Wings of Liberty • February 4, 2025

Witches, Science and Idols: The Many Faces of the Occult in Our World Today

Witches, Science and Idols: The Many Faces of the Occult in Our World Today



The Bible plainly declares that witchcraft, spellcasting, and attempting to communicate with the dead are an abomination. When God drove the pagan nations out of the land of Caanan so that ancient Israel could take the land the Lord had promised to Abraham, He gave unambiguous instruction to His people:


When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh 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 a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.


12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.


13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.


14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.i


God absolutely prohibits witchcraft and necromancy (attempting to communicate with the dead). What else did God prohibit that the pagan nations were doing? The Lord declares in His Ten Commandments that idol worship is a sin. The second commandments states, in part:


Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.


Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.


Yes, you heard that correctly. God prohibits spell casting, witchcraft and trying to talk to the dead, just like He prohibits worshiping statues of Buddha or Mary.


Israel ignored God’s warnings, and God sent the judgments of heaven against them. The Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans repeatedly invaded and destroyed their cities. They were starved, deported or killed, and their temple was destroyed, razed to the ground not once, but twice.


The western world is repeating the sins of ancient of Israel. Today, the occult is everywhere in our society. Hollywood relentlessly promotes it to the masses. It’s in movies and its on TV. It’s on Netflix and Disney Plus. It is shamelessly marketed to children. It’s on Tik Tok and Instagram, where millions of people each day watch videos on spell casting, hexes, tarot cards and palm reading.ii There are witch influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers online.iii “We’re everywhere”, bragged a 36-year-old witch to a news reporter in Australia.iv "Summoning demons has never been so fun!", declares a popular children’s book.v


The word “occult” comes from the Latin occultus, meaning secret or hidden. Satan, the rebel angel who was cast out of heaven and “deceives the whole earth”,vi promised Eve hidden knowledge. That is how death and suffering entered out world. You can read about it in Genesis chapter 3.


You may not have realized that occult practices are no different in God’s eyes than the idol worship of false religions. For one thing, attempting to talk to the dead using a séance is no different than attempting to talk to Mary, who is also dead. Both are necromancy, forbidden occult practices. It is just that one uses mediums and Ouija boards, and the other uses images and cathedrals.


But even if Mary were alive, which she is not, the Bible states clearly that it is a sin to make an image of anyone, or anything, whether in heaven or in earth, and bow down to it, or worship it.


But what does this have to do with science, you ask. “The enlightened person is opposed to such superstition”, you may say. “I don’t believe in witches or ferries, and I don’t believe in God. I am a scientist.”


But Satan is clever, and scientists are not immune to the temptation of supposedly hidden knowledge.

Alfred Russel Wallace, co-developer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, was a spiritualist, and saw “spiritualism as a legitimate domain of scientific enquiry.vii


Pierre Curie, physicist and husband of Marie Curie, often consulted a medium and believed in both her abilities and in the underlying claims of a spiritual realm containing entities.


Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, pioneer of quantum physics, believed that quantum physics would return spiritualism to the world that was once ruled by atheistic paradigms.viii That’s interesting, considering the emerging promise of quantum artificial intelligence and a coming singularity.ix


Most people do not realize that famous inventers Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison were both involved in spiritualism. Tesla built a device to communicate with the dead, and spent years listening to recordings of what he believed to be the spirits of the departed.


Tesla was scared but fascinated by what he heard. “My first observations positively terrified me”, he said, “as there was present in them something mysterious, not to say supernatural, and I was alone in my laboratory at night.”x


“The sounds I am listening to every night at first appear to be human voices conversing back and forth in a language I cannot understand.”xi


Tesla filed a patent for the device, which he called a “Spirit Radio”. Today, people are building the device using plans posted on the internet, and using artificial intelligence to inform them of what “the dead” are supposedly saying. Like Tesla, they say that the recordings are disturbing, and listening to them can lead to mental deterioration.xii

Make no mistake, Tesla was involved in the occult. His device to listen to the voices that he thought were the dead is as prohibited by the Bible as going to speak to a clairvoyant or a medium. Satan simply substituted so-called science and technology for the human medium, and repackaged the deception.


The Bible states that the dead are dead – “the dead don’t know anything”.xiii Their thoughts have perished. Don’t attempt to speak to them, God warns. You’ll be listening to devilsxiv – the fallen angels who were cast out of heaven and who deceive the whole world.


The rise of the occult in our day is yet another sign that the end of all things is at hand. Don’t be deceived, friends. Jesus is coming again, and before He does, the Bible says that there will be a great “falling away.”xv People will be seduced by the occult and false religion. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s spell casting or so-called “science” that brings you into the occult, Satan would be happy with either.


The Bible is our safeguard. The dead are dead. Do not be deceived.


