Spiritual Dangers of New Age Practices

Overview

This episode of the Revival Lifestyle Podcast features a discussion with Angela Scapiti about New Age practices, specifically chakras, the kundalini spirit, and the deception within New Age spirituality, examined from a Christian perspective. Angela shares her personal testimony of deep involvement in New Age before converting to Christianity and outlines the dangers and spiritual consequences of these practices.

Angela’s Testimony and Background

• Angela was deeply involved in New Age practices: teaching yoga, astrology, Reiki, and chakra systems.
• Her interest in New Age began as a search for healing and escalated after consulting a medium following her grandmother’s death.
• Experiences included teaching others, feeling sensations linked to chakras, and regularly performing rituals.
• Conversion began after experiencing real deliverance through Jesus, leading her to burn all her New Age materials and fully renounce those practices.

New Age Deception and Its Dangers

• New Age practices are described as “antichrist” and a counterfeit to God’s true power.
• Activities like yoga, chakra cleansing, tarot, and Reiki are seen as gateways for demonic spirits, even when intentions seem good.
• Many so-called spiritual experiences, relief, or healing in the New Age are explained as temporary or counterfeit, often resulting in greater bondage or torment.
• There is concern about the widespread infiltration of these practices into mainstream culture and even within churches.

Chakras and Counterfeit Spirituality

• The chakra system is explained as an occult belief overlaying God’s actual design for the human body and soul.
• Chakras are not seen as real in the biblical sense but as a way for the enemy to gain legal access through manipulation of spiritual gates in the body.
• The devil counterfeits God’s original design, twisting concepts like frequency, vibration, and energy for deceptive spiritual practices.
• Practices aimed at “balancing” or “opening” chakras are identified as spiritual openings to demonic influence.

The Armor of God vs. Chakras

• A parallel is drawn between the areas targeted by the chakra system and those protected by the “armor of God” in scripture.
• Instead of opening oneself up to spiritual forces, Christians are encouraged to “armor up” and remain sealed by the Holy Spirit.

Kundalini Spirit and Deliverance

• The kundalini spirit is described as a serpent energy in Hinduism, which is considered a demonic counterfeit to the Holy Spirit.
• Manifestations associated with kundalini (such as slithering or uncontrollable laughter) are explained as demonic, not evidence of the Holy Spirit.
• Genuine Christian deliverance is distinguished as casting such spirits out, often with physical manifestations.
• Accusations that charismatic Christian experiences are “kundalini” are addressed and rejected as misunderstandings of deliverance.

Call to Action for Christians

• Strong warning against participating in any New Age or occult practices, including yoga and Reiki, regardless of intentions.
• Encouragement for Christians to reject all forms of syncretism and to pursue authentic power and spiritual experience through the Holy Spirit.
• The need for the church to demonstrate real spiritual power to prevent believers from seeking it elsewhere.
• Testimonies from viewers indicate many are renouncing New Age practices as a result of the discussion.

Prayer and Closing Remarks

• Angela and the host pray for listeners’ deliverance from New Age practices and demonic influence.
• Listeners are urged to repent, renounce occult involvement, and seek the power and presence of God alone.
• Resources for further spiritual growth and deliverance are offered.

Action Items

• Immediate – Listeners: Renounce and discard all New Age, occult, or chakra-related materials and practices.
• Ongoing – Listeners: Seek deliverance and spiritual growth through prayer, biblical study, and participation in a Holy Spirit-led church.
• TBD – Host/Angela: Continue exposing New Age deception and providing biblical teaching and deliverance resources.

Recommendations / Advice

• Avoid all practices related to New Age spirituality, regardless of perceived innocence or benefit.
• If experiencing spiritual oppression, seek deliverance ministry and cover yourself with the “armor of God.”

Questions / Follow-Ups

• How can churches better equip believers to experience the authentic power of God and prevent attraction to New Age practices?
• What are effective ways to disciple new believers coming out of occult backgrounds?