Iranian Islamofascist TV "take" on Armageddon. The Baha'is are in on it too.

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MEMRI Email Newsletter

Special Dispatch | No. 1975 | July 2, 2008

"The Secret of Armageddon" – Iranian TV Series Affirms Protocols of
Elders of Zion, Promotes Conspiracy Theories, Claims Jews Are Planning
"the Genocide of Humanity" and Iranian Jewish, Baha'i Communities are
Plotting to Take Over Iran

Following are excerpts from "The Secret of Armageddon," an Iranian
television series. In it, Iranian scholars, historians, researchers,
academicians, and scholars criticize Christian Zionists, affirm the
Protocols of the Elders of Zion, promote various conspiracy theories,
discuss the Jews' "genocidal plan for the genocide of humanity," claim
that Iranian Jewish and Baha'i communities are plotting to take over
Iran, and more.

The series aired on the Iranian news channel IRINN in May and June
2008:

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1802.htm
.

IRINN, May 10, 2008: "The Beliefs of These Fundamentalist Evangelical
Christians... Are Based on World Domination"

Iranian scholar Dr. Ismail Shafe'i Sarustani: "Armageddon, which means
'The Mountain of the Noblemen,' is originally a Hebrew word. It is a
real geographical region, situated south of Haifa in occupied
Palestine. The place was shelled by Hizbullah during the 33-day [July
2006] war against the occupying regime."

[...]

Iranian historian Mohammad-Taqi Taqipour: "These [Evangelical
Christians], along with the Jews, believe that the War of the End of
Days will take place in the desert of Megiddo, in Palestine. They
believe that Jesus will return, and that then there will be a
millennium of happiness, and that the Jews, under the leadership of
Jesus, will rule the world for a thousand years."

[...]

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "The beliefs of these
fundamentalist Evangelical Christians, and their support of the
Zionists and Zionism, are based on world domination, with Israel at
its center. This will be achieved by means of age-old Zionist methods,
which appear in the well-known treatise The Protocols of the Elders of
Zion. This is why this group of Protestants is referred to as
'Christian Zionists' in contemporary political discourse. Along with
the Zionist Jews, and out of a desire to conquer the world, they
incite war of devastation, examples of which we see all around us.

[...]

"The Zionist Jews believe that the divine promise was given to them,
and that their rule will not be restricted to the land between the
Nile and the Euphrates. They believe that God gave them the entire
world. They base this belief on the false stories that they themselves
invented and keep telling."

[...]

Narrator: "The economic and political power of the Jewish oligarchy
and nobility has played an important role in the history of Iran and
the world, wreaking havoc – to the point that the ancient Jewish
editors of the Book of Jeremiah wrote in it that Jehovah, the god of
the Israelites, is the god of all of humanity."

IRINN, May 11, 2008: "The Goal Of The Zionists Is The Total
Destruction of Islam... Therefore, They Are Trying to Americanize the
Religion of Islam"

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "What is known worldwide
today as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion contains the plans and
policies of the elders of this sect to conquer the world and establish
a global Jewish government, which were discussed at the 1897 [Zionist]
Congress in Basel, Switzerland."

Narrator: "These plans, which exposed the views and designs of the
Zionists, were edited and collected into 24 protocols. They deal with
political, educational, social, economic, and legal strategies, which
they planned to use after the destruction of the culture,
civilization, and religions of other nations. These strategies will be
carried out using dishonorable means and conspiracies, leading to the
establishment of a global Jewish kingdom."

[...]

Iranian researcher Shams Al-Din Rahmani: "The goal of the Zionists is
the total destruction of Islam. They know that this destruction will
not be achieved easily, and therefore, they are trying to Americanize
the religion of Islam."

[...]

Iranian researcher Sayyid Hashem Mir-Louhi: "Over a century ago, the
Russians attacked a [Jewish] gathering, and got hold of this book.
Later, the book was published in various languages, and recently in
Farsi as well. Some of those Jew-boys deny it, and say it is not
theirs. But when you look into the modus operandi of those Jew-boys,
when you examine it carefully, you realize that they are trying to
operate in the same way that was outlined in their protocols.

[...]

"The Zionist Jew-boys talk about a 'Greater Israel' – from the
Euphrates to the Nile – but their actual goal is world domination.

[...]

"In their third protocol, they say: 'This term' – they are referring
to the term 'liberty' – 'turns the masses into bloodthirsty creatures.
When the bellies of these bloodthirsty creatures are satiated with
blood, they will go into a deep slumber and will become unconscious of
anything. In this condition, it will be easy to shackle them.'"

IRINN, May 12, 2008: "The British Government... was Controlled by the
Zionist Empire [And] Led By the Rothschild Family"

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "The Rothschilds were
members of a certain society, which spread its network throughout the
world for hundreds of years, and acted as a secret political
organization.

[...]

"By hoarding the wealth plundered by the Europeans in their
colonialist attacks, this international network became an unrivaled
economic force, and situated itself in the center of the global
nobility.

[...]

"According to historical documents, it was the Rothschilds who
instilled the idea of Palestine as the Promised Land in the minds of
the wealthy and enlightened Jews, and insisted on making it happen. At
the time, most of the Jews did not have a specific country in mind,
and some even considered America or South Africa to be the Promised
Land. It was due to the economic and political power of the
Rothschilds that this plot was realized.

[...]

"The British government, which was controlled by the Zionist empire,
[and] led by the Rothschild family, committed itself to the
realization of the Zionist aspiration." [...]

IRINN, May 23, 2008: "Cromwell, the Dictatorial Prime Minister of
England, Placed England Entirely at the Service of the Jews in the
17th Century"

Narrator: "If we take another look at modern history, we realize that
with the Balfour Declaration from November 2, 1917, England officially
began to serve the World Zionist Organization's policies. Thus, the
implementation of some of the main clauses of The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion became the agenda of some British politicians, who were
connected to the Zionist societies."

[...]

Iranian researcher Shams Al-Din Rahmani: "Oliver Cromwell, the
dictatorial prime minister of England, placed England entirely at the
service of the Jews in the 17th century. This [policy] became so
deeply engrained that by the early 18th century, the Jews had a
colonialist empire, which reached as far an India. They launched the
slave trade, which is a Jewish trade par excellence. Most of the
slaves back then were black Muslims from Africa. This was part of
their evil plan to eradicate Islam in Africa. This plan was guided
entirely by the Jews."[...]

IRINN, May 14, 2008: "Iran... Has Become a Target for the Plans of
Those Jewish Societies In All Of Europe – Especially England – And In
America"

Iranian historian Mohammad-Taqi Taqipour: "Iran, which is a country
with a rich history, and a special cultural status and geographical
location, like Turkey, has become a target for the plans of those
Jewish societies in all of Europe – especially England – and in
America."

[...]

