In Reply to: Re: Enochian Shamanism posted by CB on October 26, 2006 at 20:55:18:
That's true, no new thing under the sun.
For me I see the Fam's Keys stuff as more of the same, that is, by being an obedient faithful member of the Fam you will be especially blessed with great powers such as the world had never seen. Berg did it from the beginning, and of course Zerby still dishes it out.
Here's excerpts of Zerby in "Explaining the Keys": "There are obviously conditions attached to using the keys. We have to be obeying the Lord ... The Lord also said: 'Because the gift of the keys is so priceless, I will only give it to those who are respectful of My Words ... without dedication, and yieldedness to Me, the keys give no power ... The gift of the keys is only for those who go further, who live for Me, and who give their lives for Me ... The gift of the keys is for My Endtime disciples ... We need the keys in order to fulfill our destiny ... The keys of the Kingdom given to the children of David will part the veil and release revelation, instruction, insight, knowledge, and understanding such as the world has never seen ...'" (http://www.exfamily.org/pubs/ml/b2/3318.shtml)
The common demoninator of every cult is about how being a member makes you something special, the 'us against them' culture --and only by staying in the cult you will have all the answers. In the Fam's case the Keys.
I don't think they needed help from the Enochian Shamanists to come up with their Keys teachings, the Fam already had all the spirit helpers and goddesses doctrines. The Keys is just another chapter in their lousy phony disjointed anthology.