Occultic Checklist (N-Z)

 Occultic Checklist (N-Z)   (see also checklist A-M)

What Is the Occult?

The word occult comes from the Latin occultus, meaning hidden or secret. Historically, it refers to attempts to access supernatural knowledge, healing, or power apart from God. Many practices fall under this category, including witchcraft, divination, energy healing, astrology, mediumship, and New Age spirituality.

From a biblical perspective, the occult is not merely curiosity or symbolism. It is the pursuit of spiritual benefits apart from the living God. Scripture is clear that spiritual power is real, and that God alone is the source of life, truth, and healing. Any attempt to access spiritual power without Christ inevitably involves created spirits, angels or demons, rather than the Creator.

Witchcraft, Divination, and False Knowledge

The KJV defines witchcraft as:

The practices of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with the devil.
Power more than natural.

Divination seeks hidden knowledge apart from God. In Acts 16, the “spirit of divination” is called python (Pythōn) in Greek, showing divination is empowered by a spirit, not intuition. Some knowledge is supernatural, but not from the Holy Spirit.

Idolatry: Trusting Another Source

The first commandment says:

“You shall have no other gods before Me.”

To seek healing, peace, revelation, or empowerment from spiritual sources outside of Christ is idolatry, even if the practitioner believes it is good or light. Many modern occult practices are disguised as wellness, therapy, or self-empowerment. Scripture does not evaluate power by the result, but by the source.

Why Occult Healing Works

Occult practices can produce results such as relief, healing, knowledge, peace, or encounters. This does not prove divine origin. Satan can afflict and remove affliction, as seen in Job 2. If he can create sickness, he can remove it. He can also mimic comfort, peace, love, and spiritual experience to keep people from Christ.

Jesus warned:

“False christs and false prophets will show signs and wonders to deceive…”
Matthew 24:24

No sign, wonder, or healing should be accepted apart from its confession of Christ as Lord, Savior, and Mediator.

Spiritual Power Is Not Neutral

New Age and occult systems treat power as a universal force that can be channeled, manipulated, or directed. Biblically, this is false. Power is not a field. It is an attribute of God. The Holy Spirit distributes power personally, purposefully, and relationally. Satan counterfeits this by offering spiritual benefits apart from Christ.

Energy, Life, and Spirit

Many occult teachings speak of “energy,” “vibrations,” “chi,” or “prana.” Treating God’s Spirit as energy is a New Age distortion that depersonalizes God and bypasses Jesus Christ.

God Is NOT Energy

Spiritual power is an attribute of God, not God Himself. The Bible acknowledges a reality science cannot measure. Spiritual power sustains, creates, and empowers life. It is immaterial, cannot be measured, yet it is real. Believers experience it as awe, fear of the Lord, conviction, renewal, or awareness of His presence ✨

God Is Personal, Not a Force

Spiritual power is an attribute of God, not His essence. God is eternal, holy, sovereign, and personal. His power is how He acts in creation and in believers.

Biblical Terms for His Power

• Energeia – operative power

• Dunamis – miraculous strength

• Ruach or Pneuma – breath, Spirit, life giving

This power is personal and purposeful. The Holy Spirit distributes it according to God’s will for transformation, healing, and gifting. It is never neutral and cannot be controlled like New Age energy.

God Is the Creator, Not Part of Creation 🌿

He is not “inside the tree” or “inside the rock” as an energy field. He fills heaven and earth but remains distinct. Humans cannot tap into Him as an energy source.

He is the potter; we are the clay (Isaiah 64:8).

The potter shapes, forms, and fills life according to His purpose. Clay does not channel the potter’s power.

Why New Age Energy Beliefs Are Dangerous ⚠️

New Age practices such as Reiki, Qi Gong, crystals, and energy machines treat energy as impersonal, neutral, and manipulable. Humans supposedly tap into it to heal or raise consciousness.

This is deceptive because it:

• Denies God’s sovereignty

• Bypasses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior

• Treats spiritual power as a commodity

• Confuses creation with the Creator

Scripture warns not to exchange the Creator for creation (Romans 1:25).

Life, Spirit, and Dependence on God

Our spirit exists because God breathed life into us. Our human spirit comes from His breath, but it is not His essence and does not contain divinity. The spirit is created and dependent. If God removes His sustaining breath, the body dies (James 2:26).

Biblical Terms

• Nephesh – soul, living being

• Ruach or Pneuma – breath or spirit

• Bios – biological life

• Dunamis or Energeia – God’s power at work

These are personal, relational, moral realities, not New Age energies.