Iranian historian and political expert Dr. Sayyid Hamid Rouhani:
"Interestingly, in 1924, Saudi Arabia fell into the hands of the
Wahhabi nomads, who were connected to Britain. [The Wahhabis] formed a
religion to counter Islam, and dealt great blows to it. To this day,
the damage caused by this group is evident."

[...]

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "The Persian nobility and
the wealthy Jews were involved in the 1921 coup, and in the
establishment of the Pahlavi kingdom in Iran."

[...]

Iranian historian and political expert Dr. Sayyid Hamid Rouhani: "As a
first step, they decided that they would have their own ruler in Iran.
They wanted Iran to be ruled by somebody who would implement and
promote their anti-Islamic conspiracy, so that later, they would be
able to bring the filthy Baha'i party to power, just like the Wahhabis
who came to power in Saudi Arabia."[...]

IRINN, May 18, 2008: "[Former Iranian PM] Sayyid Ziya Al-Din
Tabtabai... Would Buy These Lands [in Palestine] and Pass Them On to
the Jewish Immigrants"

Narrator: "[Former Iranian PM] Sayyid Ziya Al-Din Tabtabai maintained
secret ties with global Zionist imperialism. When he left office, in
1921, he went to Palestine, in order to carry out yet another mission
of global Zionism. His mission was to purchase lands from Muslim Arabs
in Palestine at a low price, and to give them to Jewish immigrants, in
order to establish the State of Israel. Since the Muslim Palestinians
were not prepared to sell their lands to Jewish immigrants, Sayyid
Ziya Al-Din Tabtabai, in the guise of a Muslim, would buy these lands
and pass them on to the Jewish immigrants."[...]

IRINN, May 19, 2008: "[The Jews] Planned... To Gradually Take Over
Iran, Like They Did In Palestine"

Iranian historian Mohammad-Taqi Taqipour: "As soon as news about the
Balfour Declaration reached the leaders of the Iranian Jews, they held
conferences and established the Iranian Zionist Organization, also
known as the Central Committee of the Zionist Organizations in Iran.

[...]

"The Zionists and their organizations in Iran devised a plan, which
was signed in 1931 by Rabbi Azizullah Naim, chairman of the Iranian
Zionist Organization. This plan included eight clauses. In brief,
according to this plan, Reza Shah's regime must permit Jews from all
over the world to enter Iran and settle wherever they wish, in
accordance with the plan that they themselves devised. In addition,
these Jewish immigrants would be granted liberties by law, and no one
could deny them these liberties. There would be equality between Jews
and non-Jews in Iran – most of whom are Muslims. Fertile lands
throughout Iran would be allocated to these Jewish immigrants free of
charge. After two years, they would be granted citizenship, and a visa
from the government also free of charge."

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "They planned to take
over large parts of Iran, and to establish concealed camps, which
would be populated by Jews from around the world, particularly Europe.
This way, they wanted to gradually take over Iran, like they did in
Palestine." [...]

Narrator: "Is it possible that according to the schemes of the global
Zionist empire, Iran was meant to become another Israel, like in the
case of Palestine?" [...]

IRINN, May 20, 2008: "The Sole Reason Reza Shah and the Pahlavi
Dynasty Were Brought to Power Was to Enable the Jews and the
Freemasons to Take Control Of Iran"

Iranian researcher Shams Al-Din Rahmani: "The sole reason Reza Shah
and the Pahlavi dynasty were brought to power was to enable the Jews
and the Freemasons to take control of Iran. Reza Shah was brought to
power during World War I, and was deposed during World War II. Movies,
TV series, and so on about that period demonstrate how deeply Israel,
the Jews, and the Freemasons had managed to infiltrate Iran." [...]

IRINN, May 21, 2008: "In the Days of Reza Shah, the Zionists Succeeded
in Destroying Our Entire Heritage"

Abbas Salimi Namin, head of an Iranian history research center: "In
the days of Reza Shah, the Zionists succeeded in destroying our entire
heritage, which could have been a source of pride for our nation – our
architecture, our [traditional] clothing, and anything you could
imagine as a source of pride for our nation."[...]

IRINN, May 24, 2008: "Ayatollah Kashani [Tried to Warn] the Nations of
the Dangers of the Zionists, and Their Agents The Baha'is"

Narrator: "In the early days of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's regime, the
Zionist organizations grew so much that the Jews began to immigrate to
Palestine via Iran. Many of these Jewish immigrants, supposedly on
their way to Palestine, stayed in Iran in order to consolidate the
plan to turn Iran into a second Israel. This is why many Jewish
children who immigrated from Europe to Iran came to be known as 'the
Tehran Children.'

"Following these events, the Jewish Agency started its activity in
Iran. Under the guise of transferring Jewish immigrants to Palestine,
it began its operations in Iran. The rise of Jewish and Zionist
organizations and associations enabled the Jewish leaders and tycoons
to penetrate the realms of politics, society, intelligence, and most
importantly, the economy, and to maintain a significant presence and
influenced there.

[...]

"Reports by the SAVAK intelligence agency about the financial and
economic situation of the Jews in the days of the Pahlavi dynasty
stated: 'Most of Iran's tycoons are Jews. If the Jewish tycoons were
to withdraw their money from the Bank of Commerce and the other
[Iranian] banks, the Iranian government would find itself in a serious
crisis.'"

[...]

Iranian historian and political expert Dr. Sayyid Hamid Rouhani: "Back
then, Ayatollah Kashani said about the danger of the Baha'is: 'Oh
people, you are oblivious to what is going. I wish you could read the
telegrams I get from people in other towns. Look at the problems these
Baha'is cause the Muslims there. If they grow any stronger, they will
annihilate all the Muslims, because the English plan is to oppose
Islam. This way they want to destroy Islam.' Ayatollah Kashani sounded
this warning bell in an effort to inform the nations of the dangers of
the Zionists, and their agents the Baha'is." [...]

IRINN, May 28, 2008: "Historical Documents Point to a Connection
Between... the Baha'i Sect and the Rothschild Family"

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "Historical documents
point to a connection between the leaders of the Baha'i sect and the
Rothschild family, who financed and led the World Zionist
Organization.

[...]

"The Baha'i way of thinking is very similar to that of the Zionist
Jews. Just like the Zionists considered Palestine to be their promised
land, the Baha'is talked about Iran as the promised land. Out of their
desire to take over the land and to destroy Islam and the Shi'a in
Iran, they had many dreams and wrote many history books, but with the
grace of Allah, none of those dreams have come true."

[...]

Narrator: "A shocking SAVAK document, dated April 22, 1971, is just
one example of the anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian conspiracies of this
Zionist [Baha'i] cult. This document quotes one of their leaders in
Iran as saying: 'We have received explicit instructions from America
and London to spread [Western] fashion and immodesty in this country,
so Muslim [women] will remove their veil. We will bring suffering upon
the Muslims in Iran and other Muslim countries by means of fashion and
advertisements, so they will no longer be able to claim that that Imam
Hussein was the conqueror of the world, and that Ali ruled the world.
Weapons and ammunition are manufactured in Israel by our youth.
Ultimately, these Muslims will be destroyed by the Baha'is, and the
world of Baha'ullah will flourish.'" [...]