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iDeuteronomy 18:10-14

ii https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-63403467

iii https://qz.com/quartzy/1411909/the-explosive-growth-of-witches-wiccans-and-pagans-in-the-us; https://influencers.feedspot.com/witch_instagram_influencers/

iv https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/modernday-witchcraft-is-on-the-rise-in-australia-as-support-for-organised-religion-plummets/news-story/ccbc9bbcbc05ffd8acd8c5ab3f780f38

v https://www.newsweek.com/satan-getting-hot-hell-american-pop-culture-1790669

vi Revelation 12:9

vii https://www.cell.com/current-biology/p Deudf/S0960-9822(13)01317-1.pdf

viii https://medium.com/paul-austin-murphys-essays-on-philosophy/the-weird-case-of-wolfgang-pauli-hardcore-positivist-and-mystic-041551d67dde

ix The “singularity” is a tech industry term refering to their long-expected moment when artificial intelligence will become self aware.

x Nicola Tesla, 1901.

xi Nicola Tesla, 1918.

xii https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1831722931522826636 - “Tesla said he listened to this radio his entire life, I personally do not suggest this. This is why I have let the AI listen in. I am certain some of what is heard may contribute to a decline in some ways with people. This is why I hesitate releasing the schematics based on the actual patents. I advise to extend great caution in listening to more than a few seconds. And yes the feeling you have when you hear this is quite normal. And I will explain in detail why at some point. But I urge limited listening if you are handy enough to decide to build such a device. No I am not joking. However AI listening for us is incredibly useful. I have not only had the AI look for a language but also insights about the other sounds it hears and to discover if they are also a form of language.”

xiii Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6.

xiv Revelation 9:20; Revelation 16:4

xv 2 Thessalonians 2:34

MAY 17, 2026: REDEDICATION AND THE IMAGE OF GOLD

By Wings of Liberty • May 6, 2026
Nearly six hundred years before the birth of Christ something occurred in ancient Babylon which symbolizes the final events of our day. The most powerful king in the world at that time erected a statue of gold on the plain of Dura, and called the dignitaries of his kingdom to come bow down and worship it. The Bible says that they “were to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up” – Daniel 3:3. Carefully note the wording. Nebuchadnezzar’s dedication of the image was a service which blended worship and patriotism: Religious Nationalism. Church and state. Attendance and participation were mandatory. The statue symbolized a golden age that would never end. It was not just a civil idea, it was a religious idea, in direct response, a rejection, to the dream Nebuchadnezzar had in Daniel 2. The ceremony of the dedication of the image in Daniel 3 was a religio-nationalist event. Failure to worship the image was not only unpatriotic, it was a capital crime, punishable by execution in a fiery furnace. See Daniel 3:1-6. Daniel was a book sealed – Daniel 12:4. Revelation is a book opened – Revelation 5:5. Revelation, in other words, explains the book of Daniel and its prophetic significance to us. Revelation 13 maps out a repeat of the events of Daniel 3 and 6, but on a worldwide scale. The healing of the deadly wound to the papal power – this is finished. We have already passed it in the dust of history. It occurred in 1929 when civil power was restored to the Vatican, uniting church and state. Next is the setting up of the image to the papal power. Church and state. In Daniel 3, the three Hebrew worthies face a religious-political test. In Daniel 6, Daniel faces a similar political and religious test. The Lord is informing us of what is to come. In Revelation 13 we have the explanation. The Bible declares: Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Fast forward from Babylon to our day, more than two and a half millennia later. The most powerful man in the world is calling the country to the re-dedication of the nation. Re-dedication to what??? Rededication to its founding principles? Rededication to the separation of powers? Apparently not, for the three branches of government are collapsing into the power of the executive branch. Rededication to the separation of church and state? Negative. Rededication to liberty of conscience? Nope. Freedom of religion? No. None of these. The meaning of Trump’s “Golden Age” is the same as in ancient Babylon: permanence and power. It is not a civil service alone that is planned. No, there is a religious element to this service, as there was in Daniel 3. There is mention of a god. Re-dedication to God. This is religio-political language. The rededication of the nation to God. And that is the same forbidden ground that Nebuchadnezzar trod on more than two and a half thousand years ago during the height of ancient Babylon and its golden image which was supposed to herald a golden age. The parallels are astonishing. Striking. Too clear to miss. To blend religion and civil governance is to make an image to that oppressive and despotic papal power which ruled the world for 1260 years. Revelation prophecies that the “lamb-like beast” which comes up out of the earth will make an image to the papal power. That means America – which is built on a separation of church and state – will reunite church and state once more in violation of its founding principles. This is happening right now. The world will change forever on May 17, 2026. Church and state are uniting, and the nation, in violation of its founding principles and the First Amendment, will gather to rededicate civil society to God. With a union of church and state will come the push for religious legislation, because if the nation is dedicated to a god, then it will next attempt to enforce the observance and worship of that god. The blessings of God have been showered on America, but always on the condition that it maintain its covenant to safeguard liberty of conscience and the separation of church and state. The blending of church and state violates that covenant and will lead to a marked deterioration in every aspect of society. Babylon is fallen, is fallen – Revelation 14:8. The mark is coming – the requirement that Sunday be sanctified. That is the mark of papal power – the contended change of the fourth commandment. Revelation 14 contains the last warning to humanity: Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Donald Messiah

