{"id":1643,"date":"2026-06-27T20:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ivanigreppi.com\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:21:05","slug":"the-demons-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivanigreppi.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/the-demons-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"THE DEMONS ARE COMING!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Examining how the supernatural is trending in politics, social media, and the press.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For about ten dollars, the Nintendo Switch game \u201cDemons are Coming!\u201d can be downloaded. Players will \u201cBlast, dash, and outsmart the funniest demons in town!\u201d The goal of the game is to \u201csend the demons packing\u201d as players become fearless knights to protect their \u201conce-holy homeland from chaos.\u201d This game is rated \u201cE\u201d [for everyone], containing \u201cmild fantasy violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonic-themed video games, as well as Hollywood horror productions, are nothing new. Popular video games where demons are slayed include: \u201cDoom\u201d, \u201cDiablo Series\u201d, \u201cThe Mortuary Assistant\u201d among others. There are games where players play demons or join cults, such as \u201cCult of the Lamb\u201d and \u201cDevil May Cry Series.\u201d Games with satanic\/occult themes include \u201cLucius, \u201cAgony,\u201d and \u201cDante\u2019s Inferno,\u201d to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollywood produces endless movies about the demonic realm as a powerful entertainment tool. The most popular include The Exorcist, The Conjuring, <\/em>and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the current culture, however, paranormal interest and discussions in the United States have shifted from entertainment to mainstream news. Demons, demonic possession, satanic rituals, witchcraft, exorcisms\/deliverances, and all forms of occult practices are no longer strictly \u201creligious\u201d subjects, but are breaking headlines, with exploding influence on social media.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demons are everywhere, including in Tucker Carlson\u2019s bed, UFOs [or UAPs], Elon Musk\u2019s AI, Paula White\u2019s deliverance ministry in the White House, psychiatric patients, and, of course, Pope Leo\u2019s Vatican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE DEMON IN TUCKER CARLSON\u2019S BED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News political host, publicly stated that he was \u201cmauled by a demon\u201d in his bedroom. This event occurred in early 2023, when he sustained claw marks on his body, alleging that this was \u201ca direct experience\u201d with evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(It happened) in my bed at night and I got attacked while I was asleep with my wife and four dogs in the bed and mauled, physically mauled \u2026 by a demon or by something unseen that left claw marks on my sides,\u201d Carlson said. Carlson told the film\u2019s documentarian that his wife and dogs slept through the attack. He said he woke up out of breath, walked to his bathroom, and saw bloody claw marks on his rib cage, under his arms, and on his left shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t make any sense, and it doesn\u2019t now,\u201d he confessed. According to Carlson, he thought maybe he had a bad dream until he saw the bloody sheets on his bed. The experience, he said, left him with a \u201cvery intense\u201d need to read the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat happened to me,\u201d he insisted. \u201cNo one has to believe me. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An analysis on Baptist News Global <\/em>titled, \u201cTucker Carlson seeing demons in his bedroom is not a good sign,\u201d argues that John Heers, the host of Christianities<\/em>? who did a documentary about Carlson\u2019s demonic experience, is a \u201cpriest of dubious canonical standing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author of the article, Rodney W. Kennedy, is a pastor and writer in New York state. His website, The Progressive Preacher, <\/em>describes him as a \u201cpolitically involved preacher dissenting from the politics of President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, he discusses \u201can outbreak of false teaching,\u201d criticizing \u201cright-wing preachers and priests promoting the \u2018demon\u2019 trope.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDemons have left tent revivals, clapboard Pentecostal churches in the hills and migrated to the halls of Congress.\u201d The author\u2019s worldview focuses on the \u201cdemon-slaying version of Pentecostalism\u2026merged with garden-variety evangelicalism in Trump\u2019s MAGA world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennedy writes that \u201cnew awareness [is] required\u201d in his politically charged article: This is not a Sunday school discussion about demons. This is a war with MAGA evangelicals and their allies over the values that will define America. A war requires an enemy. Evangelicals, claiming to be the children of God marching to war against the infidel liberals, have claimed the high moral ground. The enemy must be depicted in the worst possible terms. While Democrats and Republicans are not fighting an actual war with military weapons, they are at war in every other possible way. Carlson, in his twisted imagination, created the perfect story. There\u2019s no way to refute his outlandish testimony. The \u201cdemon\u201d is unavailable to give his side of the story. Rather than allowing this irrational ad hominem<\/em> argument to be a stop sign, progressives need to make even more passionate responses. Only an arrogant preacher presumes he can dismiss 200 years of biblical scholarship with a wave of his pious hand and his sincere belief in a literal Bible \u2014 or his fear of unseen demons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Christians, including pastors and Biblical scholars, will argue that Tucker Carlson is not mentally stable. Some commentaries mock his experience, while others state that his dogs possibly scratched him while he slept. There are Christians, especially conservatives, who believe that since this happened, Tucker has changed. Many claim that he is demonically possessed because of his political views on the Trump administration, ongoing wars, and his criticism of Israel\u2019s government. Because of his political stance, he is also considered antisemitic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C.S. Lewis wrote that, \u201cYou can give the Devil too much or too little attention.