The subject of
channeling is quite popular today. Even Hillary Clinton and other famous people have been involved with
channeling, but does that make it right and safe?
Channeling is performed by someone opening themselves up to other forces, supposedly of those who have long been dead, and are supposedly benevolent, helpful and kind "spirits."
Channeling is done for the purpose of obtaining "helpful" information to "guide" humans along the road of life, or to contact a dead relative or friend.
Hollywood actors, politicians, new age disciples and others are moving toward
channeling simply because it is exciting, and it is a supposed way of receiving vital information from "the other side." But, IS THIS TRUE?
Many people will undoubtedly jump to the defense of new age mysticism and
channeling because they have "experienced" the "reality" of it. Others defend it because they HOPE
channeling is real and would LIKE it to be real. After all, it IS exciting, isn't it? However, unless you understand what you are playing with, you could be badly deceived, and even physically hurt.
If you really want to understand this subject, you also need to read about the
Prince of Spirits who has dominion over this earth. If you don't believe in such things, ask yourself this: How do you KNOW that the forces some people are opening themselves up to are GOOD forces? Is it wise to simply take THEIR word for it? If you were a spirit, with the intent of deceiving human minds away from the truth and into ANYTHING else, would YOU tell them the truth? On the other hand, would you tell them so many obvious lies that they became suspicious and wouldn't listen?
The human race has free will and the ability to discern and judge things in the world. It wouldn't be a good idea to lie about everything because this would show up quite easily. So what do they do? They simply tell enough truth to make it believable, but sow in enough deceitful lies to bring about the end result they really want. By revealing themselves as "good guys," they cater to the NEED within all of us to have a spiritual contact and base.
Notice 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 "For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. :14 And no wonder! For
Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if
his (Satan's) ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, (appear to be ministers of truth, helpers of mankind) whose end will be according to their works."
1 Timothy 4:1 "...giving heed to
deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons."
Once you understand the truth about
death and what happens after it, you will see that it is impossible for these "spirits" to be departed humans. These spirits have been around long before any human was on the earth. They know a great deal about the lives of past humans, ao it isn't any surprise that they can cough up details about them. Some of these
lying spirits (1 Kings 22:22) make themselves out to be some wise, powerful, ancient forces here to lead mankind to truth.
So what is the purpose of this deception anyway? They are playing on human ignorance and rejection of the only true spirit that mankind absolutely MUST have to survive the grave. The great
"Christian" religious counterfeit foisted on the human race by Satan has turned off untold millions of people, and keeps hundreds of millions more in ignorance of the true plan of God. This watered-down Christian facade only tells a part of the whole process God is working out on the planet.
Either way, the prince of evil spirits is temporarily blinding the minds of the entire human race, preventing them from seeing the truth. He doesn't care what people believe as long as it ISN'T the truth of God. These spirits KNOW full well the plan of God and the destiny of the human race. They have set themselves up as enemies of God in an attempt to keep people from this truth and to try to destroy their personal potential, and the earth itself. Witness the environmental situation, and take a long, hard look at all the other systems man has devised as "solutions" to problems. We are seriously deficient, and slowly going down the tubes.
All this is being done slowly, because Satan KNOWS that to do things more blatantly would raise some suspicions. He isn't in a big hurry so he can plan the downfall of the human race down to the littlest detail. God is allowing this to occur as an example to all of us that we, of ourselves, CAN NOT direct our own course according to the true reality of existence, without God. He is the only spirit that can take us from the situation we were born in, to the God Plane of existence.
Is New Age Spirit Channeling, Really NEW?
You might be surprised to learn that the so called NEW age practices are far from being new. In fact, these practices are thousands of years old, and have been utilized by mankind for much the same reasons. Take a look at just a few of the references to such:
Leviticus 19:31
"Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God."
Leviticus 20:6 "And the person who
turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to
prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people."
Deuteronomy 18:9 "When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you [any one] that makes 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 one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who
calls up the dead." 12 For all that do these things [are] an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God doth drive them out from before you."
2 Kings 21:6 "Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and
consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [Him] to anger."
Isaiah 8:19-20 "And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God?
[Should they seek] the dead on behalf of the living? :20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, [it is] because [there is]
no light in them."
Isaiah 19:3 "The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The
mediums and the sorcerers."
