Interesting posts to see this morning.
Like others am wary of going down THAT rabbit hole, but I will say three things.
The first - follow the money / power. That is usually the bottom line of any organisation that seeks to insert itself into wide reaching political affairs. See Scientology:
“You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”
― L. Ron Hubbard
Secondly, we humans want answers and solutions and stability while we go about our biologically driven impulsive lives. You can make anything sound reasonable to a person if it solves their immediate problem / need, if couched in language that resonates, hence propaganda.
Finally, I really boggle at the fact that people making huge political decisions are still allowed to use the "because the deity / spirit / whatever is on my side / working through me" when doing so. So yes, discussing underlying ideologies of various influential organisations should not be off the table.
Now that we have science and other rational means of explaining the world etc, religion / spirituality should have no part in policy making. The caveat is we should practise humanitarianism and the fair and just treatment of all. Untangling the last 2000 years of the tug of war between this group and that group and the "I've got the answer you haven't" when more and more people discover an insidious way to get a foothold in the modern world is a monumental task.
For the record, I have an interest in the esoteric and occult myself, but don't tend to practise anything or name myself as anything because I don't know what the truth is. We only have the regurgitated thoughts, philosophies and writings of people who may have been under the influence of hallucinogenics for all I know. I've experienced high weirdness, but it doesn't change how I approach my life - do what I can for those around me, try not to harm anyone, basically keep my head down as an average human being with flaws.
I keep saying it - we live in strange and interesting times, made moreso by the constant stream of information and rapidly developing technology. Whatever direction we are being pulled in by those in charge, when we see the creep of ideology and marginalisation we are within our rights to question it and push back.