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Part One: Rudolf Steiner: The Racist Who Invented Organic Farming and Waldorf Schools

Behind the Bastards

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Did Madame Blavatsky Have Anything to Do With Rasputin?

Hoennah Blavatsky was a key figure in the New Age movement. She believed that modern peoples were descendants from different root races. In her philosophy, the extinction of Native Americans was a matter of what she called karmic necessity as a result of spiritual masters who secretly organized and ordained all human progress. Her influence extends to shit like Goop and your local vaguely witchcraft themed store.

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