About The Occult

One of Satan`s favorite weapons against us is occult involvement. The occult is Satan`s world of the spirit. The special danger is that is appeals to our spiritual hunger, the hunger of our spirit to find the Lord, and diverts us from Him into the occult underworld, a dead end.

We need to remember that all occult involvement brings spiritual confusion. It grows out of the feeling that there may be other spiritual forces out there besides God, and we can consult them or use them, or try to stay on the good side of them. When we go along with these feelings we violate the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods beside me”, and Jesus` commandment, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength.”

Remember too that the wrong things we do in innocence and ignorance hurt as much as the things we do deliberately. God`s way of healing us through confession and forgiveness works not only for our sins but for our errors and our ignorance as well. So we must confess and receive forgiveness for our occult involvement, whether they were done in sin or in error or in ignorance.

Satan has his little occult traps set up all through our world. As you read through the list below, ask the Holy Spirit to recall to your mind every involvement you have had.

Circle each one you have participated in so you can confess it and renounce it.

Soothsayers, Fortune Tellers

1. Had your fortune told by tea leaves, palm reading, crystal ball, card laying, etc.? (Isaiah 2:6; Dan. 2:27; Micah 5:12; Acts 16:16)

2. Have you ever read or followed horoscopes or had a chart made for yourself?

3. Have you ever contacted a psychic in person or through a psychic hotline? Have you ever sought a psychic experience?

4. Have you ever played with Tarot cards, crystal ball, a magic eight-ball?

5. Have you ever practiced water witching to find something? Pendulum swinging, Automatic writing, a Ouija board?

6. Have you ever consulted a medium, numerologist, had your handwriting analyzed? Acted as a medium?

Necromancy, Spiritism (I Sam. 28:7-11; Isaiah 8:19; Lev. 19:31 and 20:6)

1. Have you ever attended a seance or spiritualist meeting?

2. Have you talked to dead or prayed to the dead?

3. Do you believe in reincarnation? Have you ever had a reincarnation reading?

4. Have you ever played role-playing games that include occult powers like Dungeons & Dragons?

5. Have you ever played games involving occult powers, like ESP, telepathy, table lifting, levitation of objects, lifting bodies or soul-travel, etc.?

6. Have you ever practiced channeling?

7. Have you ever sought healing through magic spell or charms or through a Christian Scientist or spiritualist? Sought psychic healing or had psychic surgery?

8. Have you ever used an object of any kind for protection or ‘good luck`? Are you superstitious?

9. Do you have an invisible friend you talk to? Does a spirit give you advice?

10. Have you ever been involved with prolonged chanting, dancing, rattling or drumming?

Have you read or possessed books on: (Acts 19:19-20)

1. Astrology, numerology, interpretation of dreams, or cults such as Christian Science, Unity, Scientology or Science of Mind?

2. Books on witchcraft, fortune telling, magic, ghosts, ESP, psychic phenomena or possession?

3. Have you followed the writings of Edgar Cayce, Carl Jung, Jean Dixon, Helen Schucman, Shirley MacLaine, L. ‘Ron` Hubbard (church of Scientology) or any other New Age author?

4. have you taken the advice of Deepak Chopra, Carlos Castaneda, Sylvia Browne, Dalai Lama, John Edward, Course in Miracles?

5. Have you read Harry Potter books, movies, games, action figures by J.K. Rowling?

Sorcery or Magic (II Kings 17:17, 21:6; Isaiah 47:9; Mal. 3:5; Acts 8:11, 13:4-12; Rev. 18:23,22:8)

1. Have you ever cast a magic curse, hex or spell? Made a charm?

2. Have you ever used LSD, Marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine or any mind-expanding drugs or abused prescription drugs?

3. Have you ever had a problem with alcohol?

4. Have you ever practiced mind control over any person or animal?

5. Have you done Novenas, or tried to get any of the saints or the virgin Mary to do things for you? Have you ever burned a candle for good luck? Buried a St. Joseph statue?

6. Do you have anything in your home that was given to you by someone in the occult? Do you have anything in your home of an occult nature?

7. Have you ever attended witchcraft, powwow, pagan, Wicca, shaman or other nature-based religious activities?

8. Have you ever been hypnotized, practiced self-hypnosis? (This can be an opportunity for infestation.)

Sins of the Flesh, Sin of the Eyes (I John 2:16)

1. Have you ever exposed yourself to pornography on the internet, in magazines, Playboy pictures, TV or stage shows, books, topless bars or X-rated movies?

2. Have you ever had a problem with habitual masturbation?

3. Have you seen shows about sexual deviation, homosexuality or lesbianism?

4. Have you been involved in sexual deviation, homosexuality or lesbianism?

5. Have you been involved in group sex or bestiality?

6. Have you ever had sexual relations with a person who is not your legal spouse? If possible, recall them by name (first name or initial is sufficient)

7. Have you had an abortion? Have you fathered a child that was aborted?

Devil Worship

1. Have you made a pact with Satan, or been involved in or witnessed Satan Worship or Black Magic? Have you ever prayed to Satan?

2. Have you ever listened to heavy metal, Gothic, psychedelic or punk rock with a Satanic or shamanist influence, e.g. AC/DC, Queen, Guns N`Roses, KISS, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Doors, etc.? Do you own CD`s by them?

3. Did you ever give a gift of money, fruit, flowers, fasting, incense, candles, etc. to a demonized person or object or organization at their request?  This is an act of worship.

Witchcraft (Gal. 5:19-20; I Sam. 15:23, 28:7; II Kings 9:22, 23:24; I Chron. 10:13; Isaiah 8:19, 19:3, 29:4; Micah 5:12)

1. Have you ever wished somebody else was dead? Wished you were dead?

2. Have you ever planned or attempted to take your own life?

3. Have you ever planned or attempted to take someone else`s life?

Other Religions

4. Have you read about or tried to use yoga, pilates, transcendental meditation?

5. Have you ever practiced or been around practitioners of Santeria, Voodoo, umbanda or quimbanda?

6. Have you studied oriental martial arts, such as taekwondo, aikido, kenpo, jui jitsu, shoalin, kung fu, tai chi?

7. Have you ever been involved in Freemasonry, Eastern Star, Demolay, Rainbow Girls or Job`s Daughters?

8. Have you ever been involved with Gnosticism, goddess worship or seeking truth within yourself? Sought contact with the “collective unconscious”, “Gaia” or “Atman”?

9. Have you studied & practiced the Kabbalah?

10. Do you have any statues, masks, trinkets, paintings, charms or talismans from other religions?

11. Have you ever visited or worshiped in a shrine or temple of a non-Judeo/Christian religion?

12. Do you possess any books or articles from any of these religions?

Generational Influence

1. Have other family members had problems with alcohol or drugs? Anger or violence? Incest or sexual perversion?

2. Do you know of any relatives or ancestors who have been into any of the things on this sheet?

3. Is there a pattern of early death, insanity, blindness, violence, sickness or depression in your extended family?

4. Do you have a fascination with evil, violence or the occult?

5. Do you find yourself interested in demonic types of movies such as: Exorcist, Rosemary`s Baby, The Omen?

6. Do you find yourself drawn to scary movies such as Freddy Kruger, Alien, Jaws, Friday the 13th?

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May the Lord Jesus Christ bless the reader of this page.