My Testimony on the Occult

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Growing up I rebelled against everything - your average teenage rebel I guess.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]My first wife and I had an unusual neighbor........ a witch. I really didn't know much about witches. Hollywood movies had conditioned me to think witches were ugly old hags with warts & lived in run down creaky houses. BUT this witch was nice looking and acted sort of normal. Slowly we began sharing drugs & she began witnessing to my wife & I about the world of witchcraft. (There are people on fire for the devil you know)
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[SIZE=+1]We would do little spells like light candles & incense while chanting & then pray to the moon for luck & good fortune - sort of small fun things to do while "high" on drugs. I admit it was fun. It was exciting- like a child's first visit to a carnival with all the music & bright lights.
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[SIZE=+1]Looking back I see that this was the beautiful side to evil - a kind of kindergarten of deception.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]We continued doing spells & incantations according to the witches almanac. Our grandest night of festivities was Halloween.
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[SIZE=+1]We were fascinated by the devil and his mysteriousness. There was a strong attraction to this darkness. I decided to take the plunge one night & be baptized into the occult world. It was storming and lightning real bad - I ceremoniously got all my magical stuff together & lit a candle... lighting my candle I began chanting the lord's prayer backward while imagining chains & shackles were being removed from my arms & feet.
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[SIZE=+2]From that point on I really became engrossed in witchcraft.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]My neighbor's witnessing had payed off. My first book I bought was called "The Black Arts".[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]It was a book of dark sentences & dark spells.
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[SIZE=+1]Witchcraft is an art and it has to be practiced daily... so I made our spare bedroom into a "magical room" where we cast spells.
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[SIZE=+2]I want to pause and define witchcraft.
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[SIZE=+1]So many say witches aren't real. They are make believe - like Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse - a lot believe witchcraft is still about the middle ages, when it was rampant.
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[SIZE=+1]Witches are real & witchcraft is real. God says so.. all through the bible (beginning in Deut. 18) [/SIZE][SIZE=+2]witchcraft is condemned.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] God calls it an abomination. Why would God say this in the bible if it was not true?? In fact God says 'thou shall not suffer a witch to live". Those are strong words. Why would God say these things if witches were just imaginary? After you have finished reading my testimony you will understand why God CONDEMNS witchcraft.
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[SIZE=+1]So what is witchcraft?? The dictionary defines witchcraft as a magical irresistible influence over someone or something.Witchcraft is the art of controlling other people, events, & circumstances.
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Witchcraft has many forms:The form my x-wife and I used was a tool for controlling spirits to do our bidding; In our coven meetings we burned herbs & incense while chanting rhytmatic incantations. This combination of drugs, burning herbs, & incense & the rhythm of incantations were used to produce an altered state of consciousness where an interface with extrademsional forms (or demons) would occur. We used drugs to alter our consciousness to another reality.

[SIZE=+1]The word drug is slang from the English word Pharmacy, which is taken from the Greek word, "Pharmakea". This same word is used in[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] Revelations 18th chapter, verse 23. "By thy SORCERIES were all nations deceived"
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Sorcery is interpreted from that Greek word "Pharmakeea". By the use of drugs were all nations deceived. That's really obvious to see nowadays. The revelation of Jesus Christ is as plain as our TV News and newspapers. Drugs are destroying our world.

[SIZE=+1]There are many forms of witchcraft besides the kind I was using. In Paul's letter to the Galatians he asked them: O foolish Galatians, who hath "betwitched" you, that you should not obey the truth. False teachers were using their influence to make the Galatians believe they needed to keep the laws of Moses with Jesus as a means of salvation. They were trying to manipulate them into believing a lie. This is witchcraft. "A magical, irresistable influence over someone or something". The art or craft of trying to control other people or events to be outside of the will of God.
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[SIZE=+1]Another form of witchcraft I expose that really gets me in trouble is the medium of T.V. & the movies: If you're high on drugs your mind is susceptible to anything, especially if your in your adolescent or formative years. If you get high on drugs every night (as I did) & you watch & absorb all that hellish ungodly life-styles coming out of Hollywood - night after night after night - what are you feeding your spirit? What are you putting into your mind and spirit? You could say like Paul said: O foolish Americans, who hath bewitched you, that you should believe all that worldly, fleshly knowledge.
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[SIZE=+1]Paul warned, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]BEWARE[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] least you are spoiled by vain philosophies.
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[SIZE=+1]TV is perhaps the largest medium, and most widespread use of sorcery in existence today. The images and imaginations that it projects into people's minds are shaping and molding many people into Hollywood's own image. Sadly, many are receiving this image. It is to many people and irresistible, magical force used to manipulate people and events.

