Status of Idols and Idolization: A Deliverance Warning for Christians

Statues of Idols and Idolization: A Deliverance Warning for Christians

Statues of Idols Exposed: A Biblical Warning About Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, Angels, Celebrities, Gurus, and Modern Idolatry

Idolatry is not an old-fashioned sin that disappeared with ancient temples. It is alive today in homes, churches, entertainment, sports, music, social media, politics, religion, and even Christian circles.

Some idols are physical statues. Others are people exalted in the heart. Some are pagan gods like Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, or other religious images. Others are modern idols such as movie stars, musicians, athletes, pastors, prophets, gurus, influencers, leaders, money, beauty, power, ministry platforms, or even self.

An idol is anything or anyone that takes the place of God in worship, devotion, trust, identity, obedience, attention, or affection.

God does not treat idolatry lightly.

Exodus 20:3–5 says, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image… Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them…”

The Lord commands His people not to worship false gods, bow before images, trust in created things, or give honor to anyone above Him.

What Are Idols?

An idol can be a carved image, statue, picture, object, charm, altar, religious figure, spiritual symbol, or anything used for worship, devotion, protection, luck, power, guidance, or spiritual connection.

Idols may include:

• Diana or Artemis statues
• Mercury statues
• Venus statues
• Buddha statues
• Hindu gods and goddesses
• Angel statues used for prayer or guidance
• Mary and saint statues used for devotion
• Ancestor altars
• Pagan gods and goddesses
• Crystals and charms used spiritually
• Household gods
• Religious images used as spiritual objects
• Statues used for luck, peace, fertility, money, or protection
• Celebrity posters treated as obsession
• Music idols
• Sports idols
• Pastors or prophets placed above God
• Gurus or spiritual teachers treated as divine
• Political figures treated as saviors
• Self, fame, money, beauty, power, and success

A statue is not always automatically an idol. A decoration may simply be decoration. But when an image represents a false god, is used for spiritual power, receives devotion, is prayed to, honored, feared, trusted, or kept for protection, it becomes spiritually dangerous.

First Corinthians 10:20 warns that the things the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God. Behind idols can be demonic spirits receiving worship.

Where Did Idolatry Come From?

Idolatry began when man turned from worshiping the true God and began worshiping creation, false gods, images, celestial bodies, ancestors, nature, animals, demons, and human rulers.

Romans 1:21–25 explains that people knew God but did not glorify Him as God. They became vain in their imaginations and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into images resembling man, birds, animals, and creeping things. They worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator.

Ancient nations worshiped idols through temples, sacrifices, priesthoods, fertility rituals, astrology, divination, offerings, and pagan festivals. These idols were not harmless. They were tied to demons, sexual sin, sacrifice, witchcraft, divination, and covenant-breaking.

Idolatry is one of Satan’s oldest traps. If he cannot stop people from worshiping, he will try to redirect worship away from God.

Who Is the Founder of Idolatry?

Idolatry has no one human founder. It is rooted in rebellion against God and Satan’s desire to steal worship.

Isaiah 14:13–14 reveals the pride of Lucifer, who wanted to exalt himself. Satan’s nature is to draw worship away from God. In the Garden, the serpent tempted Eve with the lie that man could become like God.

Genesis 3:5 says, “Ye shall be as gods…”

The root of idolatry is the same lie: something or someone else can become your source, guide, savior, power, protection, identity, or god.

Is Idolatry New Age, Witchcraft, or Occultism?

Idolatry can be connected to New Age, witchcraft, paganism, occultism, false religion, ancestor worship, and demonic worship.

It becomes occultic when idols are used for:

• Prayer to false gods
• Spirit contact
• Protection
• Luck
• Fertility
• Money attraction
• Power
• Love spells
• Healing rituals
• Divination
• Ancestor communication
• Angel worship
• Calling on saints or spirits
• Meditation before images
• Offerings
• Altars
• Rituals
• Energy work
• Worship of gurus or ascended masters

Many New Age practices include statues or images of Buddha, Hindu deities, goddess figures, angels, spirit guides, ascended masters, or symbolic objects. These are not spiritually neutral when they are connected to another religious system or spiritual power.

Deuteronomy 7:25–26 warns God’s people not to bring an abomination into their house, lest they become cursed like it.

Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, Angels, and Other Idols

Diana / Artemis

Diana, also known as Artemis in Greek religion, was worshiped as a goddess connected to fertility, hunting, childbirth, and protection. In Acts 19, the city of Ephesus was devoted to Diana. When the gospel threatened idol-making profits, the people cried, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians.”

Acts 19 shows that idol worship was connected to spiritual darkness, economic gain, and demonic resistance to the gospel.

Mercury

Mercury was a Roman god associated with messages, trade, travel, trickery, and commerce. In Greek religion, he is connected to Hermes. Christians should not honor, pray to, or keep statues of pagan gods as spiritual objects.

Venus

Venus was a Roman goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality. Goddess worship often opens doors to lust, seduction, vanity, sensuality, and false feminine spirituality.

Buddha

Buddha statues are often used in Buddhist devotion, meditation, peace practices, and spiritual settings. Some people keep Buddha statues for peace, luck, enlightenment, or atmosphere. But Buddha represents a religious system that does not confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

A Christian home should not be spiritually decorated with another religion’s object of devotion.

Angel Statues

Angels are real, but Christians are not commanded to pray to angels, worship angels, seek guidance from angels, or use angel statues as spiritual objects.

Colossians 2:18 warns against the worshiping of angels.

Revelation 22:8–9 shows that when John fell down before an angel, the angel said, “See thou do it not… worship God.”

Angels are servants of God. They are not to be worshiped.

Modern Idols: Movie Stars, Musicians, Athletes, Pastors, and Gurus

Idolatry is not limited to statues. It also happens in the heart.

A person can idolize:

• Movie stars
• Musicians
• Athletes
• Pastors
• Prophets
• Apostles
• Gurus
• Influencers
• Political leaders
• Spouses
• Children
• Ministry leaders
• Beauty
• Wealth
• Fame
• Success
• Social media attention
• Education
• Career
• Self-image

When admiration becomes obsession, dependency, imitation, worship, or blind loyalty, it becomes idolatry.

Even pastors can become idols. A pastor should point people to Jesus, not become the center of devotion. When people follow a leader more than they follow Christ, defend sin because of a leader’s gift, or obey a person above Scripture, idolatry has entered.

First Corinthians 3:4–7 warns against exalting human leaders. Paul said one plants, another waters, but God gives the increase.

Why Is Idolatry Against God’s Word?

Idolatry is against God’s Word because God alone is worthy of worship.

Exodus 20:3 says, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Idolatry replaces God with something created. It insults the holiness of God, opens doors to demons, defiles the worshiper, and corrupts the heart.

Psalm 115:4–8 says idols have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see, ears but cannot hear, and those who make them become like them.

Idolatry also provokes God to jealousy.

Deuteronomy 32:16 says, “They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods…”

God is not jealous like a sinful man. He is holy, covenant-keeping, and rightful in His demand that His people worship Him alone.

What Are Idols Used For?

Idols may be used for:

• Worship
• Prayer
• Protection
• Luck
• Fertility
• Money
• Love
• Healing
• Guidance
• Meditation
• Spiritual atmosphere
• Religious devotion
• Power
• Ancestor honor
• Calling spirits
• Energy work
• Divination
• Beauty or sensuality
• Fame and identity
• Emotional attachment
• Human admiration
• False security

Many people say, “I do not worship it. I just like it.” But if the object represents a false god, false religion, occult practice, or spiritual power, a Christian should not keep it.

Why Would Someone Get Involved in Idolatry?

People become involved in idolatry for many reasons:

• They were raised in false religion
• They inherited idols from family
• They bought statues as decoration
• They wanted protection or luck
• They were attracted to beauty, power, or success
• They followed celebrities or musicians obsessively
• They trusted a pastor more than God
• They joined a New Age or occult practice
• They used idols for meditation or peace
• They were lonely and sought comfort
• They were spiritually ignorant
• They wanted a visible object to connect with spiritually
• They wanted power, healing, money, love, or guidance

Idolatry often begins subtly. A person may not bow physically, but their heart bows.

Matthew 6:21 says, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

How Does Idolatry Hurt a Christian?

Idolatry hurts Christians spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and generationally.

1. It Breaks Fellowship With God

Idolatry places another god, person, object, or desire above the Lord.

