Nuggets from Occult Invasion | thebereancall.org

Dave Hunt

Kelsey equates shamanistic powers with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, believes that his mother died for him “as did our Lord,” and declared that a shaman or witch doctor is “one in whom the power of God is concentrated and can thus flow out to others.” Kelsey writes:

“There is nothing intrinsically evil about…psi [psychic power] or its use…. Psi experiences…are simply natural experiences of the human psyche…. Clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, and healing have been observed in and around the lives of many religious leaders and nearly all Christian saints…. My students begin to see the role Jesus was fulfilling when they read Mircea Eliade’s Shamanism and Carlos Castaneda’s Journey to Ixtlan [glorifying shamanistic powers]….”