Zionism: History of a Jewish Heresy

by David Livingstone

Zionists have deviously claimed the right to represent the Jewish people, victims of the horrific atrocities of the Holocaust, to excuse relevant criticism of the abhorrent actions of the State of Israel as anti-Semitic. The truth is, that Zionism is not a religious movement, but a nationalistic one. It is inspired by a heresy of Judaism, which, though initially marginalized, had gained increasing influence in recent centuries, effectively stifling the voices of traditional Judaism. Rooted in the Kabbalah, a mystical tradition of Judaism, it originated in Babylon in the sixth century BC, and influenced the rise of ancient Gnosticism. Having been preserved through occult trends in Islam, it was transposed to Europe during the Crusades, resulting in the legends of the Holy Grail. A crucial development was the Kabbalah of Isaac Luria, shaped in the sixteenth century, which inspired the mission of Shabbetai Zevi, who was enthusiastically accepted as the messiah by half of the Jewish population of the world in 1666, before the catastrophic disappointment of his final conversion to Islam. Nevertheless, some of his devoted followers persisted, particularly through the quasi-Masonic secret society known as the Asiatic Brethren. From their influence arose the modern movements of Reform and Conservative Judaism, from which Zionism emerged. Paradoxically, from the same influences also contributed to the development German Romanticism of the early nineteenth century, and the Occult Revival of later in the same century, which produced Theosophy, Synarchism and Ariosophy, which provided the foundations for the racist doctrines of the Nazis.

Genres: History

722 pages, Paperback

Published March 14, 2024

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David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial and colonial expansion.

His fame as an explorer and his obsession with learning the sources of the Nile River was founded on the belief that if he could solve that age-old mystery, his fame would give him the influence to end the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade. "The Nile sources," he told a friend, "are valuable only as a means of opening my mouth with power among men. It is this power which I hope to remedy an immense evil." His subsequent exploration of the central African watershed was the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of Africa. At the same time, his missionary travels, "disappearance", and eventual death in Africa‍—‌and subsequent glorification as a posthumous national hero in 1874‍—‌led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European "Scramble for Africa".

His meeting with Henry Morton Stanley on 10 November 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Reviews

[Scot León Pfuntner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely thorough examination of history; however, there were very graphic descriptions of the deeds of wickedness that I don't believe needed to be expounded upon.