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Jesus Christ
Warren Smith
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Bibliography ......................................................................................... 85
Preface
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write is in the process of taking the church to a
unto you of the common salvation, it was “new dimension” and to a whole “new
needful for me to write unto you, and level.” Many Christian leaders these days
exhort you that ye should earnestly con- are so sure that what they are hearing and
experiencing is from God, they are rarely
tend for the faith which was once
testing the spirits, or even considering the
delivered unto the saints.
possibility that they are being deceived.
—Jude 3 The first century Bereans tested their
leaders and tested their teachings as they
In 1992 I wrote a book about my experiences “searched the scriptures daily” to see
in the metaphysical “new age” movement. “whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11).
The book was entitled The Light That Was Apostles, prophets, pastors, and teachers
Dark. I wrote the book because I wanted to were always subject to God’s holy Word.
warn people about the incredibly deceptive “New revelation” never nullified nor super-
teachings of the “new age.” From my own seded scripture. The Bereans were not im-
experience I knew just how powerfully se- pressed by supernatural power and spiri-
ductive the spirit world is and how appeal- tual experiences that had not been tested
ing its false teachings can be. by the Word of God. They did not depend
At the end of my book I warned that on signs and wonders and miracles. They
Christian believers were becoming in- depended on the authority and reliability
volved in some of these same teachings and and trustworthiness of Scripture:
deceptions. Spiritual deception is not just
something that happens to unbelievers. The All scripture is given by inspiration of
apostle Paul went to great lengths to warn God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in
the Corinthians not to be deceived by a
righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16)
“Jesus” that wasn’t Jesus Christ the Son of
God, a spirit that wasn’t the Holy Spirit and Paul taught that if he or anyone else
a gospel that was not the true biblical Gos- preached any other gospel — “new revela-
pel (2 Corinthians 11:4). Throughout the tion” or otherwise — that person should be
New Testament, believers are continually completely disregarded (Galatians 1:8). The
warned not to be deceived by spiritual Bible warns over and over again that we
teachings and experiences that are not from should not allow ourselves to be influenced
God. Jesus Christ specifically warned his or intimidated by teachings that originate
disciples that spiritual deception would be not from God but from the spirit world and
a sign of the end (Matthew 24:3–4). from the hearts of men. “Now the Spirit
Today it is very sad to see so many speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
believers falling under the influence of the some shall depart from the faith, giving
same spirit that influenced me when I was heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
in the “new age.” This spirit says that it is a devils” (1 Timothy 4:1). “Howbeit in vain
time for “breakthroughs” and for the ful- do they worship me, teaching for doctrines
fillment of our “destiny”; that there is some- the commandments of men” (Mark 7:7).
thing “new” and exciting in the wind. This What had been called “new age” is
teaching claims that we are in the midst of now being presented as “new gospel.”
a great “transition” that will result in a These “new gospel” teachings are not new
“paradigm shift,” and that through “new and have actually been around for centu-
revelation” and “personal experience” God ries in one form or another. Whether it was
Preface • 5
ancient gnosticism, the occultic teachings of With “new revelation,” often accom-
Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) and Alice A. panied by direct personal spiritual experi-
Bailey (1880–1949), or the present day “new ence, people are being taught that because
gospel” channelings, the bottom line has they are a part of God they are actually “at-
always been the same — everyone is a part one” with God and all creation. This “new
of God. gospel” teaches when people have what is
described as their “God potential” or
Reinventing Jesus Christ “Christ within” supernaturally “activated,”
they actually experience themselves as a
According to the “new gospel,” Christ
part of the “one body” of God which is all
is not a person. It is an office. The “new
mankind. As these same people unite and
gospel” teaches that while Jesus of Nazareth
join together in remembering and experi-
occupied the office during His active min-
encing their “oneness” with God and with
istry, He no longer holds that same posi-
each other, they feel they are doing the
tion. Today the office of “Christ” is occu-
“work” that is necessary to prepare the way
pied by someone else. And this “someone
for Christ’s return.
else” is presently in the process of establish-
ing contact with humanity. This “Christ”
The need for discernment
intimates that he is already in the world
awaiting mankind’s call. Unfortunately, undiscerning Christian
“Concerned” that humanity is in peril leaders have not adequately exposed these
and facing possible extinction, this “Christ” “new gospel” teachings and, as a result, the
explains that his “new gospel” will unify spirit behind the “new gospel” has entered
the world’s major religions and bring peace the Church.
to the world. He has communicated these The Bible warns us not to be ignorant
“new gospel” teachings to his designated of our adversary’s schemes and devices so
teachers, who in turn are now conveying that we will not fall prey to his deceptive
these same teachings to the rest of the traps (“Lest Satan should get an advantage
world. of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
This “reinvented” Christ of the “new 2 Corinthians 2:11). Scripture also tells us
gospel” teaches that all of humanity is the that while “it is a shame” we even have to
body of Christ. He, as the “Christ,” is the talk about these things, it is important that
head. This “Christ” states humanity’s di- we expose them and bring them to the light
lemma is that we have forgotten who we (Ephesians 5:11–13).
are. We are not “sinners” separate from Because of my own involvement with
God. We are all part of the one body of “new age/new gospel” teachings, and in
Christ and the one body of God. Salvation light of the many Scriptures warning us not
does not come by grace from accepting Jesus to be deceived and urging us to expose de-
Christ as the Son of God. Rather it is achieved ception, I will attempt to update believers
— when we accept ourselves as Christ and on the accelerated spiritual deception that
when we accept ourselves as God. has been taking place. Hopefully, by pro-
The “new gospel” teaches that when viding a general survey of this “new gos-
humanity collectively accepts and experi- pel” deception, believers will be more dis-
ences itself as being a part of Christ and a cerning when — in the form of prophetic
part of God, we not only save ourselves, we “new revelations” — these same teachings
save our world. The “Christ” of the “new try to move into their lives and into their
gospel” warns that the hour is late. Peace churches.
must come. He will help. He has a plan. But
everyone must play their part.
