> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.belonging.house/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Witchcraft in the Church
- URL: https://www.belonging.house/witchcraft-in-the-church/
- Published: 2026-09-18T10:38:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T10:38:23.000Z
- Description: Witchcraft isn't candles and curses. It's manipulation, control, and pride wearing a Christian face.
- Author: Christ John Otto

Thank you for your prayers.

I tell people  
to listen to the Lord  
and do what he tells you.

That is not a nice slogan.

It is about doing things  
you would not normally do.

I like to keep the Friday emails  
inspiring and uplifting.  
For the next six weeks  
I am going to talk about the battle we face.

God asked me to teach a series witchcraft in the Church:  
on how Christians agree with,  
and also get seduced by witchcraft.

We are in a time of unprecedented war,  
and artists are on the frontline of this war.  
It is largely a war between  
the natural religion of humanity,  
and the Kingdom of God.  
**That natural religion** 
**is witchcraft.**

Witchcraft is the attempt  
**to gain power.**  
It is usually about  
power over other people  
through **control** 
**manipulation** 
**and domination.**

Those who get seduced into witchcraft  
learn that they can get the desired outcome  
if they play with the spiritual realm,  
and so  
this desire for power  
ultimately leads to forbidden activities.  
The most powerful activities  
that witches use  
are curses,  
hexes,  
sexual immorality,  
and the shedding  
of innocent blood.  
The killing of children  
is the highest form of witchcraft.

When I was in college I was told again and again  
that there is no such thing  
as "the slippery slope."  
They were wrong.  
All you have to do is read the paper.  
We are living in a time that could end our civilization.

In short,  
any form of spiritual practice  
that does not take you through  
the Incarnation,  
Cross, and Resurrection of Jesus,  
is a short cut.  
And every short cut  
is  
demonic.

It can be a religious system or a political strategy.  
It can be a prayer you found "works."  
It can be anything  
that says  
the **end justifies the means**.  
And initially  
they all look really good  
until they don't.

Many of our fathers and mothers in the faith  
understood the nature of witchcraft.  
If you work or live in the arts  
you need to understand this  
because the arts and culture have been targeted  
since the 1960's and that terrain is now enemy territory.

God give us wisdom and give us strength.

The Holy Cross be my light.  
Let not the dragon be my guide.  
Be gone Satan,  
and do not tempt me with your vanities.  
Evil are the things you offer,  
and may you drink your own poison.  
Amen.

Lord, Help me see everything the enemy doesn't want me to see.

He Never Fails,

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ed/59/ed590bfa-368b-4bcf-b1f2-6ba9ca9abcdb/content/images/2026/09/Untitled---March-24--2026-at-07.09.24-2.png)

![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ed/59/ed590bfa-368b-4bcf-b1f2-6ba9ca9abcdb/content/images/2026/09/Untitled---April-15--2026-at-18.25.30---1--8.png) 

We meet daily for prayer followed by Holy Communion on Zoom at 7am ET, Midday UK time. Each week the House of Artisans gather at 1:00 ET on the same Zoom link. 

[Belonging House on Zoom](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8766320130?ref=belonging.house)

We are a 501(c)(3) organization through the Missionary Church International. You can support Belonging House International here.

[Give to Belonging House here.](https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org/?ref=belonging.house)

**The deadline for the next issue of Breath and Flame is October 1.**