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Beyond Our Consent

by Robert Harris Brevig

380 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0926; ISBN 1-4120-0557-4; US$33.50, C$38.00, EUR27.50, £19.50

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
-Edmund Burke, Present Discontents (1770)

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What influences have led America in the space of a single generation to deviate from her path as "champion of the free world"? Why is the supposedly freest, most powerful nation on Earth becoming the most easily vanquished? What forces have changed American minds so drastically as to turn her citizens into their own worst enemies? How has the failure of vigilance, a simple citizens' duty, cost America her leading position in the community of nations - despite her unrivalled achievements?
These and hundreds more disturbing questions about America's carefully shaded past, confused present, and dubious destiny are addressed in this book.
BEYOND OUR CONSENT is a psycho-political study of American history that reveals how and why the "land of the free" has been gradually but steadily guided away from its original founders' noble intent.
These founders deliberately established a new nation in a historically unprecedented action, one that provided true independence to all its mutually aspiring citizens. From the outset, however, the forces of greed and power-lust have surreptitiously and successfully undermined this noble vision. Even now, this nation, once believed to be the home of "the free and the brave", is being reduced to a state of denial , insecurity, and cowering fear of its own bloated, blusteringly arrogant government.
BEYOND OUR CONSENT goes for the throat of America's present failure. It describes the work-the hard work-that must be done in order that Americans can regain the stature their forefathers envisaged for them. This book, like those to follow, addresses itself to readers who are prepared and willing to do that work.
This is the first work in a series called THE ARCADIAN PRIMER , a unique research effort directed toward exposing the truth behind many dark rumors of conspiracy that plague the interplay between U.S. affairs and world events. Readers will discover that the complacency of their daily lives has become immersed in previously unsuspected influences-influences that are quietly modifying traditional American attitudes and behavior to fit an alien agenda, an agenda that leads to helplessness and enslavement.
Traditional political, economic, media, educational, and religious institutions have become infiltrated at the highest levels by "agents" whose agendas are inimical to the interests of trusting American citizens. BEYOND OUR CONSENT examines in penetrating depth the insidious methods these agents employ and the corrosively destructive effects they are having upon a free society.
The "New World Order ", generally conceived as an American triumph, carries within it the seeds of a global totalitarian government controlled by an unimaginably wealthy " Power Elite ". Because most Americans have grown numb to political rhetoric, they may perceive this discussion of the " Power Elite " as yet another exercise in irrelevant catch phrases. Such a response, however, only demonstrates the gradual and intentional erosion of their own capacities for response, their own resistance to a very real threat of enslavement.
The average American citizen has not yet learned that the daily diet of inane stimulation-the exposure to criminal violence, licentious sex, and mindless or bizarre amusement-is in fact a weapon of psychological warfare. The present cultural environment attacks and numbs the senses without leaving any visible trace of its debilitating causes. This tool of war undermines the individual moral sense; ultimately, it will destroy the fabric of society.
The chapters of this book thread through a startling maze of facts, events, and experiences, revealing a pattern of silent conquest, a pattern that concerned readers will recognize as familiar in their own lives and dominant in the unfolding history of our time.
Wherever there is a problem, though, there is also a solution. Americans need look no further than to them selves for the key to the success or failure of liberty. They alone have the option to preserve liberty or to lose it. The power of the possibilities discussed in these pages depends on the American people-the quality of their collective hearts and the determination of their national will.
This book is not easy to read. It was not meant to be. Yet like those to follow, it also offers hope. It reveals the steps by which Americans wandered from the path of duty and shows the means by which Americans may yet retrace their steps, should they dare to make the effort.
Unless they do, history will prove the truth of Edmund Burke's warning:
"All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
"It's all about US!"
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About the Author

