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Spiritism (Kardec) and their effects	Tim	Thursday, March 27, 2014
Question: Dear Brother, Last year my best friend became addicted to cocaine. He struggled for 5 months or so with the addiction before staying clean for 5 months... only to fall off the wagon horribly some 3 months ago. He had complained about being harassed by a presence in his room, and while he couldn't see it, he could feel it, and sometimes hear it. Once it tried to choke him, once it imitated my voice yelling in his ear. We attributed this to cocaine-induced paranoia until a friend tried to photograph him and we saw this shadowy, quick-moving, semi-liquid, bat-like thing over him through the camera lens. It was no technical problem, it followed him. We were able to get rid of it with prayer and fasting and holy water. Getting a priest was my goal but in Brazil, that's like trying to find water in the Sahara. He went to a Kardecist Spiritist center last night against my wishes but he has his free will. I prayed so much. He told me that he wouldn't tell me about what happened there because it was so miraculous and I am a close-minded Catholic whose Church has killed millions and I could never understand, and he was in such peace from their "treatment" (they said they expulsed a "presence" from him but that it was still all around him... some "treatment"). He said, "I am sorry but your cross, your Jesus -- none of that ever worked." Never mind that our Catholic prayer warriors kept him from death numerous times and the Pope's visit to Rio was key in his first overcoming of the drug. Yet when I asked, "OK, what's the next step from here?" (a simple question), he went ballistic and started insulting me, not literally demon-possessed but in a mad frenzy provoked I am sure by the withdrawl from cocaine. He blamed me for losing his "peace" from the Spiritists yet I questioned if it were such a true peace, why didn't it last? If he were so enlightened why didn't he just deal with me in an enlightened manner? My question comes with how it is that these people who play with demons without knowing it DO manage to apparently expel demons and do cures? I think of the words of Jesus mentioning "a house divided" unless it's a demonic trick, to suck people into false religion by "curing" them. Or is it Jesus at work in spite of the false beliefs but because of the "good intentions" of these misguided people? My friend accused me of being full of hate and anger too, unlike him -- who has violently attacked me verbally and physically in a coke-rage. Why DO they have apparent successes with healings and such? The demon manifested itself a few hours before he left home. My friend could see it but not me. When I mentioned it was the 5th-rate type loser that isn't worth licking the crumbs from under Satan's table, my friend saw that it got much bigger and changed from the form of a man's silhouette to a twisted formed monster before his eyes -- in my bedroom doorway but it cannot enter my room. I know how to protect myself, praise God. In Jesus Christ, TIM
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC Dear Tim: I am sorry to hear about you friend. We will certainly pray for him. It is not uncommon for demons to hang around those addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, and some other addictions. While spiritual warfare prayers can help, the addiction will just bring the demons back. Thus, the addiction must be dealt with in order to find any permanent freedom from the demons. As for apparent cures, you answered your own question. It is a demonic trick. It worked with your friend. He thinks the Spiritist helped him when Christ could not. Satan has no problem allowing good things to happen, or faking cures, or even having demons leave a person, if it will lead the person away from God. In this case the demons are not being "expelled" but are voluntarily leaving to trick the person into believing that the occult healer has the power of exorcism, which he does not. Any alleged cures are not real, of course. Satan does not have the power to truly heal anyone. But, he can fake it and make us believe we are cured. Such fake cures are the same as fake Christian healers — the cures will not last. Genuine deliverance and healing comes only from Christ. Can God heal a person who approaches some fake healer? Yes. God in his mercy can heal a person because of their own faith, or for whatever reasons. There are cures at fake apparition sites. These cures are not happening because of our Blessed Mother, who is not really there in these fake apparitions, but because God in his mercy decided to cure someone because of their own faith. With your friend, however, this is not likely to happen as he has no faith. If God were to heal him it likely would be in such a way that it would lead your friend to God. That apparently is not the case, and the "cure" does not seem to be lasting. Pray for your friend. Encourage him, if possible, to seek help for his addiction, and gently encourage him to come to God. Do not nag him, but if the opportunity arises, you can gently encourage him. We will be in pray for him and for you, that the Holy Spirit will give you the wisdom in how to approach your friend. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

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Dear Brother,

Last year my best friend became addicted to cocaine. He struggled for 5 months or so with the addiction before staying clean for 5 months... only to fall off the wagon horribly some 3 months ago.

