text: A Sermon (No.3467) Published on Thursday, July 15th, 1915. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the [7]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "He that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new." -- Revelation 21:5. MEN GENERALLY venerate antiquity. It were hard to say which has the stronger power over the human mind -- antiquity or novelty. While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. Anything new has at least one attraction. Restless spirits consider that the new must be better than the old. Though often disappointed, they are still ready to be caught by the same bait, and, like the Athenians of Mars Hill, spend their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. And as for ourselves, dear friends, mournfully as we sometimes think of the flight of time, we are wont cheerfully to look out upon the new epochs as they begin to dawn upon us. If our calendar suggests some dismal memories in the past, our calculation forestalls some happier prospects in the future. And it will sometimes happen that we leave so much anxiety, adversity, and chastisement behind us, that it is a relief to hope that the tide has turned, and that a course of comfort, prosperity, and mercy lies before us. One weeps over the past and the lost. I suppose the best of men must do so at times. I am sure those of us who are not the best, feel often constrained to pour out some such a lamentation as this: -- "Much of our time has run to waste; Our sins, how great the sum! Lord, give us pardon for the past, And strength for days to come." I do not know but it is sometimes as well, when one has been plunged in sorrow, or feels ashamed of his past life -- after having regretted that which is bygone and repented of it, and sorrowed over it -- to feel as if he breathed another atmosphere, and had started on a fresh career. Having thrown away the old sword, he is now about to see what he can do with the new: having put off an old garment, he is desirous to walk more worthily of his vocation with fresh ones that are provided for him. Perhaps the thought of freshness, the fact of new time having dawned on our path, may be a little help to those of us who are dull and heavy, and we may be stirred up to action, or, if not to action, it may awaken earnest hope that the infusion of a new start into our lives, new vigour instead of the old lethargy, new love instead of the old lukewarmness, new zeal instead of the old deathlikeness; new, pertinacious, persevering industry for Christ, instead of the old idleness, may result. God grant that it may be so! Looking at the text in this light, I think it speaks to everyone here present -- Would you begin anew, lo, there is one who can help you to do so! From the throne where sits the once crucified but now glorified Saviour, there comes a whisper of hope to each and every soul who would be made new, and would begin life anew. "Behold I make all things new." In trying to bring out the thoughts contained in this exclamation from the throne, from the Emperor of the Universe, from the court of the King of Kings, we shall first speak, very briefly, of the new creation; secondly, we should bid you adore the great Regenerator; and, in the third place, we shall ask you to behold with attention the fact before you, with a view of receiving benefit from it. Observe the text speaks of: -- I. A NEW CREATION. "I make." That is a divine word. "I make all things." That, also, is divine. "I make all things new." This our Lord Jesus Christ has done upon the greatest scale. We must view his purpose. It is the purpose and intention of the Lord Jesus to make this world entirely new. You recollect how it was made at first -- pure and perfect. It sang with its sister-spheres the song of joy and reverence. It was a fair world, full of everything that was lovely, beautiful, happy, holy. And if we might be permitted to dream for a moment of what it would have been if it had continued as God created it, one might fancy what a blessed world it would be at this moment. Had it possessed a teeming population like its present one, and if, one by one, those godly ones had been caught away, like Elijah, without knowing death, to be succeeded by pious descendants -- oh! what a blessed world it would have been! A world where every man would have been a priest, and every house a temple, and every garment a vestment, and every meal a sacrifice, and every place holiness to the Lord, for the tabernacle of God would have been among them, and God himself would have dwelt among them! What songs would have hailed the rising of the sun -- the birds of paradise carolling on every hill and in every dale their Maker's praise! What songs would have ushered in the stillness of the night! Ay, and angels, hovering over this fair world, would oft have heard the strain of joy breaking the silence of midnight, as glad and pure hearts beheld the eyes of the Creator beaming down upon them from the stars which stud the vault of heaven. But there came a serpent, and his craft spoiled it all. He whispered into the ears of a mother Eve; she fell, and we fell with her, and what a world this now is! If a man walks about in it with his eyes open, he will see it to be a horrible sphere. I do not mean that its rivers, its lakes, its valleys, its mountains are repulsive. Nay, it is a world fit for angels, naturally; but it is a horrible world morally. As I walked the other day down the streets of Paris, and saw the soldiers with their pretty dresses, and the knives and forks which they carried with them to carve men and make a meal for death, I could not help thinking -- this is a pretty world, this is. Only let one man lift his finger, and a hundred thousand men are ready to meet a hundred thousand other men, all intent upon doing -- what? Why, upon cutting each other's throats, upon tearing out each other's bleeding hearts, and wading up to their knees in each other's gore, till the ditches be full of blood, horses and men all mingled, and left to be food for dogs and for carrion crows. And then the victors on either side in the fray, return, and beat the drums, and sound the trumpets, and say, "Glory! glory! see what we have done." Devils could not be worse than men when their passions are let loose. Dogs would scarce tear each other as men do. Men of intellect sit down, and put their fingers to their foreheads, racking their brains to find out new ways of using gunpowder, and shot, and shell, so as to be able to blow twenty thousand souls into eternity as easily as twenty might be massacred by present appliances. And he is considered a clever man, a patriot, a benefactor of his own nation, who, by dint of genius, can discover some new way of destroying his fellow creatures. Oh! it is a horrible world, appalling to think of. When God looks at it, I wonder he does not stamp it out, just as you and I do a spark of coal that flies upon our carpet from the fire. It is a dreadful world. But Jesus Christ, who knew that we should never make this world much better, let us do what we would with it, designed from the very first to make a new world of it. Truly, truly, this seems to me to be a glorious purpose. To make a world is something wonderful, but to make a world new is something more wonderful still. When God spake and said, "Let there be light," it was a fiat which showed him to be divine. Yet there was nothing then to resist his will; he had no opponent; he could build as he pleased, and there was none to pluck down. But when Jesus Christ comes to make a new world, there is everything opposed to him. When he saith, "Let there be light," darkness saith, "There shall not be light." When he says, "Let there be order," chaos says, "Nay, I will maintain confusion." When he says, "Let there be holiness, let there be love, let there be truth," the principalities and powers of evil withstand him, and say, "There shall not be holiness, there shall be sin; there shall not be love, there shall be hate; there shall not be truth, there shall be error; there shall not be the worship of God, there shall be the worship of stocks and stones; men shall bow down before idols which their own hands have made." And yet, for all that, Jesus Christ, coming in the form of a man, revealing himself as the Son of God, determines to make all things new; and be assured, brethren and sisters, he will do it. What though he pleases to take his time, and to use humble instrumentalities to effect his purposes, yet do it he will. The day shall come when this world shall be as fair as it was at the primeval Sabbath; when there shall be a new heaven and a new earth, wherein shall dwell righteousness. The ancient prophecy shall be fulfilled to the letter. God shall dwell among men, peace shall be domiciled on earth, and glory shall be ascribed to God in the highest. This great work of Christ, this grand design of making this old world into a new one, shall be carried into effect. In order to accomplish this, it hath come to pass that Christ has made for us a new covenant. The old covenant was, "Do this and live." That covenant was a sentence of death upon us all. We could not do, therefore we could not live, and so we died. The new covenant has nothing in it contingent upon creature doing, but it bases all its provisions upon Christ having done the world. "I will, and you shall," this is the language of the new covenant. The covenant of law, in which we were weak through the flesh, left us mangled and broken. The covenant of grace reveals God's kindness towards us, and our part thereof has been fulfilled for us by our surety, Christ Jesus. Thus it runs, "Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more for ever; a new heart also will I give them, and a right spirit will I put within them." The old world is still under the old covenant of works, and its children perish, for they cannot carry out the conditions of the covenant, they cannot keep God's law, they break it constantly, and they die. But the children of grace are under the new covenant of grace, and through the precious blood, which is the penalty of the old broken covenant, and through the spotless righteousness of Christ, which is the fulfilment and magnifying of the old covenant, the Christian stands secure, and rejoices that he is saved. Christ has thus made his people dwell under a new covenant, instead of under the old one. In addition to the new covenant, Christ has been pleased to make us new men. His saints are "new creatures in Christ Jesus." They have a new nature. God has breathed into them a new life. The Holy Spirit, though the old nature is still there, has been pleased to put within them a new nature. There is now a contending force within them -- the old carnal nature inclining to evil, and the new God-given nature panting after perfection. They are new men, "begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." This new nature is moved by new principles. The old nature needed to be awed with threatenings, or bribed with rewards; the new nature feels the impulse of love. Gratitude is its mainspring: "We love him because he first loved us." No mercenary motive now stirs the new creature: -- "My God, I love thee -- not because I hope for heaven thereby, Nor yet because who love thee not Must burn eternally." I love thee, O my Saviour, because on the cross thou didst bear shame, and spitting, and manifold disgrace for me. New principles stir the new nature which God has given. And this new nature is conscious of new emotions. It loves what once it hated; it hates what once it loved. It finds blight where once it sought for bliss, and finds bliss where once it found nothing but bitterness. It leaps at the sound which was once dull to its ears -- the name of a precious Christ. It rejoices in hopes which once seemed idle as dreams. It is filled