Tuesday, May 16, 2006
SHILLING FOR THE OPPOSITION
Recently I participated in a discussion in Jimmy Akin's blog about the merits (or lack of them) of H. P. Lovecraft's novels and his monster Cthulhu. In that discussion I argued that Lovecraft's work has overtones of sado-masochism, and that it is a gateway to the teachings of the enemies of the Church.
Akin also has an entry for Lovecraft at the fiction link on the left of the main blog page. (To read what he wrote at both of these links, scroll up.) Commenters rejected my arguments against Cthulhu, indicating that I had no proof, and argued that "abuse does not negate use", a common argument to justify hanging out with the wrong sort of people and ideas. They charged that my argument was based on "guilt by association" and even rejected the words of a priest. I was not able to convince Jimmy and those commenters posting there that having a tribute to Lovecraft in a Catholic blog is working for the enemy of Christ.
Since Akin is a Catholic apologist who works for Catholic Answers Live, an organization engaged in apologetics and sponsored by Ignatius Press, the Pope's publishing house and the only sponsor listed on the Catholic Answers homepage; and since there is a link on the Catholic Answers homepage to Jimmy Akin's blog, I am not willing to let this issue drop. He is a public spokesperson for the Church in which I place my faith.
Does a Ford executive buy a Cavalier? Does a Democratic senator promote the Republican campaign? Does a faithful husband take the new secretary out on a date? The issue is not only the content of the Cthulhu mythos, but also the context. Cthulhu is the myth of the enemy of Christ. It's a loyalty issue. In other words, who do you love?
I would ask you to read an article titled "The Lam-Serpent Sadhana" by Michael Staley at P. R. Koenig's O.T.O. website. Near the end of that article the following passage appears:
When the Ajna chakra has been attained, the initiate should pause for a while, strengthening and consolidating the presence of the Lam-Serpent. Then, there should be a final surge into the Sahasrara and Beyond. At this stage the call "OLA-LAM IMAL TUTULU" is uttered. This call appears in the seventh chapter of Crowley's Liber VII, received in 1907. Nowhere does Crowley comment upon this call, thus giving us freedom in its use. We note the presence of-LAM and LAMA in the first two words, albeit in reverse; as for the third word, it suggests Cthulhu. There is a parallel between Cthulhu and Kundalini-shakti: both are masks for the dynamic energies of consciousness, the function of which is to blast away the delusion of divided consciousness. "Cthulhu lies dreaming", and so does the Shakti. It is Her dreaming which gives rise to the lila, the play of manifestation.[emphasis mine - ct]
A Catholic parent, pleased that their teenager was reading the blog of a Catholic apologist, would be appalled to discover that it was from that very blog that the teenager was introduced to Satanism. It is scandalous that a Catholic apologist cannot comprehend this. What sort of spokespeople has the Church been reduced to?
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
