Bohemian Grove is a private campground covering 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) in Monte Rio, Marin County, Northern California.
It is the site of many bizarre rituals related to the occult, capitalism, initiation of the rich, influential politicians, businessmen, and other movers and shakers behind the scenes who control the USA. There are other such gatherings, like the Bilderbergers who get more attention. But so far as anyone can tell, The Bohemian Grove is still operating covertly.
Founded in 1878, it is owned by a rich, private "gentlemen's club" called the Bohemian Club. Each year in mid-July, the Bohemian Grove hosts an annual gathering lasting more than two weeks, attended by invited members and guests from politics, business, and the arts [1, 2]. More
Shintoism is a religion from Japan classified as an East Asian religion by scholars. It is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as a "nature religion." Religious scholars sometimes call its practitioners "Shintoists," although adherents rarely use that term themselves. With no central authority in control of Shintoism, there is much diversity of belief and practice evident among practitioners. A polytheistic and animistic religion, Shinto revolves around supernatural entities called the kami (神), who are believed to inhabit all things, including forces of nature and prominent locations.
These shapeshifting kami are worshipped at kamidana household shrines, family shrines, and jinja public shrines staffed by priests, known as kannushi(those who deal with the kami), who oversee offerings of food and drink to the specific kami enshrined at that location. This is done to cultivate harmony between humans and kami [shapeshifting spirits, apparitions, ghosts, genies, poltergeists, elementals, ghouls, monsters, tricksters, fairies, gargoyles, or other invisible beings] and to solicit their blessings. Other common rituals include kagura dances, rites of passage, and kami festivals. Public shrines facilitate forms of divination and supply religious objects, such as amulets, to the Shintoists. The religion places a major conceptual focus on ensuring purity, largely by cleaning practices such as ritual washing and bathing, especially before worship. Little emphasis is placed on specific moral codes or particular afterlife beliefs, although the dead are deemed capable of becoming kami. The religion has no single creator or specific doctrine and instead exists in a diverse range of local and regional forms.
Yōkai are also referred to as ayakashi (あやかし), mononoke (物の怪), or mamono (魔物). Some academics and Shinto practitioners acknowledge similarities within the seeming dichotomy between the natures of yōkaiand most kami, which are generally regarded as relatively beneficent by comparison. Shintoists classify the two as ultimately the same type of spirits of nature or of a mythological realm [3]. Their behavior can range from malevolent harm or mischievous trickster pranksterism to benevolent towards humans. More: yōkai
Mormonism: the theology and religious tradition of the Latter-Day Saint movement of RestorationistChristianitystarted by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, it has been applied to various aspects of the movement, although since 2018 there has been a push from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to distance itself from this label [1]. A prominent feature of the theology is the Book of Mormon, a 19th-century text that describes itself as a chronicle of early Indigenous peoples of the Americas and their dealings with [the white man's] God [2]. This theology combines mainstream Christian beliefs with modifications stemming from belief in revelations to Smith and other religious leaders.
Atheism: knowing that there are no Gods (theos); in the broadest sense, an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are certainly no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which is the belief that at least one deity exists.
NONTHEISM: The position that whether there is a God(s) or not, that has no bearing on an individual's enlightenment, liberation, deliverance, salvation, emancipation. (Why? The gods/Gods are caught in this samsaric rounds just as other beings are). It is a range of both religious [1] and non-religious [2] attitudes characterized by the absence of espoused belief in the existence of a God or gods.
It has generally been used to describe silence towards the subject of gods (deus, theos, dīvus) and differs from atheism, which is an active disbelief in any gods. It has been used as an umbrella term for summarizing distinct and even mutually exclusive positions.
(We apologize in advance if our statements have offended any FSMists; it is never our intention at WQ to offend, diminish, mock, or otherwise find fault with the religion or nonreligion of anyone's choosing. Do carry on believing and never mind our backwards ways. In fact, everyone should convert to this religion and/or make up their own, such as George Costanza Sr.'s Festivusism. We ourselves are nontheists, Buddhists yes, but nontheists.)
FSM Pastafarianism
One day the eternal Creator Deity blessed humankind with starch but cursed it with gluten
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the supreme deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster [of the latter-day tortellinis], an ironic, satirical, and parodic new religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion [3]. The parody originated in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools in the USA. According to adherents ("Pastafaris"), Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism 🌬️) is a "real, legitimate religion, as much as any other" [4]. It has received some limited recognition as such [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. More
(Kim Iversen) Epstein lives: 71 Orthodox Jewish girls get "lost" in NYC underground tunnels
Now that G is out of jail, is she back to pimping?
Illegal New York Jewish synagogue tunnel leads to 9 arrests (2024) Nine members of an orthodox NY Hasidic Jewish community have been arrested and charged over a secret tunnel that [they illegally dug out to make it] connected to a historic synagogue [across the street after they were unable to get a permit to join the two properties]. The Jews fought police after city officials and leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters came to close the tunnel.
Ancient Sanskrit texts such as the Maha Bharata, the Ramayana, and the Puranas describe nāgas (snake people, Reptilians, Draconians, dragons, serpents, demons, lizard people) as a powerful semi-inhuman species
They can alter (shapeshift, transform, cloak) their physical appearance to look either fully human, partially human-partially serpent, or wholly serpent (Reptilian).
Their domain is below our feet in underworlds, underground realms stuffed with earthly treasures. This place is called the Naga-loka (Reptilian Realm) or Patala-loka (reputed to be an entrance into Agartha/Atzlan and those underworlds).
Nagas are also often associated with bodies of waters—including wells, rivers, lakes, and seas—and are guardians of many treasures [9].
