Virtually all this type of nonsense goes back to a few places: New Thought, Norman Vincent Peale, and spinoffs like the I AM cult and prosperity gospel. The latest iteration is “The Secret” and all that woo you hear about “manifesting.”
Fun fact: Trump is a devotee of Norman Vincent Peale. This is why he constantly repeats superlatives and refuses to admit any form of failure or loss. He’s basically “manifesting.” You could sort of say he was our first New Age president. The mass conversion of a bunch of New Agers to the Q cult makes more sense if you look at it that way.
Also I highly recommend finding a good history of the I AM cult. It’s some of the most bonkers shit. This intellectual lineage gave birth to a bunch of looney cults like Church Universal and Triumphant, Synanon, EST, and some alien channeling cult I forget, but I AM was the OG. I think NXIVM belonged to the same family too.
It’s all this will creates reality stuff, sort of like a religion that worships con artistry as a holy path.
Doesn’t surprise me one bit to hear that this stuff was around SRI. It had a big moment in the 70s.
Oh wow, this is some really interesting stuff! Apparently, Trump used to regularly attend Peale's sermons as a child and Peale even was the priest at Trump's first wedding.
Fun fact: Trump is a devotee of Norman Vincent Peale. This is why he constantly repeats superlatives and refuses to admit any form of failure or loss. He’s basically “manifesting.” You could sort of say he was our first New Age president. The mass conversion of a bunch of New Agers to the Q cult makes more sense if you look at it that way.
Also I highly recommend finding a good history of the I AM cult. It’s some of the most bonkers shit. This intellectual lineage gave birth to a bunch of looney cults like Church Universal and Triumphant, Synanon, EST, and some alien channeling cult I forget, but I AM was the OG. I think NXIVM belonged to the same family too.
It’s all this will creates reality stuff, sort of like a religion that worships con artistry as a holy path.
Doesn’t surprise me one bit to hear that this stuff was around SRI. It had a big moment in the 70s.