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WHO IS J. J. HURTAK:
HERALD OR HERETIC?
By Andrew Morgan
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Morgan
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Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher called the
father of modern physics and Stephen Hawking said that Galileo was responsible for the
birth of modern science. Persecuted by the Catholic Church for pointing out the scientific
fact that the earth was not the center of the Universe and other conflicts of science and
dogma.
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Swedenborg2, Baruch Spinoza3 and Omar
Khayyam4 also controversial for offering new ideas
about religion and science over their long careers.
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Emanuel Swedenborg, ( 1688 to 1772) Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic
and theologian credited with creating the concept “New Age” ; described as a belief in an
artistic and spiritual new age. Credited with influencing the thinking of Kant, William Blake,
Carl Jung, Ralph Waldo Emerson and August Strindberg.
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Baruch Spinoza, ( 1632 – 1677) a Dutch philosopher, of Portuguese Jewish origin,
considered one of the great rationalists of the 17th century laying the ground work for the
18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. Attacked by the Dutch Jewish
establishment, the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church for his philosophical and
scientific views, including his belief in religious and intellectual freedom.
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Omar Khayyam (born 1048 AD, Neyshapur, Iran—1123 AD ) Persian mathematician,
philosopher, astronomer and poet.
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Hurtak’s critics, fortunately, do not have the
Inquisition available but they do have the internet
and Hurtak’s heresies are widely attacked with
inquisitional passion if not inquisitional authority.
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Quantum Mind Conference 2007, July 17-20, 2007 at The University of Salzburg,
Salzburg, Austria Sponsored by The University of Salzburg, The Center for Consciousness
Studies at the University of Arizona,
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colleagues on matters such as Dr. Hurtak’s article
on Space Law6.
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Space Law Needed for The Protection of Martian Resources Excerpts from a Paper for the
Mars Society Conference by J.J. Hurtak, Ph.D, Ph.D., AFFS Corporation Copyright © 2003 J.J.
Hurtak The YeTaDeL Foundation. The fundamental question of how the brain produces
conscious experience remains unanswered through classical neurocomputational
explanations.
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God, their rules. Hurtak begs to differ and takes
exception.
The “II Forum Mundial Ufologia” was held in Curitiba, Brazil, from the 15th through the
18th of November, 2007, at the Bourbon Hotel. It was organized by the Nucleo de Pesquisas
Ufologicas (NPU) and hosted many of the same world experts who appeared a few days
earlier in Washington, D.C., at the historic press club on Disclosure briefings on the reality of
extraterrestrial sightings and documented extraterrestrial technology.
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Socrates, Classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western
philosophy. Accounts of Socrates come largely from stories written by his student, Plato.
From Socrates we get the Socratic Method as a type of teaching in which a series of
questions are asked to encourage fundamental insight into the issue under discussion,
leading to more questions but not necessarily an answer to the questions.
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confrontation resulted in his suicide regardless of
the truth or falsity of the accusation of corrupting
the youth of Athens. In the “Apology, 10” Socrates
tries to dismiss rumors that he is a sophist and
defends himself against charges of disbelief in the
gods and corruption of the young. Socrates
famously denies being wise and explains how his
life as a Philosopher and Scholar was launched by
the Oracle at Delphi. He says that his quest to
resolve the riddle of the oracle put him at odds
with his fellow man, and that this is the reason he
has been mistaken for “a menace to the city-state
of Athens,” according to the internet.
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Apology, account written by Plato, student of Socrates; Plato’s version of a speech given
by Socrates defending himself against charges of being a teacher who corrupted the young ,
refused to worship the gods and creating new gods.
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derogatory stories. It makes little sense to debate
the publication of half truths by fleshing out the full
truth on the back page of the newspaper when the
half truth appears on page one. So what can latter
day Socrates do? Maybe just expose the methods
of critics to get the readers to dismiss their
criticism in favor of keeping an open mind to new
ideas.
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educational resume without bothering to check
with the Universities.
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If anything is true, Dr. Hurtak may be guilty of
being involved in too many areas of inquiry. But
guys who can manage two PhD’s are often more
inquisitive than the average Professor. The fictional
character Dr. Indiana Jones taught Archaeology but
refused to stay in the lecture hall. His reward was
the Holy Grail. Dr. Hurtak has spent a career
seeking the real “holy grail of knowledge” and his
advocates claim his curiosity has opened up areas
of inquiry that might never have been opened
except for him.
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Folks who do this get accused of being “strange” or
“mavericks” for having new, unconventional or
different views than the majority. But, even Sagan
kept working in this area until he died. Hurtak has
not confined his research to aliens or any single
subject. He is a prominent international lecturer on
Comparative Religion*, Egyptology13 and
Environmental Science14. He didn’t stall back in the
’70’s with Enoch. He moved on to many other
areas of inquiry. He’s even been a consultant to
the television industry seeking to add greater
entertainment value to their projects.
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Dr. Hurtak was a presenter at the U.N. Summit on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg, August, 2002.
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times than not and who gets more invitations to
speak at international conferences and symposia
than he can accept every year. His reputation has
survived the test of time.
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