Mysticism, Gnosticism, Ancient Secrets and the Occult

Oh, Berit, you are so right about ‘The Rising Darkness in Children's Games’!

Just yesterday a 10-year-old student at the school where I work described to me just the thoughts and behaviors you described in the article! He is autistic, but I've had enough experience with autistic children to know that what he described was not due to the illness, but the effect of too many occult and 'mystery' books pushed by teachers at school, and too many online and video games at home, as well as the current movies. Having autism just made him a little more vulnerable and more in need of clarity. I also recognized his 'slavery' from being caught up in the occult myself before I was saved.

This boy told me about the voices that speak to him constantly, telling him to ignore teachers and do harmful things. He described the animal spirit that indwells and gives him power, and expressed an over-interest in anime, animal spirit identities and ‘guides’ and spends far too much time immersed in online and video games. This student isn’t the only one. Groups of other boys spend all their free time trading such cards and have no social life outside of the games, and others who also play them. A couple of years ago, a bright 3rd grade girl expressed to me that her whole goal in life was to be good enough to enter Hogwarts Academy! It took a lot of convincing to even get her to consider that it was just a fiction book. I'm not sure that she ever totally believed me. The kids involved in music and playing instruments, by age 19 are getting caught up in the whole perversity of strange music, entertainment and homosexuality. Being overly crazy about sports and sports teams seems to be the only thing that pulls them away temporarily.

Young children are nearly certain that all computer graphics are real, and even the reminder that it's just a story or movie screen picture can't convince them! It's not just a case of being young....they are old enough to understand that a movie is projected on a screen....they just forget that what appears there is not real. They are experiencing movies as something real that just happens in another place, like TV news. We have to constantly remind another boy that dinosaurs are extinct, and not necessarily the ferocious creatures portrayed in movies, and that dragons as in the movies never existed. The majority of books young children read in school are fiction, and usually more like fantasy and mysteries, or occult experiences. The children scoff when I suggest that adult-rated movies are not for children their age. They say, "I've been watching those since I was little! I've seen them all!", not understanding how their parents' approval could be inappropriate..

My own 30-year-old computer network job son spends all his free time with online games, and plays occult ones in spite of my many years of warnings and solid Christian teaching, and his Bible reading. He neglects his child to play the games and watch the big screen TV, and his idea of spending time with her is to have her play computer games with him, or watch him play his.

You are so right! Warn parents that they need to guard their children's minds and screen their friends far, far more than they realize.

For previous comments on popular Japanese anime, see: Yu-Gi-Ho, Pokemon and Dragonball Z

From Kim N. Stager: [New Mask for an Ancient Secret] Thanks again for another great article on the coming -- rather now present -- apostate church. The only thing left is the rapture of the true believers for this church to take its place in prophesy in the ushering in of the Antichrist by its False Prophet and Mark of the Beast.

As usual, as time draws nigh, we can see how the Devil, within God's providence of course, is accomplishing prophesy. Just a few short years ago--nay, months ago--I still wondered how all God's prophesy was going to come about in terms of its specifics. But as these last few months--maybe as long ago as 9/11--I have been seeing Matthew 24 in more full technicolor view.

Though I fully expected to see the false church arise these last few months or years. And as this process has accelerated at an accelerating rate. The idea America could become full blown pagan, though I was watching for it, was still a wonder. But as time has passed, paganism has come to fruition before our very eyes. With Americans--even professing Christians--mostly unaware of this transformation. Most even denying this is taking place. And mocking those who say so to them. Clearly, only Spiritual-Biblical answers to this transformation are valid and revealing.

And as we are clearly seeing--the first subtle, now in your face pagan--false Christanity is sweeping America and the world these last few years. As the true pagan is shedding light for all to see who will that the professing Christian church is just as pagan. Thougth by its very sinister nature it is more efficacious at deceiving the whole world. Even the elect if it were possible. Praise God it is not. But what a shame for the deceived!

God's gospel in Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit is the only Way.

The Holy Scripture contradicts Akiane's vision in which she claimed to go to heaven and see God. I will choose God's word over her experience. Beware of false prophets. I studied guided visualization, a type of demon inspired, Eastern religious experience and , that is what Akiane is describing below. Pray for her. She is using automatic writings from a demon, in my opinion. I don't rely on experiences, I rely on God's word. Also, if so many secular humanists, such as Oprah are promoting her, that is a real red flag to me.