2. It Opens Doors to Demons

First Corinthians 10:20 connects idol sacrifices with devils. Idols can become contact points for demonic spirits.

3. It Defiles the Home

Objects dedicated to false gods or occult worship can bring spiritual contamination into a home.

4. It Brings Confusion

A Christian may try to mix Jesus with Buddha, angels, goddess figures, saints, crystals, or celebrity worship.

5. It Produces Bondage

What a person worships can begin to control them.

6. It Creates False Identity

People may shape their identity around a celebrity, pastor, guru, athlete, musician, beauty standard, or success image instead of Christ.

7. It Leads to Spiritual Blindness

Psalm 115 says those who make idols become like them. Idolatry dulls spiritual sight and hearing.

8. It Can Bring Generational Curses

Idolatry in a family line can open doors to false religion, witchcraft, bondage, confusion, poverty, sickness, rebellion, and spiritual oppression.

What Curses Can Come on a Christian Through Idolatry?

When a Christian participates in idolatry, owns idols, honors false gods, prays to images, or exalts man above God, they may open doors to curses and demonic oppression.

Possible curses and spiritual consequences include:

• Curse of idolatry
• Curse of false gods
• Curse of pagan worship
• Curse of familiar spirits
• Curse of religious spirits
• Curse of spiritual blindness
• Curse of spiritual deafness
• Curse of confusion
• Curse of double-mindedness
• Curse of rebellion
• Curse of false worship
• Curse of ancestral altars
• Curse of cursed objects
• Curse of household idols
• Curse of celebrity worship
• Curse of man worship
• Curse of guru worship
• Curse of pastor idolization
• Curse of sexual immorality through goddess worship
• Curse of pride and self-exaltation
• Curse of bondage to fame, beauty, success, or money
• Curse of generational idolatry
• Curse of demonic attachment through false religion

Galatians 3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. But believers must repent, renounce, remove the idols, and close every spiritual door.

Scriptures Warning Against Idolatry

Exodus 20:3–5 — Do not have other gods or make graven images.
Deuteronomy 7:25–26 — Do not bring abominations into your house.
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 — God forbids occult practices.
Psalm 115:4–8 — Idols are lifeless, and those who make them become like them.
Isaiah 44:9–20 — God exposes the foolishness of idol-making.
Jeremiah 10:2–5 — Do not learn the way of the heathen or fear their idols.
Ezekiel 14:3 — Idols can be set up in the heart.
Acts 19:24–41 — Diana worship opposed the gospel.
1 Corinthians 10:20–21 — Idol worship is connected to demons.
Colossians 2:18 — Do not worship angels.
Revelation 22:8–9 — Worship God, not angels.
1 John 5:21 — “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”
Matthew 6:24 — No man can serve two masters.
Galatians 5:19–21 — Idolatry and witchcraft are works of the flesh.
Revelation 21:8 — Idolaters and sorcerers face judgment.

What Should a Christian Do If They Have Idols?

If you have idols, statues of false gods, angel statues used spiritually, Buddha statues, goddess images, occult objects, ancestor altars, guru pictures used devotionally, or anything connected to false worship, remove them from your home.

Do not pray over them and keep them. Do not sell them. Do not pass them to another person. Destroy or discard them.

Also examine the heart. Ask God:

Who do I admire more than You?
Who do I obey more than Scripture?
What do I fear losing more than Your presence?
What controls my time, thoughts, money, affection, and identity?
Have I made a pastor, prophet, celebrity, musician, athlete, guru, spouse, child, ministry, or myself into an idol?

Then repent and renounce.

Prayer of Renunciation

“Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for idolatry in my life and in my bloodline. I repent for honoring, keeping, admiring, worshiping, praying to, trusting in, or depending on any idol, image, statue, false god, angel, guru, pastor, celebrity, musician, athlete, leader, object, money, beauty, success, ministry, or person above You. I renounce Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, angel worship, saint worship, ancestor worship, guru worship, celebrity worship, man worship, self-worship, and every false god or idol connected to my life or family line. I break every curse, covenant, dedication, altar, and agreement connected to idolatry. I command every spirit attached to idols, false gods, cursed objects, religious spirits, familiar spirits, and generational idolatry to leave me now in the name of Jesus Christ. I ask You, Lord Jesus, to cleanse me by Your blood and fill every place with the Holy Spirit. I choose to worship You alone. Amen.”

Final Warning

Idols are not harmless.

A statue can be an altar.
A picture can become devotion.
A pastor can become an idol.
A celebrity can become worship.
A guru can become a false shepherd.
A statue of Buddha, Diana, Mercury, Venus, angels, saints, or false gods can bring spiritual defilement into a Christian home.

God is not looking for divided worship. He is looking for a people who love Him with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.

First John 5:21 says, “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”

If you have been involved in idolatry, false religion, angel worship, ancestor worship, celebrity worship, guru worship, pagan statues, occult objects, witchcraft, or New Age practices, you may need deliverance.

Read more about biblical curses here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

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President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
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Do you have idols in your home—or idols in your heart?

Idols are not always ancient statues. They can be images of false gods like Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, angel statues used for prayer, or objects tied to false religion.

But idols can also be people: movie stars, musicians, athletes, pastors, gurus, influencers, or anyone you exalt above God.

The Bible says in Exodus 20, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” First Corinthians 10 warns that idol worship is connected to demons.

A Christian should not keep statues of false gods, pray to angels, worship people, or trust in created things.

If you have idols, repent, remove them, renounce every spiritual agreement, and close every door in Jesus’ name.

Read the full article and visit the Occult Checklist at Touch of God Int’l Ministries.

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Idolatry is not just an ancient sin. It is alive today through statues, images, false gods, angel worship, celebrity worship, pastor idolization, guru devotion, music idols, sports idols, and more.

In this teaching, Teresa Morin exposes the spiritual danger of idols such as Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, angel statues, pagan objects, celebrity obsession, and modern idolization of pastors, musicians, athletes, gurus, and public figures.

The Bible warns clearly: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” God commands His people to reject idols, false worship, occult objects, and anything that takes His place.

Read the Seven Biblical Curses article:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

Visit the comprehensive Occult List:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release

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Idols are not harmless. They can be statues of false gods like Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, or angel statues used for prayer—but idols can also be movie stars, musicians, athletes, pastors, gurus, or anyone exalted above God.

The Bible warns us not to have other gods or bow before graven images.

If you have idols in your home or heart, repent, remove them, and close every spiritual door in Jesus’ name.

Visit the Occult Checklist:
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Idolatry is not just an ancient sin. It is still happening today.

Idols can be statues of false gods like Diana, Mercury, Venus, Buddha, or angel statues used for prayer and guidance. But idols can also be movie stars, musicians, athletes, pastors, gurus, influencers, money, beauty, success, or anyone exalted above God.

The Bible says, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” God’s people must remove idols from their homes and hearts.

Read the full article and visit the comprehensive Occult List:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

Also read: The Seven Biblical Curses Listed in the Bible
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release

 Is the Stang Biblical or Occult? A Warning About Witchcraft Tools

Stang / Gwelen Exposed: A Biblical Warning About Witchcraft Staffs, Ritual Tools, and Occult Power

The stang, also called a forked ritual staff, is used in some forms of traditional witchcraft, pagan ritual, and occult practice. In some Cornish witchcraft descriptions, a related staff is called a gwelen. It is often described as a ritual pole or staff used to invoke, direct, send, or focus occult power.

To someone unfamiliar with witchcraft, it may look like an ordinary walking stick, branch, or forked wooden staff. But in occult practice, it can become a ritual tool, altar, symbol of spiritual authority, and focal point for witchcraft workings.

Christians must understand that occult tools are not neutral when they are dedicated, used, or empowered for witchcraft.

The Bible warns clearly against witchcraft, divination, sorcery, enchantments, consulting spirits, and every form of forbidden spiritual practice.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 says that God’s people must not practice divination, witchcraft, enchantments, consulting familiar spirits, wizardry, or seeking the dead. These things are called abominations to the Lord.

What Is a Stang / Gwelen?

A stang is usually a forked staff or Y-shaped branch used as a ritual tool in traditional witchcraft. Some witches use a naturally forked branch. Others attach antlers or a forked metal head to a pole.

In witchcraft settings, the stang may represent:

• The Horned God
• The witch father or witch mother
• Male and female occult forces
• The World Tree
• The crossroads
• The axis between earth and spirit realms
• A ritual altar
• A marker for the witchcraft compass or circle
• A tool to direct or summon power
• A connection point to land spirits or familiar spirits

Some witches place the stang in the north, behind the altar, or in the center of a ritual compass. It may be decorated with ribbons, bones, flowers, charms, cords, animal parts, symbols, or seasonal items.

