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The Neo-Renaissance By Richard Kieninger The Renaissance The emergence of Western
Civilization from the Dark Age of Medieval Europe began in Italy in the 14th
Century with the rekindling of classical ways of thinking about mankind. This period we call the Renaissance (literally
meaning rebirth). Between the 14th and 16th Centuries, all of Europe became
alive with the ferment of intellectual and scientific investigation, aided
greatly by the invention of printing with movable type. The Renaissance began
with a scholarly interest in classical writings of ancient Greece and Rome.
Pre-Christian views of the world, encompassing law, democracy and ethics,
were of particular interest to the 14th Century Italians because they found
themselves inhabiting small, independent city-states; and this encouraged
self-rule as well as capitalism as they competed with each other. As a result of the resurgence of interest in idealistic
principles of the great civilizations that flourished fifteen centuries
earlier, Europeans aspired to emulate the greatness of the heroic intellects
of the Classical Period, and this incidentally gave rise to a sense of
self-responsibility in one’s relationship to God and Divine Laws. Moreover,
the Italian nobles had been trying to shake free from political domination by
the Pope and bishops, and they used examples from antiquity to strive for
republican forms of government while the merchants also sought to gain more political control to support their interests. Out of
this turmoil was born the Humanists, who had a more Populist view of
Christian thought. They opposed dominance by ecclesiastics and resisted the
total submission of every aspect of life to Church rule. The Renaissance gave
rise to the Reformation and many bitter wars to gain religious freedom.
Indeed, our religious and political freedoms have been won
and maintained for us by Humanists. Religionists rarely give up their
power over others voluntarily. Historically, they have been compelled to do
so by force of arms and by firmly imposed Populist law. The Mystic Brotherhoods
were the instigators of the Renaissance in Europe, and They introduced
manuscripts relating to the Humanities and Natural Sciences
which further spurred Europe’s emergence from the Dark Age. The Dark
Age resulted from the Christian Church’s systematic destruction of
pre-Christian knowledge. Non-theological books were
regarded as pagan and suspect of being Satanic; so books other than
the Bible were destroyed. The great library at Alexandria, which stored most
of the knowledge and history of the Ancients, was destroyed along with other
“pagan” buildings in AD 391 by the Christian Emperor of Rome, Theodosius I,
at the behest of the Church; thus marking an end to Alexandria as a seat of
learning. (Julius Caesar is mistakenly accused of having destroyed that
library four centuries earlier when he was pursuing Pompeii in Egypt, but
Caesar actually declared a truce during a battle in order for his soldiers to
help extinguish a fire in the revered library that was unrelated to the
battle elsewhere.) The thousand-year suppression by the Catholic priesthood
of the pursuit of truth was beginning to be broken by the
Brotherhoods’ having made old documents available to European
scholars. Brilliant Arabian intellectuals had been
similarly exposed to classic science and history, and they were
creating an enviable civilization through the application of that knowledge.
Italians aspired to enjoy more exalted ways of life
and to again attain the luxury and beauty of the old Roman culture. The arts
flourished in that new environment. An
intense pursuit of the Natural Sciences was spurred by several Brothers, such
as Galileo, who had incarnated to seed the rediscovery of scientific facts, and They were severely suppressed by the Church
because the scientific method was continually demonstrating errors in the
Bible and upsetting traditional dogma. The scientific experimenters and
thinkers were forced into underground communication
between one another. Their exchanges of information and
theories were carried by secret couriers all over Europe, and the
Rosicrucians acted as the communications network. The Church held firmly to a
geocentric universe, a flat world, and Aristotelian views even in the face of
evidence to the contrary. The priests fought emergence of science, Protestant
Christian worship, and new forms of government by burning and imprisoning
scientists and “apostates” and declaring the reading of their works cause for
excommunication and damnation to an eternity of hellfire. In spite of the
Inquisition, the bright spirit of the Renaissance persisted against the cruel
suppression by the priesthood; and a new phase of Western Civilization was
born in which the freedom to pursue truth and self-determination has been gradually established. The Humanists A high point in this
continual struggle against the suppression of personal freedom by rulers of
church and state was the founding of the United States of America. The
impetus for creating this nation was conceived, funded and
directed by Freemasonry, which is the Mundane School of the Luciferian
Brotherhood. More than fifty of the fifty-six men who signed the
Declaration of Independence were Masons. All the governors of the thirteen
states were Masons when George Washington, also a Mason, became President of
the United States. The Bill of Rights was adopted
from the Masonic Order. Freedom of speech and press; the pursuit of life,
liberty and happiness; and freedom of religion have long been Masonic
principles. Interestingly, none of these ideas are
mentioned in the Bible or Christian theology. The right to pursue truth in
all fields of thought, wherever it may lead, was guaranteed and encouraged by
the Humanists who dreamed of and fought for the establishment of the U.S.A.
