies who was instrumental in the spread of their esoteric teachings in the early part of the 20th century was Rudolf Steiner." (Howard, p.171, Occult Conspiracy)

H. Those teaching mysticism to the Church will deny it

"Occult writings often twist everything. In our ongoing study of mysticism/occultism/ spiritualism, we often find that the authors deny what they are actually teaching. Strangely enough, many readers fall prey to this deception when the teachings are disguised as something spiritual or "Christian." (Smith, p.14)

Note; An example of this is found in Richard Foster's book 'Celebration of Discipline', p.17, which says, 'Christian meditation ... involves no hidden mysteries, no secret mantras, no mental gymnastics, no esoteric flights into the cosmic consciousness.' He then proceeds on p.5 to encourage the use of the imagination to picture the 'Christ within' when meditating. In his earlier 1978 edition, he actually presents a guided imagery 'trip' into the unconsciousness, which he has conveniently removed from the later editions.

I. New Age mysticism to be promoted by the Church and Masonry

"...the new world order must be built ... The three main channels through which the preparation for the new age is going on might be regarded as the Church, the Masonic Fraternity and the educational field" (Cuddy, "President Clinton," p.35, quoting Alice Bailey, Externalization of the Hierarchy)

J. Mysticism will become the universal religion through the ecumenical movement

"A living cosmology cannot happen from science and art alone. Mysticism too must be integral to this awakening, basic to this global renaissance. Indeed, the new science is demanding a mystical awakening ... Yet mysticism - which represents the depth of religious traditions the world over - has never been tried on an ecumenical level. We have no inkling what power would ensue for creativity, for employing one another, for exciting the young to deep adventures once again ... were mysticism to be unleashed on a global scale." (Fox, p. 229)

"Alice Bailey's writing in 'Glamour: A World Problem'...indicates that a 'new world religion is now on its way to externalizing ... the inauguration of the New Age ... [and] the only ritual which is still regarded as of value to the human family as a whole - particularly to the advanced person - is the Masonic ritual." (Cuddy, Dawning, p.274) Note - Now you know why Eugene Peterson's 'The Message' contains Masonic ritual practices.

K. World Bible to be based on mysticism

"In her ... book... 'When Humanity Comes of Age', Britain's Vera Alder discusses the coming of the Great Teacher. She says that as soon as he has consolidated world power, he will form and head a Spiritual Research Panel that will evaluate and combine all the world's religions and teachings, the occultic 'ancient wisdom', and Mystery teachings... 'The Research Panel would develop the new 'Bible' of a World Religion which will be the basis of future education.'" (p.39) (Marrs, Mystery Mark, p.63)