Zen Gardner, conspiracy guru and trusted friend of David Icke, has been forced to come clean about his years as a leader of notorious pedophile cult, The Children of God, also known as The Family and The Family International.
The cult has been forced to change its name and flee one South American country after another in recent years after revelations about their sick child abuse practises and doctrine have come to light.
Currently using the name Don Ferguson, but well known on the internet as Zen Gardner, the high profile conspiracy guru joined the The Family at the age of 22 to escape an abusive childhood. He remained in the cult for 27 years, working his way up the ranks to become a leader, teacher and media chief in charge of “image management.”
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An image manager’s job in a pedophile cult would likely involve painting a rosy picture of the cult as wholesome to the outside world.
However Zen Gardner, in a blog post titled My Missing Years, is now attempting to play the victim and blame the cult leadership – of which he was a part – for the cult’s depravities. He is attempting to downplay his personal involvement by blaming the same cult whose image it was once his job to massage.
It is unlikely that somebody who spent 27 years of their adult life in a pedophile cult, rising through the ranks to become a leader and media chief, would not have some idea of what was going on behind the scenes. That is not how cults work.
The Children of God were founded by David “Moses” Berg (known as “Dad” to cult members) who led the group until his death in 1994. The son of American pentecostal evangelists, Berg was a nymphomaniac who had been sexually abused as a child.
He preached the virtues of free-for-all sex, including pedophilia and incest, under the guise of religious observance, and advocated sex with minors. His only caveat was the assertion “as long as it is done in love.”
The job of the cult’s leadership is to teach the “Mo letters” – doctrinal writings handed down by Berg that governed all aspects of members’ lives.
Parts of the “Mo letters” promote horrific assaults on children and ritual sexual abuse of women and minors. Children are taught it is their role to sexually “service adults.” It is not clear whether Zen promoted this aspect of Berg’s teachings or not.
“I practise what I preach. And I preach sex, boys and girls,” Berg wrote in one of his “Mo Letters.”
Zen Gardner built up a committed online following, presenting himself as a guru of love and light, whilst keeping his past job a secret. David Icke, a trusted friend of Gardner’s, even considered giving the former cult leader his own programme on The People’s Voice Internet TV station (luckily it was not David’s decision to make, so this did not come to fruition).
David Icke’s Credentials
Icke champions himself as a child abuse researcher and exposer of pedophilia, however this is not the first time he has been exposed as associating with someone closely connected to child abuse.
In the 1980s Icke was a BBC colleague of shamed predator Jimmy Savile. According to former BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Murray, “absolutely everybody knew about” Savile’s behaviour (ITV, 13 November 2012).
Former BBC personality Bill Oddie said that Savile’s activities were a ‘running sick joke’ at the BBC. “The idea that youngsters were prey – everybody knew that.”
However Icke did not raise the alarm on his fellow BBC presenter. If you have been paying attention to him these past few years you will have noticed he led his coverage of the Savile scandal with the claim that since the 1990s, when he asserts ‘unimpeachable sources’ informed him of Savile’s true nature, he has ‘told those who would listen’ about Savile’s ‘pedophilia and necrophilia’ (“Jimmy Savile… Doorman to the Cesspit,” David Icke newsletter, 14 October 2012) and that he had ‘named’ Savile as a predatory pedophile ‘such a long time ago’ (David Icke Newsletter, 3 November 2012).
His claims of being a lone voice attempting to convince the disbelieving masses for decades was even repeated without question in the mainstream media.
But the fact is, before Jimmy Savile’s crimes were reported by the mainstream media, Icke mentioned him a total of zero times.
Not once, despite naming a multitude of others as pedophiles: George Bush Snr, Bill Clinton, Boxcar Willie, Kris Kristofferson, and many others. Not until Savile was dead and the whole mainstream media was swarming over his cadaver did Icke dare to so much as mention his name in his work.
Accountability
David Icke has built a career in part by championing himself as a pedophile exposer. He claims he is one of the best. And now an associate/friend of his – who he has promoted and been promoted by over the years – has confessed he spent 27 years, many of them in a leadership position, inside a notorious pedophile cult. And David Icke has remained silent on the issue.
Worse than silent, in fact. It appears initial discussion of Zen Gardner’s confession was suppressed on the official David Icke forum.
We emailed David Icke asking if he had any comment:
“Given that Zen is a friend and supporter of your work, I wondered if you had any comment on this recent peice of news?”
