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A publication of Vol. IV, No. 1
Traditional Catholics of America, Inc. January 15, 1983
Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL
The Bishops of the American Conciliar ''Catholic'' Church ..
On hose Side are They?
Father Francis E. Fenton
To an increasing number of informed traditional Conciliar Church, far from being a bastion against
Roman Catholics and conservative Americans, the Communism, is an open collaborator with it. This is
above question is but a rhetorical one. If the Con- evident in many ways, the current crop of the Con-
ciliar Church bishops of the USA are, as a body, on ciliar Church bishops and their deplorable proposed
the side of the free world and opposed to Com- pastoral letter being but one sad and sorry example.
munism, they are to be highly commended for their
success in concealing that fact from public view.
Indeed, taking their words and actions at face value, The criminal conspiracy of Communism represents
it is difficult to avoid drawing the conclusion that, the greatest threat to human freedom in history.
whatever good intentions they may have, they are Untold millions have been liquidated by its
aiding and abetting atheistic Communism by much diabolical leaders and their minions since it first
of what they have been saying and doing. Their appeared and began to exercise its barbaric
"liberal," leftist, pacifist stance on various issues despotism upon the world scene. Untold millions
and their abject failure to condemn in the most more today languish in concentration camps,
forthright terms the abhorrent evil of Communism undergoing indescribable suffering at the hands of
are nothing short of obnoxious to those of us who their inhuman Communist slave masters. To the
have remained loyal to the Faith and who are as well Communists morality has no meaning whatsoever.
knowledgeable patriotic Americans. Whether they be the Red Chinese or Soviet Russia,
they are hellbent on world domination and will use
The latest antics of the American Conciliar bishops any and every conceivable means at their disposal
have to do with the subject of war, and specifically to realize that objective. Their word is worthless and
that of nuclear war. Since reams of print have to attempt to conduct honorable negotiations with
already appeared regarding their proposed pastoral them is utterly futile. From the beginning their prize
letter, it is not the purpose of this article to analyze target has been, and remains, the conquest of the
the drafts of that letter in any detail. From all that I United States of America, an objective to which they
have read of it and about it, however, a few com- are now coming precariously close. (Mexico may
ments readily come to mind. well become one more Communist country in the
relatively near future.) Indeed, despite the anti-
It is patently obvious that today's Conciliar Church Communist rhetoric and the alleged conservatism of
bishops are of a very different mold from most of the the current administration in W,:1.shington, there are
Roman Catholic bishops of a few decades back. The many Americans, including this writer, who firmly
same holds true, of course, of the last four believe that our nation has never been in greater
occupants of the papal throne. While the true danger in relation to Communism than it is at the
Church remains the implacable foe of Communism present time.
(it can never be otherwise because the two are
diametrically opposed to each other – one a divine But are the American bishops of the Conciliar
institution, the other a satanic one), its membership Church aware of the foregoing and so much more of
has been so drastically reduced that its power and the same? Why of course they are. And what are they
influence upon the world scene is, humanly speak- doing about this satanic scourge, this unmitigated
ing, a negligible one. Some forty or fifty years ago evil which more and more threatens to engulf and to
the Roman Catholic Church was the strongest bas- enslave the world? They're collaborating with it.
tion against Communism in the world. Today the cont. on next page
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They're promoting it. They're playing right into the enslavement under Communism rather than to fight
hands of those who will never rest until they have the Red menace. In his 1937 encyclical letter, Divine
brought America to its knees. Indeed, if the National Redemptoris, Pope Pius XI wrote: "Communism is
Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) is an enemy intrinsically evil and no one who would save
of atheistic Communism, assuredly the Reds have Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any
no need of friends. While not all of the bishops of the undertaking whatsoever." "Intrinsically evil," that is,
NCCB necessarily concur with the leftist, pacifist, Communism is morally rotten to the core; it has no
un-Catholic position expressed in the drafts of the redeeming feature whatsoever. And yet the bishops
proposed pastoral letter, I do not know of a single of the Conciliar Church openly advocate collabora-
one of them who has publicly spoken against it as a tion with it, urging more talks toward disarmament
traditional Roman Catholic priest or prelate would with its thoroughly amoral leaders, the most
certainly do. Among the more notorious of the pro- inveterate liars in history. But, of course, with these
Communist bishops of the Conciliar Church we bishops Pope Pius XI and the Roman Catholic moral
would mention Bishop Kenneth "better Red than theology expressed in his above-mentioned
dead" Unterer of Saginaw, Michigan; Archbishop encyclical are outdated. "Peace at any price" is
Raymond Hunthausen of Seattle who advocates apparently their motto. Could we correctly describe
,,unilateral disarmament; and Bishop Thomas these Conciliar Church bishops as traitors to our
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Gumbleton of Detroit who is the head of the country? We could indeed.
'exceedingly pacifist Pax Christi organization to
which a total of 57 "Catholic" bishops of America As every correctly informed person well knows,
belong. Communism – and, specifically, its World Peace
Council – is behind and at the root of most, if not
In view of the unwavering determination of Com- practically all, of the current and recent massive
munism to conquer the world, and of its record to pacifist propaganda and demonstrations for a
date in this regard, and in view of its ever increasing nuclear freeze. The objective, of course, is to render
military superiority over the United States (thanks, in the USA militarily impotent and thus primed for sur-
large part, to the U.S. government) · in view of such render to any Communist ultimatum to do so · or
considerations, the American Conciliar Church else! That the bishops of the American Conciliar
bishops, in their advocacy of a nuclear freeze and in Church, however far gone they are in other matters,
the attitude of some of them even to a sensible should be on the side of atheistic Communism in
policy of nuclear deterrence, have reached a new this insidious pacifist movement to destroy our
low as spiritual and moral leaders. From all indica- nation – this is all but incredible. Thank God, those
tions, a number of them would indeed prefer world bishops are not Roman Catholics! Pray for them!