Humans Cannot Heal Themselves by Activating Inner Power 🔥

New Age teaches that healing comes from awakening inner divinity or unblocking personal energy. The Bible teaches that humans are not divine. We are contingent, upheld, and dependent.

If the spirit generated its own power, we could self repair. But the spirit itself depends on God. Healing is not technique. It is relationship and submission to Christ.

Any belief in personal divinity, or acceptance of other religions and beliefs, rejects the God of the Bible. These philosophies assume the universe itself is divine and that this divinity dwells within every person. Scripture teaches that only God is divine, and man was created for a personal relationship with his Creator, not to find power or peace within himself.

Treating God’s Spirit or His breath as energy is a New Age distortion, reducing the living, personal God to something neutral and manipulable.

Conclusion 🕊️

Spiritual power is an attribute of God, not God Himself. It is personal, purposeful, and moral.

True power comes through relationship, not technique. Spiritual power is always from God the Person, never from the universe or a field, and can only be mediated through Jesus Christ.

When people seek power apart from Him, they cannot receive the Holy Spirit and instead encounter created forces or counterfeit spirits.

God is personal. His power is operative 🔥

Jesus Christ: The Only Mediator

Many believe they have a relationship with God without Christ. Scripture teaches otherwise:

“No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
“There is one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)

All true spiritual life, power, and revelation come through the Mediator, not around Him.

Counterfeit Peace and Emotional Discernment

The Holy Spirit teaches believers not to discern God through feelings alone. Feelings can be manipulated, but truth cannot. Peace from God is rooted in reconciliation through Christ, not sensations or altered states.

The Christian’s Call to Discernment

Christians must test practices not by:

• Results

• Feelings

• Popularity

• Testimonials

But by:

• Source

• Doctrine

• Christology

• Scripture

• Fruit

“Test all things; hold fast what is good. Avoid every form of evil.”
1 Thessalonians 5:21–22

Closing Doors and Repentance

Occult involvement gives demons legal access, influence, or oppression. This can include soul ties with practitioners or spiritual agreements through techniques, rituals, or healing modalities. The solution is not fear, but repentance and confession through Christ.

This material is to bring awareness, not condemnation. Most practitioners are unaware of the occult roots of the power they use and sincerely believe it is God or a personal gift.

The Biblical Answer

There is only one true power for life, healing, and deliverance: the Word of God and the Spirit of God.

“He sent His Word and healed them.” (Psalm 107:20)

Jesus Christ is the Great Physician. His healing is not technique based, energy based, or ritual based. It is relational, personal, and mediated through His Spirit.

A Final Warning About Mixing Practices

Some Christians use occult methods and simply insert Jesus into them, believing this is acceptable. Scripture warns us not to mix holy with unholy.

You cannot place Jesus into a healing method founded on the occult.

This does not mean Christians cannot use methods founded on Jesus Christ that appear similar on the surface. The enemy imitates God and often steals what God originated. The method must be scripturally sound and rooted in the Word of God.

Inheriting Demonic Influence

We can inherit demons through decisions to participate in occult activities. Ungodly soul ties can form with practitioners operating contrary to God. Demons attached to those practitioners may gain legal access through those ties to oppress or dwell within individuals.

Any activity you or your ancestors have entered into from this occult checklist simply repent of the activity and cast out all demons involved with the activity in the name of Jesus. Break all ungodly soul ties between you and all practitioners involved, as well as other members and the places of the events. Also break every curse that came as a result of these sins.

 Objects themselves which are rooted in the occult can carry demonic spirits and curses with them also. Some objects can simply be blessed, have the ungodly soul ties broken and be covered with the blood of Christ to remove the curses and demonic spirits, but more often than not God will advise us to destroy the objects. (Seek God always if unsure).

 

• Naturopathy (I have added Naturopathy because their is an occult/demonic force involved.  This is not to say that some of what they provide isn't good. There can be imbalances and changes in diet, reduction of stress and natural supplements can really help. Naturopathic Medicine is based on the philosophy of Vitalism: that all living beings possess an intelligent, living energy which gives us an innate ability to heal. This energy is named 'The Vital Force'. In Oriental Medicine traditions it is called it the Qi; Ayurvedic Medicine from India refers to it as Prana. The Vital Force constitutes a natural wisdom of the body which constantly works to restore health to the human system -- in essence a living, intelligent, feedback control system. Naturopathic medicine is designed to work with this inherent healing ability in a holistic manner to restore balance and harmony to the whole person.  Christians know Biblically that we are made up of spirit, soul and body and that each part works in unity.  We have the breath of God (life force within us and sin causes blockages within this flow.  To remove blockages and receive healing we need to repent, be delivered and cleansed and healed by the word (Jesus Christ).  I have also seen that supplements are pushed within these practices (some of which are not even needed) and sometimes high doses prescribed which is not good for health. There are also a range of diagnostic tools that are used that mainstream medicine describes as quackery which may or may not even give accurate diagnosis).