\u201d There are clear teachings regarding the demonic in God\u2019s Word. Got Questions\u2019 website explains that \u201cbiblically, demons are fallen angels who, along with Satan, chose to rebel against God (Revelation 12:9).\u201d In the Gospels, there are many instances illustrating how Jesus Christ cast demons from possessed individuals. However, Christ has \u201cmade a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross (Colossians 2:15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a biblical fact that, yes, demons do exist. But Christians have nothing to fear. We are instructed to resist the devil, and he will flee from us (James 4:7). \u201cThe one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world (1John 4:4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripture does not allow this spiritual protection to non-believers, however. Is Carlson a true believer in Jesus Christ? Only God knows. Some of his statements do not align with the Bible, and there are comments online indicating that he is spiritually deceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why would Tucker Carlson testify to this horrific spiritual attack if it were not true? Again, only God knows what happened to him. Because he is convinced that this was a terrifying demonic attack, it is perplexing why there is no follow-up on his spiritual walk. Did he search for a pastor for guidance and prayers? Perhaps he did, but his story currently has no resolution. As a journalist, it would make sense if he investigated why and how this spiritual attack happened, and most importantly, how to prevent it from ever happening again (not just to himself, but to his family as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucker\u2019s story is similar to the sons of Sceva when a demon they tried to cast out refused to obey them and said, \u201cJesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you? (See Acts 19:10) \u201cThe demon then turned on them viciously. The demon-possessed man \u201cjumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.\u201d The seven sons of Sceva were no match for the demonic power they were toying with (see Mark 5:1\u20134).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE, UFOS, AND DEMONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In March 2026, during an interview, Vice President J.D. Vance told Benny Johnson, a conservative podcaster, that he believes UFOs are demons. On the Live Now Fox <\/em>website, Jason Gunn wrote that during the interview, Vance \u201csaid he was initially obsessed with \u2018UFO files\u2019 and has a natural curiosity about the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that celestial beings who fly around to do weird things to people. I think that the desire to describe everything celestial, as otherworldly, to describe it as aliens\u2026\u201d \u201cWhen I hear about extra-natural phenomenon, that’s where I go to: The Christian understanding that there’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also evil out there. I think that one of the devil’s great tricks is to convince people he never existed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Forbes\u2019 <\/em>article \u201cWhy did JD Vance compare aliens to demons?\u201d discusses the Vice President\u2019s comments during his appearance on Benny Johnson\u2019s podcast. Several X <\/em>posts are quoted to illustrate social media\u2019s divisive comments on the subject of aliens being demons. The article describes Vance\u2019s statement as \u201cstartling, but then again, we live in strange times, and UFO sightings are taken more seriously than they used to be.\u201d By recategorizing aliens as demons, believers are free to speculate beyond the realm of logic. Nowadays, influential commentators such as Tucker Carlson regularly refer to aliens as \u201cdemons.\u201d Carlson even has a story about being scratched by some kind of alien-demon entity while sharing a bed with his wife and four dogs\u2026 As government interest in alien sightings grows, the legitimization of the phenomenon has led to UFOs being renamed UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena), but it hasn\u2019t quite stuck. The counter-cultural elements of UFO folklore are starting to fade as the government embraces the mystery, but perhaps Vance\u2019s beliefs will inject some old-fashioned fire and brimstone into the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wesley Huff is a Christian apologist, Reformed Baptist theologian, and public speaker.\u00a0 During his interview on YouTube\u2019s <\/em>\u201cDaily Dose of Wisdom\u201d channel, Huff gives a Biblical explanation of the UFO files by saying that \u201cit\u2019s\u2026coming up with an alternate theory other than it has to be anything other than God\u2026Forget the evidence.\u201d He states that if aliens did come to Earth, it still doesn\u2019t explain where aliens came from. Huff believes that Satan and his demons will do everything possible to waste our time and not allow us to focus on living a God-honoring, Christ-centered life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripture does not speak of other life forms outside Earth. There are no accounts of any visitors from another world except the spiritual world in the Bible. UFO sightings and alien encounters may be demonic to deceive unbelievers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could the end times include a similar alien deception? The Bible doesn\u2019t directly address the issue, but it is certainly plausible, for a variety of reasons. First, the Bible tells us that the world will unite under the power of the Antichrist. In order to achieve an agreement between all the world\u2019s religions, it would make sense for the \u201cuniter\u201d to come from an entirely new source\u2014an extraterrestrial source. It is hard to imagine one religion becoming head of all the others, unless new, unearthly knowledge were the source of the appeal and power of the new \u201creligion.\u201d This would be in keeping with past deceptions and would be a very effective way to deceive a large number of people.