with a divine enthusiasm which it once rejected as fanatical. It is conscious now of living in a new element, breathing a fresh air, partaking of new food, drinking out of new wells not digged by men or filled from the earth. The man is new -- new in principles, and new in emotions. And now the man is also new in relationship. He was an heir to wrath; he is now a child of God. He was a bond-slave; he is now a freeman. He was the Ishmael who dwelt in the wilderness; he is now the Isaac, and dwells with Sarah after the tenor of the new covenant. He rejoices in Christ Jesus, and feasts to the full. He was the citizen of earth once; he is now a citizen of heaven. He once found his all beneath the clouds; but now his all is beyond the stars. He has new relationships. Christ is his brother; God is his father; the angels are his friends; and the despised people of God are his best and nearest kinsfolk. And hence the man has new aspirations. He now pants to glorify God. What cared he about the glory of God once? He now pants to see God; once he would have paid the fare, if it had cost his life, that he might escape from the presence of the Lord. Now he hungers and thirsts after the living God; yea, if his soul had wings, and he could break the fetters of this mortality, he would mount at once to dwell where Jesus is. Dear friends, are you new men? If you are, you understand what it is; if you are not, I know I cannot explain it to you. Oh! to be born again is a great mystery; blessed is the soul that comprehends it! But he that knows it not will never learn it by the lip; he can only know it by the Spirit of God causing him also to be made a new creature in Christ Jesus. Thus far I have said that the object of Christ was to make a new world, and he began by making a new covenant. Then, through his Spirit, he goes on to make new men under the new covenant, and you will see that by this means he makes a new society. Swelling words have been spoken and great attempts taken in hand to renovate society, but you can never renovate society till you have renovated the individual members who compose society. You may build a brick house, if you please; but, build it as you like, it will be a house of brick upon whatever principles of architecture it may be constructed; not until that brick shall be transformed to marble can you hope to "dwell in marble halls." So men may launch their divers theories, and patent their social inventions, but after they have re-shaped the society of sinners, they will leave it a sinful society still. It is otherwise with Christ. By making new men he makes a new society, which society he calls his "Church". That Church he sends into the world to act upon the rest of mankind. Verily the day will come -- whether it shall be at his second advent or before his second advent, I do not know -- the day when from the east to the west, and from the north to the south, there shall be a new world as far as men are concerned. There shall be no injustice towards the poor; there shall be no envying of the rich; there shall be no law to make men slaves; there shall be no power to oppress, because there shall be no will to do it. Our Lord Jesus Christ shall put a new heart into earth's kings, and then he shall come himself to take their thrones and their crowns, and to be himself our Universal King, and in his day shall the righteous flourish. Now I believe the way for us to regard that happy day in which he will make all things new; that happy day when the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, when the sword shall be turned into the sickle, and the spear into the pruning hook -- the way for us to regard that day, I think, is not standing with our mouths open expecting it, but by setting to work after the Master's own fashion, seeking to bring it about, to gather out the elect from mankind, to illustrate the gospel practically in our lives, and so to do as Jesus did among the sons of men; promoting light, and peace, and truth, and holiness, and happiness as God may help us. I wish we had more time to enter fully into this part of the subject. We have not, and, therefore, we must leave it, but may you and I have a part in this new creation! Turning to our second point, I want you to: -- II. ADORE THIS GREAT REGENERATOR. He says, "Behold I make all things new." Behold him! He is a man dressed in the common garments of the poor! He hath no form nor comeliness, and when you shall see him there is no beauty in him that you should desire him. He has come to make the world new. He has no soldiery, no book of laws, no new philosophy. He had come to make the world new, and to do this he has brought with him -- what? Why, himself. He spends a life of weariness and sorrow amongst those who despise him, and if you want to know first and foremost how he makes all things new, you must see him sweating great drops of blood in the garden -- that is the blood of the new world which he is pouring forth! You must see him bound, scourged, spat upon, led to the accursed tree. While God's wrath for sin is yet unspent, the world cannot be new; but when that wrath on account of sin is all poured upon the head of the great Substitute, then the world stands in a new relation to God, and it can be a new world. See the Saviour then, in groans and pangs which cannot be described, bearing the curse of God, for he made him to be sin for us, though he knew no sin. The curse fell on him, as it is written, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." It pleased the Father to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; he hath made his soul to be an offering for sin." That dolorous pain, then, of the Master was the world's new- making. It was then and there that the world was born again. No mother's pangs, when she brought forth a man-child, were such as those of Christ when he brought forth the new creation. It was there in the travail of his soul -- did you ever catch that idea, the travail of his soul? -- it was there that the new world was born! "Behold I make all things new" is a mysterious voice from the broken heart of a dying Saviour. From the empty tomb, as he rises, I hear it come in silvery notes, "Behold I make all things new." You must trace the birth of the new creation up to the grave of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the place where the cross stood, and where his body lay. But the actual operations of new-making the world takes place through the truth which Christ promulgated. After the relation of the world to God had been changed by the sufferings of Jesus, the world's thought concerning God came to be changed by the preaching of Jesus. He came and revealed God to man as man had never seen God before. It was through him we learned that "God is love." It was through him that we understood that "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." It is the preaching of the cross of Jesus that is to make the world new. It is not the philosophies of men, but the wisdom of God which effects the change. In the presence of Christ your philosophies must sink into darkness as stars in the presence of the sun. And it is also by the giving of the Holy Ghost, as the result of the ascension of Christ on high, that the world is made new. Thus he gives power to the ministry. There were three thousand new creations in one day when Peter preached the gospel under the influence of the Holy Spirit. And that blessed Spirit of God is here tonight. Oh! I would that there might be some new creations tonight, that that divine heavenly Spirit would come into some of your souls, and drop there that vital spark of heavenly flame which shall never be quenched, but shall burn brightly in heaven for ever. Wherever the gospel is preached, the Spirit is present in that gospel, and he gives faith to men, gives life to men, and so they are made new, and the new-making thus goes on. I have not time -- though thoughts crowd into my mind -- to speak about the way in which Christ thus new-makes the world. It is quite certain that three parts of his history are connected with it. I have only referred to his death, his burial, and his resurrection, but I might go on to speak of his constant and prevalent intercessions, for his pleading before the throne is also a part of the mighty operation; nor can I doubt but that his Second Advent will be the bringing out of the topstone with shoutings of "Grace, grace unto it!" Then shall be fulfilled -- finally and exhaustively fulfilled -- the saying that is written, "Behold I make all things new." The text begins with "Behold!" and I am going to close with that same note of admiration. I want you to: -- III. BEHOLD AND TO BELIEVE. Behold, the Lord Jesus is now enthroned in heaven. He it is who makes all things new. Is not this what some of you here present deeply need? If you look within, yourselves will see much to disgust and alarm you. Peradventure, you dare not take stock of yourselves now; you dare not consider where you are, nor what you are, nor whither you are bound. "To speak candidly," you say, "I want reforming." Very likely, but you want a great deal more than mere reformation. I have heard of a being who used habitually to swear, "God mend me!" Somebody said, "Better make a new one." That is the case with full many of you. You are saying, "Well, I will turn over a new leaf." You had better shut the book up altogether, and never turn over any more leaves, for all the pages are alike bad. "Oh! well," says one, "I shall try if I cannot alter." I wish you would try God's altering of you, instead of altering yourselves. "Well, but surely, surely, I may wash and be clean; I will try to make myself as clean as possible?" Yes, yes, that is all very well; but what if you have a corpse in the house? I would have you make it clean, yet that will not make it live. However much you may wash it, it is corrupt still. You may reform yourselves as much as ever you please, all your reformation will be futile; you need more, a great deal more than that. The fact is, you must be made new. Nothing less will do; you must be made new; you must be born again. "Ah!" says one, "if I could be made new, there might be a chance for me." Well now, Christ looks down from this throne in heaven, and he says, "Behold I will make all things new." "Yes," you say, "but he will not make me new." Why not? Does he not say, "I make all things new"? "But my heart is as hard as a rock," say you. Well, but he says, "I will make all things new," so he can give you a new heart. "Oh! but I am so very stubborn. Aye, aye, but he makes all things new, and he can make you as tender and sensitive as a little child. Oftentimes a grey-headed sinner has looked back to his childhood, and remembered the time when he used to sing his little hymn at his mother's knee, and he has said, 'Ah! I have been in many strange places since then, and my heart has got seared and hard; I wish I could get back to what I was then!" Well, you can, you can. Christ can bring you there. Nay, he can bring you to something better than you ever were when those golden ringlets hung so plentifully about that pretty little head of yours, for you were not so innocent then as you now think you were. Christ can make you really pure in heart; he can make you a new creature, so that you shall be converted and become as a little child. "Oh!" say you, "how can I get it? How can I prepare myself for him?" You do not want to prepare yourself for him. God to him just as you are; trust him to do it, and he will do it. That is faith, you know -- trust, dependence. Canst thou believe that Christ can save thee? Oh! thou canst believe that; well now, wilt thou trust him to save thee? Wilt thou trust him to deliver thee from thy drunkenness, from thine angry temper, thy pride, thy love of self, thy lusts? Dost thou desire to be a new creature