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Oleh: Mazir Ibrahim

29 JUN 2011– Nama P.Ramlee lebih gah dari semua Perdana Menteri Malaysia. Apa-apa isu tentang P.Ramlee masih belum reda dalam nostalgia indah penghayat seni kita.

Yang terbaru adalah berkenaan tuntutan royalti karya P.Ramlee daripada Shaw Brothers sebagai pemilik filem-filem Seniman Agung itu.

Gedebak-gedebuk cerita tentang tuntutan hak intelek, kontrak dan perjanjian termasuk kisah tentang anggaran wang yang begitu besar jumlahnya, semua ini akhirnya akan menemui satu titik buta iaitu – kerajaan.

Jelasnya, P.Ramlee sepanjang hayatnya bukan sekadar bijak menggarap seni budaya bangsa kita dalam karyanya, tetapi selepas meninggalkan kita buat selama-lamanya, Seniman Agung ini juga berjaya membongkar satu krisis yang menjadi puncan kepada semua masalah ‘gedebak-gedebuk’ itu.

Puncanya adalah satu fenomena yang kini kita kenali sebagai sifat ‘kebergantungan’ kepada kerajaan. Kontra kepada sifat ini adalah bebas atau ‘independent’.

Budaya kebergantungan ini disemai sejak sekian lama. Lama-kelamaan budaya ini terbentuk menjadi satu jalur pemikiran – mentaliti.

Senario semasa

Dalam isu royalti P.Ramlee ini, golongan yang merasa sayang, prihatin dan bertanggungjawab mengenainya sebenarnya tidak perlu lagi mengharapkan pihak kerajaan untuk bertindak dan membantu golongan karyawan.

Memang pedih pada mulanya untuk menjadi “bebas kerana andaian selama ini adalah “tanpa kerajaan, mana nak dapat duit atau peruntukan”. Tetapi karyawan perlu ingat, peruntukan atau bantuan kerajaan tidak diberi percuma kerana “harga” yang perlu dibayar ialah kebebasan berekspresi itu sendiri.

Jika kita boleh senaraikan isu-isu yang timbul tentang Seniman Agung yang selama ini pernah dibangkitkan, pasti di kala penutup isunya akan berkumandanglah ayat klise seperti – “kerajaan patut buat itu, kerajaan perlu laksanakan ini, kerajaan wajar memperuntukkan itu, pihak berwajib mesti bertanggungjawab tentang hal ini dan seumpanya”.

Orang-orang yang prihatin ini termasuk golongan karyawan terus menyalak kepada kerajaan dengan pelbagai permintaan dan harapan sedangkan kita degil dan tidak mahu belajar dari sejarah.

Adakah kita faham bahawa dasar kerajaan UMNO dan Barisan Nasional yang ada pada hari ini han
ya akan bertindak jika ada kepentingan politik di pihak mereka?

Adakah peminat P.Ramlee sudah lupa bagaimana Seniman Agung ini dilayan ketika di Studio Merdeka, Ulu Klang? P.Ramlee diperlakukan seperti hamba tebusan oleh industri dan penguasa politik.

Selepas P.Ramlee tiada, baru lah terkejar-kejar segala macam benda hendak dinamakan sempena namanya, gelaran sudah tak terkira. Seolah-olah mahu menebus dosa mereka terhadap Seniman Agung kita.

Sampai kita lupa P. Ramlee meninggal dunia dengan hati yang kempunan mahu menerbitkan filem berwarna sendiri tetapi dipinggirkan oleh penguasa politik dan kroni mereka dalam industri filem.

Hal yang sebegini pun kita masih tidak kenal wajah sebenar kerajaan yang kita harap-harapkan itu. Inilah yang dimaksudkan dengan ‘mentaliti kebergantungan’ yang dididik sejak sekian lama oleh UMNO.

Kebanyakan kalangan kita belum ada budaya independen.

Cadangan penyelesaian I

Budaya kebergantungan ini harus diubah dengan budaya independen. Mungkin kita boleh menafsir konsep indipenden ini secara yang lebih mudah untuk difahami sebagai budaya berdikari.

Dalam konteks P.Ramlee sebagai lagenda yang hebat, beliau adalah khazanah negara, diiktiraf bukan sahaja di Malaysia, malah popular di Asia Tenggara. Ini boleh dilihat sebagai ‘selling point’ yang boleh dimanfaatkan untuk menggerakkan usaha ke arah penyelesaian terhadap isu royalti tersebut.

Pengiktirafan itu, jika diurus dengan betul, boleh menarik minat, simpati, sokongan atau bantuan dari sektor swasta, korporat dan syarikat multinasional, sama ada milik Melayu atau Malaysia, atau pun syarikat usahasama.

Barangkali bantuan itu dalam bentuk membiayai kos tuntutan tersebut, atau membantu khidmat guaman atau apa jua bentuk bantuan untuk kempen secara besar-besaran demi membantu dan menarik sokongan ramai dalam menyelesai dan mengubah keadaan tersebut.

Cadangan penyelesaian II

Ada kumpulan-kumpulan tertentu di negara ini yang sering melalak memperjuangkan bangsa Melayu. Mengapa tidak digerakkan usaha atas nama Seniman Agung ini demi mengembalikan khazanah negara kepangkuan pertiwi. Kata nak mengangkat martabat budaya bangsa.

Bukankah P.Ramlee telah diangkat sebagai simbol kebudayaan bangsa, simbol pencapaian seniman Melayu yang hebat?

Dalam situasi ini, di manakah kelompok Melayu seperti Perkasa, Pemuda UMNO dan sebagainya yang berdegar-degar hendak memperjuangkan nasib bangsa? Apakah P.Ramlee bukan orang Melayu? Karyanya bukan karya Melayu? Apa yang P.Ramlee wariskan itu bukan untuk tamadun bangsa Malaysia?

Jika usaha ini digerakkan dengan betul, bukan P.Ramlee seorang sahaja yang akan mendapat manfaat, sebaliknya semua karyawan dan industri juga akan menerima impak, sedikit demi sedikit ruang kebebasan dan budaya indipenden (berdikari) ini akan wujud.

Jika cara dan pendekatan ini menguntungkan kepada semua pihak, mengapa tidak? Daripada menggunakan nama Melayu untuk menakutkan orang lain, bukankah lebih baik digarap semua tenaga untuk mengembalikan khazanah Seniman Agung kembali ke ibu pertiwi?

Kesan yang lebih jauh dari itu ialah golongan seni tidak lagi perlu bergantung dalam semua perkara pada setiap masa dengan kerajaan. Dan kerajaan tidak perlu “membeli” seni dan seniman dengan harga yang paling murah seperti apa yang P.Ramlee terpaksa terima. Yang sudah itu sudah lah.

