AN ANSWER TO

WHO IS J. J. HURTAK:

HERALD OR HERETIC?

By Andrew Morgan
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Morgan

When reviewing author James Hurtak’s 1 career

and writings that span many decades, one cannot
help but find parallels to Galileo Galilei1, Emanuel

1
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.

Hurtak’s detractors, like Galileo’s critics, have

basically the same complaint that Hurtak’s ideas
appear at odds with the religious orthodoxy and
world view as if Scripture should be immune to
interpretation. In 1609 Galileo was determined not
to be in violation of any laws but still he was held
to be at variance with Scripture a quasi crime if not
an actual criminal offence. It wasn’t until about
1632 that the Inquisition actually convicted him for
heresy and punished him with house arrest.

2
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.

3
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.

4
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.

How do you attack a Philosopher and Scholar?

Philosophers and Scholars are idea people who try
to get you to look at things from another
perspective. Scholars remind people not to forget
or ignore the past lest they repeat the mistakes
and evils of the past. Scientists are engaged in
similar inquiry as they root out reality’s secrets
using their scientific method.

Hurtak and other scholars throughout history

have been forced to defend their ideas. Omar
Khayyam, another philosopher/scientist, was
systematically attacked and ostracized by the
political and conservative religious establishment
for trying to mathematically prove and rectify a
mathematically and astronomically correct
calendar.
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 Other astronomers, like Galileo Galilei were not
and are not immune from small minded people and
their fear of new ideas or changes to their vested
interest.

Hurtak’s wide ranging mind has touched upon

many disciplines on both sides of the religious and
scientific continuum, from the implications of
modern physics to the mysteries of consciousness5.

Philosopher and Scholars are kind of hard to

pin down, especially if they are not concerned
about everyone agreeing with them. Controversy
itself might be viewed as a victory in itself because
if your ideas are being debated, at least they have
currency and are not being ignored into oblivion.
Many Philosopher and Scholars would kill for a
small bit of the attention paid to Hurtak and his

5
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.

What was the job of the inquisition? According

to the internet: “It had the tasks of maintaining and
defending the integrity of the faith and of
examining and proscribing errors and false
doctrines.” Critics of Hurtak and other Philosophers
and Scholars are following more or less the same
rules. If the Philosopher or Scholar suggests
another way of looking at God than the
fundamentalist view, the assertions must be
discredited so that the only version is the main
stream version. The assertions are “God is what
we say it is”. God cannot be within. God cannot not
exist. The power of organized religion is the
persuasive power of their version of reality: Their

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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.

As Science has gained ascendency over

philosophical speculation in the past century and
mysteries yield to the scientific method and
modern technology supplants magic, dogma and
fanaticism at every turn, the fundamentalists are
worried about their loss of influence and power;
particularly when science validates “mystical
abilities” and paranormal experiences as innate
within man and nature as natural, mathematic and
scientific fact. The Catholic Church continues to
see its ranks growth slowing as dogma seems less
and less plausible to the more educated citizenry.
Religion and Politics work tirelessly to hold on to
the power that they have. Futuristic Philosophers
and independent Scholars like Dr. J. J. Hurtak
advocating that you should think for yourselves
and not slavishly adhere to unexamined doctrines,
are destabilizing to the applecart. So the critics go
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after these kinds of people using weapons codified
in war games as psychological warfare. For
example Cointelpro (an acronym for Counter
Intelligence Program) was the branch of the
military tasked with gaining the hearts and minds
of the enemy. It was officially disbanded in 1971.
Their mission was similar to Homeland Security’s
mission statement “protecting national security,
preventing violence and maintaining the existing
social and political order,” according to the
internet. Their tools were subtle and very effective.

Critics of J. J. Hurtak see their power slipping

away and attack what they view as opposing views
to keep the public looking at things their way.
Fundamentalists and those who have a vested
political or economic interest in the status quo
want to help you to see it their way. Hurtak hopes
his readers stay open to opposing interpretations
and new discoveries and information and find their
own truth. We know more now about
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microcavitations in the body from new
technologies and breakthroughs in DNA research
has given us new “truths” about both the past and
future every day.

To grow, people must be open to new

information not blindly ignore this new knowledge.
Interestingly enough J.J. Hurtak predicted many of
these discoveries in his books and in conferences
many years ago. As far back as 1973 Hurtak
argued the importance of “zero-point energy” as a
new energy source and DNA as an “analog of the
soul”. His detractors could better criticize him if
they referred to his work and commented on it.
But then they would be required to do their
homework and actually read the works they are
commenting on.

When a Philosopher, Historian and Scholar are

attacked, the methods of attack seem more
distructive and insidious than just shooting down
one or another false accusation. Politicians seek to
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tip the balance in their favor with dirty tricks long
enough to get elected by planting false stories that
are proved false long after Election Day. This kind
of psychological warfare was employed by the
Nixon administration and took on the moniker of
“dirty tricks” exposed by the Watergate scandal
and investigative stories in the Washington Post.