Robert Harris Brevig, author of BEYOND OUR CONSENT, and many articles presented on his distinctive and informative NATIONMAKERS website, has a background of training and experience with the United States Army's Special Forces (Airborne). He served in both Headquarters and "A-Team" capacities and also volunteered to participate in developing the Pentagon's first experimental, "Top Secret", Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRP - ["Eyes behind the lines"] - Airborne). Their mission was to deploy by parachute, or other means, and infiltrate behind the enemy's lines for the purpose of securing strategic Combat Intelligence information and/or undertaking "shock operations".
His Special Operations unit's cold-war mission also included the secret deployment of Special Atomic Demolition Munitions (SADM-"tactical nukes") at strategic locations along East / West European borders in the event of a feared Soviet land invasion. Then, by employing "escape and evasion" tactics by which to survive their intrusions into unfriendly territory, return to their own friendly lines. Joint training exercises often included German Special Forces, British Commandos and French Foreign Legionnaires.
Brevig was awarded British and German parachutist "wings" for his participation in these operations in several European countries during the cold-war. of the early 1960's.
His military career was unceremoniously interrupted by severe injuries he sustained in a terrifying plunge from an aircraft at an altitude of 1200 feet (nearly 400 meters) when both his parachutes failed to fully deploy. After a lengthy recovery and eventual separation, his continuing adventures led him on an odyssey across Western and Eastern Europe and into the Middle East as a news journalist based in Teheran, Iran when the Arab/Israeli, "Six-Day War", broke out in 1967.
Other career endeavors have included exhibition parachutist, boat builder, Pacific island plantation management, cultural exchange and project development with indigenous people, camping, recreational and community facilities development and management, selective logging of exotic woods and native artifacts procurement.
He has since traveled extensively, observed carefully, and awakened considerably, while enjoying such pastimes as flying, sport parachuting, sailing, diving for gold, and exploring megalithic sites of the South Pacific along the way. He has also, for nearly thirty years, given much serious study to the subjects upon which he writes and is considered to be a devoted and qualified, if self-styled and self-educated, "CURIOLOGIST".
His recently authored work, BEYOND OUR CONSENT: "A History Of Secret Power, Deception And Abandonment Of Freedom In America", also appears currently as an E-book on his Web Site. The second book in a trilogy, THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, will appear soon as a new addition to this site. A third book, ESCAPE TO UNDERSTANDING, will follow in due course. He presently lives with his partner in life in a beautifully secluded valley by the sea on the island of Maui in the Hawaiian archipelago.

Table of Contents & Excerpts

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DEDICATION
FOREWORD: By Col. L. Fletcher Prouty , (U.S.A.F.,Ret. )
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE: "The Sinking Of The Pisces"

CHAPTER 1: "Beyond Our Consent"
CHAPTER 2: "Demise Of The Village"
CHAPTER 3: "In Search Of The Ideal"
CHAPTER 4: "A Brief History Of Economics"
CHAPTER 5: "The Rise And Fall Of America"
CHAPTER 6: "A Closer Examination"
CHAPTER 7: "The Bottom Line"
CHAPTER 8: "Babylon Revisted"
CHAPTER 9: "What Is Money's Function?"
CHAPTER 10: "Looking At The Figures"
CHAPTER 11: "A Reconciliation Of Opposites"
CHAPTER 12: "Is Socialism Legal Plundering?"
CHAPTER 13: "The Master Plan: An Inquiry"
CHAPTER 14: "Illusion: A Precarious Paradigm"
CHAPTER 15: "The First People Of Hawai'i"
CHAPTER 16: "Reality: A Distressed Paradigm"
CHAPTER 17: "Re-Inventing Our Paradigm"
CHAPTER 18: "Truth: The Ultimate Paradigm"
EPILOGUE: "The River Of Truth"
AFTERWORD
POEM: "O' Brief Light Of Liberty"
RECOMMENDED READING LIST
INDEX

