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Lightworkers and the Devil
by Diane Vera
Copyright © 2004 by Diane Vera. All rights reserved.
Among New Agers, there's a movement known as the "Light Workers" or "Lightworkers." Some though not all Lightworkers believe in a Devil (whom they regard as their enemy, of course).First, here is some general information by Lightworkers about their movement:
- Lightworker (Steve & Barbara Rother, based in California)
- Children of Light (Ron Baker and Robert Baker, based in New York City)
- Light Workers on Crystalinks
- Universal Lightworkers Conference
- The Living Light Foundation (Verla, based in Seattle, WA) and other sites on its links page
- Light Network (by Maya and Jan, based in Spain and Holland, respectively)
- Planet Lightworker (E-zine edited by Sandie Sedgbeer)
- Karin Lightworker (Karin Lacy, "a Lightworker for America")
- Namaste Cafe (by Serenity, who lives in the Bible Belt of the U.S.A.)
Lightworkers vary quite a bit in their beliefs, so it's probably not a good idea to take anything on the above sites as being representative of all Lightworkers. Some are Christian, while some others are quite anti-Christian (or at least anti-fundy). Most apparently take a fairly liberal ecumenical interfaith view.
In particular, Lightworkers vary in their beliefs, if any, concerning the Devil. Here are articles about the Devil beliefs of some Lightworkers:
- The Fight Against Evil by Marion J Webb-De Sisto
- Christian Andréason's Spiritual Housecleaning Advice on Spirituality learned the hard way by Rei at MIT
- The Greatest Error of the Light Worker on the Light Network site
Here are articles by some Lightworkers who apparently do NOT believe in a Devil (as a spiritual being, at least):
- Reclaiming Personal Power: PART 6 - Raising self-empowered children on Planet Lightworker
- "Hitting the Ceiling of the Third Dimension" (about terrorists) by Karin Lightworker
- The Ascension Series, Lesson Three: The Darkness Within Seeks Release on Crimson Circle
- Humanity On The Pollen Path, Part Five on Dreams of the Great Earth Changes
And here's an article by a Lightworker who not only believes in a Devil, but also believes that the world is ruled by a Satanic conspiracy:
For at least a few Lightworkers, though probably not the majority, such beliefs can take a very cultish form:
- Lightworkers Update 2003: "What is my mission?" on Star-Essenia Temple: 11:11 Ashtar Command Ascension Network
I was a bit surprised to discover that some Lightworkers are not at all queasy about hexing, judging by some of the inventory on Lightworker supplies. I would expect most Lightworkers to be horrified.
I did web searches on the strings "Lightworker Satanism" and "Lightworker Satanist" to see if any Lightworkers had much to say about us. I didn't find much. I found a few groups that mentioned Satanists as one of several categories of people not welcome to join. I also found a few -- only a few -- complaints by Lightworkers about fundies who think Lightworkers are Satanists. (As I would have expeted, Lightworkers apparently don't have this problem to anywhere nearly the extent that Wiccans and Pagans do. See my collection of articles To Wiccans and other Pagans and occultists.) I found only one full-blown anti-Satanist diatribe -- written by a person who identifies as an eclectic Pagan, as well as a Lightworker.
So, it would seem that most Lightworkers don't like us but aren't inclined to harass us or preach against us either. The latter is good news. But there are some exceptions.
I also found a satirical article New Age Anonymous: 12 steps for the Recovering New Ager by Blake More. This article defines "Lightworker" as "what New Agers call themselves when they are feeling important." Disparaging comments aside, it would seem that Lightworkers have almost become synonymous with the New Age movement as a whole.
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