Second Coming of, 179, 181n[4], 238
“Jesus Movement,” 155, 175–76
Joachim of Floris, xxxiii
Joel, Prophet, 166
John Cassian, St., 146
John Climacus, St.
—The Ladder of Divine Ascent, 149, 189
John of Kronstadt, St., 166
—My Life in Christ, 189
Johnston, William
—Christian Zen, 42, 44
John the Apostle and Theologian, St., 3, 5, 11, 111, 146, 154, 156, 166, 182, 189, 237
Jones, Jim, 195–96, 198
Jonestown, Guyana, xiv, 195–200
Journal of Shasta Abbey, The, 64, 65n[3]
Judaism, xxviii, 2–3
Jung, Carl G., 71, 210–11
—Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, 71
Kabbalah, 204
Kali, goddess, 15, 20, 20n[2]
Keel, John A., 101, 112
—UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse, 97n[20], 99, 102, 110n[33], 113
Kempis, Thomas à
—Imitation of Christ, 145
Kennett, Jiyu
—How to Grow a Lotus Blossom, 68n[4]
Kilduff, Marshall
—The Suicide Cult, 198
King, Pat, 115n[1]
Kireyevsky, Ivan, xiii
Klass, Philip J., 84–85
—UFOs Explained, 84n[16]
Knox, Ronald A.
—Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion, 137n[10]
Koch, Dr. Kurt, 126, 128, 130, 137–40
—Between Christ and Satan, 131n[7]
—Day X, 181n[4]
—Occult Bondage and Deliverance, 130n[6], 131n[7], 133n[9], 156
—The Revival in Indonesia, 185n[7]
—The Strife of Tongues, 128, 168
Kontzevitch, I. M., 145
Koran, 2
“Krishna consciousness” movement, 54–58, 68
Kuhlman, Kathryn, 214n[24]
La Croix, 1
La Foi Transmise, 6
La Suisse, xxvi
Laughter, “holy.” See “Holy laughter” movement; Holy Spirit, “laughter of”; Toronto Blessing
Lausiac History (Palladius), 189
Laying on of hands, 117, 123, 126, 134, 139
“charismatic” definition of, 136
LeMasters, Carol, 207
levitation, xxi, 50, 90
Lewis, I. H.
—Ecstatic Religion, An Anthropological Study of Spirit Possession and Shamanism, 148n[14], 153
Lilli, D. G.
—Tongues under Fire, 168
Lindsay, Gordon
—Israel’s Destiny and the Coming Deliverer, 177
Liturgical experimentation, 120, 210–12
Lives of Saints, 37, 131n[7], 144, 148–49, 181, 220
Logos, xx, xxxiii, 13, 115n[1], 116, 121, 123–24, 149, 152, 159, 164, 166, 170, 173, 181
“herald of this new age,” xxxiv
Logos Journal, 115n[1], 135, 161, 172, 177–78
Look, 95
Lucifer, 14, 18, 210, 224–25. See also Devil; Satan
“Luciferian Initiation,” 210, 225
Lundy, Mary Ann, 212
Lunn, Harry, 172
Lutheranism, 121, 128, 211
Macarius, St., Elder of Optina, 156, 158
Macarius the Great, St.
—Homilies, 189
Mackintosh, C. H.