******* One thing the Lord has highlighted to me is that herbs and natural remedies affect the physical body, not the soul or spirit. While New Age belief systems often claim that plants carry spiritual or healing energy for the inner person, Scripture teaches that only God heals the soul and spirit, and that healing comes through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.

God created plants for food and for physical medicinal use, and their effects work through the body - such as the nervous system - which can influence how we feel (calmer, more alert, etc.). These effects are physical, not spiritual. Plants do not carry the dunamis power of God, which belongs to the Holy Spirit alone.

Any claim that something other than Jesus can heal or work on the spirit or soul is counterfeit. Using Herbs should never take precedence over the Word of God. In itself some of the changes in diet and nutrition as part of naturopathy is good, but unfortunately Naturopathy may employ a wide range of New Age treatments having such as radionics, homeopathy, meditation, and yoga.  In regard to taking supplements something the Lord showed me also was that many herbalists, nutritionists, and naturopaths  follow the New Age philosophies and are guided by evil spirits so their information can be misleading.  I have found many supplements contain mega doses of things which also cause imbalances and sometimes the supplement is not right at all.  What is good for one may also not be good for another.

Above all, we are encouraged to seek the Holy Spirit for wisdom, and to test everything against Scripture. Any advice received - whether from a practitioner or elsewhere - should be prayerfully discerned, with our trust placed fully in the Lord as our source of life and healing.

 • Necromancy (Involves communication with the deceased – either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily – for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge)

• Neti Pot (A pot used for irrigating the sinuses - used in Yoga for purification and founded in Hinduism.  The neti is one of six purification techniques performed prior to practicing yoga as a way of preparing the body for the yoga practice. In this sense it is occult. Modern medicine has many other forms of irrigation systems for cleaning the sinuses which are fine when there is no spiritual element involved and is based on simply clearing micro-organisms from the nasal cavity to clear out infections and prevent  colds etc.   My concern would also be with the neti pot itself as it is used as part of the purification system and was developed by practitioners of yoga so could may well have demonic attachments with it.  Bulb syringes are a far safer alternative).

• Numerical symbolism (Involves suggestions springing from the use of numbers)

• Numerology (The branch of knowledge that deals with the occult significance of numbers)

• Observer of times/soothsayer – To to divineth from the appearance of clouds or stars to foretell future events etc…

• Occultic games (Computer, board game etc, such as Ouija boards, Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft)

• Occult letters of protection (Also known as the Ritual Circle. In the occult a circle always represents a boundary of power. If you see a symbol enclosed in a circle, more times than not it is a symbol of the occult. It is a common practice for those who claim to have outer body experiences to draw a circle around their bodies before leaving so that nothing else can enter it while they are away)

• Occult Books.* Such books should be burned, regardless of cost.

• Omens (An observable event or action pertaining to the future)

• Osteopath (Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, founder of osteopathy, had occult interests such as hypnosis, spiritualism, magic and was believed to be a freemason. He believed that the optimal function of the body depends on the supply and removal of nervous energy, blood and lymph, to and from the body. If these pathways are blocked, this hinders the self-healing mechanism and the corresponding organs become sick. He regarded the spinal column as the centre of peripheral supply and this is why he looked for displaced vertebral bodies in most diseases, even internal diseases.  

Osteopathy vs Physiotherapy: 

Osteopathy

• Founded by Andrew Taylor Still, who mixed physical therapy with spiritual and occult ideas.

• Treats “body, mind, and spirit,” sometimes using energy or holistic concepts.

• Physical therapy side is fine, but any claim to heal the spirit is not biblical - only God can do that (Psalm 103:2-3).

Physiotherapy

• Evidence-based, purely physical treatment.

• Focuses on muscles, joints, movement, and rehab.

• Fully safe for Christians - no spiritual or occult involvement.

Bottom line: Osteopathy can help physically, but be cautious of any spiritual or energy claims. Physiotherapy is straightforward, safe, and fully compatible with Scripture.

• Oracle (A shrine where an oracular god is consulted, then prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible)

• Ouija boards (A board used as a focus point in communicating with the spirit realm).  ***The Lord told me that when one does this practice they become an open portal for the demons that are conjured up to enter.  Once you have repented and cast out the demons you need to also repent for entering into ungodly practices with others  which is fellowshipping in the dark and break all ungodly soul ties with each of the people you have done with this as soul ties are avenues in which their demons can travel to you.  After doing this cast out all demons who use those soul ties to travel to you in Jesus name.

