Jordan Maxwell

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Jordan Maxwell (28 December 1940) is a speaker in the fields of astrology, theology, religion, secret societies, the occult, and UFOlogy since 1959. He has produced numerous video lectures and documentaries on these subjects and has appeared on many radio talk shows (like Coast to Coast AM^[1] and the Jeff Rense Program^[2]) and at such conventions/forums as the Bay Area UFO Expo^[3]^[4], Conspiracy Con^[5]^[6], and The Granada Forum, and The Republic Forum^[7].

Maxwell is referred to by some as "The Godfather of Secret Societies.", a term which he seems happy to adopt.^[8]

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
2 Theories
3 FTC Action
4 Comic books
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Maxwell was born in Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A., which he left at age 19 for Los Angeles, California. Maxwell states his career as an investigator, researcher, and scholar of the Occult began upon meeting a man in California named Bob Ferney.^[8]

[edit] Career

Among Maxwell's most famous associates was comedian Steve Allen, known as the father of TV talk shows.^[9]

[edit] Theories

Maxwell believes all religions not only parallel but are, in fact, ultimately based on Sun worship and astrology (such as the Ark of the Covenant being a carryover from the Egyptian "Ark of the Contract").^[7]

One of Maxwell's core tenets is his belief in the power of words. Maxwell believes that "We as humans are word-controlled." He uses this concept, coupled with his belief that most languages have the same root, to associate words with similar phonemes to related meanings.

Examples:

Petroglyphs of an ancient sun cross symbol stand for the sun dying on the cross of the zodiac—north, east, west, and south which Maxwell claims create the word (acronym) news.^[7]
"Israel" is a combination of Isis+Ra+El^[7] (discussion).
Jota -> Yoda^[10]

Maxwell also believes that his research reveals a secret society which controls government and major religious institutions in concert with organized crime. This secret society, he believes, practices ancient Canaanite religion in secret and is revealed through various Canaanite symbols used by government, religious institutions, and even Hollywood (like Spock's "live long and prosper" hand gesture as a masonic gesture stemming from the Jewish priestly blessing).^[7]

He also believes in a British-Israel World Federation Movement, referencing the Congressional Record of the United States of America, 76th Congress, Third Session (April 19, 1940).^[11]

Christmas, for example, celebrated on December 25, Maxwell says is simply a celebration of the winter solstice of the northern hemisphere. Maxwell notes that, on the solstice, the Sun raises in the sky "not one degree higher" between December 22 and December 24. In Maxwell's view, this is why Christians believe Jesus, whom they worship as the son of God — or, to Maxwell, the Sun of God—was resurrected after 3 days. Maxwell thinks Jesus' resurrection is meant to be a metaphor for the solstice, and that Christians have been fooled by these secret societies into believing it to be literal truth or parable.

[edit] FTC Action

On January 28, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a default judgement and order against Jordan Maxwell charging that he, along with Vic Varjabedian, aka Victor Varjabedian, aka Varouj Varjabedian, violated the FTC act, in connection with illegally and deceptively selling marketed international driving permits over the internet.

According to the Memorandum Opinion in Support of Order, under section II entitled FACTS, both Jordan Maxwell and Vic Varjabedian, from about December 1999 to January 2003 "conducted a nationwide scheme to defraud customers using an internet website and in-bound telemarketing calls. The defendants maintained this website, http://www.bbcoa.com/,^[12] where they sold fake international driver's permits, bogus credit repair services, and sham debt termination programs. Varjabedian directed, controlled, and participated in the acts and practices of BBCOA."^[13]^[14]

Jordan Maxwell has posted a public statement regarding the FTC judgement on his website.

[edit] Comic books

Jordan Maxwell most recently served as a research consultant for a conspiracy comic book entitled Third Army that is partially inspired by his life and research.^[15]