False Ascension: From Occult Power to Orthodox Healing with Erika of Shire Skincare

Before Erika found Orthodoxy, she had spent years in theistic satanism, occult practice, ritual magic, & demonic spirituality... until the New Testament, the Jesus Prayer, & the life of the Church revealed that the “power” she had been promised was bondage.

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John speak with Erika of Shire Skincare about her journey from satanism & occult practice into Orthodox Christianity.

Released between Ascension & Pentecost, this conversation explores true ascent in Christ versus false ascension, the Holy Spirit versus false spirits, & Orthodox healing versus the counterfeit healing offered by the occult & New Age spirituality.

This is not merely a scary story. It is a testimony of repentance, discernment, spiritual warfare, embodied healing, motherhood, beauty, & coming home to the Church.

Key Takeaways:

• The occult often does not present itself as darkness.
• False spiritual power is still bondage.
• New Age “healing” can become a gateway into false spirits.
• The occult inverts Orthodoxy.
• The New Testament provoked the turning point.
• Repentance is not self-torture.
• The body is not a prison.
• True healing is found in the Church.

Sound Bytes:

• “No one’s doing well when they’re worshipping the devil. It doesn’t happen that way. Ever.”
• “I was painting things that are essentially the opposite of icons… I was painting gateways.”
• “That healing aspect is how the demons get you in. I don’t think it’s ever the end goal, & it’s really not what you get.”
• “These aren’t demons, they’re spirits, or they’re angels, or they’re your guides… even as someone who worked with demons, I was like, I know that entity. That’s not anything that wants to help you.”
• “Why would they want me to read every other religious book, but not the New Testament? And the only thing I could think of was that Christ maybe is God.”
• “Most of the occult is just an inversion of Orthodoxy… demons can’t make anything new. All they can do is take & invert it.”
• “There’s nothing that the demons want more than for you to believe that you can’t be forgiven for what you’ve done.”

Chapters:00:00 Coming Up

00:27 Orthodox Health Intro

01:56 Ascension, Pentecost & False Spirits

04:58 From Satanism to Orthodoxy

08:34 Occult Art & the Opposite of Icons

12:42 Power, Control & the Occult Illusion

18:56 Spiritual Experiences & Demonic Reality

21:37 Black Magic, New Age & False Light

26:07 The New Testament & Finding Christ

30:16 Aliens, Demons & St. Seraphim Rose

33:16 The Occult as Inverted Orthodoxy

36:01 Repentance & the Jesus Prayer

40:59 Prostrations & Embodied Healing

43:26 Physical Symptoms & Spiritual Warfare

49:41 The Body Is Not a Prison

52:06 Feminism, Satanism & Children

55:11 Beauty, Creation & God

58:15 From Occult Art to Shire Skincare

1:04:26 Why “Shire Skincare”?

1:07:32 Protecting Children

1:10:02 Subtle vs. Overt Evil

1:11:04 Healing in the Church

1:12:24 Find Erika & Shire Skincare

1:13:42 Closing: From False Spirits to Christ

Where to find Erika: ShireSkincare.com & Instagram

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