The gwelen is described in some Cornish witchcraft material as a staff or forked ritual pole used to invoke, call upon powers, send powers, mark out the compass, and serve as a focal point or altar.

This is not biblical worship. This is occult practice.

Where Did the Stang / Gwelen Come From?

The use of staffs, rods, poles, wands, and ritual objects is ancient. Pagan priests, shamans, magicians, witches, druids, and occult practitioners have used ritual tools for thousands of years to symbolize power, authority, spirit contact, fertility, protection, divination, or magical intent.

However, the modern witchcraft stang as a specific forked staff is often associated with traditional witchcraft and became especially known through modern witchcraft circles in the twentieth century. Some sources point to Robert Cochrane, a British witchcraft figure connected with Cochrane’s Craft and the Clan of Tubal Cain, as a major influence in popularizing or shaping the modern witchcraft use of the stang.

The stang is not one single ancient biblical object. It is a ritual tool used in occult systems, especially modern traditional witchcraft, folk magic, paganism, and ceremonial workings.

The gwelen appears in Cornish witchcraft descriptions as a ritual staff used for invoking and directing power.

Whether called stang, gwelen, staff, rod, wand, pole, or ritual branch, the issue is the same: when an object is dedicated to witchcraft, spirit work, spell casting, invoking powers, or occult ritual, it becomes an unclean object.

Who Is the Founder?

There is no single founder of all ritual staffs because the use of ritual rods and staffs is ancient. However, the modern stang in traditional witchcraft is commonly connected to Robert Cochrane, who was influential in modern British traditional witchcraft.

Robert Cochrane promoted a form of witchcraft distinct from Gardnerian Wicca and is often associated with the Clan of Tubal Cain. Some modern witchcraft writers and practitioners connect the stang with his tradition and influence.

The gwelen does not appear to have one recognized founder. It is associated with Cornish witchcraft language and practice.

But for Christians, the founder is not the main issue. The spiritual function is the issue. If a tool is used to invoke powers, call spirits, mark a witchcraft compass, represent pagan gods, or direct occult energy, it is forbidden.

Is the Stang / Gwelen New Age, Witchcraft, or Occultism?

The stang/gwelen is primarily connected to witchcraft, paganism, traditional craft, folk magic, occultism, and spirit work.

It may be used in practices involving:

• Casting a circle or laying a compass
• Invoking spirits or powers
• Calling on pagan gods or goddesses
• Honoring the Horned God
• Working with land spirits
• Directing energy
• Sending power
• Spell work
• Ritual offerings
• Seasonal pagan rituals
• Ancestor work
• Spirit journeying
• Familiar spirit contact
• Witchcraft altars
• Divination rituals
• Binding or cursing rituals
• Protection spells
• Ritual authority in a coven

This is witchcraft and occultism, not biblical faith.

Exodus 22:18 says, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”
Galatians 5:19–21 lists witchcraft among the works of the flesh and warns that those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Revelation 21:8 warns that sorcerers will have their part in the lake of fire.

God does not take witchcraft lightly.

Why Is the Stang / Gwelen Against God’s Word?

The stang/gwelen is against God’s Word when it is used as a witchcraft ritual tool to call upon spirits, direct power, invoke pagan gods, mark sacred occult space, or participate in spell work.

God forbids His people from practicing witchcraft, sorcery, divination, enchantments, and familiar spirit contact.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 says:

“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch…”

Leviticus 19:31 says not to seek familiar spirits because they defile.

Isaiah 8:19 says, “Should not a people seek unto their God?”

A Christian does not need a ritual staff to access spiritual power. A Christian has authority only through Jesus Christ, the Word of God, the blood of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 10:19 says Jesus gives authority over the power of the enemy.

Mark 16:17 says believers shall cast out devils in Jesus’ name.

Acts 19:18–19 shows that when people came to Christ, they confessed their occult practices and burned their magic books. They did not keep their occult tools for decoration, curiosity, or sentimental value.

What Is a Stang / Gwelen Used For?

In witchcraft and occult practice, the stang/gwelen may be used for:

• Marking out a ritual circle or compass
• Acting as a portable altar
• Representing the Horned God or pagan deities
• Invoking spirits, gods, ancestors, or powers
• Directing occult energy
• Sending power during spell work
• Serving as a ritual center point
• Holding charms, cords, offerings, or symbolic objects
• Acting as a spiritual boundary marker
• Representing the World Tree or connection between realms
• Supporting seasonal pagan rituals
• Spirit journeying
• Land-spirit work
• Witchcraft initiation or coven ritual
• Cursing, binding, protection, or manifestation work

Some may claim it is only symbolic. But symbols used in witchcraft are not spiritually empty when they are tied to spirits, rituals, covenants, altars, or occult intention.

Why Would Someone Get Involved With the Stang / Gwelen?

People may become involved with stangs, ritual staffs, or witchcraft tools for many reasons:

• Curiosity about witchcraft
• Desire for power
• Desire for spiritual authority
• Interest in paganism or traditional craft
• Fascination with nature spirituality
• Attraction to the Horned God or goddess worship
• Rebellion against Christianity
• Trauma from religious experiences
• Desire to control circumstances
• Seeking protection through spells
• Wanting identity or belonging in a coven
• Interest in ancestral or folk magic
• New Age influence
• Social media witchcraft trends
• Desire to feel special, chosen, or spiritually powerful

Many people enter witchcraft because they feel powerless, rejected, wounded, angry, or spiritually hungry. Witchcraft offers a counterfeit form of control.

But the power behind witchcraft is not the Holy Spirit. It is demonic.

Acts 8 tells of Simon the sorcerer, who amazed people with sorcery. But when the gospel came, his spiritual power was exposed as something that could not be mixed with the power of God.

How Does the Stang / Gwelen Hurt a Christian Who Dabbles With It?

A Christian who dabbles with a stang, gwelen, wand, ritual staff, witchcraft altar, or occult tool is entering forbidden spiritual territory.

1. It Opens Doors to Witchcraft Spirits

A ritual tool dedicated to witchcraft can become a contact point for demonic spirits, familiar spirits, and occult power.

2. It Creates Agreement With Pagan Gods

Many stangs are linked to the Horned God, goddess worship, land spirits, or pagan deity systems. This violates the command to have no other gods before the Lord.

Exodus 20:3 says, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

3. It Defiles the Home

Keeping occult tools in the home can bring spiritual contamination. Cursed objects can attract demonic activity.

4. It Brings Spiritual Confusion

A Christian may begin mixing Scripture with witchcraft, prayer with spells, and Holy Spirit authority with occult tools.

5. It Opens Doors to Familiar Spirits

Witchcraft tools are often used to communicate with unseen spirits. This can invite familiar spirits into a person’s life and bloodline.

6. It Can Bring Fear and Torment

After contact with witchcraft objects, people may experience fear, nightmares, heaviness, oppression, strange manifestations, or spiritual attacks.

7. It Can Lead to Deeper Occult Bondage

A person may begin with curiosity about a staff, then move into spells, tarot, crystals, rituals, spirit guides, divination, cursing, and coven involvement.

8. It Dishonors Jesus Christ

A Christian cannot serve Jesus while using tools dedicated to witchcraft power.

First Corinthians 10:21 says, “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils…”

What Curses Can Come on a Christian Through the Stang / Gwelen?

When a Christian uses, owns, makes, buys, inherits, or participates in rituals involving a witchcraft stang/gwelen, they may open doors to curses and demonic oppression.

Possible curses and spiritual consequences include:

• Curse of witchcraft
• Curse of sorcery
• Curse of divination
• Curse of familiar spirits
• Curse of pagan worship
• Curse of idolatry
• Curse of false gods
• Curse of occult bondage
• Curse of ritual defilement
• Curse of cursed objects
• Curse of altar contamination
• Curse of spirit attachment
• Curse of land-spirit or nature-spirit involvement
• Curse of the Horned God or goddess worship
• Curse of rebellion against God
• Curse of spiritual confusion
• Curse of fear and torment
• Curse of nightmares and night attacks
• Curse of double-mindedness
• Curse of generational witchcraft
• Curse of coven ties
• Curse of occult initiation
• Curse of spell work, binding, or cursing
• Curse of demonic power exchange

Galatians 3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. But believers must repent, renounce, destroy occult objects, and close the doors they opened.

