Podcasts about revolutionary faith

During the month of August we will be re-airing some of the best previous episodes of More to the Story, starting with Os Guinness' first episode with us (No. 14). We hope you enjoy.It was my privilege to have an hour with public intellectual, Dr. Os Guinness, discussing his new book, The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom. He speaks to the challenge of our global society by historically analyzing the French and American Revolutions and their philosophical foundations. Youtube - https://youtu.be/xcHsTIKdyDQAudio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcastApple -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4Original Episode - https://youtu.be/xcHsTIKdyDQIf you are interested in learning more about my two video-accompanied courses, Contender: Going Deeper in the Book of Jude andHeaven and Other Destinations: A Biblical Journey Beyond this World , visit courses.andymilleriii.comAnd don't forget about my book that came out last summer, Contender, which is available on Amazon! Five Steps to Deeper Teaching and Preaching - Recently, I updated this PDF document and added a 45-minute teaching video with slides, explaining this tool. It's like a mini-course. If you sign up for my list, I will send this free resource to you. Sign up here - www.AndyMillerIII.com or Five Steps to Deeper Teaching and Preaching. Today's episode is brought to you by Wesley Biblical Seminary. Interested in going deeper in your faith? Check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.eduThanks too to Phil Laeger for my podcast music. You can find out about Phil's music at https://www.laeger.net

The Age of Transitions and Uncle 8-2-2024AOT #429Fires can be great, but it depends on who sets them. Is that a brush fire set by a Revolutionary Patriot, or is it one of those Molotov Cocktails that Antifa throws? Topics include: independent media, anti-intellectual trend, no more books, meme language, grotesque aesthetics, propaganda, dueling narratives, Project 2025, MAGA, exploitation of conspiracy culture, Alex Jones, playing the victim, Joe Biden gone, violence around election, Charlottesville, US intelligence establishment and Russia, PA Farm Show Arena, Paul Dans, Kevin Roberts book title edited, need to know basis, Dawn's Early Light: Burning Down Washington to Save America, sun symbolism, Jordan Maxwell, dawn of a new day, fire, occult meaning, Revolutionary Faith, James Billington, conjuring Revolutionary War, Fire in the Minds of Men, Taking Back Washington to Save America, lit match cover image, publishing is dead, JD Vance foreword, muskets, pushing idea of new Civil War, amalgamation of Revolutionary and Civil War, domestic warmongering, Freemasonry, dumbed down, Billionaire Libertarians, war over new Military Industrial Complex, Palantir, old Aerospace companies vs new VC Tech businesses, PentagonUTP# 339There is an entire industry dedicated to promoting podcasting equipment, and then there are actual podcasts. You have now entered the poor house, aka an actual podcast. Topics include: Livestream channels, 99 Ranch, Taiwan Beer Grape Fruit flavored beer, flavor trends, new microphone, Rode Procaster, cheap boom arm works good, podcasting equipment, Shure SM7B, paid advertising industry, eBay, JFK video tapes, McDonald's Beanie BabiesFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/KEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLI https://ochelli.com/donate/Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelli Email Chuck blindjfkresearcher@gmail.comJFK Lancer Conference Information Virtual Tickets starting at 74.99In Person Tickets start at 144.99Student Price is 39.99, must show proof of being a studentUse code Ochelli10 for 10% off your ticketTickets are for sale at assassinationconference.comDates: November 22nd-24thHotel: Dallas Marriott DowntownRoom prices starting at $169 per nightTo book a room call Marriott reservations at 1 (800) 228-9290 or (214) 979-9000 and mention the November in Dallas Conference Group RateUse code Ochelli10 for 10% off your ticketIf you would like assistance finding discount flights to the conference or activities for your spouse to do in Dallas they can reach out to Gabbie's Getaway Adventures through Facebook or email gabbiesgetawayadventure@gmail.com Listen/Chat on the Sitehttps://ochelli.com/listen-live/TuneInhttp://tun.in/sfxkxAPPLEhttps://music.apple.com/us/station/ochelli-com/ra.1461174708Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelli

Fires can be great, but it depends on who sets them. Is that a brush fire set by a Revolutionary Patriot, or is it one of those Molotov Cocktails that Antifa throws?  Topics include: independent media, anti intellectual trend, no more books, meme language, grotesque aesthetics, propaganda, dueling narratives, Project 2025, MAGA, exploitation of conspiracy culture, Alex Jones, playing the victim, Joe Biden gone, violence around election, Charlottesville, US intelligence establishment and Russia, PA Farm Show Arena, Paul Dans, Kevin Roberts book title edited, need to know basis, Dawn's Early Light: Burning Down Washington to Save America, sun symbolism, Jordan Maxwell, dawn of a new day, fire, occult meaning, Revolutionary Faith, James Billington, conjuring Revolutionary War, Fire in the Minds of Men, Taking Back Washington to Save America, lit match cover image, publishing is dead, JD Vance foreword, muskets, pushing idea of new Civil War, amalgamation of Revolutionary and Civil War, domestic warmongering, Freemasonry, dumbed down, Billionaire Libertarians, war over new Military Industrial Complex, Palantir, old Aerospace companies vs new VC Tech businesses, Pentagon

In this episode of OP Talks, Amirah Orozco, a doctoral student of Systematic Theology at Notre Dame, talks with Dr. Raúl Zegarra, Assistant Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, about his book A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford University Press, 2023). The book, which is in conversation with the work of theologians Gustavo Gutiérrez and David Tracy, delves into how religious organizing and mobilizing can help enrich and strengthen democracy. Dr. Zegarra's work “shows how liberation theology advocates have been able to produce a new balance between faith and politics that advances an agenda of progressive social change without reducing politics to faith or faith to politics,” writes Stanford University Press.

