William Schnoebelen

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William "Bill" Schnoebelen (born August 24, 1949 ) is an American Christian fundamentalist and author of several books. He claims to have been a former Satanist , Thelema member, Wiccan member, Rosicrucian , Freemason and Mormon . Critics accuse him of making these claims in order to market his books.

Life

He was born into a deeply religious Roman Catholic family. When he was five he wanted to be a Catholic priest. Schnoebelen states that because of the changes of the Second Vatican Council and the "hypocrisy" in the Catholic seminaries , he began to look for other ways of faith.

According to his own statements, Schnoebelen is said to have studied spiritualism , extra-sensory perception and witchcraft at his seminary because of the influence of the professors . Over time, he became a fully qualified Wicca .

He also claims to have become a second degree Satanist in the Church of Satan , as well as a Freemason , member of a Thelema order as well as the Rosicrucians and many other mystical organizations. All of these organizations, as well as flying saucers and alien abductions, are linked to Satanism. Satanists would sacrifice people every Halloween .

In 1988 he accused the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons , it was a "feeding program for occultism and witchcraft". The game contained authentic magical rituals and two of the authors approached him and his wife as capacitors of magic to ensure that these rituals were authentic. In 2001, he renewed the allegation and made similar unsubstantiated allegations against the Harry Potter books.

Schnoebelen says he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior after reading a treatise by Jack Chick in 1984 and has been a Christian fundamentalist ever since. In the following years he became a friend of Chick's and is sometimes quoted in his tracts. The publisher that publishes Chick's tracts also publishes works by Léo Taxil , a swindler who made twelve years of alleged exposé about Freemasonry until he triumphantly admitted to deliberately misleading Catholics.

Schnoebelen and his wife Sharon work with the One Accord Ministries based in Iowa .

criticism

Most of the groups affected by Schnoebelen's allegations dismiss his claims as pure fiction . Some claim that his writings contain errors about facts about the organizations he claims to be a part of, such as Freemasonry. The palladium Freemasonry , the Schnoebelen will have listened, never existed and goes on revealing his own dizziness back Leo Taxils.

An easily verifiable criticism is the sheer innumerable number of activities in which Schnoebelen and his partners claim to be involved in order to increase their credibility.

According to his self-published autobiography, his curriculum vitae includes :

  • 16 years as a teacher of witchcraft , spiritism and ceremonial magick .
  • seven years in the Church of Satan
  • nine years as a Freemason
  • five years as a Mormon , where he claims to have held numerous offices, including president of the quorum of elders
  • a degree in music and education (1971, Loras College)
  • Master in Catholic Theology (1980, St. Francis School of Pastoral Ministry, a Catholic seminary)
  • Master in Consultant (Liberty University, 1990)
  • Almost 30 years in ufology
  • Naturopathic Physician, Herbalistic Nutritionist, and Certified Naturopathic Qualifications (University of Iowa does not license Naturopathic Physicians, graduation with ND typically requires four years higher semesters and extensive clinical experience).

According to Schnoebelen's friend Ed Decker , he became a witcher in 1968; 1973 high priest of sorcerers; joined the Church of Satan in 1975 ; became a Master Mason in 1976; In 1978 he became a Gnostic Catholic bishop; joined Palladium Freemasonry in 1979 ; received a Masters in Theology in 1980; joined the Mormons in 1980; first attended LDS Temple in 1981 and became an LDS Quorum President the following year and an institute teacher in 1983, before he was saved on June 22, 1984.

Schnoebelen and Decker's claims are implausible on several important points: To become a Wicca high priest in such a short time, as Schnoebelen claims, is nearly impossible according to the Wicca community. In addition, Schnoebelen's writings are contradicting his biography.

Schnoebelen claims to have ordained women priests during his tenure as Roman Catholic bishop.

The dates given in Schnoebelen's book are in part strongly at odds with his published biography. For example, Schnoebelen states in his book Freemasonry: Behind the Light that he was a Mormon and a Freemason when he was "saved" in mid-1984. This implies that either he was a member of both organizations as early as 1980 when he was studying theology at a Catholic priestly school, or that his claims of "five years" as a Mormon were false. In Wicca: Satan's Little White Lie , he pretends that he and his wife presided over one of the oldest and largest networks of witch meetings until they left Milwaukee in 1984 . This implies that before his spiritual change that year he would have to have been a Mormon, a Freemason and a Wicca member simultaneously.

His claims about supposedly authentic rituals in Dungeons & Dragons are pure fiction, as there are no rituals of this kind in this game. Instead, the spell contains only a few lines of text that have the sole purpose of a random generator, without any movements or rituals at all.

Works

  • Freemasonry, illuminated (OT: Masonry: Beyond the Light), Chick Publications
  • Evil Communication
  • Confessions of an Ex-Mason
  • Wicca: Satan's Little White Lie , Chick Publications
  • Lucifer Dethroned
  • Space Invaders , Xlibris Corporation

swell

  1. a b Schnoebelen's autobiography ( Memento from September 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. http://www.masonicinfo.com/schnoebelen.htm
  3. Rev. Michael Witczak Named Rector of Saint Francis Seminary ( Memento from December 15, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Frequently Asked Questions ( Memento of October 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  5. Joseph Smith and the Temple of Doom ( October 21, 2006 memento in the Internet Archive )
  6. http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no67.htm

Web links

From Schnoebelen

About Schnoebelen