The Closing of Christ the King School
Fr. Francis E. Fenton
The words above will come as a surprise to most of was our inability to raise sufficient funds to main-
the readers of this newsletter and will be a dis- tain it. During its first year of operation (Sept. 1981
appointment to many. To have to announce this sad -June 1982), school expenses were some $11,000 per
news doesn't come easy to this writer who, along month. Starting with the current school year we had
with so many other traditional Roman Catholics reduced those expenses to some $9,000 monthly
here in Colorado Springs and around the country, (these figures do not include an additional sum of
had great expectations that our Christ the King approximately $1,700 per month for the TCA). As
School (K-12) would, in due time, be a resounding time passed, however, it became increasingly
success and would contribute much to the vital obvious that we could not raise the total amount
cause of authentic Roman Catholic education in the necessary for the school's maintenance and we
USA. In view of the tremendous need today for truly were compelled to borrow money. As of this writing,
Catholic schools and in view of the considerable the school has a debt of some $11,000. And so in
amount of money and effort expended on behalf of recent weeks we became painfully aware of the deci-
this particular institution, I do not think it to be any sion to be made: the closing of the school. During
exaggeration to describe the closing of our Christ the school's Christmas holiday a few weeks back,
the King School as tragic. that decision was taken.
While we certainly seem to have had our full quota Undoubtedly, the termination of our school is, in
of problems in the operation of the school almost part, a casualty of the times, the consequence of the
since its inception in September, 1981, the sole present condition of the economy. In part, yes. but
reason for our decision to close it a few weeks ago not entirely. We did raise, on an average, some
cont. on next page
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per month of the school's To all of those who in way –
existence and it is my that we could have prayers, penances, resources –
more or less the total funds needed if more its short-lived existence, I extend
traditional whom I know had seen fit to I am very sorry that so
help us. for whatever reason, they didn't – and and so vitaily needed a project did
this has to me, one of the not meet with the success which I and many others
ments with our school. so many did had so confidently anticipated. would
contribute, some, I to the extent of con- mit so noble a venture to fail, I do not pretend to
siderable sacrifice. In any case, having discussed know. Perhaps, in these trying days when our faith is
this subject of genuine sacrifice for, and true dedica- tested on all sides, this is but one more test of its
tion to, the Faith in previous issues of this news- strength and stability. At any rate, it is in this
letter, no purpose is likely to be served in a further fashion that I look upon the closing of our Christ the
rehashing of it now. Suffice it to say that, were all King School. While I deeply regret its occurrence, I
traditional Roman Catholics as committed to the view it as one of the inscrutable ways in which the
preservation of our divine Faith as its enemies are to good Lord sees fit to test our faith and our loyalty to
its destruction, an institution with such potential as His Church. If this attitude and reaction of mine in
our Christ the King School would never have seen the present matter be correct, I pray that I and all of
failure for lack of funds. those involved with me will pass that test with flying
colors. God's will be done!
The ift of Jeane Dixon:
Prophecy or Divination?
John Kenneth Weiskittel
In 1926 an eight-year-old girl and her mother paid a I looked into it and what I saw was so beautiful
visit to the Santa Rosa, California estate of the it almost made me cry. I saw a wild, rocky coast
famous horticulturist Luther Burbank. This was to be in a far-off land and a turbulent sea crashing
no ordinary visit, however, since, although the into the jagged edges of the crumbling rocks.
mother and child knew Burbank well, the object of Giant waves split into a shower of tiny droplets
this particular visit was to meet a gypsy woman of white foaming rain, drifting down and up
encamped on his grounds. The fact that a fortune- again, losing themselves on the whisper of the
teller had her wagon stationed on Burbank's proper- wind. Farther inland, a sea gull aimed for the
ty was not as surprising as it might seem; Burbank clouds, flying to fulfillment of his destiny. (4)
was known to be as eccentric in his religious beliefs The visit to the fortune-teller launched a career. A
as he was justly famous for his experiments with year later, the girl advised a boardinghouse owner to
roses and berries. become an actress. The woman used her real name
in film – Marie Dressler – and went on to Hollywood
As they approached the wagon, they saw the gypsy stardom. (5) And the youngster, Jeane Pinckert,
reading a woman's fortune with cards. Soon, the would go on to achieve a unique stardom of her own
child was having her palm read, and the fortune- as "seer", using her married name – Jeane Dixon.
teller's eyes grew large in amazement. "This little
girl is going to be very famous. She will be able to Today, Jeane Dixon is known around the world as
see world-wide changes because she has been prophetess, astrologer, humanitarian, best-selling
blessed with the gift of prophecy. Never have I seen writer, confidant of Presidents, "devout
such palm lines!" (i) Catholic." She is a frequentguest on television talk
shows and makes a widely circulated a111nual predic-
The "gentle gypsy lady," as the girl was later to call tion of events to occur in the coming year. And we
her, went on to explain: "She's got the Star of David learned from the Los Angeles Times ,syndicate that
in her hand, and here, here's the Half Moon!" (2) her daily astrology column, which they carry, is cir-
culated in 300 U.S. newspapers and 50 overseas.
"Your child, madam," she addressed mother " …
has all the makings of a great mystic." Then she The intention of this article is to examine the predic-
disappeared into her wagon long enough to return tions, beliefs and other statements of Jeane Dixon
with a crystal ball. (3) The gypsy gave it to the little in the light of Catholic teaching, and to answer the
girl, and asked her to gaze deeply into it and question – since she is so prominent a world figure
describe what she saw. The childhood vision was -is Jeane Dixon even Catholic? Should we agree with
recalled affectionately in later years: Monsignor James A. Magner who, while procurator
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of Catholic University of America, stated: "Neither in for his being a Democrat, Mrs. Dixon had a fifty-fifty
idea nor expression is there any conflict between chance of being right, for without the identifying
Mrs. Dixon's gift and the Church. In fact, to a detail of 'blue eyes' he becomes merely a
Catholic it seems a rather normal thing, although we Democrat." (16) Further, he notes, it is common
don't yet know very much about this field of psychic knowledge – John Kennedy himself was aware of
phenomena."? (6) Or is Father Edward Cleary, the this – that every president "elected at twenty-year
former pastor of St. Paul's Church in Memphis, intervals from 1840 to the present" (excluding
Tennessee, closer to the truth when he says of her Ronald Reagan, of course) has either been
"gift": "I don't see any spirituality in it. Anyone who assassinated or died in ofice. (17) Finally, Mr.
claims to have a direct line to God is deluded"? (7) Vaughan challenges the Dixon prediction concern-
ing President Kennedy by citing psychic researcher
Dr. Ian Stevenson, who notes that "political
A Direct Line to God? assassinations are not the best topic for assessing
the accuracy of precognition (seeing the future},"
It is fair to say that Jeane Dixon claims to have "a since the politically famous are high risks for this
direct line to God." "God has given me a gift of sort of attack and, too, they are more likely to be
prophecy for His own reasons," she writes, "and I do thought about and dreamed about than are other
not question them." (8) Elsewhere she tells us, in the strangers. (18)
same matter-of-fact fashion, that "angels talk to
me." (9) Since she has refused to charge any fee for So, the most famous of all Jeane Dixon's
her visonary services, attends church (albeit the "prophecies" is challenged by her peers. Suppose,
Conciliar Church) daily, and is known to sponsor or however, we give her the benefit of the doubt, and
participate in numerous charitable activities (such allow that her Kennedy prediction was something
as her own Children to Children), many are tempted more than an educated guess – what then?
to take her at her word.
