The Power of Words in Witchcraft

Well shut my mouth!

I want to emphasize again that we are not to be obsessed with witchcraft.  We should become more and more familiar with the Bible, instead.  But knowing how witchcraft can work can be an important indicator for prayer.  For example, we’ve seen that witchcraft can be built into buildings and monuments, particularly those in Washington, D.C.  Knowing that should direct our prayers for our country and especially for our president.

It’s also important to understand that virtually every element of witchcraft is a satanic counterfeit of a godly practice[1].  For example, we’ve seen that incantation is a satanic counterfeit to prayer and singing worship songs.

In this post and future posts I am going to show you some common habits and objects of witchcraft that many Christians surround themselves with unawares.  I want to help you understand and conquer the witchcraft in your everyday life.  As long as you continue to allow witchcraft to operate in your life, your walk with God will suffer.  God is not going to bless any witchcraft, and the consequences could be severe:

• Children rebel and even walk away from God;
• Marital strife and even divorce;
• Bills and debt pile up;
• It’s impossible to get ahead (much less prosper) despite all efforts;
• Chronic health problems;
• A life full of drama in all relationships;
• Little vices (drinking, gossiping, eating, shopping, gambling, video gaming, etc.) become uncontrollable;
• Chronic depression and thoughts of suicide;
• Family members suffer chronic depression and thoughts of suicide—and perhaps even attempt suicide; and so forth.

I’m not saying that all of these thing will happen to you, but do you want to risk even a few of them happening?  One key thing is to watch what you say.

The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences, (Proverbs 18:21).

Hindrances that you might be practicing with your words

A curse is defined as: “a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power [demon] to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.  Many Christians unknowingly pronounce curses over themselves and their loved ones because these curses have become popular ways to speak.  For example: “Their chocolate cake [or anything desirable] is to die for.”  We’ve all said this, and of course you don’t mean it literally, but that’s the problem with curses: in the spirit realm our words are what count, regardless of our intention.  Of course you’re not saying that you would willingly die for a piece of cake!  Think for a moment about all the sickness and death words you speak over yourself and your loved ones in a day:

“Mom’s gonna kill me when she sees . . .”

“You look like death warmed over”

“It just kills me when they say . . .”

“I could have killed him when he . . .”

“I’m sick and tired of . . .”

“I’m sick to death of . . .”

“If looks could kill . . .”

You might also be pronouncing other kinds of self-defeating curses over yourself:

“My boss hates me.”

“Every time I go to the mailbox there’s another bill.”

“I never have time to myself.”

“I can win for losing.”

“I never know what to say.”

“I’m always running late.”

“I’ll never understand . . .”

“My kid [spouse, boss, whoever] never listens to me.”

And many people when talking about their health “own” the disease, calling it “my cancer” or “my arthritis.”

How about this cute little song, inspired by Disney[2]: “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go!”  The defeated enemy wants to keep you as a slave to a job you hate.  He invented the rat race in order to keep you spinning that little hamster wheel and going nowhere.  But Kingdom economy is different.  God wants to put you to work for His Kingdom doing something that you love to do.  You know what it is that you love doing.  For me, it’s writing.  You might not get a traditional paycheck, but God will not ever fail to pay you for your service.

Listen closely to what you say.  Consider your self-talk.  How do you talk to yourself?  Many years ago I was shocked to notice how many times in a day I called myself stupid.  Is it any wonder that I found myself doing stupid things several times a day?  It took some real effort, but I stopped saying that to myself.  I repeat: in the spirit realm our words are what count, regardless of our intention.

Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips, (Psalm 141:3, NIV).

Another thing that you need to be aware of is speaking the name of any evil being.  Think about it.  When you want to get someone’s attention, you say their name.  Speaking their name gets their attention and often actually calls them.  And even though satan is more of a title, I rarely ever say it.  I also avoid ever pronouncing the name lucifer, the name which he was given in Heaven.  He lost his rights to that name (which means light-bearer) because of rebellion, though he still answers to it.  This is why I have gotten into the habit of calling him the defeated enemy.  I don’t want to call him or catch his attention, but if he’s listening, I want to remind him that he is already defeated.  I also want to remind myself of my position of victory over the defeated enemy.

But there are other names that you might not be aware of (I caution you not to read their names aloud):

Magic Words – abracadabra – There is an Aramaic phrase avra kehdabra, meaning “I will create as I speak[3].”  Though commonly used in magic and conjuring, this is actually the name of a fallen angel[4], identified as an Assyrian god[5].

alakazam – This is a magic and conjuring word that often follows abracadabra.  I wasn’t able to learn much about this spirit, besides its name.  But there is a pokemon character by this name and it evolves from another character called kadabra, which evolved from abra.  You might think that pokemon is harmless, but consider the following:

• pokemon means pocket monster;
• they grow and evolve and have all sorts of magical powers;
• the children who play pokemon develop a relationship with them[6];
• the idea of the “game” is to become the top pokemon master in the world[7];
• the children learn to channel the power of the pokemon through the cards and other paraphernalia of the game;
• the children learn how to cast spells and use psychic powers[8];
• and all this takes place as a fantasy role-playing game—but it’s very real and really demonic.
• The creator of pokemon said that he made it up as a way to rebel against his parents’ Christianity. He admits that pokemon is a satanic creation[9].

It’s best not to speak the name of any of the pokemon characters.  And no matter how innocent or silly the “magic words” seem, like the silly and innocent sounding bibbidy-bobbidy-boo, it’s also best not to say them.  Chances are that there is a demon attached to them.