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[SIZE=+1]Do you know people who are ruled by superstitions?? Like people who are afraid to walk under a ladder for fear of bad luck - superstition rules theirs lives. I know some who are terrified when these things happen...
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[SIZE=+1]My life of witchcraft was that way, only to an EXTREME.
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[SIZE=+1]The bible says in [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Phillipians 2 verse 5 "Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus",[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] But can you imagine, "Let this mind be in you which is in Satan"-- It's a terrible reality to be alive in the grip of the snake.
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[SIZE=+2]Consider[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] if you can, these words to be as meaningful as the words of the bible. In my present state of mind this sounds really stupid. But back then it was GOSPEL to me. These verses & the witches almanac made a whole lot of sense to a mind filled with Satan's imaginations & superstitions & fears. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]Satan uses peoples imaginations & superstitions to control them. Now I know why Paul says in [/SIZE]Corinthians 10 v 5: [SIZE=+1]CAST DOWN EVERY IMAGINATION THAT EXALTS ITSELF AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD & BRING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST...[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]When I remarried in 1980 the first 6 years of marriage I still had "PSYCHIC ATTACKS". I still had no rest. Having two children help me settle down some. But I eventually went to see a psychologist - but that was like washing my foot with my sock on. It just didn't work. It was sort of like taking all my sins out of one bag & putting them in a brand new one & shifting the weight. It seemed "different" but the burden of sins was still there. [/SIZE][SIZE=+2]Only Jesus can take away your sins.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]

A friend at work began to witness to me about Jesus. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]My peace to come began one day when my daughter was invited to vacation bible school.
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[SIZE=+1]She came home asking questions like [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]"what does it mean to be born again?"[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] It got me to thinking. When they asked me to visit her class, I went to see what made her so excited. Next thing I know the preacher came out & witnessed to me. (Twice). He saved me.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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So with my mouth I confessed Jesus & renounced the devil that I had been living for.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+4]Nobody meets Jesus without changing.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]

My life took on a new meaning from that day. I now had something to live for.
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[SIZE=+1]I became a living testimony of how Jesus can change a heart. I'm just like one of those 1st Century Christians Paul talked about in 1st Corinthians Chapter 6 - Paul said these couldn't inherit the kingdom of God: Fornicators, Idolators, adulators, thieves, extortioners, & revilers:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Paul said [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]....AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU. BUT NOW ARE YE WASHED, NOW ARE YE SANCTIFIED, NOW ARE YE JUSTIFIED, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+1]Some ask me what it's like being born again. The only description I can even begin to crudely describe is like having lived in a deep dark cave, where the walls of the cave are sublit by reflected gray light and the floor was nothing but mud and slime. Then one day you begin making your way up the cave until one day you stumble outside onto a green mountainside, in the springtime, with blue skies & white clouds, a bubbling blue creek & yellow daises. You've gone from gray & black to [/SIZE][SIZE=+3]l[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]i[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]v[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]i[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]n[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]g[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]c[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]o[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]l[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]o[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]r[/SIZE][SIZE=+3].
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[HR][/HR][SIZE=+1]It would be nice to end my testimony here & say from this point my life was just fine and no more problems, but the reality of life is that Jesus began to open my eyes to the scriptures.
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[SIZE=+1]The Lord wanted me to warn others of witchcraft & the occult,
[/SIZE][SIZE=+3]SO here's my testimony of what I've seen and heard.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]During the Halloween season, when my kids began to bring home witches, ghosts & goblins, that they had colored in school, as they always had before - I became very angry (it had never really bothered me before my conversion) ... all sorts of memories would flash through my mind about how I had been seduced into the occult world through this celebration of death.