Peranan kerajaan sekadar menjaga hak-hak asas karyawan. Peruntukan untuk seni perlu diberikan kepada karyawan tanpa syarat. Peruntukan itu pun duit cukai rakyat. Yang penting kebebasan berekspresi dapat membuahkan kreativiti warga Malaysia.

Selebihnya, biar industri dan karyawan sendiri yang menentukan masa depan mereka. Inilah yang P.Ramlee lalui, dan kita belajar darinya. – Roketkini.com

To give the briefest glimpse of hemp’s potential:

Fabric of any quality and consistency, from coarsest sackcloth to finest silk, without the need for pesticides or fertilisers, or, genetic modification: with twice the yield per acre of cotton, and at least three times its strength, absorbency, warmth and longevity.

Plastics of every kind, from earplugs to aeroplanes, packaging to insulation: biodegradable, without poisonous by-products, toxic fumes or excess CO2.

Finest bond paper that does not yellow or disintegrate through time, card and board, stronger and more enduring than wood pulp alternatives, renewable, sustainable: at five times the yield per acre of forest, and without producing acid rain.

For construction: hemp is ideal for fireproof insulation, and board made from hemp fibre has several times the tensile strength of wood-chip and can be fireproofed and weather proofed for walls and roofs. And, in time, given cannabis hemp’s extraordinary strength to weight ratio, likely an ideal material for bridges and skyscrapers.

For fuel: cannabis hemp produces more net biomass than any other plant on earth. With small adjustments in processing it can produce, ethanol, acetone charcoal, tar, creosote… and has the potential to replace all fossil fuels: without pollution, as it does not require poisonous processing chemicals, or produce excess CO2.

For food: hemp seed is the most nutritionally complete food on earth. Second only to soy in the plant kingdom as a protein source, but much higher for essential fatty acids, including Omega 3 and 6 oils and vitamins A and E, both powerful antioxidants: and, without genetic modification, pesticides or fertilisers.

And medicine, for literally thousands of ailments and diseases: from cancer to glaucoma, MS to depression, obesity to AIDS… the list appears endless, with the likelihood of overdose: Zero.

Cannabis hemp is also an excellent base for cosmetics, cleaning products, paints, varnish…

Plus, cannabis hemp works in harmony with the environment, grows just about everywhere, without fertilisers or pesticides, is renewable, sustainable, and with its long tap root, ideal for ground reparation.

All this from a plant anyone can grow in their garden! – sound too good to be true?

The most dangerous substance in the universe

As history is my witness, even without twentieth century technology, cannabis hemp has been interwoven with our evolution: From the spiritual gift of Shiva, the god Indra’s favourite drink and nectar of the gods in Vedic symbolism and tradition, cannabis hemp spread across culture and continent as our first and primary fibre, be it for clothing, fishing, bow strings, cordage… and as medicine, central to well-being: acknowledged since before the written word across Asia, and, come the twentieth century an ingredient in 50% of all medicines. Established as the best and most durable material for paper by the Chinese, a position unchallenged until industrialisation laid claim to the forests: and a jealously guarded secret, that did not find its way to Europe until the eighth century: on which, by the light of hemp oil lamps, monks and scholars produced our most enduring texts.

Artists painted with hemp oil paints on hemp canvas (canvas finding its entomological root in cannabis), and hempen rope and sail powered and steered Europe’s mighty galleons as they set sail to conquer the earth.

In the Americas, settlers set about conquering the continent with canvas covered wagons. The original Levi jeans were made from hempen sailcloth, riveted, tough enough for the 49ers to load their pockets with gold. Hemp could hardly be more central to US culture, for, together with its hempen flag, the declaration itself was drafted on hemp paper. Homesteads would invariably cultivate a ‘hemp patch’ and president after president sung hemp’s praises:

George Washington: “Make the most of Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!”

Thomas Jefferson: “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of our country.”

Abraham Lincoln: “Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp and playing my Honer [harmonica].”

John Adams: “We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our consumption.”

Sentiments continuing into the Twentieth Century where Henry Ford, the great industrialist, asked: “Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making or the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?”

And finally, delving further into hidden history, one other use for this remarkable little weed. As settlers – Europe’s poverty stricken oppressed – began their quest for independence, to undermine British sterling, hemp became recognised as an alternative currency for trade and commerce: a currency all could find value in. Indeed, hemp was still used to pay taxes long after Limey had been vanquished from the ‘New World’.

Plastic, paper, pharmaceuticals, fuel, food, fabric, finance, soil enhancer, pollution devourer, spiritual benefactor: cannabis hemp is a complete companion, and the answer to a prayer for our desperately beleaguered and polarised world. Cannabis hemp, together with its multitudinous material uses, also engenders balance and harmony, through its catalysing effects towards spirituality: and returning value to nature, where, in reality, it belongs.

But, the more one owns: property, status, ego, power…, the less one finds a taste or use for cannabis hemp. Silk for nobles, canvas for peasants, meat for the elite, gruel (originally hemp seed) for the surf, alcohol for society, grass for the dispossessed, materialism for the wealthy, spirituality for the poor.

So through history, it was ever thus: hemp had its place, service, for the job at hand: functional, reliable, adaptable, and cheap – and everywhere. Shiva’s gift to the wretched: sustenance, shelter and spirituality.

Until now, where nature is outlawed. Outlawed, not for it’s danger to humanity, far from it, cannabis hemp could catalyse our saviour: but to the power hungry egotists who would own our world – and others besides.

Cannabis hemp comes head-to-head with all of our world’s most powerful corporations: oil, big pharma, big cotton, lumber, seeds and genetic modification, alcohol and tobacco, and the war machine. Furthermore, what government, after decades of dishonest and ill conceived laws that have destroyed the lives of millions (with law enforcement and private prisons now as powerful lobbying groups in their own right), could ever dare recognise their woeful error and duplicitous complicity in the persecution and attempted annihilation of God’s greatest gift to humanity?

So we are left with a world of poisonous chemical, genetically modified unnatural alternatives, dictated and dispensed by a handful of merchants and their whores defining our world order, who see power and wealth and expansion as primary objectives in themselves. A world without balance or harmony, driven by materialism and insecurity, where all must remain hungry and all must remain fearful, forever: as fuel, for the insatiable engine of capitalism.

To governments and corporations, and bankers: Cannabis Hemp is indeed, the most dangerous substance in the universe.

