Comparative World Religions

Compiled by Dr Glen Christie

Faith Bible College Part 11

GhostsHypnotism

MagicOuija

Parapsychology

Do You Believe In

“GHOSTS

Feelings When Ghosts Are AroundA chill in the air.Low light conditions.Smokey smell.Weird noises e.g. – thumping and whistling.Things getting chucked at you from no-where.Paranormal visuals like shadows, smoke etc..Sensation of someone being around. . . . . . . . .

Are They Real?

MUST BE………MANY PEOPLE LET THE GHOSTS FROM THEIR PAST KEEP THEM SCREWED UP TODAY!

Hypnotism

Methods of Hypnosis Hypnosis has been around for 1000’s of years. It

can create a restful state, desensitize troubled body parts, in treating illness, and for entertainment.

Hypnotism is commonly used by an occultist in performing their magical art. By using certain words and behavior a speaker

can very quickly establish a hypnotic rapport with an audience.

Hypnosis can be used for god or evil. Hypnosis can be a very useful tool in the right

hands. Hypnosis can be used for taking advantage of

others in many ways.

Methods of HypnosisHypnosis is an effective tool for mind control: Group behavior could be manipulated by deceptive

mass hypnosis techniques that are used very effectively by presidents, politicians,

and in advertising. In the size of the lie there is always contained a certain factor of credibility, people will more easily fall victim to a great lie than to a small one.

Sometimes…Your

words justHypnotize

me

Methods of HypnosisHypnosis is an effective tool for mind control: One of our most effective ways to hypnotize for controlling and commanding people is through television and movies.

The influence of repetition on crowds is hypnotic. This power is due to the fact that the repeated statement is embedded, in the long run, in those profound regions of our unconscious selves in which the roots of our ideology and our motives and actions are forged.

Magic

conclusionTypes of MAGICWhite Magic - This is the use of magical powers in an unselfish manner, supposedly for the benefit of others.Black Magic – This is the opposite of white magicLiturgy of Magic – A magic ceremony commonly uses four (4) elements, an invocation, a charm, a symbolic action, and a fetish (such as sex).Lycanthropy – This is the form of magic in which the practitioner or a person he places a spell upon turns into an animal (such as a werewolf).

conclusionTypes of MAGICSympathetic Magic – This is the control of a person, animal, object, or event by either of two (2) principles:

The first “principle” is that like produces like. This principle would be drawing a deer pierced by arrows; supposedly helping tribes’ hunter’s repeat the same scene.

The second “principle” is that of a magical connection. This principle says that things that were connected always hold or retain a magical connection. The idea that a man could be harmed if a tooth he lost fell into the hands of his enemy.

It is a game. . . . isn’t it ?

Some believe it’s a party game.

Others believe it’s opening a gate to the

supernatural.What do you believe ?

Good or Bad ?

Sadly, many people are deceived into believing that

Ouija Boards are just a game. The truth of the matter is that

God views channelling, or consulting spirits or the dead, to

be a serious sin.

Parapsychology -scientific study of paranormal phenomena and experiences.Paranormal phenomena- there is a claim that a real anomalous effect is occurring Paranormal experiences -there may or may not be a real anomalous effect, but the individual has interpreted their experience as a paranormal one

What Is Parapsychology ?

What Area’s Does This Include ?The most studied are:

Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) Psychokinesis (PK)

ESP includes :Clairvoyance Telepathy PrecognitionPremonition Possession Eternal Rebirth Reincarnation UFOs Near-death Experiences After death experiences Out-of-Body Experiences Ghosts

Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) Apparent mind-to-

mind communication The term was

launched by J. B. Rhine

Some consider it as extra-sensory communication

Some consider as chance occur

Very difficult to estimate the role that chance plays in many spontaneous paranormal experiences

6th/7th Chakra ?

Pineal Gland ?

Psychokinesis (PK) The ability to move or

bend objects at a distance by mental power without contact.

The term has now largely displaced ‘‘telekinesis,’’ formerly used

This term was proposed by psychologist J. B. Rhine ,in relation to experiments with influencing the fall of dice by mental concentration

Clairvoyance The ability to perceive

something without the use of the senses

An ability to see things beyond the range of the power of vision Clairvoyance divided into

three classes Retrocognition and

premonition Perceiving past and future

events Perception of

contemporary events happening at a distance, or outside the range of normal vision

Telepathy Defined as ‘‘transmission of

thought independently of the recognized channels of sense.’’

It refers to mind-reading The ability to communicate with

another person without the use of the senses

Term coined by British psychical researcher F. W. H. Myers in 1882

Telepathy is a well developed mode of supernormal perception and is usually brought into play by the influence of very strong emotions.

Precognition Psychic knowledge of

something in advance of its occurrence.

Paranormal knowledge of impending events, also referred to as

prediction premonition

prophecy

Premonition A paranormal warning of a

future event Premonitions may range

from vague feelings of disquiet or uneasiness suggestive of impending disaster, to actual hallucinations

Dreams are frequent vehicles of premonitions

Whether the premonition comes in the waking state or during sleep, it is believed the impression is usually deep and lasting.

The recipient may write it down or narrate it for later verification

Prediction vs Premonition

Premonition differs from prediction

Prediction has a degree of precision and tends to detail the basic who, what, when, where, and how questions

When the event foreseen is not precisely outlined or is too insubstantial to prompt a prophetic utterance, premonition is the more appropriate term

For vague future events of a personal nature, presentiment is employed

Possession An altered state of

consciousness in which the conscious personality of the individual is replaced with that of another personality, commonly thought of as a possessing spirit entity

Common to all religious traditions

The possessing personality aims to establish communication with this world by writing or speech

In the Christianity possession viewed as a negative phenomena

Christian leaders have largely equated possession with possession by a demonic force, or even the devil himself.

Eternal Return (Rebirth)