L. Frank Baum, tool of the Illuminati?

[NeonCat]

http://www.apfn.org/apfn/oz.htm
"The man who wrote the book The Wizard of Oz was a member of the
Theosophical Society. L. Frank Baum lived in South Dakota and created The
Wizard of Oz book as a theosophical fairy tale incorporating the "ancient
wisdom" of the Mystery Religions. The books have so much material from
inside the secret world of the Illuminati, that the few who understand the
Illuminati wonder if Baum wasn't an insider. The moral of the book is that
we must rely upon ourselves, for we alone have the power to save ourselves.
This was part of the original lie of Satan in the garden. Satan has simply
dressed up the same original lie into different packaging and is
distributing it worldwide as the most popular American fairy tale. L. Frank
Baum explained how he came to write the book, "It was pure inspiration....It
came to me right out of the blue. I think that sometimes the Great Author
has a message to get across and He has to use the instrument at hand. I
happened to be that medium, and I believe the magic key was given me to open
the doors to sympathy and understanding, joy, peace and happiness." (Hearn,
Michael P. ed., The Annotated Wizard of Oz. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1973, p.
73.) In Baum's time, the head of the Theosophical Society, H.P. Blavastsky
had been putting out her journal called Lucifer. In other words, I highly
suspect Baum knew what the Theosophical Society was all about, and that he
himself was deeply into the occult."
Oooooooooh, naughty theosophical occultist...
Note to conspiracy theorists: it looks better if you have larger text on
several pages, instead of one big page of dense text.

[Dan Clore]

NeonCat wrote:

It's true that Baum was interested in Theosophy and that
this influenced much of his fiction, _The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz_ among many others. However, most the information on
this web page is just plain untrue. Take a claim like this:

> Several famous members of the Theosophical Society include:
>
> Adolf Hitler (a Satanist who practiced human sacrifice, & who had HPB’s book at his side.)

In point of fact, the Nazis banned all Masonic and
Theosophical groups and sent known members to concentration
camps. They burned Blavatsky's books.

--
Dan Clore

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[Levi]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:22:14 GMT, "NeonCat"
<catn...@earthlinknospam.net> wrote:

>http://www.apfn.org/apfn/oz.htm
>"The man who wrote the book The Wizard of Oz was a member of the
>Theosophical Society. L. Frank Baum lived in South Dakota and created The
>Wizard of Oz book as a theosophical fairy tale incorporating the "ancient
>wisdom" of the Mystery Religions.

or there is also this theory:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_392.html

Cheers,
Levi

[Tommy D.]

"Levi" <levi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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In High School we watched the Wizard of Oz because they said it was supposed
to be about the progressive era in America.