A personal perspective:

It is easy to become trapped in the brutality and injustices of our polarised, intolerant world, or overwhelmed by the sensory images that bombard us 24/7, together with the fragmented sound bites fed to us as truth. A chaotic mass of apparently unrelated data, seemingly incoherent and disparate, yet nevertheless, designed to shape the thought and motivation of populations: hungry, fearful, clueless populations.

Cannabis engenders dispassionate reflection and harmony with all. It diffuses blame with understanding, prompting us to stand back and consider the bigger picture, to take a holistic perspective: beyond the establishment narrative. Beyond little stories in boxes, couched in terms of ‘good and evil’, that invariably hide strategic and economic motivation and racial and religious bigotry, and consequences beyond the pocket story. In today’s world, even to suggest such connections, brands one a psychotic or a terrorist, or some other such label, packaging the non-conformer as at odds with establishment order and establishment thinking.

And this, to me, is where the true beauty (and danger) of cannabis lies: in smashing illusions, opening doors of perception – beyond the personal and possessive, beyond the immediate and simplistic, beyond the agenda driven bullshit defining parameters and perspectives – as a gateway to nature and the now, to being, and as the progenitor of question and a catalyst to wonder.

Our tree of life, real life: imbuing holism and harmony, reflection and understanding, peace, and love. So to those who would command, who would see our world owned and who would live off hate and the toil of others, Shiva’s seminal offering truly is: the most dangerous substance in the universe.

Sources: (video): The Union – Run from the Cure – The Hemp Revolution – Magic Weed – The Hemplands Conspiracy – Hemp and the rule of Law – The Medicinal use of Cannabis – In Pot we Trust – The Emperor of Hemp – Hemp for Victory – The History of Marijuana – American Drug War, the Last White Hope

(books/literature): Cannabis, a History – Shiva, the Wild God of Power and Ecstasy – The Forbidden Medicine – The Emperor Wears no Clothes – The Shafer report

BELI RUMAH VS SEWA RUMAH

Sumber:Misteri Alam

BEAT IT!

February 1983, "Beat It" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones (with co-production by Jackson).





A commercial success, "Beat It" was awarded two Grammy Awards and two American Music Awards and was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. "Beat It" (along with the song's music video) propelled Thriller into becoming the best-selling album of all time. The single was certified platinum in 1989. Rolling Stone magazine placed "Beat It" in the 337th spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. "Beat It" was also ranked No. 81 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".[2]

BREAKDANCE!

May 1984, Breakdance: The Movie.. breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg.





The music score featured the hits "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" by Ollie & Jerry and "Freakshow on the Dance Floor". Breakin' was followed by a sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

KEMBARA SENIMAN JALANAN.

Februari 1986, Kembara Seniman Jalanan adalah sebuah filem Malaysia yang diarahkan oleh Nasir Jani dan M.Nasir selaku penulis skrip.





Filem ini diterbitkan oleh Zarul Al-Bakri melalui ZSA Holdings Sdn Bhd. Filem ini dimulai dengan paparan warna-warna lukisan pelukis tempatan seperti S Amin Shahab, M Nasir, Mohd Din dan dibayangi dengan imej watak utama iaitu M Nasir sendiri sebagai Jebat atau Bujang.

A. Kisah Nabi Ibrahim Dibakar

Raja Namrud kehilangan kesabarannya, rakyat disuruh mengumpulkan kayu bakar sebanyak-banyaknya untuk membakar Ibrahim. Setelah kayu bakar itu terkumpul bertimbun-timbun, maka Api unggun besar pun dibuatnya.

Tapi mereka merasa kebingungan sendiri, bagaimana caranya memasukkan Ibrahim ke dalam api yang sedang berkobar-kobar itu. Akan diantarkan sendiri oleh mereka tentu tidak mungkin, sebab mereka tidak mampu mendekati kobaran api besar itu dari jarak yang agak dekat. Kemudian Ibrahim di bakar di dalam api unggun yang berkobar-kobar itu dengan memasukkan Nabi Ibrahim ke dalam api dari jarak yang jauh dengan cara Ibrahim di letakkan di suatu tempat yang dapat dilentingkan seperti anak panah yang dapat di lentingkan dari jarak jauh ke arah sasaran yang dituju.

Merekapun merasa puas dan berkerumun menonton dari jauh peristiwa yang sangat mengerikan itu. Mereka mengira bahwa Nabi Ibrahim telah berakhir hidupnya dan merekalah yang menang dalam hal ini. Tetapi alangkah terkejutnya mereka sewaktu api sudah padam, kayu bakar sudah habis, Nabi Ibrahim keluar dari dalam api dengan selamat, bahkan sehelai rambut pun tak ada yang terbakar dan tak sedikitpun merasakan panasnya api tersebut. Allah berfirman kepada Api, sebagaimana tertulis dalam Al-Qur’an, “Hai api hendaklah dingin dan selamatkan Ibrahim!” (Al-Ambiya: 69).

Nabi Ibrahim selamat, ia merasakan api yang berkobar-kobar itu dingin saja.

B. Kisah Nabi Ibrahim Pindah ke Negeri Kan’an

Nabi Ibrahim mengajak ayahnya untuk cepat bertobat dan memeluk agama Allah, seperti tercantum di dalam AL-Qur’an, surah Maryam, ayat 41 – 45, “Sesungguhnya ia adalah Nabi yang benar. Ketika ia berkata kepada Bapaknya, ya Bapakku! mengapa engkau menyembah sesuatu yang tidak mendengar dan tidak melihat dan tiada bermanfaat kepada Engkau sedikitpun?” Ya Bapakku!, jangan engkau sembah setan, sesungguhnya Setan itu durhaka kepada Allah.

Ya Bapakku!, sesungguhnya aku takut kepada siksaan Allah yang akan menimpa engkau, maka engkau akan berteman dengan setan di dalam Neraka.”

Ayah Nabi Ibrahim menjawab, “Adakah engkau membenci kepada sesembahanku (patung-patung) ya Ibrahim?, ingatlah, jika engkau tidak berhenti menghina Tuhanku, niscaya aku akan melempar (menyiksa)-mu, dan enyahlah engkau dari sini selama-lamanya.” (Maryam: 46).

Karena negeri Babilon tidak aman lagi bagi Nabi Ibrahim maka ia memutuskan untuk pindah ke Syam (Palestina), bersama Luth yang kemudian juga menjadi Nabi, dan beberapa pengikutnya ia meninggalkan Babilon.

Namun tidak beberapa lama negeri Palestina diserang bahaya kelaparan dan penyakit menular. Ibrahim dan pengikutnya kemudian pindah ke Mesir.

Mesir waktu itu diperintah oleh Raja yang kejam dan suka berbuat seenaknya. Raja Mesir suka merampas wanita-wanita cantik walaupun wanita itu sudah bersuami.