•  Paganism (Celebrates the Earth, living creatures, nature, and so on. It means she or he follows an earth or nature religion, one that sees the divine manifest in all creation. Paganism is polytheistic as the ancient romans and Greeks which teaches many or no gods. Paganism does not have one main religious text or set of beliefs to follow. Some pagans believe in Jesus as one of the gods, but do not put significance in Him as Christians do. Paganism is neither Christian, Jew or Muslim)

•  Pagan fetishes (objects charged with magical powers and carried about as a means of protection or luck)

• Pagan religious objects, artifacts and relics

• Pagan rites (Voodoo (West Indies) Sing Sings (New Guinea) Corroborees (Aust. Aboriginals) fire walking (Fiji, India) Umbahada and Macumba (Brazil) etc.’ Also visits to shows by Iri Geller or Matthew Manning demonstrating psychic powers )

•  Palmistry (The art or practice of supposedly interpreting a person's character or predicting their future by examining the lines and other features of the hand, esp. the palm and fingers)

• Pk/ Parakineses (Control of objects by the power of the mind and will)

• Parapsychology (PS) (The use of scientific methods to study paranormal psychological phenomena, such as extra-sensory perception, psychokinesis, and survival of consciousness after death)

• Passing through the fire (Children sacrificed to Molech by fire – death)

• Pendulum diagnosis (Diving rod, crystal or any object hung from a string used as a means for seeking answers or hypnosis etc) (If this has been used for seeking the sex of a baby, break all negative affects and soul ties over the child)

• Pharmakeia (click here)

 • Phrenology (The science which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology of the skull. Science which endeavors to read a person's character from the shape and particularly the peaks and valleys of the skull. It was begun by Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828). Closely related is the science Physiognomy (Greek for nature and interpreter), an effort to understand the mind and personality by evaluating various facial traits as the nose, eyes, chin and cheekbone shape; in short, judging people by their faces)

• Planchette (A triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages)

• Polarity Therapy (Polarity therapy involves balancing the flow of energy in the body to improve or maintain health. It was developed by the chiropractor and osteopath Randolph Stone. It is also known as polarity balancing and polarity energy balancing. It is influenced by the concepts of energy flow used in Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, but differs from those types of medicine in regard to it's theory that positive and negative energy charges in the body's electromagnetic energy field govern the flow of energy. There are a number of techniques used in Polarity Therapy including bodywork and stretching exercises, to balance energy flow and restore health to the body).

• Precognition (Knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception)

• Psychic (Sensitive to influence or forces of non-physical or supernatural nature- mediums, fortune tellers etc)

• Psychic healing (A person who cures mental or physical illness from the Universal Life Energy emanating through the healer's hands)

• Psychic surgery (Without the use of a surgical instrument, a practitioner will press the tips of his/her fingers against the patient's skin in the area to be treated. The practitioner's hands appear to penetrate into the patient's body painlessly and blood seems to flow. The practitioner will then show organic matter or foreign objects apparently removed from the patient's body, clean the area, and then end the procedure with the patient's skin showing no wounds or scars)

• Psychoanalysis (A system of psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind by techniques such as dream interpretation and free association)

• Psychokinesis (The ability to move objects by mental effort alone)

• Psychometry (Obtaining information or telling fortunes by lifting or holding object belonging to the enquirer)

• Punk rock music

• Pyramidology (Mystic powers associated with models of pyramids)

• Quantum Therapy - Modern quantum physics has uncovered a fascinating reality: at the subatomic level, matter behaves in ways that defy classical understanding. Particles appear connected even across distances. Empty space is not empty but fluctuates with unseen forces. And a mysterious field, often called zero-point energy, seems to underpin the structure of reality. Scientists do not know exactly what it is or how it works. They can observe effects but cannot fully describe the source.