Mrs. Dixon catapulted to fame in 1963, after it was Prophecy or Antiprophecy? .
learned that she had predicted President John F. Christ or Antichrist?
Kennedy's assassination. She steadfastly holds that
this was no mere prediction, but a "prophecy." (10) it is the consistent teaching of the Church that not
To call such a foretelling of the future a prophecy is all who claim to be prophesying in the name of God
a bold statement because the Church teaches that do so with His blessing. God has instructed us how
prophecy is "the revelation to one of knowledge we can discern who are truly His prophets. We read
existing in the mind of God to be told to others or to in the Sacred Scripture:
be used for the individual's own salvation." (11) But the prophet who, being corrupted with
Does her prediction fit this definition? pride, shall speak in my name things that I did
not command him to say, or in the name of
The alleged revelation took place in 1952 at St. strange gods, shall be slain.
Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. As she
began to kneel before a statue of the Blessed Virgin And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall
Mary, the disturbing vision manifested itself. (12) I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?
Four years later, while being interviewed by
reporters from Parade magazine, she publicly made Thou shall have this sign: Whatsoever that
the prediction. same prophet foretelleth in the name of the
Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the
Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath
Alan Vaughan, editor of Psychic magazine, found an forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore
interesting inconsistency in the way Ruth thou shalt not fear him.
Montgomery has (in her fawning biography of Jeane (Deuteronomy 18:20-22)
Dixon, A Gift of Prophecy) altered the wording of the This is quite straightforward: to be a true prophet of
Parade article regarding the "prophecy." (13) God one must be unerring in one's predictions; any
According to Mrs. Montgomery's account, the prophecy that does not come to pass proves its
visionary told Parade reporters: "A blue-eyed Demo- author to be a false prophet.
crat President elected in 1960 will be assassinated."
(14) However, when Mr. Vaughan looked up the When interviewed in 1974, Father Eugene B.
quote in Parade, it was worded thus: "As for the 1960 Gallagher of Philadelphia's Old St. Joseph's Church
election, Mrs. Dixon thinks it will be dominated by called Jeane Dixon simply "a good huncher," and
labor and won by a Democrat. But he will be warned that "it would be morally wrong for anyone,
assassinated or die in office "though not necessari- including herself, to think that Jeane, of her own
ly in his first term."' (15) Mr. Vaughan notes that "as power, is predicting with certainty free future acts of
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her fellow can do that, and those and who would usher in the age of "a new
who might have revelations from him (sic)." (19) He ty." "Here is the beginning of wisdom," she
went on to add that he hopes that she informs her and when she saw people from all over the world
readers to take her predictions as "amusement and kneeling before Him, she felt "perfect peace," know-
entertainment. She's conducting a guessing game ing this "one all-embracing faith" would "spread the
and a lot of people like to get in on the fun." (20) wisdom of the Almighty Power." (26)
Unfortunately, Jeane Dixon and her many devoted Christ reborn as a child: certainly not traditional
followers regard her predictions as far more than "a Catholic theology, but then perhaps Jeane is
guessing game." It is the firm contention of Mrs. allowed to engage in, shall we say, "prophetic
Dixon that God has given her revelations through license." Perhaps, yet, in My Life and Prophecies
visions: "Revelations are signs of the will of God, published four years after A Gift of Prophecy), Jeane
and not the will of man. When God reveals a future Dixon takes the liberty of second-guessing her own
event through a revelation, nothing man can do will "prophecy." Now, she argues, she knows that the
change it. The Lord gives a revelation to anyone "unlimited, unearthly wisdom" of the serpent was
whom He chooses, when He chooses, and how He really part of a satanic temptation but, because of
chooses. A revelation has nothing to do with God's "shielding presence," she resisted its plea …
extrasensory perception. It is God revealing His will, "and when the serpent left I was still one with God."
and when He chooses to use me as a channel for His (27) The child who, she feels, was literally born at the
revelation, I listen, and I see, and I feel … " (21) very moment of her second "revelation" (mentioned
These revelations, then, are not subject to change, above) – the "Messiah" before whom untold millions
and they always "deal with international situations. "knelt in worshipful adoration" – would deceive
They are never intended for one person as an them to follow a false "Christianity" that was based
individual." (22) not on "the teachings and life of Christ, the Son,"
but upon his "almighty power." (28) He would be,
Mrs. Dixon says she knows when she is going to be then, not Christ, but Antichrist!
granted a revelation because she feels a strange
euphoria for three days before the vision. One such Does it not seem strange that a self-professed
"prophecy" might be called the "Serpent Vision." prophetess of God has trouble distinguishing
The Serpent Vision is essential to understanding between Christ and His opposite? If we reflect on
Jeane Dixon's alleged revelations and, although not the true prophets of God, we never see such confu-
as famous as the JFK prediction, the implications of sion of identity. Never, in prophecies regarding our
this vision are far more important to the ultimate Lord or the Antichrist, is one mistaken for the other.
future of Planet Earth. (See, for example, Isaiah 7:14; II Thessalonians
2:3-4.) And does it seem reasonable to assume that,
A Serpent Vision was first mentioned in A Gift of if Mrs. Dixon is so uncertain of the meaning of her
Prophecy. One hot summer night in the nation's own "prophecies," then we, too, may engage in a
capital, back in 1952, Mrs. Dixon was having dif- healthy skepticism as to their contents, accuracy
ficulty falling asleep when she noticed a snake and, finally, their source?
crawling into bed with her. She said that she did not
fear it because she felt that "God's love … had
enveloped me to protect me from whatever was to Dreams, Crystal Balls,
take place." (23) Tarot Cards, etc.
