by David Griffin
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
...only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
...only love can do that."
-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
The greatest strengths of the Golden Dawn community is our diversity and plurality of vision. Although our community has allowed itself to fall into polarization for two long decades, we are all Sisters and Brothers. There are no "enemies" in our community. We do not always agree on everything, but it is ideas that collide, not people.
In recent weeks, anonymous blogs dripping with hate filled lies and misrepresentations have again surfaced in our community, and once again, I have been attacked personally as has been the case over and over for two decades now. This comes on the heels of recent death threats leveled against me and my family.
I have been frequently asked if I take these attacks personally. I do not, because peace in the Golden Dawn is not merely a personal matter. Love is a prerequisite, and peace a moral imperative for the Golden Dawn to fully embody its potential as a a spiritual force for good in the 21st Century. As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who was frequently attacked and misrepresented by hatred and prejudice, once said: "hate can not drive our hate, only love can do that." There will always be those who hate and lie, but love and truth will always triumph in the end.
Sadly, there are those in our community who once agreed with me about peace and love in the Golden Dawn, that I can barely recognize by their actions any longer. In my last article, I quoted Peregrin Wildoak (from 2009) condemning the use of anonymous hate blogs to attack other Golden Dawn orders. In that article, I also pointed out how inconsistent it appears to observe Peregrin and Morgan Eckstein today promoting or endorsing the same sort of anonymous hate blogs attacking Golden Dawn orders, by linking to them from their personal blogs or publishing comments on them.
In recent weeks, anonymous blogs dripping with hate filled lies and misrepresentations have again surfaced in our community, and once again, I have been attacked personally as has been the case over and over for two decades now. This comes on the heels of recent death threats leveled against me and my family.
I have been frequently asked if I take these attacks personally. I do not, because peace in the Golden Dawn is not merely a personal matter. Love is a prerequisite, and peace a moral imperative for the Golden Dawn to fully embody its potential as a a spiritual force for good in the 21st Century. As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who was frequently attacked and misrepresented by hatred and prejudice, once said: "hate can not drive our hate, only love can do that." There will always be those who hate and lie, but love and truth will always triumph in the end.
Sadly, there are those in our community who once agreed with me about peace and love in the Golden Dawn, that I can barely recognize by their actions any longer. In my last article, I quoted Peregrin Wildoak (from 2009) condemning the use of anonymous hate blogs to attack other Golden Dawn orders. In that article, I also pointed out how inconsistent it appears to observe Peregrin and Morgan Eckstein today promoting or endorsing the same sort of anonymous hate blogs attacking Golden Dawn orders, by linking to them from their personal blogs or publishing comments on them.
In reply to, Morgan Eckstein today wrote:
"Why don't you make a list of what we are allowed to say, who we are allowed to read, what comments that we are allowed to make and who we are allowed to make comments to, who we are allowed to be friends with, and what our Orders are allowed to do. It will make everyone lives easier if you just spell out the acceptable behavior."
The short answer to Morgan, is:
"Just stop attacking
the members of the Alpha Omega."
Is this really so difficult to understand?
Morgan's statement does raise some other interesting and tough questions though.
Is Morgan even interested in peace in the Golden Dawn community or only hatred and strife?
What sort of behavior actually does foster peace vs. hatred and strife in the Golden Dawn community?
Do anonymous hate blogs attacking other Golden Dawn orders foster peace or hatred and strife?
Does promoting anonymous hate blogs by linking to them or endorsing them by publishing comments on them further peace or hatred and strife?
If the latter, then why do Morgan Eckstein and Peregrin Wildoak keep promoting them?
Does Morgan really believe he is being told by our order which books he can read as he says above?
Or is Morgan just trying to avoid responsibility for behavior inconsistent with his words and ideals?
Or is Morgan just trying to avoid responsibility for behavior inconsistent with his words and ideals?
Does Morgan really not understand how promoting and endorsing anonymous hate blogs furthers hatred and strife in the Golden Dawn community?
Or is Morgan deliberately trying to scuttle any chance of peace in the Golden Dawn?
If so, why?
If so, why?
And finally...
Are Morgan Eckstein and Peregrin Wildoak acting on their own?
Or are they following someone's instructions to scuttle the peace process by promoting hatred and strife in the Golden Dawn community?
If so, then who is pulling Morgan Eckstein's and Peregrin Wildoak's strings, and why are these persons in the shadows so terrified of peace in the Golden Dawn?
Even if not, then:
"Where did the old Morgan go?"
This is, after all, the same Morgan Eckstein that not so long ago used to write fine factual articles about Golden Dawn subjects and whose political commentary on the Golden Dawn used to be quite balanced.
I would really like to hear some simple, straight answers from Morgan to these direct questions.
I would really like to hear some simple, straight answers from Morgan to these direct questions.
More importantly, I, for one, would like to have the old Morgan back!
"Hatred paralyzes life;
love releases it...
Hatred confuses life;
love harmonizes it...
Hatred darkens life;
love illuminates it!"
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