This week's engaging episode features a conversation with Os Guinness, a profound advocate for faith, freedom, truth, reason, and civility. Os is an esteemed author and social critic and the great-great-great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the famous Dublin brewer. With a bibliography exceeding 30 books, he provides insightful perspectives on our cultural, political, and social environments.Born in China during World War II to medical missionary parents, Os experienced the height of the Chinese revolution in 1949 and was expelled along with many foreigners in 1951. He later earned his undergraduate degree at the University of London and completed his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford. He currently resides in the United States.In this episode, Jonathan and Os delve into Scripture and discuss Os' latest book, The Magna Carta of Humanity. They explore global perspectives, including Os' views on America's polarization crisis, the recent changes in the UK with the new King, and the evolving role of the “Defender of the Faith” in the monarchy. Os also shares fascinating stories about his remarkable family history, from Christian brewers to pastors to his journey as a Christian author.To ask Jonathan a question or connect with the Candid community, visit https://LTW.org/CandidFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/candidpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidpodTwitter: https://twitter.com/thecandidpodTRANSCRIPT:The following is a transcript of Episode 256: Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom: Os Guinness (Reprise) for Candid Conversations with Jonathan Youssef.[00:01] JONATHAN: Today it is my special privilege to have Os Guinness on the program with us. Os is an author and social critic. He's written untold amounts of books. He's just like Dad, and it seems you have a new book out every six months or so, Os. Is that sort of the pattern, you get two out a year?[00:24] Os Guinness: Well, usually one a year, but COVID gave me the chance to write a lot more.[00:28] JONATHAN: Oh, well, I love it. Many of our listeners will, of course, be familiar with you, but there may be a few out there who don't. We have somewhat of an international audience, and I know that you have a very international background, having been born in China and raised in China and educated in England. There's a couple of things. I'm sure people are seeing the name Guinness and wondering is there a connection with the brewery? And of course, there is. But I wonder if you'd tell us a little bit of your family history and then we'll get to your own personal story.[01:00] Os Guinness: Well, you're right. I'm descended from Arthur Guinness, the brewer. My ancestor was his youngest son. He was an evangelical. He came to Christ, to faith, under the preaching of John Wesley in the revival that took place in the late 1730s, early 1740s. So he called himself born again back in those days and founded Ireland's first Sunday school, which of course, in this days was a rather radical proposition, teaching people who couldn't go to ordinary schools. And from the very beginning, care for the poor, for the workers and things like that were built into the brewery and the whole family status in Dublin. So that was the ancestor, and I'm descended from a branch of the family that's kept the faith ever since. My great-grandfather, Arthur's grandson, at the age of 23, was the leading preacher in the Irish revival of 1859. And we have newspaper accounts of crowds of 25,000, 30,000, and of course no microphone. He'd climb onto the back of a carriage and preach and the Spirit would fall. Ireland was not divided in those days, but in that part of the country, in the year after the revival, there was literally only one recorded crime.[02:33] JONATHAN: Unbelievable.[02:34] Os Guinness: This shows you how profound revival can be.[02:37] JONATHAN: Isn't it?[02:39] Os Guinness: His son, my grandfather, was one of the first Western doctors to go to China. He treated the Empress Dowager, the last Emperor, and my parents were born in China so I was born in China. So I'm part of the family that's kept faith ever since the first Arthur.[03:00] JONATHAN: You had mention that this is a branch of the family. Is there a branch of the family that's gone a different trajectory?[03:08] Os Guinness: Well, for a long time the brewing family was strongly Christian, but then eventually, sadly, wealth probably undermined part of the faith. But as I said, my family has kept it. They often say there are brewing Guinnesses, banking Guinnesses, and then they call them the Guinnesses for God or the poor Guinnesses.[03:36] JONATHAN: An amazing family lineage, and you're thinking of just the covenantal family through that line. And so you've got a book that came out this year, The Great Quest: Invitation to the Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning. And I know in the book you share a little bit of your own search for meaning and finding, because we all know that Christianity is really the only faith you cannot be born into in terms of you can be born into a covenant home and be taught the lessons of Christ and the church, but it's really a faith that has to become your own. It's not the faith that is transferred to the child. So tell us a little bit about your own story and your own coming to faith in Christ.[04:31] Os Guinness: Well, I was born in China, as I said, and my first 10 years were pretty rough with war, famine, revolution, all sorts of things. And I was there for two years under Mao's reign of terror, and in '51, two years after the revolution, my parents were allowed to send me home to England and they were under house arrest for another two years. So I had most of my teenage years apart from my parents, and my own coming to faith was really a kind of partly the witness of a friend at school but partly an intellectual search. I was reading on the one hand atheists like Nietzsche and Sartre, and my own hero, Albert Camus. And on the other hand, Christians like Blaise Pascal and G. K. Chesterton, and of course, C. S. Lewis. And at the end of that time, I was thoroughly convinced the Christian faith was true. And so I became a Christian before I went to university in London, and I'm glad I did because the 60s was a crazy decade—drugs, sex, rock and roll, the counterculture. Everything had to be thought back to square one. You really needed to believe what you believed and why you believed what you believed, or the whole onslaught was against, which is a bracing decade to come to faith.[05:57] JONATHAN: It really is. I wonder if you could walk me through that a little bit. I've read some of Camus and Sartre, and I mean, they're just such polar opposites about humanity and God. What were some of the things that helped you navigate through that terrain?[06:17] Os Guinness: Well, I personally never liked Sartre. He was a dull fish. And even later, when I went to L'Abri with Francis Schaeffer, we met people who studied under Sartre and people who had known Camus. Camus was warm, passionate. There are stories, we don't know whether they're true or not or just a rumor, that he was actually baptized just before he died in a car crash in January 1960. I don't know if that's true or not, or if that's a kind of death-bed conversion, but certainly his philosophy is profoundly human, and that's what I loved about so much of it. But at the end of the day, not adequate. You know his famous Myth of Sisyphus. He rolls the stone up the hill and it rolls down again. Rolls up, it rolls down again, and so on. A gigantic defiance against the absurdity of the universe, but with no real answers. And of course, that's what we have in the gospel.[07:19] JONATHAN: That's right, and it's sort of the meaninglessness of life, and I know a lot of high school, college students even seminary students have been deeply affected by some of his writing and have certainly felt, I think, what you're touching into there, which is that deeply personal—there's a lot of reflection in there that I think resounds with people. But as you said, it leaves you with nothing at the end of the day.So you've written quite a number of books across quite a range of topics. What is it that sort of stokes your fire, that kind of drives you? I know the Bible uses passion in a very negative, sinful sense, but it's a word we use a lot today. What is the passion that's driving you in your writings and your speaking?[08:12] Os Guinness: Well, you can never reduce it easily, but two things above all. One, making sense of the gospel for our crazy modern world. On the other hand, trying to understand the world so that responsible people can live in the world knowing where we are. Because in terms of the second, I think one of the things in the Scriptures as a whole which is much missing in the American church today is the biblical view of time. You take the idea of the signs of the times, David's men or our Lord's rebuked His generation. they could read the weather but they missed the signs of the times. So you get that incredible notion of Saint Paul talking about King David. He served God's purpose in his generation. That's an incredible idea that you so understand your generation that in some small, inadequate way we're each serving God's purpose of salt and light and so on in our generation.But many Americans, and many people around the whole world, they don't have that sense of time that you see in Scripture. I'm not quite sure why; maybe growing up in revolutionary China I've always had an incredible sense of time.[09:36] JONATHAN: You know, I think that's encouraging to hear. In our society, we get so fixated and caught up on the issues but there's almost this moment of needing to pull back and observe things from a higher perspective. And I think you do such a fantastic job of that.Let's walk through some of your more recent books, and then maybe get a peek under the curtain of what's coming, because I think you've got a couple of books that are on their way out. The Magna Carta of Humanity. This idea of Sinai and French Revolution as it sort of relates to the American Revolution. Tell us a little bit about the impetus for this and the thought process towards that.[10:25] Os Guinness: Well, the American crisis at its deepest is the great polarization today. But many people, I think, don't go down to the why. They blame it on the social media, or our former president and his tweets, or the coastals against the heartlanders and so on. But I think the deepest things are those who understand America and freedom from the perspective of the American Revolution, which was largely, sadly not completely, Christian, because it went back to the Jewish Torah, and those who understand America from the perspective of ideas coming down from the French Revolution—postmodernism, radical multiculturalism, the cancel culture, critical theory, all these things, the sexual revolution. They come from the ideas descended from Paris, not from anything to do with the Bible, and we've got to understand this.Now, the more positive way of looking at that, many Americans have no idea how the American Revolution came from the Scriptures, how notions like covenant became consitution; the consent of the governed or the separation of powers, going down the line, you have a rich, deep understanding in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. and we've got to understand if we know how to champion these things today.But it's not just a matter of nostalgia or defending the past. I personally am passionately convinced this is the secret to the human future. What are the deepest views of human dignity, or of words, or of truth, or of freedom, or of justice, peace and so on? They are in the Bible. And we've got to explore them. So the idea from a gentleman not too far from you, Jonathan, who said we've got to unhitch our faith from the Old Testament, that's absolute disaster. A dear guy, but dead wrong. You've got to explore the Old Testament as never before, and then, of course, we can understand why the new is so wonderful.[12:46] JONATHAN: You know, Os, just going down that track a little bit, that's right; you can't have the New Testament without the Old Testament. The prophecies of Christ, the fulfillment, it all falls apart, the whole argumentation, everything almost becomes meaningless at that point. And I know the argument is that it's about the event of the crucifixion and the resurrection, but you don't have those apart from Genesis 3, of course, Genesis 1, all the way through till the end of Malachi. You can't separate these two testamental periods. It's ludicrous, and it creates so much damage, as you've said. [13:36] Os Guinness: Well you know, take some of the myths that are around today. They're very common even in evangelical circles. The Old Testament is about law; the New Testament is about love. [13:48] JONATHAN: Right.[13:49] Os Guinness: That's not right. That's a slander on the Jews. Read the beginning of Deuteronomy. The Jews, the nation, they are called to love the Lord with all their heart, soul and so on. Why did the Lord choose them? Because He loved them and set His affection on them. And you can see in Deuteronomy there's a link between liberty and loyalty and love. So right through the Scriptures, those who abandon the truth, apostasy, that's equivalent to adultery. Why? To love the Lord is to be loyal to the Lord and faithful to the Lord and so on. And we've got to see there's a tremendous amount about love, loyalty connected with liberty.I mean, a couple of weeks ago, a couple of professors writing in the New York Times said the Constitution is broken and it shouldn't be reclaimed. We need to move on, scrap it and rebuild our democracy. Now the trouble is constitutions became a matter of lawyers and law courts, the rule of law only in the Supreme Court. No, it comes from covenant. Covenant is all about freely chosen consent, a morally binding pledge. So the heart of freedom is the freedom of the heart, and we've got to get back—this is all there in the Old Testament. Did the Jews fail? Of course. That's why our Lord. but equally the church is failing today. So we've got so much to learn from the best and the worst of the experience of the Jews in the Old Testament. But to ignore the Old is absolute folly.[15:35] JONATHAN: Well, and thinking about the American Revolution and the impact of men, as you've already cited with your own family history, of Wesley and the preaching of George Whitefield in the Americas, which would have had a profound effect on the American psyche, and I think would have contributed a great deal to a lot of the writing of law and constitutional ideology.[16:02] Os Guinness: Well, the revival had a huge impact on all who created the Revolution. But some of the ideas go back, I think, to the Reformation. Not so much to Luther at this point, but to Calvin and Swingly. In Scotland, John Knox and in England Oliver Cromwell. You know, that whole notion of covenant. I mean, Cromwell said ... A lot of weird ideas came up in the 17th Century, but the 17th Century is called the Biblical Century. Why? Because through the Reformation they discovered, rediscovered, what was called the Hebrew republic—in other words, the constitution the Lord gave to the founding of His own people.So even someone like Thomas Hobbes, who was an atheist, they are discussing the Hebrew republic—in other words, Exodus and Deuteronomy. It had a tremendous impact on the rise of modern notions of freedom, and we've got to understand that.So the Mayflower Compact is a covenant. John Winthrop on the Arbella is talking about covenant. When John Adams writes the first constitution, written one, in this country, which is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he calls it a covenant. And the American Constitution is essentially a national somewhat secularized form of covenant. And we who are heirs of that as followers of Jesus, we've got to re-explore it and realize its richness today.[17:44] JONATHAN: Turn on the news today and it feels like we're quite a distance from that. Even thinking about using a word like justice, you know, all this now it seems, to your point, this ideology from the French Revolution has really come to the forefront, certainly in the 60s, but there seems to be a new revival of this. What's contributing to that today in America?[18:17] Os Guinness: Well, James Billington, the former librarian of Congress, and others, have looked at the French Revolution, and remember only lasted 10 years in France, then came dictator Napoleon. But it was like a gigantic volcanic explosion, and out of it came their main lava flows. The first one we often ignore, which is called revolutionary nationalism, in 19th-century France and so on. You can ignore that mostly except it's very important behind the Chinese today.But the second one is the one people are aware of. Revolutionary socialism, or in one word, communism. The Russian Revolution, the Chinese Revolution. We're actually experiencing the impact of the third lava flow, revolutionary liberationism, which is not classical Marxism, communism, but cultural Marxism or neo Marxism. And that goes back to a gentleman called Antonio Gramsci in the 1920s. Now you mentioned the 60s. it became very important in the 60s because Gramsci's ideas were picked up by the Frankfurt School in the 30s, 40s, 50s, and the leading thinker in America in the 60s was Herbert Marcuso, who in many ways is the godfather of the new left in the 60s. I first came here in '68 as a tourist, six weeks. One hundred cities were burning, far worse than 1920, because of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Kennedy. But here's the point: The radicals knew that for all the radicalism in the streets, anti-Vietnam protests and so on, they wouldn't win in the streets, so they had to do what they called, copying Mao Zedong, a long march through the institutions—in other words, not the streets. Go slowly, gradually, win the colleges and universities. Win the press and media. Win what they call the culture industry—Hollywood, entertainment. And then sweep around and win the whole culture.Now here we are, more than 50 years later, they have done it. Now, in the early days, I'm a European still, I'm not American, people would never have believed that the radical left would influence what were called the fortresses of American conservatism—business, finance, the military—but all of those in the form of woke-ism have been profoundly affected. So America's at an extraordinary point in terms of the radical left being more power even than the French Revolution.[21:16] JONATHAN: Okay, so in thinking through that lines of reasoning, the people who are caught up in that today, the radicalism, is this just indoctrination? I guess what my point is, is it all intentional? Is it like Marcuso's intentionality of going through the halls of academia? Or rather is it that they've just been raised to think that this is just the way ... that it's the most opportune way to get your ideology out there?[21:56] Os Guinness: No, it's thoroughly intention. But of course, always there's a creative minority who eventually win over the majority who are hardly aware of it. You mentioned justice. I was on calls for a California pastor last year and I said to them, “You brothers have drunk the Kool-Aid.” They didn't realize how much of their understanding of justice owed everything to the radical left and nothing to the Hebrew prophets. So you know how the left operate. It analyzes discourage. How do ordinary people speak? And so you look for the majority/minority, the oppressors/the victims. When you've found the victim, which is a group, not an individual, you weaponize them and set up a constant conflict of powers in order to subvert the status quo.But as the Romans point out, if you only have power, no truth—and remember in the postmodern world God is dead for them, truth is completely dead following Nietzsche, so all that's left is power. And the only possible outcome, if you think it through logically (which they don't) is what the Romans call the peace of despotism—in other words, you have a power so unrivaled since you've put down every other power, you have peace. But it's authoritarian. That's where we're going increasingly today. You take the high-tech media and so on, a very dangerous moment for freedom of conscience, for freedom of speech, and for freedom of assembly. America is really fighting for its life. But sadly it's not. Most people are asleep.[23:43] JONATHAN: Well, and that's right. That's sort of the hinge point, isn't it? So let's talk just briefly about the education system. We're thinking sort of elementary, middle school, high school education system. So here in Atlanta there are sort of options that are presented to parents, right? There's the public school system; there's the private, often Christian, private school system; and then there's a home school option. And parents are all trying to navigate this. Now I'm sure you've heard arguments that you can send your kids to the public school because if Christians abandon the public school, then where is the witness, where es the influence with the greater population who are just asleep or whatever it is? If you send them out to the private school, your children will be protected, but how much exposure are they getting to thoughts and philosophies that if you sort of rein them in—And I guess this is really more to the home school spectrum, which is almost like an over-protection. These kids go to university and it's the first exposure they've had to some of these thoughts, and professors are going out of their way to convince these students that the way that they were raised was very fallen, broken; their parents were brainwashing them, etc. Just thinking about some of those differing options and thought process, how do you think through that as a thinker, as a social critic, as a Christian? How do you weigh into that?[25:17] Os Guinness: Well, you try and sort of isolate some of the different factors. So you've been talking rightly about the personal and the family concerns, which are fundamental absolutely. And I think that very much varies with the child. But with all of the words, home schooling, whatever, you want to keep them ahead of the game so they know what's coming. Francis Schaeffer often used to stress that. So people go to the secular university. Keep them ahead of the game so that they know what's coming and they know some preliminary apologetics so they know how to make a good stand and be faithful without being washed away. You've also—in other words, what you said is fundamental, I agree with that, but there's also a national dimension. So the public schools, and I'm not arguing that everyone has to go to them, but they were very, very important because they were the center of passing on the unum of the e pluribus unum, out of man, one. Put it this way. As the Jews put it, if any project lasts longer than a single generation, you need families, you need schools, you need history. It doesn't get passed on.So when Moses talked about the night before Passover, he never mentioned freedom, he never mentioned the Promised Land of milk and honey. He told them how to tell their story to children so that freedom could last. Now, the public schools used to do that, so you have people from Ireland or Italy or China or Mexico, it didn't matter because the public schools gave them civic education, the unum. That was thrown out at the end of the 60s. In came Howard Zinn and his alternative views, and more recently the 1619 project. So the public school, as a way of americanizing and integrating, collapsed. And that's a disaster for the republic.Now, take the added one that President Biden has added, immigration. As scholars put it, it's still relatively easy to become an American: get your papers, your ID and so on. It's almost impossible now to know what it is to be American, and particularly you say the 4 million who have come in in the Biden years, they're not going to be inducted into American citizenship, so the notion of citizenship collapses through the public schools and through an open border. It's just a folly beyond any words. It is historic, unprecedented folly, an absolute disaster.Of course, we've got to say, back to your original question, the same is true not only of freedom but of faith. So parents handing on, transmitting to their kids, very, very important.I would add one more thing, Jonathan. It's very much different children. My own son, whom I adore, is a little bit of a contrarian. If he'd gone to a Christian college, he might have become a rebel in some of the poorer things of some of them. He went to a big, public university, University of Virginia, and it cemented and deepened his faith because he stood against the tide and he came out with a much stronger faith than when he went in.[28:59] JONATHAN: I love that. I think you're right on with that. And I think it's good for people to hear and know the history and have awareness of this. Now I want to make a very subtle and gentle shift, and if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. But you are a British citizen. Am I correct on that?[29:18] Os Guinness: I am.[29:21] JONATHAN: Queen Elizabeth has passed and now it's King Charles III and there's much talk about comments he's made in the past in terms of the Defender of the Faith. I read a quote from Ian Bradley, who is a professor at the University of Saint Andrews, he says, “Charles's faith is more spiritual and intellectual. He's more of a spiritual seeker.”Is this sort of a microcosm of what's happening in the UK, this sort of shift from the queen, who very much had a very Christo-centric faith, to Charles and sort of emphasis on global warming and different issues of the day? Is this sort of a microcosm of what we're seeing?[30:22] Os Guinness: Well, the queen had a faith that was very real and very deep, and she was enormously helped by people like Billy Graham…[30:29] JONATHAN: John Stott.[30:30] Os Guinness: --John Stott and so on. So her faith was very, very genuine. His? He's probably got more of an appreciation for the Christian faith than many European leaders today. So the Christian faith made Western civilization, and yet most of the intelligentsia in Europe have abandoned the faith that made it. So Prince Charles, as you say, a rather New Age spirituality, and he's extraordinarily open to Islam through money from Saudi Arabia. I don't have the highest hopes for him, although I must say the challenge of being king will remind him of the best of his mother. Even when the archbishop said in the sermon that he wanted people to know that Prince Charles had a Christian faith, I felt it was a glimmer of the fact he realizes, you know, his mother's position was wonderful, so it's very much open.Now I am an Anglican, as you are. Back in 1937, the greatest of all the Catholic historians on Western civilization predicted—this is 1937, almost a century ago—that the day would come in some future coronation when people would raise the questions, “Was it all a gigantic bluff? Because the power of the monarchy, and more importantly, the credibility of the faith, had both undermined themselves to such an extent it didn't mean anything.” I think we're incredibly close to that with King Charles. I also think, sadly, that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who preached wonderfully well yesterday, has done a good job in the celebrations and so on, the pageantry, but does a rotten job in leading the church as the church. And so the Church of England is in deep trouble in terms of its abandoning orthodoxy. It's a very critical moment. Will Charles go deeper or revert to the way he's been for the last few decades? I don't know. I'm watching.[33:02] JONATHAN: And then sort of just transitioning from there to what you see as faith in the United States. I think you have a new book coming out, Zero Hour America: History's Ultimatum Over Freedom and the Answer We Must Give. Let's bridge that gap between trajectory in the UK and now in the United States. What similarities and differences are you seeing?[33:26] Os Guinness: Well, in Europe the great rival to the Christian faith was in the 18th century, the Enlightenment. And it's almost completely swept the intelligentsia of Europe. Until recently, America was not fully going that way, and in the last decade or so it has. The rise of the religious nones, etc. etc. So in most areas that are intellectual, America too has abandoned the faith that made it. Of course, part of the American tragedy is the intelligentsia have not only abandoned the faith that made America; they've abandoned the Revolution that made America. So you have a double crisis here.Now, I am, like you, a follower of Jesus. I'm absolutely undaunted. The Christian faith, if it's true, would be true if no one believed it. So the lies of the nones or whatever just means a lot of people didn't realize in one sense that they're just spineless. If it's true, it's not a matter of popularity or polls. I like the old saying, “Damn the polls and think for yourself.” And Americans are far too other-directed. The polls are often badly formulated in terms of their questions. The question is, is the faith true and what are the answers it gives us to lead our lives well? And I have no question it's not only good news, it is the best news ever in terms of where humanity is today. So this is an extraordinary moment to be a follower of Jesus. We have the guardianship and the championship of the greatest news ever.[35:14] JONATHAN: Amen. Well, and let's make one final link there, which is we talked a lot about Western countries, the UK, the US, but you were born and spent quite a lot of time in China. Let's think about not necessarily specifically China, but non-Western countries. You travel quite frequently. What are you seeing in those non-Western countries that perhaps is giving you hope or positivity?[35:47] Os Guinness: God promised to Abraham in him all the families of the Earth will be blessed. DNA is in the heart of the Scriptures, and of course our Lord's Great Commission. But as we look around the world today, thank God Christian faith is the most populace faith on the Earth. So the one place it's not doing well is the highly modernized West. It is flourishing in sub-Sahara Africa. Or in Asia, where I happen to be born, in China—nothing to do with me—was the most rapid growth, exponential growth, of the church in 2,000 years. So I have no fear for the faith at all. And of course we believe it's true.But the question, Will the West return to the faith that made it? I hope that our sisters and brothers in the global south will help us come back just as we took the faith to them. And I know many African brothers and sisters and many Korean brothers and sisters, Chinese too, that's their passion. And we must welcome it. I know so many Koreans, what incredible people of prayer. Up at 5:00, thousands of them praying together. When I was a boy in England, prayer meetings were strong in churches. They're not strong in most American churches today. We've become highly secularized, so we've got a huge amount to learn from the Scriptures, of course, above all, but from our brothers and sisters in the rest of the world reminding us of what we used to believe and we've lost.[37:33] JONATHAN: What a great reminder. Well, Os Guinness, I know you've got a busy schedule and we're so grateful that you've taken the time to be on Candid Conversations. We've talked about quite a lot. We're going to put a link to your website in our show notes, and all fantastic books that you've put out and new ones coming out, and we look forward to hopefully having you on again in the future.[38:00] Os Guinness: Well, thank you. Real privilege to be on with you.[38:02] JONATHAN: God bless you. Thank you.