 • Rebirthing (a form of psychotherapy in which the subject supposedly ‘relives’ the experience of being born, in order to confront and overcome traumas and anxieties stemming from birth)

•  Reflexology  (This was discovered around 1913 by Dr. William Fitzgerald who introduced zone therapy to the US. His method was based on Chinese acupressure. Reflexology practitioners claim the existence of ten zones running from the hands and feet corresponding to the internal organs. The therapy involves a massaging of the hand or foot corresponding to the internal organ, with the resultant relaxation or relief of pain of the associated internal organ. Supposedly, it works because there are energy channels running from the hands and feet through to the inner organs of the body. When pressure is applied to these points, calcified deposits (“crystals”) are crushed and removed from the body, resulting in better blood flow. This is a new age belief, also known as monism, the idea that all is one (or pantheism, the idea that God and the universe are inseparable). This idea has its origins in the Chinese notions of yin and yang, and the five elements theory. Basically, these are saying that the Ch’i (also written Qi) or universal life force can flow properly once these calcified deposits are removed)

•  Reincarnation (The rebirth of a soul in a new body) 

• Reiki (Reiki practitioners believe that everyone has the potential to access the universal life energy, but that over time most people's systems become blocked and the energy becomes weakened in them. A reiki practitioner is trained to be able to detect these blockages, and practitioners will use their hands, thoughts, and own energy fields to improve the energy flow in a patient *Quantum Healing bank - Energy field above ones head and can be used by oneself or another, and can be stored and later drawn upon. (PRAY - "I destroy all Healing banks with the energy field of myself and my family created in the name of Jesus Christ)”.

• Rhabdomancy (Divination for water or mineral ore by means of a rod or wand; dowsing; divining)

• Runes (Runes are letters used in the earliest Germanic and Nordic alphabets. They are a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabet. They are used to communicate hidden mystical messages. They are the symbols we may see encscribed on old egyptian coffins. The linking of specific runes to the sun, moon and other sky gods, and the art of funerary rune carvings, led to the belief that runes embodied supernatural powers to protect, to avenge and foretell the future. Even in todays society runes are still used.  They are the symbols we see in earth, air, water and fire, protection symbols, fertility symbols and many more.... As Christians, our power is not to come from mystical alphabets, markings, or magical symbolism. Our power and authority comes from the one true God, Jesus Christ)

 • Sacred Land (Walking onto cursed or sacred land, buildings etc…….) 
(PRAY - “I repent for walking on land that has been deemed sacred or has been cursed.  I forgive all people for the curses that were placed and I bless them.  I break all curses that came as a result of this by washing my feet with the blood of Jesus Christ”).

• Satanism (Devil worship)

• Seances (A meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, esp. through the agency of a medium) ***The Lord told me that when one does this practice they become an open portal for the demons that are conjured up to enter.  Once you have repented and cast out the demons you need to also repent for entering into ungodly practices with others  which is fellowshipping in the dark and break all ungodly soul ties with each of the people you have done with this as soul ties are avenues in which their demons can travel to you.  After doing this cast out all demons who use those soul ties to travel to you in Jesus name.

• Self hypnosis (Self-Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state of mind which can be defined as a heightened state of focused concentration (trance), with the willingness to follow instructions (suggestibility).  

• Shape shifting (This is a person who can shapeshift with the help of demons. I believe this is spiritual and done using astral cords, mind control etc.......This is because they allow a demon or even satan himself to enter them. Calling a shifter a "Were" also works because it can be short for werewolf or, weretiger, werefox, werecoyote, or whatever their particular phenotype is. It implies that they have the ability to change their shape, usually into an animal form. There are three types; Lycanthropes, Therianthropes, and Polymorphs. Lycanthropes: They can become a full-fledged four-legged wolf, or a werewolf. Therianthropes: People who transform themselves into other animal forms. Therianthropes include the weretigers, werefoxes, werebears, and so on and so forth. Polymorphs: They can appear as a mixed hybrid of all their phenotypes combined into one. An example of a polymorph would be a person who could shift into a creature that is part human, tiger, and eagle).

• Significant pagan days (The Pagan and Wiccan holidays are based upon agricultural and astronomical markers, such as solstices, equinoxes and planting/harvest dates. Some of them are the same each year, and others tend to change, based upon the earth's rotation)

• Silva Mind Control (SMC - Psychorientology) (The Silva Method was devised by Jose Silva (1914-99) Silva developed the technique of ‘alphagenetics’, which aimed to develop the ‘right hand side of the brain’, as opposed to the left. Silva believed that 90 per cent of people were ‘left-brained’, relying on their brain’s beta-waves, and on their logical, rational abilities. Alphagenetics sought to develop alpha-waves in the brain, enabling the development of intuition and imagination, allowing people to take control of their lives, surmount personal problems, and develop psychic powers

• Somatic Therapy (Developed in the 1970s by Thomas Hanna, who was influenced by Moshe Feldenkrais. Feldenkrais taught that all movement, thought, speech, and emotion are expressions of one unified self, and that by improving physical movement a person can improve themselves on every level. This worldview assumes that the human person is a single physical system (a mind-body monism) without a spiritual dimension. Transformation is seen as coming from within the self through bodily awareness.

