It was a dark and stormy night…
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Well, not really. It was a typical August day in San Francisco at two in the afternoon when Aidee and I attended Benjamin Crème’s lecture at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. It just would have been more fun with some crashing shutters and thunder and lightning.
I first heard about Benjamin Crème on Coast to Coast AM over a year ago when host, George Noory, was considering conducting an interview. George began receiving numerous warnings from his listeners that Mr. Crème is an emissary of the Anti-Christ. Crème they warned, is literally the mouthpiece of Satan, capable of deceiving anyone willing to listen, and the use of George’s airwaves would allow him to mesmerize millions of Coast listeners with his demonic message.
The following is from a small pamphlet I purchased this afternoon for $4.00 entitled "The esoteric art of Benjamin Crème".
"He is internationally known as a lecturer and author of esoteric philosophy and ideas. His many books have been published in a dozen languages. He was born in Scotland in 1922, began painting at the age of 13 and has been a painter all his life. He lives and works in London, England. His earlier work was stylized figurative painting, and for some years he painted many landscapes, rather abstracted. Since 1964, his work has been totally esoteric in its meaning, and symbolic abstract in its nature."
There is a good deal of controversy surrounding the nature of Benjamin Crème and his work
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The following is from the pro-Creme website of Share International;
http://www.shareintl.org/background/bcreme/bc_main.htmThroughout his early years Creme also studied various aspects of esoteric philosophy, in particular the teachings released in the late 1800s through Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society, and more recently through Alice A. Bailey. Although these teachings led him to believe in the existence of the Masters of Wisdom -- a group of perfected individuals who are the custodians of the Divine Plan for this planet -- it nevertheless came as a complete surprise to him when, in 1959, he was contacted by one of the Masters. He was told, among other things, that Maitreya, the World Teacher -- the Master of all the Masters -- would return in about 20 years and that he (Creme) would have a role to play in the event if he chose to accept it.
More than a decade later, in 1972, Creme began a period of arduous training under his Master's direction to prepare him for his coming task: announcing to a skeptical world the emergence of the World Teacher, awaited by people of every religion under his various names -- the Christ, Messiah, Imam Mahdi, Krishna, Maitreya Buddha. Creme's constant contact with a Master of Wisdom gives him access to up-to-date information on Maitreya's emergence, plus the total conviction needed to present this story
The following is from the website of Illuminati Conspiracy Archive;
http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NewAge/Creme_Maitreya.htmWhether Benjamin Creme's channeled "Master" is, in fact, the antichrist or not, remains to be seen. However, the teaching of man's divinity is the crux of the New Age-New World Order, and its various "light-bearers" have successfully ingrained this idea into the minds of humanity — a clear invitation to partake "in fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil". We know who brought that first message in the Garden, and the startling thing is that they readily admit that its Lucifer bringing this same "initiation." Incidentally, New Age leader John Randolph Price admits that, "Those who follow the path of Lucifer are called 'light-bearers' in the world."
In the pamphlet that I purchased, "The esoteric art of Benjamin Crème", his painting "Solar Angel" is described thus;
The Solar Angel represents our true identity. All of us are souls in incarnation. Our true nature is an individualized part of one great angel whose name is Lucifer. I am often asked during interviews about the nature of Lucifer. The common idea is that Lucifer is Satan, the devil. Nothing could be further from the truth. Lucifer, the Light-bringer, embodies the whole of humanity. Lucifer is a great angelic being, the Oversoul of all the souls of humanity. The fall of Lucifer from heaven, in the Christian Bible, is a symbolic account of the descent into incarnation (some eighteen and a half million years ago, according to the esoteric teachings) of the human souls for the first time. … It was not by accident but the result of the evolutionary Plan.
From the website of The New Advent;
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09410a.htmLucifer
(Hebrew helel; Septuagint heosphoros, Vulgate lucifer)
The name Lucifer originally denotes the planet Venus, emphasizing its brilliance. The Vulgate <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15515b.htm>
employs the word also for "the light of the morning" (Job 11:17), "the signs of the zodiac" (Job 38:32), and "the aurora" (Psalm 109:3). Metaphorically, the word is applied to the King of Babylon (Isaiah 14:12) as preeminent among the princes of his time; to the high priest Simon son of Onias (Ecclesiasticus 50:6), for his surpassing virtue, to the glory of heaven (Apocalypse 2:28), by reason of its excellency; finally to Jesus Christ <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374c.htm> himself (II Petr. 1:19; Apocalypse 22:16; the "Exultet" of Holy Saturday) the true light of our spiritual life. The Syriac version and the version of Aquila derive the Hebrew noun helel from the verb yalal, "to lament"; St. Jerome <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm> agrees with them (In Isaiah 1:14), and makes Lucifer the name of the principal fallen angel <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm> who must lament the loss of his original glory bright as the morning star. In Christian tradition <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm> this meaning of Lucifer has prevailed; the Fathers <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06001a.htm>
maintain that Lucifer is not the proper name of the devil <
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04764a.htm> , but denotes only the state from which he has fallen (Petavius, De Angelis, III, iii, 4).
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Benjamin Crème has been interviewed on Coast twice now, once last year and again in the past week. And, I have attended two of his lectures (2003 and 2004) in the Bay Area. Mr. Crème is a powerful speaker and does so out of a deep sense of conviction in what he says, but some of his ideas are really … out there.
Here are some notes;
* Benjamin Crème has a "Master". The Master -- is a senior member of the Hierarchy (not Maitreya) of the Masters of Wisdom; his name, well-known in esoteric circles, is not yet being revealed for various reasons. Benjamin Creme is in constant telepathic contact with this Master who dictates His monthly articles to him since 1982.
* Mr. Crème is pro-Kerry. He believes that Kerry will win the
election, but ONLY if people get out and vote.
* Mr. Crème is pro-environmental protectionalism
* The United States did not capture the REAL Saddam Hussein, but
instead a family member that was encouraged by the family of Hussein to portray himself as Saddam. Saddam died as a result two days after his palace was bombed on March 22 2003. He believes that this will eventually be revealed.
* The U.S. went to War with Iraq when it did because Washington Insiders knew that Saddam was a dying man and had maybe only two years to live. The death of Saddam and subsequent instability in the region would have rendered the WMD argument for war and resulting control of oil – moot.
* We went to War with Iraq for oil.
* Benjamin Crème is 81 years old.
* The Maitreya is 18 plus million years old.
* The Maitreya is the ONE expected for generations by all of the major
religions. Christians know him as the Christ, and expect his imminent return. Jews await him as the Messiah; Hindus look for the coming of Krishna; Buddhists expect him as Maitreya Buddha; and Muslims anticipate the Imam Mahdi or Messiah.
* The Master Jesus was a Third Level Initiate 2000 years ago… The
whole crucifixion thing was part of his initiation to the Fourth Level … He’s since moved up a level and currently lives in Rome.
* Karma is governed by four beings that live way far away from our
Solar System.
* He likes Michael Moore, even if he’s a little over the top. (that
just gives me a chuckle)
Mr. Crème speaks in graceful arcs, connecting the everyday to the fantastical.
Only time will tell.
For more information, visit the Share International Website;
http://www.shareintl.org/index.htmLabels: CW, Religion
