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Are You Swimming with Goldfish or Piranhas?! . by Alice B. Clagett

Are You Swimming with Goldfish or Piranhas?!

Image: “Cybercrime: Swimming with Piranhas,” adapted from Image by GrumpyBeere from Pixabay, Pixabay Content License

Image: “Cybercrime: Swimming with Piranhas,” adapted from Image by GrumpyBeere from Pixabay, Pixabay Content License

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Dear Ones,

Here is a poem for you.

Barbed Fish Hooks
A Prose Poem by Alice B. Clagett
28 February 2024

In the year 2015 I was overcome
with a dark and seemingly senseless
feeling of terror!

Nightmares left and right!
24-7 creepie crawlies!

What could it possibly be?

Then I realized those were not goldfish I was swimming with.
They were piranhas!

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Here’s hoping we both steer clear of man-eating fish bedecked with golden scales!

In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Written and published on 28 February 2024

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Provocateur – Watch Out for the Handcuffs! . an image markup by Alice B. Clagett

Image Markup: “Provocateur 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 February 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com .. CREDITS: Image by Kateřina Hartlová from Pixabay, Pixabay Content License

Image Markup: “Provocateur 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 February 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com .. CREDITS: Image by Kateřina Hartlová from Pixabay, Pixabay Content License

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Dear Ones,

I put together this image markup to warn folks about an oft-used ploy. Nothing like getting caught with one’s pants down, would you not say? I would rue the day! …

In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars

Imaged and published on 3 February 2024

 

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Harrowing Telepathic Intel on Confidence Game Crime Gangs in America . by Alice B. Clagett

Harrowing Telepathic Intel on Confidence Game Crime Gangs in America

Image: “Skull Icon,” by kalebp, 21st century, in English Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kalebp_skull.svg … public domainImage: “Skull Icon,” by kalebp, 21st century, in English Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kalebp_skull.svg … public domain

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Dear Ones,

Today I updated some of my harrowing telepathic intel on Confidence Game Crime Gangs in America … You can search: 24 June 2023 … to find what I updated today.

Then click ‘Load More’ at the bottom of the search results page to see the full list.

Or search: Compendium Catastrophicand then click the button ‘Load More’ at the bottom of the search results page.

In love, light and joy,
Alice B. Clagett
I Am of the Stars

Written and published on 24 June 2023; revised on 26 June 2023

Harrowing Telepathic Intel on Confidence Game Crime Gangs in America

Composite Image: “Invisible Mobsters,” adapted and compiled by Alice B. Clagett, 27 May 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … CREDITS: Image: “The Angel Appearing Before the Shepherds [cropped],” by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1870, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27The_Angel_Appearing_before_the_Shepherds%27_by_Thomas_Buchanan_Read,_Dayton_Art_Institute.JPG … public domain … and … Image: “Fleur de Lis Street: ‘Mafia’ Street Art by Broken Fingaz,” photo by MsSaraKelly, 2 August 2013, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graffiti_in_Shoreditch,_London_-_Mafia_by_Broken_Fingaz_(9424997080).jpg … CC BY 2.0 Generic … and … Image: “Starry Night at La Silla [adapted],” by ESO/H. Dahle, 19 August 2013, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starry_Night_at_La_Silla.jpg … CC BY 4.0 International

Composite Image: “Invisible Mobsters,” adapted and compiled by Alice B. Clagett, 27 May 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … CREDITS: Image: “The Angel Appearing Before the Shepherds [cropped],” by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1870, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27The_Angel_Appearing_before_the_Shepherds%27_by_Thomas_Buchanan_Read,_Dayton_Art_Institute.JPG … public domain … and … Image: “Fleur de Lis Street: ‘Mafia’ Street Art by Broken Fingaz,” photo by MsSaraKelly, 2 August 2013, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graffiti_in_Shoreditch,_London_-_Mafia_by_Broken_Fingaz_(9424997080).jpg … CC BY 2.0 Generic … and … Image: “Starry Night at La Silla [adapted],” by ESO/H. Dahle, 19 August 2013, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starry_Night_at_La_Silla.jpg … CC BY 4.0 International

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Brainwashing . by Alice B. Clagett

brainwashing

Image: “Girl Looking to Her Left,” by Piet Mondrian, circa 1901, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piet_Mondriaan_-_Girl_looking_to_her_left_-_A139_-_Piet_Mondrian,_catalogue_raisonn%C3%A9.jpg … public domain

Image: “Girl Looking to Her Left,” by Piet Mondrian, circa 1901, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piet_Mondriaan_-_Girl_looking_to_her_left_-_A139_-_Piet_Mondrian,_catalogue_raisonn%C3%A9.jpg … public domain

