New Age vs Satanism: What You Need to Know

I’m going to make an unpopular comparison here, but as an ex new-ager of over 10 years, I speak from experience

I’m going to begin by saying that new agers never refer to themselves as new agers. Their social media bios will usually say something like ‘spiritual truth seeker,’ ‘lightworker,’ or ‘spiritual being.’

The fundamental belief system of a new ager is that God — who they usually refer to as, ‘source energy’, the ‘divine creator’ or the ‘universe’ — has manifested itself within us to have a multifaceted experience of its own creation. So essentially, God is experiencing itself through each and every one of us, therefore we are all ‘one’ with God and consequently all ‘one’ with each other too. New-agers believe that our purpose is to achieve spiritual enlightenment through transcending physical ‘reality’ through a number of specific spiritual practices.

The new age movement is basically ancient paganism repackaged and sold to us in an attractive and seductive format and it’s also a multi-million dollar industry which has made its way into every aspect of society.

Anton Levay, the founder of the Church of Satan once said “New Agers have freely drawn all manner of satanic material adapting it to their own hypocritical purposes. But in truth, all ‘New Age’ labelling is trying to play the devils game without using the devils infernal name.”

The ‘Joy of Satan Ministries’ is a website which is dedicated to spiritual Satanism. They summarise satanism as this: “We know we “save” our own souls as opposed to claims of the Nazarene saving anyone. Satanism is based upon the true transformation of the soul through power meditation.” It also quotes: “We practice power meditation to advance spiritually and to elevate ourselves. Power meditation is as essential for the human soul as food is essential for the human body. The serpent, a symbol of Satan represents the fiery kundalini force coiled at the base of the spine, which upon ascending, transforms the human mind and soul to a much higher level of understanding and ability. This is the true meaning of “Raising the Devil.” The Serpent symbol of Satan also represents the DNA helix of life.”

Kundalini meditation and yoga is also popular among new-agers, and was even a regular practice of mine. In Hinduism the serpent is believed to be the ‘divine essence’ coiled up and waiting for us to evolve spiritually so that it may rise. Sounds very familiar to the Satanists version doesn’t it?

On the Joy of Satan Ministries website you can also learn in depth about all the various techniques they use to ‘transform’ their souls, such as astrology, auras, magic, self-hypnosis, incense, crystals, pendulums, runes, clairvoyance, past lives, chanting, the pineal gland, the chakras, the astral plane, spells, the kundalini serpent, yoga, meditation and the law of attraction.

Oh look, another coincidence — New agers use the exact same methods to reach enlightenment (give or take the spells and magic bits.) Satanists also claim that many of their practices originate from ancient India — another connection to new age.

When Jesus revealed himself to me, I knew instantly during all those years I had dedicated to ‘raising my consciousness,’ that I had actually been serving satan. I didn’t need to look into Satanism to know that I’d been living under a spell of deception. That awareness came the second Jesus rescued me, but for the sake of writing this, it seemed helpful to make those tangible comparisons.

Where did we even get the knowledge that we have ‘divine’ essence lying dormant within us that needs to be awakened? From the father of lies himself of course. In Genesis 3:4–5 Satan tells Eve “You too shall be as God; you surely shall never die”

To conclude, the only real difference between new age and Satanism is that, Satanists know exactly who they are worshipping. A new ager will firmly deny this because they don’t even believe in satan, but let’s not forget, the very nature of deception is that it’s a deception, and just like Eve, you don’t know you’re being deceived.

We live in a world that hates Jesus, a world run by satanic elites who tell us that what is good is evil and that what is evil is good — we see that message loud and clear everywhere we go. Just remember, good is still good, even if no one is doing it, and evil is still evil, even if everyone is doing it.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly realms. — Ephesians 6:10–17