Vulnerabilities.

We took part in the below New Age practices in various combinations. At first we gained peace, bliss, healing and achievement from those practices, only to later have the reverse effects and to find that we were practicing idolatry. We’ve found that we were deceived by the trickery of spirits of darkness, detailed in our blog post about satan. After you read the below, please also read The New Testament for ways you may be leaving yourself open to attack, outside of New Age practices. (For an expanded version on why the below items are dangerous, please type them into GotQuestions.org.) If you’ve wondered how we’ve come to this realization, aside from personal experience and spirit attack, check out our Scriptures page.

• Yoga & tantric yoga ("yoga" means union with the Hindu god, positions are worship positions. Where yoga originated in India, yoga is known to prepare ones body and mind for death and reincarnation. This is why one is asked to empty the mind and give up the mind and emotions to come back as something other than oneself in a new life. It’s practice is to loose your individuality and become “one”, where God created us as individuals in a family and to fill our mind with goodness of His word and all He’s created including His presence. We consider peace the presence of our Creator who is the Creator of peace, love and happiness and not to have a goal of nothingness. (You may be partaking in yoga to achieve “well-being”, yet you will find that you are responsible for your involvement from a worship standpoint as well.)

• Meditation - the word “meditation is translated in Greek “Meletao” and its derivation in Hebrew means: “Murmur,” “Muse,” “Mutter,” “Sigh,” Whisper,” “Moan,” dull sound,” and “a bowing down.” Jesus does not advise emptying our minds this is a new age meaning given to a word never having meant that. When we look for “peace” or “enlightenment” in this action, we are asking a new age meaning with outside forces to partake. Those forces will masquerade as peace at first, until we received that bribe of healing outside of God. We have found that emptying our minds is evil and has provided a space for unwanted energies and beings to take up residence. We then will unknowingly consider the experience unrelated depression or a change in age, until the situation worsens. When mediate in the Bible means to really focus earnestly on the word or a part of the word.

• Calling on the unseen - mediumship, automatic writing, divination, universe, “the great unknown”, angels, fairies, aliens, spirit guides, saints, gods, goddesses, ascended masters, deities, nature spirits, entities, aliens and anyone or anything other than God

• Umbrellas - law of attraction, kabbalah, karma, freemasonry, feng shui, mindfulness, christ consciousness, shamanism, pantheism, twin flames, a course in miracles, polarities, age of aquarius

• Symbols, structures, names and ritual items - chakras, third eye, stargates, empathy, star children, indigo children, ascension, portals, sacred geometry, flower of life, the evil eye or watchful eye, the om, Celtic cross, moon ceremonies and other ceremonies, earth symbols, nature symbols, wands, feathers, sage, dream catchers, animal symbols, 11:11, skulls, snakes, peace signs (the last of which is an upside down broken cross), slave bracelets and harness jewelry are not a message you want to send to the enemy. Our God calls us “friend”. We are not slaves.

• All energy work - reiki, qigong, crystal bowls, drumming, vortex work, sound bath, including energy medicine such as homeopathy, pemf, frequency or patch “healing”, etc.

• Messaging - psychic work and readings of any sort, all things channeled, The Self Realization Center (including if someone claims to channel Jesus)

• Divination - angel cards, tarot cards, pendulums

• “Healers”, of any sort (excluding medical practice), especially if they use energetic modalities, objects, imagery, etc. 

• Practices and substances - affirmations, mind control, journeying, astral travel, sage/saging, palo santo, ayahuasca, DR/CR shifting, sun gazing, certain CBD oils, past life regression, hypnosis, death training, akashic record work, zero balancing, voodoo, body talk, tai chi, telepathy, lucid dreaming, soul mending, sonic healing, remote viewing

• Sciences - astrology, horoscope, numerology, astrocatrography, EMDR, EFT (emotional freedom technique), kinesiology, acupuncture & acupressure

• Whichery - wicca, witchcraft, sorcery, spells, curses, hexes, satanism, santeria, conjuring  

• Oils, crystals, or herbs -only WHEN used to conduct magic or make grids 

• Board games used to contact spirits, vision boards

• Self absorption work - self-love, self empowerment, I AM, your purpose, “god or goddess” work

• Thoughts that we are all a part of each other or of having God already within us. (Excluding asking The Holy Spirit to come into one's heart from a prayer like the one under SAVED)

• Church activities that include - yoga, "holy yoga", Enneagram, Q Anon, “centering prayer”, “new thought”, “grave soaking” or spiritual activities outside of The New Testament, including but not limited to NAR and word or faith movements, prosperity gospel, Hebrew roots and items similar to these are all deceptive

• Family ancestral or lineage energy work, family constellations

• Magic arts of all aspects - including any efforts toward healing, peace, or blessing, outside of God or medicine (We use natural medicine not based in magic.)

• Pemf and electrical pulse therapy as well as frequency healing from patches. Biofeedback can be helpful, but should not be relied upon.