Ketika Raja Mesir mendengar bahwa Sarah adalah perempuan yang cantik, maka Ibrahim dan Sarah dipanggil menghadap. Ibrahim berdebar, Raja Mesir memang mempunyai kebiasaan aneh, yaitu merampas istri orang yang berwajah cantik sekedar untuk menunjukkan betapa besar kekuasaannya. Tak seorangpun berani menghalangi perbuatannya.

Setelah menghadap raja Mesir. Ibrahim di tanya, “Siapakah perempuan itu?”

“Saudaraku” jawab Ibrahim, sengaja ia berbohong, sebab jika ia berkata terus terang, pasti ia akan dibunuh oleh Raja Mesir itu dan istrinya akan dirampas.

Nabi Ibrahim dan istrinya boleh tinggal di Istana. Pada suatu hari Sarah dapat menyembuhkan sakit Raja Mesir itu, yaitu sepasang tangan Raja itu mengatup rapat tidak dapat digerakkan. Atas jasanya itu Sarah kemudian diberi hadiah seorang budak perempuan bernama Hajar. Dan dengan ikhlas Hajar kemudian diberikan kepada Ibrahim untuk dijadikan isteri.

Di Mesir, Ibrahim dapat hidup tenteram dan makmur, hartanya melimpah ruah. Tapi justru ini menjadikan iri hati bagi penduduk asli Mesir. Maka kemudian Ibrahim memutuskan kembali ke Palestina.

Sejak saat itulah, Nabi Ibrahim hijrah ke Negeri Kan’an (Palestina), dan disanalah ia membina rumah tangga sampai mendapat keturunan. Nabi Ibrahim menikahi Siti Sarah, karena tidak mendapat keturunan, ia menikah lagi dengan Siti Hajar. Pernikahannya dengan Siti Hajar dianugrahi Allah seorang putra bernama Ismail.

Setelah Siti Sarah berusia lanjut, dia hamil. Lahirlah seorang putra yang diberi nama Ishak. Kelak Nabi Ishak mempunyai anak bernama Yakub. Menurut riwayat, keturunan Nabi Ishak selanjutnya adalah Nabi Musa. Keturunan dari Nabi Ismaillah yang kemudian menurunkan Nabi Muhammad SAW. Menurut silsilah, Nabi Ismail adalah kakek Nabi Muhammad yang kedua Puluh.

Istri pertama Nabi Ibrahim, Siti Sarah tinggal di Palestina. Sedangkan istri keduanya, Siti Hajar, dan putranya Ismail tinggal di Mekah. Karena itu Nabi Ibrahim kadang pergi ke Palestina, kadang tinggal di Mekah. Setelah Ismail besar, Ibrahim mengajaknya membangun Baitullah (Ka’bah) sesuai dengan perintah Allah SWT. Selanjutnya Ka’bah menjadi kiblat bagi umat Islam yang mendirikan salat.

C. Nabi Ibrahim dan Ujian Keimanan dari Allah

Suatu hari Nabi Ibrahim AS bermimpi diperintah Tuhan untuk menyembelih anaknya (Ismail). Beliau kemudian bermusyawarah dengan anak-istrinya (Siti Hajar dan Ismail) ia bertanya bagaimana pendapat keduanya tentang mimpi itu. Siti Hajar berkata, “Barangkali mimpi itu hanyalah permainan tidur belaka, maka dari itu janganlah engkau melakukannya. Akan tetapi apabila mimpi itu merupakan wahyu Tuhan yang harus ditaati, maka saya berserah diri kepada Allah yang sangat pengasih dan penyayang kepada hambanya.”

Selanjutnya Ismail berkata, “Ayahku! Apabila ini merupakan wahyu yang harus kita taati, maka saya rela untuk disembelih.”

Ketiga orang mulya tersebut ikhlas melakukan perintah Tuhannya. Maka pada keesokan harinya dilakukanlah perintah itu.

Hal ini banyak diketahui oleh banyak orang, mereka menyangka, bahwa Nabi Ibrahim sudah gila, karena itu dia harus di bunuh, jika tidak, pasti kita semua nantinya juga akan disembelihnya.

Ismail usul kepada ayahnya: “Sebaiknya saya disembelih dalam keadaan menelungkup, tetapi mata ayah hendaklah di tutup. Kemudian ayah harus dapat mengira-ngira arah mana pedang yang tajam itu ayah pukulkan, supaya tidak meleset dan tepat mengenai leher saya.”

Nabi Ibrahim AS menerima dan melaksanakan usul itu, dengan mengucapkan kalimat atas nama Allah, seraya memancungkan pedangnya yang tajam itu ke leher anaknya.

Menyemburlah darah segar ke sekujur tubuh Nabi Ibrahim, ia gemetar, membayangkan anaknya telah mati dengan kepala terpisah dari badannya. Namun alangkah terkejut dan gembiranya dia setelah membuka kain penutup matanya, apa yang terjadi? Ternyata anaknya Ismail selamat tidak tersembelih, tidak kurang suatu apapun, malahan seekor Kibas yang tersembelih. Padahal tadinya tidak ada seekor kibas di sekitar tempat itu, dan Ismail berdiri tepat disamping nya.

Dengan memuji kebesaran dan kekuasaan Allah, mereka berdua berangkulan, karena mereka bersyukur telah dapat melaksanakan perintah tuhannya.

Setelah itu, mereka pulang ke rumahnya, di sepanjang jalan mereka bertakbir dan bertasbih sambil memuji kebesaran Allah, tuhan yang menjadikan alam semesta alam ini.

Siti Hajar mendengar suara takbir dan tasbih dari jauh yang semakin lama semakin dekat, ternyata suara itu adalah suara suami dan anaknya. Betapa terkejutnya ia sambil berlari menyongsong suami dan anaknya itu. Ketiga orang itu bukan main senangnya, karena telah dapat melaksanakan ibadah dan darma baktinya kepada Tuhan. Orang-orang yang tadinya berniat jahat untuk membunuh Ibrahim yang di kiranya sudah gila itu, akhirnya tidak jadi dilaksanakan.

E. Kisah Haji dan Khitan di Masa Nabi Ibrahim

Sesudah Ka’bah berdiri, Nabi Ibrahim menerima perintah dari Allah SWT, agar memanggil kaum muslimin untuk menunaikan ibadah haji, mengunjungi Baitullah, baik yang dekat dengan Ka’bah maupun yang jauh, sesuai surah Al-Hajji ayat 27, “Dan berserulah kepada manusia untuk mengerjakan haji, mereka akan datang kepadamu dengan berjalan kaki dan mengendarai unta yang kurus, yang datang dari segenap penjuru yang jauh.”

