This week’s guest is our old friend Greg, from the Occult of Personality podcast. We began our talk with my reading of a passage on Ascended Masters from the book LIBER ABA (Magick Book 4, pgs. 8 et seq) by Aleister Crowley, which discusses the Ascended Initiated Masters known as Christ, Buddha, and Mohammed. It is well-known to esotericists that Christ was initiated in the Great Pyramid of Egypt’s Giza Plateau. This is part of the missing years of Christ’s biography. Greg defines ASCENDED MASTERS in the following way: “A spiritual being who can inspire and assist, and even physically manifest, to guide those who the Master has chosen to [guide their spiritual ascension]. The purpose of this is to uplift humanity in some sense or another.” We spoke about the Comte de Saint-Germain, Paul Foster Case, and Sir Francis Bacon, primarily among them. When I brought up my feeling that organized religion exists to PREVENT ENLIGHTENMENT—Greg replied with the following: “Organized religion is an attempt to give people a faith, a commonality, an experience, a tradition, and an identity. Mystery Schools exist to encourage enlightenment, ascension, and personal development.” Greg posited that Sir Francis Bacon was the highest-ever initiate that the world has ever seen. Sir Francis Bacon’s faked funeral (from Manly P. Hall’s The Riddle of the Rosicrucians): “After Bacon’s mock funeral in England, he returned to the continent where he lived for more than twenty years as the head of his Secret Society.” We also spoke about Bacon’s role in the Rosicrucian Order, and his involvement in the writing attributed to William Shakespeare. He was also responsible for many ciphers and steganography—the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message. Greg and I also spoke about GARBAGE OCCULTISM—such as that which can be seen in products such as the GUMMY BEARS Tarot Deck. Lest anyone listening thinks I am joking about a Tarot Deck based on GUMMY BEARS – here is the proof. U.S. Game Systems, Inc. has released this Tarot pack, which is based on the Rider-Waite pack. This kind of thing denigrates the serious nature of Tarot, and this pack was designed by German artist Dietmar Bittrich – who calls himself the “Gummy Bear Oracle.” Give me an effing break, will ya?! I mentioned to Greg that I felt that I had been drafted into my life’s work, instead of my choosing it for myself. Greg responded by saying: “Life will take you where you are meant to go.” We then discussed the esoteric experiences of my two-and-three-quarters year-old son, and a being he describes as DONDO (e.g., Don-Doe): I would encourage all interested in what Greg has to say, to check out his website – Occult of Personality – and his podcast of the same name – which discusses many fascinating subjects – and is well worth your attention. Opening Song – TELL THE TRUTH (excerpt) by David Lee Roth; from the album: ‘A Little Ain’t Enough’ (1991) Closing Song – SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (excerpt) by The Police; from the album: ‘Ghost In The Machine’ (1980) © 2007 Kentroversy Tapes All rights reserved. Used with permission. Less