Upon those subjected to the occult
- warping and distortion of character
- hard, egoistic persons
- uncongenial, dark natures
- extreme passions
- abnormal sexuality
- violent temper, belligerence
- tendencies to addiction
- meanness and kleptomania
- emotional disturbances
- compulsive thoughts, melancholia
- suicidal thoughts, anxiety states
- Possession
- destructive urges, fits of mania
- tendency to violent acts and crime
- inhabitation by demons?
- mental illness
- bigoted attitude against Christ and God
- conscious atheism
- simulated piety
- indifference to God's word and to prayer
- blasphemous thoughts
- religious delusions
- ghost phenomena at the scene of the action or the home of
the occultists, while they are still alive and even after their death.
Upon those who practice the occult; all the above, including:
- frequently, a bad end
- suicide
- fatal accidents
- psychoses
- horrible death-bed scenes
- curses on the family and descendants
- development of involuntary mediumistic abilities
The above summary of symptoms was based upon 600 pastoral
cases by Dr. Kurt Koch. It comes from his book, "Christian Counseling and
Occultism".
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