Introduction • 7
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
—1 Timothy 4:1
Helen Schucman and
A Course in Miracles
1
And Jesus answered and said unto them, In 1965 Columbia University Professor of
Take heed that no man deceive you. For Medical Psychology, Helen Schucman,
many shall come in my name, saying, I am heard an “inner voice” saying, “This is a
Christ; and shall deceive many. course in miracles. Please take notes.” 1
Schucman’s initial resistance was overcome
—Matthew 24:4–5
when the “inner voice,” identifying itself
as “Jesus,” told her the purpose of the
Course [i.e., A Course in Miracles, ed.]:
The world situation is worsening to an
alarming degree. People all over the
world are being called on to help, and
are making their individual contribu-
tions as part of an overall prearranged
plan. Part of the plan is taking down A
Course in Miracles, and I am fulfilling my
part in the agreement, as you will fulfill
yours. You will be using abilities you
developed long ago, and which you are
not really ready to use again. Because
of the acute emergency, however, the
usual slow, evolutionary process is be-
ing by-passed in what might best be
described as a “celestial speed-up.”2
Helen Schucman and A Course in Miracles • 9
Baffled by her assignment, but never- is a “sinner” and that he needs an external
theless obliging, the skeptical Schucman Christ to save him from his “sins.” The
diligently took dictation from this “inner Course teaches that correcting our
voice.” In the seven and a half years of cu- “misperceptions” has nothing to do with
mulative dictation that became A Course in Jesus’ death on the cross. Correction comes
Miracles, Schucman’s “Jesus” presents a from what the Course calls the “Atone-
whole new way of looking at the world. ment” (“at-one-ment”).
Using Christian terminology, sophisticated This “Atonement,” or “atoning,” is
psychology, and convincing authority, when each person remembers and affirms
Schucman’s “Jesus” teaches a completely and experiences their “oneness” (at-one-
different gospel than the one found in the ment) with God and creation. The “Atone-
Bible. His “new gospel” wholly contradicts ment” is the Course’s key to undoing “fear”
the Bible’s Gospel of Jesus Christ. and dispelling the illusion that man is
Schucman’s “inner voice,” while claiming “separate” from God. The Course stresses
to be Jesus, actually opposes everything for that the healing of the world is dependent
which the Bible’s Jesus stands. upon each person’s fulfilling their atone-
In brief, A Course in Miracles teaches ment “function” to teach this “oneness” to
that all is love. And while the Course the world. When everyone comes to under-
teaches that the opposite of love is fear, it stand that “all is love and all is God” then
explains that fear is just an illusion based “inner peace” and world peace will finally
on wrong thinking. It states that the world happen. Only “fear” and the illusion of
we see is merely the projected manifesta- “separation” stand in the way of man’s at-
tion of our own illusive, fearful thoughts. taining this peace for himself and his world.
As each one of us learns to correct our fear- A Course in Miracles was published in
ful, wrong thinking, it will change not only 1975. In 1979 psychiatrist Gerald
how we see the world, but also change the Jampolsky’s book, Love Is Letting Go of Fear,
world we see. The purpose of the Course is became a powerful testimonial and catalyst
to facilitate this change in perception. for Course sales as it helped introduce
According to the Course, love is all Course principles to the popular self-help
there is. And because God is love, God is market. During the 1980s, the Course gained
therefore in everyone and everything. Be- a grassroots following of dedicated believ-
cause God is sinless, perfect, and “at one” ers who were often mysteriously led to the
with all creation, then we, as a part of God, Course through unusual “meant to be” co-
are also sinless and perfect in our “oneness” incidences and circumstances. It was always
with Him. Man’s only “sin” is in not re- assumed that these “meant to be” experi-
membering his own perfect, sinless, divine ences were divinely inspired. Over time,
nature. The only “devil” is our illusion that curiosity and interest in the Course grew
we are separate from, and not a part of, God. and it became a cult classic for those in the
The Course tells its readers that a “sense of spiritual “know.” Believed to be modern
separation from God is the only lack you day revelation, this apparent “gift from
really need correct.”3 God” presented new and seemingly plau-
The Course teaches that while “Christ” sible reinterpretations to the teachings of the
is in Jesus, so “Christ” is in everyone — and Bible. Because of the Course, spirituality
that the “Christ” in everyone is their divine suddenly seemed to make much more sense
connection with God and with each other. to many people. Yet, even as word spread,
The Course teaches that a “slain Christ has the Course still remained relatively un-
no meaning.”4 It states that wrong thinking known to the general public.
has produced the “misperception” that man
On popularity
of her book
For that, my deepest thanks
to Oprah Winfrey. Her
enthusiasm and generosity
have given the book, and me,
an audience we would never
otherwise have had. (p. ix)
Man
To remember that you are
part of God, that you are
loved and lovable, is not
Jesus
Even if he takes another
name, even if he takes
another face, He is in essence
the truth of who we are. Our
joined lives form the mystical
body of Christ. (p. 296)
Jesus and other enlightened
masters are our evolutionary
elder brothers. (p. 42)
Christ-mind
The concept of a divine, or
“Christ” mind, is the idea
that, at our core, we are not
just identical, but actually the
Armageddon
But we can bypass the
scenario of a nuclear Arma-
geddon if we so desire. Most
of us have already suffered
our own personal Armaged-
dons. There’s no need to go
through the whole thing
again collectively. (p. 82)
Meditation
Meditation is time spent with
God in silence and quiet
listening. It is the time during
which the Holy Spirit has a
chance to enter into our
minds and perform His divine
arrogant. It’s humble. To same being. “There is only
think you are anything else is alchemy. (p. 281)
one begotten Son” doesn’t
arrogant, because it implies mean that someone else was
you’re something other than it, and we’re not. It means
Miracle worker
a creation of God. (p. 30) we’re all it. There’s only one To become a miracle worker
We are holy beings, individual of us here. (p. 30–31) means to take part in a
cells in the body of Christ. You and I have the Christ- spiritual underground that’s
(p. 32) mind in us as much as Jesus revitalizing the world, partici-
does. (p. 42) pating in a revolution of the
We are who God created us world’s values at the deepest
to be. We are all one, we are possible level. That doesn’t
love itself. “Accepting the mean you announce this to
Christ” is merely a shift in anyone. (p. 68)
self-perception. (p. 32)
“God:” All attack is a call for help. There are many such people in the
world now — teachers and messengers,
Walsch: I read that in A Course in Masters and visionaries — who are plac-
Miracles. ing this vision before humankind and
“God:” I put it there.16 offering tools with which to create it.
