Saved witch

[Onyx208]

I wrote this in February.

I'm an eclectic witch.
I was raised in a strictly Christian pastor-run household.
I strayed from the church when I was ten years old.
I talked to Christ here and there, and while I never questioned His holy existence, I found myself spiting Him and without a personal relationship.
At 19, I was falsely classified as an alcoholic. However, recovery programs encouraged me to grow with my Higher Power. A year later, I was introduced to Wicca. For a brief moment, I was afraid and apprehensive. This realm of spirituality was never pushed upon me, but I began to research it on my own. Shocked at my findings that I actually resonated deeply with witchcraft, I dove in headfirst.
I believe in soft polytheism, or what I refer to as the Diamond Deity Concept. I always have believed that Christ is the center of this theoretical diamond. However, each facet shows a different way to interpret him. I held strong to the belief that, "Whatever god you believe in, we come from the same one."
So despite knowing that Christ is the one true deity, I worship the goddesses Epona (largely) and on occasion, Artemis.
I practice witchcraft in many ways. I believe in the healing powers of crystals and herbs; astrology; divination like tarot and oracle card reading; spells and rituals; meditation and astral projection (one of my first earth shaking spiritual experiences); Shamanism; and beyond.
My deepest way to connect with and receive messages from Lady Epona is through reading my tarot and oracle cards. I have outstanding relationships with each of my decks. From the first reading I performed, every last kne has been completely straight on point. That is the biggest thing I do not want to relinquish.
Now, witchcraft is not the same thing as Satanism. In fact, most witches do not believe in any sort of devil. I never performed hexes or curses, believing in the Wiccan Ride, "Harm none, do as ye will."
I'm not evil- not even a bad person.
I use magick for good of myself, and do not even use it for the good of others without permission.


Something, somewhere in me has planted a seed of doubt.
I cannot explain it.
I love my spirituality, and have never felt more enlightened, connected, and free. Then, what is planting this seed?
I fought with myself for days before impulsively emailing a local modern church in town, seeking to meet with a spiritual counselor. I decided not to perform magick or anything else witchy until I met with her.
Odd things began to happen. First, my pentacle pendant (which I have donned for a year, never having taken it off) broke straight off my neck.
I was in the process of moving, and had my purse set outside at my parents' house since I did not need it right away.
A few days later (I had assumed my neat freak father had stashed it inside somewhere), my California town received an uncharacteristic tempest.
My two favored divination decks were still outside, and got soaked through.
The Lord was telling me something gently yet clearly: It is time.

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I still meet with my spiritual mentor weekly. She had changed my life. Or rather, Christ has through her. I love the Lord and I am in awe that he accepts me despite the fact that I engaged in something so fundamentally against Him.
Has anyone here been involved in the occult and recovered?
I love to write, and am composing a book about my journey back to the arms of Christ. I am attentive, proactive, and above all- grateful. I even shared my struggles with my pastor father, and he has shown outstanding support. In fact, we're doing a Bible study this afternoon.
I'm so thankful I did not ignore God's pull back to him when I was completely content with Wicca. God is good.

 

[Onyx208]

I hope that wasn't too long of a post.

 

[LaSorcia]

I'm so glad you were delivered from practicing magic! Even white or green magic are not good for us. Sometimes for reasons we can't understand. Nowadays, if I want divination, I pray. If God thinks I should know something, the Holy Spirit tells me.

 

[HjartaoHamast]

I love to hear testimonies like yours. There is so much hope for even people who may sometimes seem hopelessly lost. I have a brother and sister in law who are into new age spirituality. But I believe the Lord will deliver them. He is definitely calling them.

 

[Onyx208]

Thank you both. I feel so incredibly blessed that the Holy Spirit urged me to find guidance. If I thought I loved witchcraft, I don't even have words for how I feel about Christ!

 

[KarateCowboy]

Hello, hello!

You know, even with the Diamond Deity thing, you can read straight to the center of it by reading the words of Christ in the Bible! Maybe read the Gospels? Meditate on them. Try to see what they say about who Jesus is.

 

[ChristianSwede]

I wrote this in February.