The Watergate break-in at the Watergate Hotel

in Washington D.C. was for the purpose of political
espionage to assist in gaining advantage by the
Republicans over the Democrats. The dirty tricks
nomenclature equates a Dirty Tricks Squad to any
organized, covert attempt to besmirch the
credibility or reputation of a candidate, individual
or organization so as to render them ineffective. Is
there a “Cosmic Watergate – the cover up of UFOs?
After researching this article and many Blog sites I
believe J. J. Hurtak has been the target of dirty
tricks throughout his professional career. No one
has given credit to Hurtak for his efforts to help in
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unraveling the “Cosmic Watergate7 involving the
UFO cover up. Hurtak’s presentations have been at
major UFO Disclosure conferences in the 70’s, 80’s,
90’s, and the recent Disclosure conference in
Curitiba, Brazil, 20078.Philosophers and Scholars
have been forced to defend their ideas since
Socrates9. Socrates confronted his accusers in
Plato’s account of the incident, the “Apology.”
Socrates was accused of defamatory and false or
half true ideas only to be diminished by taking on
critics directly. In Socrates’ case, his direct
7
A prestigious three-day international conference was held at the Sheraton Washington in
Washington, D.C. on May 27-29, 1995 on the subject of response to ET contact. The "When
Cosmic Cultures Meet" International Conference organized by The Human Potential
Foundation featured presentations by scientists, academics, governmental spokespersons,
research professionals, military officers, journalists and religious spokespersons. This world-
class conference revealed the solid acceptance by political, academic, scientific and
journalism figures of the realism of preparing for extraterrestrial contact.
8

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.

9
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.

J. J. Hurtak like Socrates is conflicted about how

to confront false statements and usually when
going after anonymous bloggers Hurtak is only
able to get the blog taken off the internet. You
cannot litigate with anonymous writers planting

10
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.

Who is Dr. James J. Hurtak? He’s an academic,

award winning film maker, writer, international
speaker, composer, historian and futurist. All these
facts and information are available to the public if
they take the time to look and/or read his books.
He is a lecturer on controversial abstract subjects,
on the importance of ancient Egyptian texts and
early Christian Coptic writings11. His career has
involved controversy including a look into the
importance of alternative and free energy sources.
His detractors frequently take factoids out of
11
Hurtak, J.J. and Desiree Hurtak (1999) Pistis Sophia, A Coptic Text of Gnosis with
Commentary” Los Gatos: Academy For Future Science, www.pistissophia.org
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context and try to lead the reader to unsupportable
inferences that are founded on suspicion and
cynicism. They go after him like Houdini went after
spiritualists.

The magician Houdini attacked spiritualists as

con men who took advantage of public
vulnerabilities for profit. Houdini’s training in magic
allowed him to expose frauds that had successfully
fooled other so called experts. His motivation was
to protect the public from exploitation by
charlatans preying on their hopes during moments
of weakness, say after the death of a loved one.
Hurtak’s critics, I believe, feel they are on a similar
quest. Or perhaps they are just protecting their
system and interests. But they got the wrong guy!
Dr. James Hurtak is the real deal and lazy fact
checking just makes the critics appear malicious.

The critics say they are just seeking the truth,

just like Mulder in the X files. But, often their lazy
fact checking reveals an inadvertent malice and an
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unintended libel to which honorable men must
respond. As an academic researcher Hurtak would
rather lecture than litigate. But as with
irresponsible behavior everywhere, the line has to
be drawn eventually.

Dr. James J. Hurtak could be called doctor

doctor, I suppose because he took the trouble to
qualify and earn two PhD’s. His first Doctorate was
from the University of California in1976 in Social
Science. His second Doctorate he picked up in
1993 from the University of Minnesota in History. In
between he was a director of the Technology
Marketing Analysis Corporation in the 1980s and
for those involved in the international symposia
(RETSIE) and other projects sponsored by various
government agencies, teaching professionally at
California’s State Universities at Northridge, Los
Angeles respectively and Cal Arts. With a history in
academia his critics, oddly, try to cast doubt on his

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educational resume without bothering to check
with the Universities.

Some would assert that accusing Hurtak of

being an academic charlatan is seeking to discredit
a teacher who can prove his credentials with one
phone call to the University, Office of Records and
have time left over to ring his attorney. When
one’s livelihood is attacked, the damages are
easily measured and reduced to dollars.

Dr. Hurtak’s long career has encompassed

many different subjects from anthropology to
Egyptology to linguistics. Einstein did not confine
himself to Physics! When called upon to get into
politics, Einstein called upon President Roosevelt to
make sure the Germans did not solve the question
of Nuclear energy before the Allies did. Sometimes
academics step outside of the halls of academia for
the larger good. Many think Dr. J. J. Hurtak is that
kind of person.

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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.