This is not Biblical. Scripture teaches that humans are body, soul, and spirit (1 Thess 5:23), distinct yet interconnected, with the spirit being primary under God’s rule. Somatic philosophy removes the spiritual dimension entirely and assigns the body the role of teacher, healer, and source of truth. This shifts healing inward, instead of to Christ.

Although somatic therapy began as a secular, non-spiritual mind-body system, in recent decades it has been heavily spiritualized through the influence of Eastern religion, New Age embodiment practices, mindfulness, breathwork, and energy-based healing modalities. These introduce spiritual concepts without Jesus Christ or Biblical discernment.

Many of these practices encourage emptying the mind, suspending judgment, entering altered states of consciousness, or tuning into an inner “body wisdom.” This creates spiritual openness without the guarding of the Holy Spirit, which Scripture warns against (1 Pet 5:8; 1 John 4:1; 2 Cor 10:5). Such practices can become entry points for deceptive spiritual influences.

Somatic spirituality also offers a kind of self-salvation, treating trauma and nervous system dysregulation as the core human problem and embodiment as the path to restoration. But Scripture teaches that humanity’s root problem is sin, the fall, and spiritual bondage, and that true healing and restoration come through Jesus Christ, repentance, and the work of the Holy Spirit (Isa 53:5; John 8:36; Ps 103:3).

While body-based healing is not unbiblical in itself, somatic therapy becomes spiritually unsafe when it:

• removes the spirit from human design

• elevates the self as healer

• replaces the Holy Spirit with “body wisdom”

• spiritualizes embodiment apart from Christ

• blends with occult or Eastern practices

• offers healing without repentance or the cross

For these reasons, somatic therapy in its modern spiritual form is not Biblical and does not align with the Kingdom of God.)

• Sorcery/Sorcerer (The use of magic, hidden arts, spells, enchanter with drugs)

• Spells (A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation)

• Spirit knockings or rappings (Poltergeist activity with knocking noises and moving objects)

• Spiritual Aromatherapy (Aromatherapy is the art and science of helping living things toward wholeness and balance using the essential oils and extracts of herbs and plants.

**** Please note: - The aromatherapy referred to in this checklist is spiritual aromatherapy, not the general physical use of essential oils.

Some essential oil practitioners move beyond physical or emotional support and promote spiritual healing, peace, or harmony through spiritual practices combined with essential oils. This is often referred to as spiritual aromatherapy. It is important to distinguish this from the physical use of essential oils, which can affect the body  including how you feel - through the nervous system.

I have no issue with the use of herbs or essential oils for physical purposes, such as relaxation, alertness, or bodily support. However, discernment is needed, as some aromatherapists operate from spiritualist or New Age worldviews, incorporating practices such as meditation, yoga, energy concepts, or other non-biblical beliefs alongside essential oils.

Scripture teaches that herbs and plants do not heal the soul or spirit. While God created all living things, spiritual healing and restoration come only through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Plants affect the physical body; they do not carry the dunamis power of God, which belongs to the Holy Spirit alone. Any practice or product that claims to heal or work with the spirit, soul, or personal “energy” apart from Christ is not biblically sound.

The calming or energising effects of herbs and essential oils occur through physical mechanisms, such as the nervous system. God did create plants for food and medicinal use, both internally and externally, and they can be beneficial when used rightly. However, herbs should never take precedence over the Word of God or our trust in Him.

God’s natural creation is intended to work in harmony with His Word, not replace it. The word synergy comes from the Greek synergia, meaning “working together.” God may choose to heal both the root cause and the symptoms of an issue supernaturally, or He may address the root spiritually and use natural means to help with physical symptoms. Without addressing the root, issues often resurface in different forms.

When using herbs or essential oils, it is wise to pray and dedicate their use to the Lord, acknowledging Him as the giver of all good things. We are called to use discernment not only in what we consume, but also in whom we support. Supporting practices or systems that openly oppose God’s truth should be avoided.  I always repent on behalf of the product incase it was manufactured by a witch, warlock, satanist or wizard and break any curses and demons off it. In saying this though if you know the person selling the herbs is a witch or satanist then I would not buy the product from them, as this would grieve God to know you are financially supporting an occult person. I went even one step further in this when using herbs and repented to God on behalf of mankind for the sins that allowed the ground to be cursed and asked Him to break the curse off the ground and the herbs I was taking.

Above all, believers are encouraged to seek the Holy Spirit for wisdom, test everything against Scripture, and keep Jesus Christ as the sole source of spiritual healing and life).

