New World Order (conspiracy theory) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Occultism=== Conspiracy theorists of the [[Christian right]], starting with British revisionist historian [[Nesta Helen Webster]], believe there is an ancient [[occult]] conspiracy—started by the first [[mystagogue]]s of [[Gnosticism]] and perpetuated by their alleged [[esotericism|esoteric]] successors, such as the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalists]], [[Cathars]], [[Knights Templar]], [[Hermeticism|Hermeticists]], [[Rosicrucianism|Rosicrucians]], [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]], and, ultimately, the [[Illuminati]]—which seeks to subvert the [[Judeo-Christian]] foundations of the [[Western world]] and implement the New World Order through a one-world religion that prepares the masses to embrace the [[imperial cult]] of the [[Antichrist]].<ref name="Barkun 2003"/> More broadly, they speculate that globalists who plot on behalf of a New World Order are directed by occult agencies of some sort: [[Rite of Strict Observance|unknown superiors]], [[Spiritual Hierarchy|spiritual hierarchies]], [[demon]]s, [[fallen angel]]s or [[Lucifer#Occult beliefs|Lucifer]]. They believe that these conspirators use the power of occult sciences ([[numerology]]), symbols ([[Eye of Providence]]), rituals ([[Master Mason|Masonic degrees]]), monuments ([[National Mall#Landmarks, museums and other features|National Mall landmarks]]), buildings ([[Manitoba Legislative Building]]<ref name="Albo 2007">{{cite book|last=Albo|first=Frank|title=The Hermetic Code|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|date=2007|isbn=978-0-9682575-3-1}}</ref>) and facilities ([[Denver International Airport]]) to advance their plot to rule the world.<ref name="Barkun 2003"/><ref name="Marrs 2013">{{cite book|author=Marrs, Jim|title=Our Occulted History|publisher=William Morrow|date=2013|isbn=978-0-06-213032-7}}</ref> For example, in June 1979, an unknown benefactor under the pseudonym "[[Christian Rosenkreuz|R. C. Christian]]" had a huge granite [[megalith]] built in the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], which acts like a compass, calendar, and clock. A message comprising ten guides is inscribed on the occult structure in many languages to serve as instructions for survivors of a [[doomsday event]] to establish a more enlightened and sustainable civilization than the destroyed one. The "[[Georgia Guidestones]]" has subsequently become a spiritual and political [[Rorschach test]] onto which any number of ideas can be imposed. Some New Agers and [[neo-pagan]]s revere it as a [[ley line|ley-line]] power nexus while a few conspiracy theorists are convinced that they are engraved with the New World Order's anti-Christian "[[Ten Commandments]]." Should the Guidestones survive for centuries as their creators intended, many more meanings could arise, equally unrelated to the designer's original intention.{{cn|date=March 2024}} Skeptics argue that the [[demonization]] of [[Western esotericism]] by conspiracy theorists is rooted in [[religious intolerance]] but also in the same [[moral panic]]s that have fueled [[witch trials in the Early Modern period]], and [[satanic ritual abuse]] allegations in the United States.<ref name="Barkun 2003"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page