New Age Cults and Religions - Texe Marrs

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TEXE MARRS
BOOK OF
new
age
CULTS & RELIGIONS
Z/iving 'Truth ^Publishers
Texe Marrs Book of New Age Cults and Religions
Copyright © 1990 by Texe Marrs. Published by Living Truth
Publishers, a division of Living Truth Ministries, 8103 Shiloh
Court, Austin, Texas 78745.
Second printing, paperback edition.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
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Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of The
Holy Bible.
Cover design: Texe Marrs
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 91-62569
ISBN 0-9620086-8-0
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my wife, Wanda, who has made many
sacrifices and worked diligently side-by-side with me to see
this important work through to successful completion.
O B T M
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A Thousand Points of Light
Millennium: Peace, Promises, and the Day They Take Our
Money Away
Ravaged by the New Age
Mystery Mark of the New Age
Dark Secrets of the New Age
Mega Forces
contents
Introduction
Unmasking the New Age Cults and Religions xi
Part I The New Age Explosion
The New Spiritual Revolution Sweeps 19
Across America
A New World Religion is Promoted 30
What is the New Age? 35
Practices, Techniques and Doctrines 37
of the New Age
New Age vs. True Christianity: A Contrast 38
Unholy Bibles of the New Age 49
What is a Cult? 54
Tactics and Techniques of Cults 67
The Lure of Cults 72
Reaching Out to New Age Believers 76
The Danger of Cults 80
Part II New Age Cults and Religions
1. A Course in Miracles 85
2. Academy for Future Science 95
(The Keys of Enoch)
3. Adelphi 101
4. Aletheia Foundation, The 103
5. Ananda 105
6. Anthroposophy and the Waldorf Schools 109
(Rudolf Steiner)
7. Arcane School, The (Alice Bailey) 118
8. Association for Research and 121
Enlightenment-A.R.E. (Edgar Cayce)
9. Astara 129
10. Auroville Community 134
11. Baha’i 140
12. Blue Mountain Center of Meditation 146
13. Boulder Graduate School 147
14. Buddhism 149
15. Center for Dances of Universal Peace 156
16. Chinook Learning Center 157
17. Christ Foundation, The 159
18. Christian Science 161
19. Church of Divine Man 165
20. Church of Religious Science 167
(Science of Mind)
21. Church Universal and Triumphant, The 169
(Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
22. Dalai Lama 174
23. Druids 177
24. Eckankar 179
25. Farm, The 183
26. Fellowship of Isis 184
27. Findhorn Foundation 186
28. Forum, The (est) 189
29. Foundation Faith of God 192
30. Foundation for Shamanic Studies 193
31. Free Daist Communion (Da Free John) 195
32. Freemasonry 198
33. Friends of Creation Spirituality 204
(Matthew Fox)
34. Goddess, Witchcraft and Pagan Sects 204
35. Hare Krishna 210
36. Himalayan Institute, The 214
37. Hinduism and the Gurus 216
38. I Am 220
39. Insight (John-Roger) 222
40. Institute of Noetic Sciences 223
41. International New Thought Alliance 225
42. Jehovah’s Witnesses 226
43. Ken Keyes Center and College 230
44. Kosmon (OASHPE) 231
45. Krishnamurti 233
46. Lazaris 234
47. Life Spring 235
48. Lucis Trust 237
49. Mayan Order, The 245
50. Meditation Group for the New Age 246
51. Messianic Church of Yahweh 247
52. Monroe Institute, The 248
53. Montessori 249
54. Moral Rearmament (MRA) 253
55. Mormons (LDS) 254
56. Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness 257
(MS I A)
57. Mystery School, The 261
58. Native American Indian Cults 262
and Religions
59. New Age Bible and Philosophy Center 264
60. New Age Churches 266
61. New Age School, The 268
62. Omega Institute 269
63. Order of the Golden Dawn 270
64. Pacific Institute 271
65. PeaceVision 273
66. Perelandra Community 274
67. Philosophical Research Society 276
68. Ramtha 277
69. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ 278
of Latter-day Saints (RLDS)
70. Rosicrucians 279
71. St. James’s Church, London 281
72. St. John the Divine Cathedral 283
73. Sanat Kumura 284
73. School of Sacred Arts 285
74. Scientology, Church of (Dianetics) 286
75. Self-Realization Fellowship 290
76. Seth 292
78. Share International 295
79. Silva Method, The 296
80. Sirius Community 298
81. Society of Crystal Skulls, International 299
82. Spiritualism 301
83. Sri Aurobindo 303
84. Sri Chinmoy 304
85. Stelle Group, The 305
86. Sufi Moslems 306
87. Swedenborgianism 307
88. Tara Center, The (Lord Maitreya) 309
89. Temple of Set, The 312
90. Theosophy 314
91. Transcendental Meditation (TM) 319
92. UFO Cults and Societies 321
93. Unarius 324
94. Unification Church 325
(Rev. Sun Myung Moon)
95. Unitarian-Universalist Church 327
96. Unity Church 328
97. Urantia 330
98. Valley of the Sun (Dick Sutphen) 331
99. Windstar Foundation (John Denver) 332
100. World Goodwill 334
101. Worldwide Church of God 334
(Herbert Armstrong)
References and Bibliography 338
Index 344
About the Author 352
For More Information 352