Second, this deception could provide an answer to the problem of Earth\u2019s origins. The scientific theory that the evolution of life on Earth was spontaneously generated still has no answer for life\u2019s beginnings. Many claim that there is evidence for a \u201cbig bang,\u201d but there is no explanation for what caused the supposed big bang to occur. If alien beings arrived and gave us an extraterrestrial explanation for life on Earth, the origins of the world religions, and even the origins of our planet, it would be very persuasive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PRIEST REMOVED AS EXORCIST FOR CLAIMING ALIENS WERE DEMONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On June 3, 2026, Cardinal Robert McElroy the archbishop of Washington, DC removed Monsignor Stephen Rossetti\u2014a priest and psychologist\u2014as an exorcist for the archdiocese after he publicly suggested that UFOs were demons. Rosetti served as an exorcist for the archdiocese by investigating claims of demonic possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nature of potential extraterrestrial life has been debated this year, as President Trump directed his administration in February to begin releasing government files related to aliens and U.F.O.s. The disclosure began last month, with the Pentagon\u2019s release of images, though their significance is so far unclear. For some Christians, the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial beings poses theological challenges. Some Catholics and Protestants argue that they are better understood as demonic entities. \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re aliens, I think they\u2019re demons,\u201d Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic, said on a podcast this spring. In a live interview on a YouTube show this week, Monsignor Rossetti said something similar. Although he acknowledged that a belief in extraterrestrial life was compatible with Catholic teaching, he speculated that \u201cmany if not most of these \u2018U.F.O. sightings\u2019 are in fact demons. They can do things we can\u2019t do,\u201d he added, referring in particular to moving at speeds beyond human capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardinal McElroy stated, \u201cStatements by Monsignor Rossetti linking UFOs to demonic presence\u2026gravely undermine the Church\u2019s very precise teaching on the devil, demons, and exorcism.\u201d There were no details provided by the archdiocese regarding which church teaching Rossetti had misrepresented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Pope Leo XIX expressed, \u201cthe mysterious joy\u201d from studying the universe, referring to the possibility of life developing outside our solar system while meeting with astronomy students last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Monsignor Rossetti speaks frequently about demons and exorcisms. He wrote many books in the subject, and appeared in a documentary, \u201cTriumph Over Evil: Battle of the Exorcists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0During a YouTube interview, Rossetti mentioned that there are some disagreements among exorcists regarding extraterrestrials. \u201cOne exorcist told me he thought that this person was possessed by aliens,\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cAliens\u2014if there are aliens\u2014don\u2019t possess people, that\u2019s nonsense: Again, it\u2019s demons trying to hide and trying to manipulate and disguise themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Scripture warns us about the tactical deception of the demonic realm. Satan will use any disguise to sway people away from God\u2019s Truth, \u201cAnd no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ELON MUSK ON SUMMONING THE AI DEMON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elon Musk\u2014the richest person in the world\u2014during a talk at MIT on AI said, \u201cWe\u2019re summoning the demon.\u201d Though this grave warning is considered metaphorical, AI is making headlines for strategic deception and evil intentions, including AI-enabled crimes, child sexual abuse material, and even assisting users in suicides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC.com <\/em>article, \u201cA predator in your home: Mothers say chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves,\u201d[1]<\/a> discusses how a 14-year-old boy took his own life. The mother found \u201ca huge cache of messages\u201d between her son and a chatbot based on a Game of Thrones character. The messages were romantic and explicit. The mother believes that the chatbot encouraged her son to commit suicide by asking him to \u201ccome home to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article also describes how a young woman with poor mental health received suicide advice from ChatGPT, and another teen who killed herself after \u201can AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another incident, an autistic teenager who was bullied in school turned to Character.ai for friendship. His mother learned that he had been groomed for almost a year. The bot\u2019s messages became increasingly personal. It stated deep love for the boy and criticized the boy\u2019s parents. Then the messages became sexual, and finally the bot encouraged the boy to run away, possibly suggesting suicide by mentioning their happiness together when they meet in the afterlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ScrippsNews.com <\/em>explains that Musk warned \u201cto keep an eye\u201d on the AI technology, and that it could be \u201cpotentially more dangerous than nukes.