The term “occult” means hidden. God has revealed all to us in the Bible that we need to know to live godly lives (2 Peter 1:3). To search beyond the Bible into the hidden things of the spiritual realm is very risky. This is why the Apostle Paul said, “…I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.”
Brainwashing
There is a psychological term for this gradual acceptance of something that would not otherwise be believed. It is cognitive dissonance theory. Leon Festinger described it in his book When Prophecy Fails. Festinger described three elements of social psychology, and...