These messengers and visionaries are
“God” makes it clear to Walsch that the heralds of a New Age.17
his modern-day “revelation” is for all those
Regarding how the “New Age” will be
who have never really understood his
achieved and ultimately overseen, “God”
teachings about man being God. As he was
impresses Walsch with the importance of
with “God”
carry the message that can change the
human heart, you play an important
role in changing the human condition.
This is why all spirituality is ultimately
political.18
Direct quotes from
You cannot avoid politicizing your spiri- Walsch’s “God”
tuality. Your political viewpoint is your
spirituality, demonstrated. Yet perhaps it Purpose
is not a matter of politicizing your spiri-
tuality, but of spiritualizing your poli- And so I have chosen you to be My messen-
tics.19 ger. You, and many others. For now, during
these times immediately ahead, the world will
“God” is very specific about how this need many trumpets to sound the clarion call.
spiritualization of politics should ultimately (CWG Book 1, p. 144)
manifest itself.
The purpose of this book, and of all the books
“God:” Something will have to be new in the trilogy we are creating, is to create
if you wish your world to change. You readiness — readiness for a new paradigm, a
must begin to see someone else’s inter- new understanding; a larger view, a grander
ests as your own. This will happen only idea. (CWG Book 2, p. 36)
when you reconstruct your global real-
ity and govern yourselves accordingly. New gospel
Walsch: Are you talking about a one- There is only one message that can change
world government? the course of human history forever, end the
torture, and bring you back to God. That
“God:” I am.20 message is The New Gospel: WE ARE ALL
ONE. (FWG, p. 373)
“God” exhorts Walsch to carry out his
mission to change the world and to bring God
in a spiritually-based new world order by
There is only One of Us. You and I are One.
issuing this charge: (FWG, p. 23)
Go, therefore, and teach ye all nations, God is creation. (CWG Book 1, p. 198)
spreading far and wide The New Gospel:
WE ARE ALL ONE.21 There are a thousand paths to God, and every
one gets you there. (FWG, p. 357)
And certainly Walsch seems to be do-
ing his part. Responding to “God’s” charge Christ
to spread the “new gospel” and to help es-
Many have been Christed, not just Jesus of
tablish sympathy for “a one-world govern-
Nazareth. You can be Christed, too.
ment,” Walsch co-founded The Global Re-
(CWG Book 2, p. 22)
naissance Alliance with Marianne
Williamson. He also continues to write Man
books, conduct workshops and speak to
large groups around the country. You are already a God. You simply do not
know it.
(CWG Book 1, p. 202)
You are the Creator and the Created.
(CWG Book 3, p. 350)
“
where “there are no coincidences,” the Peterson continues to travel around
Santa Barbara television program Bridging the country and the world as a special ad-
Heaven & Earth, on which Peterson ap- vocate for Maitreya. He anticipates being
peared, is overseen by a board of directors employed as an ambassador for Maitreya
that includes Barbara Marx Hubbard.11 after the World Teacher’s “Day of Declara-
Peterson writes that many years ago, tion” when Maitreya finally appears and
under some very unique circumstances, he makes himself known to mankind.15
was personally recruited into the Peace
Corps by Chase Manhattan Bank President
David Rockefeller12 who talked him into
joining and actually pulled some strings in
regards to his first assignment. That David
Rockefeller helped one of Maitreya’s chief
Messages
spokespersons get his start in governmen-
tal service, while brother Laurance S.
Rockefeller has been encouraging and fi-
from
Maitreya
nancially supporting Barbara Marx
Hubbard, is yet another interesting “coin-
cidence.” Especially in light of Peterson’s
recent interview on the Hubbard-related
television program. Direct quotes from Maitreya
Peterson also writes that there are a and Benjamin Creme
number of interesting areas of common
ground between Maitreya and the “Blessed New revelation
Mother” Mary.
He comes now to release that energy of Will
Therefore, what I am hearing in the and an entirely new aspect of Divinity will be
messages from both Maitreya and the presented to mankind. This is the New Revela-
Blessed Mother is that, if we are to place tion. We have shown that we are ready
our trust in God completely and become because we are beginning to sense ourselves
Self-realized souls, we must abandon as One. (Creme, Reappearance, p. 48)
fear. No half way attempt is useful. One
Men must desire these changes for them-
must be completely free of fear to expe-
selves; and begin implementing them of their
rience God, by whatever name we call
own free will — thus showing they are ready
Him.13
for the new Revelation and Teaching which He
brings. (Creme, Reappearance, p. 36)
Many interesting parallels exist between
descriptions of Maitreya’s Day of Dec-
laration and the messages from the
New dispensation
Blessed Mother. Both tell us we can ex- They stand ready today to receive the means
pect a major spiritual event that will of change, the outlines of the New Dispensa-
5
that was Dark
Take heed therefore that the light which is Helen Schucman heard an “inner voice”
in thee be not darkness. that claimed to be “Jesus.” Barbara Marx
—Luke 11:35 Hubbard heard an “inner voice” that
claimed to be “Christ.” Benjamin Creme
and Wayne Peterson claim to have met the
“Christ” and both report that he is already
here on planet Earth. Neale Donald Walsch
heard “an inner voice” that claimed to be
“God.” All of these individuals have writ-
ten down what they experienced and what
they were told in their personal encounters.
