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Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, cult leader of a satanic organization called the Temple of Set. He was a High Priest while simultaneously serving in the armed forces as a military intelligence operative and psychological/propaganda warfare expert. Lt. Col. Aquino was processed out of the Army Active Reserves in 1990 after a ritual child molestation investigation.
Throughout much of the 1980s, Aquino was at the center of a controversy involving the Pentagon's acquiescence to outright Satanic practices inside the military services. Aquino was also a prime suspect in a series of pedophile scandals involving the sexual abuse of hundreds of children, including the children of military personnel serving at the Presidio U.S. Army station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Furthermore, even as Aquino was being investigated by Army Criminal Investigation Division officers for involvement in the pedophile cases, he retained highest-level security clearances, and was involved in pioneering work in military psychological operations ("psy-ops").
According to an article in the Oct. 30, 1987 San Francisco Examiner, one of the victims had identified Aquino and his wife as participants in the child rape. According to the victim, the Aquinos had filmed scenes of the child being fondled by Hambright in a bathtub. The child's description of the house, which was also the headquarters of Aquino's Satanic Temple of Set, was so detailed, that police were able to obtain a search warrant. During the raid, they confiscated 38 videotapes, photo negatives, and other evidence that the home had been the hub of a pedophile ring, operating in and around U.S. military bases.
Aquino and Vallely called for an explicitly Nietzschean form of warfare, which they dubbed "mindwar."Mindwar is the deliberate, aggressive convincing of all participants in a war that we will win that war."
For Aquino, "mindwar" is a permanent state of strategic psychological warfare against the populations of friend and foe nations alike. "In its strategic context, mindwar must reach out to friends, enemies and neutrals alike across the globe ... through the media possessed by the United States which have the capabilities to reach virtually all people on the face of the Earth. These media are, of course, the electronic media—television and radio. State of the art developments in satellite communication, video recording techniques, and laser and optical transmission of broadcasts make possible a penetration of the minds of the world
Originally posted by masonica_esoterica
So here we can see a direct correlation between the Temple of Set, organized pedophile rings, Psi Ops, MKULTRA ,mind control,etc, the more you dig up on this guy the worse he looks.
Originally posted by forestlady
ML: Sorry, I've heard and read too many ugly things about him. Did you know that he was also a part of the MKULTRA project? He tried to see if he could create a multiple personality in someone.
The military protected him because he was a valuable CIA asset.
I have also heard some ugly stories about him when he was running Temple of Set, which is/was another very dysfunctional group. I've known too many people who have had bad personal experiences with him.
Originally posted by masonica_esoterica
Originally posted by Beelzebubba
But, occultic leanings of many in the military is widely known. Some of these people have even gone on to start their own religions.
Originally posted by forestlady
On another note: does anyone know where he is now or what he's doing?
Originally posted by masonica_esoterica
Still there are strange goings on with this guy.
Originally posted by Masonic Light
Set was the chief god of Egypt during the Hebrew exodus (Aquino believes the Hebrews were actually expelled from Egypt, and that the Moses story is just propaganda). Since Egypt was the political enemy of the Hebrews, the Egyptians' god became an enemy too, whereby the hebrews caricatured Set into Satan.
Originally posted by mmmeat
Originally posted by masonica_esoterica
Originally posted by Beelzebubba
But, occultic leanings of many in the military is widely known. Some of these people have even gone on to start their own religions.
As I posted before in another thread in regards to this quote, I have to take exception to the use of the word 'many' in the context used here.
I believe that 'many' implies a far greater number than reality would indicate. Much like the general population, I'm reasonably certain that religions will break down to percentages, and that the percentage of military members with 'occult leanings' will be minor.
Not taking away from the argument - the rest of which is certainly worth looking into and discussion - but I do have to disagree the quote, and believe that it unfairly portrays the military in an unsubstantiated light.
Your pal,
Meat.
Originally posted by JustMe74
Originally posted by Masonic Light
Set was the chief god of Egypt during the Hebrew exodus (Aquino believes the Hebrews were actually expelled from Egypt, and that the Moses story is just propaganda). Since Egypt was the political enemy of the Hebrews, the Egyptians' god became an enemy too, whereby the hebrews caricatured Set into Satan.
That's interesting. I have heard that theory before, but I wasn't aware that it was associated with Aquino. Personally, I believe the explanation which is given in Wikipedia's etymology entry for "Satan" (en.wikipedia.org...), but I suppose anything is possible.
Also, we Jewish people have a totally different concept of Satan than Christians. The modern "Satan" (red dude with a pitchfork who has independent powers on earth) is a Christian idea, so I think that further invalidates Aquino's theory.
Originally posted by Beelzebubba
Doesn't Aquino believe himself to be Crowley's heir due to his decoding of a cryptogram in The Book of the Law?
Originally posted by LightinDarkness
Geez. And that is when the guy loses all the credit with me. Anyone who thinks George Bush - our GWB - is personally capable of orchestrating "psy ops" should not be taken all that seriously. He can't even walk and talk at the same time.
I do find this sort of thing interesting though. The re-emergence of religion (yes, I know some will call it a "philosophy" - but I am calling it a religion) like satanism, temple of set, and even some neopaganism seems to be more of a response against the influence and structure of organized religion over anything else.