AMALEK (Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק, Romanized ʿĂmālēq) was a nation described in the Jewish Hebrew Bible as a staunch enemy of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer either to:
According to the Torah, there is a commandment to EXTERMINATE [in] the memory of Amalek [with a Nakba, another Holocaust, war crimes, crimes against humanity, Palestinian genocide, Gaza ethnic cleansing, illegal imperialism through settler colonialism in Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Egypt, or by any other internationally outlawed methods]. More
I'm dead, but if I were alive, we'd have Jewish organizations send us nubile European girl Jews.
. Their power and venom make them potentially very dangerous to humans. In Hindu mythology, they can take the role of benevolent protagonists:
In the Samudra Manthana, the Naga King (nagaraja) Vasuki, who abides on Shiva's neck, transformed itself into the rope that churns the Ocean of Milk [10], thought to be a celestial reference to our "Milky Way."
Their rivals are the bird people (Garuḍas, Suparnas, Avians, Harpies), legendary semi-human bird-like beings [11]. More
Vajrayāna (Sanskrit वज्रयान, lit. "Diamond Vehicle" or "Thunderbolt Vehicle"), otherwise known as Mantra-yāna ("Mantra Vehicle"), Guhya-mantra-yāna ("Secret Mantra Vehicle"), Tantra-yāna ("Tantra Vehicle"), Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a vehicle (yāna) in the larger Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition.
It emphasizes esoteric practices and rituals aimed at rapid spiritual awakening. Emerging between the 5th and 7th centuries CE in medieval India [1, 2], Vajrayāna Buddhism incorporates a range of techniques.
These include the use of mantras (sacred sounds), dhāraṇīs (mnemonic codes), mudrās (symbolic hand gestures), mandalās (spiritual diagrams), [yoga asanas (spiritual positions, "seats," postures)], and the visualization of deities (devas) and buddhas. More
Isn't it strange that there are no "Ronald McDonald FARMS" but there are McDonald's Children's HOSPITALS, where corpses (human remains) can be obtained to grind into human flesh burgers? Why stop at cows and pigs, cannibal? Go vegan.
(The Young Turks) Military telling U.S. troops this War on Iran is good because it's heralding Armageddon and second coming of Jesus, in violation of law that Christian Zionists do not mind. It's "God's divine plan." More
(The Jimmy Dore Show) "No one wants to fight for Israel": Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy breaks hand and/or arm of Marine veteran speaking out against Israel's war on Iran (Turkey, Lebanon, Gaza, the Middle East, and any other country that gets in the way of land stealing and empire building).
The reality the Zionist media isn't telling us about Iran
I work for you, Prime Minister. Please, sit down.
(Chase Hughes) March 1, 2026: Iran didn’t slowly become what we see on the news. Rather, it was psychologically taken.
In this episode, Hughes breaks down the real mechanism behind Iran’s transformation: the difference between a people and the system that cages them, how revolutions don’t shift power but shift who gets to use violence, and why fear — not religion — became the enforcement tool.
From a modern, secular Iran in the 1960s and 1970s to a regime sustained by narrative control, surveillance, and compliance rituals, this is a case study in how educated civilizations get hijacked without realizing it.
Let’s dissect the psychological trap that started in 1979, why today’s protests are memory colliding with fear, and the three paths Iran is likely to take next.
This isn’t just about Iran but a preview of what happens anywhere belief becomes mandatory and truth becomes a liability.
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Scientists believe they’ve uncovered the meaning of some of the Moai stone monoliths found on Rapa Nui, better known to Westerners as "Easter Island." Here’s the truth [so far].
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Scientists believe they’ve uncovered the meaning of some of the Moai (giant stone statues) stone monoliths found on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
The scientists analyzed soil in the vicinity of two of the Moai statues and found traces of banana, taro, and sweet potato, according to research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
These traces indicate the statues could have been used to celebrate the crop fertility of soils in the region.
The famed stone monoliths that tower over the island of Rapa Nui—colloquially known as Easter Island—have puzzled scientists for centuries.
But archeologists and soil scientists studying the ancient Moai now believe they’ve uncovered the meaning of the famous statues.
Clues in nearby soils suggest the statues may have been placed there to celebrate the fertility of crops in the area.
Remote island research is the best kind of work
For more than three decades, Jo Ann Van Tilburg of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) has studied the origins of the Moai along with Rapanui artist Cristián Arévalo Pakarati and other members of the local community.
They recruited soil scientist Sarah Sherwood, of the University of the South in Tennessee, to analyze the soil the base of two statues found peculiarly perched upright in the Rano Raraku quarry on the eastern part of the island, where most of the more than 1,000 Moai statues originated.
(The scientists suspect that work in the quarry began around A.D. 1455). The team analyzed soils at the foot of two of the structures, which archeologists believe were erected by or before A.D. 1510 to A.D. 1645, and found chemical evidence of common food crops.
The soils revealed traces of foods like taro, banana, and sweet potato, according to research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science. More
Who are the "Semites"? For our purpose, it may refer to any peoples who speak Semitic languages: Sumerians, Palestinians (called "Arabs" by Jews), Jews, Bedouins, Mesopotamians, those cultures in and around the Levant.
Ancient way of "worship"
Kill Palestinians and feed them to me.
Traditionally, the name Moloch (Molech, Molek) has been understood as referring to a (or the) Canaanite God [3]. However, since 1935, possibly biased scholars have speculated that Moloch refers to the sacrifice itself, since the Hebrew word mlk is identical in spelling to a term that means "sacrifice" in the closely related Punic language [4]. This second position has grown increasingly popular, but it remains contested [5].
Among proponents of this second position, controversy continues as to whether the sacrifices were offered to the Jewish tribal god Yahweh or some other holy deity and whether they were a native Israelite religious custom or a Phoenician import [6]. More
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