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Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters
Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters
Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters
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Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters

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  • Occult

  • Supernatural

  • Demonic Possession

  • Fear

  • Family

  • Haunted House

  • Haunted Object

  • Spiritual Warfare

  • Paranormal Investigation

  • Occult Horror

  • Love Triangle

  • Love Conquers All

  • Revenge

  • Power of Belief

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The occult seduces in many ways. It promises secret knowledge and magical powers. It teases of enlightenment and transformation. It enchants with mysteries and wonders. But therein lies the trap. Once the shiny bait is taken, the hook is pulled. The prey is left to slowly perish, gasping for breath in a metaphysical dream that has turned into a nightmare.

 

The occult is nothing if not dangerous. It opens channels that are best left closed. It attracts entities that don't play by the rules. And it demands more – always more – than what was bargained for.

 

These true-life accounts reveal the heartache and horror that can occur when people participate in the occult – be it witchcraft, Ouija boards, white magic or black – and knowingly or not, release dark spirits into the human realm. Dabbler or devotee, it doesn't matter how deeply one is committed or involved. Once evil is unleashed, it treats everyone the same: hellishly.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherShadow Hills Publishing
Release dateNov 16, 2016
ISBN9781386442660
Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters
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John Harker

John Harker is a freelance journalist and ghostwriter who’s been writing and publishing since the 1990s. His personal encounters with unexplainable phenomena have inspired him to explore strange, dark, and disturbing topics in both non-fiction and fiction. He lives with his family in eastern Washington, where the ghosts are dry and dusty.

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    Great book! It's so refreshing to see so much knowledge on the bad side from someone being on the good side! Rare and needed. Highly recommended!

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Evil Unleashed - John Harker

Evil Unleashed

True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell

and Other Occult Disasters

John Harker

Evil Unleashed: True Tales of Spells Gone to Hell and Other Occult Disasters

Copyright © 2016 John Harker

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Photo Credits:

Cover Image: © Creative_Hearts/CanStockPhoto.com

Aleister Crowley as Osiris. Public Domain

Aleister Crowley and Family. Public Domain

Aleister Crowley as Magus, CC-BY-SA-3.0

Ouija Board by Fabrice Florin, CC BY-SA 2.0

La Clef de la Magie Noire. Public Domain

Charlie Charlie Challenge by Yunshui, CCO 1.0

Some names, locations, and similar identifying details have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals who were either witnesses to or victims of these phenomena.

In memory of Father Gabriele Amorth, who battled the forces of evil for more than 30 years as Rome's chief exorcist.

(May 1, 1925 - September 16, 2016)

Table of Contents

Introduction

1  The Beast

2  The Conjuring Book

3  The Curse

4  The Wish

5  The Haunted Ouija Board

6  Grandma’s Hobby

7  The Magic Mirror

8  The Dream House

9  The Witches’ Hex

10  Cupid Comes Calling

11  Charlie Charlie

12  The Demon Ritual

Closing Thoughts

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Introduction

Interest in the occult is booming. Even the most casual perusal of books, television shows, movies, music, and websites will uncover an amazing amount of occult material available for young and old alike. Many of the offerings are subtle in their presentation, with titles and descriptions that include highbrow words such as esotericism, metaphysics, quantum mysticism, Rosicrucianism, and Theosophy. Nothing scary-sounding there. They could be courses offered in a college catalog. In fact, they probably are.

On the other end of the spectrum are the scarier-sounding, hard-core occult topics such as witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, and Satanism. In between are all manner of tamer occult diversions such as astrology, white magic, fortune telling, divination, and necromancy (communicating with the dead).

The one thing all these subjects, and many more, have in common—and what makes them appealing to so many people—is the promise of hidden knowledge. Who doesn’t want to unlock the secrets of the Universe? Who wouldn’t like to know how to conjure up a better job, more money, a true love? Who wouldn’t want to talk to their dear deceased Aunt Flo and discover what it’s like on the Other Side?

Apparently, quite a few. In recent years, there has been a tremendous uptick in the number of people participating in occult activities. A number of factors are responsible, including a falling away from traditional religion, the need to fill a spiritual void with something new and exciting, and easy access to how to manuals. (Need a love spell? Just ask Google.)

While all of this is great news for freelance witches, television mediums, online fortune tellers, and other occult vendors, it has become disastrous for many individuals who have left themselves open to evil forces by immersing themselves—or merely dabbling—in the dark arts.

