By Gerald B.
Bryan
The Ballard
harvest of souls, however, has been particularly bountiful among the waving
fields of the unorthodox. Many of these, having no abiding resting place,
spiritually speaking, were attracted by greener fields beyond the old occult
barriers.
“The old
occult order has been set aside,” the Ballards announced; and so, like the days
of the forty-niners, the “gold rush” was on, both spiritually and materially
speaking.
But most of
the material gold flowed into the coffers of the Ballards instead of the other
way around. And most of the spiritual gold today is being found spurious.
The Theosophists
From the
Theosophists the Ballards purloined their Masters, and set out to catch their
students with unique psychic holds all their own.
They had the
Masters Morya and Kuthumi come forth to say that when they started the
Theosophical Society through their messenger, Madame Blavatsky, they “were not
then ascended,” and “could only go so far.” (pp. 317 and 334, A.M.L.)
And very
generously and humbly these new “Ascended” Masters admitted: “Our Beloved Saint
Germain has accomplished more in three years than We did in the many years of
Our humble efforts.” (p. 323)
The Ballards
were able by these and other methods to make fair-sized catches among the
Theosophists, but it was hard to hold some of these disciples of the out-spoken
Blavatsky, who warned her students of astral “spooks.” Many got into the
movement, but got out when the “blasting” with the “Blue Lightning” threatened
too much carnage in the land.
The Rosicrucians
Fair haul
were also made from members of the various Rosicrucian societies in America.
But, like the Theosophists, those who did not get rid of their intellects, got
out; those who did, no doubt are still there.
The Spiritualists
From the
Spiritualists, or those inclined that way, the Ballards naturally made many
converts. Which is very understandable, considering that the Ballard cult
itself is nothing but a glorified spiritualism with streamlined additions.
And yet, of
all people who have ever condemned spiritualism, the Ballards have been the
worst! They practiced the very thing they condemned, but distorted it, adding
so much which is illegitimate and absurd that is has been a real detriment to
the scientific investigation of spiritualism. They unwisely opened the psychic
plane to people who have no comprehension of or control over the forces they
have been led to play with, interfering with their proper focus on the physical
plane of being, and threatening their mental balance.
The Metaphysicians
No doubt the
Ballards have made their greatest catches among students who have been
associated with one or more of the various metaphysical organizations scattered
throughout the United States. Most of these schools had been teaching about the
“I AM” long years before Mrs. Ballard set herself up as an authority on the I
AM in all languages.
The Ballards
have drawn many from the Unity School of Christianity at Kansas City, and the
variously-named Divine Science, New Thought, and Spiritual Healing groups.
The bait the
Ballards used in getting converts from the various metaphysical schools was
usually a more dynamic presentation of the “I AM,” the greater lure of material
prosperity, health, and the addition of streamlined “Masters” and “Goddesses.”
With so potent a combination, is it any wonder so many of the ever-growing
numbers of metaphysically-inclined people in America fell for the Great
Deception?
The Christian Scientists
The Ballards
have been particularly desirous, it seems, of getting the disciples of Mary
Baker Eddy into their fold; and in their efforts to do this, have gone to
extremes of both denunciation and flattery.
Thinking,
perhaps, that the Christian Scientists would be more responsive to a feminine
personality than a masculine one, they brought forth one of the “lady Ascended
Masters,” whom they called the “Lady Master Leto.”
Leto “came
forth” at the Pasadena, California, class, on the evening of January 17, 1937,
and among other things she quite generously admitted that “Mrs. Eddy brought
another phase of Knowledge to Mankind.” Then in the usual Ballard way, loyal
Leto, who, like other Ballard “Goddesses,” has a good sense of advertising
values, referred to the “Saint Germain I AM Instruction,” and said: “Now, this
had come forth as the final Knowledge!” (p. 226, A.M.L.)
But the
outspoken “Saint Germain,” not so lady-like and diplomatic as little Leto,
threatens to “empty their churches” if the Christian Scientists do not
allegedly stop criticizing the Mighty I AM. We quote:
“. . . I
tell you frankly, EVERY SOURCE, whether it is Unity, Christian Science or
whatever it is that attempts to bring disgrace upon This Work or condemns or
criticizes It will fail utterly and their churches will be empty!” (p. 10,
March, 1937, V)
For the most
part, we think Saint Germain waxes a little overenthusiastic about the emptying
of the Christian Science churches, and the others.
Doubtless
some of the more restless souls of the Mother Church have become loosened from
the C. S. imperturbable rock of faith and have fallen into Ballardism — Saint
Germain’s “final knowledge” of Christian Science!
And some of
these have come out again —sadly disillusioned— and like wandering planetoids
with irregular orbits are seeking some parent sun in the religious cosmos, some
focus of more dependable faith than Ballardism with its strange coterie of
man-made gods and goddesses.
(This is the second part of chapter 27 of the
book Psychic Dictatorship in America.)
OBSERVATION
We see that Guy and Edna Ballard were very hostile
towards the other esoteric and pseudo-esoteric organizations, but not because
they knew how to discern the defects that those organizations had, but because
the Ballards, having captured most of their recruits through manipulation, from
those organizations, the Ballards did not want their members to return to these
organizations.
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