in Christ Jesus? If so, that very desire must have come from heaven. I could fain hope that he has already begun the good work in you, and he that begins it will carry it on. Do not be afraid, however bad thy character, or however vicious thy disposition. "Behold," says Christ, "I make all things new." What a wonder it is that a man should ever have a new heart! You know if a lobster loses its claw in a fight it can get a new claw, and that is thought to be very marvellous. It would be very wonderful if men should be able to grow new arms and new legs, but who ever heard of a creature who grew a new heart? You may have seen a bough lopped off a tree, and you may have thought that, perhaps, the tree will sprout again, and there will be a new limb, but who ever heard of old trees getting new sap and a new core? But my Lord and Master, the crucified and exalted Saviour, has given new hearts and new cores; he has put the vital substance into man afresh, and made new creatures of them. I am glad to notice the tear in your eye, when you think on the past, but wipe it away now, and look up to the cross and say: -- "Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb, O God, I come." "Oh! make me a new creature!" If you have said that from your heart, you are a new creature, dear brother, and we will rejoice together in this regenerating Saviour. Let me just say a few words to those of you who love the Lord. You may have some very bad children, or you have some relatives who are going on in sin from bad to worse. I earnestly recommend you attentively to consider my text. "Behold," says Christ, "I make all things new." "No, no," says the old father, "I used to pray for my boy; he broke my heart; he brought his mother's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave; but he has gone away, and I have not heard of him for years, and I am almost afraid to wish I ever may hear of him again, for he did seem so reckless, that my only comfort is in trying to forget him." "Yes," says a husband here, "I have prayed for my wife o many times, that I do feel tempted to give it up; it is not likely that I shall ever live to see her saved." Oh! but, brethren and sisters, we do not know; since the Lord saved us, there cannot be any limits as to what he can do. Look at the text, "Behold I make all things new." I will pray, "Lord, make my children new." You shall pray, "Lord, make my wife new." You godly wives, who have ungodly husbands, you shall pray, "Lord, make our husbands new." You who have dear friends who lie upon your bosom, as you anxiously think of them, pray the Lord Jesus to make them new. When our friends are made new, oh! what a great comfort they are; just as much so as they formerly were a sorrow. The greater the sinner, the greater the joy to loving believers when they see him saved. "Behold," says Christ -- I do like that word -- "Behold it! Stand and look at it! See how I took the man when he was up to his neck in sin, and made him preach the gospel. Can I not do the same again? Look there and see the dying thief upon the cross, black with a thousand crimes: I washed him and took him to Paradise the same day; what can I not do? Behold I make all things new." Courage, my brethren and sisters. We will not entertain any more doubt about Christ's power to save. Rather, by God's grace, may we henceforth believe more in him, and, according to our faith, so shall it be done unto us. If we can only trust him for those of our friends whose faults seem to us few and light, our little trust will reap little reward; but if we can go with strong faith in a great God, and bring great sinners in our arms, and put them down before this mighty Regenerator of men, and say, "Lord, if thou wilt thou canst make them new"; and if we will never cease the pleading till we get the blessing, then we shall see ever-accumulating illustrations of the fact that Jesus makes all things new; and calling up the witnesses of his redeeming power, we shall cry in the ears of a drowsy Church and an incredulous world, "Behold, behold, behold! He makes all things new." The Lord give us eyes to see it. Amen. |


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Sweeten Up the Season: Treats You Can Save
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'Tis the season for sprinkles, icing and chocolate-covered cookies.
Whether you're whipping up treats for your neighbors or attending a holiday-themed cookie swap, you'll no doubt be looking for new recipes to show off this season. Use your FoodSaver® 2-In-1 Automatic Bag-Making Vacuum Sealing System to distribute these delicious sweets over the holidays.
Chocolate Pinwheels
These timeless favorites are perfect for setting out for Santa - just don't forget the milk!
You'll need:
- 2 cups softened unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa.
Combine butter, powdered sugar, brown sugar and salt in a large bowl, mixing until well-blended. Slowly add flour, beating along the way. Melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips, then separate your dough in half. Add the chocolate and cocoa to one bowl until they're completely mixed in. Separate each pile of dough into fourths, then roll in individual balls. There should be eight total - four chocolate and four plain. Use a roller to flatten one plain ball, then place it on a rectangular oven sheet. Flatten a chocolate ball and place it on top of the plain one, then tightly roll the two together to make a log. Wrap the dough up in plastic wrap, then repeat with your other balls and refrigerate all four logs for an hour.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees, then cut the logs into small pieces - each one should yield about 20. Bake for 10-12 minutes, then allow them to cool before sealing.
Candy Coated Pretzels
These are the perfect party favors for any holiday or festive event. Added bonus? You only need three ingredients! Send a bag of these sweet treats to your loved one across the country or use them as part of a larger cookie collection - either way, you're guaranteed to please.
You'll need:
- 1 bag pretzels
- 1 bag caramel-filled chocolates
- 1 bag candy-coated chocolates.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line an oven tray with pretzels, then top each pretzel with a caramel-filled chocolate. Place the pretzels in the oven for about 5-7 minutes, or until the chocolates have just begun to melt. Remove the tray and top each chocolate with a piece of candy, then allow the treats to cool for about an hour, or until the chocolate has hardened.

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Amache (Granada)
US Gov Name | Granada Relocation Center |
Facility Type | Concentration Camp |
Administrative Agency | War Relocation Authority |
Location | Amache, Colorado (38.0500 lat, -102.3000 lng) |
Date Opened | August 27, 1942 |
Date Closed | October 15, 1945 |
Population Description | Held people from California: Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Clara Counties (Merced and Santa Anita Assembly Centers), northern California coast, west Sacramento Valley, and the northern San Joaquin Valley. |
General Description | Located at 3,600 feet of elevation on a wind-swept prairie in southeastern Colorado 140 miles east of Pueblo, 16 miles east of Lamar, and 15 miles west of the Kansas border. The Arkansas River runs 2 1/2 miles north of the camp, but the 10,500 acres of land is arid when not irrigated. Vegetation includes wild grasses, sagebrush, and prickly pear cactus. |
Peak Population | 7,318 (1943-02-01) |
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With the smallest overall population of the War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps , Amache was notable in other ways. The only camp established on what had been private land, Amache was located walking distance from the small town of Granada, Colorado. The original population of the camp came entirely from different areas of California, but was later augmented by inmates from the camps at Jerome and Tule Lake . Inmates ran a silkscreen shop, and a cooperative store, and were successful at agricultural enterprises both within and outside of camp. Today the site of Amache and an associated museum in Granada are open for visitors.
Geography and Prewar History of the Site
The Granada Relocation Center, better known by its postal designation, Amache, was located one mile outside the small town of Granada, in southeastern Colorado. Before the war Granada was just one of the small farming towns that dotted the valley of the Arkansas River, which runs east a few miles north of the site. Lamar, the Prowers County seat and largest town in the county, is seventeen miles west. Geographically, Amache was located in the High Plains, a rolling, sandy prairie between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. The area has a semi-arid climate, with low humidity and average annual rainfall. Summers are hot and dry with occasional severe thunderstorms or tornadoes. Winters are generally cold and dry but can bring heavy snowfalls. High wind speeds are common throughout the year and can create choking dust storms.
Despite the region's general aridity, the Arkansas River provided irrigation water for the fields along the bottomland of the valley where the soil was more suitable for agriculture. Long an important travel corridor, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad and US Highway 50 ran through the valley, linking it to national transportation networks. Granada was founded in the late 1800s as a railroad town, but quickly transitioned to largely agricultural enterprises. The town and the region were tremendously hard hit by both the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. It remained an economically depressed area until World War II.
Amache was the only concentration camp where the project area was in private ownership prior to the war. The entire project area was over 10,000 acres, but only 640 acres, or one square mile, was devoted to the central camp area. Housing the WRA administration, MPs, and inmates, the central camp was sited above the valley floor, on sandy lands used minimally for livestock grazing. The majority of the project acreage was earmarked for the camp's associated agricultural enterprises. It was comprised primarily of two previously existing facilities, the Koen Ranch and the X-Y Ranch. Despite their names, both parcels held mixed agricultural enterprises with existing irrigation and farm structures, including a working dairy farm. To create a consolidated area, another twelve small agricultural holdings were also included in the project area. Only one property owner was a willing seller and the majority of the land had to be taken through condemnation, an action that set a combative tone between the WRA and the local residents. [1]
The WRA Camp
Amache had the smallest population of the ten WRA camps, but because of transfers from other camps over 10,000 inmates passed through the camp. Despite a peak population of under 8,000, Amache was the 10th largest city in Colorado during the war. The original population derived from three main geographic areas, all in California: the Central Valley, the northern coast, and southwest Los Angeles. In time this original group would be joined by inmates transferred from other WRA facilities, including over 900 from Tule Lake, and over 500 from Jerome. They hailed almost evenly from rural and urban areas, and both Buddhist and Christian denominations were well represented in camp. Something that many shared in common was a connection to agriculture and horticulture, whether as farmers, produce and nursery men, or landscapers and gardeners. Among the more notable other professionals in the camp were two professors, two cartoonists from the Walt Disney studios, a concert singer, and a female lawyer.