Foreign or Music Words – abraxas – People from my generation will probably remember this as the title of Carlos Santana’s most popular album[10].  Written abrazas, the word means embrace in Spanish, and this is how I understood it in 1970 when I bought the album.  This is the name of a fallen angel, known as the leader of the archon—rulers among the fallen angels—so a leader among the rulers of the fallen angels.

macarena – Do you know the lyrics to the macarena?  To most of us it just sounds like a lot of gibberish punctuated with hey macarena[11].  It’s about a woman named macarena who has sex with her boyfriend’s two friends while he’s being drafted into the army.  And people play this song at weddings!  That’s not a good way to start a covenant relationship.

While we’re on the subject of music, the song Hotel California is definitely dark.  It was written by members of the Eagles[12] about selling their souls to get fame, fortune, and the American Dream, and the disillusionment when they got it.  Think of the final lyric “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”  Check out means commit suicide.

There are many other popular songs with hidden meanings.  Here are some:

• Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind is about a couple on a crystal meth binge;
• Every Breath You Take by The Police is about stalking an ex-girlfriend;
• Slide by Goo Goo Dolls is about a teenage girl who gets an abortion;
• Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler is a vampire love song, according to songwriter Jim Steinman;
• Waterfalls by TLC is about promiscuity, AIDS, and illegal drugs;
• I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats is about Brenda Ann Spencer who went on a shooting spree at an elementary school in San Diego in 1979;
• Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People is about the thinking of an isolated, psychotic kid that leads him to shoot up a school;
• Poker Face by Lady Gaga is about her bisexuality (wanting to have sex with a woman while having sex with a man);
• Imagine by John Lennon is “virtually the Communist manifesto,” according to Lennon, himself;
• The One I Love by R.E.M. is not a love song at all, but R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck called it “savagely anti-love.” While singer Michael Stipe said that he almost didn’t record the song because it was “too brutal” and “really violent and awful;”
• Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams is about promiscuous sex. The title ’69 is not the year (Adams would have been only ten years old), but about the sexual position.

Within the music industry there is a well-known practice of taking the master[13] recording to a satanic temple.  Former illuminati witch, John Todd, said that every rock musician in America had to become a witch in order to get a recording contract, and that every master recording was taken to a Satanic temple to be possessed by a demon.  Each major record label had its own temple.  Todd recounted a conversation he had with David Crosby after his conversion:

Todd: Do they still bring the master [recording] to the Temple and conjure demons into the master?  Is the purpose of rock music still to use witchcraft, cast spells?

Crosby: Of course.  You know that.

Consider that every time those songs are played (in your car, at your job, in your home), it is calling that demon.  And think about the way these songs program children who hear them again and again.  I wouldn’t recommend listening to any suspect music or singing or dancing to it.  I would rather be in step with God than the defeated enemy.

Biblical Names – Although I said that I try never to say any of these names, the exception is while reading the Bible aloud.  Even then I only speak the name if I absolutely can’t avoid it.  That’s because the Bible is so specific about not speaking their names:

Pay close attention to all My instructions.  You must not call on the name of any other gods.  Do not even speak their names, (Exodus 23:13, emphasis mine)[14].

With that in mind, here are some Biblical and Biblically-related names to avoid speaking:

ba’al and asherah – Many Semitic gods were called ba’al, but particularly among the Canaanites he was worshiped as the god of rain and fertility together with his female counterpart, asherah.  Rites included orgies “under every green tree[15].”  The name ba’al means owner, lord, master, and husband.  Jezebel was a high priestess of ba’al.  Two years ago a replica of the arch of ba’al was put up in New York City.

molech – is the Biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice.  The idol looked like a half-man, half-bull and had a furnace in its belly.  Babies were put into its arms and dropped from there into the furnace and burned alive.  The modern version of molech worship is abortion.  The name is also sometimes spelled moloch, milcom, or malcam.  However you spell it, avoid saying this demon’s name.

dagon – The Philistines worshiped dagon, a fish god, depicted as a merman.  If you’ve ever been to Rome there are statues of mermen all over town[16].  When the Ark of the Covenant was placed in his temple, the statue fell on its face before the Ark[17].

leviathan – Written about in detail in Job 41, this demon has been variously described as a crocodile, a sea serpent, a seven-headed snake, a hippopotamus, and even a brontosaurus.  A survey of the Biblical citations shows that this thing is a demon—a very powerful demon that may be a shapeshifter—that only God, Himself, can deal with[18].  If this demon is too powerful for us, then we sure don’t want to risk accidentally inviting it into our lives.

beelzebub – Mentioned only in the Gospels, this is called the prince or ruler of demons.  It is also called the lord of the flies.  This demon was worshiped by the Philistines.  Many sources equate beezelbub with lucifer.  There is a manga character by this same name.

azazel – This is a fallen angel mentioned in Leviticus and in the Book of Enoch.  He taught humans metal arts to make jewelry and weaponry (swords, knives, shields, and breastplates).  He taught women to use makeup[19], including the use of antimony[20].  During the Feast of Atonement two goats are brought to the temple.  They are chosen by lot: one for the Lord and one for azazel.  The one for the Lord is sacrificed on the altar, while the one for azazel is driven out of town and off a high cliff to its death.

semjaza – This is also a fallen angel mentioned in the Book of Enoch.  He was the leader of the 200 fallen angels that raped human women and fathered the nephilim in Genesis 6:1-2.  He taught the casting of spells, and root-cuttings—so the practice of witchcraft can be traced to this fallen angel.  Enoch states that people brought the giant nephilim all the food they could find, but it wasn’t enough, so the giants started eating the people.  He goes on to say:

And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s flesh, and drink the blood.  Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones, (Enoch 7:5-6).