I'm an eclectic witch.
I was raised in a strictly Christian pastor-run household.
I strayed from the church when I was ten years old.
I talked to Christ here and there, and while I never questioned His holy existence, I found myself spiting Him and without a personal relationship.
At 19, I was falsely classified as an alcoholic. However, recovery programs encouraged me to grow with my Higher Power. A year later, I was introduced to Wicca. For a brief moment, I was afraid and apprehensive. This realm of spirituality was never pushed upon me, but I began to research it on my own. Shocked at my findings that I actually resonated deeply with witchcraft, I dove in headfirst.
I believe in soft polytheism, or what I refer to as the Diamond Deity Concept. I always have believed that Christ is the center of this theoretical diamond. However, each facet shows a different way to interpret him. I held strong to the belief that, "Whatever god you believe in, we come from the same one."
So despite knowing that Christ is the one true deity, I worship the goddesses Epona (largely) and on occasion, Artemis.
I practice witchcraft in many ways. I believe in the healing powers of crystals and herbs; astrology; divination like tarot and oracle card reading; spells and rituals; meditation and astral projection (one of my first earth shaking spiritual experiences); Shamanism; and beyond.
My deepest way to connect with and receive messages from Lady Epona is through reading my tarot and oracle cards. I have outstanding relationships with each of my decks. From the first reading I performed, every last kne has been completely straight on point. That is the biggest thing I do not want to relinquish.
Now, witchcraft is not the same thing as Satanism. In fact, most witches do not believe in any sort of devil. I never performed hexes or curses, believing in the Wiccan Ride, "Harm none, do as ye will."
I'm not evil- not even a bad person.
I use magick for good of myself, and do not even use it for the good of others without permission.


Something, somewhere in me has planted a seed of doubt.
I cannot explain it.
I love my spirituality, and have never felt more enlightened, connected, and free. Then, what is planting this seed?
I fought with myself for days before impulsively emailing a local modern church in town, seeking to meet with a spiritual counselor. I decided not to perform magick or anything else witchy until I met with her.
Odd things began to happen. First, my pentacle pendant (which I have donned for a year, never having taken it off) broke straight off my neck.
I was in the process of moving, and had my purse set outside at my parents' house since I did not need it right away.
A few days later (I had assumed my neat freak father had stashed it inside somewhere), my California town received an uncharacteristic tempest.
My two favored divination decks were still outside, and got soaked through.
The Lord was telling me something gently yet clearly: It is time.

----------------------------------------------------------
I still meet with my spiritual mentor weekly. She had changed my life. Or rather, Christ has through her. I love the Lord and I am in awe that he accepts me despite the fact that I engaged in something so fundamentally against Him.
Has anyone here been involved in the occult and recovered?
I love to write, and am composing a book about my journey back to the arms of Christ. I am attentive, proactive, and above all- grateful. I even shared my struggles with my pastor father, and he has shown outstanding support. In fact, we're doing a Bible study this afternoon.
I'm so thankful I did not ignore God's pull back to him when I was completely content with Wicca. God is good.

I was a false prophet before. I never liked being a false prophet but the evil forced me. Today I believe in the trinity as most Christians believe. The evil has literaly all resources to deceive us but if we believe it has no power over us. You probably understand know that the path of goodness is also the path which is true not which path gives us most healing powers or ability to read the future. May God bless you and thank you for your post

 

[sarah_beloved]

Beautiful testimony. Thanks for sharing

 

[Razare]

Has anyone here been involved in the occult and recovered?

I was. I practiced a variant form of meditation. It was a bunch of witchcraft. I was doing it to be righteous I had thought. I thought wrong, though.

I met another Christian who had done it, they had not learned much about healing from the Bible, so they still suffer from the affects of witchcraft on their body.

I was blessed to be willing to learn from God fervently, though, and those affects the devil tried to keep around were destroyed at the cross.

God even showed me what the witchcraft was from the Bible, and how it was wrong very specifically.

"Believe my word"
"Life is from God"
"Death is real"

Eastern meditation will attempt often to deny the reality of death, rather than accept it. And it substitutes false life, for the life of God. And in doing all this, it rejects what God has said. These 3 things are very important in the Bible, and witchcraft at it's core will always go to the three deceptions that the devil brings... "Do not believe God"; "Life is from corruptness"; "Death is not a real consequence".

Deception 1 (Believe)- Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Deception 2 (Life)- For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Deception 3 (Death) - "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman.

So with this we can recognize the devil when he shows up to deceive and lie.

 

[Onyx208]

Thanks, y'all. It is important for me to hear support from other Christians.

I'm nervous because I think I should tell my new SO that I was involved with this. We're both Christians. I'm just scared it will come across frightening/too much. Any advice? :/

 

[BelleC]

Has anyone here been involved in the occult and recovered?

Yes, in college I became doubtful of Christianity and organized religion got into Wicca as an eclectic witch. I wanted to feel connected to something greater than myself. I definitely considered myself a white witch. Things seemed to be going well until, seemingly out of the blue, I felt the darkness that the spiritual power was coming from. It overwhelmed me, shocked me, to realize that all the things I thought were good about it was coming from demons who hated me along with the rest of humanity. I was crushed and depressed and still really unsure what to believe about God and Jesus and churches. One day in the middle of all this I was laying down for a moment to rest and I prayed, rather doubtfully, for God to tell me who He really was. I suddenly felt flooded with warmth and a voice that seemed to emanate from my heart like thunder and clearly say with love and sadness, "You know who I am." I was on my knees in tears of repentance immediately!

It hasn't been all sunshine and roses since but I know, without a doubt, that He has been faithful even when I have been faithless.
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