Soon she realized "by the impact of mental force" Although Jeane Dixon holds fast to the position that
that more than a mere reptile stood in her presence all of her revelations will inevitably come to pass,
("It's eyes reflected all the wisdom and suffering of since God is their author, she is quick to point out
the ages, but also an unspoken plea for trust and that "there are many different ways in which the
understanding." (24) The snake "told" her that she future is known to me, and only a limited number of
should look to the East "for God's wisdom and these events are known to me through revelation."
guidance," and its steady gaze, full of "love, (29) How limited a number? She indicates that she
goodness, strength, and knowledge," gave her an had "about seven revelations." (30) (About seven
inner feeling of "peace on earth, good will towards revelations?!? Is it too much to ask our would-be
men." (25) visionary to recall exactly how many of these God-
given prophecies of importance she has received?)
Ten years later, the rest of this vision was "revealed"
to her, when she had before her a clear image of an This means that the vast majority of her predictions
ancient Egyptian Pharaoh and Queen with infant. It are of a non-divine, fallible nature. Her biographer is
dawned on Mrs. Dixon that the child was the ready to defend this, writing: " … it is comforting to
Messiah, who had been reborn in the Middle East, remember that she is not infallible; but her record of
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is such that the burden of must rest J. a
but for now let us matters earned him the
methods of consultant" for the
" adds that it
of such events
term, means alone
the senses in the case Jeane
voyance. Clairvoyance is defined as:
The psychic ability to see things and events or
gain information regarding them, whatever the This wickedness has condemned Doctors
distance. However, this is an umbrella term and Fathers of the Church, such as St. Augustine in
which often refers to telepathy, spiritism, his Confessions, and by the bishop-martyr St.
psychic research, second sight, and prophetic Hippolytus in Refutation of All Heresies. (37) Fur-
visions and dreams … Clairvoyance may occur thermore, many popes, including Popes Sixtus IV
in a normal state or, more generally, in a trance and Sixtus V, and numerous synods and councils,
induced by various agencies, i.e., drugs, including the Fifth Lateran Council, attacked this
fasting, illness, hyperesthesia (intensification evil practice. (38) "In 1398 the (Catholic) Faculty of
of the senses), or crystal gazing. (32) Theology in Paris condemned Specularii (those who
divine by crystal ball) as being of Satanic origin."
The means employed by Mrs. Dixon for "seeing the (39) The medieval sorcerer Paracelsus· believing the
future" have been listed by her as follows: the images in the ball to be summoned up by spirits
"psychical way," or sensing and interpreting "vibra- -wrote detailed instructions on "How to Conjure the
tions" received by shaking hands with someone; Crystal so that all things may be seen in it." (40) A
"through a direct contact with the Lord"; telepathy, British crystal-gazer was found guilty of heresy in
for which the crystal ball becomes "a point of con- 1467, and was made to lead a procession of people
centration", an instrument; and, dreams. (33) Finally, to York Cathedral wearing signs identifying him as
she mentions "a worn deck of cards" given her by "sorcerer" and "invoker of spirits," required to
"the sweet old gypsy," but this is a method she make a public recantation of his error, and to burn
seldom uses. (34) his evil books. (41) Seventy years later, also in
England, authorities seized a man for possessing
Interestingly enough, the first two types of "seeing" books of sorcery (including instructions on how to
are regarded by their possessor as Involving God in "consecrate" a crystal ball): the man was . . . .
some way, picking up "vibrations" of "an individual a priest. (42) During the Renaissance the poison of
channel of communication with eternity," which is pagan magic infected the Church, so that diviners,
"given to us by our Creator." By "direct contact with such as Nostradamus, actually counted members of
God" she means: "when I pray and meditate and ask the Catholic hierarchy. The devil had the proverbial
the Lord for guidance," it is then that she becomes foot in the door.
"aware of the many signals surrounding us." When
God reveals answers in this manner, she says, "it is If the practitioner of these dark arts is consciously
almost like hearing the wind blowing and howling seeking the aid of demons, it is a mortal sin, of
around your house." (Compare with the Descent of course. It is the teaching of the Church that God
the Holy Ghost in Acts 2:2.) Incredibly, Jeane Dixon does, on occasion, permit evil spirits to pass on cor-
does not claim one hundred percent accuracy from rect outcomes of future events to diviners. (43) Even
these semi-divine inspirations. if the crystal gazer believes he is obtaining the infor-
mation from some other source, and does not in any
One of the most popular forms of fortune-telling way actively seek the advice of devils, he
throughout the centuries has been "scrying" or nonetheless commits sin, because he has "under-
crystal gazing. It has also been one of the activities taken out of curiosity" (as with magic) an act that
most frequently condemned by the Catholic Church. "proves a lack of faith or is a vain ~mperstition." (44)
Both in the Old Testament and New, sooth-saying or This is stated in no uncertain terms by Thomas
divination – of which scrying is most definitely a form Aquinas in the Summa (II II q. 95 a. 1). Were any fur-
– is forbidden. (See, for example, Leviticus 19:31, ther evidence needed to convince, the reader should
20:6; Acts 16: 16-18.) be aware that the modern self-professed witch Sybil
Leek is a proponent of the crystal ball, who goes as
What exactly is divination? The Catholic Encyclo- far as to say that today "the crystal-gazer is the
pedia defines it this way: person most likely to have a genuine psychic
As prophecy is the lawful knowledge of the ability." (45)
future, divination, its superstitious counterpart,
is the unlawful. As magic aims to do, divination As for dreams, the consistent Catholic position is
aims to know. (35) that they are not to be sought out as a way of seeing
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many, and are hly being akin to
their trust in them" . . . of themselves gypsy witchery … " (48)
have ordlnarlly a natural cause. When they
come from God, He always takes good care to A champion of the tarot deck was the late Satanist
make their supernatural nature evident. (46) Aleister Crowley, who not only wrote and translated
books on the subject but even went as far as design-
Since it is also true that demons can deceive in ing his own pack. (49) Crowley, who fashioned
dreams, it is not rash, given Jeane Dixon's problem himself the "Great Beast of the Apocalypse," was a
in accurately discerning the true source of many of drug addict, pornographer and, quite possibly, the
her supernatural experiences, to be more than a high priest at one or more human sacrifices. His
little suspicious of the value of her dreams – "religious belief" was the reverse of the Christian;
especially in the light of her other activities. (To be instead of "Thy will be done," Crowley taught his
fair, we must acknowledge that she warns that disciples: "'Do what thou will' shall be the whole of
demons can influence dreams.) the law" (emphasis added). Another point regarding
Crowley and the subject of divination was made by