Sinning against the birds and animals probably means that they ate them.  Up to that point mankind only had permission to eat plants[21].  He is called the angel of pride and the angel of Islam[22].  For leading the 200 fallen angels to sin by raping human women and fathering the nephilim, he has been sent to Tartarus, a prison under the earth:

For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment, (2 Peter 2:4).

And now there’s some New Age idiot that is channeling him.

This is by no means a complete list, but I hope you understand that we need to be very careful about what we say.  God is good!

[1] If you haven’t read Witchcraft Unveiled, I recommend that you do.  It will help you to understand how deeply occultic many everyday elements in our culture have become—and more importantly, how to stand against it.

[2] A known member of the illuminati and a freemason of the 33^rd degree.

[3] I’ll bet you didn’t even know that this is a name.  Consider the power of words.

[4] Fallen angels and demons are different.  Fallen angels have bodies, and the nephilim of Genesis 6:1-2 were fathered by them.  The nephilim were soulless creatures resulting from the union of humans and fallen angels.  As soulless they have no conscience, and therefore no scruples or morals.  When they died (most of them in the flood), they lost their bodies in death, but their spirits remain.  These disembodied spirits are desperate to get back into a body and enjoy all the physical pleasures they enjoyed in life.  This is why demon possession came about.

[5] Now think of all the Biblical history of the Assyrians: not good!  They were the most heartless and fiercest of Israel’s enemies.  Does this sound like someone you want to call?

[6] You might say it’s like an invisible friend, but an invisible monster friend with magical powers?  These are demons.

[7] In New Age terminology a master is someone who controls spirits.

[8] The satanic counterfeit to signs, wonders, miracles, and prophecy.

[9] See Augmented Reality?.

[10] Which included the song Black Magic Woman.

[11] If you want to hear the lyrics in English you can watch this video, but be warned that it’s not a Christian video, so there is some bad language.

[12] Don Henley, Don Felder, and Glenn Frey.

[13] The original recording from which all copies are recorded.  Note that word master again!

[14] See also Deuteronomy 12:3, Joshua 23:7, Psalm 16:4, & Hosea 2:17.

[15] See Deuteronomy 12:2; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4 & 17:10; 2 Chronicles 28:4; Isaiah 57:5; Jeremiah 2:20, 3:6 & 13; Ezekiel 6:13 & 20:28.

[16] I never knew the connection to dagon until researching this post.

[17] See 1 Samuel 5.

[18] See Job 41, Psalm 74:14 & 104:26, and Isaiah 27:1.

[19] Makeup has uses in witchcraft (see Witchcraft Unveiled).

[20] Antimony is a semi-solid metal, number 51 on the table of elements.  Antimony is silvery-white and ancient Egyptians used it as eye makeup.

[21] Permission to eat meat came at the end of the flood when Noah exited the Ark, Genesis 9:1-4.  And the flood, you will remember, was to wipe out the nephilim race and all that carried the fallen angel blood.

[22] This shouldn’t be surprising, since Islam is a witchcraft religion.

Witchcraft Unveiled

Although they’re dancing with demons, witches are nothing for a child of God to fear.

The new direction in my ministry has been to act as God’s Secret Weapon, and specifically breaking down witchcraft strongholds.  The Lord has given me specialized discernment for spotting witches and witchcraft.

This is most definitely not something that I have ever asked for.  In fact, many years ago I was running away from God, and saw so many demons that I begged Him to take the discernment away—I didn’t want to see them anymore.  In my immaturity and rebellion, I neither yielded to God nor used this gifting for the Kingdom.

On this trip to Texas many people have asked about this new direction, which got me thinking about what it all means.  So I asked the Lord: “Why are You using me to come against witchcraft?”  He answered with the following:

Rebellion is like the sin of sorcery, (1 Samuel 15:23a, CJB).

And explained that I was such a rebel when I was young that it was important to use me to break witchcraft strongholds.  Of course, if I said no, He would easily find someone else to do this work.  God doesn’t need me.  It is I who need God.  The importance of using me to break witchcraft strongholds is not only for the benefit of His Kingdom on earth, but primarily important for me as a former rebel.  Submitting myself, my life, my time, and my finances to serving God in this work breaks all the rebellious patterns of my past.  It is an opportunity to enjoy ever-greater blessing in my life.

It occurs to me that most people know very little about witchcraft.  I am not advocating studying witchcraft or any of the defeated enemy’s methods.  We should instead become more and more familiar with the Bible and everything that God says because God’s Word is the most effective antidote to witchcraft or any other method of the defeated enemy.  Nevertheless, it is useful to understand a few things that the defeated enemy’s minions are up to.

Let’s define a few terms—and notice how many of these are direct satanic counterfeits to something Biblical or holy:

Witchcraft / Sorcery – The practice of magic, and invocation of spirits[1]—let’s call them what they are: demons.  I have checked several witchcraft websites, and they universally state that the difference between witchcraft and sorcery is intent: witchcraft is intended for good, while sorcery is intended for evil.  In reality, intent doesn’t matter.  The Bible is very clear on the fact that it is all evil[2].  And it all opens your life to demonic interference, oppression, and possibly possession.