Scriptures Warning Against Witchcraft Tools and Occult Practices

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 — God forbids witchcraft, divination, enchantments, and consulting spirits.
Leviticus 19:31 — Familiar spirits defile.
Exodus 20:3 — Have no other gods before the Lord.
Exodus 22:18 — God condemns witchcraft.
Galatians 5:19–21 — Witchcraft is a work of the flesh.
Revelation 21:8 — Sorcerers face judgment.
Isaiah 8:19 — God’s people must seek Him, not spirits.
Acts 8:9–24 — Simon the sorcerer was rebuked.
Acts 19:18–19 — Converts destroyed their occult materials.
1 Corinthians 10:21 — You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils.
2 Corinthians 6:17 — Come out from among them and be separate.
Ephesians 5:11 — Have no fellowship with the works of darkness.
1 John 4:1 — Test the spirits.
Luke 10:19 — Jesus gives authority over the enemy.
Mark 16:17 — Believers cast out devils in Jesus’ name.

What Should a Christian Do If They Have a Stang / Gwelen?

If you have a stang, gwelen, wand, ritual staff, witchcraft altar object, charm, pagan tool, or any object used in occult practice, do not keep it as decoration. Do not sell it or give it to someone else.

Repent for involvement with witchcraft. Renounce every spirit connected to the object. Remove it from your home. Destroy it if possible, just as Acts 19 shows believers removing occult materials from their lives.

Then pray out loud:

“Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for any involvement with the stang, gwelen, witchcraft staffs, wands, ritual tools, pagan altars, occult objects, spell work, spirit work, or any witchcraft practice. I renounce every agreement with witchcraft, sorcery, divination, familiar spirits, pagan gods, the Horned God, goddess worship, land spirits, covens, rituals, and occult power. I break every curse, covenant, dedication, initiation, and altar tie connected to these objects and practices. I close every door I opened knowingly or unknowingly. I command every spirit connected to witchcraft, occult tools, familiar spirits, false gods, and cursed objects to leave me now in the name of Jesus Christ. I ask the Lord Jesus to cleanse me by His blood and fill my home, body, soul, and spirit with the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

Final Warning

The stang/gwelen may look like a simple forked staff, but in witchcraft it can become an altar, symbol of pagan power, ritual tool, spirit-contact point, and object used to direct occult energy.

Christians must not play with witchcraft tools.
Christians must not keep ritual objects dedicated to darkness.
Christians must not mix prayer with spells, Scripture with occult power, or Jesus Christ with pagan spirits.

You do not need a staff to access power.
You need Jesus Christ.
You do not need witchcraft tools.
You need the Holy Spirit.
You do not need rituals.
You need repentance, obedience, deliverance, and the Word of God.

If you have been involved with stangs, wands, ritual staffs, witchcraft tools, pagan altars, divination, spell work, familiar spirits, or occult practices, you may need deliverance.

Read more about biblical curses here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

Visit the comprehensive Occult List here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release

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Have you heard of a stang or gwelen?

It may look like a simple forked staff, but in witchcraft it is used as a ritual tool, altar, and symbol of occult power.

Witches may use it to mark a ritual compass, call on spirits, represent the Horned God, direct energy, send power, or focus witchcraft workings.

But the Bible is clear. Deuteronomy 18 warns God’s people not to practice witchcraft, divination, sorcery, or consult familiar spirits.

Christians do not need ritual staffs, wands, spells, or occult tools. We have authority only through Jesus Christ.

If you have owned or used witchcraft tools, repent, renounce them, remove them from your home, and close every door in Jesus’ name.

Read the full article and visit the Occult Checklist at Touch of God Int’l Ministries.

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What is a stang or gwelen? In witchcraft, the stang is often a forked ritual staff used as a spiritual tool, altar, symbol of occult authority, and focal point for witchcraft rituals. In some Cornish witchcraft descriptions, a gwelen is also described as a ritual staff used to invoke powers, send powers, mark the compass, or serve as a focal point.

In this teaching, Teresa Morin exposes why Christians must reject witchcraft tools, ritual staffs, pagan altars, spirit work, and occult objects.

The Bible warns against witchcraft, divination, sorcery, familiar spirits, and pagan worship. Christians do not need occult tools. We need Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, repentance, and deliverance.

Read the Seven Biblical Curses article:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

Visit the comprehensive Occult List:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release

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A stang or gwelen may look like a forked staff, but in witchcraft it can be used as a ritual tool, altar, and symbol of occult power.

Witches may use it to invoke spirits, mark the compass, direct energy, honor pagan gods, or focus spell work.

The Bible warns against witchcraft and familiar spirits. Christians do not need occult tools—we need Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Visit the Occult Checklist:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

More resources and deliverance sessions:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

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A stang or gwelen may look like a simple forked staff, but in witchcraft it can be used as a ritual tool, altar, and symbol of occult power.

Witches may use it to mark a ritual compass, invoke spirits, represent the Horned God, direct energy, send power, or focus spell work. But God’s Word clearly warns against witchcraft, sorcery, divination, familiar spirits, and pagan worship.

Christians do not need ritual staffs, wands, spells, or occult tools. We need Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, repentance, obedience, and deliverance.

Read the full article and visit the comprehensive Occult List:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

Also read: The Seven Biblical Curses Listed in the Bible
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release

 Spirit Guides, Familiar Spirits, and the Danger of Demonic Guidance

Spirit Guides Exposed: A Biblical Warning About Familiar Spirits, New Age Deception, and False Guidance

Spirit guides are often presented as loving, wise, benevolent beings who want to help people through life. New Age teachers may describe them as guardian spirits, angels, ascended masters, ancestors, animal guides, higher beings, enlightened teachers, deceased loved ones, or spiritual helpers assigned to lead a person into wisdom, healing, protection, or purpose.

But according to the Word of God, these beings are not harmless guides. They are not departed loved ones. They are not biblical angels sent by God. They are not enlightened masters from a higher plane.

The Bible identifies these kinds of spirits as familiar spirits.

Leviticus 20:27 warns about those who have familiar spirits. Deuteronomy 18:10–12 warns God’s people not to participate in divination, witchcraft, enchantments, consulting spirits, or seeking the dead.

Spirit guides are not a doorway to wisdom. They are a doorway to deception.

Second Corinthians 11:14–15 warns that Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light, and his ministers can appear as ministers of righteousness. This means not every spiritual being that appears peaceful, bright, loving, or helpful is from God.

What Are Spirit Guides?

Spirit guides are believed to be nonphysical beings that help, direct, protect, or advise people. They are commonly sought through meditation, psychic readings, tarot cards, channeling, automatic writing, pendulums, dream work, shamanic journeying, yoga, Reiki, witchcraft, pagan rituals, or New Age practices.

People may believe their spirit guide is:

• A deceased loved one
• An ancestor
• An angel
• An animal spirit
• A Native or tribal spirit
• An ascended master
• A goddess or god
• A cosmic teacher
• A higher self
• A star being
• A guardian spirit
• A light being
• A child spirit
• A religious figure
• A “wise old man” or “wise woman”
• A spirit assigned at birth

The New Age movement often teaches that spirit guides are loving helpers. But the Bible gives no instruction to seek guidance from spirits. God commands His people to seek Him.

Isaiah 8:19 says, “Should not a people seek unto their God?”

Christians are not called to be guided by spirits. Christians are called to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:14 says, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”

Where Did Belief in Spirit Guides Come From?

Belief in spirit guides is ancient. It appears in many pagan, occult, shamanic, spiritualist, and mystical traditions. Throughout history, people have sought guidance from ancestors, household spirits, tribal spirits, animal spirits, gods, goddesses, or invisible beings.

In modern times, belief in spirit guides became especially popular through Spiritualism, Theosophy, New Age religion, channeling movements, psychic practices, witchcraft, paganism, occultism, and modern wellness spirituality.

Spiritualism taught communication with the dead. Theosophy promoted ascended masters and hidden spiritual teachers. New Age teachings expanded the idea into spirit guides, angels, cosmic beings, animal guides, and higher-dimensional helpers.

But the Bible already warned against this long before modern New Age spirituality existed.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 says there shall not be found among God’s people anyone who uses divination, witchcraft, enchantments, consults familiar spirits, is a wizard, or seeks after the dead. God calls these practices abominations.

Who Is the Founder?