Pluralism of choice was recognized by the Founding Fathers of the nation as a
balancing force toward mankind’s eventual discovery
of ultimate truth. The Freemasons were
established by the Luciferian Brotherhood at the time of the building of the Temple
of Solomon about 950 BC The Jewish Freemasons were influential in maintaining
the identity of the Jewish people during their sojourn in Babylon, but after
the Captivity, Levite priests were determined to quash the popularity and
power of the Jewish Freemasons. When the Levite, Ezra, translated the
writings of Moses from Egyptian to a vernacular the Hebrews could use, the
priest introduced a fiction which equated the
Masonic patron, Lucifer, with Satan and made Him out to be a Fallen Angel and
the prince of Evil. It seems that old gods and heroes have always been recast
as bad guys as means to help a new regime gain power along with its own gods.
As a result, the Freemasons were driven underground, but they managed to pass
along to succeeding generations great mysteries and
truths of existence. The struggle of the Brotherhoods
never ends against priests who seek power over the souls and minds of the
people. The
New Age? In our day
we are witnessing a Neo-Renaissance which is also being forwarded by the
Brotherhoods of scientist-philosophers. The New Age movement has become a
useful adjunct to the reawakening of people toward greater concern for the
environment, having more balanced relationships between men and women,
recognizing a need for more decentralization in government and business,
ending war, and seeking deep spiritual experiences. Unfortunately, the New
Age movement experienced a radicalization due to a combination of influences
such as the tragic war in Vietnam, leftist infiltration, and the popular drug
culture. This produced a deep split between the generations that resulted in
youths rejecting everything in the Establishment—good
as well as the bad. Many people rejected the myths of Judaism and
Christianity and instead adopted myths of Buddhism and Hinduism. Millions of
young people surrendered their self-determination to gurus or priests who
offer simplistic answers to the complexities of the modern world and also promise bliss now and for all eternity. And there are the political and religious opportunists who
are striving to ensnare the unwary and unlearned into supporting new forms of
slavery to drugs or to spirits in control of mediums. Demagogues at both ends
of the political spectrum milk their followers of money by presenting fearful
visions of the Communist menace or of the Devil plotting to ensnare them. The most sinister
appropriation of people and ideals is seen in an
effective appeal being made to New Age people around the world. Agents of the
Tibetan mentalists of Shamballah and Agarthi are getting more and more
successful at organizing New Age sentiments into a planetary coalition to
establish a political base for a world-wide
spiritual dictator to take over. This is being done
under the guise of seeking peace via world unity. Unquestionably, the need
for peace and global cooperation is urgent, but the Hierarchy, as the
Shamballists call themselves, has been the archenemy of Christ and the Brotherhoods since before the fall of Atlantis.
Through telepathic hypnosis, these Hierarchies have been a powerful, evil
influence behind religious despots, occultists, and the rulers who became
murderers of millions. Conscientious people are being seduced into preparing
to surrender their God-given self-determination to an allegedly “divine political
leader whose appearance on Earth is supposed to be revealed as soon as an
alternative New-Age political structure has been firmed up. Christ eschewed
earthly rulership. He spoke of love and truth to make us free. The Shamballist Hierarchy’s man will speak of love and of
cleansing the human race as he orders the death of millions of persons who
resist obedience to his bid to totally enslave mankind.