This information has been published and
these “new revelations” are now regarded
by many as the new “word of God.” As the
new “word of God,” these recent revela-
tions directly challenge the authority and
reliability of the Holy Bible, questioning and
contradicting almost every major teaching
of the “old Gospel” and presenting a “new
gospel” to take its place. As this “new gos-
pel” reinterprets the teachings of the Bible’s
Jesus Christ, it actually opposes Him and
The Light that was Dark • 33
presents another “Christ” to take His place. Amazing grace
This “new gospel” is very powerful and
But by far the most important lesson
very believable to those with no under-
we learned in the midst of what turned out
standing of the true teachings of the Bible.
to be our “crash course” on spiritual decep-
As “new age” believers years ago, my
tion was that Jesus really did die on the cross
wife and I had no reason to doubt any of
for all mankind. On that cross He defeated
the “new revelation” that was coming our
sin, death, and a real spiritual being named
way. When we were students of A Course
Satan and called the devil. We learned from
in Miracles in the early 1980s it never
our trying, and at times harrowing experi-
ocurred to us that Helen Schucman had re-
ences, that we actually do need a Saviour,
ceived her spiritual dictation from anyone
and that it was only through belief in the
other than the real Jesus Christ. As mem-
atoning death of the true Jesus Christ that
bers of a Course study group, we studied
we are truly saved.
what the “Jesus” of the Course said and
We learned the hard way that the “old
applied his teachings to our lives. Having
Gospel” really works, while the “new gos-
never read the whole Bible for ourselves,
pel” definitely does not. When we learned
we were grateful that the Course was help-
to call on the name of Jesus Christ and all
ing us to understand what the Bible was
that His name stands for we experienced
“really” saying. We accepted the Course’s
His victory over an evil presence that had
interpretation of the Bible completely. It had
not responded to any of our other meta-
a certain logic and seemed to make sense.
physical “new age” teachings — most es-
We believed we were on the right path.
pecially the Course. Calling on Jesus liter-
Meaningful “coincidence” that had led us
ally saved our lives.
to the Course, and the supernatural signs
that often accompanied our study appeared How we were deceived
to confirm that we were where we were
The more we studied the Bible for our-
supposed to be.
selves and reflected on our own particular
But at the height of our involvement
situation, the more we came to understand
with the Course, the Lord intervened. He
the extraordinary deception of which we
exposed the darkness that was actually be-
had been a part — a deception that was hid-
hind the deceptive “peace,” “love,” and
ing behind “new age/new gospel” teach-
“light” of our “new age/new gospel” teach-
ings like A Course in Miracles. In the follow-
ings. By the time it was all over it was clear
ing lengthy passages excerpted directly
to us that all of our “new age” beliefs had
from my book, The Light That Was Dark: A
been founded on half-truths and lies.
Spiritual Journey, I describe my initial un-
Shocked and amazed by this discovery, we
derstanding of just how badly we had been
came to the conclusion that A Course in
deceived:
Miracles was not from God and that the
“Christ” of A Course in Miracles was not the
true Christ. Because we had not previously “For some time now my spiritual
been aware of the Bible’s real teachings, we teachings had convinced me that I was a
had not been aware of Jesus’ many warn- sinless, guiltless, perfect son of God and that
ings about spiritual deception. He said in I was every bit as much a part of the uni-
the last days false prophets and false teach- versal Christ as Jesus or Buddha or anyone
ers, accompanied by deceptive signs and else. I had been taught that I was a holy part
wonders, would deceive most of the world of God, inherently equal to Christ and that
into following a counterfeit “Christ” that I didn’t need to be saved, redeemed, or born
would pretend to be Him. again. Because evil was only illusion, there
was no evil to be saved from. I had believed
“
same with Walsch and Hubbard. The three events of September 11 that they stepped
of them, in their mutual support of each forward in an even more significant and
other, provide a strong nucleus for the public way to begin introducing their “new
Alliance’s high-powered network of “new gospel” plan for the conscious creation of
gospel” advocates, many of whom have world peace.
There are new ideas on the When a particular group or One of the ways to reconnect
world’s horizon, as different structure fails to keep faith our personal and political
from the twentieth-century with the spirit of love — not energy is through a project
worldview as the twentieth measured by its words but by called Citizen Circles. These
century was different from its actions —that structure are small, grassroots groups
the nineteenth century. then loses the privilege of held all around the country, in
(p. 13) guardianship of the great which two or more join
Work. (p. 196) together to hold the vision of
A nonviolent political dynamic a healed America. (p. 205)
is once again emerging, and We can change, we will
it is a beacon of light at the change — in fact, we are But we do not act in order to
dawn of the twenty-first changing. That is our des- oppose what is; we act in
century. (p. 13) tiny…. This moment is one of order to make another, more
opportunity for the creation positive choice for the
Yes, we see there are prob- of a new civic forcefield. It is future…. We seek peace
lems in the world. But we up to each and every one of within ourselves at all times,
believe in a universal force us to decide where America for lack of peace in us will be
that, when activated by the goes now. (p. 197) reflected outside ourselves.
human heart, has the power (p. 207)
to make all things right. The question before us is:
(p. 13) how do people who have The Citizen Circle is a similar
reclaimed their spirituality phenomenon, creating a
We need to declare peace best effect political change? mystical grid of new political
now, with as much serious (p. 199) possibility around the United
effort and intention as that States and the world. They
with which a nation declares And we expand our percep-
help to ground the new
war. (p. 141) tion of spiritual practice to
political energy. (p. 207)
include political activism, that
42 • Reinventing Jesus Christ
“
So it is that a new politics
centers around the arousal of
Alice A. Bailey
that power, using prayer and
meditation to create a
forcefield of transformation.
(p. 209)
A new politics is emerging for
the twenty-first century,
defining power not by
(1880–1949)
dominance but by sharing.
(p. 223) vision, wisdom, and that wide
Channeled teachings
It is a mystical revolution that from her “spirit tolerance which will see
will usher in a mystical age. guide” divinity on every hand and
(p. 254) recognize the Christ in every
human being.
As a loving critical mass God
(Bethlehem, p. 273)
coalesces, as hearts around All the qualities, the love and
the world continue to yearn Humanity has come of age;
the purpose of a supreme
and work for peace, then new the child stage is over....
Entity, referred to in The New
forms will emerge to actual- (Externalisation, p. 240)
Testament as the “Unknown
ize our new planetary vision. God,” are focussed in Sanat
(p. 255) New world religion
Kumara. (Rays, p. 367)
The spirit has gone out of the
…[B]ut each ray quality will
old faiths and the true
serve to implement the
spiritual light is transferring
expression of pure love,
itself into a new form which
which is the essential and —
will manifest on earth eventu-
at this time — the primary
ally as the new world religion.
quality of the Lord of the
(Rays, p. 754)
World, Sanat Kumara.
