It was a Christian mystical experience when Peter and James and John witnessed the Transfiguration of Jesus and saw Moses and Elijah. Peter was so overwhelmed by the mystical experience that he wanted to put up three tents. He didn't really know what to say or do. Prayer and fasting can lead to positive Christian mystical experiences and there is quite a voluminous literary tradition handed down to us by the Christian Saints and Mystics who didn't use any drugs.
I think its interesting and revealing and to your point, to note the material trappings of the modern new age via "manifesting". It's always a manifesting of the individuals will which suggests a reallocation of limited resources in favor of the manifestor. Oprah and celebrity athlete self help authors never ask whose meal is missed due to my excessive hunger... Only God can create from nothing and provide for his children without the need for reallocation... loaves and fishes etc. and so we are taught "don't worry what you will eat" along side the command to "not store up treasures". Only God is actually capable of creative magic. The enemy can only sway human action to favor his "children". A work of the flesh in deed.
I think medication being derived from plants is fine, even if they come as pills, syrups, or other packages products. I think sobriety is an important Christian principle, and any drug (including alcohol) that numbs and changes our personality is evil, even if it's not "spiritual" per se. I've been depressed myself to the point of considering suicide, and I never resorted to drugs. I talked to loved ones and prayed to God, and searched scriptures. God has the cure. But If there are cases of people who overcome a crisis with drugs temporarily and then go sober, I won't judge them.
o A Sorcerer -- φάρμακος / "pharmakos", Rev. 21:8:, Rev. 22:15
The pharma- root can refer to a medicine or a poison, but the NT uses it in the "poison" sense. I think this is consistent with what is in this post. Drug-induced mystical experiences are poisonings. Also, modern pharmaceuticals generally if not always are poisons and should qualify as sorceries.
Idolatry (listed alongside sorcery in Gal. 5:20) also comes into play, as people look to doctors and poisonous drugs to heal or save them, rather than addressing the causes. (I'm not phrasing this very well, but it's late and I have other things to finish before bedtime.)
The full scope of the poisoning that is taking place, driven by science and technology, and produced by industry, typically for weapons first and then repurposed for consumer conveniences, is beyond the comprehension of most people. I keep learning about more and more of it, and still there is more to learn about. I don't think there is any escaping it at this point, although it is possible to reduce one's exposure.
It was a Christian mystical experience when Peter and James and John witnessed the Transfiguration of Jesus and saw Moses and Elijah. Peter was so overwhelmed by the mystical experience that he wanted to put up three tents. He didn't really know what to say or do. Prayer and fasting can lead to positive Christian mystical experiences and there is quite a voluminous literary tradition handed down to us by the Christian Saints and Mystics who didn't use any drugs.
I think its interesting and revealing and to your point, to note the material trappings of the modern new age via "manifesting". It's always a manifesting of the individuals will which suggests a reallocation of limited resources in favor of the manifestor. Oprah and celebrity athlete self help authors never ask whose meal is missed due to my excessive hunger... Only God can create from nothing and provide for his children without the need for reallocation... loaves and fishes etc. and so we are taught "don't worry what you will eat" along side the command to "not store up treasures". Only God is actually capable of creative magic. The enemy can only sway human action to favor his "children". A work of the flesh in deed.
I think medication being derived from plants is fine, even if they come as pills, syrups, or other packages products. I think sobriety is an important Christian principle, and any drug (including alcohol) that numbs and changes our personality is evil, even if it's not "spiritual" per se. I've been depressed myself to the point of considering suicide, and I never resorted to drugs. I talked to loved ones and prayed to God, and searched scriptures. God has the cure. But If there are cases of people who overcome a crisis with drugs temporarily and then go sober, I won't judge them.
It's all sorcery in my understanding. The NT uses three related words (lex forms shown here):
o The practice of sorcery -- φαρμακείᾳ / "pharmakeia", Gal. 5:20, Rev. 18:23
o Sorceries (things sorcerers use) -- φάρμακον / "pharmakon", Rev. 9:21
o A Sorcerer -- φάρμακος / "pharmakos", Rev. 21:8:, Rev. 22:15
The pharma- root can refer to a medicine or a poison, but the NT uses it in the "poison" sense. I think this is consistent with what is in this post. Drug-induced mystical experiences are poisonings. Also, modern pharmaceuticals generally if not always are poisons and should qualify as sorceries.
Idolatry (listed alongside sorcery in Gal. 5:20) also comes into play, as people look to doctors and poisonous drugs to heal or save them, rather than addressing the causes. (I'm not phrasing this very well, but it's late and I have other things to finish before bedtime.)
The full scope of the poisoning that is taking place, driven by science and technology, and produced by industry, typically for weapons first and then repurposed for consumer conveniences, is beyond the comprehension of most people. I keep learning about more and more of it, and still there is more to learn about. I don't think there is any escaping it at this point, although it is possible to reduce one's exposure.