Question about the occult

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Get trusted people to pray regularly for your all-round welfare and pray for theirs. Meditate especially on Scriptures about mutually serving: Jesus' Parables about servants, the letter of James, Is 55, 58, 61. Much of this is done in ordinary prayers for each other. Don't get hung up on the "literally literal".

Do ordinary small things for yourself, well: eat, a little laundry, run a small errand on time, pursue plain hobbies - crafts, history, science, logic, maths, gardening?

P.S. this is a nice thing from Alex's footer:

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The occult is the use of magic and psychic things to get what you want.

Give lots of nice, enjoyable, constructive thought to "what" you "want". Value yourself as a human being. Reading up on anthropology is great fun.
 
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What is the best way to get someone out of the occult?Especially if it astral projection?

Ask them about God, what do they believe and what evidence do they have for there beliefs?
Be able to answer those questions yourself about your beliefs and seek to move the conversation to being about Jesus and his claim to be the only way to God and the only way to get forgiveness for sin.

It will be a long process so do pray for them and keep reading apologetics.
 
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What is the best way to get someone out of the occult?Especially if it astral projection?

Show them the beauty made by an old and embodied tradition that uses physical sacraments (Catholic and Orthodox spring readily to mind) such as relics, holy water, blessed oil etc.

Most people I've known who were into the occult came there through a love of the mystical in nature, and it is the best way to lead them out of it again (because the Occult is a second-rate version of such).
 
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Can ask Yahweh to remove the blinders from their minds and let them see the wonderful news of Christ.
. "...for their minds have been blinded by the god of this age, leaving them in unbelief. Their blindness keeps them from seeing the dayspring light of the wonderful news of the glory of Jesus Christ, who is the divine image of God." II Cor 4:4

Seems that the lines of communication are there between you. They'll need to be maintained. Have the life they really want - being a follower of Jesus having His peace (Joh 14:27) and love. Not an expert on this but from reading an aspect of the occult is a desire for the supernatural outside or separate from God. It's my understanding that aerial projection is dangerous which is part of the draw. But the enemy will began to demand more than what they'll want to give. They may turn to you for help. So you'll want to be prepared.

The occult seems to teach their members about the supernatural while believers in general try to avoid the supernatural or chalk up everything as ungodly. It's not unusual for there to be a mixture because some in the occult know Scripture and will use it to accomplish their goals. They may point out the following to justify aerial projection. "And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea." Acts 8:39-40 Or "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—was caught up to the third heaven" II Cor 12:2

Since God was the source of those supernatural events, they"re not dangerous for them; otherwise, they are. He'll not demand, control nor manipulate them. God loves them.
 
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What is the best way to get someone out of the occult?Especially if it astral projection?
That's really tough, even when they begin to walk away - it takes years to disconnect.
 
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