The occult is dangerous. Ouija boards, séances, mediums, Tarot cards, spells, curses, satanic rites and rituals—all of these things facilitate the crossing over of evil spirits into the human realm, your realm. And once you attract malevolent spirits into your life, they’re really, really hard to get rid of. Hanging out with you and making your life miserable is a whole lot more fun than going back to where they came from. (One exorcist related that a demon he was expelling from a woman begged to stay because he feared punishment from the master for failing.)

Sometimes it’s possible for a person to get rid of the trouble on their own, depending on the level and intensity of the spirit activity. This might involve burning all occult paraphernalia, reciting prayers of deliverance, and/or making a major lifestyle change like moving to a new location. Other times the help of a professional—a clergyman, exorcist, demonologist, or gifted paranormal expert—is needed to banish the tormentors. In all instances, the individual must be predisposed to renouncing the occult activity.

If ever there was an example of a slippery slope, it is in the realm of the occult. A person (we’ll call her Amy) starts with, let’s say, having her palm read. The next day Amy runs into an old boyfriend, just like the palm reader said. (Well, she said a surprise would come her way. Close enough.) Amy’s appetite is whetted. She picks up a book on ceremonial magic and performs a candle spell for good fortune. Later, she finds a five-dollar bill on the floor of her car. Woo-hoo! She must be on to something! The next week while shopping at Toys R Us for her niece’s birthday, she spots a Ouija board nestled among the other board games. What the heck? She buys Hungry Hippos for her niece and the Ouija for herself. That night Amy and her girlfriend attempt to raise a spirit. They get one! It’s an acquaintance from high school who died his senior year in a car crash. At least, it says that’s who it is. It wouldn’t lie about something like that, would it?

Of course it would. And now Amy has just opened herself up to an unsavory spirit who seized an opportunity to intervene in Amy’s world. The spirit might have first noticed Amy at the palm reader’s shop and decided to go home with her. It could have been invoked during the candle ritual. Or it could have simply been the first to answer Amy’s unwitting come on in, whoever! call that the Ouija board so notoriously facilitates.

Amy is not a hard-core devil worshipper, but she still has opened herself up to a whole lot of trouble. Though our example here is fictional, the ugly reality is that any involvement with the occult, even passive participation, will more often than not take a serious toll on one’s physical, mental, and spiritual health. Walter Cascioli, spokesman for the Italy-based International Association of Exorcists (IAE), warns that the ramifications of occult activity include anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares, acts of self-harm, and constant thoughts of death, to name a few. In severe cases, occult activity can lead to demonic possession. The consequences are always disastrous, he says.

Sadly, warnings like these are falling on deaf ears. The global surge in popularity of the occult has led to a not-surprising correlative increase in the demand for exorcisms. According to the IAE, the number of requests for exorcisms in Italy alone was a staggering 500,000 in 2015. In the U.S., the number of exorcists appointed by bishops has risen from 12 to 50 in the last 20 years to handle the number of requests. Unfortunately, there are still not enough trained exorcists available to handle the load. Father Gary Thomas, an exorcist in the diocese of San José, knows this firsthand. I am a full-time pastor and this is a very intense ministry. Almost every free night that I have is taken up with exorcisms, he says.

The Reverend Vincent Lambert is an exorcist in the diocese of Indianapolis. He states that while the request for exorcisms has skyrocketed, only one out of every 5,000 requests is a case of full-blown demonic possession. Nonetheless, he has conducted countless exorcisms related to demonic obsession, vexation, and infestation. From a faith perspective it may seem like the devil has upped his game, so to speak. I don't think the devil has upped his game, but more people are inclined to play that game, says Lambert.

While some occult practitioners, like white witches, do not usually intend for anything bad to happen when they practice their craft, others—black witches, sorcerers, Satanists—most definitely do. Using profane rituals, they are able to summon specific demons and command them to do their bidding. Their common objectives are to attain money, prestige, personal power, sexual conquests, and the ruin of their adversaries. They are often successful. But at a steep price.

Renowned demonologist Ed Warren put it like this: The demonic is a loan shark, and it not only collects before you’re ready, it wants double in return for what it gives. Ultimately it wants the soul. Involvement in the occult always backfires, in one form or another. It can be quick or it can take a number of years. But be assured that the spirits you bargain with will never let you off the hook.

Demonology expert and exorcist Father José Fortea of Madrid, Spain, echoes this warning in a discussion about curses: "Many people ask if curses are truly effective. Well, the first thing that has

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