IRINN, May 31, 2008: "By Taking All These Hens [When Immigrating to
Israel], They Have Become So Advanced That They Export Eggs to The
Entire World"

Former Iranian TV correspondent Mahdi Sabonchian: "Back then, I used
to go to the airport to get information and take pictures. There was
continuous contact [between Iranian Jews and Israelis]. Even then,
[Iranian Jews] would immigrate to Israel. I would see El Al and Air
France airplanes landing. I used to stand near the planes, take
pictures, and prepare my reports.

"The Jews traveling to Israel would carry hens with them. I saw them
carrying cages with two hens each. Some Jews from Rasht were about to
travel to Israel, and I asked them why they were taking hens with
them. They said: 'We were told to bring hens with us.'

[...]

"By taking all these hens, they have become so advanced that they
export eggs to the entire world, both for consumption and for
incubation." [...]

IRINN, June 5, 2008: "Every Jew-Boy Believes It Is His Personal Duty
to Destroy The Moral Values Of Other Nations"

Narrator: "For many years, Hollywood constituted another aspect of the
cultural war. The film industry in the early 20th century was shaped
by Jewish immigrants, most of whom belonged to Zionist organizations."

[...]

Iranian researcher Sayyid Hashem Mir-Louhi: "Moral corruption will
spread wherever these Jew-boys tread. In other words, every Jew-boy
believes it is his personal duty to destroy the moral values of other
nations, in order to control people's minds and souls. This menacing
problem has penetrated American theater and cinema, and is clearly
evident."

[...]

Once again, their first protocol reads: 'Addiction to alcohol and
excess drinking of intoxicating beverages became the problem of non-
Jews when liberties are granted.'"

[...]

Narrator: "Thus, a new front against the Islamic revolution is opened.
Global imperialism invests billion of dollars and uses a broad
distribution network to flood Iran with videos, CDs, and DVDs of the
latest vulgar, destructive Western films with Farsi subtitles. These
films are sold cheaply to the youth in dark alleys, as well as in
broad daylight, in public places. The films spread vulgarity, and feed
the youth with the falsified Zionist way of thinking, so that in
future attacks they will remain defenseless." [...]

IRINN, June 7, 2008: "There Is a Genocidal Zionist Jewish Plan for the
Genocide of Humanity"; Zionists Behind 9/11

Iranian researcher Sayyid Hashem Mir-Louhi: "There is a genocidal
Zionist Jewish plan for the genocide of humanity at the hand of the
Zionist Jew-boys. Even though the Jew-boys sometimes talk about a
'Greater Israel,' their real goal is world domination."

[...]

Narrator: "Today, there are many indications that the 'hidden hands'
of world Zionism were involved in the 9/11 terrorist attack. According
to a large group of Western intellectuals, the Zionists are the real
rulers of the United States. According to irrefutable documents
published by independent American media outlets, the Zionists used
intelligence agents and spies, with the full cooperation of agencies
with the country, to carry out this terrorist operation in full view
of the world, in order to prepare the ground for taking over
Afghanistan and Iraq, and to realize the dream of a greater Israel."

[Death to Haifan Bahaism]

Iranian historian and political expert Dr. Sayyid Hamid Rouhani: "Back
then, Ayatollah Kashani said about the danger of the Baha'is: 'Oh
people, you are oblivious to what is going. I wish you could read the
telegrams I get from people in other towns. Look at the problems these
Baha'is cause the Muslims there. If they grow any stronger, they will
annihilate all the Muslims, because the English plan is to oppose
Islam. This way they want to destroy Islam.' Ayatollah Kashani sounded
this warning bell in an effort to inform the nations of the dangers of
the Zionists, and their agents the Baha'is." [...]

IRINN, May 28, 2008: "Historical Documents Point to a Connection
Between... the Baha'i Sect and the Rothschild Family"

Iranian university lecturer Ali-Reza Karimi: "Historical documents
point to a connection between the leaders of the Baha'i sect and the
Rothschild family, who financed and led the World Zionist
Organization.

[...]

"The Baha'i way of thinking is very similar to that of the Zionist
Jews. Just like the Zionists considered Palestine to be their promised
land, the Baha'is talked about Iran as the promised land. Out of their
desire to take over the land and to destroy Islam and the Shi'a in
Iran, they had many dreams and wrote many history books, but with the
grace of Allah, none of those dreams have come true."

[...]

Narrator: "A shocking SAVAK document, dated April 22, 1971, is just
one example of the anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian conspiracies of this
Zionist [Baha'i] cult. This document quotes one of their leaders in
Iran as saying: 'We have received explicit instructions from America
and London to spread [Western] fashion and immodesty in this country,
so Muslim [women] will remove their veil. We will bring suffering upon
the Muslims in Iran and other Muslim countries by means of fashion and
advertisements, so they will no longer be able to claim that Imam
Hussein was the conqueror of the world, and that Ali ruled the world.
Weapons and ammunition are manufactured in Israel by our youth.
Ultimately, these Muslims will be destroyed by the Baha'is, and the
world [order] of Baha'ullah will flourish.'" [...]

[Death to Haifan Bahaism]

http://occultwar.blogspot.com/

The OCCULT WAR by Julius Evola from MEN AMONGST THE RUINS, Chapter 13

Various causes have been adduced to explain the crisis that has
affected and still affects the life of modern peoples: historical,
social, socioeconomic, political, moral, and cultural causes,
according to different perspectives. The part played by each of these
causes should not be disputed. However, we need to ask a higher and
essential question: are these always the first causes and do they have
an inevitable character like those causes found in the material world?
Do they supply an ultimate explanation or, occasionally, is it
necessary to identify influences of a higher order, which may cause
what has occurred in the West to appear very suspicious, and which,
beyond the multiplicity of individual aspects, suggest there is the
same logic at work?

The concept of occult war must be defined within the context of the di-
lemma. The occult war is a battle that is waged imperceptibly by the
forces of global subversion, with means and in circumstances ignored
by current historiography. The notion of occult war belongs to a three-
dimensional view of history: this view does not regard as essential
the two superficial dimensions of time and space (which include
causes, facts, and visible leaders) but rather emphasizes the
dimension of depth, or the "subterranean" dimension in which forces
and influences often act in a decisive manner, and which, more often
not than not, cannot be reduced to what is merely human, whether at an
individual or a collective level.