Pada saat berusia 90 tahun (sebagian riwayat menjelaskan pada usia 80 tahun), Nabi Ibrahim menerima perintah Khitan, maka Nabi Ibrahim pun mengkhitan dirinya. Sedang Ismail di khitan pada usia 13 tahun (dalam kitab Injil Barnabas diterangkan, dulu Nabi Adam AS, berdosa setelah memakan buah yang dilarang Allah, buah Khuldi, setelah bertobat, dan diampuni dosanya oleh Allah, Nabi Adam bernazar, akan memotong sebagian dagingnya, kemudian Malaikat menunjukkan bagian daging yang dipotong, yakni pada bagian yang dikhitan). Selanjutnya khitan menjadi syariat agama Islam.

F. Nabi Ibrahim Memohon Supaya Diperlihatkan Bagaimana Allah Menghidupkan Orang Mati

Sewaktu Nabi Ibrahim berdoa kepada Allah supaya diperlihatkan kepadanya bagaimana cara menghidupkan orang mati, maka Allah berfirman kepadanya, “Hai Ibrahim apakah engkau belum percaya kepada kekuasaan-Ku?”

Ibrahim menjawab, “Maha Suci, Tuhanku! Permohonanku ini supaya lebih mendekatkan diriku kepada-Mu, semoga doaku ini dikabulkan.”

Allah SWT mengabulkan doa Nabi Ibrahim, bagaimana Allah memperlihatkan dan cara menghidupkan sesuatu yang sudah mati. Hal ini dapat dilihat dalam Surat Al-Baqarah ayat 260:

Ingatlah ketika Ibrahim berkata, “Hai Tuhanku, perlihatkan kepadaku bagaimana Engkau dapat menghidupkan orang mati!” Allah berfirman, “Tiadakah engkau percaya kepadaku?”

Sahut Ibrahim, “Ya, aku percaya kepada Tuhanku, tetapi hal ini buat meneguhkan hatiku.”

Allah berfirman, “Ambillah empat ekor burung, hampirkan kepadamu (dan potong-potonglah ia), kemudian masing-masing di letakkan diatas bukit sebagian (dari burung yang telah di potong-potong itu), setelah itu panggillah burung-burung itu, niscaya mereka akan datang kepadamu dengan segera. Ketahuilah sesungguhnya Allah Maha Perkasa lagi Bijaksana.”

Allah SWT memperlihatkan kekuasaannya kepada Nabi Ibrahim sehingga keempat burung yang sudah disembelih dan dihancurkan tulang-tulangnya itu dan diaduk jadi satu, sehingga sulit ditentukan satu persatunya nama-nama dan bagian-bagian anggota burung itu.

Potongan-potongan itu juga dibagi-bagi menjadi beberapa tumpukan yang diletakkan di atas bukit-bukit yang saling berjauhan. Namun setelah dipanggil nama-nama burung itu satu persatu, maka berlari-larilah daging, tulang, bulu-bulunya dari bukit yang satu ke bukit yang lain untuk menjadi burung utuh kembali sebagaimana semula. Dan burung itu terbang menuju ke arah Nabi Ibrahim.

G. Akhir Hayat Raja Namrud

Manusia keji seperti Namrud, atas kehendak Allah, mengakhiri hayatnya dengan menyedihkan. Bagaimana Namrud ingkar atas kekuasaa Allah di riwayatkan dalam bentuk dialog antara Raja itu dengan Nabi Ibrahim.

Suatu hari Raja Namrud berdebat hebat dengan Ibrahim. “Ibrahim, siapakah yang menjadikan alam ini?” tanya Raja Namrud.

“Yang menjadikan alam ini adalah Dzat yang dapat menghidupkan dan yang dapat mematikan, dan berkuasa atas segala-galanya,” jawab Nabi Ibrahim tangkas.

“Aku juga berkuasa,” sahut Raja Namrud. “Barangsiapa yang aku perintahkan untuk membunuhnya, matilah dia, dan apabila aku tidak bunuh, hiduplah dia.”

Nabi Ibrahim segera menukas, “Tuhan kami adalah yang menerbitkan matahari dari sebelah timur, maka cobalah engkau putar terbitnya dari sebelah barat!”

Mendengar perkataan Nabi Ibrahim, tercenganglah Raja Namrud. Dia tidak dapat menjawab, namun ia tetap tak mau beriman. Akhirnya raja Namrud dan pengikutnya mendapat siksa. Allah mengirimkan nyamuk yang sangat banyak untuk menyerang. Ternyata kekuasaan sang Raja yang begitu hebat, tak ada artinya saat menghadapi makhluk kecil itu. Pasukan nyamuk menyerbu lubang telinga sang Raja sampai akhirnya ia mati kesakitan.

Sumber Kisah Alkisah Nomor 11 / 8 – 21 Desember 2003

Habis

A woman who was raised in the Illuminati cult describes a powerful secret organization comprising one per cent of the U.S. population that has infiltrated all social institutions and is covertly preparing a military takeover. Her revelations cast the "war on terror" and "homeland security" in their true light.


"Svali" is the pseudonym of the woman, age 45, who was a mind "programmer" for the cult until 1996. She was the sixth head trainer in the San Diego branch and had 30 trainers reporting to her. She has risked her life to warn humanity of the Illuminati's covert power and agenda.

She describes a sadistic Satanic cult led by the richest and most powerful people in the world. It is largely homosexual and pedophile, practises animal sacrifice and ritual murder. It works "hand in glove" with the CIA and Freemasonry. It is Aryan supremacist (German is spoken at the top) but welcomes Jewish apostates. It controls the world traffic in drugs, guns, pornography and prostitution. It may be the hand behind political assassination, and "terrorism," including Sept. 11, the Maryland sniper and the Bali bomb blast.

It has infiltrated government on a local, state and national level; education and financial institutions; religion and the media. Based in Europe, it plans a "world order" that will make its earlier attempts, Nazism and Communism, look like picnics. One other detail: these people are not happy.

Svali's courageous testimony explains why our children are no longer taught civic values, why they are being habituated to homosexuality and violence, and why our "culture" is descending into nihilism and sexual depravity. It raises the possibility that George W. Bush and his Administration are Illuminists and much of the world "elite" is engaged in a mind-boggling criminal conspiracy.

In March 2000, Svali began writing a monthly column for survivors of Illuminati ritual abuse at Suite101.com. In December 2000, H.J. Springer, the editor of CentrExNews,com contacted Svali and conducted an extended 18-part interview with her by email, which is reproduced on line and is copyrighted.