Most numerically significant were inmates from California's Central Valley, living in a swath from Merced to its northern end. Importantly, three distinct farming colonies from the vicinity of Livingston, California, were represented in their entirety in the Amache population. Founded as the Yamato Colony by Kyutaro Abiko , a San Francisco newspaper publisher and businessman, they came to comprise three distinct but adjacent settlements, Yamato, Cortez, and Cressey. [2] They were tight-knit Japanese American communities before, during, and after the war. Although there were more concentrated Japanese American populations in the northern coastal towns of Petaluma and Sebastopol, many of the families from this region lived largely among non-Japanese. An example was the Hiranos, the only Japanese family in Sausalito. A teenager when his family was removed, George Hirano recalled getting off the bus in Santa Rosa and seeing more Japanese people than he had ever seen in his life. [3] The Amacheans from Los Angeles did not hail from Little Tokyo, but rather the southwestern suburbs, including a portion of the Seinan neighborhood. Many areas of Los Angeles had racially restrictive covenants, but there were none in the region bounded by Exposition, Adams, Vermont, and Arlington Avenues. Many Japanese Americans lived in this area, along with African Americans and Hispanics. [4]
The Granada Relocation Project administrator for the WRA was James G. Lindley, assisted by Donald E. Harbison. Another notable administrator was Joseph McClelland, the reports officer who was also the camp photographer and oversaw the newspaper, The Granada Pioneer . Lindley and his administration are regarded in a generally favorable light. Robert Harvey claimed that those inmates who knew Lindley, "felt he was an able administrator with a deep regard for fairness." [5] A number of the teachers at Amache petitioned successfully to move to the camp, in part to be able to better serve their students. [6] Among the unposed photographs in Joseph McClelland's personal collection, are images of WRA staff and inmates playing cards together. [7] The general lack of animosity was also reflected in the politics of Colorado's Governor Ralph Carr , the only western governor to support locating a WRA camp in his state. [8] A WRA community analyst reported early in 1943 that relations between groups at Amache were "infinitely better" than at any of the other WRA facilities and that the project administration functioned smoothly. [9]
The camp administration did have its hands full when the construction of the Amache High School created a public relations backlash. Still reeling from the Dust Bowl, the region had seen very little new construction for decades other than federally-supported projects. Local residents resented the expense of building a school specifically for Japanese American students. Superintendent of schools Paul J. Terry defended the new construction in the Lamar newspaper, stating that the students at Amache, "have left excellent schools on the Coast, and if we take away all education from them, we have a morale problem." [10] The fray was taken to the state and national level when Colorado Senator Edwin Johnson identified the construction as one of the ways the WRA was "pampering" the enemy. [11] Although the high school was completed, the plans for an elementary and middle school were abandoned on orders from the national office of the WRA.
Like all of the camps, Amache was thrown into turmoil by the loyalty questionnaire . However, the actual number of inmates who replied "no" to question 28 was the lowest percentage of any camp. [12] After the segregation hearings only 125 people were transferred from Amache to Tule Lake, while 993 Tuleans were sent to Amache. Tomo Nishizaki, one of the Amache community leaders, actively discouraged his friends from resettling in Japan. As recalled by his wife Fumiye, he told his friends, "Don't go home now, because it's going to be terrible." [13] The final number of Amacheans who were repatriated to Japan was 35.
The reaction to military service echoed that of the loyalty questionnaire. Amache had the highest rate of volunteerism of all the camps. A total of 953 men and women from Amache volunteered or were drafted for military service during WWII. Of this number, 105 were wounded and 31 killed in action. Among those killed was Kiyoshi Muranaga who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor . (See Japanese Americans in the military during World War II .) However, not all Amacheans responded favorably to the notice for induction into the military. Thirty-one men from Amache were tried for draft evasion, found guilty, and sent to prison in Tucson , Arizona. (See draft resistance .)
Although many of the WRA camps had war-related industries, Amache was the only camp with a successful silkscreen shop. At the time, silkscreening was one of the best ways to crisply print in color, something required by the U.S. Navy for their training materials. Established in June of 1943, the Amache silkscreen shop produced over 250,000 color posters under a contract with the navy. The staff of forty-five also created many prints for use in camp, including calendars, programs for camp events, even souvenirs for the yearly carnival. The Amache silkscreen shop produced a colorful and visually distinctive record of life at the camp.
The agricultural efforts of the Amache inmates were also very successful, both inside and outside the camp. In 1943 alone, inmate farmers produced approximately 4 million pounds of vegetables, over 50,000 bushels of field crops, as well as successfully raising a wide range of livestock. Not only did the farms of Amache make the camp self-sufficient for many foodstuffs, but surplus was sent to other WRA camps. For example, in the fall of 1943, Amache sent 600 bushels of spinach each to Poston and Gila, with another 1,000 bushels sent to the U.S. Army. [14] Surrounded by farms and ranches, many Amacheans found ready temporary or permanent employment as agricultural laborers in the vicinity. The generally positive relationship with regional farmers was fostered in part by the efforts of Amacheans in the fall of 1942. Due to the wartime labor shortage and weather, the Colorado sugar beet harvest was under threat. Amacheans came out of the camps, some as paid laborers, but nearly 150 as volunteers, to help the surrounding farmers bring in the crop. [15]
The proximity of Amache to the town of Granada created a situation unique among the WRA camps. Inmates were close enough to Granada that walking into town to shop or even just visit a soda fountain was a common occurrence. The positive effect this had on camp morale was noted by the WRA. [16] Although some regional businesses were anti-Japanese, most came to see the Amacheans as valuable customers. Indeed by 1945, the Amache High School annual was filled with advertising from local businesses. Newman Drug Company is a good example. Before the opening of the camp, Edward Newman rented one of the largest buildings in Granada and brought in stock he thought would appeal to the inmates, including an entire warehouse of saké. [17] Newman employed Amache inmates in the store and also as the family nanny, [18] a practice fairly common in the area. After getting a release from Amache, Frank Tsuchiya started his own successful local business, the Granada Fish Market. Using his connections from running a fish market in Los Angeles, he was able to bring in sashimi grade fish to Granada. [19] The store also sold Japanese food hard to come by in camp such as soy sauce and noodles. [20] Evidence of these connections between camp and town are visible in the physical remains found during archaeological studies of Amache, including an abalone shell that likely derives from the Granada Fish Market, and swizzle sticks from a bar in Granada.
After the War
Many families with school age children waited to leave Amache until the summer of 1945, but in July there were still over 4,000 people in the camp. In the fall of 1945, inmates built a small structure at the camp cemetery out of the brick that once served as their barracks floors. Inside they erected a stone memorial, as well as wooden planks bearing the names of all 114 inmates who died at Amache. The camp officially closed on October 15, 1945. A few families were able to return to their homes and farms in California, especially those from the Yamato farming colonies. Some stayed on in the Arkansas River Valley or moved to Denver , taking advantage of new connections to Colorado made during the war. Chicago had been a key location for resettlement efforts at Amache and many former inmates continue to live in the Midwest. Following the closure of Amache, all but two buildings—the monument at the cemetery and a concrete structure built by the Amache Cooperative—were dismantled and removed from the site. Many of the buildings were destroyed, but a fair number were sold to area farms and schools. The camp area was purchased by the town of Granada, which continues to own the land and use the deep wells drilled for the WRA camp as their city water supply.
Remembering and preserving Amache has been, and remains, a very grassroots effort by many organizations and individuals. [21] The first pilgrimage to Amache in 1976 was associated with bicentennial events in the state of Colorado. Yearly pilgrimages began in the 1980s, led by the Denver Central Optimists Club, a civic group whose membership included former Amache inmates and their relatives. Now the Amache Club, they still lead the yearly pilgrimage to the camp cemetery on the third Saturday of each May. Also key has been the Amache Historical Society headquartered in Los Angeles and comprised primarily of former Amache inmates. They have taken the lead on Amache reunions, holding them both at the camp and in locations across the West. Key local support for preservation came from administrators and teachers at the Granada School District, especially John Hopper. A social studies teacher at the high school, Hopper inspired his students to learn about and preserve this important part of their own history. Now organized as the Amache Preservation Society, they maintain a small museum in Granada with a significant collection of objects, documents, and photographs related to the camp.
