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elieve in reincarnation. For example, psychologist
Diana Denholm first used hypnosis to help people stop
smoking and lose weight and other such things, but when
some of her patients experienced “past lives” she became
convinced of its reality. She now uses regression therapy
regularly (Raymond Moody, Coming Back: A
Psychiatrist Explores Past-Life Journeys, pp. 12-13).
Psychiatrist Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many
Masters, is another example. He became a believer in
reincarnation when one of his female patients, while
under hypnosis, described past lives.
The fact that hypnosis is so intimately associated with the
occult and communication with spiritual realms
forbidden in Scripture is a loud warning to those who
have ears to hear (Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy
18:10-12). The wise Christian will stay far away from
anything savoring of the occult! Playing with such things
is like a child playing with fire.
The Bible exhorts the believer to be sober (1 Peter 5:8).
To be sober means to be in control of one’s mind, to be
spiritually and mentally alert. It means to be on guard
against danger. It is the opposite of allowing oneself to be
put into a trance. The Bible warns that demons transform
themselves into angels of light (2 Cor. 11:13-15). Unless
the believer remains sober and vigilant, he is in danger of
being deceived. Thus, even a “mild” level of hypnotism
can be spiritually dangerous.
The fact that hypnosis is used today by Christian
psychologists and doctors, does not justify it. We live in
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