Having said that, it is necessary to specify the meaning of the term
subterranean. We should not think, in this regard, of a dark and
irrational background that stands in relation to the known forces of
history as the unconscious stands to consciousness, in the way the
latter relationship is discussed in the recently developed "Depth
Psychology" If anything, we can talk about the unconscious only in
regard to those who, according to the three-dimensional view, appear
to be history's objects rather than its subjects, since in their
thoughts and conduct they are scarcely aware of the influences they
obey and the goals they contribute toward achieving. In these people,
the center falls more in the unconscious and the preconscious than in
the clear reflected consciousness, no matter what they—who are often
men of action and ideologues—believe. Considering this relation, we
can say the most decisive actions of the occult war take place in the
human unconscious. However, if we consider the true agents of history
in the special aspects we are now discusSing, things are otherwise:
here we cannot talk of the subconscious or the unconscious, for we are
dealing with intelligent forces that know very well what they want and
the means most suited to achieve their objectives.

The third dimension of history should not be diluted in the fog of
abstract philosophical or sociological concepts, but rather should be
thought of as a "backstage" dimension where specific "intelligences"
are at work. An investigation of the secret history that aspires to be
positivist and scientific should not be too lofty or removed from
reality. However, it is necessary to assume as the ultimate reference
point a dualistic scheme not dissimilar from the one found in an older
tradition. Catholic historiography used to regard history not only as
a mechanism of natural, political, economic, and social causes, but
also as the unfolding of divine Providence, to which hostile forces
are op-posed. These forces are sometimes referred to in a moralistic
fashion as "forces of evil," or in a theological fashion as the
"forces of the Antichrist." Such a view has a positive content,
provided it is purified and emphasized by bringing it to a less
religious and more metaphysical plane, as was done in Classical and
Indo-European antiquity: forces of the cosmos against forces of chaos.
To the former corresponds everything that is form, order, law,
spiritual hierarchy, and tradition in the higher sense of the word; to
the latter correspond every influence that disintegrates, subverts,
degrades, and promotes the predominance of the inferior over the
superior, matter over spirit, quantity over quality. This is what can
be said in regard to the ultimate reference points of the various
influences that act upon the realm of tangible causes behind known
history. These must be kept into account, though with some prudence.
Let me repeat: aside from this necessary metaphysical background, let
us never lose sight of concrete history.

Today more than ever it is necessary to refer to these perspectives,
which should not be confused with mere speculations and which, besides
having a value for knowledge, can supply weapons for the right course
of action. In a document that I will soon discuss, it is written:
Because the mentality of Gentiles is of a purely animal nature, they
are unable to foresee the consequences to which a cause may lead, if
it is portrayed in a certain light. It is precisely in this difference
between Jews and non Jews that we can easily recognize God's election,
as well as our super-human nature, in comparison with the instinctive
and animalistic mentality of the Gentiles. The latter see the facts,
but do not foresee them and are unable to invent anything other than
material things. Apart from the reference to Jews, who this document
purports are the only secret agents of world subversion (we shall see
later if this is so), such considerations are true in general only for
those whom I have called history's "objects." When measured against
that of their disguised opponents, the mentality of the great majority
of modern men of action appears to be quite primitive. The latter
concentrate their energies on what is tangible and "concrete," and are
unable to perceive the interplay of concordant actions and reactions,
causes and effects, beyond a very limited and almost always coarsely
materialistic horizon.

The deeper causes of history—here we can refer to both those that act
in a negative sense and those that may act in an equilibrating and
positive sense—operate prevalently through what can be called
"imponderable factors," to use an image borrowed from natural science.
These causes are responsible for al-most undetectable ideological,
social, and political changes, which eventually produce remarkable
effects: they are like the first cracks in a layer of snow that
eventually produce an avalanche. These causes almost never act in a
direct manner, but instead bestow to some existing processes an
adequate direction that leads to the designated goal. Thus, men and
groups who believe they are pursuing something willed by themselves
become the means through which some-thing different is realized and
made possible: it is precisely in this that a super-ordained influence
and meaning are revealed. This was noticed by Wundt, who talked about
the "heterogeneity of the effects," and by Hegel as well, who
introduced the notion of the List der Vernunft [Cunning of Reason] in
his philosophy of history; however, neither of these thinkers was able
to fruitfully de-velop his intuitions.

Unlike what happens in the domain of physical phenomena, an insightful
historian encounters several instances where the "causal" explanation
(in the deterministic, physical sense) is unsatisfactory, because
things do not add up and the total does not equal the sum of the
apparent historical factors—almost as if someone adding five, three,
and two ended up not with ten, but with fifteen or seven. This
differential, especially when it appears as a differential between
what is willed and what has really happened, or between ideas,
principles, and programs on the one hand and their effective
consequences in history on the other, offers the most valuable
material for the investigation of the secret causes of history.

Methodologically speaking, we must be careful to prevent valid
insights from degenerating into fantasies and superstition, and not
develop the tendency to see an occult background everywhere and at all
costs. In this regard, every assumption we make must have the
character of what are called "working hypotheses" in scientific
research—as when something is admitted provisionally, thus allowing
the gathering and arranging of a group of apparently isolated facts,
only to confer on them a character not of hypothesis but of truth
when, at the end of a serious inductive effort, the data converge in
validating the original assumption. Every time an effect outlasts and
transcends its tangible causes, a suspicion should arise, and a
positive or negative influence behind the stages should be perceived.
A problem is posited, but in analyzing it and seeking its solution,
prudence must be exercised. The fact that those who have ventured in
this direction have not restrained their wild imaginations has
discredited what could have been a science, the results of which could
hardly be overestimated. This too meets the expectations of the hidden
enemy. This is all I have to say concerning the general premises
proper to a new three-dimensional study of history.

Now let us return to what I said earlier on. After considering the
state of society and modern civilization, one should ask if this is
not a specific case that requires the application of this method; in
other words, one should ask whether some situations of real crisis and
radical subversion in the modern world can be satisfactorily explained
through "natural" and spontaneous processes, or whether we need to
refer to something that has been concerted, a still unfolding plan
devised by forces hiding in the shadows. In this particular domain,
many red flags have gone up: too many elements have concurred to alarm
the less superficial observers. In the middle of the past century,
Disraeli wrote these significant and often quoted words: "The world is
governed by people entirely different from the ones imagined by those
who are unable to see behind the scenes." Malinsky and De Poncins,
when considering the phenomenon of revolution, have remarked that in
our age, where it is commonly acknowledged that every disease of the
individual organism is caused by bacteria, people pretended that the
diseases of the social body—revolutions and disorder—are spontaneous,
self-generated phenomena rather than the effect of invisible agents,
acting in society the way bacteria and pathogenic germs act in the
organism of the individual. Disraeli, in the midnineteenth century,
wrote: The public does not realize that in all the conflicts within
nations and in the conflicts between nations there are, besides the
people apparently responsible for them, hidden agitators who with
their selfish plans make these conflicts unavoidable.... Everything
that happens in the confused evolution of peoples is secretly prepared
in order to ensure the dominion of certain people: it is these people,
known and unknown, that we must find behind every public event.