In the spirit realm there are God’s holy angels, evil fallen angels, and demons, which are the disembodied spirits of the nephilim.  Nothing else inhabits the spirit realm.  Since they lost their bodies at death (the majority of them in the Genesis flood), they have one overwhelming desire and goal: to find another body to inhabit.  When you invoke a demon you are giving it permission to interfere in your life—any and every part of your life: your health, your finances, your loved ones, everything becomes subject to demonic interference.  And the demon will seek to inhabit your body (possess it).  If that fails, they will seek out the weakest member of your family to inhabit.  The price of witchcraft or any other occultic practice is terribly high and possibly eternal.

In a nutshell, the motivation behind witchcraft is always power, and the means is always through the use of a demon or demons.  The specific power sought is the power to make others do what the witch want them to do—fall in love with them, for example, or make a decision in their favor, or even die.  It’s often effective because demons are master manipulators, whispering suggestions into the ear of the subject.  If done often enough, it can begin to sound like the person’s own thoughts, and eventually they are likely to act upon the demonic suggestion.

All the rest of the following terms are used in the practice of witchcraft and/or sorcery.

Incantation or Spells – The use of spells (verbal charms) are spoken as a part of ritual magic. They can also be a written or recited formula of words designed to invoke the help of spirits (demons).  When these words are recited or sung with rhythmic drums and/or music, the effect is heightened because the rhythm can lull the witch and/or listeners into a trance.  This trance makes it easier for demons to enter a person.  Rock or Rap music is a powerful way that the defeated enemy uses to indoctrinate the youth.

Muslims use incantation five times a day in the “call to prayer” blasted loudly and continuously for over half an hour from atop the minarets each day.

Incantation is the satanic counterfeit to singing worship songs or praying Bible verses to invite the Holy Spirit’s presence.

Sigils – Sigils are magic symbols, and symbology has always been very important in the occult.  Medieval ceremonial magic used the term sigil to refer to occult signs which represented various demon spirits which the magician could summon.  In other words, sigils were used as a way of calling a particular demon by using its written name.  There are magical training books called grimoires that list these sigils.

Common witchcraft sigils are the pentagram (five-pointed star) and the   Sigils are a satanic counterfeit to holy symbols like the cross.

It’s all satanic–that’s what they either don’t know or don’t want you to know.

Potions – The picture in your mind of a witch stirring a caldron over a fire is largely symbolic these days, and used only in rituals.  However, with or without caldrons, the making of potions remains central to witchcraft.  Potions are sometimes used in conjunction with spells.  They are mixtures formulated to heal, enslave, or even poison people.  This is the satanic counterfeit to natural healing poultices and anointing oils.

The Greek word φαρμακεία (pharmakeia) is the word that the English pharmacy or pharmaceutical comes from.  It appears twice in the Bible: Galatians 5:20 and Revelation 18:23.  It is variously translated as sorcery, witchcraft, and drug use in some of the more modern translations.  I heard a well-known prophet declare that America is under the dominion of the pharmakeia spirit, and I believe it.  There are a few medical doctors that are not in essence pill-pushers, and it’s not necessarily the fault of the doctors, since the major medical journals are financed by the pharmaceutical industry.

There are also vaccines designed not to prevent disease (as they were in the beginning), but to actually spread disease (see Georgia on My Mind).  Vaccines are a form of potion.

I believe that making synthetic seeds (see Meet Me in St. Louis) is also a satanic / witchcraft form of potion.  Why do we need to replace God’s perfect creation with a GMO synthetic frankenseed?  At first I was going to say that the only possible reason is profits, but just two paragraphs ago, I stated that potions are made to heal, enslave, or poison people.  So profits are just the icing on the satanic cake.  Have you ever wondered why so many people have gluten allergies when they used to be a very rare thing?

The abuse of both legal and illegal drugs is epidemic in this country.  I am one of the few people my age[3] who is not taking prescription medication on a daily basis.  All of these different kinds of potions are a satanic counterfeit for prayer and anointing the sick with oil[4].

Magic Wand – A wand is a specially crafted stick to which a demon has become attached.  It is used by waving or drawing circles in order to focus demonic energy and thus empower witchcraft. Waving a wand is called “dirtying the air.”  Pharaoh’s magicians, Jannes and Jambres, had staffs, which were essentially magic wands[5]—satanic counterfeits to the staff of Aaron.

Holy Days – This should really be termed unholy days except that holy means set apart.  In many of the following witchcraft holidays you will see how they have hijacked the original Judeo-Christian holidays.  Whenever you see an eight-pointed star (often inside a circle) it is the witchcraft symbol for the wheel of the year, and includes all of the following except the witches’ sabbath:

• The witches’ sabbath is a meeting of witches which may include a feast, dancing, and sexual intercourse. It is often at midnight, out in the woods, and may include nudity.  The witches’ sabbath is a satanic counterfeit to the Lord’s Sabbath.
• The winter solstice (called yule or yuletide) is a celebration of the rebirth of the great horned hunter god—the “newborn” solstice sun. The horned god is depicted as a man with antlers or sometimes the head of a reindeer.  The winter solstice is a satanic counterfeit to the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), the Feast of Lights[6].
• Brigid’s Day, also called imbolc or imbolg, is celebrated at the astronomical midpoint between the winter solstice and spring equinox or the closest full moon. The covens celebrate goddesses (female demons) with rites and initiations for female members of a coven.  It is also a time of weather divination much like Groundhog Day in America, and usually falls between the first and fourth of February.
• Easter, also called ēostre or ostara, is celebrated at the spring equinox. The earth mother goddess (demon) is said to bring renewal and rebirth from the death of winter, and it is celebrated using eggs, flowers, and rabbits as symbols.  This is the satanic counterfeit to Resurrection Day.
• Modern neo-pagan witches, called wiccans, celebrate beltane or beltain as a May Day fertility celebration—one of the great holy days. There is maypole dancing and a ritual union of the May lord (the horned god, above) and May lady (the pagan triple goddess).  The triple goddess is artemis, the maiden, represented by the waxing moon; selene, the mother, represented by the full moon; and hecate, the crone, represented by the waning moon.
• The midsummer, litha, or summer solstice is the longest day of sunlight in the year, and is celebrated throughout the world in a variety of local customs. Most include a bonfire.
• August Eve, lammas, or lughnasadh is the first of the three wiccan harvest festivals. Celebrations vary because not all neo-pagans are wiccans, and there is no uniform theology among them.  Many mark the holiday baking a figure of the owl god (demon) in bread and eating it, to symbolize the importance of the harvest.  Sometimes a square loaf of bread is used and a quarter broken off at each of four corners of a barn.  This is the satanic counterfeit to the celebration of First Fruits in Judaism.
• The autumnal equinox celebration of mabon is a modern pagan ritual of thanksgiving for the harvest. It is celebrated by sharing in order to secure the blessings of the triple goddess (above) and the horned god during the coming winter months.  This is a satanic counterfeit to the Feast of Tabernacles in Judaism.
• The high holy day, and one of the four greater sabbaths in witchcraft / satanism / neo-paganism is samhain (pronounced SAW-win). It is considered a time to pay respect to dead ancestors, family members, friends, pets, and other loved ones.  In some rituals the spirits of the departed (in reality demons) are invited to attend the festivities.  It is considered a festival of darkness, and believed to be the time when the veil between this world and the afterlife is at its thinnest, making communication with the dead (in reality demons) easier.  It is typically celebrated on October 31 through November 1.  Most of the elements of halloween came from this pagan holiday: apple bobbing, jack-o-lanterns, costumes, trick-or-treating, and bonfires[7].

Ritual Dancing – Dance is used in rituals as another way to invoke the help of spirits.  The coven (group of witches) agrees on the purpose of the dance, some play rhythmic music or just drums, while the rest dance in a circle.  Often there is a bonfire or a sigil etched into the soil or chalked onto the floor at the center of the dance circle—usually a pentagram (five-pointed star).  This is the satanic counterfeit to holy dancing as in 2 Samuel 6:14 when David danced before the Lord to celebrate bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem.

Divination or Clairvoyance – Seeking to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers.  This is the satanic counterfeit to prophecy.

Psychic Powers or ESP – If these demonic powers are not inherited through the family tree, the demons or familiar spirits may have been invited into the person by dabbling in the occult or witchcraft.  These are a satanic counterfeit to words of knowledge.

Necromancy – Speaking with the dead is actually speaking with demons.  They have been around a long time, so they are very clever, and they can mimic your dead grandmother, the Virgin Mary[8], or whoever.  Likewise, séances invoke demons.  There is no such thing as ghosts[9].  Make no mistake, these things are real and what they are is demons.  You will never get the truth from a demon.  Praying to a dead saint is no different from the witchcraft / satanic practice of necromancy.  This is a satanic substitute to praying directly to God, as Jesus instructed us to do (John 15:16).

Numerology – The study of the significance and use of numbers that invoke the help of spirits.  Witches will use numerology to add demonic power to chants or names.  This is the satanic counterfeit to gematria[10], which is used to bring a deeper understanding of God’s Word.

Astrology and Horoscopes – Many of the constellations are named in the Bible, mostly in the book of Job, the oldest book of the Bible.  Understand that there is a big difference between astrology and astronomy: astrology is looking to the stars for guidance, and therefore is sinful[11].  Astronomy is the study of the heavenly bodies, and there is nothing sinful about studying God’s creation.

Here’s something interesting to consider when thinking of astrology and horoscopes: the Bible clearly states that when lucifer (the defeated enemy) fell, he took a third of the angels with him (the stars are called the sons of God—angels)[12].  And in the Revelation, John observed that at the fourth trumpet a third of the stars were darkened[13].  Does this help you understand exactly who astrologers are consulting?  Astrology and numerology are used in witchcraft and satanism for planning dates for events.  Astrology is a satanic counterfeit to seeking God in prayer for help in planning for the future.

Power Places / Ley Lines – There are certain places on the earth that host demonic presences, known as power places.  Most often these power places are found where there is a certain magnetic energy, and often there is a portal to another dimension[14].  These power places have most often been constructed by human sacrifice, and they lie on the earth is such a way that when connected by an imaginary line, they line up to form satanic power grids or ley lines[15].  Power places are the satanic counterfeit to the Temple Mount, which God promised would be His footrest, where His presence would be found on earth[16].

Architecture – There are certain structures that can play host to demons, the pyramid, for example.  There is a lot of satanic architecture built into Washington DC.  Occultic architecture is the satanic counterfeit to holy architecture, like the Tabernacle of Moses[18].

Images – Paintings and statues are images that can also host demons.  Have you ever seen a statue seem to move?  Think about how creepy it is when a painting “follows” you with its eyes.  That creepy feeling is your God-given radar to reveal a demonic presence.  Is it any wonder that the second commandment says:

You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.  You shall not bow down to them or worship them, (Deuteronomy 5:7-9).