• Stichomancy (Fortune telling from random reference to books- the practice of Stichomancy is at least 3000 years old. You open to a random page of randomly selected book , to find an excerpt that applies to what you seek)

• Stigmata - occultic types (Stigmata itself is bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, such as the hands and feet. In some cases, rope marks on the wrists have accompanied the wounds on the hands. The term originates from the line at the end of Saint Paul's Letter to the Galatians where he says, "I bear on my body the marks of Jesus." *Occultic stigmata - Bodily stigmata have been reported in a number of religious traditions.Among the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, a contemplator of tutelary spirits may mystically induce the development of "openings in the palms of his hands." These tutelary spirits are presented by the "itiriti snake," which makes for a close analogue with the Seraph who endowed Francis of Assisi with his stigmata. Buddhist "stigmata" are regularly indicated in Buddhist art.

• Succubus (A demon assuming the female sex to have sexual intercourse with men)

• Supernatural healer - (Any supernatural healing other than Jesus Christ as the source)

• Superstitions (A belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance)

• Table tipping (Table tipping or table turning is a type of séance in which participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and wait for rotations. The table was purportedly made to serve as a means of communicating with the spirits; the alphabet would be slowly called over and the table would tilt at the appropriate letter, thus spelling out words and sentences)

• Tachyon Energy Healing (Tachyon energy is speculated to be the creative and sustaining force of all life, which requires a certain balance of energy to sustain itself. The name was coined in 1967 by Gerald Feinberg a Physicist who speculated that tachyons were particles that travel faster than light.  

Tachyons are hypothetical particles in physics. They have never been proven to exist, and no accepted medical science uses them.

Tachyon healing typically claims:

• Tachyons are “faster-than-light” energies

• They carry intelligence or consciousness

• They restore balance, alignment, or spiritual harmony

• They work beyond time and space

That immediately moves it out of science and into spiritual belief.

Tachyon healing:

• Attributes healing to an impersonal cosmic energy

• Claims access to power beyond the physical world

• Often involves intention, activation, or spiritual alignment

• Uses scientific language to legitimise spiritual claims

That fits the biblical definition of occult practice: seeking power or healing from sources God has not given.

“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie…” (Romans 1:25)

There are all kinds of products claiming to harness this tachyon energy such as headbands, stones, crystals and even water which claim to heal your body into alignment using the energy field. There are practitioners also claiming to work with this energy through their own hands as a facilitator as well as machines which use electromagnetic frequencies)

• Talking to the Animals (An individual can place a spirit within an animal so they can communicate with it telepathically. They may use it for spying purposes to watch what it is ‘seeing’ by using divination. A spirit may already be in an animal unknowingly and the individual believes they can read the animals mind)

• Talisman (An object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection)

• Tarot cards and Angel cards (Picture cards for fortune telling)

• Tea-leaf reading (Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds or wine sediments)

• Television (Occult/horror – This can bring in many spirits including fear)

• Temples (A building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence)

• Thought transference – Telepathy (Defined as the transference of thoughts from the Mind of one person to the Mind of another person, or several other people) **The Holy Spirit showed me that reading people's minds is when a demonic spirit speaks into one person's mind whilst also speaking into the other persons at the same time. It is demonic communication 

• Tk -telekineses (The ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other nonphysical means)

• TM -Transcendental Meditation (A technique for detaching oneself from anxiety and promoting harmony and self-realization by meditation and repetition of a mantra) *You will need to repent /renounce mantra (actual words if possible) and declare ‘Jesus Christ is Lord of my mind'. I cover my mind with the Blood of Christ. Repent also of allowing the enemy to teach you how to control your mind.  *Break all mantras, mind control and command every demon involved to leave in Jesus name*

• Trances (A half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium)

• Transference (Process of an indwelling spirit leaving one body and entering another)

• Transmigration (The passing of a soul into another body after death –reincarnation, but also the belief that dead people can return to earth as an insect or animal)

• UFO fixation (A group of people who believe in extra terrestrial beings from other planets, including visitations)

• Warlock (A male version of a witch, wizard, magician or conjurer)

• White magic (It is the using the force of witchcraft for reasons of light as opposed to negative reasons)

• Witch (A male or female who uses occultic powers to accomplish what they consider is good or evil)

• Worship dead - Ancestral worship (ancestral worship is that the departed ones don't die, even though their human bodies fail -- they continue living in the invisible "Kingdom of the Dead," from which they are often able to influence events which occur within the world. That's why many families provide food, awamori, and on certain occasions, kabijin (money-like paper) at the family tomb or family altar in honor of their departed ancestors) 