Those who think Satan is not smart, should think again. Hiding behind children is a great weapon. Children only understand candy & fun, not evil posing as good.

You know somebody has to be lying. Either Halloween is fun and games and witches are nice people, like my neighbor was, & God is a liar... or else.
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[SIZE=+1]Halloween used to be bobbing for apples, fun parties, etc., yet even this lighter side, this kindergarten of Halloween is eerie, when you consider for a minute, that on this night when children are gathering candy & having fun - This night witches & satanic covens all over the world are cursing God, blaspheming Jesus, eating raw human flesh, performing all kinds of twisted, perverted, unholy acts.
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[SIZE=+4]Beyond any stretch of the imagination, this night is a celebration of DARKNESS.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]THESE SEASONAL ACTIVITIES CAN OPEN DOORS TO ..
[/SIZE][SIZE=+4]..the spiritual world that can & will result in emotional & spiritual turmoil for many children. I know it did me. Years of anguish & needless suffering.
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[SIZE=+1]I've never understood why signs & symbols that are directly connected to the occult, to evil, are allowed to be accepted as normal. I know many parents (myself included) would object strongly to swastikas or even cartoon dolls of Hitler or Stalin being hung & plastered all over the walls. Why? - because these things form an association to evil.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+4]HERE IS MY WARNING:
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[SIZE=+1]There is a revival of the occult going on in this country. The evil darkness of old times (as in the days of Noah - which was not all eating and drinking, but lots of sorcery)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]The book of Daniel says in Chapter 8 verse 25 [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]"And he shall cause his CRAFT to prosper".[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]...

This craft he speaks of is not ceramics, or porcelain painting or even politics: but witchcraft, horoscopes, psychic activity & occult knowledge.
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[SIZE=+1]A craft that will influence (more than politics) every walk, every aspect of life.
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[SIZE=+1]Currently there are some 100 American Universities which offer courses in witchcraft. J.F. Kennedy University offers an accredited Masters Degree in Parapsychology (study of the occult) as well as a "psychic" training program. 300 Universities (75% State Approved) now offer courses directly involved in the New Age movement.

The New Age movement is a religious, spiritual movement that is converting occult knowledge into spiritual, psychological & scientific terminology for the masses.
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The new psychology that is being widely accepted is inundated with occult knowledge.

The practices of "Guided Imagery", "Creative Visualization", " Active Imagination", all sound real scientific - but these practices, until 10 years or so ago could only be found in eastern religious books or books of magic.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]Modern psychology is full of occult knowledge. It was put there by the founder & Father of modern psychology; Carl Jung; He was a well known psychologist who openly practiced meditation, conducted seances & practiced a lot of the Black Arts. His occult writings & theories are being widely accepted today as normal hidden powers of the mind. Even though his acquired knowledge came from spirit guides.
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[SIZE=+1]His biography, by Janet Dallet, revealed that he at times could not even distinguish what was real from what was not. (sounds familiar) Yet his writings are being accepted as revelation in the world of psychology.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1]So Carl Jung, the founder of modern psychology, has taken occult knowledge & psychologized it.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]so they say...sure Jesus is OK but you need something more practical, more down to earth (psychology). That's sort of what the Galatians were being bewitched with. The bewitching of the Americans is the new emphasis on self-help groups; psychotherapy counseling; therapy of all kinds; a shifting away from the cross, away from self-denial, away from repentance & forgiveness of sins.

The bible is to them foolishness. But Paul says in Corinthians that God has chosen the foolishness of preaching:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1Cor. 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]
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[SIZE=+1]Witchcraft is also popping up in many churches today. I realize this is hard to believe. This is also something I have tried to dismiss. But the lord wouldn't let me.