He had complained about being harassed by a presence in his room, and while he couldn't see it, he could feel it, and sometimes hear it. Once it tried to choke him, once it imitated my voice yelling in his ear. We attributed this to cocaine-induced paranoia until a friend tried to photograph him and we saw this shadowy, quick-moving, semi-liquid, bat-like thing over him through the camera lens. It was no technical problem, it followed him.

We were able to get rid of it with prayer and fasting and holy water. Getting a priest was my goal but in Brazil, that's like trying to find water in the Sahara.

He went to a Kardecist Spiritist center last night against my wishes but he has his free will. I prayed so much. He told me that he wouldn't tell me about what happened there because it was so miraculous and I am a close-minded Catholic whose Church has killed millions and I could never understand, and he was in such peace from their "treatment" (they said they expulsed a "presence" from him but that it was still all around him... some "treatment"). He said, "I am sorry but your cross, your Jesus -- none of that ever worked." Never mind that our Catholic prayer warriors kept him from death numerous times and the Pope's visit to Rio was key in his first overcoming of the drug.

Yet when I asked, "OK, what's the next step from here?" (a simple question), he went ballistic and started insulting me, not literally demon-possessed but in a mad frenzy provoked I am sure by the withdrawl from cocaine. He blamed me for losing his "peace" from the Spiritists yet I questioned if it were such a true peace, why didn't it last? If he were so enlightened why didn't he just deal with me in an enlightened manner?

My question comes with how it is that these people who play with demons without knowing it DO manage to apparently expel demons and do cures? I think of the words of Jesus mentioning "a house divided" unless it's a demonic trick, to suck people into false religion by "curing" them. Or is it Jesus at work in spite of the false beliefs but because of the "good intentions" of these misguided people? My friend accused me of being full of hate and anger too, unlike him -- who has violently attacked me verbally and physically in a coke-rage. Why DO they have apparent successes with healings and such?

The demon manifested itself a few hours before he left home. My friend could see it but not me. When I mentioned it was the 5th-rate type loser that isn't worth licking the crumbs from under Satan's table, my friend saw that it got much bigger and changed from the form of a man's silhouette to a twisted formed monster before his eyes -- in my bedroom doorway but it cannot enter my room. I know how to protect myself, praise God.

In Jesus Christ,
TIM

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC

Dear Tim:

I am sorry to hear about you friend. We will certainly pray for him.

It is not uncommon for demons to hang around those addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, and some other addictions. While spiritual warfare prayers can help, the addiction will just bring the demons back. Thus, the addiction must be dealt with in order to find any permanent freedom from the demons.

As for apparent cures, you answered your own question. It is a demonic trick. It worked with your friend. He thinks the Spiritist helped him when Christ could not. Satan has no problem allowing good things to happen, or faking cures, or even having demons leave a person, if it will lead the person away from God. In this case the demons are not being "expelled" but are voluntarily leaving to trick the person into believing that the occult healer has the power of exorcism, which he does not.

Any alleged cures are not real, of course. Satan does not have the power to truly heal anyone. But, he can fake it and make us believe we are cured. Such fake cures are the same as fake Christian healers — the cures will not last. Genuine deliverance and healing comes only from Christ.

Can God heal a person who approaches some fake healer? Yes. God in his mercy can heal a person because of their own faith, or for whatever reasons. There are cures at fake apparition sites. These cures are not happening because of our Blessed Mother, who is not really there in these fake apparitions, but because God in his mercy decided to cure someone because of their own faith.

With your friend, however, this is not likely to happen as he has no faith. If God were to heal him it likely would be in such a way that it would lead your friend to God. That apparently is not the case, and the "cure" does not seem to be lasting.

Pray for your friend. Encourage him, if possible, to seek help for his addiction, and gently encourage him to come to God. Do not nag him, but if the opportunity arises, you can gently encourage him.

We will be in pray for him and for you, that the Holy Spirit will give you the wisdom in how to approach your friend.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.