1 Chronicles 10:13-14 "So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD, and also because he
consulted a medium for guidance. 14 But [he] did not inquire of the LORD; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse."
2 Chronicles 33:6 "Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger."
POINT: Today, as back then, people are seeking answers to their problems, but looking in the wrong place.
Judges 9:23 "Then God sent an
evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:"
1 Kings 22:23 ""Therefore look! The LORD has put a
lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you.""
Matthew 4:24 "Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were
demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them."
Acts 8:7 "For
unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed."
Acts 16:16 "Now it happened, as we went to pray, that a certain slave girl
possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters
much profit by fortune-telling."
Acts 19:15 "And the
evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" :16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded."
1 Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times (end times) some will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons."
Revelation 16:14 "For they are
spirits of demons, performing signs, [which] go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
POINT: As the above references show, there are EVIL spirits, LYING spirits, DECEIVING spirits, and UNCLEAN spirits that CAN AND DO communicate with human beings. Think about the world's condition right now. Is it really difficult to imagine how millions of such evil spirits can influence the collective mind of mankind?
There IS some truth to the concept of channeling, however. The only true "channeling" we should be attempting to do is to channel the spirit of the true living God into our lives. He has to
start the process, but WE need to renew this contact daily and grow to be more like Him. This can ONLY happen when we play by the rules... described in detail in His word, the Bible. Trying to contact any other spirit is not only dangerous, but it can have serious repercussions for us SPIRITUALLY, not just physically as the world shows. We ALL need to have spiritual contact, but if it isn't with the right spirit, we will never achieve the goal that God has for us.
So I ask you once again, how can someone be SURE that what they may be connected to is really good? Unless you know what the test is, and have the right understanding of truth, you WILL be deceived.
1 John 4:1-3 "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world."
Please realize that a demon COULD acknowledge that Christ has come in the flesh, simply because they know who He is. This scripture, along with many others, teach that these "spirits" would have to acknowledge God's authority, His laws, commands and His word, the bible. In other words, if they do NOT teach what the bible teaches, or teach ANYTHING contrary to what it says... they are lying spirits and deceiving with their words.
This will become so prevalent that, in the future, when things heat up, people will be so deceived by all this and more that they will be brought to the point of making war with God Himself, unknowingly.
Revelation 17:14 "These will make war with the Lamb, (Christ) and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those [who are] with Him [are] called, chosen, and faithful."
This battle will involve millions of people in the middle east and will be the bloodiest war ever fought...
Revelation 14:20 "And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs."
The vast majority of humankind will be deceived into believing a false religion... something far different from truth, and will be caught up in actually doing battle against Christ when He returns to this Earth.
Suffice it to say that what you may think about new age mysticism, there is ONLY a dark side to it all. You need to beware!
Hupokrites
Have you ever wondered how some of your favorite actors and actresses manage to be so convincing in their roles? How do they transform themselves into becoming the characters that they play and make it look so real?
Are you familiar with such concepts as automatic writing, channeling, theosophy, demon possession, astrology, fortune telling, satanic worship, occult sacrifices, mind transference, transcendental meditation, black magic? Many of them are...and they credit these practices for their success in Hollywood.
Entertainers such as
Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Robin Williams, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Bacon, Roseanne Barr, Greta Garbo, Halle Berry, Marlene Dietrich, Winona Ryder, Joan Crawford, River Phoenix, Mae West, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sammy Davis Jr., Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Michael Landon, Peter Sellers...openly acknowledge the influence spiritism and the occult has played in their acting careers.
In an interview with Spike Lee, he relates these things as being similar to hocus pocus and voodoo. He couldn't be more right. The Scriptures expressly forbid attempts to contact the deceased and interact with them. Any attempt to access the spirit world apart from Jesus Christ is satanic.
Individuals in the industry describe these transformations as "scary" and "spooky". Why? Because they know these actors are tapping into the supernatural and calling upon demonic spirits to take them over in their performances. Many of the world's leading entertainers are crossing into the realm of witchcraft and the occult. Yet, they are worshiped around the world and held up as icons. People flock to see their latest pictures, swoon to hear their advise, follow every nuance of their lives, etc. What spirits are really being presented for your amusement and entertainment? What are you joining yourself to when you make these "stars" your idols?
"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh." II Corinthians 5:16a
So many want to simply dismiss what these artists say about their own efforts to become embodied with other spirits. But this is commonplace in Hollywood. We are not speaking of the exception, but of the typical practice by most in this field. Are you really prepared to understand what they are dealing with?