By Wings of Liberty • April 13, 2026
World leaders tend to have inflated egos. Familiarity with worldly power and the ability to command armies and multitudes tends to go to their head. But as arrogant and narcissistic as the average head of state is, few of them claim to be god. That class of elite arrogance is usually reserved for a select group of the great megalomaniacs of history. 1 Pharoah in Egypt right before his country was destroyed by the ten plagues. Herod before he was eaten by worms, right after the multitudes declared, “it is the voice of a god, and not a man” – Acts 12:22. Papa Doc Duvalier in Haiti, who rewrote the Lord’s Prayer to give worship to himself – “Our Doc, Who art in the National Palace…/Hallowed be Thy name…/Thy will be done at Port-au-Prince and in the provinces/Give us this day our new Haiti/and never forgive the trespasses of the antipatriots who spit every day on our country”. Pharoah. Herod. Alexander the Great, who is rumored to have drowned in his own vomit. Papa Doc. And Donald Trump.  Long tending towards delusions of deity, the president released an end time signal picture on April 12, 2026 on his own platform, “Truth Social”.

HORMUZ STRAIT-JACKET, OVERWHELMING SURPRISE

By Wings of Liberty • March 30, 2026
The following paragraph was penned over 120 years ago, but accurately describe the events of our world today. And tomorrow. In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage. There will be pestilence, plague and famine. The waters of the deep will overflow their boundaries. Property and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should be preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that love Him. Maranatha, 174 (1897). … It is March 30, 2026. The Strait of Hormuz, a corridor through which a third of global shipping once passed, i has been largely closed to traffic for thirty days. The population at large has yet to realize the full catastrophic implications of this closure. When they do, they are likely to panic. In the weeks leading up to the commencement of the war in Iran, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate fluctuated between $55 and $66/barrel. Today, it is $101.56/barrel. Brent crude is even higher, surpassing $115/barrel as of the time of writing. The Strait of Hormuz is the conduit for 40% of global fertilizer shipments, and 50% of urea shipments. 50% of global sulphur, used in pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides, come through the Strait of Hormuz. All such traffic is at a standstill. Already struggling farmers are confronted with the twin spectres of rapidly rising fuel costs and limited fertilizer. Maybe the timing of the invasion of Iran is just a coincidence. Maybe it was unforeseen that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz if it was attacked. Maybe the people who plan wars don’t have sophisticated war gaming capabilities and artificial intelligence war simulators which project likely outcomes. Or maybe, if the elites who want a global population collapse could pick any moment to interrupt shipping traffic and create conditions for widespread famine on planet earth, they would pick the spring planting season. Coincidence or not, in addition to the cessation of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, China has also restricted fertilizer exports. ii Suddenly, the prospect of famine in various places globally is rising. To say that people are unprepared would be a gross understatement. Grocery stores in the western world stock approximately 3 days worth of food. Nearly all domestic food transportation globally runs on diesel. On February 23, 2026, the U.S. retail diesel price was $3.809 per gallon. By March 23, 2026, it had risen to $5.375 per gallon. Those costs will be passed on to consumers sooner or later, and inflation will erode the savings and financial stability of the population. Nations are being squeezed. Many countries in Asia have implemented fuel rationing. Sri Lanka has introduced a QR-code-based rationing system limiting private cars to 15 litres per week. Bangladesh restricts motorcycle purchases to 2 litres per day and private cars to 10 litres per day. Myanmar has instituted an "odd-even" rationing system for fuel purchases based on vehicle registration numbers. Cambodia has seen significant closures with a third of petrol pumps shut down. South Korea has ordered public servants to reduce passenger car use and capped refined fuel exports. Thailand has encouraged remote work, limited air conditioning to 26°C, and suspended fuel exports. Vietnam is encouraging remote work and limiting personal vehicle use, while some smaller stations have temporarily closed due to declining supplies. Nepal has limited the use of official vehicles to essential services and is considering an odd-even system for private vehicles. Pakistan has reduced available fuel for government vehicles by half. We have repeatedly been told that the war in Iran will be over quickly. But US soldiers were informed by their commanding officers that this war will bring in Armageddon. If the theocons who control the White House are anticipating Armageddon, why would anyone think that this is going to be a transitory situation? Or that everything will go back to normal if the Iran issue is resolved? The reality is that a paradigm shift has taken place in the upper echelons of power in America. There is now a union of church and state, and the Iran war is a religious war. A “holy war”, at the conclusion of which the theocons claim will usher in a “golden age” of peace and prosperity. Stock markets and political analysts have yet to understand, or even begin to consider, what this means in all its various ramifications. In the meantime, we propose that readers watch the following video on food scarcity, and seriously consider taking steps to plant a garden soon. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c77M4mC7yLg ________________________________________________ i https://www.etcgroup.org/content/experts-warn-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-and-fuel-blockage-could-lead-global-food-crisis ii https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-restricts-fertiliser-exports-further-crimping-war-tightened-supply-2026-03-19/