We must always be careful of the things we allow into our minds and bodies, as well as into our homes. By purchasing occult or New Age books and bringing them into one’s house, one is endorsing the forces of spiritual wickedness behind those writings and allowing them into one’s life. Many of these books were written under the influence and inspiration of demonic forces. If one allows such material into their lives, especially by reading it and accepting it into one’s mind, the same kind of demonic entities which inspired the creation of this material will manifest in your life.
By bringing such material into one’s house, one is giving demons legal grounds to enter into their life. The mere act of owning an occult book means that it is a part of you as it is your property; your property is spiritually attached to you, being a part of who you are. Thus, one must be careful about which items they choose to own as property as that property becomes a part of one’s self spiritually. By letting the contents of an occult book into your mind, it is as though you are taking that occult book into your holy temple which is your body; the body is the temple of God (John 2:21, 1 Corinthians 6:19). If you accept these occult writings into your mind, you are desecrating your holy temple by bringing such false, demonic doctrines into that temple.
Spiritual discernment is a must. In order to safely read occult material, such as for research purposes, one must first have a very strong grounding in the Bible. One must be able to discern what is false doctrine and what is biblical doctrine. If you are an individual who lacks discernment, being prone to accepting whatever you read, then it will be very dangerous for you to read occult material. Without a firm understanding of biblical doctrine, one is easily swayed into accepting false, demonic doctrines. Someone who is very strongly grounded in biblical doctrine is able to read occult material without much danger as they will have a filter that automatically rejects all falsehoods in this material.
When you allow the forces of spiritual wickedness into your life by possessing and reading occult material, accepting it into your mind, these forces will start controlling your life, trying to steer your life away from God’s true plan for you. This spiritual wickedness will attempt to lead you down a dark path that leads to destruction.
The Bible describes a book burning that took place in Ephesus:
And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, it came to fifty thousand drachmas.
Acts 19:19
In Ephesus, new Christian converts gathered all of their occult books and burned them, thus separating themselves from their former selves, who had been practitioners of the occult. As Christians, we must do the same. We must separate ourselves from the works of Satan. Get rid of all your occult and New Age books. Burning books is a ritual in itself; a profoundly powerful ritual which sends out the message that one wishes for the complete and utter destruction of such works of darkness. The spiritual ramifications of this ritual is immense, as the effect travels throughout the world, just as with prayer or other spiritual rituals.
Simply throwing away such books does not have the same weight to it. Even worse is if you decide to sell the books instead, as this means that your books will end up in the hands of others for them to read for themselves.
By destroying occult books, you are affirming that you wish to destroy the works of the devil, which is precisely the same mission that Christ was sent to do:
He that committeth sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8
By destroying books which contain occult knowledge, you are taking part in the same mission that Jesus Christ was sent to do. In any case, you should not purchase occult books to begin with or take them into your house, lest you invite into your life those wicked spirits who are attached to such books.