Even though you don’t worship the image, God very clearly says not to even make an image.

Weaponry – According to the book of Enoch[19], the making of weapons was taught to mankind by azazel, one of the angels who rebelled against God, raped human women, and fathered the nephilim (see also makeup, below).

Freemasonry – The initiation into the first degree of the masons is virtually identical with the initiation into witchcraft, according to John Todd[20].  Any secret society is suspect: skull and bones, illuminati, masons, witchcraft covens, etc.  Those who are initiated into their secrets often are instructed to call down curses upon themselves and their children if they ever reveal the secrets.  The only reason to hide these things is because their secret is occult (which literally means hidden).  In the case of the masons, the secret that they are hiding is that their so-called great architect of the universe (jabulon) is in reality lucifer, the defeated enemy.

Spirit Cooking – A performance artist who is a disciple of satanist Aleister Crowley has made cannibalistic cakes that she claims are art.  She supposedly had a private session with Hillary Clinton just before the election.  If you’re curious and have a strong stomach, you can watch the video, but be warned: it is graphic.

Magick – Satanist Aleister Crowley used this spelling of the word magic to differentiate it from illusionist’s sleight of hand.  Now there are several famous magicians who are suspected of using demons help to do magic.  This is the satanic counterfeit to miracles.

Makeup and Seduction – In the 1700’s the British Parliament passed a law against women wearing lipstick because of its association with witchcraft.  Women who seduced men into marriage through the use of cosmetics could be found guilty of sorcery.  According to an article I recently read, beauty spells and magical treatments can range from glamour spells, to drawing a sigil (magic symbol) in the eyeshadow, to concocting a bath scrub using essential oils and herbs to celebrate the new moon—like a spa treatment.  According to the Book of Enoch, the art of makeup was taught to humans by the fallen angels that fathered the nephilim.

The most disturbing fact about witchcraft is the infiltration of witches into the Church.  Some are people who don’t realize that what they’re doing is witchcraft—unwitting witchcraft.  Derek Prince said that anywhere that you see manipulation, intimidation, and domination in the church, that’s witchcraft.

But there are others—many others—who have been deliberately planted in their local churches by their covens with the express purpose of destroying the church.  Most often the target is the pastor, specifically his or her marriage.  Two years ago I wrote a series of blogposts on witchcraft in the church: Projection, Witchcraft and the Jezebel Spirit, The Spirit of Offense, and Satanic Moles.

We in the church tend to believe that most, if not all of the other regular attenders in our church are saved and like us are “working out their salvation with fear and trembling[21].”  This naïveté has opened the church to many abuses by witches and satanists.

The list of terms above is by no means a complete or comprehensive list.  And the idea behind defining these terms is so that God’s people can be aware the next time they see something that somehow doesn’t quite “feel right.”  That feeling is your Holy Spirit early warning system, and should never be ignored.  If you feel that about someone in your life or in your church leadership, perhaps someone who is especially close friends with the pastor, prayerfully consider that witchcraft could be afoot.  If you suspect a witch in your church, pray.  Do not talk about your suspicions with others in the church.

The best and safest response in all cases of witchcraft is to take it all to the Lord in prayer.  And ask the Holy Spirit for prayer strategies for your particular situation.  A former witch told a friend of mine that it takes about thirty witchcraft incantations to build a certain satanic “atmosphere.”  And it only takes one Christian prayer to break it.  Never forget that we are on the winning side, with everything working to our advantage.  God is good!

[1] Dictionary.com defines invocation as:

1. The act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc. [demon], for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
2. An entreaty for aid and guidance from a muse, deity, etc. [demon], at the beginning of an epic or epiclike poem.
3. The act of calling upon a spirit by incantation. [These are always demons.]
4. The magic formula used to conjure up a spirit; [demon] incantation.

[2] Witchcraft is condemned throughout both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible: Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:26, 31, 20:6 & 27; Deuteronomy 18:10 & 14; 2 Kings 9:22, 17:17, & 21:6; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Isaiah 2:6, 3:1-9, 19:3, 47:9-15, & 57:3; Jeremiah 27:9; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Malachi 3:5; Acts 8, 13, & 19:19; Galatians 5:19-21; Revelation 9:21, 18:23, 21:8, & 22:15.

[3] At this writing I’m 62.

[4] James 5:14.

[5] Exodus 7:10-12, 2 Timothy 3:8.

[6] I don’t mention Christmas here because Christmas is an invention of the Catholic Church, designed to hijack Hanukkah from the Jews and to give the pagans a winter solstice substitute holiday.  Many theologians believe that Jesus’ actual birthday would occur during the Feast of Tabernacles in autumn.

[7] I have written extensively about the many reasons why Christians should not celebrate halloween, and although I have gotten a lot of push-back from Christians who don’t want to “deprive” their children, there is really only one reason for Christians to join in on these festivities: to share the hope of our faith in Jesus with the lost.  But how many are actually doing that?  Here are links to my posts about halloween: halloween, Unfriendly Fire, and A halloween Story.

[8] Sorry, that’s not her!  The real Virgin Mary would never accept your worship.  Instead, she always pointed people to Jesus (John 2:5).

[9] The reaction of the witch at Endor to actually conjuring Samuel is very revealing: 1 Samuel 28.

[10] Gematria is the study of the numerical value of each of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet, and what the numerical values of the resulting words reveals about the Scriptures and God, Himself.