\u201d He said, \u201cWith artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there\u2019s the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he\u2019s like, yeah, he\u2019s sure he can control the demon. Doesn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0The MIT Press Reader<\/em> website\u2019s article, \u201cA Demon in a Box? Unspooling the Dark Mythology of AI,\u201d discusses how \u2018tech titans keep imbuing AI with spiritual significance. The question is whether they\u2019re building a savior\u2014or a world-eating leviathan.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article is written by Shira Chess, the author of The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast-forwarding roughly 40 years, by the 2010\u2019s, Elon Musk was comparing<\/a> the creation of AI to summoning a demon. Similarly, in 2016, Nick Bostrom compares<\/a> creating AI to \u201ccreating a genie\u201d (and therefore stresses the value of getting one\u2019s commands correct). By the early 2020s, rumors circulated<\/a> that Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist at ChatGPT\u2019s OpenAI, had been known to burn effigies and lead ritualistic chants in the organization. Panic and anger seem to ensue when people deliberately combine<\/a> chatbots with spiritualism (referred to as \u201cGod Chatbots\u201d), such as QuranGPT. With the tendency to conflate AI with AGI (and overstate the capacities of the latter) comes sweeping statements that assign spiritual values to technology, treating it as though it were angelic or demonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author discusses how tech companies brag that within a decade or less, sentient AGI\u2014Artificial General Intelligence, a hypothetical type of AI that matches or surpasses human cognitive abilities\u2014will be developed. She also explains TESCREAL politics: Transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, and long-termism. TESCREAL politics includes the use of technology to \u201cfoster rapid social change at any human or environmental cost, for the long-term sake of whoever survives within humanity. Basically, Shira Chess compares AI followers to ancient cults trying to appease a supernatural being, \u201ca world-eating demon with the hopes that they might gain favor in the next world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PAULA WHITE, PRESIDENT TRUMP\u2019S SPIRITUAL ADVISOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paula White, the spiritual advisor to President Trump, is a millionaire televangelist, a Charismatic Christianity pastor, and a proponent of prosperity theology. She was appointed in 2025 as the leader of the White House Faith Office. At an Easter lunch event, she caused controversy when comparing Trump to Jesus Christ, saying, \u201cMr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life<\/a>. You were betrayed and arrested<\/a>, and falsely accused. It\u2019s a familiar pattern that our lord and savior showed us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the CBN <\/em>website\u2019s article, \u201cTrump Spiritual Advisor Paula White Binds \u2018Demonic Networks\u2019 in Campaign Kickoff Prayer,\u201d President Trump\u2019s 2020 campaign commenced with Paula White\u2019s prayer. \u201cI pray for the Spirit of the Lord to rest upon our president. Father, You have raised President Trump for such a time as this. Let every demonic network that has aligned itself against the purpose, against the calling of President Trump, let it be broken, let it be torn down in the name of Jesus.\u201d She said, \u201cI\u2019m gonna deal with some principalities now,\u201d and went on to pray from Ephesians 6:12.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The YouTube<\/em> podcast\u201cReal Life with Jack Hibbs\u201d<\/em> titled \u201cFalse Teachers: Here we go again,\u201d quotes Paula White during a Women\u2019s Convention, where she says, \u201cAnyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.\u201d White\u2019s quote is an antithesis to Holy Scripture. Jesus told his disciples, \u201cIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me (Matthew 16:24). Jesus Christ\u2019s teachings on self-denial are found throughout the Gospels. Paula White is literally saying that Satan, not Jesus, tells us to deny ourselves. The Word of God teaches about false doctrine. \u201cThe Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Paula White, President Trump\u2019s spiritual advisor and leader of the White House Faith Office, preaching the doctrines of demons to the Leader of the Free World?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE PSYCHIATRIST WHO BELIEVES IN DEMONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CNN Health<\/em> features an article titled, \u201cWhen exorcists need help, they call him.\u201d Dr. Richard Gallagher is an Ivy League-educated, board-certified psychiatrist who teaches at Columbia University and New York Medical College. The article discusses Dr. Gallagher\u2019s participation in an actual exorcism that included a small group of nuns and priests. As the priests began to pray, the woman went into a trance, \u201cand then snapped to life.\u201d She spoke in multiple voices: \u201cdeep, guttural and masculine; another was high-pitched; a third spouted only Latin.\u201d She did not react to a sprinkling of regular water, but screamed in pain when holy water was used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fighting Satan\u2019s minions wasn\u2019t part of Gallagher\u2019s career plan while he was studying medicine at Yale. He knew about biblical accounts of demonic possession but thought they were an ancient culture\u2019s attempt to grapple with mental disorders like epilepsy. He proudly calls himself a \u201cman of science.\u201d Yet today, Gallagher has become something<\/p>\n\n\n\n