Fortune-telling by cards is also acknowledged by the British scholar of the occult, Colin Wilson, who
Mrs. Dixon as one of her methods. That she says she noted that the "Great Beast" was quite pleased with
received these cards from the gypsy – who "blessed" one of his magical assistants because "she became
them for her – is not surprising as many gypsies have a skilled 'scryer' and saw the Devil looking at her out
spent their lives engaged in the black arts. The rela- of the crystal." (50)
tionship between a large group of these nomads
(traditionally, legend has it that gypsies entered For the reasons the Catholic Church fobids her
Europe centuries ago from India, Palestine or Egypt) children to use crystal balls, so, too, she warns
and witchcraft is indisputable – and divination has against any serious use of cards as an instrument
always been one of the "services" offered by for divination. All methods of divination without
witches and their spiritual kin, the sorcerers. exception are attempts to know that which humanity
is not meant to know; all form what the apostate
Tarot (the second "t" is silent) cards – out of which priest-turned-magician of the 19th century, Eliphas
the modern deck of playing cards, in part, evolved – Levi, called "the priesthood of the Magus
is the most popular form of cartomancy (divination (magician)." (51)
by cards). Many of the symbols of the Tarot have
distinctly ominous significance: Death (shown as a
skeleton with scythe); The Hanging Man; the Tower Jeane Dixon,
Struck by Lightning; and the Devil. The origin of the Astrology and the Church
Tarot, which is closely related to the Hebrew book of
ritual magic called the Cabala, is disputed. Although There is still one other form of prediction used by
authorities are split as to whether or not Tarot cards Mrs. Dixon which we need to discuss · astrology,
were introduced into Europe by gypsies, there is divination by planets and stars. (52) As we men-
agreement that they were using them as early as the tioned earlier in this article, her daily astrology col-
13th century and were soon to be among the most umn (or horoscope) is widely syndicated and read by
skilled practitioners. "Possibly, Tarot is as ancient millions of people. She has become nearly as
as Egypt; it was and still is the basis of Gypsy famous for her regular charting of the zodiac as for
fortune-telling and has spread throughout the her other predictions.
Western world." (47)
Unlike many of her other gifts, Jeane Dixon did not
Although some modern witches feel that fortune- acquire her knowledge of astrology from her gypsy
telling is a waste of time – since they seek "to shape friend. In fact, in a career that has many twists and
the future, rather than be swayed by it" – many, peculiarities, the story of how she learned what the
perhaps the large majority, think otherwise. One Catholic Encyclopedia called a "pseudo-science" is
method popular with many of them today is one of the oddest of all. (53) But let's let Jeane tell
astrology, or horoscope readings, while "other you for herself: "The science of astrology was
occult subjects have also been teamed with taught to me as a child by Father Henry, a con-
witchcraft. Some witches delve deeply into the secrated, dedicated Jesuit priest at Loyola Univer-
mysteries of the tarot … even dealing the pack all sity in California, and it was through his teachings
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as well as his exemplary goodness that I came to fatalistic tendencies, created difficulties in the
believe it is possible also to help people through discernment of right and wrong and weakened the
such astrological knowledge." (54; no, that isn't moral foundations of all human conduct." (58) So
thunder you hear – it's just St. Ignatius Loyola widespread was this evil that St. Augustine con-
amassing his heavenly army to launch an offensive demned it in both the City of God (8:;19), and in his
against this citadel of unbelief which dares to bear Confessions. (59)
his name!)
The astrologers whom St. Augustine consulted were
Despite her early lessons in celestial fortune telling, not involved with the magical side of the activity. But
it was many years later before she would put her the planets and constellations do not, even to this
schooling into practice. The basic reason for the day, bear the names of Roman gods and goddesses
delay, she explains in A Gift of Prophecy, is that by mere accident. In some forms of astrology each
making the numerous charts involved for god (demon) had its own heavenly body that it con-
horoscopes is too time-consuming. (55) She even- trolled, and appropriate sacrifices were made "when
tually relented, due to the vast number of personal the stars were right." This belief extends even to our
letters she received from people asking for advice own day in some magical groups.
-an occult "Dear Abby," if you will. (56)
Certain magical Jewish sects incorporated
God has always found the astrologers to be of the "demonized astrology" into their beliefs and rites,
same irreligious mind as the witches and wizards. and this "astrological demonology of the Jews was
All around God's Chosen People in ancient Israel constantly fed from Egyptian and Babylonian
were unbelieving pagans who looked to the sky for sources … " (60) Those sects form the basis for all
counsel, rather than to God. In His judgment against Western magical societies that followed – be they
Babylon, God spoke thus through His faithful the Rosicrucians, the Golden Dawn, the Illuminati,
prophet: or even the Freemasons. Satanist-Mason guru
Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy Albert Pike devotes an entire chapter ("Knight of the
counsel; let now the astrologers stand and save Brazen Serpent") of nearly one hundred pages in his
thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted Morals and Dogma – the bible of many Masons – to
the months, that from them they might tell the astrological discourse of a most serious nature. (61)
things that shall come to thee. Eliphas Levi too devotes an entire chapter to the
subject in his Transcendental Magic (62); as does
Behold they are as stubble, fire hath burnt the modern writer, Richard Cavendish, in his The
them, they shall not deliver themselves from Black Arts. (The entire first sentence of a chapter
the power of the flames: there are no coals reads: "Astrology is essentially a magical art.") (63)
wherewith they may be warmed, nor fire, that
they may sit thereat. So, we return to the same basic question we have
been asking for most of this article: Why is the
Such are all the things become to thee, in "devout Catholic", Jeane Dixon, up to her neck in
which thou has laboured: thy merchants from such activities? (Another fair question … What is an
thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, allegedly Catholic priest doing teaching such
there is none that can save thee. sacrilege?) We will allow St. Thomas Aquinas to
(Isaiah 47:13-15) have the last word in this section: "If anyone applies
Defenders of astrology are quick to use the Three the observation of the stars in order to foreknow
Wise Men who journeyed from the East to adore the casual or fortuitous events, or to know with certitude
Infant Jesus as proof that their "science" has been future human actions, his conduct is based on a false
divinely sanctioned. Nothing could be further from and vain opinion; so the operation of the demon
the truth than such an assertion, since the purpose introduces himself therein, wherefore it will be a
of astrology is to direct a person's day-to-day exist- superstitious and unlawful olvination!' (64)
ence. "St. John Chrysostom well observes that
heavenly bodies are used by astrologers to read the "I see . . . a new worId ."
