Hallucinogens and Demons

Hallucinogenic drugs: Doorways to the devil

Since the 1960s,  the popularity of powerful hallucinogenic drugs along with occult and eastern mystical practices has grown dramatically across the world, and particularly in the west. 

And there's also been a significant increase in crime, moral decadence and insanity during that time. That's not a coincidence because there's a common denominator between crime, depravity and insanity, and eastern mysticism, occultism and hallucinogenic drugs.

The obvious reason for the rise in crime and depravity is the world's increasing rejection of God and his transcendent moral laws. But it goes much deeper than that. Over the past 50 years, drug usage has skyrocketed among the population, particularly with the use of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD, PCP, Peyote, Crystal Meth and "Magic Mushrooms."

What's the relationship between hallucinogens and depravity? It's this: hallucinogens open up a window to the soul to spiritual influence. That spiritual influence comes directly from demonic spirits that attempt to influence a person's worldview. In what way? To persuade a person away from the Judeo-Christian worldview toward a values-free, pantheistic, eastern worldview or into rebellion and self-destructive behavior.

In the Bible, hallucinogenic drugs are referred to as sorcery or "pharmakeia" which is where the word pharmacy comes from. The Bible condemns sorcery in no uncertain terms, and it condemns those who practice it. For example: 

There shall not be found among you . . . anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out before you. (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) 

Concerning sorcery, the apostle Paul expressively warned the early Christians to stay away from it or risk losing their salvation:

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21)

Hallucinogens compromise a person's consciousness and make it difficult--if not impossible--for them to distinguish between reality and fantasy. That's where demonic spirits can come in and appear in all sorts of disguises from space aliens to religious figures to deceased relatives, parents, siblings and friends.

These spirits will promote a very anti-Christian message that encourages, selfish, nihilistic behavior. And the spirits will also persuade people to get involved in occult activity so they can further gain a foothold in their lives.

What sort of messages are spoken by these evil spirits? Here's one: Sin does not exist...sin is a grand illusion. No one is punished for sins, and you are not guilty. Here's another: God has never judged you or anyone. No, there is no Hell, and there is no devil. And here's one more: There's no such thing as evil. For 2,000 years, we have been called sinful creatures, but we are equal with God and Christ. (The Facts on Spirit Guides, Ankerberg and Weldon)

Perhaps there was no greater authority on the identity of these evil spirits than Emanuel Swedenborg, a famous medium who trafficked in demons for most of his life until he finally realized who they were toward the end of his life. Swedenborg said this:

When spirits begin to speak with a man, he ought to beware that he believes nothing whatever from them; for they say almost anything. Things are fabricated by them, and they lie. They would tell so many lies, and indeed with solemn affirmation that a man would be astonished. If a man listens and believes, they press on, and deceive, and seduce in many ways. Let men beware and therefore not believe them. (Samuel M. Warren, A Compendium of the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, 1977) 

Every false religion and spiritual deception comes from demonic spirits, and from Satan who's there authority. False religions and spiritual deception serve one specific purpose; to prevent a person's salvation by either perverting or denying the gospel message of Jesus Christ.

And what is that message? It's this:  

If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame." For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:9-13)  

 That's a message that the demonic spirits don't want folks to hear. And when people take hallucinogens, or get involved in occult or eastern mystical practices, they hear a very different message. It's a message that will ultimately condemn them to eternal damnation unless they reject it and come to Jesus Christ.

Insanity or Demons?

Kyle Odom and his "space alien"

Because the news cycle has been so saturated with the nonstop presidential election campaign follies, many folks probably didn't hear about the recent shooting of a pastor as he stood outside his church.

The shooting took place last Sunday (March 6) in the town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho when a man named Kyle Andrew Odom walked up to Pastor Tim Remington and shot him six times, including in the head, while Remington was standing in his church's parking lot. Fortunately for Remington, Odom wasn't a good shot and the pastor is expected to make a full recovery.

After the shooting, Odom took off for Washington, D.C. where he showed up at the White House and tossed some items over the fence before the police arrested him. Why did Odom go to the White House? He claims that he wanted to warn President Obama about "space aliens" that are taking over the world.

Why did Odom shoot Remington? Is Odom a radical leftist who hates Christians and believes that they're persecuting minorities, Muslims, gays and women? Or, is he a militant atheist who believes that Christians are an obstacle to world peace and the evolutionary advancement of the human race?

Neither. Rather, Odom claimed in a long rambling 21-page letter that Remington's part of a vast alien conspiracy to take over the planet: From CNN.com:

The letter names Remington, and many others, in wild claims of an alien conspiracy. The letter writer says Remington first texted him Bible messages but then started threatening him through Bible verses he sent. One part of the letter appears to be a message to President Barack Obama, and another page lists "noteworthy Martians." U.S. lawmakers and Israeli government officials are among those listed.Near the end of the letter, the writer refers to taking some actions of last resort as a way to bring the public's attention to "the Martians."

Who's Odom? He's an ex-marine with a history of drug problems and bizarre behavior. Odom claims that while he was meditating two years ago, he encountered "spiritual beings" that changed his worldview and revealed an alleged vast network of aliens that have infiltrated the world. 

Odom's drug use includes crystal meth that's known to cause confusion, hallucinations, anxiety and paranoia. Those symptoms are directly related to demonic influence and possession. And those are maladies that have become quite prevalent in western civilization over the past 50 years with the exponential growth of hallucinogenic drugs such as meth, PCP and LSD.

Odom's been labeled a paranoid schizophrenic. He's now considered a nut who needs extensive, long term psychiatric care. But demons? That's the stuff of ignorant minds and primitive thinking. No one actually believes in that stuff anymore, do they?

No one except those who know how and why Odom came to be the person he is. Odom opened himself up to the demonic via hallucinogenic drugs. Through the drugs, he encountered demons posing as space aliens. And the evil spirits encouraged Odom to kill Remington. Fortunately, the evil spirits didn't teach Odom how to shoot.

Why are these fallen spirits appearing as space aliens to folks such as Odom? Because, having rejected the biblical Judeo-Christian worldview, belief in extraterrestrials has become an essential part of their worldview. And the demons they encounter are encouraging that deception. From rense.com:

A large part of the available UFO literature is closely linked with mysticism and the metaphysical. It deals with subjects like mental telepathy, automatic writing and invisible entities as well as phenomena like poltergeist [ghost] manifestation and ‘possession.’ Many of the UFO reports now being published in the popular press recount alleged incidents that are strikingly similar to demonic possession and psychic phenomena.

Odom claims that he's perfectly sane. And he probably is, although few people are going to believe that after what he did.

Odom and millions of others who've encountered the demonic through hallucinogens or mind religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Transcendental Meditation etc. are fulfilling an ancient prophecy recorded by the apostle Paul who wrote this: "The (Holy Spirit) clearly says that in later times, some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons." (1 Timothy 4:1)

And Paul explained why people such as Odom succumb to demonic deception: "They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12)

Odom will eventually be forgotten. However, someone else will do something destructive and then blame it on space aliens or extraterrestrials. They'll be classified as lunatics. And the "space aliens?" They'll find someone else to do their bidding. In this day and age, they won't have to look very far.