In this order of ideas, there is an interesting document known as The
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. I have discussed the nature
and scope of this document in the introduction to its last Italian
edition (Rome, 1937). Here I will only mention some fundamental
points. This document was purported to be a protocol stolen from a
secret Judeo-Masonic organization and allegedly reveals a plan that
was devised and implemented with the subversion and the destruction of
traditional Europe in mind. Regarding the authenticity of the
Protocols a rabid and complex debate has erupted, which can be
dismissed, however, by Guenon's correct observation that a truly
occult organization, no matter what its nature, never leaves behind
written documents or "protocols." Thus, in the most favorable
hypothesis, the Protocols could have been the work of someone who had
contacts with some representatives of this alleged organization.
However, we cannot agree either with those who wish to dismiss this
document as a vulgar mystification, forgery, and work of plagiarism.
The main argument adduced by the latter is that the Protocols
reproduce and paraphrase in many parts the ideas found in a short book
written by a certain Maurice Joly during the period of Napoleon's
Second Empires.Allegedly, mysterious provocateurs of the Czar's secret
police were responsible for writing the Protocols.

This argument is truly irrelevant: those who decry plagiarism should
keep in mind that this is not a matter of a literary work or of
copyright. For example, when a general writes a plan, he could employ
previous materials and writings as long as they contain ideas fit for
his purpose. This would be a case of plagiarism, but it would not
affect at all the question of whether or not this plan has really been
conceived and carried out. Cutting short all this—that is, leaving
aside the issue of the "authenticity" of the document in terms of real
protocols stolen from an international secret organization—the only
important and essential point is the following: this writing is part
of a group of texts that in various ways (more or less fantastic and
at times even fictional) have expressed the feeling that the disorder
of recent times is not accidental, since it
corresponds to a plan, the phases and fundamental instruments of which
are accurately described in the Protocols. Hugo Wast wrote: "The
Protocols may well be a fake, but their predictions have been
fulfilled in an amazing way." Henry Ford added: "The only comment that
I can make about the Protocols is that they perfectly correspond to
what is happening today. They were published sixteen years ago, and
ever since then they have corresponded to the world situation and
today they still dictate its rhythm." In a sense, we can speak of a
prophetic premonition. In any event, the value of the document as a
working hypothesis is undeniable: it presents the various aspects of
global subversion (among them, some aspects that were destined to be
outlined and accomplished only many years after the publication of the
Protocols) in terms of a whole, in which they find their sufficient
reason and logical combination.

As I have said, this is not the place to engage in a detailed analysis
of the text; it will suffice to recall the main points. First of all,
the primary ideologies that are responsible for the modern disorder
did not arise spontaneously, but have been evoked and supported by
forces that knew they were false and had in mind only the latter's
destructive and demoralizing effects. This would apply to democratic
and liberal ideas; the Third Estate had purposely been mobilized to
destroy the previous feudal and aristocratic society, while in a
second phase the workers were mobilized to undermine the bourgeois.
Another basic idea of the Protocols is that, despite all, the
capitalist and the proletarian Internationals are in agreement, being
almost two columns with distinct ideas but which act in unison at a
tactical level in order to achieve the same strategy. Likewise, the
economization of life, especially in the context of an industry that
develops at the expense of agriculture, and a wealth that is
concentrated on liquid capital and finance, proceeds from a secret
design. The phalanx of the modern "economists" followed this design,
just as those who spread a demoralizing literature attack spiritual
and ethical values and scorn every principle of authority. Among other
things, mention is made of the success that the secret front achieved
not only for Marxism, but for Darwinism and Nietzsche's nihilism as
well. The Protocols at times even encourage the spread of anti-
Semitism, while in other cases mention is made of the secret monopoly
of the press and of the media in democratic countries as well as the
power to paralyze or destroy the most prestigious banks. This power
concentrates the rootless, financial wealth in a few hands, and
through it controls peoples, parties, and governments. One of the most
important objectives is to remove the support of spiritual and
traditional values from the human personality, knowing that when this
is accomplished it is not difficult to turn man into a passive
instrument of the secret front's direct forces and influences.

The counterpart of the action of cultural demoralization,
materialization, and disorganization causes un-avoidable social crises
to grow increasingly worse and collective situations to grow
increasingly desperate and unbearable; in this way, a final conflict
will eventually be considered as the means to finally sweep away the
last residual resistance. It is difficult to deny that such a
"fiction" exposed at the beginning of this century has indeed
reflected and anticipated much of what has taken place in the modern
world, not to mention the predictions of what is in store for us. It
is therefore no surprise that the Protocols received so much attention
from those movements of the past that intended to react against and
stem the currents of national, social, and moral dissolution in their
own day and age. However, these movements often upheld dangerously
unilateral positions, due to the lack of adequate discernment; this
was a weakness that, again, has played into the enemy's hands. In
relation to this, we must deal with the issue raised by this document
concerning the leaders of the occult war. According to the Protocols,
the leaders of the global plot are Jews who planned and undertook the
destruction of the traditional and Christian European civilization in
order to achieve the universal rule of Israel, or God's "chosen
people." This is obviously an exaggeration. At this point we may even
wonder whether a fanatical anti-Semitism, which always sees the Jew as
a deus ex machina, is not unwittingly playing into the hands of the
enemy. One of the means employed by the occult forces to protect
themselves consists of directing their opponents' attention toward
those who are only partially responsible for certain upheavals, thus
concealing the rest of the story, namely a wider sequence of causes.
It could be shown that even if the Protocols were a forgery
perpetrated by provocateurs, nonetheless they reflect ideas very
congenial to the Law and spirit of Israel. Second, it is true that
many Jews have been and still are among the promoters of modern
disorder in its more radical cultural expressions, whether political
or social. This, however, should not prevent a deeper analysis,
capable of exposing forces that may have employed modern Judaism
merely as an instrument. After all, despite the fact that many Jews
are among the apostles of the main ideologies regarded by the
Protocols as instruments of global subversion (i.e., liberalism,
socialism, scientism, and rationalism), it is also evident that these
ideas would have never arisen and triumphed without historical
antecedents, such as the Reformation, Humanism, the naturalism and
individualism of the Renaissance, and the philosophy of Descartes.
Such phenomena cannot be attributed to Judaism, but rather point to a
wider web of influences.