As parents, we have a central role to play in passing on faith and freedom to the next generation. The spiritual soil of our kid's lives is nurtured first and foremost by us through modeling the biblical life, through education and prayer, and through the stories we pass on to our kids about the faith.   Catherine wraps up a trilogy of conversations with world-renowned freedom expert, Os Guinness, author of The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom. In this episode, they discuss:   The origin and DNA of ordered freedom. The magnitude of the Genesis declaration that we are made in God's image. The decline of the west leading to a need for renewal. The power of the creative minority. How parents have the greatest part to play in passing on freedom, equality, human dignity, and faith.   What makes the greatest difference in human history?   It is the stories parents tell our children. It is the truth we instill in them. It is the faith they see lived day in and day out from us as ordinary parents planting the seeds of an extraordinary God in the hearts of our kids. This simple but profound work is what makes the difference in the lives of our children, our communities, our country, and our world.   OS GUINNESS' BIO: Os Guinness is an author, social critic, and great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer. Os has written or edited more than 30 books that offer valuable insight into the cultural, political, and social contexts in which we all live. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford.   Os Guinness WEBSITE The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom   OTHER EPISODES IN THIS SERIES:   EPISODE 94: “The Dilemma Christians Face at the Ballot Box” EPISODE 93: “What Most Americans Don't Understand about Freedom”   SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: Deuteronomy 11:18-21 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

There's a lot we don't understand about freedom in this country. Lasting freedom, in any quantifiable sense, is very new to the historical landscape. After all, the United States fought a bloody revolution to acquire it just a few centuries ago.   But where did the idea of freedom come from? What prerequisites are necessary to achieve freedom? And most importantly... What is necessary to keep freedom?   Catherine is joined by one of the great intellectual minds in the world today to discuss the nature of freedom and the future of our country. Having authored and edited over 30 books, including The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom, Os Guinness is a world-renowned authority on freedom. As a western survivor of the Chinese Communist Revolution under Mao Zedong in 1949, and then having extensively studied the fields of history, philosophy, religion, theology, apologetics, and culture, Os possesses not a one-in-a-million perspective on the nature and necessary foundation for freedom to exist and thrive—his perspective is one-in-8 billion.   As Os reveals, slavery is the norm in human history. Freedom is the anomaly. And yet America's founders established freedom. But they did not uncover the roots of liberty in 17th century enlightenment thinkers as some suppose. Rather the roots of freedom were excavated from the ancient Hebrew Republic, which was founded on a radical concept of covenant, or constitution, that requires the consent of the governed. The ramifications of these applied truths are far reaching, and they establish the critical foundation for freedom to exist.As freedom-loving Americans, there's a lot we don't understand about our freedom. Starting with the definition.   “Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It is the power to do what you ought,” says Os. Most Westerners see freedom as a license to fulfill one's whims and desires, as Rousseau's philosophy encouraged. This hedonistic definition supports the ideals of the French Revolution of 1789. But a Biblical understanding of freedom, which our founders possessed, recognizes the weakness of mankind and therefore establishes a system of checks and balances for  "ambition to counter ambition." The plan was brilliant.   The American Revolution is diametrically opposed to the French, but as Os prophetically speaks to our country today, "WHO HAS BEWITCHED YOU, AMERICA? YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE WRONG REVOLUTION." We cannot maintain freedom by following the ideals of the wrong revolution.   We would be wise to remember Paul's words to the church of Galatia: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (5:1)   OS GUINNESS' BIO: Os Guinness is an author, social critic, and great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer. Os has written or edited more than 30 books that offer valuable insight into the cultural, political, and social contexts in which we all live. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford.   Os Guinness WEBSITE The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom     Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

I love to celebrate new book launches and champion the Celebrate Lit Publishing authors who's work I've edited. Today's episode is no exception! Join my special guest and me as we talk about her writing journey and celebrate her brand new novella. Marguerite Martin Gray is the author of the Revolutionary Faith series, Gardens in Time series, and Room for Love in the Suamalie Islands series. She enjoys researching and studying history. An avid traveler and reader, she teaches French and Spanish. She currently lives in North Louisiana with her husband and rescue pets. Her two adult children and two grandsons keep her up to date and young. Promise Me Christmas is a Christmas novella, companion to Revolutionary Faith Series, 1784 Charleston, SC Purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBD4524R?crid=13Z6KSZ1AHDWG&keywords=promise+me+christmas&qid=1688802633&sprefix=promise+me+christma,aps,1631&sr=8-9&linkCode=sl1&tag=celelit-20&linkId=d1389c405b2ed09385eacf7f2deed398&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl   Connect with Marguerite at the following links: Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/gF-3I1 Website/Blog: https://www.margueritemartingray.com BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/marguerite-martin-gray Facebook Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1408197086342364 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margueritemgray   Visit www.everyday-excellence.com and use promo code Inspirational Journeys to get 10% off any product on the site. Subscribe to the 540 Writers Community for free, if you need some writing accountability, and you want  to participate inwriting workshops. Visit: https://540writerscommunity.com/ to sign up for the newsletter and search for 540 writers community on Facebook. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inspirational-journeys/message

Today I will discuss the religious background to Marxism and how it functions as a religious movement, with an actual esoteric background and presupposition - magical materialism and process philosophy. We will look at how dialectical materialism and praxis are crucial to understanding the global elite philosophy - it is not a real opposition to the power system. It is in the final analysis a self-negating worship of power.Richard's new course is here: https://www.universityofreason.com/a/2147619501/hZMWNFNp Send Superchats at any time here: https://streamlabs.com/jaydyer/tip The New Philosophy Course is here: https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Orders for the Red Book are here: https://jaysanalysis.com/product/the-red-book-essays-on-theology-philosophy-new-jay-dyer-book/ Subscribe to my site here: https://jaysanalysis.com/membership-account/membership-levels/ Follow me on R0kfin here: https://rokfin.com/jaydyer Use JAY50 promo code here https://choq.com for huge discounts - 50% off! Set up recurring Choq subscription with the discount code JAY53LIFE for 53% off now

Rod Gragg recounts fascinating stories of our nation's history and how Christians can learn from the faith of America's past leaders. He shares about the first Independence Day celebration, and how churches today can flourish in the midst of a cultural shift away from a Biblical worldview.   Receive a copy of By the Hand of Providence and an audio download of "Revolutionary Faith in the Birth of America" for your donation of any amount!   Get More Episode Resources   We'd love to hear from you! Visit our Homepage to leave us a voicemail.   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford UP, 2023), Raúl E. Zegarra examines the process of articulation of religious beliefs and political concerns that takes place in religious organizing and activism. Focusing on the example of Latin American liberation theology and the work of Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, Zegarra shows how liberation theology advocates have been able to produce a new balance between faith and politics that advances an agenda of progressive social change without reducing politics to faith or faith to politics. Drawing from theologian David Tracy's method of critical correlation, the book focuses on key historical, philosophical, and theological shifts that have allowed liberation theologians to produce a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and politics in the Christian tradition, especially when issues of social justice are at stake. The book further approaches liberation theology's contributions to theorizing social justice through an unconventional path: a critical dialogue with the work of philosopher John Rawls. This dialogue, as Zegarra contends, allows us to see more clearly the contributions of liberation theology to the cause of progressive social change. Ultimately the book stands between "public religion" and "public reason," offering something of a blueprint for theological innovation and for how to remain committed to one's faith while respecting and defending the core values of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford UP, 2023), Raúl E. Zegarra examines the process of articulation of religious beliefs and political concerns that takes place in religious organizing and activism. Focusing on the example of Latin American liberation theology and the work of Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, Zegarra shows how liberation theology advocates have been able to produce a new balance between faith and politics that advances an agenda of progressive social change without reducing politics to faith or faith to politics. Drawing from theologian David Tracy's method of critical correlation, the book focuses on key historical, philosophical, and theological shifts that have allowed liberation theologians to produce a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and politics in the Christian tradition, especially when issues of social justice are at stake. The book further approaches liberation theology's contributions to theorizing social justice through an unconventional path: a critical dialogue with the work of philosopher John Rawls. This dialogue, as Zegarra contends, allows us to see more clearly the contributions of liberation theology to the cause of progressive social change. Ultimately the book stands between "public religion" and "public reason," offering something of a blueprint for theological innovation and for how to remain committed to one's faith while respecting and defending the core values of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford UP, 2023), Raúl E. Zegarra examines the process of articulation of religious beliefs and political concerns that takes place in religious organizing and activism. Focusing on the example of Latin American liberation theology and the work of Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, Zegarra shows how liberation theology advocates have been able to produce a new balance between faith and politics that advances an agenda of progressive social change without reducing politics to faith or faith to politics. Drawing from theologian David Tracy's method of critical correlation, the book focuses on key historical, philosophical, and theological shifts that have allowed liberation theologians to produce a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and politics in the Christian tradition, especially when issues of social justice are at stake. The book further approaches liberation theology's contributions to theorizing social justice through an unconventional path: a critical dialogue with the work of philosopher John Rawls. This dialogue, as Zegarra contends, allows us to see more clearly the contributions of liberation theology to the cause of progressive social change. Ultimately the book stands between "public religion" and "public reason," offering something of a blueprint for theological innovation and for how to remain committed to one's faith while respecting and defending the core values of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford UP, 2023), Raúl E. Zegarra examines the process of articulation of religious beliefs and political concerns that takes place in religious organizing and activism. Focusing on the example of Latin American liberation theology and the work of Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, Zegarra shows how liberation theology advocates have been able to produce a new balance between faith and politics that advances an agenda of progressive social change without reducing politics to faith or faith to politics. Drawing from theologian David Tracy's method of critical correlation, the book focuses on key historical, philosophical, and theological shifts that have allowed liberation theologians to produce a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and politics in the Christian tradition, especially when issues of social justice are at stake. The book further approaches liberation theology's contributions to theorizing social justice through an unconventional path: a critical dialogue with the work of philosopher John Rawls. This dialogue, as Zegarra contends, allows us to see more clearly the contributions of liberation theology to the cause of progressive social change. Ultimately the book stands between "public religion" and "public reason," offering something of a blueprint for theological innovation and for how to remain committed to one's faith while respecting and defending the core values of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

Religious commitments can be a powerful engine for progressive social change. In A Revolutionary Faith: Liberation Theology Between Public Religion and Public Reason (Stanford UP, 2023), Raúl E. Zegarra examines the process of articulation of religious beliefs and political concerns that takes place in religious organizing and activism. Focusing on the example of Latin American liberation theology and the work of Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, Zegarra shows how liberation theology advocates have been able to produce a new balance between faith and politics that advances an agenda of progressive social change without reducing politics to faith or faith to politics. Drawing from theologian David Tracy's method of critical correlation, the book focuses on key historical, philosophical, and theological shifts that have allowed liberation theologians to produce a new interpretation of the relationship between faith and politics in the Christian tradition, especially when issues of social justice are at stake. The book further approaches liberation theology's contributions to theorizing social justice through an unconventional path: a critical dialogue with the work of philosopher John Rawls. This dialogue, as Zegarra contends, allows us to see more clearly the contributions of liberation theology to the cause of progressive social change. Ultimately the book stands between "public religion" and "public reason," offering something of a blueprint for theological innovation and for how to remain committed to one's faith while respecting and defending the core values of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this final sermon in the Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Paul how true worship and thanksgiving are always part of revolutionary Faith. What is true worship? And what are the tenants of true thanksgiving? Listen to find out!

Revolutionary Faith Lesson 7 was the topic of this week's sermon. What is it? And what happens when you share your faith? What does it unlock? Listen in to find the answer to these questions.

In this 6th episode of Revolutionary Faith, Pastor Paul shared from Matthew about the importance of corporate worship. The are 4 ways the church grows your faith and are benefits only granted in corporate worship. What are they? Listen in to find out!

In this sermon in the Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Paul shared 5 answers to the question, "What aspects of your beliefs may be indicators that you have a  self-serving, superficial faith?" For many believers, their faith is not very deep for one or more of the reasons. What are they? Listen in and find out!

Continuing in the Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Paul taught from Matthew 10. Using the words of Jesus and 3 revolutionary statements, he taught about what happens when we live those words. It truly sets us apart as someone with revolutionary faith, but how will the world, our family and friends respond? Listen in to find out!