[11] 2 Chronicles 33:3; Psalm 148:3; Isaiah 3:3, 47:1-48:14; Jeremiah 8:2, 10:2, 19:13, 50:35; Daniel 3:8; Zephaniah 1:5; Acts 7:42;

[12] Revelation 12:4.

[13] Revelation 8:12.

[14] These portals have been used for millennia as ways for fallen angels to invade our world.

[15] There is a whole grid of ley lines covering the globe, but an interesting one runs from the Mayan ruins of Mexico, through Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Salem, Massachusetts to stonehenge.

[16] Now do you see why the defeated enemy wants to keep Jews and praying Christians off the Temple Mount?

[18] In Exodus 25:9 the Lord tells Moses to carefully follow the pattern that He would show him—following the pattern of the Tabernacle in Heaven.

[19] Although the book of Enoch is not included in the Bible, it is quoted in the Bible by Jesus’ half-brother, Jude (Jude 14-15).

[20] John Todd Secrets of the Illuminati.

[21] Philippians 2:12.

Meet Me in St. Louis

The Gateway Arch–Masonic or not?

Thursday

I’ve had a great day here in St. Louis.  Just after breakfast I got a call from Cat and Rob, a couple I met in Italy.  When they told me that they were from St. Louis, I knew that I had to come here, but I thought it was going to require a special trip.  I took a look at Google Maps and saw that a detour to St. Louis only added two hours to the trip from Asheville to Paris, Texas.  So I had no excuse not to come.  I had told them that I was coming to St. Louis, and we set a time for a visit.

But first I needed to take care of God’s business.  Tim and I agreed to go to the Gateway Arch this afternoon.  What I had found on the internet was the Cahokia Indian Mounds just outside of town.  The mounds are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Almost all of UNESCO’s sites are ancient blood sacrifice places, so there’s motive to pray.  But as I was programming it into the GPS, the Holy Spirit changed the plan.  He wanted me to go pray at Monsanto.

The Mounds look like the Mayan pyramids.

Monsanto is the inventor and producer of Genetically Modified seeds (GMO), which I believe are very harmful to the body.  And Monsanto has such a strong lobby group that they have all sorts of weird laws that work in their favor: laws that require farmers to buy seed from them year after year, laws that do not require labeling to identify the use of GMO products in packaging, and so forth.  I believe that these things are not only a really, really bad idea, I believe that it’s actually satanic.  And the only reason that I even knew about Monsanto being based in St. Louis is because one of my ex-husband’s colleagues was offered a job here.

As I left the hotel it was raining.  I started to pray for the rain to stop, but instead I felt led to actually thank God for the rain.  I realized that God was allowing the rain for my advantage.  So I began thanking Him for the rain.

At the Monsanto headquarters I discovered that the place is huge.  Led by the Holy Spirit GPS, I didn’t go in the first gate I came to, but went around the corner to the second gate.  There was a guard station.  I dutifully stopped because there was a stop sign.  But the guard station was unmanned—probably because of the rain, thank You Jesus!

Upon entering the gate, I went to the center of the campus and found a reflecting pool.  Reflecting pools are a satanic symbol for their belief “As above, so below,” which you can also see depicted in a lot of satanic art.  The statue of baphomet[1] is an example of this reflection belief.  This reflecting pool one has three artificial trees at the end of it.  Immediately I understood the three plastic trees to represent the three crosses of Calvary.  The fact that they are plastic reveals how they believe that man can be his own savior.

Of course in winter the reflecting pool doesn’t reflect so well.

After praying there to break the spirit of humanism, the Holy Spirit instructed me to drive around the whole campus.  Monsanto has other campuses, but this one is the headquarters, and it is huge.  The buildings are all lettered, and the highest letter I saw was W.  So I drove around the campus, praying in the spirit, and sometimes praying in English.  When I prayed in English I was praying for the salvation of all the people that work for Monsanto.  After all, Monsanto employs a whole lot of people, and God is primarily interested in saving souls.  Besides, most of the people that work there don’t know a thing about the witchcraft being practiced by upper management.

From there I went to Cat and Rob’s house.  Since we hadn’t had a lot of time to get acquainted at our first meeting in Italy, we spent some time getting to know each other.  I had met them in Italy through a close friend whose ministry I support: Samuele.

When Rob heard that I am heading to Texas from here, he asked where, exactly.  I told him: Paris, Dallas, Abilene, Austin, and Houston.  He asked me if any of that is near Midland.  Abilene is the closest, being about two hours from Midland.  He said that they know a young couple that live in Midland.  Immediately he took out his phone and called Gil.

After a brief introduction, he handed me the phone.  I didn’t really know what to say, mostly because Rob hadn’t really told me anything about Gil.  I could feel the awkwardness on Gil’s end as well.  But we muddled through and Gil told me that he might be coming to Abilene while I’m there.  As I handed the phone back to Rob, he was beaming with the accomplishment of having put us together.

Then Rob excused himself because he had an appointment.  Cat invited me to lunch.  We had lunch at her favorite place, and I took her recommendation, eating the same dish that she ordered.  We had a really nice visit over a lovely lunch.  In the course of conversation, I told her that I had two weddings to attend in the spring.  I needed to find something elegant, but lightweight, and I told her that I don’t want to wear a dress.  She invited me to go shopping after lunch.  I shook my head no on two counts: I have to meet my son, Tim, and I absolutely hate shopping for clothes.