In the Protocols the concepts of Judaism and Masonry are interwoven;
there-fore, in the literature that this text spawned, mention is often
made in careless terms of a Jewish-Masonic plot. Here caution must be
exercised. While recognizing the Jewish predominance in many sectors
of modern Masonry, as well as the Jewish origin of several elements in
the Masonic symbolism and rituals, the anti-Semitic thesis, according
to which Masonry has been the creation and tool of Israel, must be
rejected. Modern Masonry (with this designation I allude essentially
to the Freemasonry that developed since the creation of London's Grand
Lodge in 1717) has undoubtedly been one of the societies that promoted
the modern political subversions, and especially their ideological
background. However, here too the danger is to be distracted by
explaining everything with the action of ordinary Masonry. Among those
who regard the Protocols as a forgery, there are some who have noticed
that various ideas in this text are similar to those that have been
implemented by centralizing and dictatorial regimes, so much so that
the Protocols can be an excellent manual for those who wish to install
a new Bonapartism or totalitarianism. This view is partially correct.
This amounts to saying that the "occult war" should be conceived, from
a positive point of view, within a wide and elastic context, and we
should expose the part played in it by phenomena that are apparently
contradictory and hardly reducible to the simplistic formula of a
Jewish-Masonic global plot. Regardless of the role played by Jews and
Masonry in the modern subversion, it is necessary to recognize clearly
the real historical context of their influence, as well as the limit
beyond which the occult war is destined to develop by employing forces
that not only are no longer those of Judaism and of Masonry, but that
could even totally turn against them. To realize this, consider the
law of the regression of the castes, which I have employed as a
hermeneutic tool in my Revolt Against the Modern World in order to
assess the effective meaning of history. From a civilization led by
spiritual leaders and by a sacred regality, a shift occurred to
civilizations led by mere warrior aristocracies; the latter were
eventually replaced by the civilization of the Third Estate. The last
stage is the collectivist civilization of the Fourth Estate. When we
reflect carefully on things, modern Judaism as a power (quite apart
from the concomitant, widespread, and instinctive action of individual
Jewish thinkers and writers) is inseparable from capitalism and
finance, which fall within the civilization of the Third Estate. The
same applies to modern Masonry, which prepared ideologically for and
supported the advent of the Third Estate. Masonry still presents
itself today as the custodian of the principles of the Enlightenment
and the French Revolution, its doctrines acting as a kind of secular
religion of modern democracy; its militant action has revealed and
continues to reveal itself along this line, openly or in semisecret
ways. All this falls within the penultimate phase; this phase, the
overall cycle of democratic and capitalist civilization of the Third
Estate, will eventually usher in the last collectivist phase, to which
it has inadvertently opened the way. It is therefore logical that the
role of a central guiding force of global subversion in this last
period will no longer be played by Judaism or Masonry and that the
main current may turn against both of these groups, as if they were
residues to be liquidated once and for all; after all, this can be
seen in countries in which regimes controlled by the Fourth Estate
(i.e., Marxist regimes) are beginning to be consolidated, even though
Jews and Masons contributed to their advent. But then again, as far as
the general radical Jewish-Masonic conspiracy thesis upheld in some
milieus is concerned, the actual situation shows its inconsistency. It
would be a real abandonment to fantasy to suppose that the leaders of
the great conflicting powers—the United States, the USSR, and Red China
—receive orders from an international center of Jews and Masons
(almost nonexistent in China), and act accordingly in view of the same
goal. Again, it is necessary to refer to a wider horizon of influences
and to look elsewhere.

For practical purposes, too, it is very important to recognize the
instrument of the occult war, namely the means employed by the secret
forces of global subversion to conceal their action, prevent their
opponents' action, and continue to exercise their influence. I will
now say something in this regard, drawing inspiration from some of the
points developed by Rene Guenon, who was one of the most perceptive
people in reference to the secret backgrounds of many upheavals of
modern times. Let us begin with the tool of scientific suggestion. I
believe the "scientific" method of considering events and history is
more the consequence of a suggestion spread in modern culture by
antitraditional forces in order to conceal their action than the
natural orientation of a shortsighted mentality. Those who believe
that history is made only by the men on the stage and determined by
the most evident economic, social, political, and cultural factors do
not see and do not seek any other explanation; and yet this is exactly
what every force operating in secret desires. A civilization dominated
by the positivist prejudice offers the most fertile ground to an
action arising from what I have called the "third dimension." In great
part this is the case with modern civilization. It is a civilization
rendered myopic and defenseless by the positivist, rationalist, and
scientist prejudice. We have scarcely begun to expose all the ideas
that remain as the basis of the modern mentality and education; these
ideas are not so much errors and limitations as they are suggestions
spread and promoted for precise reasons by antitraditional forces.

I have already mentioned some nonpositivist views of the course of
events that introduce various entities, such as the "absolute Spirit,"
or the elan vital, or "History." In this we can see an example of the
possible application of a second instrument of the occult war, the
tactic of replacement. This tactic is employed every time there is the
danger of an awakening on the part of "history's objects," or when
some ideas that facilitate the occult game of the forces of global
subversion have lost their power of suggestion. In the abovementioned
case, such confused philosophical views act as a sort of bait for
those who are unsatisfied with positivist views, so that their eyes
may not look in the direction where they should. Due to the vagueness
of these notions, the field is not any less concealed than by
positivist blindness. People will play around with "philosophical
ideas" while the plan continues to unfold. Often the tactic of
replacement develops efficaciously in the form of a tactic of
counterfeits. It may happen that after the effects of the destructive
work reach the material plane, they become so visible as to provoke a
reaction, and thus ideas and symbols are employed for a defense and a
reconstruction. In the best scenario they are values of the
traditional past, which come back to life thanks to this existential
reaction of a society or civilization threatened by dissolution. Then
the occult war is not waged in a direct manner; often attention is
paid to promoting only distortions and counterfeits of these ideas. In
this way, the reaction is contained, deviated, or even led in the
opposite direction. Such a tactic may be employed in various domains,
from the spiritual and cultural to the political. An example is given
by "traditionalism." I have already discussed what the term tradition
signifies in the higher sense of the word: it is the form bestowed by
forces from above upon the overall possibilities of a given cultural
area and specific period, through super-individual and even
antihistorical values and through elites that know how to derive an
authority and natural prestige from such values. In the present day it
often happens that a confused desire to return to "tradition" is
purposely channeled to the form of "traditionalism." The content of
this "traditionalism" consists of habits, routines, surviving residues
and vestiges of what once was, without a real under-standing of the
spiritual world and of what in them is not merely factual but has a
character of perennial value. Thus, such nontraditional or, should we
say, "traditionalist" attitudes offer an easy target to the enemy,
whose attack mounted against traditionalism is only the opening
barrage preceding an attack against Tradition itself: to this purpose
the slogans of "anachronism," "anti-history," "immobilism," and
"regression" are employed. Thus, reaction is paralyzed as the maneuver
leads successfully to the preestablished goal.

From the general plane it is easy to shift to particular cases, since
recent history is full of them. Thus, in the political context, the
Roman idea with its symbols, the "Aryan" idea, and the idea of the
Empire or Reich—to all this the tactic of misleading substitutions and
counterfeits has been applied with deprecable effects that cannot
elude an attentive observer. Therefore, it is possible to understand
the validity of the points I made in the first chapter. Fourth, we
must point out the tactic of inversion. Let us take a typical example.
The secret forces of global subversion knew exactly that the basis of
the order to be destroyed consisted in the supernatural element—that
is, in the spirit—con-ceived not as a philosophical abstraction or as
an element of faith, but as a supe-rior reality, as a reference point
for the integration of everything that
is human.