—The Lord’s Coming, 181n[4]
Magic, 16
demarcations between science and, 76
Druidical, 204
manifestation of, 131n[7]
Magnetic field, 132
proper “flow” of the yogic, 60
spiritistic, 134
Maharaj-ji, Guru, 56–58
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 46–51, 56
“Maitreya,” 226
Mantras, 19, 39, 48–49, 54, 60
Pujabi, 59
Sanskrit, 17, 19, 61
Manuel, David, Jr., 177
Martin of Tours, St. 104–5
Masonry. See Freemasonry
Maugham, Somerset, 21
McIntire, Carl, 177
Meditation, xxxv, 39, 42–44, 50–51, 59, 187, 191
agnostic character of, 44
“Christian,” 39, 52, 187–88
convention on, 44
Eastern, 35, 42, 45, 208
experiences, 187
music, 208
on Scriptural passages, 149
Roman Catholic, 41
silent, 43
various kinds of, 68
workshops, 209
Zen, xxi, 45
Mediumism, 102, 104, 128–30, 131n[7], 132, 134–36, 157, 162, 209, 223
applying tests for, 133
central characteristic of, 35
“Christian,” xx, 130
and discarnate entities, 198, 225
modern spiritistic, 137
passivity or submissiveness of, 131
séance as a crude form of, 132
Mediumistic
possession, 157
techniques, xiv, 110, 136
Merton, Thomas, xxvi, 21, 37
Methodism, 117, 132, 210–11, 215
“Millennium,” 179–80
Orthodox interpretation of, 178–79
“Millennium ’73,” 57–58, 177, 179
Miracles, 35, 58, 109, 111, 116, 144, 169, 184
of antichrist, 111
of God, 114
prepare the world for the false messiah, 183
“Miraculous healings,” 97, 129
Mohammed, 2
Monasticism, 63, 65, 149
ascetic spirit of, xxxii
Orthodox instructors in, 182
Roman Catholic, 21, 73, 210
Monism, 22, 27, 202
Monotheism, 1, 3–4
ecumenists unite on the basis of, xxxiv
Motovilov, N. A., conversation of St. Seraphim with, 183
Muktananda, Swami, 217
Muller, Robert, 229
munbaki, 16
mutki (salvation), doctrine of, 15
“Mystery of Iniquity,” 192
Near-death visions, 68n[4]
Nectarios of Pentapolis, St., 166
Neo-paganism, xi, xii, xiv, 7, 203–4, 207, 210, 219, 233. See also Paganism
New Age, 56–58, 221
“Luciferian Initation” required to enter, 209
Messiah, 217, 225–26
movement, xiv, 15, 201–3, 207–11, 213, 217–27, 230, 232–33
“of the Holy Spirit,” xxxii–xxxiv, 143, 166, 192
“Plan” for, 223–27
“New religious consciousness,” xiv, xxii, 58, 68, 70, 77, 166, 188, 192, 202, 209, 223, 231–35, 238
of Berdyaev, 143
of the “charismatic revival,” 143
seductive power of, 69
significance and goal of, xxxv
symptoms of, xi
New Religious Consciousness, The, 61
New World Order, xiv, 224, 227–28
New York Times, 198
Nicetas, Bishop of Novgorod, St., 144
Nicholas (Drobyazgin), Archimandrite, 30
Nilus of Sora, St., Life of, 106
Nilus, Sergei
—The Power of God and Man’s Weakness (in Russian), 107n[30]
—Svyatynya pod Spudom, 113n[34]
Niphon of Constantia, St., 169
Occult, xii, 51, 64–75, 77, 109n[32], 147, 204, 238
initiation rituals, 101
interest in, 51
“mystical” overtones of, 73
phenomena, 97–98
realm, 99, 102–3, 110, 130, 219
Occultism, 72, 131, 150, 204–7, 217, 223, 238
connection between “science” and, 76
contemporary, 141, 149
influence on events in Russia of, 30
“Omega Point,” 29, 192, 232
Ordo Anno Mundi, 205
Ordo Temp
li Orientalis, 206–7
Original sin, 9, 28, 237
Ortega, Ruben, 142, 155, 168
—The Jesus People Speak Out, 168
Orthodox Church, xxiii, 25, 36, 121, 124, 133, 145, 178, 184, 186, 216, 233. See also Jesus Christ, Church of
Orthodox Life, xxxii(n)[3], 31
Orthodox Word, The, xx, xxii–xxiii, 7, 68, 104n[27], 140, 145n[11]
Orthodoxy, xxiv, 7, 38, 182–84, 233, 239. See also Christianity, Orthodox
ascetical teaching of, 143–44
contemplative tradition of, 45
conversion from Hinduism to, xxxiv
Fathers of, 146, 149, 154, 170
historical, xxxii
“new posture of,” xxxiv
self-liquidation of, xxiv–xxv
tradition of, xxiv, 153, 174, 181–82
