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Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare

Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare

by Michael A. Hoffman II 1992 215 pages
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1. Occult Psychodrama Shapes Mass Consciousness

The occult Cryptocracy processes the Group Mind of the masses mainly through psychodrama.

Psychodrama as a Tool. Secret societies use carefully crafted psychodramas to influence the collective consciousness. These dramas, often presented through media narratives, implant mental viruses that shape perceptions and behaviors. The narratives, plots, characters, and symbolism in these stories create an imprinting effect, manipulating the masses.

Examples of Psychodrama. The author cites examples such as Jack the Ripper, the Hillside Strangler, Son of Sam, and the Unabomber, where the media's portrayal of these events serves to implant a mental virus. These stories, presented as campfire tales on television, become tools for inducing fear and shaping public opinion. The best investigator, according to the author, possesses a childlike curiosity and wonder about seemingly mundane things.

The Importance of Wonder. The author emphasizes the importance of preserving a childlike sense of wonder and curiosity, as it allows individuals to see the "magic" in the ordinary. This appreciation of the true magic, often dismissed as mundane, is essential for resisting the mind control tactics of the elite. British intelligence asset Arthur C. Clarke, through his work "Childhood's End," attempts to make inevitable the end of serendipity and wonder, after sufficient processing by modern technology and mental viruses.

2. Flattery and Deception: The Elite's Mind Control Tools

Why then does he revere them? Because they flatter him.

Flattery as a Control Mechanism. The elite use flattery to manipulate the masses, telling them they are already demi-gods and that the only problem lies in finding a system worthy of their brilliance. This arrogance blinds individuals to the simplicity of the device that ensnares them, allowing the "real sales pitch" to begin.

Symptoms of Mind Control. The author identifies three destructive symptoms of mind control: amnesia (loss of memory), abulia (loss of will), and apathy (loss of interest in vital events). These symptoms are increasingly prevalent in modern society, as people become more susceptible to manipulation.

Arrogance as an Incurable Sickness. The author cites Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa, who stated that arrogance is the only incurable sickness. An arrogant person does not regard himself as sick and therefore cannot submit to a cure. These individuals are easily manipulated by those who flatter them, leading them to do the bidding of their masters like slaves in ancient Egypt.

3. Scientism: A Modern Form of Black Magic

The pentagram expresses the mind’s domination over the elements. It is the…Burning Star of the Gnostic schools, the sign of intellectual omnipotence and autocracy.

Science as a Tool for Control. The author argues that science is not objective but a form of black magic used to enslave mankind. Scientism, the worship of science, allows the cryptocracy to promote secret political-occult agendas as unassailable, "objective scientific truth."

The Illusion of Perfection. The Renaissance marked a shift in man's attitude toward nature, with the belief that a "flawed" creation could be "perfected" by human intellect. This conceit has led to the creation of a monstrous world of machines, industrial pollution, and the modern way of death.

The All-Seeing Eye. The doctrine of man playing god reaches its nadir in the philosophy of scientism, which makes possible the complete mental, spiritual, and physical enslavement of mankind through technologies such as satellite and computer surveillance. This state of affairs is symbolized by the "All-Seeing Eye" above the unfinished pyramid on the U.S. one dollar bill.

4. Ritual Murder as Mass Mind Control

There is a dark poetry to ritual murder, to twilight language, to the fantastic convergences known as coincidence.

Ceremonial Psychodrama. The author argues that modern programming of humanity is accomplished through cheap dialogue and mundane scenery, such as magazine advertisements and popular films. These methods, though cruder than Renaissance ceremonials, continue the conditioning process.

The Revelation of the Method. The cryptocracy has been determined to reveal many of its greatest secrets to the "profane ones" for some time now. This "Revelation of the Method" alludes to the process wherein murderous deeds and conspiracies are first buried beneath a cloak of secrecy and then slowly revealed to the unsuspecting populace.

Exposure Without Action. Exposure itself does not defeat the cryptocracy, because given the degraded nature of modern man's perceptions, such revelations may only serve to strengthen the cryptocracy's mental hold. The spectacular nature of the revealed crimes carries a highly charged aura of the violent and the erotic, further fueling the public appetite for shock-titillation and passive voyeurism.

5. The Videodrome: A Kingdom of Illusion and Control

At the heart of the film is the worship of the Darwinian hypothesis of evolution and the positioning of a mysterious monolith as the evolutionary battery or “sentinel” that transforms the ape into the space man (hence the “odyssey”).

The Occult Significance of 2001. The film "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a command dogma that attempts to make inevitable the end of serendipity and wonder through modern technology and mental viruses. The monolith in the film represents the shaping function of the occult magus, who tames and tampers with the natural world.

The Virus of Inevitabilism. The "virus" containing this meme infects the host with the sense that it is useless to resist central control, that the blackening of earth is unavoidable, that extinction of the human species is inevitable, and that the reinhabitation of the earth by the "old gods" is our stellar scientific destiny.

The Videodrome as a Tool for Control. The author cites the film "Videodrome" as a Rosicrucian cinematic manifesto revealing what television is doing to us and what the future of the video imperium will be like. The film depicts a world where massive doses of videodrome signal create a new outgrowth of the human brain, changing human reality.

6. The Golem: Man's Attempt to Usurp Divine Creation

In the shoulder-shrugging existentialism of the modern world, we can live with the return of the beast. What would make us livid with outrage is if some fundamentalist Taliban army were to take a blowtorch to the pigsty and the possessed who operate it.

The Laboratory of the Gadarenes. Modern scientism and "medicine" have devolved into a pigsty, with scientists trafficking in genetically engineered, part-human pigs. This fulfills the occult mandate for the return of the legendary "beast with reason," Oannes, an animal with a human head, reputed to have been the bringer of civilization to Sumer.

