Talk 7: Sorcery: Fact or Fiction?
The world has been inundated for some years now with films and books about the child sorcerer, Harry Potter, and his education in sorcery at Hogwarts. Apart from the millions of children being brought up in the spirit of Pottermania, adults, too, have been drawn into this phenomenon. Saint Cyprian attended various schools of black magic from the age of seven, becoming the greatest sorcerer of his time before turning to Christ. This talk is about his evil capabilities.
Today there are those in the Church, including clergy, who claim that black magic and sorcery are simply products of the imagination or symptoms of mental illness. One also finds those who say just the opposite: that everything in the world is ruled by demons and the black arts. Bearing in mind that Satan’s greatest achievement is to convince us that he does not exist, we should take to heart these words of the Holy Apostle Paul: For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places (Eph. 6:12). These words are especially relevant due to the obvious increase in interest and obsession with the occult and demons.
Some of the topics included in this talk are: the seriousness and effects of going to a sorcerer; dolls used in magic spells; observing an exorcism; the evil eye and jealousy; the symptoms of sorcery; possession and mental illness; black and white magic; witches’ brooms; the education of a sorcerer; which sin cannot be forgiven? does Holy Communion always protect us from sorcery? and phoney sorcerers.
Talk Duration: 105 minutes
2 CD set