Visitors to Amache today still enter the barbed-wire enclosed central camp area at the original camp entrance. Near the entry are a series of informational signs erected by the National Park Service in partnership with the site management entity, the Friends of Amache. Near the entrance is also the brass plaque denoting that Amache was recognized in 2006 as a National Historic Landmark. That status derives in part from the high physical integrity of the central camp area which still contains its intact war era roadway system, most building foundations, and remnant landscaping created by Amache inmates, including living trees they planted. The cemetery, located in the far southwestern part of the camp, contains a more recent monument to the fallen soldiers of Amache, as well as the war era monument. By the end of 2012, visitors will also be able to see a reconstructed guard tower, as well as the Amache water tower, rebuilt in part from original materials. A recent study of all the Amache-related buildings in the region has identified several structures from camp, including barracks and a recreation hall, buildings that the Friends of Amache hopes to be able to return to the site. [22]
For More Information
"The Amache Japanese American Internment Camp Through Records at the Colorado State Archives." [Maintained by the Colorado State Archives, this page links to important primary documents related to Amache, including the correspondence of Governor Ralph Carr, whose strong support of the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans would cost him his political career.]
Amache Preservation Society. [This is the website maintained by the Amache Preservation Society in Granada, Colorado. Currently being rebuilt so it can host more archival documents, the website provides general history about Amache and its preservation, as well as a location for updates about events, such as the yearly pilgrimage.]
Amache Project. University of Denver (DU). [The University of Denver (DU) Amache Project is a community based project researching the tangible history of Amache, including intensive archaeological study of the camp. Results from that research, including photographs, newsletters, and a short documentary film, are available through the website.]
Camp Amache: The Story of an American Tragedy . Dir. by Don Dexter. DVD. Dexter Productions, 2007. [This 57 minute documentary uses footage of the camp and pilgrimages, historic photographs, and interviews to tell the story of Amache.]
Chang, Gordon H. ed. Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and his Internment Writings, 1942-1945 . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. [A professor of history at Stanford before and after the war, Ichihashi was among the hundreds of inmates transferred from Tule Lake to Amache in 1943. This is a collection of his writings (and a few by his wife Okei) about the entire experience of removal and confinement, including diary entries, letters, and a biographical essay by the editor.]
Harvey, Robert. Amache: The Story of Japanese Internment in Colorado during World War II . Dallas: Taylor Trade, 2004. [Harvey is the one of the few published works dealing exclusively with Amache. It is out of print but available at many libraries.]
Hosokawa, Bill. Colorado's Japanese Americans from 1886 to the Present . Boulder: University Press of Colorado. [Hosokawa's book focuses on the history of Colorado's Japanese American population, which grew significantly because of internment and Amache.]
Inada, Lawson Fusao. Legends from the Camp . Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1992. [Now the Poet Laureate of Oregon, Inada's family was transferred to Amache after the closure of the camp in Jerome. Several of the poems in this volume are about or set in Amache.]
The Japanese American Archival Collection. California State University, Sacramento. [The Japanese American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento curates a number of artworks and objects from Amache. Images of many of them are available through this website.]
Matsumoto, Valerie J. Farming the Home Place: A Japanese Community in California, 1919–1982 . Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. [Based on her dissertation research in the Cortez farming colony, this is one of the few published histories of a community whose residents were interned at Amache.]
- ↑ Robert Harvey, Amache: The Story of Japanese Internment in Colorado during World War II (Dallas: Taylor Trade, 2004), 61.
- ↑ Valerie J. Matsumoto, Farming the Home Place: A Japanese Community in California, 1919–1982 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993).
- ↑ George Hirano, conversation with author, May 2011.
- ↑ Minoru Tonai, conversation with author, May 2011.
- ↑ Harvey, Amache , 207.
- ↑ Enola Kjeldgaard, Fourth Grade Teacher, Impressions of a Japanese Relocation Center: Lest We Forget. Personal files of the author.
- ↑ McClelland's personal color slides have been digitized and are curated at the Amache Preservation Society museum in Granada.
- ↑ Adam Schrager, The Principled Politician: The Ralph Carr Story (Golden: Fulcrum, 2008).
- ↑ John Embree, Report on Granada, January 30-February 1, 1943, War Relocation Authority Community Analysis Section, 1. Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley.
- ↑ Lamar Daily News , Jan 22, 1943, 1.
- ↑ Harvey, Amache , 105.
- ↑ Bill Hosakawa, Colorado's Japanese Americans from 1886 to the Present (Boulder: University Press of Colorado), 103.
- ↑ Fumiye Nishizaki, typed manuscript of oral history by Dale Ann Sato, (Peninsula Center Library, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, Feb 8, 2005), 20.
- ↑ Granada Pioneer Vol I, No 73, Jun 12, 1943.
- ↑ War Relocation Authority, Granada Project Chronological History, National Archives.
- ↑ Embree, Report.
- ↑ Harvey, Amache .
- ↑ Bruce Newman, conversation with author Feb 2011.
- ↑ Bill Hosokawa, Japanese of Colorado , 103.
- ↑ Harvey, Amache , 127.
- ↑ Jennifer Otto, "Communities Negotiating Preservation: The World War II Japanese Internment Camp of Amache" in Southeast Colorado Heritage Tourism Report , ed. Rudi Hartmann (Wash Park Media: Denver, 2009), 125-138.
- ↑ Colorado Preservation Inc., Dismantling Amache: Building Stock Research and Inventory Related to the Granada Relocation Center (Denver: Colorado Preservation, Inc., Aug 2011).
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71.0 Ra: I am Ra and I greet you in the love and in the light of the One Infinite Creator. We communicate now.
71.1 Questioner: Could you first please give me the condition of the instrument?
Ra: I am Ra. It is as previously stated with the exception of a slight improvement in the vital energy distortions. One may note to the support group, without infringement, that it is well to aid the instrument in the reminders that while physical complex distortions remain as they are it is not advisable to use the increased vital energies for physical complex activities as this will take a somewhat harsh toll.
71.2 Questioner: I have several different questions. In this session I hope to establish, by searching around with several different types of questions, a point of entry into an investigation that will be fruitful. I would first ask is it possible to increase polarity without increasing harvestability?
Ra: I am Ra. The connection between polarization and harvestability is most important in third-density harvest. In this density an increase in the serving of others or the serving of self will almost inevitably increase the ability of an entity to enjoy an higher intensity of light. Thus in this density, we may say, it is hardly possible to polarize without increasing in harvestability.
71.3 Questioner: This would probably be possible in the higher densities such as the fifth density. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. In fifth-density harvest, polarization has very little to do with harvestability.
71.4 Questioner: Would you explain the concept of working with the unmanifested being in third density to create the evolution?
Ra: I am Ra. This is a many-layered question and which stria* we wish to expose is questionable. Please restate giving any further depth of information requested, if possible.
71.5 Questioner: Define, please, the unmanifested being.
Ra: I am Ra. We may see that you wish to pursue the deeper stratum of information. We shall, therefore, answer in a certain way which does not exhaust the query but is designed to move beneath the outer teachings somewhat.
The unmanifested being is, as we have said, that being which exists and does its work without reference to or aid from other-selves. To move into this concept you may see the inevitable connection between the unmanifested self and the metaphysical or time/space analog of the space/time self. The activities of meditation, contemplation, and what may be called the internal balancing of thoughts and reactions are those activities of the unmanifested self more closely aligned with the metaphysical self.
71.6 Questioner: As an entity goes through the death process in third density and finds itself in time/space, it finds itself in a different set of circumstances. Would you please describe the properties or circumstances of time/space and then the process of healing of incarnative experiences that some entities encounter?
Ra: I am Ra. Although this query is difficult to answer adequately due to the limitations of your space/time sound vibration complexes, we shall respond to the best of our ability.
The hallmark of time/space is the inequity between time and space. In your space/time the spatial orientation of material causes a tangible framework for illusion. In time/space the inequity is upon the shoulders of that property known to you as time. This property renders entities and experiences intangible in a relative sense. In your framework each particle or core vibration moves at a velocity which approaches what you call the speed of light from the direction of supraluminal* velocities.
Thus the time/space or metaphysical experience is that which is very finely tuned and, although an analog of space/time, lacking in its tangible characteristics. In these metaphysical planes there is a great deal of what you call time which is used to review and re-review the biases and learn/teachings of a prior, as you would call it, space/time incarnation.
The extreme fluidity of these regions makes it possible for much to be penetrated which must needs be absorbed before the process of healing of an entity may be accomplished. Each entity is located in a somewhat immobile state much as you are located in space/time in a somewhat immobile state in time. In this immobile space the entity has been placed by the form-maker and higher self so that it may be in the proper configuration for learn/teaching that which it has received in the space/time incarnation.
