Nine For­bid­den Prac­tices in the Word of God

THE OCCULT.

The word “occult” refers to what is hid­den, con­cealed, or secret. The occult involves the spirit world — but the spirit world of dark­ness. The occult is par­tic­u­larly decep­tive because the spirit world is very real. Prac­ti­tion­ers are deal­ing with real­ity – but dark, for­bid­den and evil reality.

There are two kinds of spir­i­tual real­ity. The first is God’s spir­i­tual king­dom of truth and light where Christ is King, the nature of which is “

right­eous­ness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit ” (Romans 14:17Romans 14:17
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
17 For the king­dom of God is not meat and drink; but right­eous­ness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.  

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God for­bids 9 prac­tices in His word. The occult as He warns the Israelites to avoid and abhor it. Pro­nounc­ing it as “towe­bah,” God, in His wis­dom, lays out the Nine For­bid­den Prac­tices. They are:

1) Human Sac­ri­fice – We call that abor­tion  today!
2) Div­ina­tion – The Heart of the occult. Manip­u­la­tion  from demonic sources.
3) Astrol­ogy – We either trust God or the  Zodiac but not both!
4) Enchanter – Some­one satan­i­cally endowed  to pro­duce seduc­tive spells.
5) Witch­craft and Witches – Includes its mod­ern, orga­nized coun­ter­part, Wicca.
6) Charmer – One who manip­u­lates objects or beings via demonic power.
7) Con­sul­ter with Famil­iar Spir­its – One who gleans knowl­edge from demonic  con­tact.
8) Wiz­ards – Prac­ti­tion­ers of mag­i­cal arts
9) Necro­mancers – Those who claim to be in con­tact with the dead.

Fur­ther­more, Romans 1:32Romans 1:32
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
32 Who know­ing the judg­ment of God, that they which com­mit such things are wor­thy of death, not only do the same, but have plea­sure in them that do them. have…: or, con­sent with  

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Being filled with all unright­eous­ness, for­ni­ca­tion,  wicked­ness, cov­etous­ness, mali­cious­ness; full of envy, mur­der, debate, deceit, malig­nity; whis­per­ers, Back­biters, haters of God, despite­ful, proud, boast­ers, inven­tors of evil things, dis­obe­di­ent to par­ents, With­out under­stand­ing, covenant­break­ers, with­out nat­ural affec­tion, implaca­ble, unmer­ci­ful: Who know­ing the judg­ment of God, that they which com­mit such things are wor­thy of death, not only do the same, but have plea­sure in them that do them.

Doesn’t that sound exactly like our cul­ture today; hav­ing plea­sure in or being enter­tained by the very things that God condemns?

Exam­ples of occult practices

Exam­ples of occult prac­tices (this is far from an
exhaus­tive list):

• Still­ing or emp­ty­ing the mind, med­i­tat­ing, focus­ing on one thought or object to attain a peace­ful state or sub­jec­tive spir­i­tual
  expe­ri­ence.
• Visu­al­iz­ing the breath mov­ing in unnat­ural ways.
• Speak­ing with the dead, includ­ing prayers to saints or enter­ing trance states to speak with dead peo­ple, pets or Mother Mary (necromancy).
• Chan­nel­ing spir­its and proph­esy­ing in another voice.
• Chan­nel­ing ani­mal spir­its: roar­ing like a lion, etc.
• Pass­ing elec­tri­cal cur­rents or waves of heat through lay­ing on hands.
• Speak­ing to demons or angels. This is part of the prob­lem with deliv­er­ance min­istries. Telling angels and demons where to go was the work of ancient magi­cians who used wands to order them about. Now, Charis­mat­ics send them to the abyss, or to a water­less place, etc.
• Wav­ing flags to keep demons away, or anoint­ing with oil.
• Call­ing down a spirit to feel its ecsta­tic influ­ence (soak­ing in the spirit, called samadhiin yoga).
• Sub­mit to a spirit it so it can have its way with you
  (man­i­fes­ta­tions, spir­i­tual drunkenness).
• Call­ing down spirit to work with it—dig in the heart, etc.
• Seek­ing super­nat­ural knowl­edge from dreams or visions.
• Wait­ing for ‘prophetic words’ or super­nat­ural insight into peo­ples’ ill­nesses or prob­lems (taught in Alpha) .
• Cast­ing spells or curses.
• Break­ing off spells or curses (reverse voodoo).
• Yoga, Tai Chi, Reiki and Acupunc­ture which chan­nel ‘spir­i­tual’ ener­gies (as they imagine).
• Attempt­ing to develop super­nat­ural prophetic pow­ers such as gifts of heal­ing or prophetic gifts (divination).
• Devel­op­ing spir­i­tual eyes (called ‘open­ing the third eye’ in yoga) to see angels and demons (clairvoyance).
• Con­jur­ing gold dust and ‘manna’ mir­a­cles (pure Magick)

Occult wor­ship includes end­less rep­e­ti­tion of verses in a song so the mean­ing is lost and one enters into a dulled state.

Not every­thing that man­i­fest in the spirit is from God.  Learn to discern.

Men and women find and com­mune with their spir­i­tual Father in 3 ways, and this is what true, life-giving spir­i­tu­al­ity is all
about:

1. Read­ing, learn­ing and study­ing the Father’s  Word—the Bible.

2. Pray­ing to the Father with thought­ful, intel­li­gent prayer.

3. Doing the Father’s will; i.e., walk­ing in obedience.

Any degree of occult involve­ment can pro­duce prob­lems of oppres­sion, depres­sion, despair, hope­less­ness and many phys­i­cal prob­lems, some­times bring­ing self-destruction, even death.

Demonic influ­ence can pro­duce obses­sion, pho­bias, bizarre behav­ior, vio­lence, homi­cide and sex­ual per­ver­sion. Worse, it can deceive a per­son into eter­nal dark­ness. The occult is a form of idol­a­try and a sin expressly for­bid­den by God (Deuteron­omy 18:9–12Deuteron­omy 18:9–12
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abom­i­na­tions of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daugh­ter to pass through the fire, or that useth div­ina­tion, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, ¹¹ Or a charmer, or a con­sul­ter with famil­iar spir­its, or a wiz­ard, or a necro­mancer. ¹² For all that do these things are an abom­i­na­tion unto the LORD: and because of these abom­i­na­tions the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.  

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