some, even in connection to eastern religions. Many knew Haight Ashbury of 60’s fame and other hot beds of occult activity and symbolism throughout the Jesus Movement and onward.
Romans 6:1-2
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"
Helena Blavatsky, an occultist, Luciferian, magician, Mason, and founder of the Theosophical Society, along with Masonic author Albert Pike, blasphemed the Holy Spirit in their writings of this belief, that Lucifer is the holy spirit. Pike, referred to the Holy Ghost, when he wrote, "the body of the Holy Spirit, the universal Agent, [is] the Serpent..."
Cathy Burns states, "In the 28th degree of the masonic lecture, the Masonic initiates are told the IDENTICAL thing!"30. Occultist Eliphas Levi also stated,
"...it is the paraclete, it is the Holy Spirit..." The word "paraclete" means
"advocate" or "intercessor."31 The picture represents that teaching and means
"divinity."32
New Ager, Elizabeth Van Buren wrote “The Sign of the Dove,” which is a book about the Merovingian's and Jesus. The author takes a Gnostic approach to religion and suggests that the Merovingian's were of extra-terrestrial descent. Her other works show similar thought and connect with the Rennes les Chateau heresy of Holy Blood Holy Grail. She echoes the occult blasphemy of the Dove/holy spirit and states it comes from the gnostic beliefs of the Bogomils and Cathars.
"...the Bogomils...taught that...Michael came to earth. When Jesus was baptized in the Jordan, the Holy Ghost, which was Michael appeared as a dove, and Jesus became the Christ." 33
"It is not generally known that the Dove was the symbol most revered by the Cathari...Indeed, the Cathar were called the "Faithful of the Dove," the "Friends of God." "...The Dove symbolized the Comforter, the One who would bring peace to the world one day." 34.
"In the Ancient Mysteries, the Dove was the symbol of the third person of the
Creative Triad, the Trinity. It was taught that as the lower worlds were brought
into being through the generative process the Dove was to be associated with
those goddesses who were identified with the procreative functions. We find
therefore, this pure white bird sacred to Venus, Astarte, and Isis. Not only is the
Dove the emblem of the maternal instinct with its gentleness and compassion, but
it is also the Messenger of the Divine Will, portraying the Power as well as the
Wisdom of the Creator." 35
Like Satanist, Eliphas Levi, Van Buren, aligns the dove to the "paraclete." "So for the Cathari, the Dove might have been not only the symbol of the Paraclete or Holy Ghost, but also the emblem of "The Book of Love" itself, written by Ionnes, John the Divine." 36
"If one accepts that the precious treasure of the Cathari was the Last Gospel of St.
John, it should be noted that the true name of the Dove is Ionah, or Iönas (Jonah). John the Baptist the forerunner of Christ, was called Ioannes, and the Apostle of Love, author of the Fourth Gospel and the Apocalypse was called Ionnes, in Greece. " 37
However, Oannes in the occult is found connected to the worship of Dagon and Saturn . "In the great Assyrian temple of Assur…stood a large stone ritual basin dedicated to the god OANNES… Flanking him are 4 FISH-CLAD priests."
(Johnson, p. 243) In an etching of "Assyria, 7th century BCE: FISH-CLAD priests. (Johnson, p. 245)" 38.
In "The Tomb of God," the authors show the Cathars belief to be rooted in self-fulfillment which is no different than the root belief of dominionists and
reconstructionists.
"The Cathar belief was firmly rooted in the Gnostic belief in self-fulfillment that had so alarmed the fathers of the early Churches of Rome." 39.
The author of Christianity Through the Ages, describes the heresy of the Cathars, which involved dualism.
"...The Cathari, or Albigneses...used the New Testament as a basis for their ideas, but the heretical ideas that they formulated resembled the dualistic and ascetic ideas of the Gnostic and Manichaean movements. The Albigenses believed that there was an absolute dualism between Christ, the good son of God who made the souls of men, and Satan the bad son, who was given a material body after he was cast out of heaven. Following his expulsion, Satan made the visible
world..."40
Galatians 1:8-10
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto
you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men,
or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
With these facts, it is surprising to read of Dave Hunt's declaration that the Cathars, Albigenses and related groups were "true Christians." In the October 1994 (p.1) issue of The Berean Call, Dave Hunt wrote:
"The Inquisitions had been underway for centuries before the Reformation, and the massacre of true Christians (known variously as Albigenses, Bogomils, Brethren, Cathari, Hussites, Vaudois and Waldenses) by the Roman Catholic Church had by then been underway for 1,000 years."
In the Questions and Answers section of the December 1994 issue, on page 3, we see his defense of his position, which had come under fire. "Question: (Composite of Several): You have referred to the Albigenses as true Christians yet every
Encyclopedia I've looked into say they were Manacheans who believed in a good God and an evil God, that they were involved in ritual suicide and immorality.
How could you possibly have made such a terrible blunder.?"
"Answer: In fact the Albigenses were true Christians, but their Roman Catholic persecutors and murderers managed to destroy most of their records and to publish lies about them that have lasted to this century."
This declaration is not valid as indicated by experts such as Kurt Rudolph, an internationally recognized authority on Gnosticism. In his book "Gnosis, The Nature & History of Gnosticism", Rudolph shows that the Cathar beliefs can be traced from their source, the Manacheans, which was considered "one of the four world religions known to the history of religions." 41 Mani, the founder, was born April 14th, 216 A.D. When he was twelve years old, Mani had his first vision, "...in which his heavenly double, his "twin, his "partner" or companion," appeared.
Mani saw in this the effective revelation of the 'comforter" (the Paraclete), or the
"Holy Spirit" who had revealed to him the "mysteries" of his teaching...[he attempted] to reform the practice and teachings of the baptists...he had another experience at the age of 24 which constituted his actual call to be an "apostle of the light." 42
Mani's "paraclete" is no different than the 'spirit' referred to by Blavatsky, Pike and Van Buren. Rudolph records that their was intense persecution from the
Zoroastrians and other groups and the history of the movement is traced through
various countries including Egypt, Eastern Iran, Palestine, Syria, Northern Arabia,
North Africa, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Armenia, Gaul, Spain and Italy. The
teachings are also traced into China, there having openly survived at least until the
17th century. In fact, in some areas "...only from the 6th century onward does the
religion disappear, though continuing to exert its influence under different guises in other sectarian circles (Paulicians, Bogomils, Catharists) ...."43
The fact that the World Council of Churches also wants to include the Albigenses and other such groups in a rewrite of the Protestant Reformation should be a clue as to how they are defining "true Christians."
Ephesians 4:4-6
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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