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Date : Sat Jul 27, 07:36
From : Joe Schultz 1:114/262
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Subj : Bramley (1-3)
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The Gods of Eden by William Bramley
Review by Brandi Jasmine
It seems that conspiracy books are a popular and durable
fad. Every crisis in modern history has been analyzed from
top to bottom with the finest of screens to illuminate the
hidden machinations behind the news reports and history
pages.
The Gods of Eden is perhaps the ultimate conspiracy book for
it ties together nearly every major war and assassination in
modern (and not-so-modern) history and discovers hidden con-
nections between them that are at once distressing, and in-
triguing.
William Bramley began his research into the origins of human
warfare in 1979. His research pointed at two main conclu-
sions:
1) That war can be an effective tool for maintaining social
and political control over a large population
2) That UFO reports and stories of astonishing similarity
occur with greater frequency in times (and places) of war.
Bramley believes that an extraterrestrial race of unknown
origin has been manipulating human political structure and
religion since the dawn of history.
The Gods of Eden covers such a vast period of time & culture
that it is difficult to know how complete his research has
been. He never makes the point of what may motivate an ex-
traterrestrial race to expend vast resources to secretly
control an entire planet for thousands of years. He asserts
that humans serve as slaves for this race of; "Custodians",
yet he never makes it plain exactly what this race of slaves
is producing for their extraterrestrial masters. In a letter
to me he acknowledges that there are gaps yet to be filled
in his deductions... and no doubt filling them will make in-
teresting reading in future books on the subject.
Bramley may be on to something, but it is far more likely
that the plotters he is seeking have very earthly origins.
There is no doubt that a small minority of influential men
have reaped enormous profits from their promotion of war.
The book is still a fascinating look into secret societies
such as the Rosicrucians and Masons, and exposes their inte-
gral, but often hidden influence in the affairs of every
nation on earth. Few people realize that the vast majority
of the United States "Founding Fathers"; were Masons. The
Gods of Eden presents a portrait of George Washington in
full Masonic regalia.
The Gods of Eden
by William Bramley
Avon Books, New York, 1989, 1990
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Date : Sat Jul 27, 07:36
From : Joe Schultz 1:114/262
To : All
Subj : Bramley (2-3)
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The Gods of Eden by William Bramley
Reviewed by Jim Keith
The Gods of Eden, authored by William Bramley, is one of the
more popular and talked- about recent books on UFOs and
conspiracy. It's all over the place, and spoken of favorably
by a lot of people who should know better. What has not been
talked about is that there is a hidden purpose to the book,
and that is to disseminate Church of Scientology concepts to
the UFO field. It's not that Bramley glancingly touches upon
material also covered in Scientology; he uses the bullhorn
for basic, elementary Scientology principles without
mentioning their source, and does it again and again in the
pages of the book. I probably wouldn't even mention the
matter except for the wide agreement which the book has
engendered (even Milton William Cooper references the book
like it was UFO gospel) --and people should know what
they're agreeing with.
The Scientology message begins with the overall theme of the
book: we are controlled, even "farmed" by extraterrestrials
of evil intent. This concept has been put forward by a
number of writers starting with Charles Fort, but Bramley's
other theorizing makes plain where he got the idea: from L.
Ron Hubbard, in such non-introductory Scientology texts as
History of Man, Creation of Human Ability, and his taped
Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures. Hubbard specifically
warned about passing this "advanced" (read science fiction-
y) material on to the non-indoctrinated, and so Bramley
carefully doesn't cite these or any of the other Scientology
materials dealing with what Hubbard termed "space opera",
i.e. tales of past life experiences with civilizations in
advance of current Earth levels, except for a citation of
the fairly homogenized Have You Lived Before This Life? By
being tight-lipped about the wilder Scientology stuff,
Bramley hews to the party line in this instance, as he does
with his other covert treatments of Scientology doctrine
throughout the book.
Chapter 2, "Orientation," pgs. 7-9, gets the ball rolling
with a dissertation about the spiritual, as opposed to
animal, nature of mankind. I won't argue the truth of this
matter, but it is straight Scientology "orientation," one of
the basic premises of the "religion." (Having spent 13 years
in the organization, partly at an executive level, I can
state that Scientology is less a religion than a very clever
mind control operation, so clever in fact, that I think that
Hubbard might have fallen for his own creation).
In Chapter 6, pg. 74, Bramley discusses the existence of a
mystical "Brotherhood" "engaged in a pragmatic program of
spiritual education." Echoing Scientology PR terms he
apparently identifies "the original uncorrupted Brotherhood"
of ancient times with Scientology, or at least with the
purposes of Scientology. It is "scientific, not mystical or
ceremonial," which is precisely the claim that Hubbard made,
hence the name of his group, and it was "...a considerable
body of accurate spiritual data, but it had not succeeded in
developing a complete route to spiritual freedom..." This is
more Scientology jargon, as can be easily determined by
reading any of the books pushing the subject or taking a
look at the Scientology "grade chart" defining the various
steps of counseling, claimed as the "road to spiritual
freedom."
The same goes for Bramley's statement, again on page 74,
that "Brotherhood teachings were arranged as a step-by-step
process [ala the Scientology grade chart]. A student was
required to satisfactorily complete one level of instruction
before proceeding to the next one... This style of
instruction was designed to ensure that a student did not
prematurely attempt difficult spiritual feats or become
overwhelmed by advanced level informa- tion..." Again, this
is straight Scientologese, but this time related to
Hubbard's theories on study and the application of the
"gradient" approach, i.e. easy before hard. This also
provides a justification why everything but the introductory
levels are secret: they would "overwhelm" someone who hadn't
done all the preliminary Scientology counseling, and paid
all the preliminary and considerable fees. How much does
Scientology go for these days? Last I looked, which was
about 10 years ago, it was something like three hundred
dollars an hour for most of the counseling. This is why a
goodly percentage of Scientologists choose the lockstep of
virtually unpaid staff work: staff is promised free
counseling, although in my experience they rarely get much
of it.