Excerpt from the Preface:
"...So, my friends and countrymen, the words that follow are simply the initial stirrings, the prophetic tremors of an ever expanding literary quest in search of truth - a contemplative and introspective adventure that knows not where its probe will lead or what will ultimately be found.
Barely conscious of its own necessity, it begins a tenuous journey through the mysteries of life, carried forth only by a dedication to its own curiosity. This work is as life itself - as unmapped as the universe, a means and an end unto itself. Aware only that nowhere is mans destiny set in stone, it arrives where it began and, having completed its journey, will begin again, hopefully in a finer form... an ascending spiral of literary enfoldment ever seeking the highest good.
Its purpose is born out of its apparent purposelessness, yet ever slashing new footholds in its steadfast ascent upon its own experience in form and essence, order and substance. This work, as life, is simply a study of human experiences and events, influences and intentions in their persevering qualities and their transforming effects upon the lives of humanity.
It has been, for the author, the living content increasingly defined, within the boundless context of life. The question of being and non-being is confronted and responded to, only to be faced again with ever increasing awareness . This is a journey of return from the place of no-return .
I feel as though I've been to the mountain-top many times. For me it is no longer a place to go to , nor is it a place to be from . It is simply a place to BE ! Each word spoken or written about it is a step away from it, not toward it. But yea, still he goes on writing, for ultimately he returns - weary, bruised and bleeding, but freer still... to know more deeply, more intimately... the nature of truth. "
Excerpt from Chapter Two:
"There is, and has been for centuries, in the highest level power structure, a determination to destroy man kind's traditional way of life, that is of the village. Traditional village life is effective, timeless and impregnable. It is, above all, self-sufficient, something that American urbanization is not. Villagers have solved the problems of the necessities - food, clothing and shelter - on a modest scale, and they do not need the omnipotent paternalism of the international banker, the chemical revolution or the politics of the modern jungle."
Excerpt from Chapter Ten:
"If we look closely at what history reveals to us with regard to the conquest of nations we will discover that the most frequent method employed is war. Because the vanquished most frequently despise the victors, they will resist and eventually attempt to displace their captors. In order to maintain control over his reluctant subjects, the conqueror must impose a great deal of force, which is quite expensive and often fails.
Another method of subduing a nation is by introducing a religion which facilitates the aims of the conquering nation. The vanquished are thus persuaded into thinking that they are under obligation to give a portion of their wage (tithe) and their obedience to their victors as an act of submission to God. This is a risky and unstable form of conquest, as it is always vulnerable to exposure or forceful overthrow. Present day religion lacks the military means to defend itself should its proponents lose faith. Things have changed since the missionary days of the British East India Company.
The most complete, effective and long lasting form of conquest and the form to which our attention is directed in this treatise is economic conquest. This form of conquest occurs when entire nations are obliged to pledge a "tribute " to the convening authority with no visible evidence of force, coercion or persuasion, so the vanquished have no idea at all that they have been defeated and are held captive. This "tribute" is collected from these "captives" in the form of taxes upon their earnings, their property and the goods they purchase, and also in the form of legal debts which they are convinced they are paying for the welfare of themselves and for others, or to protect society from some enemy, real or imagined. Thus, they view their conquerors as benefactors and defenders.
This method of conquest is inflicted gradually and often remains imposed the longest, since it does not need to threaten politics or religion, our most traditional social placebos, with any military force which might intimidate or arouse the victims. The people suffer no losses of their most treasured freedoms of speech, of assembly or to move about. They are free to practice their religious rites and ceremonies and to participate in the election of their captors agents. Without any awareness of their true circumstances, they are a subdued and conquered people, and the institutions within the bureaucracy of their society are used to gradually and increasingly transfer their wealth and their property into the hands of their captors, thus making the conquest complete."
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: Ironically, I must contend that America has, observably, since the 50's and 60's at least, been the victim of all three above methods. The Vietnam "conflict" was not an American war yet it served the "economic strategies" of an undisclosed few, destroyed a leader who tried to thwart them, while at the same time demoralizing an entire generation of American citizens. For all intents and purposes, we participated in our own defeat. During the same period, as similarly occurred in Germany during Hitler's Third Reich, pacifist eastern religions (along with hallucinogenic drugs) mysteriously swept America's youth into a state of rebellious but euphoric apathy (Notwithstanding the fact that the nation was ripe for a new system of values). During all this time, and continuing to the present, those with the eyes to see and the ears to hear, could sense the determined hum of an ominous and omnipotent economic "machine", spreading itself enterprisingly around the globe till we see what is now upon us... a New World (Economic) Order, under the absolute control of a few unimaginably wealthy and powerfully elite businessmen and industrialists. What might their agenda be??? Well..., soon we shall see!!!)
Excerpt from Chapter Sixteen:
"... Hence, we come to the importance of right education. Education which has its roots in truth, not the misguided knowledge and beliefs of the status quo which is influenced and guided by the Power Elite to serve their own purposes.