But when you stand behind the pulpit & tell people all they have to do is visualize in their mind they can have anything or anyone they want, & believe it hard enough, or just speak the words from your mouth believing real hard, then you will somehow engage divine laws or a divine force, that will heal, produce wealth, or bring success; "this is witchcraft"............[/SIZE][SIZE=+2]
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[SIZE=+1]If you know someone involved in witchcraft or occult activities,do not get involved with them but pray & pray hard for them. God listens to you mothers & grandmothers, fathers & grandfathers, friends & neighbors.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]The most powerful force against the occult is the gospel of Jesus Christ.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+3]For it is the power of God unto salvation.[/SIZE]

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Hi and welcome. I enjoyed your testimony. I was a psychic before I came back to Jesus. I understand what you mean by psychic attack and I thank God for it. It drove me to the cross in full repentance.

Have you been thru deliverance? I have been and still am it is still on going. I hope to write about all my experiences going thru deliverance which was far more interesting than my former life.

If you click on my name it will take you to my page. Then click on blog and you can read my story, if you wish.

God bless

Smoke and mirrors are a waste of time.

Well thank you for sharing your testimony. Something I should do.

I did have one brief experience with my family back in the 94 with what we called witches. We rode our bikes one summer evening to the forest preserve and about a half a mile in under one of those shelter things that covered the picnic tables was a group of about 30 individuals all dressed in black and chanting. I remember feeling this creepy feeling and knowing that this was a witch convention or something and we all rode very fast past them. We were about 200 feet away.

Since then, I wasn't a fan of Halloween and didn't like participating in that holiday.

i wish you were wrong about this but you're not. the churches have been infiltrated to an alarming degree. the indoctrinational methods used in cartoons has gotten to adults as well as children. subliminal messages are everywhere. substance abuse is rampant affecting people's ability to make sound judgements and making them more susceptible to media indoctrination. this extends to prescribed medications as well. psycology is rife with greek mythology and new age philosophy. most people involved in witchcraft don't even realize that they are. many are predisposed to accepying it because of their cultural roots making them all the more susceptible.the churches are becoming breeding grounds for all manner of God forbidden activities such as yoga. you are right in this....abandoning these ways of thinking and living through the saving grace of our Lord is the only hope humankind has.....but you must first recognize it for what it truly is. i pray for everyone to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ ad to experience first hand His mighty saving power. every christian would do well to ask for the gift of discernment because the deluding influence of satan is very strong.

Yea, right, "smoke n mirrors"... ignorance sometimes is bliss.

That's the entire market for the "occult" people want razzle dazzle that's different from the so called right hand path.

Let me say WOW WOW WOW. I really can relate to a lot of what you wrote. The new age movement for me is such a huge thing, I at times am amazed at the "bible" words that get used to sell these idea's like angle reading cards, they always try to associate something we know and believe to be good with something that is not. This makes for a much easier sell.

Jesus Christ is the total transformation, one thing that I have also learnt over the years is how so many christian movements add onto Jesus by saying things like, you need deliverance, you need to close the doors that let the evil one in, you need to speak over your finances, you need to keep the evil one at bay. All of this comes down to us and our ability to make sure all goes okay. So where does Jesus fit into the picture/???? What does my salvation actually mean if I am still having to do all this stuff???

It was a mind transformation for me to realise IT IS FINISHED is what Jesus said on the cross, HE has done it all, we are complete in HIM, evertime I want to close a door, go for deliverance and so on, am I not adding onto the cross.


Am I not saying hey Jesus thanks for the salvation but there are a few areas you never closed, finished, delivered me from????? Just a thought I wanted to share with you. So it's a bit like your magic room where things have to be comtinually "worked by us" in order to be getting done.


AWESOME STUFF THANKS VERY MUCH FOR SHARING

I am thankful for your testimony! I agree about the halloween stuff. In my past when I read that stuff and was into the whole occult thing because I thought it was so exciting I learned that halloween was a great day for the witches. Christians need to stop celebrating this day.

