From Forums of the Virgin Mary [translated]:
How demons are taking over our culture without us realizing it.
In 1 Timothy 4:1 it says that “in the last days some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons”.
The apostasy from the faith is very evident.
And with the rampant growth of the occult and Satanism, the explosion in popularity of New Age Spiritualism, and the shift away from the Biblical God, the world is falling into the darkness of these spirits and their doctrines.
We even see how these “deceiving spirits” and “doctrines of demons” are acting even among people who do not practice those spiritualities.
It is already a fully-fledged cultural invasion.
Here we will talk about how this cultural invasion of demons is unfolding, the evidence that exists that the invasion is real, how we have lost our antibodies to defend ourselves, and how we can concretely protect ourselves.
Most psychologists and many theologians believe that demons are mere figments of the imagination.
They believe that evil spirits belong to the world of superstition and myth.
Satan is nothing more than a literary device, a personification of evil for them.
And what demons supposedly produce is nothing more than the mental and emotional disorders of schizophrenia, paranoia, and psychoneurosis.
And so, for example, they explain the demon of Christ’s temptation in the desert, as nothing more than the human side of Christ’s nature manifesting itself.
On the other hand, New Age practitioners, who believe in the spiritual world, do not discriminate with whom they communicate.
Many claim to have achieved enlightenment and inner peace through contact with spirit guides, who they believe to be the spirits of the dead.
Bookstores display hundreds of books on how to channel with so-called spirit guides, astral projections, clairvoyance, transcendental meditation, astrology, the use of pyramids, Tarot card reading, dream interpretation, discovery of past lives, and obtaining altered states. of consciousness, for example through ancestral practices of shamans.
Thousands have read the highly publicized spiritual experiences of actress Shirley MacLain.
But many who have come in contact with this spirit world have paid dearly for it.
To their dismay, the spirit guides they encountered were not the friendly angels of light they had expected, but rather evil spirits.
Some have given up their practice and now speak out against New Age spiritualism, warning of its danger, but others remain prisoners of their ideology.
Additionally tens of thousands are involved in witchcraft and wizardry, and other forms of the occult.
Bookstores are also full of books that teach spell casting, and especially the internet.
Witch and wizard conventions are held publicly, as are covens.
And thousands of occult shops have appeared selling guides and products to perform the spells.
Many occultists are aware that they are dealing with very real forces and powers, even though they do not understand the origin and nature of such forces.
Our culture has lowered its defenses and no longer thinks that these hidden powers could be demons.
But the Bible is clear, satan is a literal and personal being, and demons are spiritual people who think, reason, speak, act, tempt.
And under certain conditions, they can enter and possess the mind of a human being.
When Christ faced a man possessed by a legion of demons, the evil spirits exhibited their ability to think, reason, and speak, imploring Christ not to send them out of the possessed, but into a nearby herd of swine.
Santiago said that the demons believe in God and tremble.
And Jesus cast out many demons, and would not allow them to speak, because they would reveal who He was.
And not only Jesus, but the culture of the first century knew the difference between mental illness and demonic possession, in Matthew 4:24 it is clear.
In the Bible we read that some demons try to hurt or destroy the people they possess.
Some cause physical impairments such as mutism, deafness, and blindness.
Others exhibit their supernatural powers through miracles and oracular messages.
Demon-possessed people sometimes display extraordinary physical strength.
Some demons are unclean spirits and cause the people they possess to display immoral, wicked behavior and utter obscenities.
Demons often make the people they possess look crazy.
And the Scriptures also reveal that there is multiple possession, a person possessed by several demons at the same time.
But some current cases of psychiatric conditions may be cases of demonic possession, and to distinguish it would require multidisciplinary work between psychiatrists and exorcists, which rarely happens.
Jesus gave his disciples power and authority to cast out demons, and that power has passed to the bishops, who grant it to exorcists.
And they constantly tell us that the manifestation of demons, in demonic possession, is a very real and growing phenomenon in the world today.
And it is proof that the devil acts in the world, that he has power and what his intentions are.
There are many proofs of its existence in case anyone has doubts.
Exorcists who deal with them in exorcisms have seen physical phenomena associated with possession, such as the inexplicable stench that permeates the room where the exorcism takes place.
Subzero temperatures suddenly occur in the room, even though other parts of the house remain warm.
Telepathic and telekinetic powers are registered in the possessed.
Distortions in the skin and face, and other physical and behavioral transformations.
The possessed person sometimes registers a weight that makes them physically immovable.
They can levitate and even walk up walls.
The possessed can also distinguish between objects that have been blessed and those that have not, can speak languages they do not know, know hidden things, and speak with a voice that is not that of the possessed.
And it has been proven that participation in the occult and having received a job from a witch, are the most common causes for possession.
All this shows that there is a real force of evil acting in the world, which is not a literary construct to explain evil, and on which our culture has lowered its defenses, and therefore its explosive growth.
It would be a mistake to see demons lurking behind every bush, or to assume demonic influence or possession every time something strange happens, of the same size, than to think that the devil is just part of urban folklore.
But since the current culture is not going to revitalize the antibodies it had before, it is necessary for each one to take care of themselves.
So, be aware of the existence of demons and their influence, but don’t be obsessed with them, because God is more powerful.
Avoid all forms of New Age occultism and spiritualism.
Be aware of the harmful effects of drugs and heavy metal music environments, because there is a high association with possession.
Practice emotional control, because outbursts of rage and prolonged tantrums can lead to demonic possession.
Follow the principles of God’s Word and put your trust in His promises.
Attend the sacraments, especially Mass and Confession, avoid sins and try to be in communion with God permanently.
Pray daily and expose yourself to pious readings, avoiding the means in which the enemy acts ostensibly.
Well, up to here what we wanted to expose, that the deceitful spirits and the doctrines of demons are acting freely in the world, because we no longer have antibodies against them.
And I would like to ask you if you feel that the demons are acting with more power in the world in these times, or not?