by Fat Lady Singing » Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:17 am
Hi Gouda - very interesting, esp. as one who was sort of an insider. Thanks for pointing me in this direction. Say, does anyone know the address for Dream's End's blog? There's an interesting DE post alluding to an article on his/her blog, but I have no idea what the blog's name is. TIA.<br><br>Also, as for LKJ and Cassiopaeia: they're a bunch of very, very paranoid folks. I sincerely doubt they're major players of any sort, although they really really want to be. If they're getting money from Soros I'd be very surprised. Very. At least until the time I was no longer involved with them, they were pretty darn poor. I was actually in their home in Florida and noted holes in their floor through which I could see the dirt underneath (it was sort of built up off the ground, like a lot of Florida homes, without a foundation). It was a ramshackle place, comfortable but without luxury. And they were *always* asking us for money. One reason I left was because of the arm-twisting--aimed at the mailing list in general and me in particular--to "donate" on a monthly basis. So unless the Soros connection came up after I left, I'd have to say it wasn't there then, or it was extremely well hidden. [Aside: there were several mailing lists of increasingly inner circle membership; I don't think there was much arm-twisting of the outer circle mailing list for money--just those of us who were...let's just say "fans."]<br><br>I was a little alarmed at the suggestion in the thread Gouda linked to that they're funnelling names of dissidents to quasi-governmental types. Maybe...but I don't know. If that's so, it's a really, really elaborate set-up. Not saying it's impossible, but there's so much...stuff. Uh... the sheer volume of "backstory," if that's what it is, would seem to rule out a set-up.<br><br>Another thing, about LKJ and anti-Semitism: I do believe at one time she claimed to have been reincarnated from someone who died in the Holocaust. That of course doesn't obviate being anti-Semitic, but perhaps for those who are interested in the group's P.O.V. on the subject, it's an angle to consider.<br><br>In summation, I'd say that LKJ and the group of people who have accreted around her are masters at synthesis on just about any subject. They're relentless researchers, tend to be a logical bunch, and will smash to bits any argument that smacks of BS (except their own, of course). They present some good information...and some really bad information, too. And some really wacky stuff that I personally can't say one way or the other if it's good or bad or somewhere in between. They have a semi-dangerous "with us or against us" attitude, and by the time I left the group, it seemed to me they were an incipient cult (boy would they HATE to see that--cult accusations are the thorn in their side). Not necessarily of the Heaven's Gate kind--more like of the Scientology kind. <br><br>You could learn a lot from them--just keep your wits about you as you delve deeper. All that...text...can just suck you in. <p></p><i></i>