Showing posts with label demonic influence. Show all posts
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Crystals in the Occult
In this video I talk about the common perception of crystals as a harmless or even silly superstition and why this is simply not the case.
I don't feel I presented this information as clearly as I should have in the video. So I wanted to summarize the main points:
- The connection between New Age ideas about the "power" of crystals and witchcraft.
- The absence of true supernatural properties within inanimate objects.
- Blessed objects and cursed objects.
- How crystals are used in spellcasting and ceremonial magic.
- The true nature of magic and how our ancestors had a better handle on this than we do.
- My own personal experience of the demonic through the application of crystals.
The Smoke and Mirrors Effect
I believe that one of the reasons I struggle to present content like this in a clear and coherent way is because anything to do with demons is, almost by definition. confusing. Satan does not want us to really understand this stuff - even to the limited degree that we (as humans) are able to grasp it.
That's why everything about the occult is obscure or secret or deceptive!
The occult has become SO mainstream, however, it is important that we do try to understand and discuss it. Even if it can be challenging. This is what I try to do here in the blog and on YouTube - and hope to eventually, God willing, explore further in my testimony ebook.
Please feel free to share any observations or questions on this content, either here in the blog comments or on YouTube and I will do my best to clarify.
Until recently, I thought new age and occult temptation was something I’d left behind completely.
Then there was a night last weekend when I couldn't sleep. And for some reason, I decided to turn to a guided “brain wave meditation” for comfort. This was a meditation I was very familiar with. One that had lulled me to sleep many times when I was deeply involved in the new age.
The meditation itself was expertly produced and there was a seductiveness to it that I welcomed. I listened to it three times over before I fell asleep.
The next day, however, I didn't really feel rested - instead I felt down and kind of off. So I decided to listen to some other meditations on the same YouTube channel. All of which were produced by the same “brain wave” company). Just to see if there was something I had missed.
As I listened to these meditations, I noticed that many of the vibrations and background tracks were unusually deep in pitch. And, underneath the pleasant voice over, I sensed an underlying darkness. It felt malevolent.
I unsubscribed from the "brain wave meditation" YouTube channel and began to think about what had happened. The more I thought about it the more certain I felt. The meditations were dark and I had embraced it.
The fact that this had happened to someone who was well acquainted with the spiritual dangers of the new age – was sobering. And it gave me a new appreciation of the threat this stuff can pose.
And there is a lot of this kind of content. On YouTube and elsewhere.
New Age and the Occult in the Mainstream
Sometimes it seems like the new age and occult is everywhere. Here are a few examples.
- A professional organization to which I belong, the American Holistic Nurses Association, promotes numerous new age modalities.
- The first tier of meditations on my FitBit app are by Deepak Chopra.
- Popular health and wellness resources focus on new age, Eastern and even occult practices.
- YouTube searches for wellness or relaxation or related topics almost always return a host of new age results.
So it’s no surprise really that people consume new age and occult content. Unfortunately, for some this content will serve as a gateway to even deeper involvement in the occult.
I know this because I was of those people. And – as it turns out – still have the protentional to repeat the same mistake.
Even though I know that the new age and occult doesn’t actually offer anything. Even though I know that its guidance is circular, its peace is an illusion, and its tenants are false.
The Good News
The good news is that there are Catholic and Catholic friendly alternatives to everything the new age offers. And - unlike new age and occult practices - these alternatives actually work.
Thinking about all of this this week made me realize that it is important to keep posting on this topic here. I also decided that I want to talk about it on YouTube.
I will be sharing all of my upcoming videos here (and on my BarbaraGraver.com site) but you can also check them out on my YouTube channel too at YouTube.com/c/BarbaraGraver).
And if you can please subscribe!
I've been having some studio issues this week but I hope to get my first video up by the weekend!
My Testimony: From New Age To Christian
This is an audio recording of the first half of my testimony. It focuses on my experience in the New Age and occult and how and why I became a Christian. This testimony was recorded in 2017. When you're done with this video, please check part two of my testimony which talks about how and why I came back to the Catholic Church (New Age To Catholic).
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