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Acid Reindeer
I meant esoteric in the specific meaning of belonging to the Eastern or Western Esoteric Traditions. esoteri[i:32e9646e05]cism[/i:32e9646e05]" versus the merely esoteric. like I said, you would learn by doing a web search on this and reading something about what this means.

well look at the last part of the definition i posted. its there :)



one of the universals of these traditions involves the preparation.

in traditional societies, because you would have learned the tribal lore both by osmosis and directly, since birth, you would know what to expect.

in other cultures you learn from books or get introduced slowly to the new way of thinking and doing, after a process of months or years.

you don't get thrown into the ocean as with LGAT's where you may drown or may cling to the lifeguard (by which I mean the Forum Leader) for fear of going under.

and its interesting that cling to the forum leader for fear of going under
is part of what landmark is hoping for. its part of what is expected
of people.

people cling to the leaders that will do them in.



the one historical figure known to us who used to throw naifs into the ocean (Hassan i Sabbah) used to do that to program men into killers using hashish, from which we get the word assasins.

I didn't, by the way, say LEC did or didn't have a hidden agenda though I don't know whether you mean a truly hidden agenda (i.e. one only the management will have heard about) or one the public doesn't know about (Transform the World by 2020, unless they have changed the date).

it is possible they will have "transformed " enough business
and political leaders by then to have gained loads of political
power.

what would general motors or ford be without landmark.



I don't consider them immune to the process that I talked about in my last post, though, just slower about it.

hard for me to figure out why you described right wing christianity as new age.