"I am convinced she is the real McCoy," Springer wrote to me. "I have personally relayed numerous email messages to her from other members -- ritually abused, brainwashed, raped, sexually abused people & you name it -- some of them confirming to me her story. So I have absolutely no doubt that Svali has been part of the Illuminati since childhood."

I also trust Svali's testimony because it confirms my intuition and intensive research. Everything fits: from the dead hand that seems to suppress humanity to why Clinton gave secret technology to the Chinese, to persistent reports of concentration camps in the US. It explains why people I know behave in a conspiratorial way. I thank Svali for giving me a frightening but incredible key to understanding the world.

A friend urged me to beware of a hoax and offered to help confirm Svali's personal story. I accepted. I invite you to read her entire testimony and make up your own mind. Read "Part One" to "Part 18" first, starting at the middle of the list and working up.

With their permission, here are some highlights of Svali's correspondence with CentrExnews.com's H.J. Springer. I have also included material from her article "Are the Illuminati Taking Over the World?"

Pervasive Presence

Svali: "The Illuminati are present in every major metropolitan centre in the United States. The Illuminati believe in controlling an area through its: banks and financial institutions (guess how many sit on banking boards? You'd be surprised) Local government: guess how many get elected to local city councils? Law: children are encouraged to go to law school and medical school. Media: others are encouraged to go to journalism school, and members help fund local papers.

Beliefs

Svali: "The Illuminati is a group that practices a form of faith known as "enlightenment". It is Luciferian, and they teach their followers that their roots go back to the ancient mystery religions of Babylon, Egypt, and Celtic druidism. They have taken what they consider the "best" of each, the foundational practices, and joined them together into a strongly occult discipline. Many groups at the local level worship ancient deities such as "El", "Baal", and "Ashtarte", as well as "Isis and Osiris" and "Set".... I do know that these people teach and practice evil."

Weishaupt

Svali: "Weishaupt did not create the Illuminati, they chose him as a figurehead and told him what to write about. The financiers, dating back to the bankers during the times of the Templar Knights who financed the early kings in Europe, created the Illuminati. Weishaupt was their "go fer", who did their bidding."

Military Takeover

Svali: "Briefly, each region of the United States has "nerve centres" or power bases for regional activity. The United States has been divided up into seven major geographical regions. Each region has localities within it that contain military compounds and bases that are hidden in remote, isolated areas or on large private estates.

These bases are used intermittently to teach and train generational Illuminati in military techniques, hand- to- hand combat, crowd control, use of arms, and all aspects of military warfare. Why? Because the Illuminists believe that our government, as we know it, as well as the governments of most nations around the world, are destined to collapse. These will be planned collapses, and they will occur in the following ways:

The Illuminati has planned first for a financial collapse that will make the great depression look like a picnic. This will occur through the manoeuvring of the great banks and financial institutions of the world, through stock manipulation, and interest rate changes. Most people will be indebted to the federal government through bank and credit card debt, etc. The governments will recall all debts immediately, but most people will be unable to pay and will be bankrupted. This will cause generalized financial panic, which will occur simultaneously worldwide, as the Illuminists firmly believe in controlling people through finances.

Doesn't sound pleasant, does it? I don't know the exact time frame for all of this, and wouldn't want to even guess. The good news is that if a person is debt-free, owes nothing to the government or credit debt, and can live self sufficiently, they may do better than others. I would invest in gold, not stocks, if I had the income. Gold will once again be the world standard, and dollars will be pretty useless (remember after the Civil War? Our money will be worth about what confederate money was after the collapse).

Next there will be a military takeover, region by region, as the government declares a state of emergency and martial law. People will have panicked, there will be an anarchical state in most localities, and the government will justify its move as being necessary to control panicked citizens. The cult trained military leaders and people under their direction will use arms as well as crowd control techniques to implement this new state of affairs. ...Military bases will be set up, in each locality (actually, they are already here, but are covert). In the next few years, they will go above ground and be revealed. Each locality will have regional bases and leaders to which they are accountable. The hierarchy will closely reflect the current covert hierarchy.

About five years ago, when I left the Illuminati, approximately 1% of the US population was either part of the Illuminati, sympathetic to it, or a victim of Mind Control (and therefore considered useable). While this may not sound like many, imagine 1% of the population highly trained in the use of armaments, crowd control, psychological and behavioral techniques, armed with weapons and linked to paramilitary groups."

Leadership

Svali: "The national council [consists of] influential bankers with OLD money such as: The Rockefellers, the Mellon family, the Carnegie family, the Rothschild family etc. I know I shouldn't name names, but I will.

The "Supreme World Council" is already set up as a prototype of the one that will rule when the NWO comes into being. It meets on a regular basis to discuss finances, direction, policy, etc. and to problem-solve difficulties that come up. Once again, these leaders are heads in the financial world, OLD banking money. The Rothschild family in England, and in France, have ruling seats. A descendant of the Hapsburg dynasty has a generational seat. A descendant of the ruling families of England and France have a generational seat. The Rockefeller family in the US holds a seat.

This is one reason that the Illuminati have been pretty "untouchable" over the years. The ruling members are very, very, very wealthy and powerful. I hope this information is helpful. How do I know this? I was on a local leadership council (a head trainer), but I talked to those on regional. Also, every Illuminati child is taught who their "leaders" are, and told to take an oath of allegiance to them and the "New Order to come"."

Royalty

Svali: "The Illuminati leadership state that they are descended from royal bloodlines, as well as unbroken occult heritage.

See, there were two definitions of "royalty" used. Open royalty that is currently seen now, and "hidden royalty" of royal lineage and extreme occult power. Sometimes the two were concurrent, such as with the Prince of Wales.

I never thought of which country/line held the most power, since I was just a peon busily doing my job. But my understanding was: The Hanoverian / Hapsburg descendants rule in Germany over the Bruderheist. They are considered one of the strongest lines for occult as well. The British line is just under them, with the royal family. Definitely, they rule the UK branch under the Rothschilds in the occult realm, even though parliament rules the country openly.

In France, again, descendants of the royal families are also in power in the occult realm, but the French Rothschilds hold the reigns over all of them."

Rank of the US

Svali: "The U.S. is considered lower, and younger, than the European branches. ...Germany, France, and the UK form a triumvirate that rules in the European cult. The USSR is considered important, and has the strongest military groups. The USSR has been promised fourth position in the New World Order, BEFORE the role the U.S. would have, because the USSR has been more helpful and cooperative over the years with furthering the agenda.