Spirit guides do not have one single founder because the practice is ancient and appears across many occult and pagan systems. However, the modern popularity of spirit guides was strongly influenced by movements such as:

• Spiritualism
• Theosophy
• New Age spirituality
• Channeling movements
• Shamanism
• Witchcraft and paganism
• Psychic and mediumship practices
• Eastern meditation and mystical traditions

There is no biblical founder because this teaching does not come from God. It comes from forbidden spiritual systems that seek guidance outside of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.

The Bible does not teach believers to connect with spirit guides. The Bible teaches believers to reject familiar spirits.

Are Spirit Guides New Age, Witchcraft, or Occultism?

Yes. Spirit guides are connected to New Age spirituality, witchcraft, paganism, occultism, spiritualism, psychic practices, and mediumship.

Spirit guides are commonly involved in:

• Tarot reading
• Psychic readings
• Mediumship
• Channeling
• Automatic writing
• Pendulum divination
• Reiki
• Energy healing
• Shamanic journeying
• Astral projection
• Dream divination
• Yoga spirituality
• Meditation
• Witchcraft rituals
• Pagan rituals
• Spirit animal practices
• Ancestral communication
• Angel card readings
• New Age coaching
• Occult healing sessions

This is not biblical guidance. This is forbidden spiritual contact.

Leviticus 19:31 says, “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them…”

God says these practices defile a person. They are not harmless.

Why Are Spirit Guides Against God’s Word?

Spirit guides are against God’s Word because they replace the leadership of the Holy Spirit with guidance from deceiving spirits.

Jesus said the Holy Spirit would guide believers into truth.

John 16:13 says, “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…”

A Christian does not need a spirit guide. A Christian needs the Holy Spirit.

Spirit guides also violate God’s command not to consult spirits, seek the dead, or practice divination.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 warns against these practices.

Spirit guides are also deceptive because they often appear as light, love, peace, wisdom, protection, or comfort.

Second Corinthians 11:14 says, “For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”

A spirit can say loving things and still be demonic. A spirit can give accurate information and still be demonic. A spirit can appear as a deceased loved one and still be a familiar spirit. A spirit can use the name of Jesus and still be a counterfeit if it leads people away from biblical truth.

First John 4:1 commands believers to test the spirits.

The test is not whether the experience felt peaceful. The test is whether the spirit agrees with the Jesus Christ of Scripture and the Word of God.

What Are Spirit Guides Used For?

People seek spirit guides for many reasons, including:

• Direction in life
• Emotional comfort
• Healing
• Protection
• Psychic information
• Spiritual awakening
• New Age enlightenment
• Communication with deceased loved ones
• Dream interpretation
• Divination
• Energy healing
• Discovering life purpose
• Making decisions
• Receiving messages
• Channeling teachings
• Developing psychic gifts
• Contacting ancestors
• Finding hidden knowledge

This desire for guidance may come from pain, grief, loneliness, trauma, fear, confusion, curiosity, or spiritual hunger. But seeking spirit guides is not the answer. God says His people should seek Him.

Proverbs 3:5–6 says to trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, and He shall direct your paths.

Why Would Someone Get Involved With Spirit Guides?

Many people get involved because they are hurting or spiritually hungry. They may have lost a loved one and want comfort. They may feel alone and want protection. They may be confused and want direction. They may have trauma and want healing. They may be curious about the unseen realm.

Others become involved through:

• New Age books
• Psychic readings
• Tarot cards
• Meditation apps
• Yoga classes
• Reiki sessions
• Witchcraft groups
• Pagan circles
• Social media teachings
• Angel card readings
• Shamanic retreats
• Occult games
• Channeling videos
• Dream interpretation groups
• “Higher self” teachings
• Spiritual coaching

The deception is that spirit guides often present themselves as loving and helpful. They rarely announce themselves as evil. They usually flatter, comfort, advise, protect, and slowly gain trust.

But the goal is bondage.

John 10:10 says the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus came that we might have life more abundantly.

How Do Spirit Guides Hurt a Christian?

When a Christian dabbles with spirit guides, they step into forbidden spiritual territory. This can open doors to familiar spirits, divination, deception, bondage, and demonic oppression.

1. They Counterfeit the Holy Spirit

Spirit guides offer direction that belongs only to God. Christians are to be led by the Holy Spirit, not by spirits.

2. They Open the Door to Familiar Spirits

A familiar spirit may know personal information about a family, bloodline, trauma, or past events. This can make the spirit seem trustworthy, but it is still demonic.

3. They Lead People Away From Scripture

A spirit guide may say things that sound loving but contradict the Bible. It may minimize sin, deny repentance, promote reincarnation, encourage occult practices, or present Jesus as only a teacher.

4. They Create Spiritual Dependence

A person may begin asking the guide for every decision instead of seeking God in prayer and Scripture.

5. They Bring Confusion and Fear

What begins as comfort may turn into nightmares, oppression, intrusive thoughts, voices, fear, torment, heaviness, or spiritual attacks.

6. They Can Impersonate Loved Ones

Familiar spirits may appear as deceased relatives to keep people bound to grief, necromancy, or ancestral spirits.

7. They Defile the Believer

Leviticus 19:31 says seeking familiar spirits defiles a person. Defilement brings spiritual contamination and bondage.

8. They Open Doors to More Occult Practices

Spirit guides often lead people into tarot, crystals, astrology, mediumship, pendulums, Reiki, witchcraft, channeling, and divination.

A Christian cannot walk with familiar spirits and the Holy Spirit at the same time.

What Curses Can Come on a Christian Through Spirit Guides?

When Christians seek spirit guides, they may open doors to curses and demonic oppression through occult agreement.

Possible curses and spiritual consequences include:

• Curse of familiar spirits
• Curse of divination
• Curse of mediumship
• Curse of necromancy
• Curse of occult bondage
• Curse of false guidance
• Curse of deception
• Curse of spiritual confusion
• Curse of double-mindedness
• Curse of rebellion against God
• Curse of false prophecy
• Curse of tormenting spirits
• Curse of nightmares and night attacks
• Curse of fear and anxiety
• Curse of hearing voices
• Curse of counterfeit peace
• Curse of false light
• Curse of ancestral spirits
• Curse of generational occult bondage
• Curse of spiritual blindness
• Curse of dependence on spirits instead of God
• Curse of witchcraft and psychic contamination

Galatians 3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. But believers must repent, renounce, and close the spiritual doors they opened.

Scriptures Warning Against Spirit Guides

Leviticus 19:31 — Do not seek familiar spirits; they defile.
Leviticus 20:27 — God condemns familiar spirits.
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 — God forbids divination, witchcraft, consulting spirits, and seeking the dead.
Isaiah 8:19 — Should not a people seek their God?
1 Samuel 28 — Saul sought a medium and came under judgment.
2 Corinthians 11:14–15 — Satan appears as an angel of light.
1 John 4:1 — Test the spirits.
John 16:13 — The Holy Spirit guides believers into truth.
Romans 8:14 — The sons of God are led by the Spirit of God.
Proverbs 3:5–6 — Trust the Lord, and He will direct your paths.
Ephesians 5:11 — Have no fellowship with works of darkness.
Acts 16:16–18 — Paul cast a spirit of divination out of a woman.
Acts 19:18–19 — Converts confessed occult practices and destroyed their occult books.
John 10:10 — The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy.

What Should a Christian Do If They Contacted Spirit Guides?

If you have contacted spirit guides, spirit animals, ancestors, ascended masters, deceased loved ones, angel guides, higher beings, or any spiritual entity outside of the Holy Spirit, you need to repent and renounce it.

Remove occult items from your home. Delete apps, books, cards, pendulums, crystals, altar objects, journals, channeling notes, oracle cards, tarot cards, and any items connected to spirit communication.

Then pray out loud:

“Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for seeking, contacting, listening to, or receiving guidance from spirit guides, familiar spirits, ancestors, ascended masters, spirit animals, angel guides, deceased loved ones, higher beings, false light, and every spirit that was not the Holy Spirit. I renounce every agreement, covenant, invitation, initiation, attachment, and communication with these spirits. I break every soul tie, bloodline tie, altar tie, and occult tie connected to familiar spirits. I close every spiritual door I opened through grief, curiosity, rebellion, trauma, ignorance, loneliness, divination, meditation, witchcraft, New Age practices, or occultism. I command every familiar spirit, spirit guide, spirit of divination, false light, and deceiving spirit to leave me now in the name of Jesus Christ. I ask the Lord Jesus to cleanse me by His blood, restore my discernment, and fill me with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, You alone are my guide into truth. Amen.”