There are a lot of occult messages in the entertainment world, literature etc. There has been an increase in occult and new age themes. We are not to conform we are to be a light.

this testimony is mighty...God can use the list person to get you to know his. i praise the Lord for he saved your soul and many more souls

I don't know if what you say is true. I know that witchcraft is real and something to be avoided but some of the details in your story give me pause. A witchcraft book called The Black Arts, reciting the Lord's Prayer backwards, people eating human flesh on Halloween. Firstly, the book's title is ridiculously basic and sounds made up by someone who knows nothing about the occult, the second sounds silly and ineffective and the third detail reads like one of those books from the 60's that warped witchcraft to scare people away. The sort that would make false claims to stop people being deceived. But replacing one lie with another doesn't make it the truth. Witchcraft is evil but we must also speak truth to bring others to receive God's truth. Always.

Tintin- I think you're out of order. I have another book called Mastering Witchcraft by Paul Huson, written back in the seventies I believe. Many of the techniques are the same. Reciting the Lord's Prayer backwards is a perversion of what Jesus taught. What you need to realize is that it's the intention of the person doing it, not the techniques that are presented. Satan can and will honor ANY technique that leads us away from Christ. If your intention and desire is to serve Satan, he will honor that in spades. Ditto for Christ, but serving Christ is infinitely sweeter.

Here is the book he cited. It was printed in the 1960's.
The Black Arts - Richard Cavendish - Google Books

I completely believe his testimony as being very credible, right down to the details about hair and finger nails. I know it is new to you and it is hard to believe for one who has no exposure to it. I have a friend who was born into satanism and this friend has said things that seem wild but I know this person now serves God sincerely and it is doubtful there is any deception. The story this person has told me are the same as the ones this person has said, more or less.

Why do you still have a book on the occult? I would have a nice fire with it if it were mine.

I know just about a whole community that practice witch craft from when I was a child but it is growing very strong.
As for hallowe'en, costumes etc. I was once questioned about allowing children to participate in this day and I must tell you that I am native american. It was my people that were called heathens worshiping other gods because of the artwork, the tribal system, potlatches, dances, etc.
It was so ground into my people that when there was a new conversion they would take the works of art and burn them still today. What a waste of great artists disillusioned by close minded people or the sly wolf in sheeps clothing
The reason I support children enjoying the festivities of hallowe'en or any other unGodly celebrations is because to them it isn't Satanic it is a day to have fun and be creative.
God says that if we are to have ungodly works for our pleasure in our homes it is well because we know they are just paper, wood, metal etc but are pleasant to the eye.
He also says Is there none here who have wisdom to know the difference.
He also says that we should not throw a stumbling block in front of our neighbour and I know how most think of this verse but I have seen overly strict christians not allowing their children to participate because it originated from occults and where did those children end up? as far away from God as they could get.
Be careful what you learn and teach. God says to bring your children up in His word and they shall not depart. My sons participated in every celebration there is. they have asked me about witchcraft, perversion, we watched tv shows that are just out of this world but we talk about it.
Hallowe'en used to frighten me as a child so I was not much into it and I made sure my children weren't allowed to wander off on their own during celebrations because I was so afraid of what could happen to them.
We all believe in God and we still get attacked by demons. In this area demonic activity is very high and yet we have never partaken of it.

It is normal after having been through the occults to detest the celebration but one must always be truthful and fair with the children else they will turn the way you don't want them to go. My advice to all parents is to be open and truthful. Children are very intelligent and to insult their intelligence brings nothing but trouble.

So say if someone believes in Jesus but they pray for some sort of healing, are you saying that it's really from some sort of occult and that one cannot be healed whether it being from a disease or whatever? I wonder what's actually true out there even though chances are where people are drawn in by some truth, it's all based on lies... I'm confused. :/

Here's the only book on the occult I have:

Dr, Walter martin was a great man whom I respect. He was very knowledgable on cults. I have that book also, but I also have many others and all written by Christians.

Kurt Van Gorden has been a friend of mine since the late 1980's. He's done a lot work with Josh McDowell too. My copy was free but after reading it, I would gladly have paid the price.

Read the Bible all the way through. Read this book all the way through. Now you have a good foundation on the topic.

For most people, that will be all they need. Those who minister to groups involved in the occult will, of course, benefit from many other works by other Christians as well.