The Anatomy of Evil in Our Time

It is rare to come across a book which describes the manipulations of the subtle body in a soundly objective way. Yet, in The Anatomy of Evil in Our Time we are offered much useful information in regards to how our aura and chakras can be distorted to cause us to become more susceptible to the whims of whoever/ whatever desires to control us. Remaining ignorant of these underhanded methods causes us to surrender our abilities to think/feel independently as well as to sacrifice our very ‘I-ness“ to evil. The author, a survivor of a corrupt Tibetan Buddhist cult shows how he aligned himself with the esoteric Christ (via Rudolf Steiner´s Anthroposophy) and managed to heal and break free from a fraudulent guru´s control of his energy body and mind as well. He demonstrates throughout how he did this, primarily by paying close attention to his emotions and warnings from his unconscious mind through a series of quite vivid dreams. More importantly, he writes about himself in the third person which further enables us (and Adam) to view what happened with some degree of disengagement, truly a necessary prerequisite if one wants to liberate themselves from subtle entanglements that are difficult to discern, let alone express.

While I found his exposé to be quite enlightening in regards to the many ways that evil can infiltrate our lives undetected, at times Michealis tends to posit this dichotomy between eastern and western religions, equating the former with evil throughout. Adam does emphasize the differences between various lineages such as Mahayana, Vajrayana, et. al., but perhaps should have emphasized that, overall, it was Buddhism as brought to the west through such vectors as Theosophy that contributed to its inevitable corruption and cooptation by dark forces in this reviewer´s opinion. I make this point only because I spent time with Tibetan Buddhists in Northern India and they did not come across as being evil or manipulative at all. In fact they were some of the happiest people I’ve ever met-at least in some of the more remote monasteries I visited in Ladahk and Zanskar. Perhaps, this may have been an exception considering Tibetan Buddhism’s involvement with magic (having evolved out of the Bon-Po religion), fallen Lamas such as Chogyam Rinpoche and the Dalai Lama´s current posing as the Buddhist pope.

At times I thought the author dwelled for too long and in too great of detail on the manipulations of his own subtle body by the cult leader, keeping in mind that this kind of prolonged fixation could be yet another Luciferic/Ahrimanic trapping, i.e., to entice someone to perpetually figure out what is going on and further deplete them of energy since no real resolution can ever be made except at the level of the heart and not the intellect. Yet, I found the author’s insights to be quite refreshing, profound and inspiring as well. Not many people have the gifts that Adam Michaelis possesses in terms of overall awareness of invisible influences and an ability to objectify/analyze them as well as to effectively articulate them. There are many genuinely insightful observations in this book that make this a highly valuable book to read and thoroughly study. In fact, I would call it an essential spiritual survival manual for our times.

Michaelis ends The Anatomy of Evil in Our Time on a strong note with an impressive argument on par with the theologian Paul Tillich, defending the Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity as the best things that we can ally ourselves with, contrasting this with the overall negation of life (and soul) found in Buddhist philosophy. I was expecting some kind of pessimistic finale but found myself quite moved by his line of reasoning, indicating the validity and substance of a deep connection to the esoteric Christ and how aligning with this force is perhaps one of the best ways to overcome the encroachments of Lucifer/Ahriman, Sorath and other forms of evil in our time. For anyone interested in how cult control is maintained on the level of the subtle body, whether it be through Tibetan Buddhism, Scientology or the latest doomsday cult, I would most recommend The Anatomy of Evil in Our Time. Reading this work will bring forth latent powers of perception within you that you will most benefit from for a long time to come in a protective and liberating kind of way.


©2006 -Jaye Beldo