  • INTRODUCTION
  • BRAINWASHING – IS IT GOOD OR BAD?
  • FERAL CHILDREN – HYBRIDS
  • ON REPROGRAMMING OUR ADULT SOCIAL VALUES
  • GOOD IMMERSIVE AND INTENSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES
  • CRIME GANGS AND HATE GROUPS
  • CULTS THAT SHILL AND KILL
  • CONCLUSION
  • NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
  • MORE INFORMATION

Dear Ones,

Here is a new look at brainwashing … termed ‘mind control’ in my blog …

INTRODUCTION

I took a look at a very nice image and explanation by Lisa Renee today on the topic of brainwashing. I wish I could reproduce them here, but copyright regulations prevent this. Here they are, in case you would like to take a look …

Link: “Lisa Renee on ‘Brainwashing’,” by Circle of the Dolphins in the Golden Age of Ascension, 18 December 2022 … https://circleofthedolphins.wordpress.com/2022/12/18/lisa-renee-on-brainwashing/ ..

Then I took a look at Wikihow on the topic of brainwashing. I like Wikihow because its explanations and its illustrations are clear and simple. They get directly to the point, I feel …

Link: “How to Recognize and Avoid Brainwashing,” co-authored by Natalie Feinblatt, PsyD, updated 5 September 2022 … https://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-and-Avoid-Brainwashing ..

BRAINWASHING – IS IT GOOD OR BAD?

brainwashing

Image: “Portrait of a Boy,” by John Singer Sargent, 1890, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Portrait_of_a_Boy%27,_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_John_Singer_Sargent,_1890.jpg … public domain

Image: “Portrait of a Boy,” by John Singer Sargent, 1890, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Portrait_of_a_Boy%27,_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_John_Singer_Sargent,_1890.jpg … public domain

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The thing about brainwashing, I feel … and something that is not explained in the Wikihow article … is that it can be used to the good or to the bad.

For instance, a form of brainwashing is used in prisons to reorient criminals and crime gang members to a more productive way of life … one that will fit in better with the social norm.

A form of brainwashing likely is used to deprogram cult followers, I feel.

The process of parenting a human child inevitably involves a form of brainwashing. And that is the crux of the matter: A parent will either ‘brainwash’ his or her child with mores that suit the social norm, or else he or she will inculcate ‘antisocial’ norms.

FERAL CHILDREN – HYBRIDS

Drawing: Dinosaurian Star Being,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 June 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … COMMENT: A green being similar to scientific progressions that shapeshift the form of velociraptors to upright, humanoid form. The being has large eyes whose pupils close vertically in bright sunlight like those of a lizard or a cat; these are known as ‘slit pupils’. It wears a brown, hooded cloak.

Drawing: Dinosaurian Star Being,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 June 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … COMMENT: A green being similar to scientific progressions that shapeshift the form of velociraptors to upright, humanoid form. The being has large eyes whose pupils close vertically in bright sunlight like those of a lizard or a cat; these are known as ‘slit pupils’. It wears a brown, hooded cloak.

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Then there are feral children, who, because of physical isolation from their parents, in a sense, ‘raise themselves’. That is a whole other topic. It could be the feral child might model its behavior on an animal friend … on a bird, a reptile, or an insect. In that case the child’s mores may differ wildly from the social norm.

In my own writings, I call such a child a ‘hybrid’ … a dinosauroid, a dracoid, an insectoid, or a reptoid. In other words, the child becomes, in some regards, like his animal friend in regard to social behavior. When he or she grows up and is introduced to human society, he is thrown into confusion by human motivations and by social caveats. He or she may try to model words spoken and behavior acted out in public along social norms as he or she perceives them.

But these social norms may seem nonsensical to him … whimsical at best. He or she may feel liberated from such norms, and may wait with a sense of joy for a chance to be alone, or else with other feral people, so that behavior can revert to that learned in feral childhood.

If the parentally isolated feral child has a mammal … such as a dog or cat … as an animal friend, then it may learn feral drive values and pack instincts, but may not acquire language skills.

ON REPROGRAMMING OUR ADULT SOCIAL VALUES

brainwashing

Image: “Teacher at Blackboard,” author anonymous, 1924, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teacher_at_blackboard_%281924%29.jpg … public domain

Image: “Teacher at Blackboard,” author anonymous, 1924, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teacher_at_blackboard_%281924%29.jpg … public domain

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So then the upshot of the parental and grade school brainwashing of children, or of substitute brainwashing of feral children by nonhuman parental models, is the child, now grown, with a particular set of brainwashing principles acquired in early childhood.

If the grown child wishes to acquire a modification of early learning, then it makes sense that the child might seek … among other options … the ‘quick learning’ process of a cult atmosphere.

GOOD IMMERSIVE AND INTENSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

I recall, for instance, joining 3HO … Healthy Happy Holy Organization … in my 40s. It was quite an interesting experience, and I learned a lot while there. Then on the other hand, there were some aspects I felt to be restrictive. These are explained in the Wikihow article referenced above.

