E-BOOKLET -Occultic Practices & Beliefs Crossing Into Charismatic Revivalism

In many places today, the church has become rife with spiritual things that bear no resemblance to biblical Christianity. Spiritually blind leaders, excessive false teaching and false prophecy, and experience-driven practices rooted in mysticism and the occult have become common.

Due to biblical illiteracy and the extreme lack of discernment among most popular voices today, churchgoers listen to—and often put up with—the teachings, prophecies, and claims, no matter how outlandish and unscriptural they may be. As a result of Scripture twisting, spiritual manipulation, and the inclusion of satanic manifestations and counterfeits of God’s Spirit, mass confusion ensues in many churches and movements.

Unknown to many Christians, occult (hidden/unseen) demonic spiritual forces (“seducing spirits,” 1 Timothy 4:1) masquerade as the Holy Spirit but are really counterfeit “angel[s] of light” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). New Age/occult practitioners view these powers as “the force,” “energy,” Ch’i, Ki, Qi (Qigong), Kundalini Shakti, Feng Shui, “universal vital/life energy,” an impersonal “it,” and more. Most Christians appear to be utterly ignorant of this.

In counterfeit Christian revivals and “signs and wonders” movements, these demonic powers produce manifestations identical to the paranormal phenomena in New Age/mystical and occult settings. Many Christians are experiencing unbiblical manifestations which can lead to severe demonic oppression. Also, there are varying forms of demon possession among non-Christians. This occult “presence” can be psychically sensed, physically felt, emotionally yielded to, and manipulated at will by gurus, influential magical practitioners, and even false teachers and false prophets within the church.