“As for the elite itself, you are wrong to think that it can be blown off with a revolution,” condescendingly grinned Ariman, “Often the elite itself orders this very revolution, the wave of which merely wipes off puppets out of favor with the elite in order to put new ones in their place. Perhaps, I’ll tell you a history about this world elite so that you’ll have a better understanding of the matter.
“Their ancestors per se were individuals who tried to save knowledge of the previous civilization, including the knowledge of so-called supernatural capabilities. They have been passing this knowledge only hereditary; in extremis they found themselves successors. That is in practice they’ve retained and improved this knowledge from one generation to another, keeping it in secret from people. When humankind significantly increased in terms of population and there appeared foundations of social and economic formation, chieftain leaders showed up. However, behind the visible power of those actually there were ‘knowledge keepers’ or, as they liked to call themselves, the ‘minions of gods and spirits’. Not only did they consult the chieftains, but in fact they were skillfully manipulating them, making them carry out their commands. This group of special people had various names: shamans, sorcerers, wizards, priests, and so on. Their real name, however, is Archons.
“Translated from Greek it means ‘chiefs’, ‘rulers’. But if you go deeper into history, the true sense of this word shall be revealed as it means ‘the rulers of the world’. So, practically the Archons separated themselves into a distinctive caste of intermediaries between people and higher powers, later named gods. A chieftain of a tribe was a public person, had responsibility for his tribe, and was under power of an Archon. The Archon, actually governing the tribe through the chieftain, always remained in the shade. This secrecy gave him more opportunities for real manipulations over people. While chieftain leaders were chosen by people of the tribe, the Archon passed his ‘magical art’ of real power only to his successor. In other words, a distinctive caste was being formed, in the hands of which a real power was concentrated. The more this caste consolidated its power, the more toil – for its benefit – it gave to other members of the society. Noteworthily, it is this group that usurped principal knowledge later on, thus subordinating other people to their needs. This is exactly the first elite of this civilization.”
“Were there many of them at that time?” inquired Kostya.
“No. Their quantity is fixed. At that time and presently there are twelve people plus one Chief Archon, who is at the head of them.”
“Why exactly twelve?”
“Because this civilization originates from twelve human families. The Archons of the present are direct successors of the first twelve Archons. Now then, alongside the growth of human population Archons continued to grow in art of people control and manipulation. As they say, few people – few chiefs. Many people – many chiefs. They created a so-called artificial elite, placing their marionettes all over the world, who ruled over entire nations. Moreover, it is they who elaborated and implemented one of the most curious form of mind manipulation and governance over people – religion. The Archons based this artificially created form of public conscience transformation on the two strongest human stimuli: belief and fear. They added some drops of the true knowledge, putting them into an appropriate shape for a greater servility of the crowd and perpetuated this serfdom through monopolizing of the spiritual culture...