The leader of the 3HO group I joined did steer me wrong with regard to a matter of money, and that set me back financially. On the other hand, I felt he meant well. It was just that he steered me wrong.

In other words, I felt the group was not wicked or ill-meaning with regard to its followers. Rather it was attempting to inculcate spiritual values, and an understanding of our relationship to God. It tried to lift us up. It supported us in living happy, productive lives.

The same might be said of the Werner Erhard EST training that I undertook many years ago … despite their caveat about never ducking out to use the restroom during their intensives.

I feel these sorts of intensive or immersive brainwashing are done with good intentions. That is to say, they are done with the same sort of intended outcome as that proposed at the outset. The person participating in the intensive or immersive experience is in agreement with the people in the group and with the leaders of the group in that regard.

CRIME GANGS AND HATE GROUPS

But then there are cults that are criminal in intention … cults that draw followers in under false pretexts. They may indicate that they are Christian in orientation, but then later a person may find this is only a ‘come on’.

A Satan cult may draw in young followers who are alienated from their parents by espousing an ‘anti-Christian’ orientation … for instance, by prevailing upon a young person to participate in Satanic rituals …

Drawing: “Baphomet with Human Children,” by Alice B. Clagett, 14 April 2023, CC BY-SA International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: This drawing is along the lines of The Satanic Temple’s “Baphomet” statue in Detroit … COMMENTS: The goat image of Baphomet, once allegedly associated with the Knights Templar of history, is associated with the present-day Church of Satan. I note here that the caduceus shown upright in the statue’s midriff, and which I take to be the central vertical power current (the ‘kundalini’) is at half mast in this drawing; it ends at the bottom of the rib cage, rather than extending from the base of the torso to the top of the head. That might mean that the energy of Satan is that of the subconscious mind (the ‘gut brain’ or the ‘lower triangle’ of yogic lore). From this I gather it could be that Satanic energy has to do with the energies of the Martian bacterial colonists of the human colon, rather than with the distinctly human energy of the conscious minds of human beings. In this context we might be considered to be the ‘goats’ tended by the Martians whom I propose bioengineered our bodies. –Alice B. Clagett

Drawing: “Baphomet with Human Children,” by Alice B. Clagett, 14 April 2023, CC BY-SA International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … DESCRIPTION: This drawing is along the lines of The Satanic Temple’s “Baphomet” statue in Detroit …

COMMENTS: The goat image of Baphomet, once allegedly associated with the Knights Templar of history, is associated with the present-day Church of Satan. I note here that the caduceus shown upright in the statue’s midriff, and which I take to be the central vertical power current (the ‘kundalini’) is at half mast in this drawing; it ends at the bottom of the rib cage, rather than extending from the base of the torso to the top of the head. That might mean that the energy of Satan is that of the subconscious mind (the ‘gut brain’ or the ‘lower triangle’ of yogic lore). From this I gather it could be that Satanic energy has to do with the energies of the Martian bacterial colonists of the human colon, rather than with the distinctly human energy of the conscious minds of human beings. In this context we might be considered to be the ‘goats’ tended by the Martians whom I propose bioengineered our bodies. –Alice B. Clagett

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A crime gang may initiate a child into a gang by asking him or her to engage in an act such as murder or by having his or her body tattooed with gangland insignia. Such an act of initiation  will create a huge barrier between the child and his family and friends.

Along similar lines, there are hate groups … the Ku Klux Clan, the Neo-Nazi movement, and the Racist Skinhead movement amongst many others … that program in their followers values that do not contribute to the peaceful prosperity of the local community.

CULTS THAT SHILL AND KILL

Image: “Fortune Teller,” by Albert Anker, 1880, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortune_teller,_Albert_Anker,_1880.png .. public domain

Image: “Fortune Teller,” by Albert Anker, 1880, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortune_teller,_Albert_Anker,_1880.png .. public domain

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Then there are the sort of cults I term ‘cults that kill’. These comprise charlatans and grifters who intend to fleece a follower and then cast him or her to the winds.

Or … very much worse … they may intend to fleece a person and then bump them off so that there will be no repercussions after the fact. That would be something very much to avoid, would it not?

Some years ago, I came to close quarters with what seemed to me to be two ‘cults that kill’. I had some years before that had a good experience with the 3HO group, except that I felt it was a little too restrictive for me. So I was well disposed to these other two groups, which were posing as meditation groups. But they were wildly different from 3HO.

In the end, I had to run for my life. My gosh, I cannot even tell you, dear reader, the names of these groups. They might sue me for exposing them. They might try to lay me low again! As if they had not tried to do that, time and time again, back in the day!