(Rays, p. 387) Workers in the field of
religion will formulate the
New gospel Christ universal platform of the new
...[T]he Christian faith also world religion. It is a work of
Humanity in all lands today
has served its purpose; its loving synthesis and will
awaits the Coming One — no
Founder seeks to bring a new emphasise the unity and the
matter by what name they
Gospel and a new message fellowship of the spirit. This
may call Him. The Christ is
that will enlighten all men group is, in a pronounced
sensed as on His way.
everywhere. (Rays, p. 754) sense, a channel for the
(Reappearance, p. 188)
activities of the Christ, the
New age His third activity is the effort world Teacher. The platform
to offset the growing hate in of the new world religion will
The New Age is upon us and the world, to strengthen the be built by many groups,
we are witnessing the birth trend towards unity, and to working under the inspiration
pangs of the new culture and show people everywhere the of the Christ.
the new civilization. This is danger of separateness. (Reappearance, p. 158–159)
now in progress. That which (Externalisation, p. 436)
is old and undesireable must This inherent fanaticism
go and of these undesireable (found ever in reactionary
Man groups) will fight against the
things, hatred and the spirit
of separation must be the This is the challenge which appearance of the coming
first to go. today confronts the Christian world religion and the spread
(Externalisation, p. 62) Church. The need is for of esotericism.
(Externalisation, p. 453)
Perhaps more significantly, in terms of …I’ve been very involved with people
Williamson’s discussion of peace, the “new sitting in small groups praying, medi-
gospel” teaches that peace can only come tating and speaking from our hearts
through the “Atonement” (at-one-ment). about what really matters. You know,
This is described on page 175 of the Course the terrorists have cells. We hear about
Text: the terrorist cells. Well, we need cells of
peace. It’s not enough to just defend
Yet you cannot abide in peace unless ourselves against violence. The greatest
you accept the Atonement, because the antidote to violence is that we
Atonement is the way to peace.
…and he shall magnify himself in his There are literally 999 references to peace
heart, and by peace shall destroy many…. in A Course in Miracles.1 When I studied the
—Daniel 8:25 Course it never occurred to me that there
could be anything wrong with the peace the
Course described, or the means they pre-
scribed for obtaining it. I believed that the
“Jesus” of the Course had my best interests
in mind when he taught me to see every-
one and everything as “a part of God.” I
didn’t know anything about spiritual de-
ception. I didn’t know that the Bible warned
about a false “Christ” who would come
with “lying signs and wonders” and false
miracles — like A Course in Miracles. But if
you aren’t familiar with the teachings of the
Bible, you don’t know these things. Almost
everyone in this world wants love and
peace. But what are the conditions neces-
sary to obtain that love and peace? And
what if the love and peace you seem to at-
tain becomes something else down the line?
The
self-centered align their separation from God. This
thoughts in perfect faith, that overcoming of fear in a whole
they are whole, created in planetary experience is an
the image of God, the world irresistible force. No being
can be saved. (p. 157)
As the Planetary Smile ripples
through the nervous systems
can resist it. (p. 244–245)
The cancer of self-
centeredness will be con-
mark
of earth and the Instant of sumed by the experience of
Co-operation begins, empa- wholeness. (p. 245) The mark of the beast
thy floods the feelings of the
At the time of the Quantum And he causeth all, both
whole body of Earth, sepa-
Instant there will be a small and great, rich and
rateness is overcome, and I
judgment of the quick and poor, free and bond, to
appear to all of you at once.
the dead. That is, there will receive a mark in their right
(p. 245)
be an evolutionary selection hand, or in their foreheads:
At the moment of cosmic process based on your And that no man might buy
contact, I will appear to you qualifications for co-creative or sell, save he that had the
both through inner experi- power. (p. 111) mark, or the name of the
ence and through external beast, or the number of his
The species known as self-
communication in your mass name. (Revelation 13:16-17)
centered humanity will
media — the nervous system
become extinct. The species Direct quotes from
of the world. You will all feel,
known as whole-centered Hubbard’s “Christ”
hear, and see my presence at
humanity will evolve. (p. 111) in The Revelation
one instant in time, each in
your own way. (p. 245) After the selection process, You are to provide the
you will be born to the next opportunity for a planetary
An uncontrollable joy will
stage of evolution. There will signal wherein each person
ripple through the thinking
be a New Heaven, a New who chooses life over death
layer of Earth. The co-
Earth, a new body and a new can register that decision
creative systems, which are
consciousness for all who visibly — a coming to witness
lying psychologically dormant
survive. (p. 261) before the world. (p. 302)
in humanity will be activated.
From within, all sensitive The New Jerusalem is the Each shall be “sealed” with
persons will feel the joy of new city which emerges the seal of the living God.
the force, flooding their naturally from a New Heaven This means that they shall be
systems with love and and a New Earth. It is the marked, visibly identified,
attraction. It will be as human community as a first to themselves, then to
irresistible as sex. (p. 243) collectivity of natural Christs. others. This means that their
(p. 258) inner eye in the forehead will
As this joy flashes through
the nervous systems of the I will write upon you my new be fully opened by this touch,
most sensitive peoples on name, which is not the henceforth awakening them
Earth, it will create a psycho- Master Jesus who went to the from the womb of self-
magnetic field of empathy, cross but the risen Christ who centeredness. (p. 149)
which will align the next wave arose from the dead…. I will write upon you my new
of people in synchrony, (p. 115) name, which is not the
everywhere on Earth. This Master Jesus who went to the
Those who choose this
massive, sudden empathic cross but the risen Christ who
version of the future will be
alignment will cause a shift in arose from the dead, as-
there. Those who do not
the consciousness of Earth. cended into heaven, and sits
choose it will not be there.
(p. 243) at the right hand of God.
Choose well, dearly beloved,
It is essential at the moment choose well. (p. 288) (p. 115)
of infusion of empathy that
But while men slept, his enemy came and Many Christian believers smirked when
sowed tares among the wheat, Shirley MacLaine stood on the beach in her
and went his way. made-for-TV movie, Out on a Limb, exclaim-
—Matthew 13:25 ing, “I am God!” Today, Marianne
Williamson exclaims that we are all “God”
and is introduced by Tom Brokaw on a
primetime NBC special report about Sep-
tember 11 as one of our “religious leaders.”1
Gary Zukav, a man who personally en-
dorsed the Barbara Marx Hubbard book
that describes the “selection process,” tells
us in his post-September 11 television ap-
pearances how we can all spiritually grow
and bring peace to the world. And Wayne
Dyer, in a post-September 11 PBS
fundraising event, stands in an historic New
England church and tells his national audi-
ence that the world would be a much more
peaceful place if everyone adopted the “bril-
liant” teachings of A Course in Miracles.