Hurtak loves a legitimate debate. His critics

and internet bloggers take pot shots that make
obvious that they haven’t even read Hurtak’s
published work. It is reminiscent of the Official
Protestant Church position in Sweden in the 18th
Century with the attack on Emmanuel Swedenborg
who claimed contact with the paranormal world of
the angelic. Swedenborg who was a prolific writer
in vast scientific and spiritual themes was also a
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serious thinker on the subject of other worlds and
founded his own spiritual community. Before long
the princley prowlers decided to diminish his work
as too far afield of contemporary though. He was
branded a heretic. Before governments decide to
assassinate writers or their reputations there
should be a rule that says they’ve got to at least
read the offensive book! There is terrorism and
there is “psychic terrorism”. Dr. Hurtak publishes
his ideas and his detractors often can be
discredited by merely reading Hurtak’s published
works.

Dr. Carl Sagan, another doctor (with only one

PhD. From the University of Chicago in astronomy
and astrophysics), shared Dr. Hurtak’s fascination
with aliens. He, like Hurtak, also wrote about the
relationship between religion and science.

Sagan has Hurtak beat by about 5 books with

about 20 books to his credit. Hurtak came in a
close second with about fifteen books. The actual
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number of books both guys wrote is a little hard to
count because they both have collaborated with
other authors on some books sharing a byline.

Concerning contact with a “Being of Higher

Consciousness”, who some have equated to Aliens,
Hurtak has taken a lot of criticism for his book from
the early 1970’s wherein he claimed a direct
meeting with Enoch. He titled the book “THE BOOK
OF KNOWLEDGE: THE KEYS OF ENOCH®12. I have
trouble defining Enoch just like I struggle with the
definition of cubit; both obscure biblical terms.
Some interpret Enoch to be an Alien. The internet
says Enoch is an ancestor of Noah (the ark) and or
related to the Hebrew word for enlightenment,
wisdom and spirituality. Cubit still eludes me, but I
think it’s about a yard, or so. Regardless, Sagan
and Hurtak spent much of their academic careers
investigating the possibilities of extraterrestrial life.
12
Hurtak, J.J. (1973) The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch®. Los Gatos: The Academy
For Future Science. www.keysofenoch.org

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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.

So, even if J. J. is a “maverick” as was Galileo

(technical term), he has academic credentials,
decades of teaching and lecturing all over the
world, and a large international following that
makes him at least a “maverick” who mainstream
history and science have proved to be right more
13
DeSalvo John (2008) Decoding the Pyramids. London: Metro Publishing

14
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.

These so called forums on the internet are an

insidious gossip format that is all over the place
from reprinting copy from other sites to pot shot
comments on current events by bored bloggers in
bunny slippers. It’s hard to take their commentary
seriously when it’s mostly musing of amateur
writers that does not rise to the level of journalistic
reportage. It ain’t the Washington Post and Bob
Woodward.

When fools call you names you’re supposed to

ignore them and play with the other kids. When
fools attack your livelihood, your reputation, and
your credentials to your customers, it is tough to
turn the other cheek. One such LLP filed a lawsuit
in Oregon against a blogger magazine and the
blogger published the text of the lawsuit complaint
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and claimed the plaintiff was a psychopath for
defending their reputation. The plaintiff was
seeking several kinds of damages amounting to
nearly $5 million. Sounds like serious money. That
kind of law suit would give me pause. The blogger
continued to defame the guy in his next issue while
claiming poverty as an excuse. The empty pocket
defense. It seems some people believe that since
they have nothing of value to lose they can lie
without consequence and claim to be judgment
proof. They think this is good thing. Suing “broke
bad guys” is usually disappointing, regardless of
whom is right. The internet also seems to
warehouse old stuff from the past even as present
day legal squabbles litigate postings from two
years ago.

You sue the “character assassins and

defamers” and the most you can often get is they
take down the posting that lives on at another site.
You’re chasing your tail to fight these guys. Hence
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the playground advice is to ignore fools and hope
your readers do as well.

In trying to sort out the good “wackos” from

the bad “wackos” one theme emerges for me;
humanism and truth are proven by time.
Humanism is inclusive, enabling and constructive.
The bad “wackos” employ many of the destructive
methods of their so called enemies. The Cointelpro
weapons are being used against the humanists not
by nefarious government so much as by
competitive, lazy, combative bloggers who fancy
themselves as seekers of truth and the light. These
self proclaimed protectors of their truth, seem bent
upon stirring up controversy by trashing other
views of the human condition and the Evolution of
Society, except theirs, even when time and facts
prove the defamers wrong. They aren’t helping the
humanist Movement. You can hardly buck
the”status quo” when the rebels bicker among
themselves.
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 Dr. J. J. Hurtak is one of the good guys. He is an
inclusive Futurist seeking more bridges to
understanding and growth and evolvement in
every individual. He has no time to bicker with
bloggers in bunny slippers. He is busy catching a
plane to his next symposium to bring light where
there is darkness in a world being quickened
towards a “cosmic civilization”. Hopefully the force
will be with him!
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2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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