“Share or die!” will be his slogan, and the planners intend to enforce it
upon individuals and nations with the aim of reducing everyone to poverty and
powerlessness as the new ruler gathers it all to himself. This plan is
already in motion; so be watchful! The Neo-Renaissance On the
whole, New Agers
seem as afraid, perplexed, and angry as anyone else. Is this, then, the
Neo-Renaissance of the Brotherhoods? Certainly not! The Brotherhoods
are trying to coalesce loving, intelligent people all over the world who are
emotionally mature, clear-sighted, and psychologically balanced. Such people
seem to understand that by making themselves and their children better
persons, they naturally uplift the world. Many of the people in the
New Age Movement feel that they are “pursuing a spiritual path.” However
sincere the pursuer may be, that path and its methods usually turn out to be
ages-old frauds. Asanas and meditations do not
uplift one’s character or morality. The ethical practice of everyday life is
the real proving ground of spiritual seeking. The New Men and the New Women
of the Neo-Renaissance must be practical, virtuous, courageous, and helpful
as well as inspired by ideals of a more uplifting way of life. The mood of
the New Age emphasizes merely feeling good and experiencing bliss and awe.
The Neo-Renaissance is not counter-cultural or radical
or revolutionary; rather, it is nurturing, practically idealistic, working
toward positive changes in a balanced way, and concerned for the rights and
uplift of others. The Brotherhoods have
carefully defined its limited acceptance of New Age concepts as follows: “New
Age thought concerns living in harmony with the natural environment, finding
harmless, more loving relationships with one’s fellowmen, working toward
inner spiritual completeness, and being responsible for one’s own life rather
than yielding that responsibility to ‘experts’ or ‘gurus’.” The men and women
who are part of the Neo-Renaissance are developers of their own Egoic growth
as well as creators and doers. The Brotherhoods
provide philosophical guidance and leadership to those who want to be part of
the next great step in mankind’s development toward the Nation of God. In
this, there is a parallel between the Brotherhoods’
influence in the European Renaissance of four hundred years ago and the
New-Renaissance today. The forward-thinking ideas of today are not new, but
are thousands of years old. The Great Re-Awakening Such thoughts are reflected in the book Utopia, published in 1516
by Thomas More, a Catholic who became an ardent Humanist. His book pictured
an ideal nation based on reason. He talked about owning property in common,
maintenance of order and peace through love, and everyone obliged to work but
only for six hours a day so that everyone would have leisure. He would do
away with distinctions between master and servant, and everyone was to be
free. A public system of education, religious toleration, and common public
worship were his ideals. Many of these themes have currency today as they did
in Plato’s time: leisure, cooperation, communalism, self‑responsibility,
capital owned in common, no social distinctions between management and labor,
and separation of church and state. These ideas have been
adopted by many communes and alternative communities, but not all are
ones recommended by the Brotherhoods; so the need for discernment is ever present. The churches call for the
true believer’s submission of his will to God, but many people see through
this appeal as actually a demand for obedience to the theological
interpretations of priests that benefits the priests and their churches. In
Moses’ day, as in the present, the rejection by some people of the
established churches leads them to a sense of isolation. With one’s loss of
former attachment to customs, tradition, and ceremonies, the individual loses
his sense of identity; and this can give rise to strong interest in mystical
experiences. Moreover, one’s lack of attachment to anything can lead to a
sort of senseless activism to undermine and destroy everything, often
including oneself. Irresponsible sexual exploitations and slow suicide through
drugs and alcohol result from the destructive rage accompanying this
alienation and despair. Everyone needs attachment to others, and the close
interpersonal connections available to participants of
intentional communities serves many people in this respect. Having
positive personal relationships and a worthy goal are the stuff of sanity.
Working to improve oneself and the world brings self-esteem and happiness. The old power structures
and our cultural institutions are crumbling. Economic, political and business
giants are near to collapse. But there is already a
new trend in the thinking and awareness of some people that will coalesce
into a sane replacement for these bloated structures when the Old Order comes
crashing down. An overthrow of the Old Order is not necessary mainly because
karma and the exploiters’ negative thought creations will bring them to ruin.
After the cataclysmic events at the turn of the century, those who are part
of the Neo-Renaissance will be able to guide and nurture the Earth and its
creatures to balanced ways of living. |
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