David Icke, via his son Jaymie, responded with a torrent of personal abuse, and attempted to deflect from the issue by claiming he has never (physically) met Zen Gardner.
“You are not a ‘writer’ at all. You are a professional clickbait headline merchant who is a disgrace to everything the alternative media represents. Your boss is Sean Adl-Tabatabai, a bitter former webmaster at Davidicke.com, and the point of your ‘article’ will be to try to damage me by association with someone I have never met. But then that’s the level at which you operate so no one will be at all surprised. Much of the alternative media has already sussed you and the rest will follow eventually.
I expect to be quoted in full. “
David Icke’s claim that he has “never met” Zen Gardner is disingenuous. He may not have met Zen Gardner in person, but the internet is awash with videos featuring the two in discussion. Is this famously straight-talking proponent of truth now operating on the level of court room obfuscation and misdirection? Bill Clinton’s “That depends what the definition of ‘is’ is” comes to mind.
Alternative Media Old Boys Club
The tone of Icke’s response suggests he was hoping to completely cover up the scandal. He did not want to mention anything about Zen Gardner to his fans. He is aware that being a big supporter of Zen’s work over the years now puts him in an embarrassing position that many of his own fans would like him to address. However, Icke refused to address the issue we emailed him about.
If so-called pillars of the alternative community refuse to deal with difficult issues, and attempt to bluff and misdirect, what hope is there for the alternative media? These ‘gurus’ must be held accountable for their actions, and not be allowed to get away with covering up each other’s misdeeds in the same manner as the elite they claim to oppose.
Baxter Dmitry
Email: baxter@thepeoplesvoice.tv
Perhaps you are right. David Icke should address the issue of his support for zen Gardner. However,to suggest,which you are,that David Icke has anything but total abhorrence for the evil of child abuse in what ever form it takes would be in itself be abhorrent. Icke has built up an awareness encouraging action to combat this awful disease in humanity. Long may he continue his quest without the interference of the misinformed.
This is a pretty shameful endorsement of a supposed anti-pedophile who supports, and gains support from, a pedophile. Shame on you.
There is not always guilt by association, don’t ever lose focus of this or we condemn many innocent otherwise!
So David Ike knows a paedophile. Go figure! And they are such a rare phenomenon as well. How shocking!!?
That they work in unison with each other? Yes, pretty shocking.
Been waiting a long time for this.
You do realize that’s not his real name, don’t you? If you ever listen to his videos you would know that. Stop it.
You mentioned Zen. You are a paedophile. Oops now I mentioned him. Now I’m one too. Dammit. And I once sang along to Gary Glitter. But it was before he was found out. Honest. Shit. No. You got be bang to rights. I’m a filthy fucking peado cunt like anyone who has ever had a notion of the existence of the concept. And this site is a peadophile information network because it allows people to write the word and vaguely talk around the subject. I’m going for a shower. I’m sullied and ashamed. Peadophile. There I said it again…
Low quality journalism.
The main point is to expose Zen, not out of hatred, but for the children and for Zen, as well. To not be enablers to any of thisl let’s not lose focus of that. Children everywhere are falling victim to this devastating dominance/torture. There is not enough remorse or compassion in Zen’s response to all this. By remorse I refer to him involving himself in a pedo cult and helping to advance its agenda. You can’t be almost 50 years old and have invested most of your adult life in an enterprise and not understand it M.O., especially if you rose to the top to be come a leader. What exactly his contribution was to this cruel debauchery is not clear, but if he really wants to make good on his reputation (and his soul), he should dedicate the rest of his life to preventing pedophilia and exposing all who perpetrate it, especially cults that have kids trapped. He said he’d do something like that, but he’s going to have to get a lot more humble and honest. I am hard-pressed to not hate, and I work on that. But this abuse must be more fully addressed. As far as trust go, sorry Zen, maybe next life-time. And to all those who would excuse him or cover for him or are stuck in some kind or hero-worship of him… please, just ask yourself, are you really helping him or humanity by not demanding something more from him, something that really shows he understands what he was part of? Tip of the hat to all who are willing to shine a light on this.
If Icke is such a great paedophile detective, why did he run with the Hollie Greig Hoax for so many years? Why does he support groups like UK Column who perpetually run paedophile hoax stories such as the Hampstead Hoax? Didn’t Ritchie Allen even have those hoaxers on his show?