Depending upon this time/space locus there will be certain helpers which assist in this healing process. The process involves seeing in full the experience, seeing it against the backdrop of the mind/body/spirit complex total experience, forgiving the self for all missteps as regards the missed guideposts during the incarnation and, finally, the careful assessment of the next necessities for learning. This is done entirely by the higher self until an entity has become conscious in space/time of the process and means of spiritual evolution at which time the entity will consciously take part in all decisions.
71.7 Questioner: Is the process in positive time/space identical with the process in negative time/space for this healing?
Ra: I am Ra. The process in space/time of the forgiveness and acceptance is much like that in time/space in that the qualities of the process are analogous. However, while in space/time it is not possible to determine the course of events beyond the incarnation but only to correct present imbalances. In time/space, upon the other hand, it is not possible to correct any unbalanced actions but rather to perceive the imbalances and thusly forgive the self for that which is.
The decisions then are made to set up the possibility/probabilities of correcting these imbalances in what you call future space/time experiences. The advantage of time/space is that of the fluidity of the grand overview. The advantage of space/time is that, working in darkness with a tiny candle, one may correct imbalances.
71.8 Questioner: If an entity has chosen the negative polarization are the processes of healing and review similar for the negative path?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.
71.9 Questioner: Are the processes that we are talking about processes that occur on many planets in our Milky Way Galaxy, or do they occur on all planets, or what percentage?
Ra: I am Ra. These processes occur upon all planets which have given birth to sub-Logoi such as yourselves. The percentage of inhabited planets is approximately 10%.
71.10 Questioner: What percentage of stars, roughly, have planetary systems?
Ra: I am Ra. This is unimportant information, but harmless. Approximately 32% of stars have planets as you know them while another 6% have some sort of clustering material which upon some densities might be inhabitable.
71.11 Questioner: Well, this would tell me that roughly 3% of all stars have inhabited planets, which would just give a, shall I say, mind-boggling idea of the number of entities which… I assume then this process of evolution is in use throughout the known universe. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This octave of infinite knowledge of the One Creator is as it is throughout the One Infinite Creation, with variations programmed by sub-Logoi of what you call major galaxies and minor galaxies. These variations are not significant but may be compared to various regions of geographical location sporting various ways of pronouncing the same sound vibration complex or concept.
71.12 Questioner: Then it seems to me from this that the sub-Logos such as our sun uses free will to modify only slightly a much more general idea of created evolution so that the general plan of created evolution, which seems then to be uniform throughout the One Infinite Creation, is for this process of the sub-Logoi to grow through the densities and, under the first distortion, find their way back to the original thought. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.
71.13 Questioner: Then each entity is on a path that leads to the one destination. This is like many, many roads which travel through many, many places but eventually merge into one large center. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct but somewhat wanting in depth of description. More applicable would be the thought that each entity contains within it all of the densities and sub-densities of the octave so that in each entity, no matter whither its choices lead it, its great internal blueprint is one with all others. Thusly its experiences will fall into the patterns of the journey back to the original Logos. This is done through free will but the materials from which choices can be made are one blueprint.
71.14 Questioner: You have made the statement that pure negativity acts as a gravity well pulling all into it. I was wondering first if pure positivity has precisely the same effect? Could you answer that please?
Ra: I am Ra. This is incorrect. Positivity has a much weaker effect due to the strong element of recognition of free will in any positivity approaching purity. Thus although the negatively oriented entity may find it difficult to polarize negatively in the midst of such resounding harmony it will not find it impossible.
Upon the other hand, the negative polarization is one which does not accept the concept of the free will of other-selves. Thusly in a social complex whose negativity approaches purity the pull upon other-selves is constant. A positively oriented entity in such a situation would desire for other-selves to have their free will and thusly would find itself removed from its ability to exercise its own free will, for the free will of negatively oriented entities is bent upon conquest.
71.15 Questioner: Could you please comment on the accuracy of this statement? I'm going to generally talk about the concept of magic and first define it as the ability to create changes in consciousness at will. Is this an acceptable definition?
Ra: I am Ra. This definition is acceptable in that it places upon the adept the burden it shall bear. It may be better understood by referring back to an earlier query, in your measurement, within this working having to do with the unmanifested self. In magic one is working with one's unmanifested self in body, in mind, and in spirit; the mixture depending upon the nature of the working.
These workings are facilitated by the enhancement of the activation of the indigo-ray energy center. The indigo-ray energy center is fed, as are all energy centers, by experience but far more than the others is fed by what we have called the disciplines of the personality.
71.16 Questioner: I will state that the objective of a white magical ritual is to create a change in consciousness of a group. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. Not necessarily. It is possible for what you term white magic to be worked for the purpose of altering only the self or the place of working. This is done in the knowledge that to aid the self in polarization towards love and light is to aid the planetary vibration.
71.17 Questioner: The change in consciousness should result in a greater distortion towards service to others, toward unity with all, and toward knowing in order to serve. Is this correct, and are there any other desired results?
Ra: I am Ra. These are commendable phrases. The heart of white magic is the experience of the joy of union with the Creator. This joy will of necessity radiate throughout the life experience of the positive adept. It is for this reason that sexual magic is not restricted solely to the negatively oriented polarizing adepts but when most carefully used has its place in high magic as it, when correctly pursued, joins body, mind, and spirit with the One Infinite Creator.
Any purpose which you may frame should, we suggest, take into consideration this basic union with the One Infinite Creator, for this union will result in service to others of necessity.
71.18 Questioner: There are, shall I say, certain rules of white magic. I will read these few that I have written and I would like for you to comment on the philosophical basis or reasoning behind these and add to this list any of importance that I have neglected. First, a special place of working preferably constructed by the practitioners; second, a signal or key such as a ring to summon the magical personality; third, special clothing worn only for the workings; fourth, a specific time of day; fifth, a series of ritual sound vibratory complexes designed to create the desired mental distortion; sixth, a group objective for each session. Would you comment on this list please?
Ra: I am Ra. To comment upon this list is to play the mechanic which views the instruments of the orchestra and adjusts and tunes the instruments. You will note these are mechanical details. The art does not lie herein.
The one item of least import is what you call the time of day. This is important in those experiential nexi wherein the entities search for the metaphysical experience without conscious control over the search. The repetition of workings gives this search structure. In this particular group the structure is available without the need for inevitable sameness of times of working. We may note that this regularity is always helpful.
71.19 Questioner: You stated in a previous session that Ra searched for some time to find a group such as this one. I would assume that this search was for the purpose of communicating the Law of One. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is partially correct. We also, as we have said, wished to attempt to make reparation for distortions of this law set in motion by our naïve actions of your past.
71.20 Questioner: Can you tell me if we have covered the necessary material to this point to, if published, make the necessary reparations for the naïve actions?
Ra: I am Ra. We mean no disrespect for your service, but we do not expect to make full reparations for these distortions. We may, however, offer our thoughts in the attempt. The attempt is far more important to us than the completeness of the result. The nature of your language is such that what is distorted cannot, to our knowledge, be fully undistorted but only illuminated somewhat.
71.21 Questioner: When you say you searched for this group what do you mean? What was your process of search? I ask this question to understand more the illusion of time and space.
Ra: I am Ra. Consider the process of one who sees the spectrograph of some complex of elements. It is a complex paint sample, let us say for ease of description. We of Ra knew the needed elements for communication which had any chance of enduring. We compared our color chip to many individuals and groups over a long span of your time. Your spectrograph matches our sample.
In response to your desire to see the relationship betwixt space/time and time/space, may we say that we conducted this search in time/space, for in this illusion one may quite readily see entities as vibratory complexes and groups as harmonics within vibratory complexes.
71.22 Questioner: I see the most important product of this communication being a vehicle of partial enlightenment for those incarnate now who have become aware of their part in their own evolutionary process. Am I correct in this assumption?
Ra: I am Ra. You are correct. We may note that this is the goal of all artifacts and experiences which entities may come into contact with and is not only the property of Ra or this contact.
We find that this instrument has neglected to continue to remind its self of the need for holding some portion of energy back for reserve. This is recommended as a portion of the inner program to be reinstated as it will lengthen the number of workings we may have. This is acceptable to us. The transferred energy grows quite, quite low. We must leave you shortly. Is there a brief query at this time?
71.23 Questioner: Is there anything that we can do to improve the contact or make the instrument more comfortable?
Ra: I am Ra. You are conscientious. Remain most fastidious about the alignments of the appurtenances. We thank you. I am Ra. I leave you in the love and in the glorious light of the Infinite Creator. Go forth, therefore, rejoicing in the power and in the peace of the One Infinite Creator. Adonai.
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Australia's 2009 defense white paper made a wide range of commitments, one of which involved replacing the outstanding service provided by Australia's gull-winged DHC-4 Caribou short takeoff light tactical transports. That particular project had been proposed and delayed repeatedly for over 20 years. In February 2009, the planes it was meant to replace finally had to be retired, after 45 years of service. Without a replacement.