We are here defining the task of the next generation of pioneers... pioneers who will be simply re-pioneering the truth and wisdom of self-realization, self-responsibility, and self-reliance, but within a new context of living, a new cultural paradigm. Who will these pioneers be? How will they reveal the truth which is theirs to bequeath to humanity? How will they expose the illusion that presently obscures man kind's vision? How then, will they set about to dismantle the perceived reality that now holds humanity in its vice-like grip? How will they redesign and rebuild the infrastructure, which will somehow embrace truth, in a manner which can be expressed socio-economically and culturally.
This writer suggests that we should politely begin to ignore politics and politicians and direct our attention toward that last bastion of free spirits and creative thinkers, the artists and the entrepreneurs who still have some sympathy or sense of obligation to those who are hopelessly ensnared in the "establishment". It may be that the true artist and the real entrepreneur seem to worship different gods, or is it that they worship the same God from different perspectives. Be that as it may, it could prove to be they whom the establishment educators, social engineers and economic experts will eventually rally round, by popular necessity. The idealists will follow the God of truth and wisdom, whom the true artist, through appreciation for the subtleties of divinity, seeks to honor and reveal to others through his creative expressions. The pragmatists gravitate to the God of wealth and prosperity, whom the real entrepreneur, through the work is worship principle, seeks to honor and reveal to others through his creative expressions.
It must be expected, as history has shown time and again, that many will resist the influences that these pioneer warriors will introduce. The impetus for these resistors will be to maintain the status quo at all costs. Whether it is in their best interests or not, the protection of what is familiar will become a desperate priority for many. They may fail to recognize that the new currents flowing in their lives are divinely inspired and are present for the purpose of teaching us new strokes in the sea of life, new survival approaches which will increase man's skill, adaptability and confidence in creating his own destiny.
It is interesting to note that many artists seem caught up in the rather bohemian perception that entrepreneurs are simply greed-motivated materialists and many entrepreneurs view the more unconventional artists as indolent airheads who think the world owes them a living. They may both be correct in many instances, yet it is becoming noteworthy that the aims and goals of these apparent opposites are sounding more and more the same, and all that differs is their means of achieving them. Often the entrepreneur is attempting to secure sufficient wealth for the primary purpose of providing the liberty which he views as a noble truth and his spiritual birthright. He prioritizes his endeavors in this sequence, no doubt, because his practical sensibilities tell him that freedom and security can only be achieved by first attending to the practical necessities of his life. The idealistic artist, however, insists upon having his liberty immediately and thus his priority is, quite often, freedom in the here and now. Security comes only if he is sufficiently talented and fortunate to be recognized in a manner that his lesser priorities of financial gain and security can be met through his artistic endeavors.
Thus it would seem that the artist and the entrepreneur are diametrically opposed or polarized from each other, yet often, in a spiritual sense, their goals may be similar. It is their methodology that differs. Their polarization is the result of an illusion and their common objective is the reality each perceives. The conflict and confusion in our world today result largely from our focus of importance on polarities in methodology rather than recognizing and accepting mutual aims. Both the artist and the entrepreneur envisage lives of harmony, security and comfort that can only be achieved in a state of freedom. Their priorities in how they achieve freedom are, however, reversed. The same observation could be made about priests and politicians (church and state) and their presumed aims for the citizenry. We are told that liberty is their objective for us all... freedom from tyranny?... the tyranny of what or whom?... from ourselves... or from our self-appointed benefactors?
(ATTENTION! Dialectical Materialism ... Double-think!) The illusion here would seem to be that we need organized religion and/or the state government to liberate us from something we were quite free of before either organized religion or state government ever existed. "
Excerpt from Chapter Eighteen:
"...The brilliant Eighteenth Century poet and dramatist, Johann Von Goethe, left the following words echoing in posterity as a warning for man kind: " None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free ."
"Freedom... true spiritual freedom , is as near as the next breath you take, yet it is not yours to keep. Nor does it enter into your life until you "take it" and then your experience will depend upon your awareness . We are never further from 'God' (the domain of Spirit) than our next breath. This 'idea' is a two-edged sword. It is our personal realization which determines whether the distance inferred above is near or far. Personal realization is the "counterpoise", so to speak... the factor determining our proximity to our Creator and the experience of spiritual liberation.
This statement, to many, may seem merely another abstraction and perhaps have no meaning. However, abstraction has its own reality which can be fathomed or grasped only in intuitive self-realization . The realm of 'mind' has its own dimension of reality, just as the physical realm has its perception of reality and "instrument" of realization, touch; while the visual realm has its perception of reality and instrument of realization, sight; the scent realm has smell; sound has hearing; flavor has taste.
Man kind is, for the most part, being persuaded out of his legacy to the reality of the "Mind" and its true intended potential. He is being persuaded, conditioned, trained and socialized away from this realization through distractions and preoccupations which hold him down."

