Rumors
RUMORS ABOUND at BOHEMIAN GROVE by Mary Moore
Because of the secretive nature surrounding the annual July encampment at
Bohemian Grove, many rumors have grown over the years regarding what
actually goes on there. And because of the very visually bizarre CREMATION
of CARE ceremony given on the first Saturday of the two week gathering these
rumors have taken on a life of their own. Just a photo of several red hooded
clad men burning an effigy of Dull Care at the bottom of a 40 ft. stone
owl is enough to make a sane person wonder what is going on so the rumors
and speculation continue and grow.
It is important to keep in mind that the actual truth about this annual
ritual is serious enough and doesnt need embellishment and sensationalism
to alarm the public. It is scary enough to learn about the very real
connections between the corporate, financial, government and military elites
that run this country and are successfully making progress toward running
the planet. Please understand the following:
*The Cremation of Care is not a Satanic Cult as many have concluded. For
almost 140 years this opening ceremony (which is actually pretty silly) has
been used as a sendoff to begin two weeks of entertainment and recreation.
The claim of the membership is that they are the men who carry around the
cares of the world on their shoulders and they need this ritual in order to
cast off Dull Care. Of course those who actually do care about the
suffering of real people would argue with the assumption that these men care
in the first place. That is why those of us who have protested at their
gates for 32 years have always resurrected Care as we challenge this
ritual. The end goal for these men is making profits at the expense of the
rest of us while polluting our planet.
*They do not burn babies during the Cremation of Care ceremony. This is an
outright lie perpetuated over the past ten years by a right wing Shock
Jock who managed to infiltrate the grounds in 2001and has been behind many
of the more bizarre rumors. It is an effigy of rags that is set afire during
this ritual. This kind of sensationalism detracts and undermines our more
serious charges of ruling class bonding and how those relationships affect
the rest of us.
*There are no underground tunnels (leading to Odiyan Temple or anywhere
else) in the Grove as confirmed by the many sympathetic workers who have
helped us over the years by getting literature and schedules out to us so we
can do real research on these men. It is yet another groundless rumor.
*There are no sex slaves kept in these underground tunnels however there
is an active well known hooker scene prominent during the two week
gathering. In fact it is a well known fact on the working women circuits
that it exists and is profitable for them. Over the years we have done much
research on this subject which is available to the public. No women (except
employees) are allowed on the grounds during the encampment so they take up
outside residence around the area and the men go out to them. And even the
issue of women as employees is fairly new as we challenged this
discrimination back in the 80s and it was several years before we won
before the California Supreme Court, the right of women to work there.
*Another misunderstanding is that the aim of our protest has always been to
shut the Grove down. Our goal has always been to EXPOSE these men and how
these power dynamics affect the rest of us. We wish to challenge the myth
that all decision making in the USA takes place in Congress. We use the
dynamics of power demonstrated at the Bohemian Grove to make our point that
private power places like this are the ultimate back room wheeling and
dealing If we ran them off they would just go elsewhere and it would not
change the political dynamics of capitalism gone amuck.
Over the years as weve studied the power relationships at Bohemian Grove
weve heard it all which is why were posting these clarifications. It
undermines the credibility of any serious research weve done because some
people assume (especially with the internet culture) that we buy into these
rumors and that they are the reasons weve protested over the past three
decades. Bohemian Grove Action network continues to focus on the LAKESIDE
TALKS which are given daily during the two week encampment and feature ex
presidents as well as other well known corporate titans, heads of World Bank
and other financial power brokers, admirals and generals. Often their talks
are public policy talks given behind the redwood curtain with no public
scrutiny. These men are indeed the 1%.
For more information check out the Highlights of the Lakeside Talks which
is available on this website as well as
www.sonomacountyfreepress.com