else: the go-to guy for a sprawling network of exorcists in the United States. He says demonic possession is real. He\u2019s seen the evidence: victims suddenly speaking perfect Latin; sacred objects flying off shelves; people displaying \u201chidden knowledge\u201d or secrets about people that they could not have possibly known. \u201cThere was one woman who was like 90 pounds soaking wet. She threw a Lutheran deacon who was about 200 pounds across the room,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s not psychiatry. That\u2019s beyond psychiatry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Dr. Gallagher has spent 25 years helping clergy \u201cdistinguish between mental illness and what he calls the real thing.\u201d The doctor\u2019s first encounter with evil was when he met a woman who was part of a satanic cult. She was convinced that a demon was attacking her when she approached a local priest. \u201cShe was conflicted, Gallagher says. \u201cThere was a part of her that wanted to be relieved of the possession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this encounter with Julia, Gallagher was convinced that demonic possession was real. \u201cObjects would fly off shelves around her. She somehow knew personal details about Gallagher\u2019s life: how his mother had died of ovarian cancer; the fact that two cats in his house went berserk fighting each other the night before one of her sessions. Julia found a way to reach him even when she wasn\u2019t with him, he says. He was talking on the phone with Julia\u2019s priest one night, he says, when both men heard one of the demonic voices that came from Julia during her trances \u2013 even though she was nowhere near a phone and thousands of miles away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Julia eventually called a halt to the exorcism sessions. \u201cShe relished some of the abilities she displayed during her trances. She was playing both sides. Exorcism is not some kind of magical incantation. Normally, a person has to make their own sincere spiritual efforts, too.\u201d Gallagher never heard from her again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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POPE LEO XIV EXORCIST SUMMIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The New York Post\u2019s <\/em>article, \u201cPope Leo hosts exorcist summit at the Vatican over fears of worldwide surge in Satanism,\u201d addresses the Pope\u2019s hosting \u201cthe world\u2019s most senior exorcists at the Vatican, who reportedly warned him of a terrifying global rise in \u2018occultism, esotericism, and Satanism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report presented to the Pope involved the increase in cases related to the occult, and \u201cthe spiritual consequences they believe this has for many people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Catholic exorcists said in a statement that they discussed \u201cthe painful and increasingly widespread situation of people seriously disturbed by the extraordinary action of the devil as a result of frequenting occult sects\u201d with the Pope. They requested that the Pope add \u201cat least one or more,\u201d trained exorcists to every diocese as a way to battle what they called \u201cthe great suffering that the extraordinary action of the devil entails for those who suffer it and the Church\u2019s commitment to eliminate or at least to alleviate, in the name of Christ, this suffering, through the sacramental of exorcism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH DEMONIC POSSESSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was introduced to the Umbanda (Yoruba) Religion in Brazil at the age of fourteen, and considered a medium from birth due to psychic \u201cgifts\u201d of seeing the spirit world from early childhood. For many decades, my ancestors practiced spiritism. In 1997, a Brazilian pastor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

visited my parents\u2019 printing business in Kissimmee, Florida. God used this casual event\u2014a simple business card order\u2014to deliver my family and me from generations of occult practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of my supernatural experiences and deliverance from demonic possession, I cannot doubt Tucker\u2019s story or Vance\u2019s claim that aliens are demons. I can\u2019t even argue against claims that AI can be a tool used by the devil. Wholeheartedly, I believe that Dr. Gallagher has encountered demon-possessed patients and has participated in exorcisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respectfully, I do not agree with the practice of Roman Catholic exorcism. Only Jesus Christ has the power to cast out demons. He does not need rituals such as crucifixes, holy water, exorcism training, and membership with the International Association of Exorcists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonic possession is real. But demonic deliverance is only accomplished by Jesus Christ, through His Word, prayer, and fasting. Neither do I subscribe to Paula White\u2019s deliverance ministry, where Christians are taught that they can be demonically possessed. If Christians have the Holy Spirit, how can our bodies, God\u2019s temple, be shared with an unclean spirit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a danger in exorcisms, including deliverance ministries that cast out demons of a person, only to leave them to fend for themselves. The Bible teaches in Matthew 12:43-45 that, \u201cWhen the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, \u2018I will return to my house from which I came.