“Cremation of Care”?

'Cremation of Care'

by Jules Tavernier, 1881

Public Domain

“The Cremation of Care is an annual ritual production written, produced, and performed by and for members of the Bohemian Club and staged at the Bohemian Grove near Monte Rio, California at a small artificial lake amid a private old-growth grove of Redwood trees.
“The dramatic performance is presented on the first night of the annual encampment as an allegorical banishing of worldly cares for the club members and "to present symbolically the salvation of the trees by the club", but the secretive nature of the Bohemians and the political power of some of its members have been criticized.”1

With this being the 139th* Anniversary of the “Cremation of Care” ritual (and the 142nd Anniversary of the founding of Bohemian Grove), it seems rather congruous that 2020 should mark so dramatically the cremation of care for human rights, freedoms, hopes, feelings, and dreams of the masses by the Powers-that-be who control the (small p) powers — the power-elites, the pelites — that gather so religiously in Bohemian Grove to cremate their cares. So what should we expect after 139 years?

Do the pelites care about your job, your business, your rights and freedoms, your hopes and dreams, your physical health, your mental health, your security, your family? By all their recent actions, their deliberate lies and obfuscations, their inhumane demands, rules, and laws, they seem to have cremated their souls and their humanity along with care, BUT WE THE PEOPLE have not (at least not yet). So what are we to do?

WE are to “cry aloud and spare not”² in exposing their lies and crimes, in calling them to account, AND most importantly, in loving and praying for them — that they will awaken to a sense of THEIR awful situation before it is too late.

Their inventions,³ corporations, foundations, NGOs, etc., etc. that have oft blessed this world in so many ways, have been corrupted co-opted, and channeled into destructive agendas of domination and WO. Nevertheless, thousands of pelites have been caught up in things they wish they could escape from, but do not know how. Others may be past the point of no-return, BUT for those who are not, here is a word of hope. Take courage. Reject the boondoogle⁴ of inverted purpose. Know / believe:

Under God's care, our courage will not end in what we fear.

If we fear:
   ▪ losing status — losing status is not the end
   ▪ losing reputation is not the end
   ▪ losing one's home is not the end
   ▪ losing a job ...
   ▪ losing family ...
   ▪ losing friends ...
   ▪ losing health ...
   ▪ losing freedom ...
   ▪ even losing faith ...
is not the end.

Yes, all these and more, may feel like the end, but billions throughout history witness otherwise. Most times, life has gone on. And even if your greatest fear is death, even death is not the end. Just ask the rich man petitioning for Lazarus' help.⁵

Therefore, let US not give up caring — especially for those who have, whether high or low, whether pelites or puppets, whether rich or poor. Let us care enough about human rights and freedoms for all, that even the threat of death is no deterrent to courage and action.

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation_of_Care (Wiki footnotes omitted.)
* (Can we hear the numerologists? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology)
2. Old Testament | Isaiah 58:1 ~ CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 33:9-10 ~ Yea, open your mouths and spare not, and you shall be laden with sheaves upon your backs, for lo, I am with you. Yea, open your mouths and they shall be filled, saying: Repent, repent, and prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand;
3. (sometimes stolen)
4. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2019/09/boondoogle.html
5. NOTE: How does “care” apply to this story of the rich man and Lazarus? At some point in God's plan, Mercy (caring) must give way to Justice. But that is God's call, not ours. So yes, some things do end, but they are things, circumstances, events, and the like, but as far as we know, the soul endures forever.
New Testament | Luke 16:19–31
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Boondoogle?

Do we need a new word?

Here's an old one: boondoggle (pronounced boon -dog-gull):

A boondoggle is a project that is considered a waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.
  (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondoggle)

Here's a possible new derivative: boondoogle (pronounced boon-doo-gull):

A boondoogle occurs when a corporation or entity that began its existence with a vision of service to humanity and with a mantra such as “Don't Be Evil,”¹ BUT, due to the rapid accumulation of wealth and a burgeoning sense of omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence, loses its way and falls into an inversion of purpose.
   [Usage example: The ABC Corp did a boondoogle.]

A recent case in point of a boondoogle, you ask? Just “google” the name Zachary Vorhies,² (ex-employee of Google) or, better yet, avoid the “hit pieces” and go directly to

● Fmr. Google Employee Alleges Blacklisting of Hundreds of Conservative Websites, Delivers Documentation (CBN News, August 15, 2019 ~Time: 2:25 min.)  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hr8dAJBnK4&t=2s ; OR

● Google "Machine Learning Fairness" Whistleblower Goes Public ... (Project Veritas, August 14, 2019 ~ Time 19:34) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VeElBAeas ; OR
● Google’s Power to Shift Elections—Zachary Vorhies, Greg Coppola and Dr. Robert Epstein (American Thought Leaders,  Time 52:03) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buYS1biprSs ; OR
● Red Pill News - Whistleblower Zachary Vorhies Revealed Part 1 (RedPill78: Sept 1, 2019 ~ Time 36:20) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQ6k9B60So ; OR
● see other Vorhies' interviews conducted as “life insurance.”
● See also other Big Tech offenders at EXPOSED: Political Censorship in Big Tech (Project Veritas, August 2, 2019 ~ Time 6:08) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5NzDLvVBdA

Should we be surprised at this boondoogle considering the spirit of power³ that seems to overwhelm most institutions and people who come anywhere near the seduction so perfectly described 180 years ago?

