Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The Dying God, The Hidden History of Western Civilization

A 37-year-old Montreal historian, David Livingstone has written a stunning book that casts modern civilization in a new and troubling light.

In The Dying God, The Hidden History of Western Civilization, Livingstone shows that modern secular culture is really the product of an occult tradition that can be traced back to ancient Babylon through Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Templars, Plato and the Cabalists.

Essentially, this tradition adopted Lucifer as symbol of mankind's rebellion against God. It enshrined human reason, appetite and will as the ultimate standard of goodness and truth.

It usually defined freedom in terms of destroying the moral and social order. Freedom means dissipation not uplift and empowerment.

The occult's real aim is to empower the elite. Livingstone, who is not "religious" explains:

"The basic principle of most religions is to behave unto others as we wish to be treated....a principle of justice...[In contrast] the occultist...is lured by his vanity to seek a type of knowledge that sets him apart from others, maintaining that it is the preserve of the elite."

3 comments:

J.C. said...

Duh.

Like he is saying something new ?

I can break it down even better than this guy.

Denmark Vesey said...

Well Skip, if you can, you haven't yet.

You strike me as stuck in that phase of secular fundamentalism self-righteously packaged as "Technocracy".

J.C. said...

Your entitled to your opinion.

But you don`t know shit.