horoscope of a newborn child, but not to discover
the time of its birth." (57; emphasis added)
Jeane Dixon vs. the Catholic Faith
When one is given such a bewildering contradiction
Early in her life, the Church was obliged to do battle as Jeane Dixon's reputation for being a faithful
with Chaldean astrologers and sorcerers in Rome Catholic while simultaneously engaging in un-
because they "did so much harm to the State and Catholic practices, it becomes of more than mere
citizens by employing a fantastic mysticism to play passing interest to inquire as to her religious beliefs.
upon the ineradicable impulses of the common Many of her followers turn to her for spiritual and
people, keeping their heathen conceptions alive, religious counseling as well as glimpses into the
and fostering a soul-perplexing cult which, with its future. A fair portion of her autobiography, My Life
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and Prophecies, deals with her views about God, We should assume that the "prophetess" knows
and a later book, The Call to Glory, is entirely con- how she wishes her theology expressed. In her The
cerned with attempts to reconcile her occultism Call to Glory (subtitled Jeane Dixon Speaks of
with her Catholicism. Jesus and Prophecy), one quickly sees the great
debt she owes the French heretic Fr. Pierre Teilhard
The public image of Mrs. Dixon has always de Chardin. Teilhard's main position is that not only
emphasized her as a deeply religious woman. She is man, but God as well, is evolving to a point of perfec-
said to be a daily communicant and has been tion, a point which he calls the Omega Point. Sin
photographed saying prayers before a rack of votive becomes simply an evolutionary flaw in the upper-
candles. Then, too, she has expressed a "great devo- ward spiral to Omega Point.
tion to the Holy Mother." (65)
One passage in The Call to Glory in which her
In fact, members of the Conciliar Catholic hierarchy Teilhardism comes through is her suggestion con-
have praised such as Bishop William McDonald, cerning the Communist subversion plaguing every
including the claim that her "deep spirituality and comer of the globe: "We must have the vision to look
genuine Christian culture are sources of inspiration beyond the chaos and believe that revolution is
and edification." (66) Not only was A Gift Of evolution in process. This is what faith is for – to
Prophecy carried in condensed version by Readers' believe – to believe and know that we are created
Digest (under the title, "The Crystal Ball"), but a with an individual talent for a specific mission,
Catholic Book Digest Book Club version appeared in fulfilling our purpose at the right time in the history
October of 1965. of man, progressing in the upward spiral of human
development – even onward to higher spiritual
Calling Mrs. Dixon's beliefs representative of understanding." (70) If Marxism and other revolu-
"genuine Christian culture," is, as we shall see, like tionary movements are examples of "evolution in
calling Jane Fonda a patriot. These beliefs were, in process" (which is what the Marxists themselves
large part, the product of a childhood greatly argue), then it is useless even to oppose them for it
influenced by the beliefs of her parents, both is only a matter of time before they win out.
"devoted Catholics." Her "devout Catholic" mother,
when she wasn't taking her daughter to catechism In the same book she quotes Teilhard approvingly.
classes with the kindly old gypsy assuming the role The citation reads: "the figure of Christ (not only as
,of catechist, was teaching her such gems of described in a book but as realized in the concrete in
religious indifferentism as "no soul should be tied to Christian consciousness) is so far the most perfect
one Church because, no matter where we worship- approximation to a final and total object toward
ped, the same Almighty Power guided each of us." which the universal human effort can tend without
(67) becoming wearied or deformed." (71) To say "so far"
qualifies the phrase "most perfect" and hints that
some super-evolved Christian of the future may well
For all of her adult life, it seems, she has been
surpass the Son of God in perfection. (But, then, this
guided by this error of indifferentism. In former
shouldn't surprise too much since, as we have
times, the Church would have sought a refutation of
already said, this is a heresy in which God Himself
such views from her; today, with indifferentism even
must evolve to perfection.)
defended by Conciliar "Catholic" theologians,
Jeane has seen her views become the norm.
Although Jeane Dixon expresses her belief in the
"Remember," she tells us, "all churches are in the
Holy Trinity "of classic theology," she also calls
hands of God. God is not in the hands of any
Jesus "the most perfect man who ever lived," and
church." (68) What she means by "in the hands of
"an instrument of God." (72) Those sort of expres-
God" isn't really explained. As for the second part of
sions are vague; they can be interpreted either as
that statement – God not in any Church's "hands"
weakly-worded declarations of traditional
-we again find her using vague language. For, if we
Christology (after all, to call the God-Man "man,"
assess that statement from a distinctly Catholic
and to call God Incarnate "an instrument of God",
position – the act of Consecration at Mass, when our
is far from ideal phrasing), or as the serpentine
Lord very definitely is in the hands of the One, True
rhetoric of the Modernists. Whatever the case, we
Church – then we find her again at odds with the
scarcely should have to warn our readers further
Church she is obliged to obey.
about someone who quotes Teilhard as though he
were a Catholic theologian.