Another point is taken from Hubbard's theories of study on
page 76, where Bramley states, "With a word substituted here
and a sentence omitted there, the semantic precision needed
to communicate an exact scientific principle will be lost."
Again, Bramley is virtually quoting Hubbard, particularly in
the policy letter titled "Keeping Scientology Working",
which rails on about people who change the materials of
Scientology. Scientology makes a big deal about alteration
of Hubbard's written materials by one jot or tittle.
Chapter 7, page 96 Bramley briefly touches upon "third
parties" involved in wars and other conflicts. Hubbard
insisted in his "third party law", covered in the book
Introduction to Scientology Ethics, that third parties were
always behind the scene in altercations.
In Chapter 9, page 108 Bramley chats about past lives, and
shows that he again buys the Hubbard scenario in detail,
with post-death disembodied spirits looking around for
pregnant women to pick up new bodies.
Chapter 10, page 119 mentions the Buddhist legend of the
coming avatar Mettaya, who would create "a religion that
would bring about full spiritual liberation for all
mankind... Mettaya would simply be an individual with the
knowledge and ability to get the job done." More covert
references to Scientology and Hubbard, provable by reading
one of the three Hubbard books referenced in the endnotes of
Bramley's book. This is Hubbard's Hymn of Asia, in which he
claimed he was Mettaya come to deliver the planet. The text
was originally supposed to be delivered at a Buddhist
convention in the 1950s, no doubt in an effort to convert
Asia wholesale to Scientology. Apparently the Buddhists got
wind of Hubbard's plan, since the address was never given.
On page 220, Chapter 19, Bramley states, "A properly-done
confessional can have a highly beneficial effect on an
individual..." Bramley expands on the concept on pages 224-
225 of the same chapter. Properly-done? Perhaps with an E-
Meter? Bramley couldn't be talking about the elements of
Scientology processing, which Hubbard started calling a
"confessional" when Dianetics turned into Scientology and
incorporated as a religion, could he? On page 225 he talks
about improper confessions, terming them "quickie
salvation," echoing the terminology employed in Scientology
for abbreviated Scientology processing: "quickie grades."
Chapter 34, "Robo-Sapiens," is a rehash of Hubbard's take on
the evils of psychiatry and psychiatric drugging. This was
one of the things that Hubbard was right about, but don't
get me wrong: Hubbard was right about a lot of things. This
is the glue that sticks one so damnably well into the
operation, that a lot of it works pretty well, and that a
lot of Hubbard's insights were profound. And when you feel
you have even a tentative handle on Truth with promises of a
hell of a lot more to come (namely, the Advanced Levels),
you're willing to ignore the absolute enslavement that you
have to submit to in thought, word, and deed.
I could go on listing sneaky Scientology references in
Bramley -- there are no shortage -- but frankly I'm bored
with combing through the book. As an ex-Scientologist more
than familiar with the ingroup cant, I can tell you that
Bramley is, without a doubt, a Scientologist who is trying
to sell the Hubbard line throughout.
Gods of Eden is not that bad of a book, as UFO/conspiracy
books go. A lot of his history is pretty shaky and dependent
upon funky sources like AMORC, but I know the problems of
sorting out truth and fiction amongst conflicting reports on
what's been did and what's been hid. On this account,
Bramley did a decent job. Knowing the references that
Bramley is utilizing, however, the originality of his cosmic
conception pales. Bramley, like most other true believers,
mouths the Scientology party line like a "Robo-sapians," but
then, if you've known any Scientologists, you'll find that
they all do. Hell, I did for the 13 years I was a
Scientologist, until I finally saw through the scam behind
the space opera. Not to suggest that Bramley's intentions
aren't honorable when he, like every other Scientologist in
the world, attempts to get "raw meat" -- i.e. the
unprocessed in Scientology -- to surrender their personal
judgment and philosophy to the "pro-survival" doctrines of
L. Ron Hubbard intended to recover the "spiritual being's"
"total freedom." Everyone knows what the road to Hell is
paved with. It may even be that Bramley won't deny what I
have said, that his book is riddled with hidden
Scientologese. The point is that he doesn't admit it in the
book, and like the evil extraterrestrial custodians he
blames in the book, he engages in some pretty sneaky mind
control himself.
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Jim Keith is the editor of Secret and Suppressed: Banned
Ideas and Hidden History, available from Feral House, and
Casebook on Alternative 3: UFOs, Secret Societies, and World
Control, available from IllumiNet Press. 1-800-680-INET.
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Area : I_UFO
Date : Sat Jul 27, 07:36
From : Joe Schultz 1:114/262
To : All
Subj : Bramley (3-3)
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Brandi Jasmine's comment on Jim Keith's article
I read the piece, and my response was a shrug. So, if he is?
Is there any evidence of recruitment? I suppose it could
make sense of the "incompleteness" I felt, which led to my
questions, but Bramley answered my questions and that was
the end of it. He did not recommend Scientology to me, nor
did he in any way attempt to contact me again. I did not
receive any marketing materials for Scientology afterwards.
I can see the potential for his material to be used by such
groups, though, which is another thing entirely.
(Quoted with permission from email correspondence.) EOF
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