true spirituality of, 42
Ostrander, Sheila
—Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain, 74n[1], 83n[14]
Ouija-boards, 162–63
Paganism, xxix, 56, 206–7, 210, 217, 233. See also Neo-paganism; Initiation, pagan experience of
experience of, 152, 171
gods of, 7, 105, 152, 217
interest in Western forms of, 204
religious experiences of, 156
shamanistic, 173
Pagan Federation, 206
Pagels, Elaine, 234
Paisius the Great, St., 189–91
Pan-Christianism, 27
Pantheism, panentheism, 202, 207, 211, 232
Papacy, xix
Parapsychology, 76, 102
Parham, Charles, 117
Parliament of Religions, 21, 24, 229, 230n[65]
Passivity, 131–32, 189
foreign to Orthodox spirituality, 133
of mind, 157, 162
pronounced in “charismatic” communities, 134
of the spiritistic séance, 133
Paul VI, Pope, 1, 36, 118, 126, 137, 156, 186. See also Roman Catholicism
Pentecostal, 44, 119, 125–27, 134–35, 161
“channels,” 135
experience, 44
“laying on of hands,” 134
Movement, 116–17, 120, 136–37
revival, 120
sects, 116, 119, 124, 132
Pentecostalism, 120, 134, 142, 171, 212–15. See also “Charismatic revival”
ecumenistic theories and practices of, 124
“People’s Temple,” 198
Philokalia, 38, 42, 45, 66, 112, 154
“Planetary initiations,” 225. See also Initiation
Poe, Edgar Allan, 72
Possession. See Demonic possession
“Post-Christian” age, 62, 66, 70, 73, 77, 110, 118, 203, 222
Prabuddha Bharata, 24
Pranayama, 19
Prelest, 11, 41, 143–44, 149, 162
Presbyterianism, 135, 138, 211–12
Pride, 9, 11, 66, 159
basic sin of, 14
may take the form of “humility,” 149
spiritual, 149
“Project Blue Book,” 81–82, 89, 101
Prophecy, xxxv, 144, 159–60, 166, 192
“accompanied by a vision,” 161
concerning the last days, 178
of the future of mankind, 195
of Nicholas Berdyaev, 173
of St. Niphon of Constantia, 169
satanic, 192
“Prophesying,” 141
“Prophets,” false, 175, 192
Protestantism, xx, 38, 52, 102, 181, 210–11, 215. See also Revivalism, Protestant
fundamentalist, xix, 120–21, 171, 177, 180, 181n[4]
pagans converted to, 184
Psychedelic (hallucinogenic) drugs, 52, 202
Psychic, 43, 68–69, 81, 103, 187–88, 219
component in UFO sightings, 97
devices, UFOs as, 99
disciplines, 69
disorders, 133, 157
energy, 59
experience, 11, 68
experiments, 68
games, dangerous, 127
healing, 100
hypotheses, 71
and occult activities, 64
parlor tricks, 18
phenomena, 98–100, 102, 169
power, 45
reality, the boundaries of, 71
realm, 68, 219
researchers, 107
sensitivity, 129
states, 129, 136, 188
technique, 49
Psychotechnologies, 202
Puja (Hindu ceremony of worship), 84
Purgatory, xix
Radix, 198n
Rainbow Gatherings, 208
Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree, 217
Ramakrishna, xxvii
Ranaghan, Kevin & Dorothy, 125, 135, 151–52, 155, 158–60, 163–64, 178
—Catholic Pentecostals, 168
“Rapture,” the, 180
Raudive, Konstantin
—Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead, 110n[33]
“Rave masses,” 210
Rebus, 30
Redemption, dogma of, 211
“Re-imagining” movement, 210–12, 232
Reincarnation, 198, 202
Religion, 13, 23, 67, 101, 114, 195, 199, 202, 207, 208, 221, 225–26, 229–37
“American,” 61
of antichrist, 114, 188
comparative study of all, 13
“convergence” of, 223, 225, 228–30
“create a world community of,” xxvii
Eastern, xiv, xvi, xxxiv, 9, 20n[2], 35, 38, 52–53, 55, 58, 61, 67, 69, 171, 188, 203–4
false, 113
of the future, xxii, xxxv, 67, 188, 195, 203–4, 225, 228, 234, 236, 238
new world, 172
non-Christian, 20n[2]
primitive, 15, 128, 137
universal, 203, 225, 228, 231
Religious
cults, Eastern, 52
“experiments,” 188
“feelings,” 163
foundation of world peace, xxv
ignorance of our times, xxxii
instructions, 10
“liberals,” xxx
mentality of modern man, 237