•  Wicca (Wicca is the largest of the Neopagan religions. Wiccans have great reverence for the Earth and for their Goddess and her consort, the horned God. Their main rule of behavior is the Wiccan Rede which forbids them from harming people, including themselves, except in some cases of self-defense)

• Windchimes (The earliest known wind-chimes can be traced back to 1100 B.C. China. It was believed throughout Southeastern Asia that bells promoted peace and good health. Especially important in Buddhism, bells are a critical “part of honoring the Three Jewels or Three Treasures;” the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha (Naillon). Buddhists attached wind chimes and wind bells to the eaves of sacred religious structures to create an almost deafening sound in the wind. In Asia and the ancient Mediterranean, wind chimes were used to attract good spirits and ward off evil ones. Many people consider wind chimes to be good luck. Wind chimes are thought to have a healing effect on the mind and body and are often used in Feng Shui in regard to the chi energy flow).  ***Wind chimes are well known for their spiritual effects but they have also been used for non spiritual purposes such as being used to detect early changes in wind speeds that signalled oncoming storms prior to modern weather forecasting and technologies. They were also used by Farmers to scare off birds, or simply as a pretty ornament hung around homes and properties for decorative purposes. If you are simply using windchimes as a decorative ornament (or to scare off birds) I believe it is okay to pray over them and renounce any beliefs in supernatural energy and superstitious effects that goes with them and command any demonic spirits to leave in Jesus name.  Always double check with God and ask His Holy Spirit to show you if it is okay.

• Wishes – (These are things such as breaking the wishbone on a chicken and wishing, people throwing coins into wishing wells, wishing on eyelashes, children blowing out the candles on birthday cakes after making a wish. Wishing on shooting stars and lady bugs. Wishing on specific number combinations. A white horse crossing a person’s path causing them to make a wish. Picking dandelions and blowing all the seeds off and making wishes.  The Irish believed in leprechauns and believed they granted wishes if they caught one).

A friend once revealed to me that when she repented for these sins her and her family and ancestors had committed, the Lord told her there was more to it.  He put the spot light on the birthday cake and she began to wonder why people started doing that and what was behind blowing out the candles.  She googled this and it is rooted in an ancient ritual done in the temple of Artemis. She learned that the curse came on the child as they blew out the candles with each birthday, it's like the curse was renewed and even intensified with each birthday. She learned that if our ancestors have done these rituals of wishing and no one had repented of it, the curse will continue to perpetuate until someone does. Another thing she found is that when one makes a wish via a wishing well it also makes a covenant with a water spirit as there is a transaction taking place.  When repenting of wishing wells it is a good idea to also repent of the transaction between you and a water spirit and break that covenant between you in Jesus name.

• Witchcraft (The practice of magic, esp. black magic; the use of spells and the invocation of spirits)

• Wizard (A man who has magical powers)

• Yin and Yang (Two forces in the universe, according to Chinese theory. Yin is the passive, feminine, negative force, and yang, the active, masculine positive force. According to this theory, maintaining a balance between Yin and Yang results in perfect health of body, mind and soul)

• Yoga (A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation. There are many different kinds of yoga. Kundalini Yoga is the awakening or release of the latent female energy believed to lie coiled at the base of the spine. The origins of yoga is pagan. Yoga stems from the Vedas - the Indian holy texts that were composed from around 1900BC. Besides yoga, three major religions came from those texts - Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. The goal of the stretches, exercises, and mental techniques of yoga is to connect you with a false 'god' or 'energy', or to discover that you are really god ('god is everything'). The agenda behind New Age beliefs is to get people’s focus off the true God and back on themselves (or another false god or belief system). The word 'yoga' literally means 'to join' or 'to unite', and it is connected with a sense of 'being' or 'deity'. In yoga there are many different deities linked with the practice that you could join or unite with).

 • Zodiac charms (Look for birth signs in bracelets, pendants, necklaces etc…)

 

Secret Societies

• Buffalo Lodge	• Foresters	• Knights of St John
• Manchester Unity	• Order of Amaranth	• Riders of the Red Robe
• Sororities (Girls College)	• De Molay	• Good Templars
• Klu Klux Klan	• Moose and Eagle Lodges	• Eastern Star
• Illuminati	• Druids	• Knights of Malta
• Elks	• Knights of Columbus	• Orders of Job’s daughters
• The Woodmen of the World	• Freemasonry	• Knights of Pythias
• Fraternities	• Orange Lodge	• Order of the Rainbow
• Prince Hall Freemasonry	• Scottish Rites	• Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm

(see also checklist A-M)

By Tania Francis