This week's Candid Conversation is with a man who is known as a quiet voice on behalf of faith, freedom, truth, reason, and civility.  Jonathan welcomes Os Guinness to the program. Os is an author, social critic, and great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer. He has written or edited more than 30 books that offer valuable insight into the cultural, political, and social contexts in which we all live. Os Guinness  was born in China in World War II where his parents were medical missionaries. He witnessed the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949 and was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951.  He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford.  He now resides in the United States.Together, Jonathan and Os discuss Scripture and Os' most recent book The Magna Carta of Humanity. Join them as they go around the globe and talk about what Os sees as an American crisis of polarization. Then, dive into the most recent change overseas, a new King in England and what “defender of the Faith” now means to the monarchy. Os also tells us a bit about his incredible family lineage from Christian brewers to pastors to a Christian author. To ask Jonathan a question or connect with the Candid community, visit https://LTW.org/CandidFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/candidpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/candidpodTwitter: https://twitter.com/thecandidpod

Continuing in the Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Paul taught from Matthew 11 and what Jesus meant by "his yoke is easy and burden light." How do we get this easy faith? Is it truly possible? Listen in and find out!

This week Pastor Paul taught from Matthew 6 where Jesus deals with worry and anxiety. Is it possible to live a life without anxiety? If so, how do we do that? Listen in to find out!

How can we have exceptional faith when the world is mediocre? If we discards parts of scripture, where does that lead? Pastor Paul answered those questions as he start a mini-series on Revolutionary Faith.

A trope that's often thrown at Christians since 9/11 is that religion causes all wars. Stu, Tim and Joel are in the Third Space Studio to examine the oft-raised comment and contend that a deeper dive into statistics and world history paints a different picture. They delve into where such arguments come from, how Christians can approach it and how to hold onto the evangelical line when doing so.2:05 Cultural Artefact: Hacksaw Ridge9:50 War is not glorious but intriguing14:28 New atheism, 9/11 and post-Christianity25:03 Adopting the right posture33:53 Where does the argument come from?52:27 Holding the evangelical line within the discussion1:00:55 Final thoughtsWatch this episode on YouTubeDISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODEHenry V speech Stu was showing before the episodeHacksaw RidgeWorld War Two channelThe End of History and the Last Man, by Francis FukayamaIs Religion the Cause of Most Wars?, by Rabbi Alan LurieEncyclopedia of Wars, by Charles Phillips and Alan AxelrodGod is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher HitchensRichard Dawkins loses ‘humanist of the year' title over trans commentsThirty Years WarRene DescartesDid Descartes Sleep in an Oven?The French RevolutionDoes Religion Cause Violence?, by John DicksonThe Myth of Religious Violence, by Karen ArmstrongUS switching from biblical American Revolution values to secular French Revolution ones, by Os GuinnessThe Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom, by Os GuinnessCONTACT USShock Absorber Email: joel@shockabsorber.com.auShock Absorber Discord: https://discord.gg/jTD5KNAYVEShock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.auSoul Revival Shop: soulrevival.shop

Mark Labberton examines the countercultural nature of the early church and invites us to consider its implications in our modern contexts, allowing ourselves to become made alive and anew. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. This was recorded at Fuller's virtual All-Seminary Chapel on June 1, 2022.

We are pleased to bring you a special episode from our kindred project, Revolutionary Faith, hosted by Rev. Alvin Herring, executive director of Faith in Action. In this episode, Alvin speaks with Leigh Butler, CEO of Akina and Stephanie Roberts, Co-Founder. Akina is a hub for Black mothers and women who are eagerly searching for community, connection, and information resulting in better outcomes for our next generation.

Rev. Harold Kim Hebrews 11:1-3; 6-16 November 21, 2021

In this episode Jeremy shares a Bible verse that has shaped his philosophy of ministry and was the foundational verse for the Revolution youth ministry he launched years ago. More at www.jeremyberg.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeremyberg/message

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Durham, James. Commentary on Revelation: Volume 2, Lectures on Chapters 4–11 (Reformation Heritage Books, May 2021). 504 pages. $50.00. Hardcover. Guinness, Os. The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom (IVP Academic, May 2021). 288 pages. $25.00. Hardcover with jacket. Lynch, Michael J. John Davenant’s Hypothetical Universalism: A Defense of […]

Dr. Os Guinness of the Trinity Forum The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom

The things you get busy with will not last in eternity – your prayers will. In the final week of our Revolutionary Faith series, Lee Cummings speaks on prayer and the unlimited access that each of us have to it.Focus Scripture // James 5:13-18 (ESV)“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.” Sermon Highlights“He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has heaven and earth at his disposal.” - Charles SpurgeonPrayer should be our first response, not our last resort.Prayer is not an event, it's a lifestyle.Jesus called us to pray without ceasing.Effective prayer is not dependent upon your nature, but Gods.Don't underestimate what God will do if we pray.Prayer is a weapon in the arsenal of every believer.2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (ESV) “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.” John 14:13-14 (ESV) “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” It's not your righteousness that gives you access, it's Jesus' righteousness that qualifies you to ask in His name.Don't pray once and give up. Too often we allow ourselves to become distracted. Stay the course. Don't stop praying.

The things you get busy with will not last in eternity – your prayers will. In the final week of our Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Lee Cummings speaks on prayer and the unlimited access that each of us have to it. Focus Scripture // James 5:13-18 (ESV) “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.” Sermon Highlights “He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has heaven and earth at his disposal.” - Charles Spurgeon Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort. Prayer is not an event, it's a lifestyle. Jesus called us to pray without ceasing. Effective prayer is not dependent upon your nature, but Gods. Don't underestimate what God will do if we pray. Prayer is a weapon in the arsenal of every believer. 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (ESV) “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.” John 14:13-14 (ESV) “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” It's not your righteousness that gives you access, it's Jesus' righteousness that qualifies you to ask in His name. Don't pray once and give up. Too often we allow ourselves to become distracted. Stay the course. Don't stop praying.

What we do today determines our harvest tomorrow. As we approach the end of our Revolutionary Faith series, Lee Cummings delivers a timely word on our role here on earth while we anxiously await the return of Jesus.Focus Scripture // James 5:7-11 (ESV)“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.”Sermon HighlightsWe don't want the kingdom without the king.Our hope is not anchored to this world, but to the one that Jesus will bring.Our responsibility is to align our heart with our hope.Labor like it matters.Sow into the future.Pray for the latter rain.Trust in the purpose of the Lord.You can't quarantine your heart.God is calling us to live our lives with a prophetic imagination.Believe in the power of sowing.The Lord will have the final word.God is not going to send the rains onto fallowed ground.When Jesus steps into the room, all fall down.Nothing will get more attention than the compassion and mercy of God.The only thing withholding Jesus is his patience.2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”His patience is rooted because He sees 8 million souls across the planet who need His presence.

What we do today determines our harvest tomorrow. As we approach the end of our Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Lee Cummings delivers a timely word on our role here on earth while we anxiously await the return of Jesus. Focus Scripture // James 5:7-11 (ESV) “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.” Sermon Highlights We don't want the kingdom without the king. Our hope is not anchored to this world, but to the one that Jesus will bring. Our responsibility is to align our heart with our hope. Labor like it matters. Sow into the future. Pray for the latter rain. Trust in the purpose of the Lord. You can't quarantine your heart. God is calling us to live our lives with a prophetic imagination. Believe in the power of sowing. The Lord will have the final word. God is not going to send the rains onto fallowed ground. When Jesus steps into the room, all fall down. Nothing will get more attention than the compassion and mercy of God. The only thing withholding Jesus is his patience. 2 Peter 3:9 (ESV) “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” His patience is rooted because He sees 8 million souls across the planet who need His presence.

In the third part of our Revolutionary Faith series, Jon Zondervan leads us through a pivotal topic within James chapter 2: discrimination amongst early-church believers based on their outward appearance and perceived social status. This biblical and encouraging message is a must-hear! Focus Scripture // James 2:1-4 (ESV)“My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?”Sermon HighlightsDon't let your heart grow cold.The love of God is meant to flow out through us.God is in the business of using unqualified people to advance His plan and purposes.God sees the poor and his heart is moved toward them.When you know you need, you lean on God.God sees people differently than we do.Don't cozy up to the world – witness to it.We need our world to experience the living God.Who are the people in your life that you've shown judgement toward?

In the third part of our Revolutionary Faith series, Pastor Jon Zondervan leads us through a pivotal topic within James chapter 2: discrimination amongst early-church believers based on their outward appearance and perceived social status. This biblical and encouraging message is a must-hear! Focus Scripture // James 2:1-4 (ESV) “My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” Sermon Highlights Don't let your heart grow cold. The love of God is meant to flow out through us. God is in the business of using unqualified people to advance His plan and purposes. God sees the poor and his heart is moved toward them. When you know you need, you lean on God. God sees people differently than we do. Don't cozy up to the world – witness to it. We need our world to experience the living God. Who are the people in your life that you've shown judgement toward?

To kick off the month of July, Lee Cummings begins a series called Revolutionary Faith focused on the difference between testing and tempting. You don't want to miss this powerful sermon called The Book of James!Focus Scripture // James 1:1-18 (ESV)“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.”Sermon HighlightsChristianity is a revolution of the soul.Our greatest enemy is within, not without.There is a “tug of war” between two processes at work within the believer: Testing and Tempting.One brings forth life. One brings forth death.One pulls on your faith, the other on your flesh.Joy is in the outcome, not the difficultyTesting is the pathway to progress.Testing is meant to perfect you. Temptation is meant to ensnare you.A coach pushes an athlete to prepare them for winning.A con-man finds weakness and exploits it for his purposes.

To kick off the month of July, Pastor Lee Cummings begins a series called Revolutionary Faith focused on the difference between testing and tempting. You don't want to miss this powerful sermon called The Book of James! Focus Scripture // James 1:1-18 (ESV) “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.” Sermon Highlights Christianity is a revolution of the soul. Our greatest enemy is within, not without. There is a “tug of war” between two processes at work within the believer: Testing and Tempting. One brings forth life. One brings forth death. One pulls on your faith, the other on your flesh. Joy is in the outcome, not the difficulty Testing is the pathway to progress. Testing is meant to perfect you. Temptation is meant to ensnare you. A coach pushes an athlete to prepare them for winning. A con-man finds weakness and exploits it for his purposes.

Revolution - the overthrow or renunciation of one governmental system or ruler with the replacement of another by the governed for the sake of freedom or safety. Our spiritual revolution is about making sure God occupies the God spot in our lives. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ… James 1:1a ESVIt's critical to the revolution that we commit to following closely Jesus as Lord in the fight!But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 ESVTA: Personal Revolution requires a decision to act on God's life changing Grace. What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:14-17 ESVLife - characterized by metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction.Faith is taking action on what you Believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved. Acts 16:31 NKJV (Believing Faith)For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 ESVFor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 ESVBut to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:10 ESVBut someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe in the one God; you do well. Even the demons believe and shudder! Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? James 2:19-20 ESVThe demons believed Jesus existed but they didn't believe in Him, look to Him as Lord. Botched believing will keep you bound. Faith is ACTING like it is so, even when it's not so, in order that it might be so, because God said so. Tony EvansNow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 ESVThe revolution starts with believing, but only advances with faith fueled action.So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17 ESVUnless faith hit's your feet it's not faith. For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 ESVSo faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 ESVHearing God's word without acting in faith is like getting directions for a trip you never take.Faith isn't an intellectual accent to a concept, but rather acting on what God says is possible.A failure to live by and live out our faith is an accusation against the power and compassion of God.Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. Romans 4:3 ESVBecause of God's grace, anyone can choose to act in Faith.The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.” Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home. John 4:49-50 ESV

Join me for the month of March as we discuss women's empowerment in various aspects of life as we celebrate Women's History Month The purity movement in the evangelical church is in and of itself a worthy cause. Children of knowledgeable years are encouraged to stay pure or abstain from any premarital sex. They wear promise rings, make sure their clothes are modest, and ensure that time with members of the opposite are limited to group activities where there is not hint of a chance of sexual impropriety. Unfortunately, the purity movement hasn't really done much to make our children pure. In fact, the burden of purity is such to where most of those promise keepers tend to break their promise. They're left feeling guilty, unworthy of God's love and forgiveness and are given a set f rules to follow that simply adds to the problem. On this edition of the Parker J Cole show, we'll be discussing how women can be empowered by purity regardless of their sexual state and how the Church can advocate purity without subjecting our children to a rule book no one can follow. To unfold this topic with me is April Kelsey, blogger of Revolutionary Faith.  You can call in at 646-668-8485, press 1 to be live on air. Or, download the Stitcher app on your mobile device. Click on the link here: http://tobtr.com/8347233.

Tonight we look at at a book I discovered entitled, "Fire in the Minds of Men - The Origins of Revolutionary Faith" by James H. Billington.  This book gives an inside look at the "intelligensia" and the occult elements of revolutionary movements as they were designed by a select few of elites.   It is critical to understand the contents of this book to understand all revolutions in history particularly the French, Russian and now the Global Revolution.  It should be an interesting show, please tune in. 

