Crystals in the Occult
In this video I talk about the common perception of crystals as a harmless or even silly superstition and why this is simply not the case.
I don't feel I presented this information as clearly as I should have in the video. So I wanted to summarize the main points:
- The connection between New Age ideas about the "power" of crystals and witchcraft.
- The absence of true supernatural properties within inanimate objects.
- Blessed objects and cursed objects.
- How crystals are used in spellcasting and ceremonial magic.
- The true nature of magic and how our ancestors had a better handle on this than we do.
- My own personal experience of the demonic through the application of crystals.
The Smoke and Mirrors Effect
I believe that one of the reasons I struggle to present content like this in a clear and coherent way is because anything to do with demons is, almost by definition. confusing. Satan does not want us to really understand this stuff - even to the limited degree that we (as humans) are able to grasp it.
That's why everything about the occult is obscure or secret or deceptive!
The occult has become SO mainstream, however, it is important that we do try to understand and discuss it. Even if it can be challenging. This is what I try to do here in the blog and on YouTube - and hope to eventually, God willing, explore further in my testimony ebook.
Please feel free to share any observations or questions on this content, either here in the blog comments or on YouTube and I will do my best to clarify.
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To read my online testimony on my experience in the New Age and occult, please click here.
I'm not sure that I articulated them clearly in the video, so I thought it might be helpful to summarize them here.
The Three Differences I've Noticed
1. Catholic meditation or meditative prayer is part of a larger, well defined structure.
Meditative prayer is the second of the nine levels of prayer mentioned by St. Teresa of Avila and others. These levels begin with vocal prayer and gradually progress towards more contemplative levels of prayer. New Age, Eastern and other forms of popular meditation are less defined.
This means that when you participate in popular meditations (whether individually, in a group or via a recording) you often don’t know what you’re getting – or where that particular meditation is leading you. Whereas in Catholic meditation you absolutely do.
2. The object of Catholic meditation is God.
Other kinds of meditations have very different objects. The object of eastern meditation is to experience nothingness. The object of New Age meditations center on various, often unknown, entities or energies. In many cases these unseen entities or energies are imaginary; in others they are spiritually dangerous. Many popular relaxation type meditations also include eastern or New Age content, which may be placed at end of the meditation when the listener is in an open (and vulnerable) state of mind. Whether real or imaginary the objects of popular meditation don't offer any actual spiritual value.
Catholic meditation can help bring you closer to God. Over time, it can lead to real progress in the spiritual life as you approach looking at things as God might. Such progress can help us in practical ways as we overcome vices and develop virtue. It's spiritual value is beyond estimation.
3. Catholic meditation is an effective form of spiritual warfare.
Because prayer raises your heart and mind to God, it creates an atmosphere that’s inhospitable to demons. In fact, according to Catholic exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger (who is my resource for much of the information shared in these posts) it’s possible for people to rid themselves of demonic obsession solely through Catholic meditation.
Other forms of meditation however can, and sometimes do, have the opposite effect. They may open doors that make us vulnerable to demonic influence or attack.
In Summary
Catholic mystics, like St. Teresa of Avila, have been utilizing mediation to get closer to God for hundreds of years. In the way of other New Age modalities, popular meditation may mimic the deeper spiritual practices of the Catholic faith but but can't provide the same spiritual benefits and may even be spiritual unsafe.
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To see my previous post and video on this topic, please click here.
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