Traditional Christian believers fre-
quently mention the analogy of the frog that
66 • Reinventing Jesus Christ
is so slowly and gradually boiled in a kettle that we can’t be deceived, we don’t take
of water that it dies before ever realizing seriously enough His warnings that a
what is going on. Yet many believers fail to Hitler-like antichrist figure will one day rise
realize that the very same thing is happen- to rule the world — and that many people
ing to them as they tell that story. How else calling themselves “Christians” will sup-
do you explain the rapid rise of the “new port this spiritual counterfeit who will ac-
gospel” movement with hardly a word of tually come in the name of Christ. Our ad-
concern within the Church about what’s versary wants us to believe that these warn-
been happening? As “new gospel” advo- ings are for another people at another time.
cates continue to publish bestselling books Yet through Scripture, and in our heart of
and flock to the airwaves in ever-increas- hearts, the Spirit of God tells us that they
ing numbers to advance their cause, there are not. As we study the Bible, and as we
is a strange silence in Christendom. Does watch and pray and observe the events all
the Church have any idea what is going on? around us, we come to understand that
So often we have heard the impas- these future times described by Jesus are
sioned refrain, “We can never let what hap- now suddenly and undeniably upon us.
pened in Germany ever happen again.” In his second letter to the Corinthians,
And with all of the Holocaust memorials, Paul warns of their vulnerability and sus-
survivor testimonies, and multitudinous ceptibility to false teaching in the name of
books on the subject, we have done a pretty Jesus. He suggests that if someone ap-
good job of convincing ourselves that we proached them with “another gospel,” “an-
will never make the same mistakes the Ger- other Jesus” and “another spirit” they might
man people did in allowing someone like very well go along with it (2 Corinthians
Hitler to rise in their midst. We think that 11:3–4). Earlier in that same letter Paul had
Americans would never stand by and al- indirectly encouraged the Corinthians not
low something like that to happen here in to be ignorant of their adversary’s schemes
our country. Our democratic processes and and devices, lest they be taken advantage
old-fashioned common sense would never of (2 Corinthians 2:11). Paul told the
allow it. Ephesians that it is a shame that we even
In the introduction to a 1999 publica- have to talk about the things of darkness,
tion (Sixth Pressing) of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, but when we expose them they are brought
Konrad Heiden describes how everything into the light (Ephesians 5:12–13). He also
that Hitler was about to do was telegraphed told them that he had not ceased to warn
in his early writings: them night and day for three years that men
For years Mein Kampf stood as proof of
who were “grievous wolves” would “arise”
the blindness and complacency of the in the Church “speaking perverse things”
world. For in its pages Hitler announced as they attempted to lead men away from
— long before he came to power — a their faith and into the enemy’s camp (Acts
program of blood and terror in a self- 20:29–31). Let us beware of these same
revelation of such overwhelming frank- warnings today.
ness that few among its readers had the It is extremely disturbing to see the
courage to believe it. Once again it was website of a Colorado-based Christian
demonstrated that there was no more leader listed as a recommended resource in
effective method of concealment than
the back of a 1998 Barbara Marx Hubbard
the broadest publicity.2
book entitled Conscious Evolution. 3 It is
Somehow, Christians don’t seem to equally alarming to find out that this indi-
grasp Jesus’ warnings about the tremen- vidual is also a member of the same World
dous deception that characterizes the time Future Society that lists Barbara Marx
of the end. Perhaps deceived into thinking Hubbard as one of its co-founding and cur-
“
Bible’s Christ? Would they join an ecu-
menical movement that in the name of is so unaware of the “new gospel” move-
love and God and unity would sacrifice ment is because it is being led by that same
the truth of the Bible and perhaps one spirit and heading down that same broad
day merge with the new age itself? Jesus way? Is it happening now, right in front of
warned that such a faith would lead not our very own eyes?
to life but to ultimate destruction: “En-
...and if in the land of peace, wherein thou Recently, while visiting a country store I
trustedest, they wearied thee, then how discovered a small yellow book almost hid-
wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? den on a back shelf. It was entitled The
—Jeremiah 12:5 Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. I
picked up a copy and glanced through the
book. Throughout the guide, the impor-
tance of “expecting the unexpected” and of
“being prepared” were continually empha-
sized. Every other page seemed to teach the
reader how to survive some new kind of
highly precarious, worst-case scenario.
How to escape from killer bees. How to
survive a poisonous snake attack. How to
survive an earthquake. How to escape from
a mountain lion. How to survive if your
parachute fails to open. The list went on and
on. Under the Boy Scout motto of “Be pre-
pared,” I read the first sentence of the au-
thors’ preface:
The principle behind this book is a
simple one: You just never know.1
Make known to all that I am here, that I am And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here
returned and prepare men for the Day of is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
Declaration, the day of God’s Gift…. For false Christs and false prophets shall rise,
(Maitreya, Messages, p. 52) and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce,
if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye
heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
(Mark 13:21–23 )
(Q) [to Creme] Did He just sort of appear For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
somewhere? and shineth even unto the west; so shall also
(A) No; He came into the world by aeroplane the coming of the Son of man be.