The descendants of the former ruling families there are also involved in the occult leadership, along with the newer ones. There is no Marxism in the cult. China will be ranked after the USSR, then the U.S. But a lot of the current U.S. leadership will be in Europe when the change occurs, and many have homes there. They will be "changing nationalities" overnight, as it were. This is the little that I do remember. Wish I had been a better student of this stuff, but I was too busy trying to stay alive when I was in it.

Russia will be the military base and powerhouse of the group, since their military commanders (Illuminist) are considered the best in the world, and very, very disciplined. China, because of its roots in oriental occultism, and its large population, will also be considered a higher power than the US. But again, the real power will reside in Europe, according to what I was taught when part of the group.

The United Nations

Svali: "The UN was created early in this century in order to help overcome one of the biggest barriers to a one-world government ...That barrier is the one of nationalism, or pride in one's country. This is why it was NOT a popular concept when first introduced, it took years of country bashing in the media and the destruction of any sense of national pride by a (not so subtle) media campaign over the years.

The UN is a preparation, but it is not the real power in the world, and will be relatively unimportant when the NWO comes into being. The real councils will then step forward. But as a means of getting the general public to accept the idea of a "global community" and the "one world community" the UN is a stepping stone in their working towards the NWO."

Israel

Svali: "The conflict in the Middle East is only to the advantage of the Illuminists. They HATE Israel, and hope one day to see it destroyed, and are biding their time. One of the olive branches offered by the UN when it takes over is that they will prevent war in the Middle East, and this will be greeted with joy by many.

At the same time, the Illuminati covertly supply guns and funds to BOTH sides to keep the conflict fuelled. They are very duplicitous people. They used to funnel guns through the USSR to Palestine, for example, in the name of promoting "friendliness" between the USSR and this state and other Arab nations. Then, the US Illuminists would help funnel guns to Israel, for the same reason.

These people love the game of chess, and see warfare between nations as creating an order out of chaos. The USSR is going to get stronger again. It has too strong a military both openly, and covertly (ALL Illuminati military trainers have visited Russia to learn from them) to sit quietly and quiesciently to the side. In the NWO, they will be stronger than us."

Is the Illuminati a JEWISH conspiracy?

Svali: "Absolutely not. In fact, Hitler and his people (especially Himmler and Goebbels) were top Illuminists. The Illuminati are racist in the extreme, and as a child, I was forced to play "concentration camp" both on my farm in Virginia, and also in Europe in isolated camps in Germany.

The Jews historically fought against the occult (see Deuteronomy and the Old Testament for how God through the Jewish people tried to cleanse the land of the occult groups that were operating there, such as those who worshipped Baal, Ashtarte, and other Canaanite and Babylonian gods.

(from an email to Henry Makow) Yes, there are some very powerful Jewish people in this group. For instance, the Rothschild family literally runs the financial empire in Europe (and indirectly the States), and are a well-known Jewish family. I have also known people whose parents were Jewish diamond merchants in the group, and at every level. But to rise to power in the Illuminati, a Jewish person at night would be forced to renounce their faith, and to give their first allegiance to Lucifer and the beliefs of the Illuminati. In return for this betrayal, they believe that power (financial) and rewards come; and in one sense they do, but at too high a price (losing their eternal soul).

The nazi/concentration camp mentality is very strong, though, and I was told that Hitler, Himmler, Goebel, and others were high-ranking German members of the group (Himmler was higher than the other two), and Mengele their paid puppet as well, who later worked as a high trainer of the American branch between his periods of hiding in South America. They honestly believed that they were acting as agents of their 'gods' to exterminate the Jewish race, and I am so, so sorry that this group has enacted so many horrors on the earth (and so, so glad that I left it).

I hope this helps you. I have always wondered this, though, why some of the highest ranking financial families in the group (baron Rothschild of France is one of the 13 European lords, or "kings" that run the group in Europe, and sits on the World Council) are Jewish, yet the group espouses hatred of their own race."

ARE THEY RACIST?

Svali: "Lots of Illuminists have Fourth Reich programming inside. The Illuminati are racist, and have a very "Aryan" outlook. They believe strongly in the rule of the "pure" and "intelligent" by their definitions, and in their ceremonies, there will occasionally be minorities killed in ceremonies.

They are trying to breed a "genetically superior" race to rule, with their children and descendants. They are also followers of Plato's Republic, and believe that they will be the ones to usher in this "Utopian" rule with the NWO in their opinion. In their Utopia, the intelligentsia will rule, and the sheep like masses will follow their leaders (that is their view of the world; that the occult leaders are "enlightened' and intelligent, while the average person is a "sheep" to be led by the nose)."

FREEMASONRY

Svali: "The Freemasons and the Illuminati are hand in glove. I don't care if this steps on any toes, it's a fact. The Masonic temple at Alexandria, Virginia (the city itself was named after Alexandria, Egypt, and is a hotbed of Illuminati activity) is a centre in the Washington, DC area for Illuminati scholarship and teaching. I was taken there at intervals for testing, to step up a level, for scholarship, and high ceremonies. The leaders in this Masonic group were also Illuminists.

This has been true of every large city I have lived in. The top Freemasons were also top Illuminists. My maternal grandparents were both high ranking Masons in the city of Pittsburgh, Pa. (president of the Eastern Star and 33rd degree Mason) and they both were also leaders in the Illuminati in that area.

Are all Masons Illuminati? No, especially at the lower levels, I believe they know nothing of the practices that occur in the middle of the night in the larger temples. Many are probably fine businessmen and Christians. But I have never known a 32 degree or above who wasn't Illuminati, and the group helped create Freemasonry as a "front" for their activities."

CIA FBI are all infiltrated. So are Mormons etc.

Svali: "Many of the administrators and directors at the FBI are also Illuminists. The CIA helped bring over German scientists after WWII. Many of these were also Illuminati leaders in their own country, and they were welcomed with open arms by the U.S. group. They also funnelled all information they were learning to the Illuminati.

The Mormons affiliated years ago in a meeting with Illuminati leadership in the 1950s. The same with the Jehovah's Witnesses."

The Cold War

Svali:"Russia was never really a threat to us. Marxism was funded by the Illuminati, and espoused as a counterbalance to capitalism. The Illluminati believe strongly in balancing opposing forces, in the pull between opposites. They see history as a complex chess game, and they will fund one side, then another, while ultimately out of the chaos and division ..., they are laughing because they are ultimately beyond political parties. A top western financier will secretly meet with an eastern or Russian "adversary" during those years, and have a good laugh at how the "sheep" were being deluded. I am sharing here what I was taught, and also observed.