There have been a range of competitions in this class on the international market. While some customers like US Special Forces have chosen Sikorsky subsidiary PZL Mielec's M-28 Skytruck, most of these competitions are between Airbus Military's C295, and Alenia's C-27J Spartan. The Spartan is faster than the C295, and can carry larger and heavier loads, including light helicopters and patrol vehicles. The C-295M offers endurance advantages, and lower operating costs. Neither can match the Caribou's short take-off performance, but they're what's available, and different countries have made different choices. Now, Australia has made its choice: a sole-source C-27J buy, with deliveries slated to begin in 2015.
Contracts & Key Events
2013 – 2014
ANAO report provides costs – and explanations.
Sept 5/14: Training. L-3 Communications' Platform Integration Division in Waco, TX receives a maximum $10.1 million, unfinalized contract to provide RAAF personnel with C-27J aircrew and maintenance training.
Work will be performed at Waco, TX and Arlington, TX, and is expected to be complete by Dec 31/17. This award is the result of a country directed sole-source acquisition, and is managed by the 338th Specialized Contracting Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio, Randolph AFB, TX (FA3002-14-D-0014).
May 9/14: Support. L-3 Communications Integrated Systems in Waco, TX received a $7.6 million contract modification, covering Spares Support functions in the USA for the Australian C-27J. That includes spares warehousing, packing, handling, shipping, transportation and item unique identification. Taken together, Australia's spares contracts are worth $125.9 million, which indicates a solid stock to maintain readiness. That kind of outlay, coupled to a system that ensures the money will be spent as directed, is part of what separates Tier 1 militaries from the rest.
Work will be performed in Waco, TX, and is expected to be complete by November 2017. The USAF Life Cycle Management Center/WLJK at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, acts as Australia's FMS agent (FA8625-13-C-6597, PO 0012).
March 13/14: Support. L-3 Communications Integrated Systems in Waco, TX receives a $38 million firm-fixed-price contract modification for RAAF C-27J spare parts (q.v. Dec 13/12), including non-long-lead critical parts.
Work will be performed at Waco, TX and is expected to be complete by March 2015. The USAF Life Cycle Management Center/WLVK at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH manages this contract for their Australian FMS client (FA8625-13-C-6597, PO 0009).
Nov 22/13: Alenia Aermacchi announces that they've completed the assembly of Australia's 1st C-27J at their plant in Turin, Italy:
"…the aircraft's wing was mated with the fuselage and the engines, landing gear, and other major components were installed. The aircraft is currently undergoing equipment installation and functional tests in preparation for the test flight phase. Roll out and company flights will occur within November, and customer acceptance tests and procedures will follow shortly…. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered to L-3 in the first quarter of 2014, on time and on budget."
Aug 15/13: ANAO Report. The Australian National Audit Office looks at the AIR 8000 Phase 2 program's compliance with Financial Management and Accountability regulations, and other procurement rules, at the request of Sen. Johnston [Lib.-WA, Shadow Minister for Defence]. ANAO says that dealings with industry and explanation of the buy could have been better (q.v. May 11/12), but they find that the buy was within the rules, and they believe it has a solid case as best value for money.
So, why the rush, and why the sole-source, direct source buy? It was the old limited-time offer. The US Government's Joint Cargo Aircraft umbrella contract for C-27Js offered Australia a price that couldn't be matched by the C-27J's commercial bidder, in part because the JCA price had been quoted with the assumption of a 100+ plane buy. The catch is that the C-27J's price would expire when the USA's JCA truncated contract did, on June 30/12. Australia's Department of Defense invoked the general exemption clause in the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines 2008, Paragraph 2.7; even then, the sole-source buy was only possible because Australia's DMO procurement agency waived the customary program Gate Review until after the contract was signed.
The other issue pushing against a competition was Australia's stated requirements. A previous "Project AIR 5190" had rejected the C-27J as developmental, but by the time Project AIR 8000 was ready to buy, that issue had been solved. Meanwhile, the C-295 didn't meet Australia's interoperability requirements. Its narrower cargo compartment can't transport the standard sized cargo pallet used in the RAAF's C-130J and C-17 planes, or carry a number of ADF vehicles. The C-27J barely met those criteria, as it's forced to remove its cargo loading system in order to carry Special Forces Nary (Supacat) vehicles, but it did meet them. If those requirements disqualified the C-295, it means there was never really any prospect of competition under AIR 8000 Phase 2.
With those issues settled, ANAO offers a new program cost figure: A$ 940.7 million (A$ 882.5 million direct source procurement + A$ 58.2 million intellectual property rights contract with Alenia). That doesn't square with the government's May 2012 announcement (A $1.4 billion), or L-3's own announcement at the time (about $600 million, split between the buy and support/ spares). ANAO are the auditors, so we're inclined to go with their figure for future reference. ANAO.
Australia decides to sole-source the C-27J, but has to buy new; Airbus not happy; Spare parts deal; RAAF C-130Hs retired.
Dec 13/12: Support. L-3 Communications Corp. in Waco, TX receives an $80.3 million firm-fixed price contract for long-lead spare aircraft parts required to support the C-27J. The contract involves foreign military sales to Australia.
Work will be performed in Waco, TX and Torino, Italy, and is expected to be completed by July 29/13. The ASC/WLVK at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH manages this contract, on behalf of its Foreign Military Sale client (FA8625-13-C-6597).
Nov 30/12: C-130H. Australia retires its 12 C-130H aircraft early. It was supposed to happen in 2016, but Australia decided to save maintenance and operating costs. Meanwhile, the country grew its C-17 fleet instead, and will depend on its C-27Js to pick up some of the slack.
Of the 12 C-130Hs, 1 will be kept on the ground at RAAF Base Richmond for training purposes, 4 will be transferred to the Indonesian Air Force, 1 will go to the Air Force Museum at RAAF Base Point Cook, and DoD is "inestigating options" for the other 6. Sources: Australia DoD, "C-130H Hercules retired from service".
C-130H fleet retired
June 3/12: Licensed. The Australian government announces an A$ 63 million contract with Alenia Aermacchi, bringing total spending on the project so far to around A$ 380 million.
This contract covers some maintenance and training services, plus authorization to have maintenance, training, and aircraft modifications done by 3rd parties. That opens the door for competitive processes, and for Australian companies, but Australia must make those final selections, and established vendors could certainly compete.
May 31/12: Aircraft contract. L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, LP in Greenville, TX receives a $321.8 million firm-fixed-price contract to buy 10 C-27J aircraft, 10 option kits, 1 lot each of production cost and software reports, and 1 lot each of contractor logistic support cost and software reports.
Recall the USD$ 1.275 billion total cost (vid. May 10/12); this is just a portion of that, for the base aircraft. Work will be performed in Greenville, TX, and will be complete by May 24/12. The ASC/WLNJ at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH manages the contract, on behalf of its Australian FMS client (W58RGZ-07-D-0099, 0078).
May 11/12: Controversy. An Airbus Military statement shortly after the announcement sets off a controversy about the award. In brief, it says that by not following a full competitive process, Australia turned down an A$ 400 million sale that would have involved more Australian companies, and could have been delivered within 6 months, instead of an A$ 1.4 billion FMS deal that takes until 2015. Bottom line?
"[The C-27J] will be delivered in 2015 only… and did not achieve the desired reliability or mission availability rates when deployed [by the USA] to Afghanistan. Despite Airbus Military expending considerable resources responding to enquiries and requests for rudimentary information, we are concerned that the outcome may have been pre-determined from the start."
Australia's DoD responds. They say there was a competition, but concede that it only went as far as initial requests about basic aircraft data and capabilities, plus costing data. They say that the C-27J won on capabilities, as the DoD/RAAF team concluded that: "The C-27J flies higher, further, faster and can access more airfields in our area of interest… [while the] C-295 is unable to carry some of the equipment [we wanted]." Delivery date isn't addressed, but presumably the RAAF accepted later delivery in order to get these capabilities.
In terms of cost, DoD responds that their announced A$ 1.4 billion figure includes elements like training, spares, and long-term maintenance that go far beyond the purchase cost. "Airbus would be aware of these essential program costs… through its own experience with the KC-30A [aerial tanker]." Post-award releases can help us evaluate that, though the breakdown must be done by inference. According to L-3's release, the breakdown is about USD$ 300 million for the aircraft, and another $300 million for initial support and training. By process of subtraction, that leaves about $675 million/ EUR 462 million. Those monies are left to cover Alenia Aermacchi's long-term maintenance contract, and may also cover some of the defensive items and electronics that the RAAF will be adding. Australia DoD response | The Age | Canberra Times | Plane Talking, with full Airbus statement.
May 10/12: Buying new. The Australian government agrees to buy 10 C-27J Spartan light transports from Alenia, for A$ 1.4 billion (EUR 873 million/ $1.275 billion). Though they're buying new planes from Alenia's production line in Italy, the initial purchase and training will be conducted as a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) arrangement with the United States, and L-3 Communications will act as the lead contractor and perform equipment fit-outs. Long-term maintenance, however, will be a direct contract with Alenia.