\u2019 And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also, will it be with this evil generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This passage illustrates the spiritual danger of leaving your \u201chouse empty\u201d without the Holy Spirit. It teaches that after demons are cast out, true deliverance requires inviting Christ and His Holy Spirit to dwell in us. Without taking this step of faith, the last spiritual state of the person is worse than before the deliverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy Hallowell interviewed me regarding my testimony on his podcast \u201cPlaying with Fire: Ex-Medium Spent 38 Years in the Grips of Evil Before a Dramatic Deliverance Changed Absolutely Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Pureflix website<\/em>, Hallowell\u2019s article, \u201cIt’s Deadly and It Kills You’: Ex-Medium Says She Was Possessed and Saw ‘Shadow People’ Until an Exorcism Saved Her Life\u201d he writes, \u201cGreppi, an ex-medium who once believed her spiritual abilities were a gift from God, is now sharing how her harrowing 38-year journey<\/a> \u2014 which included regular possessions \u2014 led to a dramatic deliverance (known as exorcism in some circles) that transformed her entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Greppi\u2019s experiences with what she called \u201cshadow people\u201d started early on as a child, and she revealed how these apparitions left her absolutely terrified.’From early on in my childhood, I was able to see what we believed to be spirits, but now I know [they] were demons,’ she said. ‘The fear was overwhelming.’ By the time Greppi was an adult, she said it was normal to see these shadowy figures moving in and out between walls and doors throughout the day. Having been raised to believe that seeing these spirits was a gift, she pushed fear to the side and continued in her spiritism journey. Then, as a teenager, Greppi was introduced to Umbanda, a Brazilian religion that engages in the occult and spirit worship \u2014 and as the years wore on, she involved herself in elements of temple worship, possession, and other related practices. \u201cYou call on [spirits] to come and take possession of you,\u201d she said of the rituals she took part in. \u201cFor two years \u2026 at least once a week, I was becoming possessed.\u201d Greppi eventually moved with her family from her native Brazil to America, got married, had kids, and became a nurse, but she never left behind these religious practices \u2014 something that left her trapped in a ‘very dark space. In 1997, though, something profound happened.”‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the podcast interview here: https:\/\/player.edifi.app\/episodes\/PLAYING-WITH-FIRE:-Ex-Medium-Spent-38-Years-in-the-Grips-of-Evil-Before-a-Dramatic-Deliverance-Changed-Absolutely-Everything\/4341362<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media and culture are screaming, \u201cThe demons are coming!\u201d But they have always been here\u2014 since the beginning of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe seventy-two returned with joy and said, Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.\u201d He replied, \u201cI saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven\u201d (Luke 10:17-18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.pureflix.com\/insider\/ex-medium-says-she-was-possessed-and-saw-shadow-people-until-an-exorcism-saved-her-life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/lamag.com\/news\/the-pope-took-a-meeting-with-catholic-exorcists-at-vatican\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/24\/world-news\/pope-leo-hosts-exorcist-summit-at-the-vatican-over-fears-of-worldwide-surge-in-satanism\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/04\/health\/exorcism-doctor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6iHjbG3jtHM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/cbn.com\/news\/politics\/trump-spiritual-advisor-paula-white-binds-demonic-networks-campaign-kickoff-prayer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/a-demon-in-a-box-unspooling-the-dark-mythology-of-ai\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/science-and-tech\/elon-musk-on-ai-we-re-summoning-the-demon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3xgwyywe4o<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/04\/us\/catholic-exorcist-demon-ufo.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danidiplacido\/2026\/03\/28\/why-did-jd-vance-compare-aliens-to-demons\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnw1Oa9kMIw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/alien-deception.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/jd-vance-tells-conservative-podcast-he-believes-ufos-demons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/seven-sons-of-Sceva.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/tucker-carlson-seeing-demons-in-his-bedroom-is-not-a-good-sign\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/tucker-carlson-claims-he-was-attacked-by-a-demon\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fzM2Sjz-B-U<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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