They are truly an international group, and the group's agenda supersedes any nationalistic feelings. There is also a lot of trading back and forth of members in these groups. A Russian trainer might come to the US for awhile, complete a job, then go back, or vice-versa."

Assassin Training

Svali: "Here is how it is done (how it was done to me): [1] When the child is 2 years old, place them in a metal cage with electrodes attached. Shock the child severely.
[2] Take the child out, and place a kitten in its hands. Tell the child to wring the kitten's neck. The child will cry and refuse.
[3] Put the child into the cage, and shock them until they are dazed and cannot scream any more.
[4] Take the child out, and tell them again to wring the kitten's neck. This time the child will shake all over, cry, but do it, afraid of the torture. The child will then go into the corner and vomit afterwards, while the adult praises them for "doing such a good job".

This is the first step. The animals get bigger over time, as the child gets older. They will be forced to kill an infant at some point, either a set up or VR, or in reality. They will be taught by age 9 to put together a gun, to aim, and fire on target and on command. They will then practice on realistic manikins. They will then practice on animals. They will then practice on "expendables" or in VR. They will be highly praised if they do well, and tortured if they don't comply.

The older the child or teen, the more advanced the training. By age 15, most children will also be forced to do hand to hand combat in front of spectators (high people who come to watch the "games" much as the ancient gladiators performed). These matches are rarely done to the death, usually until one child goes down. They use every type of weapon imaginable, and learn to fight for their lives. If a child loses a fight, they are heavily punished by their trainer, who loses "face". If they win, they are again praised for being "strong' and adept with weapons. By the time they are 21, they are well trained combat/killing machines with command codes to kill and they have been tested over and over to prove that they WILL obey on command. This is how children in the German Illuminati are brought up, I went through it myself."

Trust in Family

Svali: "They tell their children as they are torturing them, "I am doing this because I love you." To them, the greatest love is to make a child strong, and fit to lead or to move higher in the group, by whatever means it takes.

If a leader sees a child, and wants it as a prostitute, the loving parents will give it away, happy that their child will rise in status. Also, again, they view betrayal as the greatest good. They will do set up after set up to teach their children to never openly trust others.

I remember hundreds of agonizing set ups and betrayals, and hearing when I was betrayed or wounded, "And such is the heart of man." Those doing this to me thought they were teaching me something of value, that would help me. And because of the vicious and political nature of the group, in one sense they were right; the naive get stepped on and wounded. I have known parents who tried to spare their children some of this out of love, but often they were overruled by other family members, who viewed these parents as "weak" and "unfit" to teach their child."

Morale

Svali: "Most of them are wounded, abused victims, who don't realize that it is possible to leave the group. There is a lot of discontent in the ranks, and there would be a mass exodus if the members believed it were really possible to get out (and live). Many of the trainers I knew (I know, wicked, torturing pedophiles) were NOT happy with what they did. They would whisper quietly, or give a look, to show that they disagreed with what they had to do. They would resignedly do their jobs, in the hope of advancement.

Know what one of the biggest carrots offered to those who advance up in the group is? That you don't have to hurt people anymore, and that you can't be abused (it's true: only those higher than you in the group can abuse you, so everyone wants to move up, where the pool of candidates becomes smaller). Of course, people can choose to abuse anyone beneath them, and that motivates.

The Illuminati are a very political and back stabbing group, a "dog eat dog" mentality; everyone wants to move up. These are NOT nice people and they use and manipulate others viciously. They cut their eyeteeth on status, power, and money.

They never openly disclose their agenda, or their cult activities, as often they are amnesic to them. These are well-respected, "Christian" appearing business leaders in the community. The image in the community is all-important to an Illuminist; they will do anything to maintain a normal, respected facade, and DESPISE exposure. ....

None of the Illuminists that I have known, had unkind, or evil appearing, persona in their daytime lives, although some were dysfunctional, such as being alcoholics. The dissociation that drives the Illuminists is their greatest cover ... Many, if not most, of these people are completely unaware of the great evil that they are involved in, during the night."

TV

Also, remember those studies that stated that "TV violence doesn't affect children's behaviour" years ago? Guess who funded them? They are a bunch of bullcrud. What a person watches DOES influence them, and this is well known by the behaviourists in the group. In fact, they know that TV is a tool that they purposely use to influence "the masses". It cannot create a total personality change in the average citizen, but it can desensitize us increasingly to violence, pornography and the occult, and influence the perceptions of young children.

Rock Music

I believe that Brittany Spears, Eminem, and others are being used by them to sing lyrics they like (ever notice that he wears a Neo-Nazi look and sings hate lyrics? This is NOT by chance). In fact, many of the top pop singers come from an internship with the "Mickey Mouse club" (yep, good old Walt the Illuminist's Empire) and I believe they are offered stardom in exchange for allegiance or mind control.

How many lyrics advocate suicide, violence, despair, or New Age spirituality in pop/rock today? Or just get a copy of the words and read (but be aware that many are possibly triggering to survivors of mind control).

Illuminati Weaknesses

Svali: "1. Their arrogance (I think I mentioned this before) is their weakness. These people think they are untouchable, and this could make them careless.

2. If by a miracle, enough people took this SERIOUSLY and started organizing in some way to stop the Illuminati take over, with prayer and God's guidance, perhaps they could be stopped. I hope so, with all of my heart.

3. Stopping pornography and child prostitution and drug smuggling and gun running would take out a huge chunk of their profits. Maybe they would slow down. But honestly, stopping the above would be as difficult as stopping the group."

Public's Denial Mechanism

Svali: The evidence is there, but in my opinion, the average person does NOT want to know, and even when confronted with it, will look the other way.

The Franklin case is a point. How much evidence has come out? Or the MK-Ultra documents that have been declassified, shown as real, and people ignore it.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox. But I believe that the media that downplays ritual abuse is feeding into a deep need in the average person to NOT know the reality. In fact, how can a person face the fact of great evil in mankind, unless they have either a strong faith in God, or are faced with insurmountable evidence? We as human beings want to believe the BEST of our race, not the worst, IMHO.

I really don't believe people will do anything about the Illuminati even if they know. Sorry for the cynicism, but it is based on a lifetime of experience.

The Illuminists don't care who prints this stuff, or if they are "exposed" because they are counting on the majority not believing it, having done a pretty good job with a media blitz campaign (seen any articles in Newsweek or Time lately that addresses this other than as a laughable conspiracy theory? Guess who owns Time-Warner?).

I have heard them laughing about this very thing in leadership meetings five years ago, and I doubt their attitude has changed much since then. If people DID believe this, if action could be taken, then I would be very surprised and quite happy."

"Svali" is a registered nurse and freelance writer living in Texas.

By Henry Makow Ph.D.