David Icke does not give a toss about child abuse. He just knows that stories about child abuse and evil satanic paedophiles get him lots of views on his forum and website. And as Icke said in his response to this article, that equals money.
Very good point well made!
I disagree with you and Green Bottle. The Hampstead and Hollie Greig cases are cover ups, not hoaxes.
Hsmstead hoax? Are you kidding? Hamstead satanic cult is not an hoax is the biggest cover up ever. How can you believe it’s a hoax? How can those children invent such such a story? The father is a a satanist, liar bastard should be chemically castrated and jailed for life together with all the other scumbags involved.
and you associated w david icke, i guess that makes you “one of them”
Hmmmm Mr Icke not outing Jimmy Savile until after the event. An interesting point and one to consider. I am sure given his abhorrence and stance on child abuse he will shortly address the Zen situation.
Correction by after the event I mean to say after it became public knowledge following his death.
You don’t read Icke’s material or follow his videos, do you? This is not what happened.
It is what happened. I challenge you to find a single mention of Savile in any of Icke’s work until AFTER mainstream media exposed him.
Whatever the case David is doing valuable work. He himself is not accused of committing any crime.
I think it’s people trying – as they do – to knock David down because he is doing such powerful work.
Is David supposed to investigate everyone he talks to?
If he makes friends with paedos, he can’t be much of a paedo detective.
He isnt a friend they have never even met. Some people how strange ideas of what a friend is.
He’s not a detective, he’s a researcher. He “made friends” with zen probably because he was a fellow researcher in the same field. So like thedave said, should he have to background check everyone he speaks to? Do you?
i’ve no doubt mr icke will address the zen gardner situation, the fact that zen gardner put mr ickes reputation on the line and then called him a friend and mentor is enough to warrant an investigation, 27 years of systematic child abuse torture and sex trafficking (his own children!!) is something mr icke will not let go by
This article is what Zen’s kid said it was, clickbait! Did you actually READ the confession? This was just an excuse to trash Icke. Zen now has come out and admitted his involvement in the cult. Not everyone who is in cults participates or knows about everything. You made a lot of assumptions here with little evidence. This is exactly the kind of garbage journalism that has most people on the planet today not trusting what they read.
zen was a leader of the cult and propaganda was his game, to think zen gardner didn’t know about the child rape, torture and sex trafficking of children is preposterous. to think he wasn’t a participant is ludicrous. of course david icke was unaware but now he must expose zen gardner don ferguson for what he is, if the alt media doesn’t expose their own it leaves many wondering who can be trusted
It’s very curious that there are so many people on here, apparently endorsing this partnership. But then, pedophiles, like all predators, are known to lurk around their victims, waiting for a chance to victimize them some more. Defend your hero some more, it’s very telling of you people.
David Icke denies global cooking. He says it’s a hoax but never backs it up with ANY evidence. This has made me suspicious of him for a long time. That is how the illuminati could work – by having people like Icke saying the truth almost all the time, but just dropping in things like “climate change is a hoax” like a vocal subliminal message. Because the thrust of the message to society now is “keep burning fossil fuels” as the oil companies try to milk whatever they can while they can. They know we’re going to be horrified when the truth comes out fully and fossil fuels will be phased out.
Can make a correction about ZG being a nymphomaniac, unless he’s a woman, it’d be satyriasis.
nym·pho·ma·ni·a (nim’fō-mā’nē-ă),
An insatiable impulse to engage in sexual behavior in a female; the counterpart of satyriasis in a male.
[nympho- + G. mania, frenzy]
He said she said…? Where is a transcript of Zen spilling his gut about the paedophilia..? Facts…!!!
So going by this logic, every person who had interviews or dealings with Zen Gardner, Jimmy Saville or any pedophile throughout history are guilty of pedophilia as well? This is so pathetic it’s embarrassing! smh
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The PSYOPS which rains on us these last 6 months has reached critical mass, that means there will a few more small ones and a BIG one real soon.
One of the objectives is to demoralize the spiritual comunity and humanity as a whole, by breaking our trust and put us in panic mode.
All the staged terror atacks, the trans gender issue, black controled drones of Sorros matter, the gay attack on cristianity, the abolishment of the white race, all the celebrities and public figures being outed as pedhopiles and rapists- are all psyops which will increase drasticly.
I really believe that many people involved in this field [ UFO + spirituality etc ] are agents and evil or semi-evil people and we will have to face that many, if not all of us ,have been deceived in some form .