and so fulfilled the prophecy of “coming in the (Matthew 24:27)
clouds.” On July 8th 1977 He descended from
the Himalaya into the Indian sub-continent
and went to one of the chief cities there. He
had an acclimatisation period between July 8th
and 18th, and then, on the 19th, entered a
certain modern country by aeroplane. He is
now an ordinary man in the world — an
extraordinary, ordinary man. (Creme, p. 55)
On July 19th 1977 He implemented the third Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if
phase — His direct physical Presence in the they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
world…. He will be seen and known by all desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret
when He reveals that Presence to the waiting chambers; believe it not. (Matthew 24:25–26)
world. This will take place when enough
people are responding to the Teaching and
energies which are emanating from His
undisclosed point of focus in the modern
world; and when the new direction which
humanity must take has already begun to be
established. Men must desire these changes
for themselves; and begin implementing them
of their own free will — thus showing they are
ready for the new Revelation and Teaching
which He brings. (Creme, p. 36)
As the Planetary Smile ripples through the Even him, whose coming is after the working
nervous systems of earth and the Instant of of Satan with all power and signs and lying
Co-operation begins, empathy floods the wonders, And with all deceivableness of
feelings of the whole body of Earth, separate- unrighteousness in them that perish; because
ness is overcome, and I appear to all of you at they received not the love of the truth, that
once. I appear to you from within as a voice, they might be saved. And for this cause God
and as a vision of yourself as an evolving shall send them strong delusion, that they
being. I appear to you from beyond as the should believe a lie. (2 Thessalonians 2:9–11)
light being that I now am. Your electronic
media will pulse with light — the same light
your mystics see. (Hubbard’s “Christ,”
Revelation, p. 245)
Each shall be “sealed” with the seal of the And he causeth all, both small and great, rich
living God. This means that they shall be and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in
marked, visibly identified, first to themselves, their right hand, or in their foreheads: And
then to others. (Hubbard’s “Christ,” that no man might buy or sell, save he that
Revelation, p. 149) had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him
that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and
his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
(Revelation 13:16–18)
You are to be transported to the new Jerusa- For the Lord himself shall descend from
lem…. You will be “taken up” at the appropri- heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
ate time…. What does “taken up” mean? It is archangel, and with the trump of God: and the
a complex transformation. You enter a state of dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which
universal consciousness…. In this state of God- are alive and remain shall be caught up
centered bliss, you are physically awakened by together with them in the clouds, to meet the
an inner electricity that changes the frequency Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
of the atoms in your body…. Due to the God- the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17)
centered awareness and the physical trans-
figuration, your brain/body “ascends” to the
next level of being. (Hubbard’s “Christ,”
Revelation, p. 270)
[Excerpted from: Messages from Maitreya the Christ; The Reappearance of the Christ and the
Masters of Wisdom, B. Creme; The Revelation, B.M. Hubbard; The Reappearance of Christ, A.A.
Bailey.]
But this is a new time and a new day and Shortly before this manuscript was to be
we need a new way. I’ve been saying that sent off to the printer, I discovered a new
part of what we need is a new God. This is book by Neale Donald Walsch at the local
shaking people up a little bit.1 bookstore. It is entitled Honest to God: A
Change of Heart That Can Change the World.
—Neale Donald Walsch
It is co-authored by Dr. Brad Blanton, the
author of the national bestseller, Radical
Honesty. On the back cover of their book I
read the following:
Nobody tells the truth about anything
anymore. Not anything important.
Everybody’s lying to everybody else,
and everybody knows it…. This book
shows the absolute necessity for indi-
vidual and social transformation and
the absolute necessity for honesty in
order to bring it about.
Using the events of September 11, 2001
as a backdrop, the book emphasizes the
need for “radical honesty” in government
and calls for an across-the-board implemen-
Epilogue • 79
tation of new, radical leadership in all ourselves. We focus all of our attention
spheres of society. The authors propose that on the leaders who can do the best job
this leadership be based upon the single of articulating to the masses the possi-
organizing principle of “oneness.” They bility of making it all up differently.7
believe that a collective adoption of the They agree that while the cabinet
“oneness” principle could heal the “terrible would represent the idea of team leader-
feeling of fear, loss of security and tragedy ship, the group would still have to have a
that the human race is enduring.”2 Walsch “president” who would act as the primary
states: “spokesperson” for the rest of the team.
What I’m proclaiming is that we could Someone who could effectively present the
put an end to all of this with a single “new gospel” principles of “oneness” while
idea, and in my articulation that is called uniting the country. Walsch and Blanton
“oneness.” What we need is oneness comment:
now everywhere. In our politics, in our
Blanton: What if we got together this
economics, in our education, in our re-
group of people, and we say we’re will-
ligion.3
ing to serve in these various appointed
capacities, and that we’re going to be in-
We must change ourselves. We must
terviewing candidates and select one to
change the beliefs upon which our be-
be spokesperson for this value? We start
haviors are based. We must create a
interviewing people who want to run
different reality, build a new society….
for president, and people we would like
We must do so with new spiritual
to see run. I like Oprah.8
truths. We must preach a new gospel,
its healing message summarized in two Walsch: I’ll tell you one thing, if Oprah
sentences: We are all one. Ours is not a didn’t want to run for President I’d sug-
better way, ours is merely another way.4 gest Marianne Williamson, because she
has the ability to articulate very impor-
Both authors agree that “radical hon- tant ideas very quickly, in a moment,
esty” means “being willing to tell the truth with twenty-five words or less…. Bar-
to everyone about everything.”5 Walsch bara Marx Hubbard needs to be in that
adds: group, too. In the cabinet.9
Most politicians don’t lie by commis- Walsch and Blanton seem to have great
sion. Some do, but not most. Most lie by fun as they verbally romp through the pos-
omission. It is not what they say that is sibilities for radical change in the political
untruthful; it was what they fail to say
landscape. Yet they seem to be quite seri-
that creates what they call “wiggle
room” (read “untruth”).6
ous about what they are proposing. I am
not a political analyst, but one has to won-
With an eye toward September 11, der if Walsch and Blanton are actually send-
“radical honesty,” and a new leadership ing up trial balloons for the next presiden-
based on the “new gospel” principle of tial election. Barbara Marx Hubbard had her
“oneness,” Walsch and Blanton propose the name placed in nomination for Vice-Presi-
idea of a “new gospel” thinktank that would dent at the National Democratic Conven-
be comprised of “oneness” advocates from tion in 1984. What about Oprah for Presi-
all fields and endeavors of American soci- dent? Or Marianne Williamson? Or Barbara
ety. Forming their own unique “kitchen Marx Hubbard? Or some other “new gos-
cabinet” they would make recommenda- pel” candidate? Through this book, are
tions for policy and leadership to the rest these men attempting to create a new po-
of the country. litical reality by introducing an idea that
So we become a sort of kitchen cabinet could rally the masses and soon have a life
of leaders to select the leadership for of its own?