We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men [and institutions], as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.⁴

In the words of Walter Wink:

An institution becomes demonic when it abandons its divine vocation for the pursuit of its own idolatrous goals.⁵

Exposing the delusional system is the central ascetical task in our discernment of the Powers. For the Powers are never more powerful than when they can act from concealment. ... to masquerade as the permanent furniture of the universe, to make the highly contingent structures of current oppression appear to be of divine construction—such is the genius of their deceptive art.⁶

The mighty prefer, therefore, to rule by means of invisible constraints: unseen filaments tied to the public's arms and legs, and imperceptible spiritual brain-implants causing the masses to will to be what has been made of them.⁷

But Wink also says:

The Powers are not intrinsically evil; they are only fallen. What sinks can be made to rise again. We are freed, then, from the temptation to satanize the perpetrators of evil. We can love our nation or church or school, [or corporation] not blindly, but critically, recalling it to its own highest self-professed ideals and identities. We can challenge these institutions to live up to the vocation that is theirs by virtue of their sheer createdness. We can oppose their actions while honoring their necessity.⁸

The Fall does not mean that everything we do is evil, vain, or hopeless, but merely that it is all ambiguous, tainted with egocentricity, subject to deflection from its divine goal, or capable of being co-opted toward other ends.⁹

Perhaps this current boondoogle is just one more ironic fulfillment of old Isaiah's words from circa 700 BCE?

[T]heir works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: ...¹⁰

Let us, WE THE PEOPLE, find ways to help turn these boondoogles back to their high vocations and potentials.¹¹

Let us muster the courage to speak of the “spirituality of institutions”:

Any attempt to transform a social system without addressing both its spirituality and its outer forms is doomed to failure. Only by confronting the spirituality of an institution and its concretions can the total entity be transformed, and that requires a kind of spiritual discernment and praxis that the materialistic ethos in which we live knows nothing about. To put the thesis of these three volumes in its simplest form: The Powers are good. The Powers are fallen. The Powers must be redeemed.¹²

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil
2. https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Zach_Vorhies
3. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-spirit-of-power.html
4. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 121:39
5. Walter Wink. Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Kindle Locations 1083-1084). Kindle Edition.
6. Ibid. (Kindle Locations 1308-1310).
7. Ibid. (Kindle Locations 1312-1314).
8. Ibid. (Kindle Locations 1010-1012).
9. Ibid, (Kindle Locations 1087-1089).
10. Old Testament | Isaiah 29:15-16 (Bold emphasis added.)
11. ● Almost every major reform can be traced back to a single person or a small group of people who were outraged by wrong. | Walter Wink. Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Kindle Locations 1107-1108). Kindle Edition.
● We have only to remind its managers that it exists to serve values beyond itself (though this "reminding" may require a protracted boycott or strike). Adam Smith himself acknowledged this when he wrote that the ultimate goal of a business is not to make a profit. Profit is just the means. The goal is the general welfare. |  Ibid. (Kindle Locations 1016-1018). Bold emphasis added.
12. Ibid. (Kindle Locations 203-206). Yes, we must muster the courage because “The current world-atmosphere has decreed that spirits are not real, nor God, nor miracles, nor spiritual healing. Therefore no respectable intellectual discourse is permitted on these themes.” |  Ibid. (Kindle Locations 804-805).

More of Walter Wink:
● In the biblical view [the Powers] are both visible and invisible, earthly and heavenly, spiritual and institutional. The Powers possess an outer, physical manifestation (buildings, portfolios, personnel, trucks, fax machines) and an inner spirituality, or corporate culture, or collective personality. The Powers are the simultaneity of an outer, visible structure and an inner, spiritual reality. The Powers, properly speaking, are not just the spirituality of institutions, but their outer manifestations as well. | Walter Wink. Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Kindle Locations 112-115). Kindle Edition.
● The Domination System is, so to speak, the system of the Powers, in a satanic parody of God, who might be called the System of the systems. The Domination System is thus equivalent to what the Bible so often means by the terms "world," "aeon," and "flesh." The Bible's insight into this system is essential if we are to oppose the Powers and the system that perpetuates them. |  Ibid. (Kindle Locations 749-751).
● The Powers are good, fallen, and redeemable all at once; and they were good, they fell, and they will be redeemed in God's domination-free order that is coming. |  Ibid. (Kindle Locations 1053-1054).
● Discernment does not entail esoteric knowledge, but rather the gift of seeing reality as it really is. Nothing is more rare, or more truly revolutionary, than an accurate description of reality. |  Ibid. (Kindle Locations 1316-1317).
● [I]t is not just the physical universe that was created with Christ as its means, medium, and goal, but quite specifically the Powers. They only have their being because of him; they are upheld, even in their defections, by him. They exist to serve the purpose of the whole creation as it comes to its focus in him. But if the Powers have been created by God in and through and for Christ, then they cannot be wholly demonized. No matter how evil the empire or a monarch or the priesthood or the local magistrate or Satan himself becomes, none of them can be ascribed Manichean or dualistic status. They are still, despite themselves, inseparably bonded to the principle of rationality and cohesiveness in the universe (Col. 1:17). Like a cancer dependent on the host organism for its very destructive energies, evil remains inescapably parasitic of the whole. Try as they will to become autonomous and set up their own interests as the highest good, the Powers must inevitably come to terms with the Power of the Powers. | Walter Wink. Naming the Powers: The Language of Power in the New Testament (The Powers : Volume One) (Kindle Locations 720-725). Kindle Edition.