We had previously posted all of the Hollywood Unmasked videos below, but a poster raised concerns about the graphic nature of some of the content, including images of homosexuality being pushed in the media. We agree with this poster and have only included two videos below: 1) An overview of the Hollywood Unmasked series; and 2) An separate interview with Spike Lee about how Denzel Washington sought to be possessed by the spirit of Malcom X in preparing for that role.
Celebrity spirit channelers: Anne Heche and… Brad Pitt?
Brad Pitt is shown on 1/27/08;
Anne Heche on 6/7/07. Credit: PRPhotos
This week’s tabloids have stories of two celebrities who are into holding seances and channeling spirits. One is unsurprising, but another is a celebrity you wouldn’t expect to be into that sort of thing. According to the National Enquirer,
Anne Heche is friends with a seer who claims to contact the dead and Heche has been holding seances to talk to her departed relatives. If Star Magazine is to be believed,
Brad Pitt also thinks he’s communing with the dead and is into “deep-trance spirit channeling.” I would bet that Pitt is only doing meditative practices when he can find the time and that Star is twisting it into something else. Either that or Star is trying to promote the documentary they’re name-dropping:
Pals say [
Anne Heche] is hosting seances to contact long-dead relatives…
“Anne recently became friends with this New Age seer who sold her a psychic trip about connecting with ancestors going back to the 15th century,” said the pal.
The psychic claims she can see the dead and talk to them, and Anne now believes she has a long-lost sister whom she hopes to contact through the medium, said the souce.
“Anne’s held at least four seances with close friends and believes her link to the past will help her pave the way for a smoother future,” the source said.
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 15, 2008]
Pitt is said to be into a more individual form of contacting spirits - deep trance channeling. Star does get the first part of the story right as Brad has talked in interviews recently about his quest for meaning:
[
Brad Pitt] is “having sort of a midlife crisis,” a source tells Star. “He’s asking the big questions, like ‘What do I want to do with the rest of my life?’” Brad is turning to spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama, for advice. He’s also taken up deep-trance spirit channeling, trying to commune with ghosts, after watching the documentary Tuning In: Spirit Channelers in America.
Angelina Jolie is trying to be supportive but is now worried that Brad may become obsessed. Says the source, “He’s looking for a script about channeling, but Angie’s afraid that if he tries to bring it into the mainstream, people will really think he’s gone off the deep end.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 15, 2008]
I highly doubt that Pitt is into this, but there are some compelling aspects to it and it’s different than a typical seance. The deep spirit channelers in that film that Pitt supposedly watched claim they’re channeling these evolved bengs that have messages of hope and understanding for mankind. Some, like Lee Carroll, have meditation exercises that help you relax and receive messages from what they claim is a divine source. It’s not something I believe but the themes of hope and personal enlightenment these channelers are touting are universal. You can learn more about it by viewing a few videos on YouTube, linked below. Some of the people seem somewhat sincere and others seem full of it.
It seems strange and rather bogus to me, but people get into this and it does provide a kind of guidance and belief system that is not unlike religion or self help in general. I’ve had friends that believed in stuff like this and I’m not one to judge. All that said, this is Star Magazine reporting this blurb and it seems suspicious that they’re mentioning a certain documentary. It could be the last time we’re hearing “Pitt” and “Spirit Channeling” together - at least until this rumor dies down on the Internet in about ten days.
Here’s more about “deep spirit channeling.” Some of these videos are kind of amusing, especially when you check out the expressions on these people’s faces as they “channel.”
- Trailer for Tuning In: Spirit Channelers in America
- Darryl Anka channeling Bashar, talks about “Abundance” and living in the moment
- A deep spirit channeling meditation that is similar to other guided meditations.
- Lee Carroll channels Kryon.
- This guy was not featured in the documentary I just couldn’t pass this up. Bart Smit channels Dr. Williams.
- Esther Hicks channels Veronica. She wasn’t featured in the documentary either.
Beyonce Channeling the spirit of “Sasha Fierce”
By: Lynn Green
The “real” Beyonce
READERS: Do NOT respond to this thread until after you have read it in its entirety!