Final Warning

Spirit guides are not benevolent helpers. They are familiar spirits in disguise.

They may appear loving.
They may sound wise.
They may give accurate information.
They may pretend to be loved ones.
They may call themselves angels, masters, ancestors, or light beings.

But if they are not sent by the God of the Bible and they lead you outside the Word of God, they are not from the Holy Spirit.

Christians do not need spirit guides.
Christians need the Holy Spirit.
Christians do not need familiar spirits.
Christians need Jesus Christ.
Christians do not need messages from the dead.
Christians need the living Word of God.

If you have been involved in spirit guides, mediumship, psychic readings, tarot, channeling, Reiki, New Age practices, witchcraft, or occultism, you may need deliverance.

Read more about biblical curses here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

Visit the comprehensive Occult List here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release

 Sound Therapy vs. Biblical Healing Through Jesus Christ

Sound Therapy Exposed: A Biblical Warning About Sound Healing, Frequencies, Singing Bowls, and New Age Deception

Sound therapy is becoming very popular in wellness centers, yoga studios, meditation rooms, retreats, trauma-healing circles, and New Age gatherings. It is often promoted as peaceful, calming, healing, and spiritual. People may lie on mats while someone plays singing bowls, gongs, tuning forks, chimes, bells, drums, or frequency music over them. This is often called a sound bath, sound healing, vibrational healing, frequency healing, or sound meditation.

Not every use of sound is occult. Music itself is not evil. The Bible contains worship, singing, instruments, trumpets, cymbals, harps, and spiritual songs. David played music before King Saul, and the tormenting spirit departed from him for a time. Worship to the Lord is biblical.

But Christians must discern the difference between worship music unto God and New Age sound healing that uses frequencies, bowls, chants, mantras, gongs, chakras, energy clearing, vibrations, spirit guides, or altered states as a source of healing.

Sound can affect emotions, mood, and relaxation. But when sound therapy is used as a spiritual tool to manipulate energy, open chakras, clear negative vibrations, raise consciousness, or connect with unseen realms, it becomes spiritually dangerous.

First John 4:1 says, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God…”

What Is Sound Therapy?

Sound therapy is a broad term for using sound, music, vibration, rhythm, or frequency for relaxation, emotional release, meditation, wellness, or healing. It may include:

• Singing bowls
• Crystal bowls
• Tibetan bowls
• Gongs
• Tuning forks
• Chimes
• Bells
• Drums
• Chanting
• Mantras
• Binaural beats
• Solfeggio frequencies
• Sound baths
• Voice toning
• Humming
• Frequency music
• Vibrational healing
• Chakra sound healing

Some people use sound therapy simply for relaxation. Others use it in a spiritual or New Age way, believing specific frequencies can heal the body, balance chakras, cleanse energy, raise vibration, activate consciousness, or connect them to the universe.

That is where the spiritual danger begins.

Where Did Sound Therapy Come From?

The use of sound for worship, ceremony, healing, and spiritual rituals is ancient. Many cultures used drums, chanting, bells, flutes, gongs, and bowls in religious ceremonies, pagan rituals, shamanic practices, temple worship, and altered-state experiences.

Modern sound healing pulls from many sources, including Eastern religion, Tibetan Buddhist practices, Hindu concepts, shamanism, New Age spirituality, alternative medicine, meditation, yoga, and energy healing.

Singing bowls are often associated with Tibetan and Buddhist meditation practices. Many sound baths today use bowls, gongs, and chimes in a meditative setting to produce relaxation and spiritual experience. Some sources describe sound baths as “New Age” or connected to ancient spiritual traditions. Modern wellness claims often include stress relief, energy balancing, chakra alignment, emotional release, and vibrational healing. Research into singing bowls and sound baths exists, but the evidence for many healing claims is still limited, and some claims are spiritual rather than medical.

Sound baths often use instruments such as gongs, singing bowls, chimes, tuning forks, and the voice, while some practitioners describe the goal as harmonizing or cleansing energy fields. This kind of language is New Age, not biblical.

Who Is the Founder?

Sound therapy does not have one single founder because sound has been used in many ancient cultures and religions for thousands of years.

However, modern sound healing is influenced by many streams, including:

• Tibetan and Buddhist singing bowl traditions
• Hindu chanting and mantra practices
• Shamanic drumming
• New Age vibrational healing
• Energy healing systems
• Modern frequency healing claims
• Alternative wellness movements
• Music therapy and relaxation practices

It is important to separate clinical music therapy from New Age sound healing.

Clinical music therapy, when done by trained professionals, may use music to help with emotional, cognitive, or physical goals. But New Age sound healing often adds spiritual claims about energy, chakras, vibrations, frequencies, universal consciousness, and spiritual awakening.

Christians must discern the root and the spiritual message behind the practice.

Is Sound Therapy New Age, Witchcraft, or Occultism?

Sound therapy can be neutral if it simply means listening to peaceful music or using sound for relaxation. But it becomes New Age or occultic when it is used for spiritual power, energy manipulation, chakra balancing, altered states, spirit contact, divination, cleansing, or mystical healing.

Sound therapy becomes spiritually dangerous when it includes:

• Chakra balancing
• Kundalini activation
• Energy clearing
• Reiki or energy healing
• Sound baths in yoga or meditation settings
• Mantras or chanting to false gods
• Spirit guides
• Shamanic drumming
• Trance states
• Astral projection
• Inner journeys
• “Raising vibration”
• Solfeggio frequency claims tied to spiritual awakening
• Binaural beats used to alter consciousness
• Crystal bowls used with crystal energy beliefs
• Tuning forks used over chakras or auras
• Frequency healing connected to the universe
• Calling in angels, guides, ancestors, or spiritual beings

This is not biblical worship. This is another spiritual system.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 warns God’s people not to practice divination, witchcraft, enchantments, consulting spirits, or occult practices.

Ephesians 5:11 says, “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

Why Is New Age Sound Therapy Against God’s Word?

New Age sound therapy is against God’s Word when it seeks healing, peace, power, spiritual cleansing, or transformation through vibrations, frequencies, energy, chakras, mantras, spirits, or altered states instead of Jesus Christ.

The Bible teaches that true healing comes from God.

Psalm 147:3 says, “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

Isaiah 53:5 says, “With his stripes we are healed.”

Luke 4:18 says Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted and deliver the captives.

Sound healing often tells people that the body can be healed by vibration, energy, frequency, or resonance. But Christians must be careful when a practice gives spiritual authority to creation instead of the Creator.

Romans 1:25 warns about those “who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator.”

The Bible tells believers to be filled with the Holy Spirit, not filled with vibrations.

Ephesians 5:18–19 says, “Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…”

Christian worship is directed to the Lord. New Age sound healing often directs the person inward, toward the body, energy field, chakras, or universe.

That is spiritual mixture.

What Is Sound Therapy Used For?

Sound therapy or sound healing is commonly used for:

• Relaxation
• Stress relief
• Meditation
• Emotional release
• Sleep improvement
• Anxiety reduction
• Trauma healing
• Pain relief claims
• Energy balancing
• Chakra alignment
• Spiritual awakening
• Higher consciousness
• Clearing negative energy
• Deepening meditation
• Altered states of consciousness

Some people attend sound baths because they are anxious, exhausted, grieving, traumatized, depressed, or spiritually hungry. They may be looking for peace, healing, and comfort.

But Satan often offers counterfeit peace where Jesus offers true peace.

John 14:27 says, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you…”

Why Would Someone Get Involved in Sound Therapy?

People often get involved because sound therapy appears gentle, beautiful, relaxing, and harmless. It may not look dark or evil. It may happen in a peaceful room with candles, soft mats, soothing instruments, and calming words.

A person may get involved because they want:

• Relief from anxiety
• Emotional healing
• Stress reduction
• A spiritual experience
• Help sleeping
• Trauma release
• A sense of peace
• New Age enlightenment
• A substitute for prayer
• Energy cleansing
• A way to feel connected to the universe

Some Christians may dabble because they do not recognize the spiritual roots. They may think, “It is only sound,” or “It is only relaxation.”

But the issue is not sound itself. The issue is the spiritual system behind the sound.

If the practitioner is calling on energy, chakras, spirit guides, ancestors, Reiki, kundalini, angels apart from Scripture, universal consciousness, or altered states, that is not harmless.

How Does Sound Therapy Hurt a Christian?

Sound therapy can hurt a Christian when it becomes a doorway to New Age spirituality, occult healing, or demonic oppression.

