Category Archives: Occult

Gnostic Apocalypse

Posted on August 4, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

O’Regan, Cyril.  gnostic apocalypse:  jacob boehme’s haunted narrative Boehme is the site of the gnostic return to the modern world (ix).  CR hints that Milbank is also credited with the gnostic return (2). The discourse is “haunted” in the sense … Continue reading →

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That Hideous Strength, by CS Lewis

Posted on July 31, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

  Easily Lewis’s best work. This should be on the front shelves at everyChristian book store. Lewis frighteningly predicted the rise of the scientific, planning state. For those who laugh at “conspiracies” of the New World Order, read this book and … Continue reading →

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R. Scott Clark: Recovering the Reformed Confession

Posted on July 24, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Clark, R. Scott.  Recovering the Reformed Confession. Dr Clark’s book can be focused around three themes: 1) a distinctively Reformed piety flows from a Reformed theology and this piety will be directly counter to the 2) Quest for Illegitimate Religious Certainty … Continue reading →

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Review: Principalities and Powers (Montgomery)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Montgomery, John Warwick. This is the best mature Evangelical treatment on the subject. Conservative evangelicalism faces a schizophrenia on this topic. On one hand, they know that the demonic and occultic exist because the Bible says so and modern experience … Continue reading →

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Review: The Great Inception (Satan’s Psyops)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This book surprised me.  I wondered how sophisticated it would be.  It impressed.  I do feel like some arguments could have been expanded, but overall Gilbert made a reasonably strong case, one that I find convincing.  Please check out his website … Continue reading →

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Surveying the Conspiracy Blogs

Posted on January 16, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Not all of them are kooky tin foil hats, and after the Wikileaks revelations in 2016, it’s hard to see where they were wrong in the main.  Still, while they are almost always more accurate than CNN, not all conspiracy … Continue reading →

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Review: Trance-formation

Posted on January 12, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Cathy O’Brien has the unfortunate (though not the most unfortunate thing to ever happen to her) of not being believed by even the conspiracy theory community.  I’m more sympathetic to her story than most, but I will push back on … Continue reading →

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Review: Unholy Spirits

Posted on May 23, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

Interesting historical review of 20th century occultism practiced by the secular establishment. I knew that the CIA and KGB conducted paranormal tests on their victims. North provides a bit more documentation than do others.  The running thesis is that occultism … Continue reading →

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Did 2 of my PB comments get deleted?

Posted on June 8, 2014 by J. B. Aitken

I started a thread on Jack Chick at Puritanboard. Yes, I know he is off-base and I don’t take him seriously.  I intended several things to happen from that thread, one of which was to highlight Jesuitism and Conspiracy Theories. … Continue reading →

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Olav II: Our Template in the War Against Paganism

Posted on December 23, 2013 by J. B. Aitken

A few years ago I came across the life and story of Saint-King Olav II of Norway.  His life gripped me in many ways, for many of my intellectual struggles and concerns about my own life and where I am … Continue reading →

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