Alice Bailey was born in 1880 and died in 1949. She was a prolific author of 24 books, countless magazine and news articles, and spoke quite prolifically about her views of the world. She is credited with coining the term “new age” and creating the new age movement. She spoke about enlightenment and awareness of our surroundings, often referencing a power bigger than us but that connected us to each other as well.

In the early 1920s she created the Lucifer Publishing Company, which was later changed to Lucifer Trust. She wanted to promote other authors and believers and spread the word of her belief system around the world.

She was sought out by many politicians around the world as well as celebrities and became an adviser to many of them. Her core principles have been adopted by many politicians as they try to shape our world. One of her stated goals was to destroy Christianity which she saw as the purveyor of all evil in the world. She also claimed that her books were not written by her but that her ‘God’ spoke to her in her dreams and she just wrote down what she heard. Here are her guiding principles:

TAKE GOD AND PRAYER OUT OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

REDUCE PARENTAL AUTHORITY OVER THE CHILDREN

DESTROY THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FAMILY STRUCTURE OR THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN FAMILY STRUCTURE

IF SEX IS FREE, THEN MAKE ABORTION LEGAL AND MAKE IT EASY

MAKE DIVORCE EASY AND LEGAL, FREE PEOPLE FROM THE CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE FOR LIFE

MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE

DEBASE ART, MAKE IT RUN MAD

USE MEDIA TO PROMOTE AND CHANGE MINDSETS

CREATE AN INTERFAITH MOVEMENT

GET GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE ALL THESE LAW AND GET THE CHURCH TO ENDORSE THESE CHANGES.

Does it begin to make sense now?

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