Possible dangers include:

1. It Can Open Doors to New Age Spirituality

Sound baths are often connected to yoga, meditation, chakra work, Reiki, crystals, energy healing, and frequency healing. One practice can lead to another.

2. It Can Invite Spiritual Passivity

Many sound baths ask people to lie still, empty the mind, surrender, receive, and let the sound “work” on them. This can place a person in a spiritually passive state.

The Bible says to be sober and vigilant.

First Peter 5:8 says the devil seeks whom he may devour.

3. It Can Bring False Peace

A person may feel calm after a sound bath, but if the spiritual root is not from God, the peace may be counterfeit.

4. It Can Lead to Altered States

Binaural beats, drumming, chanting, and repetitive sounds can be used to shift consciousness. Altered states can make people spiritually vulnerable.

5. It Can Replace Prayer and Worship

Instead of turning to God, people may turn to frequencies, bowls, vibrations, and practitioners for peace.

6. It Can Open the Door to Familiar Spirits

When sound healing includes spirit guides, angels, ancestors, or unseen beings, it can invite familiar spirits.

7. It Can Produce Spiritual Oppression

After New Age sound practices, some people may experience fear, nightmares, heaviness, confusion, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or spiritual torment.

Second Corinthians 11:14 warns that Satan can appear as an angel of light.

What Are Some Curses That Can Come on a Christian?

If a Christian participates in sound therapy mixed with New Age or occult practices, they may open doors to curses and demonic oppression.

Possible curses and spiritual consequences include:

• Curse of occult bondage
• Curse of false healing
• Curse of New Age deception
• Curse of familiar spirits
• Curse of counterfeit peace
• Curse of spiritual confusion
• Curse of double-mindedness
• Curse of fear and torment
• Curse of altered-state vulnerability
• Curse of passivity
• Curse of kundalini spirits
• Curse of chakra and energy bondage
• Curse of false light
• Curse of idolatry
• Curse of rebellion against God’s Word
• Curse of spiritual oppression
• Curse of generational occult doors
• Curse of dependence on frequencies instead of Christ

Galatians 3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. But Christians must repent, renounce, and close every spiritual door they opened.

Scriptures Warning Against Sound Healing Mixture

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 — God forbids divination, witchcraft, enchantments, and occult practices.
1 John 4:1 — Test the spirits.
1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober and vigilant.
Colossians 2:8 — Beware of philosophy and vain deceit.
2 Corinthians 11:14 — Satan appears as an angel of light.
Ephesians 5:11 — Have no fellowship with darkness.
Romans 1:25 — Do not worship creation instead of the Creator.
Psalm 147:3 — God heals the brokenhearted.
Luke 4:18 — Jesus heals and delivers the captives.
John 14:27 — Jesus gives true peace.
Ephesians 5:18–19 — Be filled with the Spirit and sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.
Galatians 3:13 — Christ redeems from the curse.
John 8:36 — Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.

What Should a Christian Do If They Practiced Sound Healing?

If you participated in sound therapy, sound baths, singing bowl sessions, frequency healing, binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies, tuning fork healing, chakra sound healing, or any sound practice connected to New Age spirituality, repent and renounce it.

Pray this out loud:

“Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for participating in sound therapy, sound healing, sound baths, singing bowls, frequency healing, chakra balancing, energy clearing, tuning fork healing, binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies, mantras, and any practice connected to New Age or occult spirituality. I renounce every agreement with false healing, false peace, false light, vibrations, frequencies, chakras, kundalini, spirit guides, and any spirit that entered through these practices. I close every spiritual door I opened knowingly or unknowingly. I ask You to cleanse me by the blood of Jesus Christ. I command every spirit connected to these practices to leave me now in Jesus’ name. Holy Spirit, fill every place that was occupied by darkness and lead me into truth, healing, worship, and freedom. Amen.”

Final Warning

Sound itself is not evil. Music can be used to worship the Lord. Singing can glorify God. Instruments can praise His name.

But New Age sound healing is not the same as biblical worship.

When sound is used to manipulate energy, cleanse chakras, raise vibration, alter consciousness, invoke spirits, or bring healing apart from Jesus Christ, it becomes a dangerous spiritual doorway.

Christians do not need frequencies to be healed.
Christians do not need bowls to be cleansed.
Christians do not need vibrations to find peace.
Christians need Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, repentance, worship, and deliverance.

If you have been involved in sound healing, sound baths, New Age therapy, occult healing, energy work, witchcraft, or other occult practices, you may need deliverance.

Read more about biblical curses here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

Visit the comprehensive Occult List here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
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Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
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 Somatic Therapy vs. Biblical Healing Through Jesus Christ

Somatic Therapy: A Biblical Warning About Body-Based Healing, New Age Mixture, and Spiritual Discernment

Somatic therapy is becoming very popular in trauma healing circles. Many people are being told that trauma is “stored in the body,” and that healing must happen not only through talking, but through body awareness, nervous system regulation, breathwork, movement, sensation tracking, and releasing trapped survival responses.

For Christians, this subject requires discernment.

Not every body-based therapy is automatically occult. The body does respond to trauma. Fear, stress, abuse, shock, grief, and prolonged suffering can affect sleep, breathing, digestion, muscles, posture, pain, and the nervous system. The Bible also recognizes that the body, soul, and spirit are deeply connected.

First Thessalonians 5:23 says, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless…”

However, the danger comes when somatic therapy is mixed with New Age spirituality, Eastern meditation, energy healing, yoga philosophy, chakra work, kundalini, guided imagery into spiritual realms, inner guides, mystical breathing, or the belief that the body itself holds divine wisdom apart from God.

Christians must test everything by the Word of God.

First John 4:1 says, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God…”

What Is Somatic Therapy?

The word “somatic” means relating to the body. Somatic therapy is a broad term for therapeutic approaches that focus on the connection between the body, emotions, trauma, memory, and the nervous system.

Somatic therapy may include:

• Body awareness
• Tracking sensations
• Breath awareness
• Grounding exercises
• Gentle movement
• Posture awareness
• Nervous system regulation
• Trauma release exercises
• Touch-based interventions
• Visualization
• Mindfulness
• Pendulation between distress and calm
• Learning to notice fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown responses

The goal is often to help a person feel safer in the body, process trauma, reduce anxiety, and release physical tension connected to painful experiences.

Some somatic approaches are used by licensed counselors, trauma therapists, and body psychotherapists. Some are purely clinical. Others are heavily mixed with spirituality, New Age language, or occult-rooted practices.

That mixture is where Christians must be very cautious.

Where Did Somatic Therapy Come From?

Somatic therapy developed from several streams of thought, including psychology, body psychotherapy, trauma research, movement therapies, nervous system studies, and alternative healing movements.

One of the most well-known modern forms is Somatic Experiencing, developed by Dr. Peter A. Levine. Levine taught that trauma can become stuck in the nervous system when the body does not complete defensive responses such as fight, flight, or freeze. His method focuses on helping the body renegotiate trauma through sensation awareness and nervous system regulation.

Other related body-based methods include Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Hakomi, body psychotherapy, trauma release exercises, somatic coaching, breathwork practices, and various mind-body healing approaches.

Some of these approaches may be presented as clinical trauma care. Others may be linked to Eastern religion, New Age healing, energy work, or spiritual awakening.

That is why the question is not only, “What is the technique?”
The better question is, “What spirit, belief system, and source of power is behind it?”

Who Is the Founder?

There is no single founder of all somatic therapy because the term covers many methods. However, Somatic Experiencing, one of the most recognized somatic trauma approaches, was developed by Peter A. Levine.

Other body-based therapy models have different founders. For example, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is associated with Pat Ogden. Hakomi is associated with Ron Kurtz. Trauma Release Exercises are associated with David Berceli.

So, somatic therapy is not one single system. It is an umbrella term. Some forms are more clinical. Some forms are more spiritual. Some forms are openly New Age.

Christians must not accept a method simply because it is called “therapy.” We must examine the roots, the language, the practices, and the spiritual doors involved.

Is Somatic Therapy New Age, Witchcraft, or Occultism?

Somatic therapy is not automatically witchcraft or occultism simply because it involves the body. Paying attention to breathing, noticing tension, or learning how fear affects the nervous system is not automatically occult.