Notes, Links, and References for further study: David Norman Dinkins  (Wikipedia)(106th Mayor of New York City, 1990 – 1993) Ed Koch  (Wikipedia) (105th Mayor of New York City, 1978 – 1989) Alfred North Whitehead (Wikipedia) (Book) “The Aims of Education and Other Essays” by Alfred North Whitehead (1929) Hubert's Dime Museum & Flea Circus Flea Circus (Wikipedia) Fleas aren't “trained”, they are categorized, restrained, and put to work; just as students are in schools. Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia) Machiavellian techniques (Wikipedia) Roman Collegia (Wikipedia) John Calvin + Theocratic State (Washington State University archive) Theocracy (Wikipedia) Capital (Wikipedia) Overproduction (Wikipedia) Hyperdemocracy (Wikipedia) Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 1-15: Carl von Clausewitz (Wikipedia) (Book) “On War” by Carl von Clausewitz (1832) (page 490) Battle of Jena (Wikipedia) Roman Collegia (Wikipedia) Mark Antony (Wikipedia) Niccolò Machiavelli (Wikipedia) (Book) “The Discourses” by Epictetus, Translated by W.A. Oldfather (108 AD) (Book) “The Prince” by Niccolò Machiavelli, Translated by N. H. Thomson (1532) (Book) “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu (4-3 Century BC) Qaballah (Wikipedia) Tree of Life (www.ifdawn.com – Qabala information website) (Book) “Qaballah: The Mystical Heritage of the Children of Abraham” by Daniel Feldman Trivium (Wikipedia) Quadrivium (Wikipedia) Mudsill Theory (Wikipedia) (Video) “The Lightbulb Conspiracy” Brutus (Wikipedia) Julius Caesar (Wikipedia) (Congressional Record; Scribd) U. S. Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates “Steps Toward British Union, a World State, and International Strife – Part I" Honorable Jacob Thorkelson (Montana) Monday August 19, 1940 Jacob Thorkelson (Wikipedia) Andrew Carnegie October 14, 1904 “Drifting Together Will the United States and Canada Unite?” Intelligensia BF Trantowsky (Book) “Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith” by James H. Billington (1980) James H. Billington (Wikipedia) André-Marie Ampère (Wikipedia) The Pilgrims Society (Wikipedia) Albion (Wikipedia) (Book) “War and Education” by Porter Sargent (1943) (Book) “Getting Us Into War” by Porter Sargent (1941) Lord Lothain (Book) “The Anglo-American Establishment” by Carroll Quigley (1949) (Introductory chapter; overview of the Round Table groups) Cecil Rhodes Roundtable (Wikipedia) / Milner Kindergarten (Wikipedia) (Book) “Sociology of the Elites” Mosca Pareto (Book) “The Ruling Class” Gaetano Mosca (Wikipedia) Vilfredo Pareto (Wikipedia) Elite Theory (Wikipedia) (Book) “Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making” by David Rothkopf (2008) (Video) “The Corporation Nation” by Clint Richardson (2010)(Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) Corporate Personhood (Wikipedia) Legal Personality (Wikipedia) Santa Clara County  vs Southern Pacific RR (1896) (Wikipedia) (Book) “Unequal Protection” by Thom Hartman (2004) Hour 5, minutes 15 -30 (approx.): “The Crisis of Democracy: Report of the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission” by Michel J. Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki (1975) Sandinista National Liberation Front (Wikipedia) Iran Contra (Wikipedia) Paris Peace Conference 1919 (Wikipedia) Col. Edward Mandell House (Wikipedia) (Book) “Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World” by Margaret MacMillan (2002) Hồ Chí Minh (Wikipedia) Commodore Matthew C. Perry / Opening of Japan (About.com) (Document) Abraham Lincoln's Speech Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 (Book) "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond Goldcorp, Inc. (Wikipedia) “He Struck Gold on the Net (Really)” (Fast Company magazine article by Linda Tischler; May 31, 2002) (Book) “Discovering: Inventing & Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge” by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein & Michèle Root-Bernstein(1997) (Book) “Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People” by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein (2001) John Kanzius (Wikipedia) “The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?” (CBS News, April 2008) Thomas Edison (Wikipedia) Benjamin Franklin (Wikipedia) Albert Einstein (Wikipedia) Max Planck (Wikipedia) James Clerk Maxwell (Wikipedia) Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 15-30: (Book) “Weapons of Mass Instruction” by John Taylor Gatto The Trivium (www.triviumeducation.com) “The Crisis of Democracy: Report of the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission” by Michel J. Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki (1975) (Book) “Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel P. Huntington (1998) “When the Elite Loved LSD” (Time U.S. Article from April 23, 2007; search Henry Luce) The Trilateral Commission (Wikipedia) David Rockefeller (Wikipedia) Jimmy Carter (Wikipedia) Zbigniew Brzezinski (Wikipedia) Nelson Rockefeller (Wikipedia) Barack Obama + Brezynski + Afghanistan (CIA) Cybernetics (Wikipedia) Bronislaw Trentowski (Wikipedia) (Book) “Fire in the Minds of Men” by James H. Billington (1980) (see chapter 8 “Prophecy: The Emergence of an Intelligentsia”; page 231, “Trentowski”  (Book) “The Relationship of Philosophy to Cybernetics; or The Art of Ruling Nations”, Trentowski also invented the words “intelligentsia” & “cybernetics”) Staatswissenschaft (Political Science as introduced from Prussia into the U.S. via Columbia University 1890; see: “Politics and Progress” by Dennis J. Mahoney) Andrew Dickson White of the Yale Troika (Wikipedia) Daniel Coit Gilman of the Yale Troika (Wikipedia) (Book) “America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones” by Antony Sutton (chapter 8 “How The Order Controls Education”) (1986) (Book) “Politics and Progress: The Emergence of American Political Science” by Dennis J. Mahoney Political Science (Wikipedia) “Dialectic and the Myth of Government” (Gnostic Media episode #115 interview with Larken Rose) Defintion of Volition (www.thefreedictionary.com) (Book) “Sic Itur Ad Astra” by Andrew J. Galambos (1998) John Dewey (www.pragmatism.org) John Dewey (Wikipedia) Bureaucracy (Wikipedia) (Book) "Public Opinion" by Walter Lippmann (1922) The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Wikipedia) "Politics and Progress: The Emergence of American Political Science" (chapter 4) (1st name & then - Raymond B. Cattell or Raymond G. Gattel) Pragmatism (Wikipedia) Emmanuel Kant (Wikipedia) (Video) The Trivium “How to Free Your Mind” by Jan Irvin Gnostic Media episodes: 49) Gene Odening interview, Part 1 – “The TRIVIUM Method” 50) Gene Odening interview, Part 2 – “The Quadrivium” 51) Gene Odening interview, Part 3 – “The Qabalah and the Mystery Schools” Amtssprache (Wikipedia) (Meaning “Official Language”; 1) the language of an area; 2) bureaucrat speak (Book) "The Franklin Cover-Up" by Senator John DeCamp (2005) (Video) "The Conspiracy of Silence" (Discovery Channel Documentary about the Franklin Cover-Up) Cognitive Dissonance (Wikipedia) Definition of Entropy (www.hyperphysics.phy-astr.gus.edu) Definition of Entropy (Thermodynamic explanation; Wikipedia) Definition of Entropy (In Information Theory) Entropy and Information (Definition of Entropy in relation to Information; from Principia Cybernetica Web) Hour 5, minutes 30 -45 (approx.): (Book) “Principles of Psychology” by William James (1890) William James(Wikipedia) Wilhelm Wundt(Wikipedia) (Book) “Principles of Secondary Education” by Alexander James Inglis (1918) (Book) “Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time” by Carroll Quigley (1966) Charles Darwin (Wikipedia) Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 30-45: Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia) (Book) “The Principles of Psychology” by William James (Chapter IV; 1890) (Ctrl-F (find function) “Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society…”) Alexander James Inglis James Bryant Conant (Wikipedia) (Book) "Compromised Campus” by Sigmund Diamond (1992) (Oxford University Press) James Corbett /Richard Grove (Interview) (Book) “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time” by Carroll Quigley (The Japanese Assualt, 1931 – 1941; pg. 561 CTRL-F (find function) “Japanese constitution of 1889”) Prussian Education Model (Wikipedia) G. Stanley Hall (term “adolescence”) (Wikipedia) (Book) “America's Secret Establishment: Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones” by Antony Sutton (see: chapter 8 “How The Order Controls Education”; “Yale Troika”) (1986) (Book) “Principles of Secondary Education”by Alexander James Inglis (1918)   “The Aims and Functions of Secondary Education” (Chapter X, pg. 367) “The Organization of Secondary Education: Curriculums (Chapter XX, pg. 668) Adjustive Function (Fixed Habits) Integrative Function Directive Function Differentiating Function Selective Function Propaedeutic Function British Class System Elwood P. Cubberley (Wikipedia) Bionomics / The Law of Life (Wikipedia) (Book) “Cubberley of Stanford and his contribution to American Education“ by  (Stanford Press) Leland Stanford (Wikipedia) (Book) “An Introduction to the Study of Education” by Elwood P. Cubberley (Riverside Textbooks In Education; 1925, Houghton Mifflin Co.) The Inglis Lecture (Harvard, 1933) Hour 5, minutes 45 -end (approx.):   Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 45-end: Definition of “Predator” Compassionate Communication (Wikipedia) (Book) “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg (Video) Marshall Rosenberg on Nonviolent Communication (YouTube playlist) (Video) UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED Conference) (Video) George Hunt on the UNCED Earth Summit (UNCED Conference; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1992) TriviumEducation.com (Website) TheUltimateHistoryLesson.com (Website) Occupy Wall Street (Wikipedia) Incompetence (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition)   THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 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 Notes, Links, and References for further study: David Norman Dinkins  (Wikipedia)(106th Mayor of New York City, 1990 – 1993) Ed Koch  (Wikipedia) (105th Mayor of New York City, 1978 – 1989) Alfred North Whitehead (Wikipedia) (Book) “The Aims of Education and Other Essays” by Alfred North Whitehead (1929) Hubert's Dime Museum & Flea Circus Flea Circus (Wikipedia) Fleas aren't “trained”, they are categorized, restrained, and put to work; just as students are in schools. Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia) Machiavellian techniques (Wikipedia) Roman Collegia (Wikipedia) John Calvin + Theocratic State (Washington State University archive) Theocracy (Wikipedia) Capital (Wikipedia) Overproduction (Wikipedia) Hyperdemocracy (Wikipedia) Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 1-15: Carl von Clausewitz (Wikipedia) (Book) “On War” by Carl von Clausewitz (1832) (page 490) Battle of Jena (Wikipedia) Roman Collegia (Wikipedia) Mark Antony (Wikipedia) Niccolò Machiavelli (Wikipedia) (Book) “The Discourses” by Epictetus, Translated by W.A. Oldfather (108 AD) (Book) “The Prince” by Niccolò Machiavelli, Translated by N. H. Thomson (1532) (Book) “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu (4-3 Century BC) Qaballah (Wikipedia) Tree of Life (www.ifdawn.com – Qabala information website) (Book) “Qaballah: The Mystical Heritage of the Children of Abraham” by Daniel Feldman Trivium (Wikipedia) Quadrivium (Wikipedia) Mudsill Theory (Wikipedia) (Video) “The Lightbulb Conspiracy” Brutus (Wikipedia) Julius Caesar (Wikipedia) (Congressional Record; Scribd) U. S. Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates “Steps Toward British Union, a World State, and International Strife – Part I" Honorable Jacob Thorkelson (Montana) Monday August 19, 1940 Jacob Thorkelson (Wikipedia) Andrew Carnegie October 14, 1904 “Drifting Together Will the United States and Canada Unite?” Intelligensia BF Trantowsky (Book) “Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith” by James H. Billington (1980) James H. Billington (Wikipedia) André-Marie Ampère (Wikipedia) The Pilgrims Society (Wikipedia) Albion (Wikipedia) (Book) “War and Education” by Porter Sargent (1943) (Book) “Getting Us Into War” by Porter Sargent (1941) Lord Lothain (Book) “The Anglo-American Establishment” by Carroll Quigley (1949) (Introductory chapter; overview of the Round Table groups) Cecil Rhodes Roundtable (Wikipedia) / Milner Kindergarten (Wikipedia) (Book) “Sociology of the Elites” Mosca Pareto (Book) “The Ruling Class” Gaetano Mosca (Wikipedia) Vilfredo Pareto (Wikipedia) Elite Theory (Wikipedia) (Book) “Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making” by David Rothkopf (2008) (Video) “The Corporation Nation” by Clint Richardson (2010)(Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) Corporate Personhood (Wikipedia) Legal Personality (Wikipedia) Santa Clara County  vs Southern Pacific RR (1896) (Wikipedia) (Book) “Unequal Protection” by Thom Hartman (2004) Hour 5, minutes 15 -30 (approx.): “The Crisis of Democracy: Report of the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission” by Michel J. Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki (1975) Sandinista National Liberation Front (Wikipedia) Iran Contra (Wikipedia) Paris Peace Conference 1919 (Wikipedia) Col. Edward Mandell House (Wikipedia) (Book) “Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World” by Margaret MacMillan (2002) Hồ Chí Minh (Wikipedia) Commodore Matthew C. Perry / Opening of Japan (About.com) (Document) Abraham Lincoln's Speech Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 (Book) "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond Goldcorp, Inc. (Wikipedia) “He Struck Gold on the Net (Really)” (Fast Company magazine article by Linda Tischler; May 31, 2002) (Book) “Discovering: Inventing & Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge” by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein & Michèle Root-Bernstein(1997) (Book) “Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People” by Robert Scott Root-Bernstein (2001) John Kanzius (Wikipedia) “The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?” (CBS News, April 2008) Thomas Edison (Wikipedia) Benjamin Franklin (Wikipedia) Albert Einstein (Wikipedia) Max Planck (Wikipedia) James Clerk Maxwell (Wikipedia) Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 15-30: (Book) “Weapons of Mass Instruction” by John Taylor Gatto The Trivium (www.triviumeducation.com) “The Crisis of Democracy: Report of the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission” by Michel J. Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki (1975) (Book) “Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel P. Huntington (1998) “When the Elite Loved LSD” (Time U.S. Article from April 23, 2007; search Henry Luce) The Trilateral Commission (Wikipedia) David Rockefeller (Wikipedia) Jimmy Carter (Wikipedia) Zbigniew Brzezinski (Wikipedia) Nelson Rockefeller (Wikipedia) Barack Obama + Brezynski + Afghanistan (CIA) Cybernetics (Wikipedia) Bronislaw Trentowski (Wikipedia) (Book) “Fire in the Minds of Men” by James H. Billington (1980) (see chapter 8 “Prophecy: The Emergence of an Intelligentsia”; page 231, “Trentowski”  (Book) “The Relationship of Philosophy to Cybernetics; or The Art of Ruling Nations”, Trentowski also invented the words “intelligentsia” & “cybernetics”) Staatswissenschaft (Political Science as introduced from Prussia into the U.S. via Columbia University 1890; see: “Politics and Progress” by Dennis J. Mahoney) Andrew Dickson White of the Yale Troika (Wikipedia) Daniel Coit Gilman of the Yale Troika (Wikipedia) (Book) “America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones” by Antony Sutton (chapter 8 “How The Order Controls Education”) (1986) (Book) “Politics and Progress: The Emergence of American Political Science” by Dennis J. Mahoney Political Science (Wikipedia) “Dialectic and the Myth of Government” (Gnostic Media episode #115 interview with Larken Rose) Defintion of Volition (www.thefreedictionary.com) (Book) “Sic Itur Ad Astra” by Andrew J. Galambos (1998) John Dewey (www.pragmatism.org) John Dewey (Wikipedia) Bureaucracy (Wikipedia) (Book) "Public Opinion" by Walter Lippmann (1922) The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Wikipedia) "Politics and Progress: The Emergence of American Political Science" (chapter 4) (1st name & then - Raymond B. Cattell or Raymond G. Gattel) Pragmatism (Wikipedia) Emmanuel Kant (Wikipedia) (Video) The Trivium “How to Free Your Mind” by Jan Irvin Gnostic Media episodes: 49) Gene Odening interview, Part 1 – “The TRIVIUM Method” 50) Gene Odening interview, Part 2 – “The Quadrivium” 51) Gene Odening interview, Part 3 – “The Qabalah and the Mystery Schools” Amtssprache (Wikipedia) (Meaning “Official Language”; 1) the language of an area; 2) bureaucrat speak (Book) "The Franklin Cover-Up" by Senator John DeCamp (2005) (Video) "The Conspiracy of Silence" (Discovery Channel Documentary about the Franklin Cover-Up) Cognitive Dissonance (Wikipedia) Definition of Entropy (www.hyperphysics.phy-astr.gus.edu) Definition of Entropy (Thermodynamic explanation; Wikipedia) Definition of Entropy (In Information Theory) Entropy and Information (Definition of Entropy in relation to Information; from Principia Cybernetica Web) Hour 5, minutes 30 -45 (approx.): (Book) “Principles of Psychology” by William James (1890) William James(Wikipedia) Wilhelm Wundt(Wikipedia) (Book) “Principles of Secondary Education” by Alexander James Inglis (1918) (Book) “Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time” by Carroll Quigley (1966) Charles Darwin (Wikipedia) Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 30-45: Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia) (Book) “The Principles of Psychology” by William James (Chapter IV; 1890) (Ctrl-F (find function) “Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society…”) Alexander James Inglis James Bryant Conant (Wikipedia) (Book) "Compromised Campus” by Sigmund Diamond (1992) (Oxford University Press) James Corbett /Richard Grove (Interview) (Book) “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time” by Carroll Quigley (The Japanese Assualt, 1931 – 1941; pg. 561 CTRL-F (find function) “Japanese constitution of 1889”) Prussian Education Model (Wikipedia) G. Stanley Hall (term “adolescence”) (Wikipedia) (Book) “America's Secret Establishment: Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones” by Antony Sutton (see: chapter 8 “How The Order Controls Education”; “Yale Troika”) (1986) (Book) “Principles of Secondary Education” by Alexander James Inglis (1918)   “The Aims and Functions of Secondary Education” (Chapter X, pg. 367) “The Organization of Secondary Education: Curriculums (Chapter XX, pg. 668) Adjustive Function (Fixed Habits) Integrative Function Directive Function Differentiating Function Selective Function Propaedeutic Function British Class System Elwood P. Cubberley (Wikipedia) Bionomics / The Law of Life (Wikipedia) (Book) “Cubberley of Stanford and his contribution to American Education“ by  (Stanford Press) Leland Stanford (Wikipedia) (Book) “An Introduction to the Study of Education” by Elwood P. Cubberley (Riverside Textbooks In Education; 1925, Houghton Mifflin Co.) The Inglis Lecture (Harvard, 1933) Hour 5, minutes 45 -end (approx.):   Hour 5 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 45-end: Definition of “Predator” Compassionate Communication (Wikipedia) (Book) “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg (Video) Marshall Rosenberg on Nonviolent Communication (YouTube playlist) (Video) UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED Conference) (Video) George Hunt on the UNCED Earth Summit (UNCED Conference; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1992) TriviumEducation.com (Website) TheUltimateHistoryLesson.com (Website) Occupy Wall Street (Wikipedia) Incompetence (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition)  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 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Peace Revolution episode 044: The Ultimate History Lesson w/ John Taylor Gatto / Hour 4 + Commentary Notes, References, and Links for further study:  Use the donation buttons at the bottom of these notes, or on the sidebar of this site, or the sidebar of Tragedy and Hope dot com,  for “The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto” multi-DVD interview project, currently in post-production. With over 5 hours of interview footage, this is a collection of education which is invaluable. If you donate $50 or more towards the completion of this project, you will receive the entire DVD set; as our way of saying Thanks! Your invitation to the Tragedy and Hope online critical thinking community Peace Revolution Podcast's primary hosting site (2009-2011) Peace Revolution Podcast's backup hosting site (2006-2011, also includes the 9/11 Synchronicity Podcast episodes, starting at the bottom of the page) Tragedy and Hope dot com (all of our media productions, freeto the public) On the top menu, there is a “Trivium” selection, which includes the Brain model discussed in Peace Revolution episodes. “A Peaceful Solution” by Willie Nelson w/thanks to the Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute T&H Partner Podcasts: Media Monarchy, Corbett Report, Gnostic Media, & Remedy Radio Useful Tools: www.StartPage.com (It uses Google's search algorithm, but doesn'tcollect your private info and search history) StartPage search engine Firefox add-on The Brain(mind mapping software to organize your research) download for FREE The free version works for all functions except web publication Ultimate History Lesson Hour 4, minutes 1 -15 (approx.) (Book) “The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium” by John of Salisbury Thomas Becket (on Wikipedia) John of Salisbury (on Wikipedia) R. Gordon Wasson (on Wikipedia) (Book) “Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality” by R. Gordon Wasson (1972) (Book) “Mushrooms, Russia and History” by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson (1957) (click here to read Volume I & click here to read Volume II) Antony Sutton Lysander Spooner (on Wikipedia) Frédéric Bastiat (on Wikipedia) (Book) “The Law” by Frédéric Bastiat Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede St. Ignatius Loyola (Catholic encyclopedia) Protestant Reformation (on Wikipedia) Counter-Reformation (on Wikipedia) The Society of Jesus (“Jesuits”; Catholic encyclopedia) Adam Weishaupt (on Wikipedia) (Book) “The Leipzig Connection: Basics in Education” by Paolo Lionni (1993) Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (on Wikipedia) Johann Kaspar Lavater (on Wikipedia) Prussian Education System (on Wikipedia) (Book)  “The Story of Civilization” (11-volume set) by Will & Ariel Durant Admiral David Farragut (on Wikipedia) Hemp + George Washington/Thomas Jefferson (Book) “The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana… and How Hemp Can Save The World” by Jack Herer (1973) Hearst  + HEMP prohibition Hour 4 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 1-15: UNCED (Youtube Video) (6:00 Talks about Rothschild funding of Rhodes) John of Salisbury(Wikipedia) Metalogicon (Wikipedia) Thomas Beckett (Wikipedia) R. Gordon Wasson (Wikipedia) JP Morgan (Wikipedia) (Book) "Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality (Ethno-Mycological Studies)" by Robert Gordon Wasson Life Magazine May 13th 1957 "Seeking the magic mushroom" (Magazine Article) Robert Gordon Wasson (Library / Archives) JP Morgan (Library / Archives) Century Club (Wikipedia) Wall Street – The Corner (Wikipedia) Edward Bernays (Wikipedia) (Book) "Propaganda" by Edward Bernays All Souls College, Oxford (Wikipedia) (Book) "Hall-Carbine Affair" by R Gordon Wasson Allan Nevins letters (Wikipedia) American Historical Association (Wikipedia) Carnegie Endowment (Wikipedia) Psilocybin Mushrooms (Wikipedia) John G Bourke (Wikipedia)  (Book) "Scatological Rites of All Nations" by John G Bourke (Book) "Sacred Mushroom Seeker: Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson" by Thomas J. Riedlinger Mazatec Indians (Wikipedia) Mazatec Indians (Catholic Encyclopedia) Maria Sabina (Wikipedia) Council on Foreign Relations (Wikipedia) Charles Douglas Jackson (Wikipedia) Henry P Davidson (Wikipedia) Henry Luce (Wikipedia) Time Life Magazine (Wikipedia) Allen Dulles (Wikipedia) National Geographic (Wikipedia) Clair Booth Luce (Wikipedia) “When the Elite Loved LSD” (Time Article) “Cary in the Sky with Diamonds” by Cari Beauchamp and Jude Bachrach  (VanityFair Article) Timothy Leary (Wikipedia) “IMAGE OF AN ASSASSINATION; A new look at the Zapruder film” (YouTube Video) (CD Jackson is referenced as the man who bought the Zapruder film) (Book) “SYKEWAR: Psychological Warfare against Germany, D-Day to VE-Day” by David Lerner (Includes William Paley and CD Jackson as psychological warfare during WWII) Abe Zapruder (Spartacus Educational Blog – Wikipedia Links imbedded within text) Lee Harvey Oswald (Wikipedia) Valentina Pavlovna Wasson (Erowid Entry) (Book) “Mushrooms, Russia, and History” by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson (.pdf's are at the bottom of the page) History of the Hippie Movement (Wikipedia) (Wasson + Psychedelic Revolution + New Age) Psychedelic Experience (Wikipedia) Heraldo Show (YouTube Video) (March 6, 1975; First Public Showing of the Zapruder Film) Kennedy's Executive Order 11110 (Wikipedia) Cold War (Wikipedia) (Book) "Compromised Campus" by Sigmund Diamond Harold J. Berman (Wikipedia) James Bryant Conant (Wikipedia) Utopia (Wikipedia) The Republic (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) The Laws (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (Book) "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker London School of Economics (Wikipedia) Thomas Campbell Wasson (Wikipedia) Antony Sutton (Wikipedia) Stanford University (Wikipedia) Daughters of the Barons of Runnymede (Wikipedia) (Book) “Underground History of American Education” by John Taylor Gatto; Chapter 12 entitled “Daughter's of the Barons of Runnymede” (Book) "America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones" by Antony Sutton (Book) "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" by Charlotte Iserbyte Jan Iserbyte (SunJournal Article) King Leopold - White King Red Rubber Black Death (Google Video) U.S. Department of Education (Wikipedia) (Book) "The Underground History of American Education" by John Taylor Gatto Dark Ages (Wikipedia) Adoption (Wikipedia) Ignatius of Loyola (Wikipedia) Ignatius of Loyola (Catholic Encyclopedia) The Jesuits (Catholic Encyclopedia) Alumbrados (Wikipedia) Alumbrados (Catholic Encyclopedia) Bavarian Illuminati (Wikipedia) Protestantism (Wikipedia) Counter-Reformation (Wikipedia) Counter-Reformation (Catholic Encyclopedia) "The Role of the Venetian Oligarchy in Reformation, Counter-reformation, Enlightenment, and the Thirty Years' War" by Webster Tarpley  (Essay) (Book) "The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus" by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas Webster Tarpley (Wikipedia) (Book) "Institutes on the Christian Religion" by John Calvin Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (Wikipedia) Adam Weishaupt (Wikipedia) Bavarian Illuminati Reference materials Oxford English Dictionary Illuminati: ‖‖ illuminati, n. pl. Also sing. illuminato (-ˈɑːtəʊ); †plur. -oes. Plural of L. illūminātus, It. -ato ‘enlightened', used in fig. sense.] A name assumed by or applied to various societies or sects because of their claim to special enlightenment in religious, or (later) intellectual, matters. a.a Applied to a sect of Spanish heretics which existed in the 16th c. under the name Alumbrados or ‘enlightened'; subsequently, to a similar but obscure sect of Familists which arose in France in Louis XIII's reign. 1599 Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 166 An other pestilent Sect there was not long since of the Illuminati in Aragon.    1652 R. Boreman Countr. Catech. ii. 5 The Illuminatoes of the times, the Anabaptists.    1686 tr. Bouhours' St. Ignatius ii. 77 The Inquisitors‥were induced to believe, that‥the Person‥might either be an Illuminato or a Lutheran.    1749 G. Lavington Enthus. Methodists & Papists (1754) I. ii. 114 The Alumbrado's or Illuminati of Spain. b.b Used to render Ger. Illuminaten, the name of a celebrated secret society, founded at Ingolstadt in Bavaria, in 1776, by Professor Adam Weishaupt, holding deistic and republican principles, and having an organization akin to freemasonry; hence applied to other thinkers regarded as atheistic or free-thinking, e.g. the French Encyclopædists. 1797 J. Robison (title) Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the secret meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies.    1798 Washington Lett. Writ. 1893 XIV. 119 The doctrines of the Illuminati and principles of Jacobinism.    1802 Kett Elem. Gen. Knowl. 71 (Jod.) The Freethinkers of England, the Philosophists of France, and the Illuminati of Germany. c.c gen. Persons affecting or claiming to possess special knowledge or enlightenment on any subject: often used satirically. 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall i, The conversation among these illuminati soon became animated.    1846 H. Rogers Ess. I. iv. 157 What was dark to himself was happily quite clear to these illuminati [the alchemists].    1850 Marg. Fuller Life without & Life within (1860) 41 Wilhelm is deemed worthy of admission to the society of the Illuminati, that is, those who have pierced the secret of life, and know what it is to be and to do.    a 1878 Sir G. Scott Recollect. iii. (1879) 111 All thanks and honour‥to the older Pugin, however much our illuminati may sneer.    1887 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 592 An illuminato like Katkoff may write as if Russia was invincible; practical men know better. 