Epilogue • 81
Endnotes
Introduction 20. Marianne Williamson, ed., Imagine: What
America Could Be in the 21st Century (U.S.A.:
1. David Osborne and Ted Gaebler, Reinvent- Rodale, Inc., 2000), p. 381–391.
ing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit 21. Barbara Marx Hubbard, emergence: The
Is Transforming the Public Sector (New York: Shift from Ego to Essence (Charlottesville, Va.:
Penguin Books, 1993), p. xv. Hampton Roads Pub. Co., Inc., 2001),
p. 118–121.
Chapter 1
1. Robert Skutch, Journey without Distance: Chapter 3
The Story behind “A Course in Miracles” (Berke- 1. Neale Donald Walsch, Friendship with God:
ley, Calif.: Celestial Arts, 1984), p. 54. an uncommon dialogue (New York: G.P.
2. Ibid., p. 60. Putnam’s Sons, 1999), p. 275–286.
3. A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume 2. Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with
(Glen Ellen, Calif.: Foundation for Inner Peace, God: an uncommon dialogue, Book 1 (New York:
1975), (Text) p. 14. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996), p. 1–2.
4. Ibid., p. 425. 3. Ibid., p. 95.
5. Marianne Williamson, A Woman’s Worth 4. Ibid., p. 192.
(New York: Ballentine Books, 1993), p. 124. 5. Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with
God: an uncommon dialogue, Book 2
Chapter 2 (Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads, 1997),
1. Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Revelation: A p. 35.
Message of Hope for the New Millennium 6. Ibid., p. 56.
(Novato, Calif.: Nataraj Publishing, 1995), 7. Ibid., p. 36.
p. 40–43; Hubbard, The Hunger of Eve: One 8. Neale Donald Walsch, Questions and
Woman’s Odyssey toward the Future (Eastsound, Answers on “Conversations with God”
Wash.: Island Pacific NW, 1989), p. 66–68. (Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads, 1997),
2. Hubbard, The Revelation, p. 42. p. 334.
3. Ibid., p. 55. 9. The Global Renaissance Alliance (http://
4. Ibid., p. 59. www.renaissancealliance.org/resrce/
5. Ibid., p. 64. board.htm)
6. Barbara Marx Hubbard, Conscious Evolu- 10. Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with
tion: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential God: an umcommon dialogue, Book 3
(Novato, Calif.: New World Library, 1998), (Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads, 1998),
p. 279. p. 256.
7. Hubbard, The Hunger of Eve, p. 150. 11. Walsch, Conversations with God: Book 1,
8. Ibid., p. 196-197. p. 41.
9. Hubbard, Conscious Evolution, p. 116. 12. Ibid., p. 76.
10. Hubbard, The Revelation, p. 67–69. 13. Walsch, Conversations with God: Book 2,
11. Ibid., p. 350. p. 235.
12. Ibid., p. 264–265. 14. Ibid., p. 126.
13. Ibid., p. 40-49, 298. 15. Walsch, Conversations with God: Book 3,
14. Ibid., p. 157. p. 320.
15. Ibid., p. 243–245. 16. Walsch, Conversations with God: Book 1,
16. Ibid., p. 44 and 78–79. p. 90.
17. Ibid., p. 258. 17. Walsch, Friendship with God, p. 295–296.
18. Ibid., p. 240 and 267. 18. Ibid., p. 394.
19. Ibid., p. 255. 19. Ibid., p. 376.
Endnotes • 83
2. Ibid., p. 248. 10. Benjamin Creme, Maitreya’s Mission:
3. Neale Donald Walsch, Friendship with God, Volume Two (Los Angeles: Share International
p. 357. Foundation, 1993), p. 239.
4. Alice A. Bailey, The Externalisation of the 11. A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume,
Hierarchy (New York: Lucis Publishing Com- (Manual for Teachers) p. 37.
pany: New York, 1957), p. 75. 12. Warren Smith, The Light That Was Dark,
5. Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with p. 150.
God: Book 2, p. 242. 13. Alice A. Bailey, The Externalisation of the
6. A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume, Hierarchy, p. 417.
(Text) p. 147. 14. Marianne Williamson, Healing the Soul of
7. Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Revelation, America, p. 205.
p. 233. 15. Benjamin Creme, Maitreya’s Mission:
8. Ibid., p. 255. Volume Two, p. 239.
9. Ibid., p. 240. 16. Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Revelation,
10. Ibid., p. 111. p. 324.
Chapter 10 Chapter 11
1. NBC News Special Report: America on Alert, 1. Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht, The
Tom Brokaw hosting Marianne Williamson as Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (San
guest, September 16, 2001 broadcast transcript Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999), p. 14.
(Livingston, New Jersey: Burrelle’s Informa- 2. Ibid.
tion Services).
2. Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf (Sixth Press- Epilogue
ing), translated by Ralph Manheim (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co.: Mariner Books, 1999), 1. Neale Donald Walsch and Dr. Brad
p.xv. Blanton, Honest to God: A Change of Heart That
3. Jay Gary website, referenced by Barbara Can Change the World (Stanley, Va:
Marx Hubbard in Conscious Evolution, p. 263. Sparrowhawk Publications, 2002), p. 202.
4. Barbara Marx Hubbard, Conscious Evolu- 2. Ibid., p. 207.
tion, p. 279. 3. Ibid., p. 208.
5. Barbara Marx Hubbard and Jay Gary 4. Ibid., p. 159.
(http://www.wnrf.org/programs/ 5. Ibid., p. 74.
awards.htm and http://www.wnrf.org/ 6. Ibid., p. 56.
networks/christian.htm). 7. Ibid., p. 200.
6. Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with 8. Ibid., p. 199.
God: Book 3, p. 325. 9. Ibid., p. 200.
7. A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume, 10. Ibid., p. 200–201.
(Text) p. 479. 11. Ibid., p. 56.
8. Marianne Williamson, Healing the Soul of 12. The home page of The United States of
America, p. 13. Being website (http://www.usob.org/
9. Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Revelation, home.htm) mentions, “The last chapter of the
p. 243. book, Radical Honesty II, goes into further
detail about forming this country.”
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