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Proud Goys-- the "Christian nationalist" Proud Boys offshoot mad about PB not more avertly avowings white supremacy-- is leaning hard into Edgar Cayce-based racist vaccine conspiracy.
Cayce was a supposed clairvoyant with a huge influence on contemporary New Age thinking.
Cayce was a supposed clairvoyant with a huge influence on contemporary New Age thinking.
We're still sort of at this place where we think of New Agers as hippie and therefore "left" and unlikely bedfellows for QAnon and other racist/antisemitic far right conspiracy theory, but New Age has *always* been tightly linked to fascist thought and race theory.
The Theosophists-- arguably the founders of New Age and certainly a huge influence on Cayce-- played around all the time with race theory.
They were also a strong influence on Nazi occultists.
They were also a strong influence on Nazi occultists.
They still have an incredibly strong influence on contemporary New Age.
Pretty much every New Agey thing you've heard about the chakras has its origin in Theosophic appropriation of that system.
Pretty much every New Agey thing you've heard about the chakras has its origin in Theosophic appropriation of that system.
Cayce had a profound influence on New Age, too.
If you've ever heard of a Waldorf school, you're familiar with a Cayce-influenced project.
In fact, the first time I ever heard of Cayce was attending a Waldorf school play about him.
If you've ever heard of a Waldorf school, you're familiar with a Cayce-influenced project.
In fact, the first time I ever heard of Cayce was attending a Waldorf school play about him.
It's no shock that white supremacists are attracted to magical thinking that seems to give spiritual authority to eugenics and race theory, but I cannot repeat enough that these are not Nazi-specific texts.
They are foundational texts of the New Age movement.
They are foundational texts of the New Age movement.
That's why it's so easy for New Agers to slip into fascist/eugenic conspiracy theory.
It isn't a left/right horseshoe thing.
It's New Age returning to its roots.
It isn't a left/right horseshoe thing.
It's New Age returning to its roots.
