I didn't quote the whole post only because it clutters this post. But I make reference to the set of ideas Promethean included in his post.
That post in itself is a compendium of paranoid ideas about Jews and it encapsulates, certainly, an exaggerated phantasy that is projected onto Jews and Judaism. Having somewhat seriously studied antisemitism -- I refer to two books on the topic: "
The Devil and the Jews The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism" (Joshua Trachtenberg) and
Europe and the Jews: " The Pressure of Christendom on the People of Israel for 1,900 Years"(Malcolm Hay).
What interests me, and has relevance here, is assigning a *devilish* role and power to Jews and Judaism. The Devil is a trickster and a controller by nature and his influence is nefarious and also invisible. In Jungian psychology the Devil is associated with *the Shadow* -- an unrecognized, unaccepted and also
unassimilated part of one's own self that one projects onto
the other.
Frankly, all this originated not in Christianity, which inherited this metaphysical paradigm, but in Judaism itself. Judaism and Jews define themselves as *God's own* and they define this world, and the peoples and tribes in this world (i.e. the Nations: the Goyim) as the opponents of Jews and God's project. It is not hard to see that the concept functions in this way: oppose a Jew and Judaism means that one opposes God and God's plans. These are simply facts about Judaism and the nature of the belief-system. If you study or listen to the traditionalist Rabbis you will very easily and clearly understand how traditional and strict Judaism frames both Jewish being and Jewish struggle.
It is extremely easy, speaking directly to our present, to be aware that quite recently the *paradigm* I refer to was clearly enunciated by Netanyahu when he referred to the age-old enemies of the Jewish people: the Amalekites. The purpose of mentioning this is simply to illustrate a less obvious belief in a satanic power and people that is central to Jewish belief.
The actual problem as I have come to see it arises out of the definition that Jews and Judaism holds: that God selected the Jewish people for a world-historical mission that functions through time among those who hold to the mission through
memory and
will. As I said previously, there is something rather -- what is the word? -- terrifying or alarming in the idea of a given people capable of such an historical memory and will, as well as the idea of such a world-scale project.
Make of it what you will, naturally. Judaism and Christianity function together in relation to these world-historical ideas. When Christians say that eventually *Every knee shall bow* that is a reiteration of what a Judaic priesthood has defined as the mission of Jews and Judaism. For this reason, as Christian Zionists ally themselves with Jewish Zionists, the *belief-system* and its core tenets become visible and enthusiastically expressed. Again one must make of it what one must, and certainly if one is, say, a committed religious Christian Zionist who has integrated the metaphysic and the mythology into his belief-system (for and example I refer to our own Immanuel Can) everything is as it should be. To support and further Jewish and Israeli Zionism, which is defined as a full recovery on the Judaic model -- that of Judea and its reconstructed Temple (the Third Temple) -- is understood to be *God's plan*.
And thus the entire *prophetic model* shows itself. Millions and millions, possible a billion, believe these things
at some level. These are *shadow ideas* that exist and are present even if they are not fully conscious.
Now, my point or let's say my *intellectual project* has nothing to do with the reinvigoration of traditional antisemitism, but more in a hard and penetrating analysis of the power of these mythic models on the power-structure of the United States. What many Gentiles do not understand, and really why would they? is the relevance of America in the historical process of Jews and Judaism. Simply put, America has been an unprecedented boon. That is to say a country, a nation, extremely different from Europe that has enabled Jews and Judaism to flourish like no other point in Jewish history ever. And certainly after the tragic events in Europe of the mid-nineteenth century, America as a haven, and also as a power-center, came that much more into the light and gained that much more historical relevance.
And in that context, I submit, the Jewish Project as I referred to in another post, gathered steam, and took shape through the Zionist project: the reconquest of Judea and the
resumption of the biblically-defined Jewish historical project in the region. The conquest of Palestine was an
exact imposition of the former biblical model of the conquest of Canaan. And if I can put it in these terms it was *sold to the world* as a heroic battle with God's intervention at every point.
Jewish Zionism is an extremely complex animal. It was powered by Christian Zionism (originally) and all of this is interesting material to examine, but what is important to my presentation here is in the understanding of the need, the imperative, to bring the nation of the US into a full-throated and active support for the Zionist state. The *paranoid notion* of course is that Jews, acting 'nefariously', or acting through their (so-called) power and influence, have dominated or in any case significantly influenced the policy decisions of the world's most powerful nation. For that reason the Jewish character of nearly all Neoconservatives is exposed and emphasized by those critical of this level of control.
There is another interesting thing to consider -- in any case it became interesting to me: one who renounces the Judaic vision absolutely and yet who recognizes that it functions as a mythic structure absorbed by a significant sector of the world -- and that is a critical examination of
the very root of antisemitism: the Genesis Story. The basic story, when read perhaps *against its grain* of traditional interpretation goes like this:
The ur-Jew Joseph, betrayed by his brothers, gains a footfold in a foreign land and uses still, cunning, intelligence and knowledge to raise himself to a position of power and influence. But
Lo his people in other sectors were *oppressed* and this called forth the wrath of God Himself. And what this God did was to engineer the destruction of a foreign nation (Amalekite-like) who had the audacity to put a block before Judaic enterprise and historical mission. In the end Joesph, and his Tribe, make off with booty and great wealth and are *lifted* and propelled by that metaphysical Agent known as Yahweh to their new home which is also invaded and occupied. Just examine the model. It is hardly *healthy* and not one to emulate.
So the question is: What sane people, and who among the Nations, would ever desire to share a similar fate? But what Judaism proposes is exactly that: oppose Jews, oppose the Judaic project, and you will garner God's terrifying wrath. That is to say that you will be stripped of your wealth and left plague-ridden.
Now, what ultimate power do these ideas have? That is not a question that I can answer. But I can say that right now they definitely seem to have a tremendous power in the United States of America. Beyond that I have nothing else to say.
Is this *my* narrative? Did Gentiles create this paradigm and then elevate Jewish activity (resulting in a bad outcome for Egypt) into a heroic tale to be celebrated? Well, come to your own conclusion. But I say the origin of antisemitism is to be found within Judaic ideas themselves.
Do *average Jews* have anything at all to do with this? Not very likely. Except insofar as Zionism, for modern Jews, and definitely in America, has become a central tenet of Jewish existential religiousness and worldview. Frankly, I used to be a Zionist supporter. I was raised listening to those tales of how *the Jews made the desert flower*. It was all
supported by neo-Biblical stories and that sense of recovered historical mission.
My ultimate point? Simple this: watch and pay attention to what is going on now and how things will be conducted over the next years. To all appearances this is a *critical moment* and much, it seems, is up in the air. Is it wrong to have said anything I have said here? Flash? What do you say? Anything even
slightly coherent?