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition (Pre-Censorship for mass distribution) Illuminati Catholic Encyclopedia Illuminati At first (1774) he aimed at an arrangement with the Freemasons. Closer inquiry, however, destroyed his high estimate of this organization, and he resolved to found a new society which, surrounded with the greatest possible secrecy, would enable him most effectually to realize his aims and could at all times be precisely adapted to the needs of the age and local conditions. Estonian Wikipedia entry for Illuminati (translated) Cites “Kindergarten” as a novice initiative level of the Illuminati Illuminati Sightseeing: The Masonic Congress of Wilhelmsbad (1782) Illuminati (and all Secret Societies) banned in Bavaria (1785) How to enforce such a law? Documents published by the Bavarian Government 1796 Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften welche die Illuminatensekte (1787) Amazon.com “Nachtrag Von Weitern Originalschriften, Welche Die Illuminatensekte Überhaupt, Sonderbar Aber Den Stifter, Derselben Adam Weishaupt ... Betreffen, Und ... Illuminaten-Neste, Vorgen...” (German Edition) [Paperback] Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature (Author) Google Books: “Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften, welche die Illuminatensekte überhaupt, sonderbar aber den Stifter, derselben Adam Weishaupt ... betreffen, und bey der auf dem Baron Bassusischen Schloss zu Sandersdorf, einem bekannten Illuminaten-Neste, vorgenommenen Visitation endeckt, sofort auf Churfürstlich höchsten Befehl gedruckt ... ; zwo Abtheilungen” (Google eBook) Archive.org: “Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften, welche die Illuminatensekte überhaupt, sonderbar aber …” (1787) Einige Originalschriften Des Illuminaten Ordens Munich (1787) Scribd.com: “Einige Originalschriften Des Illuminaten Ordens, Munich, 1787 Color” Die Neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo (1793) Google Books: “Die neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo in dem Illuminaten-Orden” (Google eBook) Amazon.com: “Die Neuesten Arbeiten Des Spartacus Und Philo In Dem Illuminaten-orden” (German Edition) by Ludwig Adolf Christian von Grolmann Scribd.com: “Die Neuesten Arbeiten Des Sparticus Und Philo, Munich” (1793) Yet the “Illuminati” and “Illuminism” continue to spread in America… “Illuminati Conspiracy Part One: A Precise Exegesis on the Available Evidence” - by Terry Melanson, Aug. 5th, 2005 (Book) “Proofs of a Conspiracy” by Professor John Robison (1798) Member of the Royal Society and Professor of Physics – John Robison (Wikipedia) George Washington's Letters (October 24, 1798) “George Washington acknowledge the Doctrines of the Illuminati were Spreading in the United States” Library of Congress (Search “Illuminati”) Thomas Jefferson's Letters “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, Volume VII, 1795-1801, pp. 419-421 See also: "As Weishaupt lived under the tyranny of a despot and priests, he knew that caution was necessary even in spreading information, and the principles of pure morality. This has given an air of mystery to his views, was the foundation of his banishment.... If Weishaupt had written here, where no secrecy is necessary in our endeavors to render men wise and virtuous, he would not have thought of any secret machinery for that purpose." - Thomas Jefferson John Quincy Adams' “Letters on Freemasonry” (1832) (Archive.org) The Morgan Affair of 1826 (Death of William Morgan) Anti-Masonic Party (Wikipedia) (1st third-party formed in America) Creation of Mormonism: "Mormonism is designed to appear to be a religion, but it is instead a secret society at its core. In fact, since its inception, it had a structure and goals similar to the Bavarian Illuminati. Its mysticism and religious doctrine read just as if lifted from Masonic texts and Kabbalistic writings. It was created after the Morgan Affair of 1826 when the Freemason sect was nationally under attack and virtually came to an end. Mormonism was a means of continuation by another name, but with clever modern occult doctrines of communism and plural wives added in the mix. "  Moses Hess (Wikipedia) (Book) 1861: “The Revival of Israel / Rome and Jerusalem: The Last Nationalist Question” by Moses Hess 1917: Balfour Declaration / Letter from Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild on behalf of the Monarchy of Great Britain (Book) “Morals and Dogma” by Gen. Albert Pike Scottish Rite Freemasonry “New England and the Bavarian Illuminati” (Columbia University) Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University 1918 “Jews and Freemasons in Europe 1723-1939” by Jacob Katz, The University of Jerusalem and published by Harvard University Press (1970) (Book) “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time” by Professor Carroll Quigley (1966) Carroll Quigley (Wikipedia) (Tutor to Rhodes Scholar William J. Clinton) (Book) “Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith” by James H. Billington James H. Billington (Wikipedia) (Rhodes Scholar and Librarian of Congress) “The Real New World Order” by Anne-Marie Slaughter Council on Foreign Relations Publication Noam Chomsky (Wikipedia) “The New World Order” C-SPAN presentation (1998) (Book) “Perfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati” by Terry Melanson “Computer Scientists Crack “Unbreakable” Code, Find Minutes of 250-Year-Old Secret Society” (Discover Magazine, 2011) (Book) “The Leipzig Connection” by Paolo Lionni (Amazon) The artificial extension of childhood Rendering children harmless Training future recruits Hazing in fraternities To marginalize the young, considered to be the ‘most dangerous' (Book) “The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written The History of Thought From Ancient Times to Today” by Martin Seymour-Smith Page 49 According to Plutarch Alexander wrote a letter to Aristotle Hemp Facts / North American Hemp Council (NAIHC Website) (Book) Jack Herer “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” (See Links Below) It's like public schooling puts blindfolds on us, and the elite are so confident that everyone is blinded by the school system; that they're now walking around nakedly exhibiting their greed and malign for the public… and it's time we called them out, and show everyone how to un-blindfold themselves. (Book) "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer Chapter 4: A Conspiracy to Wipe Out the Natural Competition (Benjamin Franklin + Paper Mills) Chapter 1: American Historical Notes Chapter 9: Energy and the Economy (Henry Ford Hemp for Fuel) William Randolph Hearst (Wikipedia) RKO 281 (Movie) “The American Experience” The Battle Over Citizen Kane (Documentary) Citizen Kane (Movie) DuPont (Wikipedia) Ultimate History Lesson Hour 4, minutes 15 -30 (approx.) (Book) “A Dictionary of the English Language” by Samuel Johnson (1755) (Book) “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius Antonitus (circa 180) (Book) “The Works of Julius Caesar” John Taylor Gatto + Trivium + Gnostic Media Trivium (on Wikipedia) Quadrivium (on Wikipedia) “The Lost Tools of Learning” by Dorothy Sayers Hour 4 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 15 -30 (approx.) Bionomics (Wikipedia) (Book) "Molecular Vision of Life" by Lily E. Kay Rockefeller Foundation (Wikipedia) Eugenics (Wikipedia) Science of Man / Edward Alsworth Ross (Yale Review, Volume 2) The Rockfeller Foundation's Molecular Vision of Life — How the Aims of Eugenics, Social Control, and Human Engineering Shaped Molecular Biology and 20th Century Science.  A Review of Lily E. Kay's The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Oxford University Press, 1993), January16, 2009.  Reviewed by Chris Masterjohn. (Search term “social control” – Coined by Edward Alsworth Ross) Lionus Pauling (Wikipedia) Clarence Streit (Wikipedia) (Book) “Union Now with Britain” by Clarence Streit Rhodes Milner Round Table Movement (Wikipedia) Elwood P Cubberly (Wikipedia) Teachers College, Columbia University (Wikipedia) Edward Thorndyke (Wikipedia) (Book) "Manager's of Virtue" by David Tyack and Elizabeth Hansot Definition of Allusion (Wikipedia) (Book) "Perfectibilists" by Terry Melanson  (Book) "Illuminati Manifesto of World Revolution 1792 by Niccolas Bonneville translated by Marco de Luchetti" (Book) 1797 J. Robison (title) "Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the secret meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies" Abbe Barruel (Wikipedia) Free Draft Chapters of The Illuminati of Bavaria by Marco de Luchetti Chapter Nine - Illuminati Aims.pdf: Taking Education of Children Away from Parents (Book) "Brave New World" by Aldus Huxley Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Wikipedia) Zeitgeist Movement (Wikipedia) All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis (TopDocumentaryFilms.com) Dan Brown (Wikipedia) The Da Vinci Code (IMDb) Angel's and Demons (IMDb) Esalen Institute (Wikipedia) Terence McKenna (Wikipedia) 2012 Phenomenon (Wikipedia) Tavistock Institute (Wikipedia) MK-Ultra (Wikipedia) Strict Observance Lodge (Wikipedia) Scottish Rite Freemasonry (Wikipedia) York Rite Freemasonry (Wikipedia) Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (Wikipedia) Aldolph Freiherr Knigge (Wikipedia) Congress of Wilhelmsbad (Metapedia) French Revolution (Wikipedia) (Book) "Tragedy and Hope" by Carroll Quigley Jacobins (Wikipedia) French Revolution (Wikipedia) (Book) "Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith" by James H. Billington Nicholas Bonneville (Wikipedia) J.C. Bode  (Illuminati of Bavaria) Amis Reunis Lodge (Bavarian Illuminati: Home of the Original Writings of the Illuminati) Thomas Paine's ménage a trios with Bonneville's wife (Chapter 4: The Occult Origins of Organization) Benjamin Bonneville (Wikipedia) (Astor financed his western expeditions) The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers (YouTube Video) Johann Gottlieb Fichte (Wikipedia) Alfred the Great (Wikipedia) Aide-de-champ Marquis De Lafayette (Wikipedia) Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (Wikipedia) (Book) "Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine (Expose on Christian Paganism) Niccolò Machiavelli (Wikipedia) (Book) "The Art of War" by Niccolo Machiavelli Johann Gottlieb Fichte c. Ficthte's Return to the University and his Final Years (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Wikipedia) V for Vendetta (Wikipedia) Movie (IMDb) Script (IMSDb) Immanuel Kant (Wikipedia) Jacob Friedrich von Able (Wikipedia) Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (Wikipedia) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Wikipedia) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Friedrich Schiller (Wikipedia) (Book) "Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition" by Glen Alexander Magee (Book) "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry" by Albert Pike Kabbalah (Wikipedia) Etymology of Pedagogue (Online Etymology Dictionary) “WEARERS OF FEZZES: Facts About An Arabic Order And Its American Uses: KNOWN AS MYSTIC SHRINERS: Has Existed in Arabia Since A.D. 664, and Was Instituted by Son-in-Law of Mohammed” (The Saint Paul globe., September 08, 1901, Page 14, Image 14) Wahhabi Islam (Wikipedia) “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers” (Youtube Video) Ben Franklin is referenced as being a Freemason at the Amis Reunis Lodge, a lodge infiltrated by the Illuminati ( Book) "Freedom and Religion in Kant and his Immediate Successors: The Vocation of Humankind, 1774-1800" by George di Giovanni  (Weishaupt's Critiques of Kant) James Pierpont Greaves (Wikipedia) Yverdon School (heinrich-pestalozzi.de) (Book) “History of the Philosophy of Mind: Embracing the Opinions of All Writers on Mental Science from the Earliest Period to the Present Time” by Robert Blakey Alcott House (Wikipedia) Amos Bronson Alcott (Wikipedia) Elizabeth Peabody (Wikipedia) Horace Mann (Wikipedia) American Transcendental Movement (Wikipedia) Fruitlands (Wikipedia) Amos Bronson Alcott (Wikipedia) Charles Lane (Wikipedia) (Book) "Leipzig Connection Basics of Education" by Paolo Lionni Johan Kaspar Lavater (Wikipedia) (Book) "America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skill and Bones" by Antony Sutton (for “Yale Troika” reference, see the chapter “How The Order Controls Education”) Macy Conferences (Wikipedia) “The Net – The Unabomber, LSD, and the Internet” (YouTube Video) (Book) "Tripping" by B.H. Friedman Albert Hoffmann (Wikipedia) Search “Sandoz Laboratories” within the Wikipedia (Book) “A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments” by H.P. Albarelli Jr. Johann Friedrich Herbart  (Wikipedia) Wilhelm Wundt (Wikipedia) G. Stanley Hall (Wikipedia)  John Dewey (Wikipedia) Daniel Coit Gilman (Wikipedia) Timothy Dwight (Wikipedia) Andrew Dickson White (Cornell University Andrew Dickson White (Wikipedia) Edward Everett (Wikipedia) “National Academy of Sciences: James Rowland Angell 1869 – 1949” A Biographical Memoir by W.S. Hunter (National Academies Press) (Book) "Memorable Things of Socrates" by Xenophon Trivium (Wikipedia) + Quadrivium (Wikipedia) "The Lost Tools of Learning" by Dorothy Sayers (Essay) (Books) "The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus" Page 336, 2nd paragraph has the description of the Wood Manuscript Julius Caesar's Carthaginian Wars (Wikipedia) Divide and Rule (Wikipedia) History of the University of Chicago (Wikipedia) (Rockefeller's Removal of the Classics from American Education) Abraham Lincoln to the Wisconsin Agricultural Society (USDA National Agricultural Library) Mudsill Theory (Wikipedia) Temet Nosce (Wikipedia) (Know Thyself) Ultimate History Lesson Hour 4, minutes 30 -45 (approx.) 14 Principles of Elite Private Boarding Schools (John Taylor Gatto) Groton School (on Wikipedia) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (attended Groton School) St. Paul's School (on Wikipedia) John Kerry (attended St. Paul's School) Phillips Academy Andover (on Wikipedia) George W. 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 Peace Revolution episode 044: The Ultimate History Lesson w/ John Taylor Gatto / Hour 4 + CommentaryNotes, References, and Links for further study: Your invitation to the Tragedy and Hope online critical thinking communityPeace Revolution Podcast's primary hosting site (2009-2011)Peace Revolution Podcast's backup hosting site (2006-2011, also includes the 9/11 Synchronicity Podcast episodes, starting at the bottom of the page)Tragedy and Hope dot com (all of our media productions, freeto the public). On the top menu, there is a “Trivium” selection, which includes the Brain model discussed in Peace Revolution episodes.  Ultimate History Lesson Hour 4, minutes 1 -15 (approx.) (Book) “The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium” by John of Salisbury Thomas Becket (on Wikipedia) John of Salisbury (on Wikipedia) R. Gordon Wasson (on Wikipedia) (Book) “Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality” by R. Gordon Wasson (1972) (Book) “Mushrooms, Russia and History” by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. 