I posted an article recently where I lauded the fact that Beyonce set a good example to those who look up to her by legally marrying Jay Z, as opposed to eternally dating and/or living outside of wedlock with him. Let’s face it, there were pictures all over the internet of the two of them on vacations in France, etc. and they were obviously not married.
Marriage between a man and a woman is the backbone of civilization and family structure so I uplift marriage here in Hicktown. I only speak in favor of divorce in situations where someone’s life is in jeapardy. NO HUMAN is expected to stay in a relationship where someone is cheating on them because AIDS has no cure and God offers divorce as an option to those who have had the covenant broken in such cases. And because “thou shalt not murder” is one of the Ten Commandments, God also does not expect anyone to stay with a person who is trying to kill them—and yes, exposing someone to AIDS and/or beating the daylights out of a person qualifies as attempted murder as far as I’m concerned. Beatings are oftentimes deadly.
Channeling
I won’t go further into that. Instead I will switch gears and talk about an issue that has been on my mind for a while but I have not said anything. However, the Lord led Hicktowner,
Child of the Most High to bring up the subject of Beyonce and the fact that she has an alter ego whom she calls “Sasha Fierce”. In fact, her new CD is titled,
“I am Sasha Fierce”. 
This is what Beyonce herself has said about “Sasha”:
I have someone else that takes over when it’s time for me to work and when I’m on stage, this alter ego that I’ve created that kind of protects me and who I really am, the former Destiny’s Child frontwoman said in a statement.
Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I’m working and when I’m on the stage.
Source
Furthermore, Sash Fierce now has her very own MySpace page, which you may access by pressing
HERE
On Beyonce’s
MySpace page she goes further into discussing ”Sasha”:
According to Beyoncé, SASHA FIERCE is kind of the opposite, she’s more the other side because sometimes you don’t want to think, sometimes you just want to feel good. She’s the party girl, she’s Bootylicious. She is but I’m not. She’s my alter ego. I’m finally revealing who I am.
Oh, and let us not forget the Sasha Fierce gift shop:
PRESS HERE
What is channeling?
Channeling is where a human enters into an ‘altered state of consciousness’ which allows the person to become a conduit or ‘channel’ for the spirit of another, who can then use the channel to speak and take limited actions. This is, in essence, what a medium does to communicate with the dead. The channeling popular in some New Age circles is more extensive than the traditional medium, and sometimes involves the identity of the channeled being taking full control of the channel for a short period of time.
SOURCE
Familiar Spirits
Some people who are not spiritually sensitive or knowledgeable would just shrug this off as being no big deal. However, it’s a huge deal. You are who you are and you should exist as God made you.
What Beyonce is doing without realizing it is…she is playing with
familiar spirits. That’s a dangerous game to play, especially when you are not a born again Christian, and clearly she is not born again. What does it profit a man to gain the world but lose his soul? She and husband, Jay Z were just voted by Forbes as the celebrity couple who earned the most money last year.
SOURCE
What does God say about dealing with spirits?
Leviticus 19:31 (King James Version)Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
What Beyonce does not understand is that she is dealing with familiar spirits. That’s a dangerous place in which to be and she has no clue.
Ephesians 6:10 – 18
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand, Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints
Deut. 18: 9 – 12
When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer or one who conjures spells or a medium or a spiritust or one who calls up the dead. For all who do hese things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.
From the outside looking in, some think it’s cute that Beyonce is dealing with her so-called alter ego who takes over her body during performances. But what does God say?
2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)
And no marvel; for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
The fact that the devil is able to transform himself into an angel of light means that with the natural eyes, you cannot see that there is a problem. That is why it is so important to be born again, as God, via the Holy Spirit, has gifted us with discernment and we can spot evil a mile away.
I will end by saying this. Be not deceived. God is NOT mocked. Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. God is a jealous God. He said so Himself. He instructed us to have NO GODS before Him. That would include the God of Money, Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, etc. AND…it would include not allowing alter egos, which are mini-gods, into our lives. GOD wants one spirit to inhabit us, and that would be the HOLY SPIRIT.
It is indeed praying time, Christians. Beyonce should go on our prayer lists at church and on our personal prayer lists. But she is not alone. Every entertainer who has access to the minds of our children need prayer if they are leading children astray.
Channeling spirits? That’s a dangerous game to play and I sincerely hope that God leads some Christian to her to tell her the truth. Let’s get the genie back in the bottle before it’s too late. Channeling spirits today…but what will that lead to tomorrow?
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