After limiting the influence that could be exercised in this regard by
Christianity, through the spread of materialism and scientism, the
forces of global subversion have endeavored to conveniently divert any
tendency toward the supernatural arising outside the dominant religion
and the limitation of its dogmas. So-called "neo-spiritualism," [i.e.
the contemporary New Age, editor] not only in its more deleterious
spiritualist forms, but also in its pseudo-Eastern and occultist forms
(not to mention the theories concerning the unconscious, the
irrational, and so on), is greatly influenced by the tactic of
inversion. Instead of rising toward what is beyond the person as a
really super-natural element, here we remain in the subpersonal and in
the infrarational, ac-cording to an inversion that quite often has
sinister characteristics. The results achieved in this way are
twofold. First, it was easy to extend the discredit that in numerous
cases rightly affected these ideas to different ideas that might
appear related, even though in their innermost essence they have
nothing in common; thus, the latter genuine ideas are put in a
condition to no longer pose a threat. A good part of what the West has
learned about the East, outside the dry and sterile domain of
philology and academic specialization, is often affected by this
maneuver. The results seem to be for the most part some-thing
distorted; this severely limits the positive influence that various
aspects of the legacy of ancient Eastern spirituality are liable to
exercise, provoking the reaction of the most obtuse and inappropriate
"defenses of the West."

Another example lies in the milieus that, when it comes to symbols and
esotericism, can think only of Masonry or Theosophy, even when the
reference goes back to ancient and noble traditions that have nothing
to do with the latter; the positivist and rationalist prejudice of a
certain critical "culture" identifies all this as superstition and
fantasy, thus completing the smear campaign. This is the case with
examples of some militant Catholic apologetics that see only
naturalism and pantheism in everything outside their perspective;
these are misunderstandings and effects of an interplay of concordant
actions and reactions, to which several representatives of Catholicism
are liable. The second result does not concern the domain of ideas but
rather the practical and concrete domain. The inverted tendencies
toward the spiritual and the supernatural can favor the emergence of
dark forces, and be resolved in a deceitful action against the human
personality. Many reactions against rationalism and intellectualism
lead exactly to this, especially the theories of the unconscious,
which through psychoanalysis have either generated a well-established
practice or encouraged various forms of morbid fascination.

Another method is the tactic of ricochet. This occurs when the
traditional forces being targeted take the initiative through an
action against other traditional forces, an action that eventually
ricochets back at its promoters. For instance, the secret forces of
global subversion, through opportune infiltrations or suggestions, may
induce the representatives of a certain tradition to believe that the
best way to strengthen it consists of either undermining or
discrediting other traditions. Those who do not realize what is going
on and who, because of material interests, attack Tradition in like –
minded people sooner or later must expect to see Tradition attacked in
themselves, by ricochet. The forces of global subversion rely very
much on this tactic; thus, they attempt in every possible way to cause
any higher idea to give in to the tyranny of individual interests or
proselytizing, prideful, and power-hungry tendencies. They know
perfectly well that this is the best way to destroy every unity and
solidarity and to favor a state of affairs in which their overall
scheme will be implemented. They know well that there is an objective
law of immanent justice and that "the mills of God grind slowly, but
they grind exceeding fine," and thus they act accordingly; they wait
for the fruits of these inconsiderable initiatives to mature and then
they intervene.

In the political domain, the case of every Machiavellian employment of
revolutionary forces falls within this category. Shortsighted
political leaders have often believed that to arouse or to support
revolution in hostile nations is, in certain circumstances, an
excellent means to benefit their own people. With-out realizing it, or
in becoming aware of it too late, they have obtained the opposite
result. While they thought they were using the revolution as a means,
it was the revolution that used them as tools; eventually, the
revolution spread to other countries, catching up with the politicians
who unleashed it and wiping them out. Modern his tory has been in part
the theater of a subversion that has tragically spread in this way.
Thus, we can never emphasize too much that unconditioned loyalty to an
idea is the only possible protection from occult war; where such
loyalty falls short and where the contingent goals of "real politics"
are obeyed, the front of resistance is already undermined. The
ricochet should be seen in an analogous context, in the case of
"peoples' right to self-determination." This principle, after having
been employed by modern democracies as an ideological instrument
during World War II, eventually affected white peoples, thus putting
an end to Europe's prestige and preeminence.

When the secret forces of world subversion are fearful of exposure or
realize that, due to special circumstances, the direction imparted
from backstage has become obvious, at least in its major effects, they
employ the scapegoat tactic. They try to shift the enemy's attention
onto elements that are responsible only partially, or in a
subordinated fashion, for their own wrongful deeds. A reaction is
unleashed against those elements, which then become the scapegoats.
Thus, after a pause, the secret front may resume its work, because its
opponents believe they have identified the enemy and dealt with it.
Talking about the Protocols, I have mentioned a possible example of
such tactics in reference to the part attributed to Jews and Masons.
Thus, we must beware of any unilaterality and never lose sight of the
overall picture of the secret front.

Let us now discuss the tactic of dilution, which constitutes a
particular aspect of the "tactic of surrogates." The main example that
I will now introduce must be prefaced with the following: the process
that has led to the current crises has remote origins and has
developed in several phases.In each of these phases the crisis was
already present, though in a latent or potential form. The theory of
"progress" may be regarded as one of the suggestions spread by the
secret forces of world subversion so that attention would be diverted
from the origins and the process of dissolution could proceed, carried
forth by the illusion of the triumphs of technologicalindustrial
civilization. The tragic events of recent times have provoked a
partial awakening from this hypnosis. Many people have begun to
realize that the march of so-called progress paralleled a race toward
the abyss. Thus, to stop and return to the origins as the only way to
restore a normal civilization has been the inspiring vision for many.
Next, the occult front employed new means to prevent any radical
reaction. Here, too, it employed the slogans of "anachronism" and
"reactionary and retrograde forces"; then it caused die forces that
aimed at a return to the origins to be led toward stages in which the
crisis and the disease were present in less extreme forms, though
still clearly visible. This trap worked as well. The leaders of world
subversion naturally know that, once this is done, there is no longer
a real danger: it is enough to wait and soon we will be back at the
starting point, by following processes analogous to the ones that have
already occurred, but now without the possibility of any resistance to
the dissolution. There are many historical examples of this tactic,
which should be rather instructive for those who hope to assume the
initiative of a reconstructive action.