Another revealing quote is not, this time, made by
Mrs. Dixon but, rather, by one she finds consistent
There is at least one point of theology where Mrs.
with her own thoughts on the matter. She calls the
Dixon does appear to disagree with Fr. Teilhard – the
thinking of American author Thornton Wilder "pro-
doctrine of reincarnation. The Church has always
found," when he writes: "Religions are merely the
condemned reincarnation as a false doctrine. Rein-
garments of faith." (69)
carnation, as usually stated, holds that a soul can
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pass at death into the body of an unborn and, soul in man, really rational soul: let
through the centuries, may in the bodies of him be anathema." (78)
many people. This concept contradicts the Catholic
teaching that God creates a soul for each So, there is really no way Roman Catholic teaching
person at the moment of conception that is the sole can in any way accommodate any belief in reincar-
property (humanly speaking) of that person. The nation, including Dixon's. As Dr.
false dogma of reincarnation, in calls for a Coomaraswamy writes in The Roman Catholic:
pre-existence of souls. The provincial Council held … Who could be reincarnated? Certainly not
at Constantinople in 543 anathematized the the souls of the damned, for Hell is sealed; cer-
heretical sect named Originists, who said human tainly not those in Purgatory, because their
souls "were previously intelligences." (73) St. eventual salvation is assured; and certainly not
Thomas Aquinas (here in Monsignor Paul J. Glenn's those in Heaven, for who would be so foolish as
adapted form) also attacked reincarnation in the to exchange the Beatific Vision for another
Summa: "There is no pre-existence of human souls. "opportunity" to damn their soul? (79)
Soul and body together make one substantial thing, St. Paul firmly teaches: "And as it is appointed unto
one essence and nature; the soul begins to exist men once to die, and after this, the judgement."
when this one nature begins to exist. Therefore, the (Hebrews 9:27; emphasis added). And we wonder if
human soul is not produced before the body." (74) Jeane knows that reincarnation is the belief favored
not only by Eastern religions such as the Buddhists
But Jeane Dixon decries the concept of pre- and Hindus, but also by the witches and sorcerers in
existence right along with the Church – so how can the West.
she believe in reincarnation? She does so by saying
it is the spirit – not the soul – that travels to a new Another question mark is her handling of the reality
body each generation. This she bases on her own of God. She quotes the beginning of the Holy Gospel
interpretation of the Holy Gospel of St. Luke where of St. John (4:24), "God is a Spirit." (80) A number of
(1, 14) the angel of God tells Zachary, the father of St. versions, including Douay-Rheims, translate the
John the Baptist, that his son shall go before the passage in such a way, but it seems to be lacking in
Messiah "in the spirit and power of Elias." Because presenting God in His totality. When the Douay-
she did not clearly spell out her belief in reincarna- Rheims version was revised in 1942, the passage
tion in her autobiography, she wrote a volume was improved by omitting the word "a". Father Mon-
entitled Reincarnation and Prayers to Live By. She tague Summers suggests that that one word can
calls the "soul" the "consciousness or identity" cause much confusion in understanding God: "The
while the "spirit" represents "the center of mental correct translation of St. John 4:24 is 'God is
activities. It is not restricted to the individual, but spirit', a vastly different thing. To say 'God is a
may live on and on. It is this quality that is reincar- spirit' is bad metaphysics and worse theology. In
nated, or continued, in other souls, to go through the fact, it makes no sense." (81) Why does he say it
life cycle at the right time in accordance with God's does not make sense? If we simply call God "a
plan for us to carry on a particular mission at a spirit", we reduce Him to the level of angels and
precise time in the history of men." (75) (This is great other created beings: one spirit out of many spirits.
theology – if you're a Hindu!) God is not, like His Creation, a being, but the
Supreme Being. The all-important distinction is well
Here is Mrs. Dixon writing her own version of Catholic put by Father Leo Trese:
dogma (one wonders what input, if any, her
"religious consultant" had in all of this). First, when The perfections of God are the very substance
John the Baptist is said to be in the "spirit" of Elias, of God. If we wish to speak with precise ac-
it obviously means that he will also be a prophet, curacy, we do not say that "God is good."
with the same sort of temperament, vitality, inten- Rather we say "God is goodness." Goq, strictly
tions, and zeal for souls as his illustrious speaking, is not wise; God is wisdom. (82)
predecessor: they both live their lives in the Spirit of
God. Second, there is no human "spirit" distinct It is entirely possible, of course, that Jeane Dixon is
from the soul, teaches St. Thomas; he states clearly making a correct interpretation of the phrase in
the nature of the soul: "It is a spirit … " (76) Third, question; however, given the un-Catholic positions
belief in a spirit "not restricted to the individual" or a she takes elsewhere, it is also possibles.he is seeing
"general spirit" shared by humanity is close to the this incorrectly. And, if she is seeing itfalse!y, the
heresy of a "general soul", condemned by the Fifth spirit communicating with her may be one she
Lateran Council (1512-1517) as dangerous to faith thinks is God, but who is really deceiving her.
and morals. (77) Fourth, Mrs. Dixon's belief would (lncidently, she says she awakes every morning to
say, virtually, that each person had the equivalent of say the 23rd Psalm, yet what she calls the 23rd
two souls; but the First Vatican Council (1869-70) Psalm is what Protestants call the 23rd Psalm
declares: "If anyone claims that there is another -Psalm 22 in traditional Catholic Bibles.)
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Finally, there is one more point regarding the faith of munists are monsters, while Marxists are part of our
Mrs. Dixon. The title of this section includes a big, happy Judaeo-Christian family. Eventually, she
passage of one of her grandiose visions of a "new writes, will come that day when "all faiths (are)
world" religious order; in full it reads: "I see the end united under one God." (91) So far from the true faith
land the beginning – a new era, a new life, a new of our Fathers is she that she blithely goes about her
world." (83) Part one of this vision was "revealed" to heretical way, pontificating: "When that time comes
her in 1958 after a Mass she attended: "Our Church – and it will come – we will all be united in the
is going to call a great council of all the faiths and Brotherhood of Christ under the Fatherhood of
creeds." This, she later said, was the essence of her God." (92) How we are to have a Brotherhood of
"prophecy." (84) It is also true that anyone who kept Christ which includes those who deny our Lord, she
up at all with what was going on in Rome in the late never explains.
'50's couk:I have reached the same conclusion,
using, shall we say, more normal means. In any All of this error stems from fundamental misconcep-
event, the "great council" came and went, and tions about the nature of religions. God was wor-
Jeane was delighted to see the Church finally come shipped, according to Jeane Dixon, by people ages
to its senses and begin to see things her way. Using ago in "their sacred groves." (93) Exactly the
language almost identical to any of several Protes- opposite is true. God commanded the groves – used
tant groups after the promulgation of the Novus to worship false gods – destroyed: "But destroy their
Ordo "Mass," she beamed: "We are beginning to altars, break their statues, and cut down their
notice that the Mass or Eurcharist is really a celebra- groves." (Exodus 34:13; see also Deuteronomy 12:3)
tion of the Last Supper, which is really a celebration Of modern sects, she notes a strong Mormon
of the Passover, with Jesus in the place of honor." interest in her predictions, and praises the Quakers.