Overall, it's an offsetting move for the RAAF, not a Caribou replacement. At the same time, Australia is retiring its 8 remaining C-130H transports early, by 2013. That makes the Spartans a straight substitution for the older C-130H, offering lower per-plane operating costs and RAAF C-130J engine/ avionics commonality. The Australian government also saw its short-field takeoff capability as a competitive differentiator, noting that:
"In Australia, the C-27J can access over 1900 airfields compared to around 500 for the C-130 Hercules aircraft. In our region, the C-27J will be able to access over 400 airfields compared to around 200 for the C-130 Hercules aircraft."
Australia's C-27Js will be sent in harm's way, so they'll be equipped with missile warning systems, electronic self protection, secure communications, and some internal armoring. The first aircraft are expected to be delivered in 2015 to RAAFB Richmond near Sydney, with Initial Operating Capability scheduled for the end of 2016. Australia DoD | Minister's speech | Alenia Aermacchi | L-3.
C-27J wins the contract
April 16/12: Approved. Project AIR 8000 Phase 2 gets combined pass government approval, with an A$ 1.403 billion budget. Source: ANAO Report No.3 2013–14.
Feb 27/12: Better buy new. Alenia Aermacchi CEO Giuseppi Giordo gives an interview at Singapore's air show, which throws a major wrench in American plans to re-sell the C-27J fleet. The contract itself reportedly has clauses that given Alenia discretion over resales, and if the USAF doesn't reassign or store the Spartans:
"In fact, we will do our best – not only us, but the Italian government – not to support those planes. They can sell, but as the original equipment manufacturer, I will not give spares, not guarantee configuration control, and so on… First of all, the price that we have with the U.S. government is a very, very, low, low price because to win the competition we had to reduce the price. Second, the volume at the beginning was 145, then 78, then 38, now 21 with firm, fixed price. We are losing money. So, how can I allow the U.S. government to sell 21 airplanes they have in their inventory where I lose money and they also kill my international marketing?"
Alenia is perfectly within its rights here, on all points. It may be possible for a customer to get support anyway, via separate deal with Rolls Royce for the engines, a similar direct relationship approach for avionics, and a combination of locally-engineered and gray market parts. On the other hand, it would be expensive and risky. Defense News | Lexington Institute.
Jan 26/12: Buy used? Preliminary FY 2013 budget materials discuss coming shifts in Pentagon priorities, as the US defense department moves to make future cuts. The USAF's 38-plane C-27 fleet will now be eliminated entirely, and sold:
"The new strategic guidance emphasizes flexibility and adaptability. The C-27J was developed and procured to provide a niche capability to directly support Army urgent needs in difficult environments such as Afghanistan where we thought the C?130 might not be able to operate effectively. However, in practice, we did not experience the anticipated airfield constraints for C-130 operations in Afghanistan and expect these constraints to be marginal in future scenarios. Since we have ample inventory of C-130s and the current cost to own and operate them is lower, we no longer need – nor can we afford – a niche capability like the C-?27J aircraft. The Air Force and the Army will establish joint doctrine relating to direct support."
Australia had wanted to interoperate with the USAF's JCA, and a second-hand JCA sale could guarantee that. Canada has also been touted as an export destination, for its search and rescue needs. Pentagon release | "Defense Budget Priorities and Choices" [PDF]
Jan 11/12: Made-up their minds? Australia's Herald Sun quotes unnamed "insiders,"who say that Australia's government intends to sign a sole-source contract for 10 C-27Js in the first half of 2012. Airbus continues to lobby for a formal competition against its C295, touting a $300 million fuel savings over the life of the fleet. On the other hand, Australia wants the planes to inter-operate with the USAF's Joint Cargo Aircraft C-27J fleet, including the planes' electronics and communications, and also wants to avoid the delays of another competition.
The deal is rumored to be A$ 1.5 billion, which is larger than the DSCA request, and would have to include additional long term support contracts. The Herald Sun adds that Alenia has offered a lower price for the C-27J if Australia avoids a Foreign Military Sale deal through L-3, but Australia's push for JCA commonality reportedly scuttled that proposal as well.
Caribous retire without replacement; C-27J Letter of Request sent.
Dec 19/11: Australia's LoR has become a formal DSCA request [PDF] to buy up to 10 C-27J Spartan light tactical transports to replace its 14 retired DHC-4s, and partly replace the 12 C-130H Hercules medium tactical transports that Australia intends to retire by 2016.
The cost is estimated at up to $950 million, but actual pricing would depend on negotiations, which can begin after the 15-day notification limit that Australia shares with NATO and other very close allies. Australia is also trying to decide whether or not to pursue a sole-source buy, which may introduce additional delays.
Since they're buying through the USA, the prime contractor isn't Alenia, but rather their US Joint Cargo Aircraft contract lead: L-3 Integrated Systems Group in Waco, TX. Australia wouldn't need any addition US government or contractor personnel in Australia if the sale takes place. What it does want, along with the 10 planes, is:
* 23 Rolls Royce AE2100D2 engines (20 equipped, 3 spares)
* 12 Electronic Warfare Self Protection Suites,type unnamed
* 12 AAR-47Av2 Missile Warning Systems
* 12 ALE-47V Threat Adaptive Countermeasures Dispensing Systems
* 12 APR-39Bv2 Radar Warning Receivers
* 13 AN/APN-241 Radar Systems
* 44 AN/ARC-210 Warrior Very High Frequency/Ultra High Frequency Communication Systems
* 12 KY-100 narrowband/wideband secure communication terminals
* 12 HF 9550 Radios
* 12 APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (with Mode 4)
* 14 Blue Force Tracker computers that show the location of friendly forces, and allow messaging
* 12 Portable Flight Mission Planning Systems
* Operational Flight Simulator, Fuselage, and Maintenance trainers, as well as other personnel training and training equipment
* Plus other support and test equipment, repair and return, spare and repair parts, aircraft ferry and tanker support to Australia, publications and technical data, and U.S. Government and contractor support.
DSCA request: 10 C-27Js
Oct 19/11: Australia's government announces that they have sent a formal Letter of Request to the USA re: the C-27J Spartan, to meet the needs of project AIR 8000, Phase 2 with up to 10 planes.
"The capability gap has to date been partially met by the C-130J and C-130H Hercules aircraft, the Interim Light Transport aircraft (8 small Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft) and helicopters. The C-130H is due to retire in 2013, although Defence is developing a proposal to retain these aircraft until 2016… Due to the pending closure of the production line for US Air National Guard aircraft the Government has authorised Defence to issue a non-binding/ no-commitment Letter of Request seeking price and availability information… Defence anticipates receiving a response to the Letter of Request by February 2012."
The release says that other aircraft will also be considered, and specifically names Airbus Military's C-295. On the other hand, it also says that the response to their LoR will determine "whether a broader tender process will be pursued," implying the possibility of a sole-source buy. Australia DoD | Australian Aviation | Australian Defence Magazine.
Feb 19/09: Labor Party defense minister Joel Fitzgibbon announces the retirement of Australia's Caribou fleet after 45 years of service in Australia and abroad:
"…the Caribou fleet is suffering badly from a range of ageing aircraft issues, and contains asbestos parts which I am determined to weed out of the Defence Force. Despite its outstanding track record, the Caribou is now well beyond its sustainable life of type. The Caribou fleet suffers from corrosion, fatigue and obsolescence issues that make them increasingly difficult and costly to maintain… struggling to achieve four to five serviceable aircraft at any one time… it is a tribute to the outstanding work of 38 Squadron aircrew, technicians and support personnel that the Caribou has been able to operate as long as it has."
Project Air 8000 Phase 2 plans to deliver a replacement in 2013. As an interim measure, a leased fleet of 5 more Hawker Pacific B300 King Air twin-turboprops will be used for light air transport tasks with Townsville's 38 Squadron, who will also get the Army's 3 King Air 350s. Australia DoD.
Caribous retire,
Beechcraft B200/350s to fill the gap
Additional Readings
Background: Australia's Efforts
* Australian Government – AIR 8000. Phase 1 was effectively canceled, and its 2 additional C-130J medium transports were replaced by 2 more C-17A heavy transports instead.
* ANAO Report No.3 2013–14 (Aug 15/13) – AIR 8000 Phase 2 — C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlift Aircraft, Department of Defence [PDF]
* DID – The USA's C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft. that contract would prove very consequential in Australia as well.
* DID – Australia's 2009 Defense White Paper
* Air Power Australia – AIR 5190 – The Perennial Lightweight Project – analysis of an Australian defence acquisition. AIR 8000 Phase 2 predecessor, begun in 1976.
Background: Aircraft
* RAAF – King Air 350 Multi-role Trainer & Transport
* RAAF – DHC-4 Caribou light transport
* Alenia North America – C-27J Spartan Tactical Transport Aircraft
* Airbus Military – C295
* Wikipedia – PZL M28


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