WHERE THE MONEY GOES?
Having shown in the last chapter
the tremendous money possibilities of a “Master” merchandising racket, it might
be well to inquire: “Where does all the money go?”
“It all goes back to the Work,”
shouted Guy Ballard many times from the platform, while his good wife always
expressed quick agreement.
But to make doubly sure that
their students really appreciate this great sacrifice of having their
hard-earned money go back to the “Work,” and no doubt to squelch nasty little
rumors to the contrary, they have their ever-ready “Ascended Masters” come
forth to back them up.
“Every dollar that comes in from
their books,” says no less a personage that John the Beloved, “they put into
This Work to save mankind and America.” (p. 13, Feb., 1938, V.)
Another so-called Ascended
Master, who happens to be the white-haired old man who allegedly made his
Ascension off of Mt. Shasta after Ballard gave him a “Crystal Cup,” is naturally
a good booster for Guy Ballard and all his works.
“Precious ones,” says this
formerly white-haired old man, “do not let the silly human reports go forth
which have been spread at times, that they [the Messengers] are flourishing
with money. All they have is the Love Gifts of the students to carry on the
work. Not so long ago, the report went forth that they had plenty of money. The
Love Gifts from that class did not take care of the express on their trunks,
but they never complain.” (p. 217, A.M.D.)
In view of the fact that one of
their former staff members reports that 4’500 pounds of expressage (28 trunks)
went forward to the east from their Los Angeles class in January, 1939, it is
little to be wondered at that their self-sacrificing students have difficulty
keeping sufficient “Love Gifts” going their way to pay the expressage on all
this opulence, or to put them up at the most expensive hotels.
Still, these poor students do
what they can; and in addition to making themselves poorer and poorer in
efforts to support “The Work,” they use up their energies in long decrees
trying to induce the Cosmos to unload its wealth to the Ballards personally. We
quote, in part, one of these decrees:
“Mighty I AM Presence, Thou Great
Treasure House of the Universe, I don’t look to channels, I look to YOU as you
are my source of supply for everything! . . . Release, this hour, to our
Blessed Mommie and Daddy Ballard, to all the sincere I AM students everywhere,
and to me, ONE MILLION DOLLARS in cash money! TAX FREE! . . . I thank Thee,
Thou dost always answer my every call instantly, infinitely, eternally, and
visible and tangibly manifest in my hands and use.”
It is not stated that this “One
Million Dollars for Blessed Mommie and Daddy Ballard is to go “Back into the
Work.” The intention is that it is to go to the Ballards personally.
These people say that they “Love
America” and shout decrees supporting the flag and the Constitution — yet they
don’t want their country to have a cent of tax money! Nor do they include the
Government in this “million dollar” shower from the Cosmos! It is all to go to
Me and Mine!
Despite the Ballards’ public
profession of not wanting anything for themselves, the above decree — asking a
cool million for Blessed Mommie and Daddy Ballard — shows that the situation is
quite different. Students are not permitted to make up their own decrees. All
decrees must originate from the Ballard headquarters — and presiding over the
decree-making department is Edna Ballard herself!
The author has in his possession
some very revealing private letters written by the Ballards, showing that of
all people these Messengers of business-like “Ascended Masters” are most
desires of possessing money for themselves.
These letters were written and
signed by one or both of the Ballards, and were addressed to their former
“Associate Director.” In them appear many references about money matters, book
sales, and some real “Ascended-Master” concern over cutting down on percentage
discounts given to book stores. We have space for only one of these letters. It
was written by Guy Ballard, and signed “George” as that was the name the
alleged reincarnated Washington frequently used in corresponding with his
Associate Director.
« New York City, N.Y. December 18, 1934
My Dear_____:
We cannot give anyone 50% and
have anything left for ourselves, and furthermore, we are not going to do it .
. .
Saint Germain said in the
beginning that 30 and 33 1/3 was the limit to be given anyone . . .
Saint Germain said that he wanted
us to have $1.00 per copy clear on all books as his gift to us.
I am the channel that has made
all this possible and I do not intend to be swallowed up by this terrible
commercial thing that has always forgotten the originator of a thing from which
others have received MILLIONS.
(Signed) George »
We fail to see in this letter any
mention made of this “Saint Germain Dollar” going “back into the Work.” Three
months before, when the Ballards were working on this man trying to get him to
promote their movement, they wrote him: “We no longer possess anything so far
as our personalities are concerned!” Yet, how different are their later letters
to him! They even had in mind millions!
As further proof that all the
money does not go back into the work, we now quote from a deposition made by
Mrs. Ballard, dated April 11, 1940, at Los Angeles, in the Superior Court of
the State of California. She was called as a witness to testify in a divorce
suit against her son, Donald Ballard. The questions below are by plaintiff ’s
lawyer; answers are by Mrs. Ballard.
Q. Now, the furniture that they
have in your home, whose property is that, do you know?
A. That is mine.
Q. Your property?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Individually?
A. Bought in Mr. Ballard’s and my
own names, I have all the bills to show for it.
Q. That wasn’t bought in the
account of the St. Germain Foundation?
A. No.
Q. And did you make a gift of
that to them?
A. I did not.
Q. To Donald alone?
A. It was to Donald alone, only
until such time as we again had our own permanent home. We loaned them the use
of those things until our own personal home was established here.
Here we have a statement made by
Mrs. Ballard, on oath, that it was she who owned the furniture ($7,000 worth)
in her son’s home, and that she and Mr. Ballard were planning to have their own
permanent home in Los Angeles.
These statements are contrary to
the Ballards’ statements made on the public platform to the effect that they
owned nothing in the way of a home and never expected to, that the nearest to a
home they would get would be “Donald’s and Marjorie’s home.” After admitting
that she was “Treasurer” of the Saint Germain Foundation and head of the Saint
Germain Press, Mrs. Ballard was asked the following question:
Q. What assets does the St.
Germain Foundation have?
A. Well, I couldn’t tell you
that.
Q. Do you have any idea?
A. No.
Q. You couldn’t give us an
approximate estimate?
A. No, I couldn’t.
Q. Could you on the St. Germain
Press?
A. No, I couldn’t, I am not
familiar with that.
Most remarkable answers for the
“Treasurer” and head of a big merchandising business!
Perhaps only an income tax man
from the Department of Internal Revenue will be able to figure out where the
money goes — but of course their “Tax Free” decree works against it!
(Psychic Dictatorship in America,
chapter 16)
OBSERVATION
It is evident that “the Great Work of the Ascended
Masters” was a scam business invented by the Ballards to enrich themselves.
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