Were you, gentle reader, to find yourself in my situation … Heaven forfend! … then I am sure you would hide behind the gentle guise of prudence as do I!

Image: “Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist,” by Caravaggio, circa 1607, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CaravaggioSalomeMadrid.jpg .. public domain

Image: “Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist,” by Caravaggio, circa 1607, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CaravaggioSalomeMadrid.jpg .. public domain

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CONCLUSION

Image: “Alma Mater [Nourishing Mother],” by Virginie Demont-Breton, unknown date, in Wikimedia Commons .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginie_Demont-Breton_Alma_mater.jpg … public domain

Image: “Alma Mater [Nourishing Mother],” by Virginie Demont-Breton, unknown date, in Wikimedia Commons .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginie_Demont-Breton_Alma_mater.jpg … public domain

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So then, as I see it, as we move out of our natal families and into the wide world, we have the choice to continue on as is, even to the eventual door of our demise. Or we may wish to spiff up this personal value or that as we journey through our lives.

We may try this avenue or another. Perhaps a better diet. Perhaps an exercise regime. Perhaps a lecture on relationships. Perhaps an immersive environment, either short-term or longer term.

If we chose an option that involves being cut off from family and friends long-term, then that seems counterproductive to me. After all, do we not want to fit in as well as possible with our community.

So if, after we join a group, things seem to be devolving into what con artists call ‘the cull’ … which is to say, intentional and strict alienation from family and friends … why that will be a heads up to pack our bags and skedaddle, I feel.

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

Image: “Two New Year’s Resolutions Postcards,” author not known, circa 1901-1909, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Postcards2CardsNewYearsResolution1915.jpg … public domain

Image: “Two New Year’s Resolutions Postcards,” author not known, circa 1901-1909, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Postcards2CardsNewYearsResolution1915.jpg … public domain

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Tomorrow will be Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. This is the time to set our intentions for the New Year. Do we want to spiff up our values or change the emphasis of our actions in the world? Have we set for ourselves these intentions?

Then how will we accomplish these goals? What groups will we chose, that will help us accomplish them? The answer will be different for each of us. I hope for each of you, that your own answer will be the perfect choice … the answer that gets you to the place where you want to be with your own outlook on life.

May your life be happy and prosperous. May you have many friends. May all be well for each of you in the coming year.

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

Alice B. Clagett
In love, Light and joy,
I Am of the Stars

MORE INFORMATION

For more on brainwashing, including my own experiences with two ‘cults that kill’ … two ‘mind control cults’ … see my blog categories: Cults that kill – mind control cults  … Cult deprogramming  … and … Alice’s perilous tales

See also these blog categories: Confidence games  …  Antisocial personality disorder – Sociopathy  …  Feral children  …  Feral drives – pack instincts  … and … Hybrids

Written and published on 20 December 2022

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Elder Euthanasia for Profit: Truth or Fiction? . by Alice B. Clagett

Written and published on 10 April 2022

Image: “An Old Man Is Receiving Help to Dress Up,” by geralt, 12 May 2015, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_man_being_assisted.jpg … public domain … COMMENT: What this image signifies to me is that the elderly deserve good care from friends, relatives, and caretakers right up until God Himself decides to take them home to His heavenly kingdom. There is no excuse for senicide performed to enrich the coffers of heirs or of con artists who intend to benefit financially from the death of an old person; this is an unpardonable offense against the elderly, I feel.

Image: “An Old Man Is Receiving Help to Dress Up,” by geralt, 12 May 2015, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_man_being_assisted.jpg … public domain … COMMENT: What this image signifies to me is that the elderly deserve good care from friends, relatives, and caretakers right up until God Himself decides to take them home to His heavenly kingdom. There is no excuse for senicide performed to enrich the coffers of heirs or of con artists who intend to benefit financially from the death of an old person; this is an unpardonable offense against the elderly, I feel.

  • COLORADO MEDICAL AID IN DYING ACT
  • BAD DREAMS ABOUT EUTHANASIA OF ELDERLY MEN WITH ALTZHEIMER’S AT MEMORY CARE CENTERS
  • THE ‘ICE’ POEM ABOUT A TRUST FALSIFICATION AND ELDER MURDER CONFIDENCE GAME

Dear Ones,

COLORADO MEDICAL AID IN DYING ACT

The below article mentions the 2016 Colorado Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID) …

Link: “What About Us, Those Without a Terminal Illness?” by Martha McClellan Authentic Aging, 6 November 2021 … https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/what-about-us-those-without-a-terminal-illness/ ..

BAD DREAMS ABOUT EUTHANASIA OF ELDERLY MEN WITH ALTZHEIMER’S AT MEMORY CARE CENTERS

I see that the enactment of the 2016 Colorado Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID) followed hot on the heels of the nightmares I had while in Colorado in the year 2015 …

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