The Occult Mandate. The humanoid-beast creature prepared in the gleaming laboratories and research-hospitals fulfills the occult mandate for the return of the legendary, god-like "beast with reason," Oannes, an animal with a human head, reputed to have been the bringer of civilization to Sumer, in the dimmest reaches of antiquity.

Kabbalistic Groundwork. The author discusses the Kabbalistic concept of the Golem, an animate being created by man rather than God. This theological conception is found in the Babylonian Talmud and is seen as a way for Jewish masters to attain the highest magical powers. The construction of the Golem is a process of human alchemy, dedicated to the transformation of base matter (humanity) into the "gold" that is the man-beast.

7. The Revelation of the Method: Crimes Confessed in Plain Sight

One day when we have secured our victory we will confess our crimes to a ritually-bound public.

The Rosicrucian Confessio. The psychological warfare contained within the Rosicrucian manifesto, Confessio Fraternitatis, is predicated on the strategy that one day, when they have secured their victory, they will confess their crimes to a ritually-bound public. This esoteric "confession" is a key component of the cryptocracy's command ideology.

The Strategy of Confession. The western masses enter thralldom and bestiality with enthusiasm, cheering programming and suppression of dissent, volunteering for digital surveillance, idolizing their executioners and exterminators, and celebrating their new, swinish identity.

The Depravity of the Modern Era. To process a population sufficiently depraved to devour unborn children for the benefit of the elderly, mix races and species, and rebuild the Tower of Babel, it was necessary to immerse the people of the West in an era that would idolize the material world and deny the spiritual. In the Revelation of the Method era, man knows, but chooses to ignore the depravity around him.

8. The Duality of Forces: Church vs. Counter-Church

The practical superiority of the great Christian religions was that they did not try to sugar-coat the pill.

The Old Model of Authority. The author contrasts the old force of the orthodoxy of Church and Throne with the force that is misidentified and masked, fascism with a human face. The early Fathers of the Christian Church did not flatter and did not come in disguise, whereas the "revolutionary liberators" have announced the delivery of humanity from the clutches of Reaction and Orthodoxy.

The Counter-Church. The author cites Louis-Ferdinand Celine's observation that the modern public wants to go down on its knees before money and crap. The public have been trained to do this by two principle methods: direct archetypal messages of pure terror and the sinister flattery heaped upon them by their masters in the cult of civilization and progress.

The Masonic Dogma of Perfecting Creation. In opposition to Church and Throne is the philosophy of "The Rite of Perfection," the alternate name for the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. This is the occult philosophy of not only the Novus Ordo Seclorum but also of the Elizabethan Age and long before it as well. This is the intellectual conceit that the universe will be "perfected" by the god-like intervention of the omnipotent human intellect.

9. The Inevitable Decay of Order: A Challenge to the Cryptocracy

In the opposite corner from Church and Throne, is the philosophy which describes itself as "The Rite of Perfection."

The Second Law of Thermodynamics. The author argues that the secret societies' tyranny over humanity has been accomplished under cover of victimhood. The world's most rigid institutional hierarchy has successfully enveloped its occult discipline in the patina of persecution and hounding by the "uptight, the blind, the superstitious and ignorant."

The Limits of Human Power. The author submits that the greater threat emanates from the Rosicrucian-Masonic Heresiarchs, who allegedly only want freedom, unfettered knowledge, love, and toleration for all. However, this "Counter-Church" has institutional dogmas, violence, and discipline far more rigid and harsh than the orthodox Church that is its rival for the hearts and souls of mankind.

The Importance of Recognizing Limits. The author emphasizes the importance of recognizing our limits, rather than perpetually trying to surpass our Creator. By cultivating our sensitivity to the incomparably beautiful vision He has bequeathed us as our birthright, we can drink everyday with joyous appreciation at the fountain of miraculous glory that is His natural creation.

10. The Allure and Peril of "2001: A Space Odyssey"

The message of 2001 is a startling and bold one: that merely by the fact of having arrived at this moment in time one is an initiate simply by being alive in the here and now.

The Film as a Processing Tool. The movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a pompous, pretentious exercise that helped fashion what the Videodrome embodies today. At the heart of the film is the worship of the Darwinian hypothesis of evolution and the positioning of a mysterious monolith as the evolutionary battery that transforms the ape into the space man.

The Monolith as a Symbol of Control. The mute monolith of 2001 is the harbinger of what Clarke calls the Overlord. It is the ashlar of the secret societies. The monolith represents the shaping function of the occult magus, who tames and tampers with the natural world.

The Dangers of Gnosis. The message of 2001 is a startling and bold one: that merely by the fact of having arrived at this moment in time one is an initiate simply by being alive in the here and now. The masses at large in the early 21st century have had as many occult experiences and absorbed as many occult cues as most of the old Lodge brothers.

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Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare by Michael A. Hoffman II receives mixed reviews. Many praise its unique perspective on occult symbolism and mind control in modern society, while others find it confusing or far-fetched. Readers appreciate Hoffman's analysis of high-profile crimes and events through an occult lens. The book is seen as dense and challenging, best suited for those already familiar with conspiracy theories. Some criticize Hoffman's writing style and presentation, while others consider it a classic in the genre. Overall, it's viewed as thought-provoking but controversial.

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About the Author

Michael A. Hoffman II is an independent scholar and author known for his work on radical history and occult crime. A former reporter for the Associated Press, Hoffman has written ten books exploring political and esoteric subjects. He studied political science and history at the State University of New York at Oswego under Faiz Abu-Jaber. Hoffman's research focuses on decoding what he terms "twilight language" to investigate hidden meanings and connections in political and occult events. His work often challenges mainstream narratives and delves into controversial topics, making him a polarizing figure in conspiracy research circles.

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