However, somatic therapy can become New Age or occult when it includes:

• Energy healing
• Chakra balancing
• Kundalini awakening
• Reiki
• Yoga spirituality
• Spirit guides
• Inner wisdom treated as divine
• Guided journeys into spiritual realms
• Shamanic healing
• Breathwork used to enter altered states
• Trauma release rituals
• Body worship
• “The universe” as a healing source
• Ancestor work
• Calling on angels apart from biblical truth
• Channeling body messages
• Meditation that empties the mind
• Visualization that invites spiritual beings
• Belief that the body has hidden divine knowledge

The Bible warns against seeking spiritual power, healing, or hidden knowledge apart from God.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 warns against divination, witchcraft, enchantments, consulting spirits, and occult practices.

Colossians 2:8 says, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men…”

The Christian must never surrender the body, mind, emotions, imagination, or breath to another spirit, guide, energy, or mystical process.

Why Is Some Somatic Therapy Against God’s Word?

Somatic therapy becomes spiritually dangerous when it teaches people to find healing through methods that bypass Jesus Christ, repentance, forgiveness, deliverance, and the truth of God’s Word.

The Bible teaches that true healing comes from the Lord.

Psalm 147:3 says, “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

Isaiah 61:1 says the Lord came to bind up the brokenhearted and proclaim liberty to the captives.

Luke 4:18 reveals that Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted and deliver the captives.

When therapy teaches that healing comes from “the universe,” “source energy,” “inner divinity,” “body wisdom,” “spirit guides,” or altered states of consciousness, it leads people away from God.

God does not tell us to empty our minds. He tells us to renew our minds.

Romans 12:2 says, “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”

God does not tell us to follow sensations as truth. He tells us to follow His Word.

John 17:17 says, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”

God does not tell us to trust every inner feeling. He tells us the heart can be deceptive.

Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things…”

A Christian must not let the body become the final authority. The body can carry pain, fear, trauma responses, and memories. But the Word of God must remain the final authority.

What Is Somatic Therapy Used For?

Somatic therapy is commonly used for:

• Trauma
• PTSD symptoms
• Anxiety
• Panic attacks
• Stress
• Chronic tension
• Emotional regulation
• Dissociation
• Grief
• Abuse recovery
• Nervous system regulation
• Feeling disconnected from the body
• Fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown responses

Some people seek somatic therapy because talk therapy did not fully help them. Others are trying to understand why their body overreacts, why they feel unsafe, why they freeze, or why they cannot calm down.

These struggles are real. Trauma can deeply affect a person. But Christians must be careful not to seek relief through methods that open spiritual doors.

A person can need healing in the body and still need deliverance in the spirit.

Why Would Someone Get Involved in Somatic Therapy?

People often become involved because they are suffering. They may be dealing with fear, trauma, abuse, anxiety, panic, dissociation, grief, or emotional numbness.

They may say:

“I feel unsafe all the time.”
“My body is stuck in fear.”
“I cannot stop shaking.”
“I freeze when I am triggered.”
“I feel disconnected from myself.”
“I have talked about my trauma, but I still feel trapped.”

These are serious concerns. Many people are desperate for help.

The danger is that hurting people can be vulnerable to spiritual mixture. A therapist, coach, or practitioner may introduce breathwork, meditation, visualization, energy work, chakra language, inner child work, yoga spirituality, ancestral healing, or body rituals that are not biblical.

A Christian must ask:

Does this practice honor Jesus Christ?
Does it agree with Scripture?
Does it invite another spirit?
Does it require me to empty my mind?
Does it use occult or New Age language?
Does it lead me to repentance, truth, and freedom in Christ?
Does it replace the Holy Spirit with “energy” or “body wisdom”?

How Can Somatic Therapy Hurt a Christian?

Somatic therapy can hurt a Christian when it leads them into spiritual passivity, altered states, false healing, occult mixture, or dependence on the body instead of God.

Possible dangers include:

1. Opening the Door to New Age Practices

Some somatic methods include breathwork, meditation, energy work, chakra balancing, yoga spirituality, or visualization. These practices can open spiritual doors if they are rooted in occult or Eastern religious systems.

2. Trusting the Body Above God’s Word

The body can reveal stress, tension, fear, and pain, but the body is not God. Feelings and sensations must never replace Scripture.

3. Entering Altered States

Some breathwork or body-release methods can push people into altered states of consciousness. This can make a person spiritually vulnerable.

First Peter 5:8 says to be sober and vigilant.

4. Re-Traumatization

If a practitioner is not careful, a person may be pushed too quickly into trauma memories, physical sensations, or emotional release. This can cause panic, fear, dissociation, or emotional overwhelm.

5. False Peace

A person may feel temporary relief after a body-based session, but if the spiritual root remains, the bondage can return.

6. Demonic Oppression

If the method includes occult elements, a Christian may experience torment, confusion, nightmares, intrusive thoughts, fear, heaviness, or spiritual attacks afterward.

7. Replacing Deliverance With Therapy

Therapy may help a person understand symptoms, but it cannot cast out demons. Jesus gave believers authority over unclean spirits.

Mark 16:17 says, “In my name shall they cast out devils…”

What Are Some Curses That Can Come on a Christian?

When a Christian participates in practices mixed with New Age spirituality, occult methods, energy healing, or false spiritual systems, they may open doors to curses and demonic oppression.

Possible curses and spiritual consequences include:

• Curse of occult bondage
• Curse of false healing
• Curse of New Age deception
• Curse of familiar spirits
• Curse of confusion and double-mindedness
• Curse of fear and torment
• Curse of trauma bondage
• Curse of counterfeit peace
• Curse of emotional instability
• Curse of passivity
• Curse of spiritual vulnerability
• Curse of false light
• Curse of kundalini spirits
• Curse of mind control
• Curse of dependence on man’s methods instead of Christ
• Curse of generational occult doors
• Curse of rebellion against God’s Word
• Curse of oppression through breathwork or altered states

Galatians 3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse, but believers must repent, renounce, and close every open door.

Scriptures for Discernment

1 Thessalonians 5:23 — God sanctifies spirit, soul, and body.
Psalm 147:3 — God heals the brokenhearted.
Isaiah 61:1 — God binds up the brokenhearted and proclaims liberty.
Luke 4:18 — Jesus came to heal and deliver.
Romans 12:2 — Be transformed by renewing the mind.
John 17:17 — God’s Word is truth.
Jeremiah 17:9 — The heart is deceitful.
Colossians 2:8 — Beware of philosophy and vain deceit.
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 — God forbids occult practices.
1 John 4:1 — Test the spirits.
1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober and vigilant.
2 Corinthians 11:14 — Satan appears as an angel of light.
Mark 16:17 — Believers cast out devils in Jesus’ name.
John 8:36 — Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.

What Should a Christian Do?

If you have participated in somatic therapy that included New Age meditation, breathwork rituals, energy healing, chakra work, kundalini, yoga spirituality, spirit guides, body divination, or occult practices, repent and renounce every spiritual agreement.

Pray this out loud:

“Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for participating in any form of somatic therapy, body-based healing, breathwork, meditation, visualization, energy work, or trauma-release practice that was connected to New Age spirituality, occultism, false healing, or another spirit. I renounce every agreement with body worship, false peace, spirit guides, chakra healing, kundalini, energy work, occult breathwork, and every counterfeit healing method. I close every door I opened knowingly or unknowingly. I ask You to cleanse me by the blood of Jesus Christ. I command every spirit that entered through these practices to leave me now in Jesus’ name. Holy Spirit, fill every place that was occupied by darkness and lead me into truth, healing, and freedom. Amen.”

Final Warning

Christians should not ignore trauma. God cares about the brokenhearted. God cares about the body. God cares about what happened to you.

But Christians must also discern the source of healing.

A method can sound compassionate and still be spiritually dangerous if it is mixed with New Age spirituality, occult practices, false light, or altered states of consciousness.

Your body may need peace, but your spirit needs truth.
Your nervous system may need regulation, but your soul needs Jesus.
Your trauma may need healing, but bondage may also require deliverance.

Jesus Christ is still the Healer, Deliverer, and Restorer.

If you have been involved in New Age therapy, occult healing, breathwork rituals, energy work, somatic practices mixed with spirituality, witchcraft, or other occult practices, you may need deliverance.

Read more about biblical curses here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/the-seven-biblical-curses-listed-in-the-bible

Visit the comprehensive Occult List here:
https://www.touchofgod.org/post/occult-checklist

See all programs, free ebooks, and schedule a one-on-one deliverance session:
https://linktr.ee/teresamorin

🌐 Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
https://www.touchofgod.org

Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
Featured in Who’s Who Press Release