I agree what she has produced is exceptional, but I have to use God's word, to show this is NOT from God. See the quote below from http://newconnexion.net/article/03-06/Akiane_Kramarik.html

"I was with God again, and He told me to pray continually. He showed me where He lived. I was climbing transparent stairs; underneath I saw gushing waterfalls, and as I was approaching Him, His body was pure and intense light. What impressed me the most was His hands -- they were gigantic! I saw no bones, or veins, no skin or blood, but maps and events. Then He told me to memorize thousands upon thousands of wisdom words on a scroll that did not look like paper, but more like intense light. And in a few seconds I got somehow filled up. From now on I will get up early to paint. I hope one day I'd be able to paint what I was shown."

From Kim: [RE: Conversations With Satan] As the time grows shorter for the return of Christ, we will see apostasy increasing at an increasing rate and social breakdown of all manner and variety as the Bible reveals. And the ascendance of in-your-face Satanic manifestation in all areas of life. Simple paganism writ large in the world, without apology of any kind. Just pure promotion with pride. What a shame!

Though I agree with the exposing of such apostasy, I would carry the arguments of "Discernment Group" further on the one hand and less on the other. On the one hand, then, we need to keep in mind God's word speaks clearly on the subject of deception, idolatry, throughout Scripture because He does not want us to be ignorant of the wiles of the Devil and his minions in both the spiritual and the material realms. And since God clearly tells us there is no Truth in Satan, then there is no Truth in him. None! He does not even use Truth.

For the only Truth in us is the result of the work of the indwelling Spirit of God. And so Satan and all unbelievers are none of His. So we must preach the gospel of God to the world that whosoever will might be Saved. Humans only, of course. Not demons, Satan, or so-called hybrid demon-humans of pagan myth.

As well, just because Satan can accurately quote portions of Scripture, such is not the same as Truth of God's word by the Holy Spirit. Certainly all false religions have this type of so called truth whether they use similar words or the same words as biblical Scripture. Or even if they use a similar meaning or the same meaning when speaking or writing.

But, again, God's Truth is only known to born again believers by the Holy Spirit as we know and consider the whole council of God. Not just snippets here and there for the purposes of dialectic. For God's word is perfectly interwoven, non-superfluous Truth. If even one deception is introduced to Scripture, then all of Scripture is deceived if such one deception remains accepted as Truth when it is a lie. Just as the Bible tells us. Are not all cults manifested in this way? The Truth about deception in Scripture is apart of this interwoven, non-superfluous Truth of God's word and does not contradict what I said about the nature of God's word. For there is either Truth about God's Truth, or Truth about deception. For any free will not submitted to God's results in deception of God's Truth. There is no other option to God's absolute Truth.

So let us not be led astray in the midst of the growing apostasy all around us. Let us not let the apostates set our agenda or our speaking the Truth in love God's way. We also need not partake of their dialectics. Instead, we need to, by the Holy Spirit--like Jesus when He was tempted by the Devil--approach any response to deceptive argumentation from the point of discernment of the intent of Satan, and not give legitimacy to his objective statements. For this is his method to entrap us and make us ineffectual. By getting us to pursue rabbit trails with him. The Socratic method, if you will. See the books of Timothy, etc.

Let us be holy as God is holy. So let us not mix our fleshly worldly intellectual thinking with Godly reasoning and logic of God. For they are not the same and do not mix. Truth in the world has allot to do with factual accuracy, reasonable human reason and logic so-called, and the so-called scientific method of testing the material world for effects we postulate. Be they social or natural effects. Though we might, by God's permissive will and providence, be able to manipulate the material world to our purposes--we think--such is not the same as Truth.

As an example, the notion that the universe is constrained by so-called immutable laws of physics is not Truth. Science may test such laws but they also know they are not immutable. Science also knows these laws were not in existence before or during the so-called Big Bang. Etc.
Besides, the Bible clearly tells us Jesus the Christ holds all things together. And that He created the material universe we know from nothing. So neither is so-called science Truth, nor is it accurate factually in totality. Only in part for our manipulation for our purposes. However, then, such is no Truth at all. It is not even factually accurate in totality. Nor often in part either. That is why when we manipulate the world, we cause so-called unintended effects. That is why even medicines are not really effective. Only for a time is all. Let us not be deceived by worldly knowledge or its derived truths or accurate facts so-called. Etc. For we are to be in the world but not of it.

God's word reveals God and His offered Salvation in His Son by the Holy Spirit. So we must see from God's perspective as to what Truth is. For idolatry, deception, makes God a lie and the lie--idols with demons back of them--gods or god in the case of Satan. Instead, we need always contextualize all worldly knowledge within the Bible. Not the other way around. For the other way around is deception. For we are called to be not conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Praise God!