It isn’t really surprising, but there’s a sort of re-emergence of the barbarian ways of old, a neo-paganism that is feeding on the mouldering corpse of the post-Christian West.
Today, Fox News reports that Code Pink, a women’s war protest group, announced that they are turning to occult practices to increase their effectiveness:
Code Pink is now resorting to witchcraft to beef up the number of its supporters protesting a controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center in Berkeley, Calif.
The women’s anti-war group has told ralliers to come equipped with spells and pointy hats Friday for “witches, crones and sirens” day, the last of the group’s weeklong homage to Mother’s Day.
“Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re going to end war,” Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.
Though the marines at the base are meeting this new challenge with amusement, there is something sinister afoot here. The return of witchcraft as a mainstream practice is emblematic of the religion vaccuum that exists in the world today.
Of course, witchcraft never really went away, and if you know anyone who has ever been involved in it - particularly those who have later converted to Catholicism - they can tell you that even dabbling in small spells and curses can carry a steep price. I personally know at least three people who have had these kinds of experiences. One was a fellow Steubenville student who regularly needed the intervention of priests because of demonic manifestations. Another had similar and at times even more severe issues.
The reality of these problems speaks to an often disbelieved fact: witchcraft, for some who practice it, works rather effectively, though not by any wholesome power. One of the individuals in question told me that spells proved very reliable for them. It was a simple thing, for example, to cast a spell that would end a relationship. Like sacraments, spells have both matter and form that must be followed. When doing so, they act as a sort of anti-sacrament - effecting by a dark power that which they signify.
To see a resurgence in this practice is unfortunate. The world needs Christ, not magic, but we have forsaken Him.
I read that this morning….and they wonder why they arent taken seriously? Withe the power they are toying with in mind, I almost begin to fear them when they start turning to dark forces. There is power there, sadly not the power that our country needs.
“Impart wisdom…”?????