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Divination/Occultism Checklist Courtesy of Reclaiming Victory Ministries © 2001 Divination/Occultism Checklist Courtesy of Reclaiming Victory Ministries © 2001 Note: 1. We have found it fairly safe to say that if you don't know what something is on the list, then, most likely, you didn't participate in it. If you desire further information, review the Divination/'Occultism Glossary. 2. Checklists are not to be done without a corresponding study of scripture. Without the wisdom of God put in the forefront, the effectiveness of the checklist is severely diminished. The checklists are not a magic wand; they are an extension of our platform of repentance based upon scriptural principles. 3. Pray before beginning the checklist. 4. Check the items below that were either done to you or by you as a habit of life at any time during your life (Romans 7 principles, see Foundational Study). The definitions are just general guidelines. Let the Lord work in your heart to show you how you may have exhibited that characteristic even though it may not exactly match the definition. Glossary: ASC (altered state of consciousness) Psi (A term used to encompass all paranormal abilities. Includes both ESP and PK abilities) G Acupuncture G Contact Mind Reading G Incubus G Alien Abduction Experience G Coven participation G Invocation G Altered State of Consciousness G Crisis Apparition G Karma G Amulets G Crystal Gazing G Kinetic movement G Ancestor Worship G Curses G Kirlian Photography G Angelic healing G Demonic Possession G Kum Nye G Angel Worship G Deport G Kundalini G Animal Mutilation G Dice Test G Levitation (tables, games, people) G Animism G Dissociation G Light as a feather game G Anomalous Phenomena G Divination G Macro-sage G Anthroposophy G Dowsing G Magic G Apparition G Eight-ball fortune game G Magic card game G Astral Projection G Elongation G Mantra G Astrology G Empathic activ G Matching Tests G Attunement G Esoteric Christianity G Materialization G Auditing G Evocation G Medicine Man / Woman G Augury G Exorcism G Meditation G Aura reading G Extrasensory Perception (ESP) G Medium G Automatic Writing G Fairy worship G Mental suggestion G Billet Reading G False memories G Mesmerism G Biofeedback G Fetishism G Metaphysics G Black Magic G Fire Walking G Metal Bending G Blood pacts G Fortune Telling G Demonic media G Bloody Mary Game G Geomancy G Medieval Festivals G Book Test G Ghost interaction G Mind Reading G Card Guessing G Goddess worship G Monism G Cartomancy G Goddess parties G Muscle Reading G Cerebral Anoxia G Haunting G Mystic G Channeling G Herbal medicine G Mysticism G Chaos magic G Horoscopes G Mythology G Charm G Hexes G Necromancy G Christian Ritual Abuse G Huna G New-age G Christian Science G Hypnosis G Newspaper Test G Clairaudience G I Ching G Numerology G Clairvoyance G Idol worship G Occultism G Conjuring G Imaginary friends G Omens Page 1 G Oracle G Psychometry G Succubus G Ouija Board G Pyramid Power G Supernatural games G Out of Body Experience G Readings G Table-Tilting/lifting G Palmistry G Recovered memories G Tarot G Parapsychology G Regression G Tea leaf reading G Past-Life Memories G Reincarnation G Telekinesis G Past-Life Regression G Remote Viewing (RV) G Telepathy G Pendulum use G Retrocognition G Teleportation G Perennial Philosophy G Role playing games/events G Theosophy G Phrenology G Rolfing G Therapeutic Touch G Plant Psi G Runes G Thoughtography G Polarity therapy G Sadistic Ritual Abuse G Trance G Poltergeist G Satanic Ritual Abuse G Trance Medium G Possession G Santeria G Transcendental Meditation G Pranic healing G Scriptural Abuse G Transpersonal Psychology G Precognition G Scrying G Trumpets G Prediction G Seance G Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) G Preexistence G Self mutilation G Visualization G Premonition G Shaman G Voodoo G Programming G Sorcery G Warlock G Prophecy, false G Sortilege G White Magic G Psychedelic drugs G Spells G Wicca G Psychic G Spirit Communication G Witch G Psychic Healing G Spirit Cure G Witchcraft G Psychic Photography G Spirit Guide G Witchdoctor G Psychic Hotlines G Spirit Photography G Wizardry G Psychic Surgery G Spiritualism (Spiritism) G Yoga G Psychokinesis (PK) G Stigmata ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS G Adult Fraternal organizations/Lodges G Gnosticism G G Armstrongism G Hare Krishna G Sikhism G Asatru G Hinduism G Silva Mind Control G Baha'i G Islam G Sufism G Black Muslim G Jainism G Sunbud G Buddhism G Jehovah's Witnesses G Swedenborganism G Children of God G Job's Daughters G Taoism G Chinook Learning Community G Kabbalah G Tariqas (Muslim mysticism) G Christian Science G Magick G The Way International G Caodaism G Marxism/Leninism G Thelema G College Fraternities/Sororities G Mormonism/LDS G Theosophical Society G Confucianism G Nation of Islam G Topy (3 Temple of Psychick Youth) G Cults G Nazism G Unification Church G Discordianism/Chaos G Neo-paganism G Unitarian Universalism G Druidism G Oneness Pentecostalism G Unity G Eckankar G Pantheism G White Supremacists G Father Divine G Rosicrucianism G Wicca G The Foundation of Human Understanding G Satanism G Zen Buddhism (Roy Masters) G Science of the Mind G Zoroastrianism G Free Masonry G Scientology PRAYER 1. State one time: “Father God, I bind up the strongman of Divination and the Occult, and I, here and now, take responsibility for my actions.” 2. Repeat for each item checked above: “I renounce and repent for (name the activity/organization) .” 3. When you are done with repenting finish with this prayer: “ I ask you to forgive me for these sins. I release my hold on these behaviors and ask you to break any curse associated with them in my life and toward my life back through all of the generations in my family line. I thankfully receive your forgiveness, restoration. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.” Page 2.
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