“No problem!” Cat chirped.  “I love to shop.  I would love to shop for you, if you’ll let me.”  If I’ll let her?  Was she joking?  This was a dream come true!  Having seen Cat’s house and how she dresses, herself, I know that she’s got excellent taste.  Of course I jumped at the chance.  I dug out a credit card for her to use, but Cat pushed it away.  “I insist!  I am a bargain shopper, and I never pay full price for anything.  This will be fun!”

I gave her my Asheville address, and tried one more time to give her money to pay with.  She refused, saying that she loves shopping and is pleased to be able to help me this way.  What a blessing she is!

Ready for the weddings!

I found Tim at the hotel room and we set off on foot to go see the Gateway Arch.  It was drizzly and cold, and as the sun set it got even colder.  I had done no research on the Arch at all, but I believed that it must be Masonic.  Since it was late afternoon on a drizzly gray day, there were only three visitors, besides us.

The guide told us that the Arch had been built in 1963.  Being old enough to remember, I immediately thought of the Kennedy assassination.  I was eight years old, and it really jarred me to think that someone would actually kill the president.  The Arch probably has nothing to do with the assassination, but if it is Masonic it’s interesting timing[1].

[1] When I checked the internet later, this is what I found: Masonic Astronomy and Saint Louis’ Gateway Arch.

There were lots of pictures of the building of the Arch, which was quite a feat of engineering.  It is the tallest arch in the world and is the tallest monument in America, at 630 feet.  The Arch is second only to the Eiffel Tower in height[2].  I looked for, but didn’t find any Masonic cornerstone or markings.

Since there were only five of us on the tour, we were able to split up and take three of the egg-shaped elevator pods[3] to the top: Tim and me in one, two girls in another, and the man by himself.  The pods have five seats, but not enough room to stand upright.  Even being just the two of us, the pod was quite small and close[4].  I could easily imagine in the summer heat, with each pod filled to capacity that I would not do well at all.  Even at the top, after the slow ride up, the space is small and cramped, with tiny windows.  Honestly, I couldn’t wait to get back down, but not before I got a couple of decent pictures of the city below.

I like the night view of the city that I got from the Arch.

The walk back to the hotel was a lot colder and the wind was really whipping.  Tim told me that he was concerned about the weather front that is coming in tonight.  We want to drive to Paris, Texas tomorrow morning, but black ice is predicted.  So I prayed to the One who is able to calm the storms.

Friday

As soon as I woke up, I turned on the TV to check the weather.  The weather map showed all the bad weather happening on the other side of the Mississippi River.  So we had no problems driving today whatsoever.  Thank You Jesus!

And you might be wondering about the Cahokia Indian Mounds that I had mentioned.  I don’t know.  Sometimes it’s not the right time, sometimes God wants a team of two or more to go.  And sometimes God has someone different in mind to go there.  That’s a question for Him.  All I know is that I woke up this morning knowing that I was released to continue on to Texas today, so that’s what we did.

We arrived in Paris just before sunset, and Laurie and Don greeted us warmly.  I’ve known Laurie for over 40 years, and each time we see each other it’s just like we’re still next door neighbors.

And since I had a long drive today, I am going to call it a day.  So far this has been a very successful and fulfilling trip.  I can’t wait to see what God has for me next.  God is good!

About baphomet:

Apologies for this horrible image, but it’s easier to understand if you can simply see it.

The breasted goat-man with horns is baphomet.  He is pointing up with one hand and down with the other to symbolize the satanic imperative “as above, so below.”  Often he is depicted with an erect penis with snakes like the medical symbol—but not really!  The medical symbol is actually the rod of Aaron with a single snake: the bronze snake that Moses made in Numbers chapter 21—a symbol of Jesus, the True Healer.  It’s called the Rod of Aesculapius.  The two-snaked symbol, the caduceus, is the rod of hermes (AKA mercury).  Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about this mix-up:

It is hard to trust a profession that cannot even get its symbols straight.  Most physicians in the United States think that the symbol of their profession is something called the caduceus.  But this is actually not true.  Historians have discovered that someone in the U.S. Army Medical Corps mistook the caduceus for the Aesculapion and introduced the Medical Corps’ symbol at the beginning of the twentieth century.  Soon thereafter, everyone in the United States was emulating the mistake, (Daniel P. Sulmasy, A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts).

The caduceus is an especially bad choice as a medical symbol because the Greek god hermes was the patron of commerce and traders, thieves, liars, and gamblers.  And look now at how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance, and hospitals have made medicine into an industry.  What started for most doctors as a calling has become a part of that industry.  And like any industry, the primary objective is to make money.  I don’t believe that the pharmaceutical companies, insurance, or hospitals want to see a cure for cancer any more than the petroleum or automotive industries want to see free, non-polluting fuel for cars.  The status quo is making them rich.  A cure for cancer would put a big dent into their profits.

And how appropriate for Monsanto to blend its symbols so seamlessly with all this nonsense.  After all, Monsanto has been absolutely instrumental in destroying the American family farm so that they could launch agri-business and corner the market with these diabolical synthetic seeds.  The bottom line is that the whole thing is satanically driven and maintained.  Is there anyone out there willing to join me in praying for an end to this evil?

[1] The baphomet is a half-goat, half-man seated on a throne with one hand pointing up and the other pointing down.  I will add more information and observations about the statue of baphomet at the end of this post.

[2] There are taller buildings, but as monuments go, the Gateway Arch is quite tall.

[3] Which they call trolleys.

[4] You can see what the pods look like here: Elevator to the Top.