BACK COVER
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
Johann Goethe 1749-1832
FIND OUT...
Why is the "American Dream" rapidly degenerating into an unavoidable nightmare?
How are many awakened Americans beginning to save themselves from certain slavery?
What can this amazing account do to help non-students of history avoid the worst that is yet to come?

READ a compelling overview from the pen of Col. L. Fletcher Prouty who was Chief of Special Operations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Head of Military Support for C.I.A. "Secret Operations". He served for nine years directly under Defense Secretaries, Thomas Gates and Robert McNamara in the Pentagon during some of the most momentous events in American History. Col. Prouty's "behind the scenes" knowledge led to his portrayal as "Man X" in Oliver Stone's epic and controversial film production, "JFK".
COL. PROUTY'S revelations not only substantiate the author's daring and apocalyptic disclosures but he also comments: "I expect the readers of Mr. Brevig's book to discover that they have been guided through significant functional areas of human effort that they have not perceived before, at least not in modern garments."
"MR. BREVIGS' analysis of such important aspects of the Federal Reserve and the banking system is unmatched."
"THIS WORK provides a most penetrating and comprehensive look at those parts of the spectrum of modern life that so many others fail to perceive." (Col. L. Fletcher Prouty, USAF, Retired)
THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA SAY: "...the banker cannot lend the wind before the wind blows. They are right, as the world's bankers are about to learn to the unprecedented discomfort of all humanity." (R. Buckminster Fuller - CRITICAL PATH )

FORECAST
When our wars are over... those who are remaining must plow the fields once again, and plant new seeds to harvest a more excellent and promising future!
As time unfolds and prophesies are fulfilled, man will gradually, a few at a time, begin seeking to reinvent himself, and to restore values that are more viable for a wholesome and secure life among his neighbors. He will then begin rebuilding his communities and his nations. He will come to realize that what he once believed was the end of his days, was in reality, the opportunity to begin anew. These few, a mere remnant of the whole, will begin again in silence, in solitude and in simplicity. They will return to universal ideals of integrity, chivalry and valor... time worn, time proven and everlasting, amidst whatever form of culture and social environment they may choose for themselves to evolve in.
Although this time has not yet passed, we are surely in their midst, and thus, certain inevitabilities are clearly perceivable to a rapidly growing number of observers. Whether they can be recognized from prophesy, an intimate understanding of the principles of cause and effect, or simply a clear perception of present events... some will be moved either by inspiration and desire, some by tragedy and despair, to seek new ways of expressing their lives, their lifestyles and their livelihoods. It is to observers such as these that the considerations and ideas herein are being directed, in the hope that some may find value in them and be guided or challenged to appropriate action.
In today's secular and materialistic society many of these ideas will seem too idealistic and impractical. Yet, everywhere, we observe signs of social, political and economic degeneration and decay in the wake of false democratization and perverted ideas of freedom. We are steadily succumbing to a fascist technocracy, a digitized slave-state under the absolute dictatorship and control of an unimaginably rich and powerful consortium of international corporate industrial and banking elitists... the greatest power-play in human history. We are meekly submitting to statist inspired mediocrity that seeks to bring down the best in order to empower the worst in society, and it is unavoidable, unstoppable...
UNLESS...
...we awaken to what we are allowing to happen to our country, our world and we realize that NATIONMAKING begins within ourselves and begin to watch for
"THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY".
"It's all about US! "

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