As a first example, we should examine closely some traits of modern
nationalism. We know about the revolutionary, subversive, and
antihierarchical function that the collectivist-demagogic concept of
"nation" has played against the previous forms of European
civilization and political organization. The reference point of many
people who have fought against the various internationals (especially
against the communist International) has been the concept of the
nation; care was rarely taken to define such a concept in a way that
would no longer represent what needed to be opposed. In this regard,
it will suffice to recall what I have said earlier about the
opposition existing between popular nationalism and the spiritual
nation, between national State and traditional State (see chapter 3).
In the first case, nationalism has a leveling and
antiaristocratic function; it is like the prelude to a wider leveling,
the common denominator of which is no longer the nation, but rather
the International. In the second case, the idea of the nation may
serve as the foundation for a new recovery and an important first
reaction against the internationalist dissolution; it upholds a
principle of differentiation that still needs to be further carried
through toward an articulation and hierarchy within every single
people. But where the awareness of this opposition is lacking, as in
indiscriminate nationalism, there is a danger of being subjected to
the tactic of dilution: this danger, incidentally, has already
occurred. It is in view of this—that is, of such a possible meaning of
nationalistic orientation—that Soviet communism, while opposing
nationalism as a counterrevolutionary phenomenon, favors and supports
it in the non-Marxist areas inhabited by the "underdeveloped" peoples,
who are the alleged victims of colonialism, waiting for further
developments to lead to the stage in which it will be able to reap its
fruits.

I will mention here two more examples of the tactic of dilution. The
first concerns the socioeconomic domain and is connected to all the
"national" and social-conformist versions of Marxism; it is the same
disease in diluted form. This is also the case with "socializing"
theories, which are Trojan horses to be introduced into the citadel,
in order to conquer it not with a direct attack, but rather through a
natural and inevitable inner development. The second ex-amp le
concerns the cultural domain. I have already discussed the meaning of
psychoanalytical theories in the context of the modern subversion.
Among those who are capable of a healthy discernment there has been a
reaction against the coarsest forms of this pseudo-science, which
correspond to pure or "orthodox" Freudianism. The tactic of dilution
was employed again; the formulation and spread of a spiritualized
psychoanalysis for more refined tastes was furthered.

The result was that those who react against Freud and his disciples no
longer do so against Jung, without realizing that what is at work here
is the same inversion, though in a more dangerous form because it is
subtler, and a contaminating exegesis ventures more decidedly into the
domain of spirituality than in the case of Freud. Another tactic is
the deliberate misidentification of a principle with its represen-
tatives. In many regards the decay of traditional institutions began
with the corruption of their worldly representatives. The effective
dissolution and destruction has been made possible by the confusion
between principles and people; this is another weapon of the occult
war. When the representatives of a given principle prove to be
unworthy of it, the criticism of them extends immediately to the
principle itself and is especially directed against it. Instead of
acknowledging that some individuals are not at the level of the
principle, and instead of requiring that they be replaced by qualified
individuals , in order to restore a situation of normalcy, it is
claimed that the principle itself is false, corrupt, or passe, and
that it should be replaced with a different principle. In almost every
revolution this tactic has played a major role. It may also be
characterized as that of portraying a crisis in the system as a crisis
of the system. Examples of this kind are so prevalent that I hardly
need mention them. The attack against monarchies and aristocracies has
followed this path. Marxism has applied the same device, using the
injustices of capitalism as a pretext in order to attack free-market
economy and to proclaim a collectivist economy. In the spiritual
domain the examples are numerous. The Lutheran Reformation used the
corruption of the representatives of the Roman Church in order to
question the principle of authority and many fundamental beliefs of
the Catholic tradition, thus shifting over from people to principles.

Finally, I wish to mention one more instrument of the secret war,
though it refers to a very particular domain: the tactic of the
replacing infiltrations. It is when a certain spiritual or traditional
organization falls into such a state of degeneration that its
representatives know very little of its true, inner foundation, or the
basis of its authority and prestige. The life of such an organization
may then be compared to the automatic state of a sleepwalker, or
living body deprived of its soul. In a sense a spiritual "void" has
been created that can be filled, through infiltrations, by other
subversive forces. These forces, while leaving the appearances
unchanged, use the organization for totally different purposes, which
at times may even be the opposite of those that were originally its
own. We should also not rule out the case where such infiltrated
elements work for the destruction of the organization that they now
control—for ex-ample, by creating new scandals, liable to give rise to
serious repercussions. In this particular instance what is employed on
the outside is the previously mentioned tactic of mistaking the
representatives for the principle. Even the knowledge of this can cast
light on many phenomena of the past and present. Having mentioned
Masonry, it must he stated that the genesis of modern Freemasonry as a
subversive force is due to this tactic of replacement and inversion
that is exercised within some of the oldest organizations, which
Masonry retained as mere vestiges, structures, symbols, and
hierarchies, while the effective guiding influences have a different
nature altogether. I hope that having limited myself to only a few
examples and having primarily discussed principles will not prevent
the reader from recognizing the multiple possibilities of application
of those same principles in various spheres, for there is no sphere in
which the occult war has not in some manner been undertaken and is not
still being waged today. The most important sphere for the application
of the knowledge of the weapons of the occult war is the inner one:
the world of one's own thoughts. It is here that one needs to be on
guard; it is here one should be able to recognize the subtle
influences that try to suggest ideas and reactions to us in certain
situations. If this can be accomplished, even if it is still not
possible to identify the enemy in our midst, it would at least bar to
him the main paths of his secret action.



In what I have expounded there is no philosophical speculation nor
flight of fancy, but rather serious and positive ideas. I am firmly
convinced that no fighter or leader on the front of counter-subversion
and Tradition can be regarded as mature and fit for his tasks before
developing the faculty to perceive this world of subterranean causes,
so that he can face the enemy on the proper ground. We should recall
the myth of the Learned Elders of the Protocols: compared to them, men
who see only "facts" are like dumb animals. There is little hope that
anything may be saved when among the leaders of a new movement there
are no men capable of integrating the material struggle with a secret
and inexorable knowledge, one that is not at the service of dark
forces but stands instead on the side of the luminous principle of
traditional spirituality.

[Death to Haifan Bahaism]

From: Ian Kluge <***@...>
Date: Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:15 pm
Subject: RE: [talisman9] Re: Juan Cole on Iran's 'nuclear defiance'
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Dear Bacquia,

Two points:

(1) RE paying attention to what they say: many German Jews made that
mistake once too. They dismissed Nazi anti-semitism as 'talk' and
cheap vote-getting propaganda. They were wrong - and Israel can't
afford to be wrong again. I fully support a first strike on Iran's
nuclear facilities
wherever they may be hidden and by whatever means are needed to
destroy them. If the Iranians deny us their oil, destroy their oil
facilities - if we can't have their oil, neither will they.

The US can get most of its oil needs met by Canada (already your
largest supplier anyway of oil, gas and electricity). The MacMurray
(Alberta) Tarsands have more oil than Saudi Arabia just for starters.

2) I have no idea why the Universal House decided as It did, if It did
(I haven't even seen the letter allegedly saying these things.) but
off the top of my head, I can imagine at least one major reason.

Regime change (one way or another) is coming in the relatively near
future and Baha'is must be there when a new regime is established to
make their mark on the new government and help move it in genuinely
new directions. If they all Baha'is leave they will have lost all
credibility as well as
opportunities to legally prosecute their former tormentors.

If you want to play hockey, you've got to be on the ice at game-time.

Best wishes,

Ian Kluge