“new experiences,” 189
phenomena, contemporary, xi
“revival,” 192
spectrum, American, 196
syncretism, xxviii
thought, contemporary, xxxiii
Religious News Service, xxvii–xxviii
Revivalism, Protestant, xx, 116, 180, 182
Robbins, Jhan
—Tranquility without Pills (All about Transcendental Meditation), 46n[3]
Roberts, Oral, 132, 133n[9], 218
Robertson, Pat, 215
Roerich, Nicholas, 224
“Rolfing,” 67
Roman Catholicism, xix, 21, 23–25, 27, 37–38, 52, 209–11, 215–16. See also Paul VI, Pope; Vatican II
Rowling, J. K., 205
Ruppelt, Captain Edward
first director of “Blue Book,” 82
—Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 82n[12]
Russia, xi, xv–xvi, 30, 106, 113, 216
Sabellius, 3
“Sacred heart,” xix
Safran, Grand Rabbi Dr., 2
Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood and Monastery, xi–xii, xv, xviii
Saint Peter’s Cathedral, xxvi, 2, 9, 36–37
Saint Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, xxiv
Sakkas, Fr. Basile, 1, 6
Samadhi, 13, 43
Samhain, pagan feast of, 207
Sanskrit, 48, 54–55, 58
Sarov Monastery, Russia, 30
Satan, xxix, 12, 15, 36, 146, 199, 222, 224–26, 236, 238–39. See also Devil; Lucifer
aerial realm as chief dominion of, 111
evident and brazen activity of, xxii
fantasies and illusions of, 12
servants of, 169
Satanic, 36, 188, 199
prophecy, 192
Satanism, 141, 149, 208, 236
Scherbachev, Mikhail, xvi
Schroeder, Lynn
—Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain, 74n[1], 83n[14]
Schweitzer, Albert, xxvii
Science fiction, 72, 74–75, 77, 91
future “evolved” beings of, 74
history of, 75–76
myth behind, 74
rooted in magic and mythology, 76
totally secular universe of, 73
“Science of Mind,” 67
“Scientology,” 67
Séances, 131–33, 161, 210
Second Coming of Christ, 179, 181n[4]
Seraphim (Rose), Hieromonk, xi–xvii, 201, 203–4, 209, 212–13, 216, 219, 223, 227, 235–39, 238
—The Kingdom of Man and the Kingdom of God, xii
—The Northern Thebaid, 106n[30]
—The Soul After Death, xvi, 104n[26]
Seraphim of Sarov, St., 30, 158, 182–83
700 Club, 216
Shamanism, 44, 137, 148, 153, 173
as a “religious” expression, 128
Native American, 152, 204
powers, 148
“speaking in tongues,” 127
Shasta, Mount, xi–xii, 62
Shasta Abbey, 62–63, 65–66, 68n[4]
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
—Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, 72
Sherill, John L., 124, 127, 134–35, 142, 151–52, 154, 160
—They Speak with Other Tongues, 168
Shri Guru Dev, 48
Siddhis, 18, 50
Sikh religion, 61
“Silva Mind Control,” 67, 209
Siva Cave, 16–17
“Slain in the Spirit,” 214, 214n[24], 216
Smena, 83, 83n[14]
Sobornost, xxiv, xxx(n)[1]
Sodom and Gomorrah, 73
Sophia, goddess, 211–12, 233
Sorcery, 75–76, 104, 131n[7]
South America, 81, 195, 213
Soviet Life, 83n[14]
“Space Civilizations,” Soviet scientific conference on, 83
Spangler, David, 209, 223, 225–26
—Reflections on the Christ, 224n[51]
Speaking in tongues, 117, 124, 126–29, 134–37, 139–41, 155, 159, 166, 170
common “gift” of the possessed, 128
not a gift but a technique, 136
shamanistic, 128
“supernatural” phenomenon of, 142
Spielberg, Stephen, 219
Spiritism, 102, 129, 131–34, 137, 142, 161, 202
19th-century, 98
automatic writing of, 107
comparison of “charismatic revival” with, 171
crude techniques of, 132
“magnetic circles” in, 134
mediumistic, 102
Spirits, 129, 147, 153, 174
“of devils,” 183
evil, 112, 148, 199
fallen, xiv, 129, 162, 185
“guardian,” 209
openness to the activity of, 133, 162
at séances, 161
Spiritual Counterfeits Project, 48, 51n[4]
Spiritual Counterfeits Project Journal, 102, 231n[66]
Spiritual Counterfeits Project Newsletter, 205n[6], 209n[14]
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