Hiding the Invisible-1 (The Demonic and The Occult)

(For a PDF file of this poem, see the very end)

Amidst shrieks and howls and evil laughs

The meeting came to order

The demons had arrived from

The land of fifty borders.[i]

Then Satan stood and said to

This vile and evil crowd,

“Do you all still serve me?”

“Yes!” is what they vowed.[ii]

Then tell me of your service,

Someone stand and tell me now,

Speak of your deception,

Tell me when and where and how.

Then gradually a voice arose

From somewhere near the back,

A demon by the name of Chi

Would now address the pack.

My lord and fellow servants,

You know we’ve always had the knack

For tricking foolish humans,

Who in numbers never lack,[iii]

And today it’s no different,

In this nation all is well

We’re keeping them away from God

And on the road to hell.

I’m in a group whose masquerade

Is known as the occult [iv]

So I will tell you of our work

As well as the result.

A generation has emerged

Which doesn’t have a clue

That the Bible is God’s Word

And warns of me and you.

So they are blind and they don’t know

That we are all around,

The greatest assets to our work

As we have always found.[v]

So we guide them and provide them

With the power that they seek,

While telling them there is no God,

No reason to be meek.[vi]

We speak as ‘higher consciousness’

A voice that’s in their head,[vii]

A spirit of the earth or sky,

Or someone who is dead,[viii]

A psychic pet, an alien,

A message in a dream.[ix]

In this way they don’t perceive

Our method or our scheme.

 We move the Ouiji board

And we shake divining rods,

To tell them of the past or

Where to break the sod.      

We give the psychic knowledge so

That he can solve a crime

And soon the fortune tellers have

The people stand in line.[x] 

We give them thoughts of mental power

And tell them that they’re able

Then when they stare and concentrate,

Move objects on the table.

We call it “chi,” we call it “ki,’

“Prana,” or “the force,”

We tell them that it’s everywhere so

They won’t guess the source. 

We say it’s “yin and yang,” and

We say it’s “dark and light,”

“Positive and negative,”

But never wrong or right.

And we provide the power as

The witches bless and curse,

They think they’ve called on “nature,” as

A demon we disperse.[xi] 

We’re also pushing drugs and

They learn to meditate,

For access is quite easy when

They’re in an altered state.[xii]

And all of this, by law, provides

Us with authority

To grasp and bind these humans

Who refuse to bend the knee

To the God who is above,

The One who is the Three,

For they don’t know His sacrifice

Was made to set them free.[xiii]

So we slyly take them captive in

The prison of their mind,[xiv]

Controlling both their thoughts and moves

With lies of every kind.

And as long as we can keep them from

The ones who serve the Lord[xv]

Who read His Word and know it well

And use it like a sword.[xvi]

Then they will be our captives ‘til

They take their final breath,

Waking then to join us as

We face the second death.”[xvii]

Author formerly deceived

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[i]With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed.     Acts 8:7

The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”     Matthew 8:31

[ii] Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?     Matthew 12:25-27

 [iii] We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.    1 John 5:19

 [iv] For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.    Ephesians 6:12

 . . . my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.     Hosea 4:6

 [vi] But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.     Exodus 7:22

 [vii] Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”    Matthew 16:23

 [viii]  Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”    Luke 23:43

 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.     2 Corinthians 5:8

. . . if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.     2 Peter 2:9

[ix] When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,    Job 7:13-14

 [x] Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future.  She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.     Acts 16:16

 [xi] Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.  Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.    Deuteronomy 18:10-12

 [xii]  The Greek word “Pharmacai” (where we get our word pharmaceutical) is translated into the word “sorceries.”  – – –

Psalm 119.15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 97, 99, 148

[xiii] The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,     Luke 4:18

[xiv] Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,  and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.    2 Timothy 2:26

 [xv] Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.  And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”    Matthew 16:17-19

 [xvi] Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.     Ephesians 6:17

 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”     Luke 10:17

[xvii] “Then he will say to those on his left, `Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.    Matthew 25:41

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