(85) She goes on to say that what a rabbi praised as (94) Her statement about everyone having "the
the current "Judaization of Christianity" is a healthy illuminating Light of God within themselves"
trend, and it means the same as the "conversion of sounds dangerously close to the false teaching of
the Jews." (86; did we miss something?) All in all, the Quakers, called the "inner light." (95) The
she is delighted with the ecumenical movement, and Church condemns this belief because it denies the
says – nineteen centuries of saintly popes ignored need for a "teaching Church" (or hierarchy), the
-that "Pope Paul VI will leave the greatest imprint for inner light being guide enough for anyone. And this
'#ood in the history of the papacy." (87) all leads back to her denial of the Catholic Church
she claims to support. Only when those outside the
Reaching ever greater heights of theological absur- Church return to that Church and acknowledge her
dity, Jeane Dixon treats us to a vision of the as the true Church can there ever be the universal
religious "wave of the future." She never commits vision of peace. But Jeane denies this, claiming: "I
herself as to accepting the traditional position on heard -and hearing I knew – for He made His meaning
the Second Coming of Christ, or what she calls the clear beyond question – that the day will come when
"more spiritual interpretation" of Modernists. religions as we know them today, Christian, Jew,
However, she does tell us that she believes in "the Hindu, Buddhist, will be no more, and will all indeed
coming of Jesus in spirit and in truth through the be true disciples of Christ." (96)
regeneration of individuals and the unification of all
religious bodies," which would heavily lean towards With the ushering in of this one-world super-religion
the Modernists. (88) will come a one-world super-government. This will
apparently be brought about through a strengthened
United Nations, leading to "one world under God
What she means by a "unification of all religious (which) can flourish despite – and because of – dif-
bodies" is not the return of separated brethern and ferences of religious denominations." (97) Her vision
the like to Rome. Hardly! She breathlessly awaits is of "a democratic world government (that) will
the day of "the new Judaeo-Christian religion that is oversee world problems." (98) All of which leaves us
to be the spiritual faith of the new era." (89; this wondering if she has the foggiest idea of the nature
sounds not unlike Teilhard's concept of a New of her visions at all.
Church). And what a "religion"! "The Ecumenical
Movement is far advanced," she writes, and even-
tually, she seems to hint, there will be a New World Conclusion:
Religion consisting of: Jeane Dixon · "Catholic" Witch?
… Buddhists from the East, Hindus from India
and Ceylon, Mohammedans from Africa and A number of years ago many Christians began ques-
western Asia, people of all the residual faiths of tioning the source of Jeane Dixon's "revelations."
China and Japan, pagans from Europe and Some even claimed diabolical intervention. Quick to
America, Marxists from everywhere … (90) come to her defense was the retired procurator of
Oddly enough, elsewhere she talks about the "Com- Catholic U., Monsignor James A. Magner, who
munist monster," but, then, everyone knows Com- hastened to pronounce that he had "never found
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anything the slightest bit diabolical" in her predic- the early Christians under St. Paul, who turned away
tions, and added that her basic message "is the love from the wickedness of the occult "And many of
of God. She goes to Mass every morning, I know them who had followed curious arts, brought
she's a daily communicant, and she prays in church together their books, and burned them before all;
and asks for divine guidance. I cannot reconcile that and counting the price of them, they found th<
with the allegation that she would be in communica- money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver." (Acts
tion with the devil." (99) 19:19)
It almost seems as if there are two Jeane Dixons.
One, a sincere and devout · if misguided – Catholic Postscript:
who is genuinely seeking the betterment of
mankind; and the other, a religious liberal who picks Occult author Burton H. Wolfe, in his sympathetic
and chooses what she will or won't believe in biography (The Devil's Avenger) of Church of Satan
Catholic teachings, who delves deeply into the black head Anton LaVey, calls Jeane Dixon a white witch.
arts and drags others with her – any she can seduce-, (Let it be noted that Mr. Wolfe – himself an ex-
and who ardently seeks a one-world system, member of the Church of Satan – rejects the role of
including the rejection of the Roman Catholic "publicity agent for LaVey," and cites several areas
Church in favor of a humanistic "I'm O.K. – You're in which he disagrees with his former "high priest.")
0.K." sort of religion. And it just may be possible Regarding Mrs. Dixon, he writes:
that both Jeane Dixons do cohabit the same body.
Not only, perhaps, has Jeane Dixon seduced people If they are ever published and become popular,
into the occult; it is possible that she has herself maybe the readership for works on witchcraft
been deluded· partly by seeing herself as something will be able to see how different a black or
she's not, and partly by the voices that continually Satanic witch is from a white one such as Sybil
deceive her in so many ways. Leek, Jeane Dixon, or any member of the
covens under the sponsorship of Lady Rowan.
To call Jeane Dixon a "Catholic" witch would Their white witchcraft is based on fear of God,
probably be untrue – and certainly uncharitable, if, by whereas the black witchcraft of the women in
that term, one means a conscious devotee of the Anton's church is based on other people fear-
Prince of Darkness. It is, however, undeniable that ing them. (New York: Pyramid Books, 1974. p.
she surrounds herself with the trappings and 137.)
paraphenalia of such wickedness. In short, as long
as she seriously uses the crystal ball, the cards and (The footnotes for this article are available on
the stars to tell the future; as long as she places so request.)
much stock in dreams; and as long as she consults
with her "voices", all the dark aura will continue to
hang over her and her followers, and ultimately, the
longer their immortal souls will be in grave danger.
That the bishops in the United States and elsewhere
do not move swiftly and decisively to inform her of "The Conspiracy of Freemasonry"
her error simply confirms what the Catholic Encyclo-
!Jedia said about divination over seventy years ago: Our newsletter supplement on Freemasonry with the
Today the number of persons who believe in above title has been having an increasingly satisfac-
signs and seek to know the future is much tory sale after getting off to a slow start. We simply
greater than appears on the surface. They wish here to call it to our newsletter subscribers'
abound in communities where dogmatic Christ- attention again and to urge them to help us to get
ianity is weak … Only God alone, to whom all this important article as widely circulated as possi-
things are present in His eternity, can see them ble. We have already advertlsed it in three national
before they occur. (100; emphasis added). publications and intend to promote it further Jn this
manner.
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