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Some people promote shamanism as a viable treatment for panic attacks and agoraphobia. Because of this I feel I must post this warning. I had panic attacks and agoraphobia for twenty years. I’ve been free from fear and panic for over 14 years now. During my illness I discovered the Lord and turned my life over to him. I studied the Bible and as I put the Word in practice in my life I became well again. I owe everything to the Lord and his wonderful grace.
Shamanism is an occult practice. Let me quote from one who knows.
“Shaman…is a word from the…Tungus people of Siberia, and has been adopted widely by anthropologists to refer to persons…previously known by such terns as ‘witch,’ ‘witch doctor,’ medicine man,’ sorcerer,’ wizard….’ A shaman…enters an altered state of consiousness–at will…to aquire knowledge, power, and to help other persons. The shaman has at least one, and usually more, ‘spirits’ in his personal service. To perform his work, the shaman depends on special, personal power, which is usually supplied by his guardian and helping spirits.” –Michael Harner, anthropologist and shaman.
Now lets see what the Bible has this to say about such practices:
(Deuteronomy 18:10 KJV) There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
(Deuteronomy 18:11 KJV) Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
(Deuteronomy 18:12 KJV) For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
God hates these kind of practices and we need to be careful that we do not get involved in them. Why? Because God wants us to come to him with our problems and he will show us the answers. He wants us to depend totally on him and not on ourselves or other people. He loves us and wants to care for us.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
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Well, I didn’t really heal myself. I feel the Lord gave me the wisdom to help me get healed.
I’m not trying to demonize everything around me, but I am trying to tell the truth as I know it from the Bible. We need to stand for the truth of the Word and hopefully people will not be fooled into following these unhealthy practices.
Bonnie
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You seem like a positive person now that you’ve been able to heal yourself, Bonnie, so why don’t you put all of this positive energy into something helpful, instead of demonizing everything around you? It seems to be just another form of anxiety.
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Hi Bonnie,
I don’t think I want anything to do with any mediums or fortune tellers, witch doctors, etc…….. The Lord holds my future in His capable and mighty hands and I’ll trust Him for my everything.
Love,
Donna
P.S. I did read this, but I don’t know why I didn’t comment on it the second time.
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Hi Donna,
I think a lot of people don’t know about Shamanism. I believe if they have heard of it they think it is something that was practiced a long time ago. Shamans come in many forms such as mediums and psychics. Thousands go to mediums to try to be healed or find out the future. Thousands also read their horoscopes daily which is astrology and another occult practice. Any of these practices God hates.
When I was growing up we didn’t go to church or think were
“religious.” But, we had an uncle who was. Whenever he came to visit, he ususally “preached,” to us, and as a child it was all very mysterious and I was curious about it all.
It turned out later in life after I was grown up and had become a Christian that my uncle came to visit again. He told about how he did readings for people, (fortune-telling) and how he had the ability to heal people. He told us that years ago he saw this “person” sitting on the hood of his car. This was only visible from the waist up, and he was dressed as a doctor and carried a black doctor bag. He was from the civil war days. He told my uncle that he had a special gift of healing and that he was passing it on to him. So that is where he got this “gift of healing.”
Because I fortunately had been a Bible student I saw through his story and realized that my uncle healed people with a supernatural power given to him by a demon spirit.
He was a Spiritualist.
After his visit my mother who had bad back pain every day told me that my uncle told her that he could heal her if she let him. I said, “Do you want to be healed by the devil?” She didn’t let him lay hands on her.
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Hi Bonnie,
I have heard of the word Shaman before but never really knew what it meant. How anyone could even consider this is just atrocious.
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