Those who know what service to others really means and they”re in touch with their higher selfs will know the truth .
The persecution of Zen Gardner by the ‘alternative’ media is telling. Zen had the most inspiring and educational website on the internet, and I loved reading the spiritually and intellectually enlightening information there. He featured some of the best people’s work, including his own writing. That website helped me heal from years of traumatic abuse as a “targeted individual”, and I’m sad we can’t access it anymore. I’ve read David Icke’s books, and like his work too, but Zen has more helpful incite and wisdom than Icke, We used to call that cult he belonged to “Jesus Freaks” back in the day, and I remember how they seemed like hippies, but without the drugs. Only a small percentage of them were into the improper/criminal sexual activities, and Zen was NOT one of them. When he finally learned what was happening, he got himself and his family out of the cult. I know that, because he explained it all on his website, and I believe him because he is an honest person, unlike the people who attack him. When he began his website it didn’t seem like a good idea to discuss his past, because he knew people might misunderstand what he went through, as obviously happened. When he was about to be ‘outed’, he then came out himself and explained what had happened, and I believe every word he said. I have never met Zen, but after reading his work for many years now consider him a dear friend. I hope his website will be back online in the future, but the way things are going now that seems doubtful. It’s saddening to see all the attacks on him, but they are useful for outing the fake ‘alternative’ websites…
I am not sure that ignorance of someones elses crime makes you gulity of anything. If that were true then everyone would be guilty.
This is the link between them all
http://olivefarmercrete.blogspot.gr/2016/11/humanheartedness.html
Oh wow. I watched that Icke and “Zen Gardner” interview the other day having no idea who this man was and found myself brimming with annoyance. This “Zen” guy sits there (being called Zen) nodding and agreeing as if he is the fountain of all wisdom who has discovered some sort of superior knowledge that the rest of us aren’t enlightened enough to see. I had him down as simply being a self righteous annoying new age type but now it turns out that he is a complete wrong’un.
As for Icke his comments about you not being a writer are laughable considering the plagiarized shite he pumps out. I love Icke’s tale near the end of that video about “a friend” who knocks about with rich oil people on the ilse of wight, a friend yeah Dave? Yeah right, haha, going back to the isle and parlaying with the wealthy elites while your fans live in bedsits worrying about lizard people are we?
An article from Baxter Dmitry, there. The only person who can confidently say he has never unwittingly spoken to a pedophile. What a great, great man. If only we all confirmed the sexual history of people before holding conversations with them. Again, what a great man of truth and dignity.
I still believe David Icke is doing important brave work.
“Love has become something of a worn out, ill defined idea” —–what the hell does that even mean? http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/06/02/the-mirror-and-the-choice/
Why do you never address your past, Don Ferguson? Too late now for you to just be honest, have integrity, and perhaps help some of the victims, by writing about what was in your mind when you worked to become the head of public relations and media as the 27 year veteran of the notorious cult ‘Children of God’ whose pedophile leader prayed on children?
i must say this in david ickes defence: we must always make our assesment on what we know- i dont know if david knew in advance about this person. we dont know whether david was threatened over ‘the saville situ’ whilst at the bbc. i wonder did this knowledge lead to davids ‘awakening’. if you wasnt alive during the 70’s and 80’s, then it would almost impossible to comprehend savilles fame and profile. look at dando… ok, david was a bbc big wig in the sports dep, but he threw a massive (and i mean massive) career away. he left the bbc at the very pinnicle of his fame. not many would of. at the time there were only 3 channels on tv. tv wasnt 24hrs a day. the was a ‘switch off’ at childrens bedtime. you honestly had to have lived it too understand. he now puts his face out there, his head above the parapit and we need all the help we can get.
Well, if he “threw a massive career away” he could just as well have said something about Savile, as he did not have anything to lose. But he didn’t.
Btw, he also gained a massive career in return. His estimated net worth is – depending on the source – between 5 and 14 million euro.
David Icke is controlled opposition. First he managed this psyop about “reptoids”, then he changed his mind and talked about “archons”, now he claims everything we perceive as reality is a hologram.
He is able to claim with impunity that the Queen is a shapeshifting reptilian, slaughters children and drinks their blood. He can fill Wembley Stadium, but apparently he cannot talk about the Rothschilds and their satanic network.
Considering this, it may give you a hint who are the real evils in this world, who’s controlling whom.