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Also sing. illuminato (-ˈɑːtəʊ); †plur. -oes. Plural of L. illūminātus, It. -ato ‘enlightened', used in fig. sense.] A name assumed by or applied to various societies or sects because of their claim to special enlightenment in religious, or (later) intellectual, matters. a.a Applied to a sect of Spanish heretics which existed in the 16th c. under the name Alumbrados or ‘enlightened'; subsequently, to a similar but obscure sect of Familists which arose in France in Louis XIII's reign. 1599 Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 166 An other pestilent Sect there was not long since of the Illuminati in Aragon.    1652 R. Boreman Countr. Catech. ii. 5 The Illuminatoes of the times, the Anabaptists.    1686 tr. Bouhours' St. Ignatius ii. 77 The Inquisitors‥were induced to believe, that‥the Person‥might either be an Illuminato or a Lutheran.    1749 G. Lavington Enthus. Methodists & Papists (1754) I. ii. 114 The Alumbrado's or Illuminati of Spain. b.b Used to render Ger. Illuminaten, the name of a celebrated secret society, founded at Ingolstadt in Bavaria, in 1776, by Professor Adam Weishaupt, holding deistic and republican principles, and having an organization akin to freemasonry; hence applied to other thinkers regarded as atheistic or free-thinking, e.g. the French Encyclopædists. 1797 J. Robison (title) Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the secret meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies.    1798 Washington Lett. Writ. 1893 XIV. 119 The doctrines of the Illuminati and principles of Jacobinism.    1802 Kett Elem. Gen. Knowl. 71 (Jod.) The Freethinkers of England, the Philosophists of France, and the Illuminati of Germany. c.c gen. Persons affecting or claiming to possess special knowledge or enlightenment on any subject: often used satirically. 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall i, The conversation among these illuminati soon became animated.    1846 H. Rogers Ess. I. iv. 157 What was dark to himself was happily quite clear to these illuminati [the alchemists].    1850 Marg. Fuller Life without & Life within (1860) 41 Wilhelm is deemed worthy of admission to the society of the Illuminati, that is, those who have pierced the secret of life, and know what it is to be and to do.    a 1878 Sir G. Scott Recollect. iii. (1879) 111 All thanks and honour‥to the older Pugin, however much our illuminati may sneer.    1887 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 592 An illuminato like Katkoff may write as if Russia was invincible; practical men know better. 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition (Pre-Censorship for mass distribution) Illuminati Catholic Encyclopedia Illuminati At first (1774) he aimed at an arrangement with the Freemasons. Closer inquiry, however, destroyed his high estimate of this organization, and he resolved to found a new society which, surrounded with the greatest possible secrecy, would enable him most effectually to realize his aims and could at all times be precisely adapted to the needs of the age and local conditions. Estonian Wikipedia entry for Illuminati (translated) Cites “Kindergarten” as a novice initiative level of the Illuminati Illuminati Sightseeing: The Masonic Congress of Wilhelmsbad (1782) Illuminati (and all Secret Societies) banned in Bavaria (1785) How to enforce such a law? Documents published by the Bavarian Government 1796 Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften welche die Illuminatensekte (1787) Amazon.com “Nachtrag Von Weitern Originalschriften, Welche Die Illuminatensekte Überhaupt, Sonderbar Aber Den Stifter, Derselben Adam Weishaupt ... Betreffen, Und ... Illuminaten-Neste, Vorgen...” (German Edition) [Paperback] Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature (Author) Google Books: “Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften, welche die Illuminatensekte überhaupt, sonderbar aber den Stifter, derselben Adam Weishaupt ... betreffen, und bey der auf dem Baron Bassusischen Schloss zu Sandersdorf, einem bekannten Illuminaten-Neste, vorgenommenen Visitation endeckt, sofort auf Churfürstlich höchsten Befehl gedruckt ... ; zwo Abtheilungen” (Google eBook) Archive.org: “Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften, welche die Illuminatensekte überhaupt, sonderbar aber …” (1787) Einige Originalschriften Des Illuminaten Ordens Munich (1787) Scribd.com: “Einige Originalschriften Des Illuminaten Ordens, Munich, 1787 Color” Die Neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo (1793) Google Books: “Die neuesten Arbeiten des Spartacus und Philo in dem Illuminaten-Orden” (Google eBook) Amazon.com: “Die Neuesten Arbeiten Des Spartacus Und Philo In Dem Illuminaten-orden” (German Edition) by Ludwig Adolf Christian von Grolmann Scribd.com: “Die Neuesten Arbeiten Des Sparticus Und Philo, Munich” (1793) Yet the “Illuminati” and “Illuminism” continue to spread in America… “Illuminati Conspiracy Part One: A Precise Exegesis on the Available Evidence” - by Terry Melanson, Aug. 5th, 2005 (Book) “Proofs of a Conspiracy” by Professor John Robison (1798) Member of the Royal Society and Professor of Physics – John Robison (Wikipedia) George Washington's Letters (October 24, 1798) “George Washington acknowledge the Doctrines of the Illuminati were Spreading in the United States” Library of Congress (Search “Illuminati”) Thomas Jefferson's Letters “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, Volume VII, 1795-1801, pp. 419-421 See also: "As Weishaupt lived under the tyranny of a despot and priests, he knew that caution was necessary even in spreading information, and the principles of pure morality. This has given an air of mystery to his views, was the foundation of his banishment.... If Weishaupt had written here, where no secrecy is necessary in our endeavors to render men wise and virtuous, he would not have thought of any secret machinery for that purpose." - Thomas Jefferson John Quincy Adams' “Letters on Freemasonry” (1832) (Archive.org) The Morgan Affair of 1826 (Death of William Morgan) Anti-Masonic Party (Wikipedia) (1st third-party formed in America) Creation of Mormonism: "Mormonism is designed to appear to be a religion, but it is instead a secret society at its core. In fact, since its inception, it had a structure and goals similar to the Bavarian Illuminati. Its mysticism and religious doctrine read just as if lifted from Masonic texts and Kabbalistic writings. It was created after the Morgan Affair of 1826 when the Freemason sect was nationally under attack and virtually came to an end. Mormonism was a means of continuation by another name, but with clever modern occult doctrines of communism and plural wives added in the mix. "  Moses Hess (Wikipedia) (Book) 1861: “The Revival of Israel / Rome and Jerusalem: The Last Nationalist Question” by Moses Hess 1917: Balfour Declaration / Letter from Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild on behalf of the Monarchy of Great Britain (Book) “Morals and Dogma” by Gen. Albert Pike Scottish Rite Freemasonry “New England and the Bavarian Illuminati” (Columbia University) Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University 1918 “Jews and Freemasons in Europe 1723-1939” by Jacob Katz, The University of Jerusalem and published by Harvard University Press (1970) (Book) “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time” by Professor Carroll Quigley (1966) Carroll Quigley (Wikipedia) (Tutor to Rhodes Scholar William J. Clinton) (Book) “Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith” by James H. Billington James H. Billington (Wikipedia) (Rhodes Scholar and Librarian of Congress) “The Real New World Order” by Anne-Marie Slaughter Council on Foreign Relations Publication Noam Chomsky (Wikipedia) “The New World Order” C-SPAN presentation (1998) (Book) “Perfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati” by Terry Melanson “Computer Scientists Crack “Unbreakable” Code, Find Minutes of 250-Year-Old Secret Society” (Discover Magazine, 2011) (Book) “The Leipzig Connection” by Paolo Lionni (Amazon) The artificial extension of childhood Rendering children harmless Training future recruits Hazing in fraternities To marginalize the young, considered to be the ‘most dangerous' (Book) “The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written The History of Thought From Ancient Times to Today” by Martin Seymour-Smith Page 49 According to Plutarch Alexander wrote a letter to Aristotle Hemp Facts / North American Hemp Council (NAIHC Website) (Book) Jack Herer “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” (See Links Below) It's like public schooling puts blindfolds on us, and the elite are so confident that everyone is blinded by the school system; that they're now walking around nakedly exhibiting their greed and malign for the public… and it's time we called them out, and show everyone how to un-blindfold themselves. (Book) "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer Chapter 4: A Conspiracy to Wipe Out the Natural Competition (Benjamin Franklin + Paper Mills) Chapter 1: American Historical Notes Chapter 9: Energy and the Economy (Henry Ford Hemp for Fuel) William Randolph Hearst (Wikipedia) RKO 281 (Movie) “The American Experience” The Battle Over Citizen Kane (Documentary) Citizen Kane (Movie) DuPont (Wikipedia) Ultimate History Lesson Hour 4, minutes 15 -30 (approx.) (Book) “A Dictionary of the English Language” by Samuel Johnson (1755) (Book) “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius Antonitus (circa 180) (Book) “The Works of Julius Caesar” John Taylor Gatto + Trivium + Gnostic Media Trivium (on Wikipedia) Quadrivium (on Wikipedia) “The Lost Tools of Learning” by Dorothy Sayers  Hour 4 Roundtable Discussion of minutes 15 -30 (approx.) Bionomics (Wikipedia) (Book) "Molecular Vision of Life" by Lily E. Kay Rockefeller Foundation (Wikipedia) Eugenics (Wikipedia) Science of Man / Edward Alsworth Ross (Yale Review, Volume 2) The Rockfeller Foundation's Molecular Vision of Life — How the Aims of Eugenics, Social Control, and Human Engineering Shaped Molecular Biology and 20th Century Science.  A Review of Lily E. Kay's The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology (Oxford University Press, 1993), January16, 2009.  Reviewed by Chris Masterjohn. (Search term “social control” – Coined by Edward Alsworth Ross) Lionus Pauling (Wikipedia) Clarence Streit (Wikipedia) (Book) “Union Now with Britain” by Clarence Streit Rhodes Milner Round Table Movement (Wikipedia) Elwood P Cubberly (Wikipedia) Teachers College, Columbia University (Wikipedia) Edward Thorndyke (Wikipedia) (Book) "Manager's of Virtue" by David Tyack and Elizabeth Hansot Definition of Allusion (Wikipedia) (Book) "Perfectibilists" by Terry Melanson  (Book) "Illuminati Manifesto of World Revolution 1792 by Niccolas Bonneville translated by Marco de Luchetti" (Book) 1797 J. Robison (title) "Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the secret meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies" Abbe Barruel (Wikipedia) Free Draft Chapters of The Illuminati of Bavaria by Marco de Luchetti Chapter Nine - Illuminati Aims.pdf: Taking Education of Children Away from Parents (Book) "Brave New World" by Aldus Huxley Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Wikipedia) Zeitgeist Movement (Wikipedia) All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis (TopDocumentaryFilms.com) Dan Brown (Wikipedia) The Da Vinci Code (IMDb) Angel's and Demons (IMDb) Esalen Institute (Wikipedia) Terence McKenna (Wikipedia) 2012 Phenomenon (Wikipedia) Tavistock Institute (Wikipedia) MK-Ultra (Wikipedia) Strict Observance Lodge (Wikipedia) Scottish Rite Freemasonry (Wikipedia) York Rite Freemasonry (Wikipedia) Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (Wikipedia) Aldolph Freiherr Knigge (Wikipedia) Congress of Wilhelmsbad (Metapedia) French Revolution (Wikipedia) (Book) "Tragedy and Hope" by Carroll Quigley Jacobins (Wikipedia) French Revolution (Wikipedia) (Book) "Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith" by James H. Billington Nicholas Bonneville (Wikipedia) J.C. Bode  (Illuminati of Bavaria) Amis Reunis Lodge (Bavarian Illuminati: Home of the Original Writings of the Illuminati) Thomas Paine's ménage a trios with Bonneville's wife (Chapter 4: The Occult Origins of Organization) Benjamin Bonneville (Wikipedia) (Astor financed his western expeditions) The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers (YouTube Video) Johann Gottlieb Fichte (Wikipedia) Alfred the Great (Wikipedia) Aide-de-champ Marquis De Lafayette (Wikipedia) Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (Wikipedia) (Book) "Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine (Expose on Christian Paganism) Niccolò Machiavelli (Wikipedia) (Book) "The Art of War" by Niccolo Machiavelli Johann Gottlieb Fichte c. Ficthte's Return to the University and his Final Years (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Wikipedia) V for Vendetta (Wikipedia) Movie (IMDb) Script (IMSDb) Immanuel Kant (Wikipedia) Jacob Friedrich von Able (Wikipedia) Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (Wikipedia) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Wikipedia) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Friedrich Schiller (Wikipedia) (Book) "Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition" by Glen Alexander Magee (Book) "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry" by Albert Pike Kabbalah (Wikipedia) Etymology of Pedagogue (Online Etymology Dictionary) “WEARERS OF FEZZES: Facts About An Arabic Order And Its American Uses: KNOWN AS MYSTIC SHRINERS: Has Existed in Arabia Since A.D. 664, and Was Instituted by Son-in-Law of Mohammed” (The Saint Paul globe., September 08, 1901, Page 14, Image 14) Wahhabi Islam (Wikipedia) “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers” (Youtube Video) Ben Franklin is referenced as being a Freemason at the Amis Reunis Lodge, a lodge infiltrated by the Illuminati ( Book) "Freedom and Religion in Kant and his Immediate Successors: The Vocation of Humankind, 1774-1800" by George di Giovanni  (Weishaupt's Critiques of Kant) James Pierpont Greaves (Wikipedia) Yverdon School (heinrich-pestalozzi.de) (Book) “History of the Philosophy of Mind: Embracing the Opinions of All Writers on Mental Science from the Earliest Period to the Present Time” by Robert Blakey Alcott House (Wikipedia) Amos Bronson Alcott (Wikipedia) Elizabeth Peabody (Wikipedia) Horace Mann (Wikipedia) American Transcendental Movement (Wikipedia) Fruitlands (Wikipedia) Amos Bronson Alcott (Wikipedia) Charles Lane (Wikipedia) (Book) "Leipzig Connection Basics of Education" by Paolo Lionni Johan Kaspar Lavater (Wikipedia) (Book) "America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skill and Bones" by Antony Sutton (for “Yale Troika” reference, see the chapter “How The Order Controls Education”) Macy Conferences (Wikipedia) “The Net – The Unabomber, LSD, and the Internet” (YouTube Video) (Book) "Tripping" by B.H. 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