INTRODUCTION:
The Baptism by Fire occurs when wicked spirits torment you directly. Jesus and Job endured the Baptism by Fire. Likewise, the Great Tribulation that the unfaithful and ungrateful religious Christians will experience is a mass Baptism by Fire. Pagans refer to Baptism by Fire as the Dark Night of the Soul.
THE BAPTISM BY FIRE:
Sickness, misfortune, and death of friends and loved ones often accompany the Baptism by Fire. Fifteen minutes before my first commercial song was about to play over Columbus airwaves, my grandmother died, which destroyed the rest of the night.
Shortly after my first record contract ended, I experienced the first of many fire baptisms. Spiritual practitioners don’t experience one Baptism by Fire. Tribulation occurs repeatedly because it is part of a soul-cleansing process. Every time you emerge from a Dark Night of the Soul, your spirit is cleansed and strengthed, and the tribulation becomes easier to endure.
One of the most painful lessons of my spiritual journey was learning that trusting people you love could be one of the most dangerous things for a Believer. When you love and trust someone, they can hide behind that trust and scramble your spiritual gifts. It’s like a police officer hiding behind a badge while committing all kinds of offenses.
Until I was 21, my biggest fear was demonic entities. When you start a life of spiritual practice, you are forced to face and overcome all fears to prevent them from disrupting your spiritual journey. Evil in whatever form will always use fear to control you.
“I enlisted the aid of every clergyman, starting with the JW’s since I was raised one. Unfortunately, the elders were cowards and used my disfellowshipped status to weasel out of helping me.“
THE HAT MAN
One evening, my sons’ mother screamed from our bedroom. When I got to the room, my ex told me that a figure appeared in the corner of the room wearing a fedora and long coat with no feet, claiming he was the Devil. Although my ex thought it was funny, I assured her that a spirit appearing and claiming it was the Devil wasn’t a laughing matter. Interestingly, the Hat Man demon showed up one night when I was about 13 and struck my mother in the side of the face.
THE BATTLE FOR MY SOUL BEGINS:
A few weeks later, one night, my ex-girlfriend let out a blood-curdling scream. When I got to our bedroom, terrified, my ex told me something had tried to grope her! The Hat Man’s introduction wasn’t so funny now. I was still new to my spiritual path, and I was overly confident about dealing with evil spirits.
I remembered reading somewhere that when evil spirits harass females, wearing an article of clothing from a husband, dad, or any close male relative helps ward off evil spirits. So, I decided I would do one better and lay beside my ex-girlfriend. I suddenly felt what appeared to be a sheet of ice laying on top of me from the top of my head to the tips of my feet.
“The back bedroom of our Wedgewood apartment is where most of the spiritual battles occured. Terror seized me when the name Jehovah failed to dispel the demons.“
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IS PART OF SUPERNATURAL WARFARE:
I was suddenly overcome with fear and dread. I got off the bed curled up into a ball and started praying and chanting the name JEHOVAH. A few moments later, I heard voices chanting the name Jehovah in various pitches while laughing hysterically. I chanted “Jehovah” for approximately an hour, then the voices stopped.
I decided to fix something to eat and watch TV to calm down. I turned on the TV, and immediately the voices started chanting JEHOVAH while laughing! The demons pausing their attack was a psychological ploy to get me to believe everything was over and let my guard down. Once I relaxed, resuming their attack was intended to mortify me, which is what occurred.
THE SPIRITUALLY POWERLESS CLERGYMEN:
This account is condensed to save space and time. I enlisted the aid of every clergyman, starting with the JW’s, since I grew up one. Unfortunately, the elders were cowards and used my disfellowshipped status to weasel out of helping me. However, those elders’ wives were compassionate and brave and pleaded with their husbands to render assistance which was futile. Next, I went to one of the Baptist churches my grandmother had attended, only to have a skillet black reverend turn dog feces white when I told him what I was experiencing! The good reverend’s lips became dry and cracked, and he lost his constitution, followed by his legs buckling. My last resort was Catholic priests, who were willing to help, and we’re concerned, but asked that I consider converting to Catholicism.
“The Baptism by Fire lasted nearly three weeks. But the terror gradually subsided at the onset of the third week. I had to cleanse the entire apartment, as well as myself, abstaining from marijuana, alcohol, and sex.“
NO ONE BUT HEAVEN TO HELP ME:
I left the Catholic cathedral, and as I began approaching my apartment, the demons resumed their harassment with relentless abandon. As soon as I entered the apartment, I fell to the ground in despair. That’s when Gabriel appeared and told me that If I did not reinforce my will and fight, I would die.
The encouragement Gabriel gave supplied the strength to fight for two more weeks. Gradually, the demons’ influence waned. Finally, on the last day of the ordeal, Gabriel told me to go to the front porch of my building. When I emerged from the front door, an enormous black Chow was marking his territory on a tree. The Chow looked up at me, turned, and yelped all the way down Eakin Road.
THE LESSON:
My Baptism by Fire was like Sarah’s Dark Night of the Soul in the 1996 occult masterpiece The Craft. After that first Baptism by Fire, I learned many valuable lessons. For example, the name Jehovah or Jesus doesn’t work against demons and devils, and if you don’t have authority from Heaven, you can’t use the name YHVH/YHWH either (research the 7 Son’s of Sceva). Also, I learned not to put faith in useless human-ordained clergymen!
I discovered much later that the demon I battled was Asmodeus. Asmodeus, or one of his demonic minions, is also the Hat Man. I have dealt with Asmodeus and many other demons and devils since that first Fire Baptism, but not in the terrifying way I encountered them during that first Baptism by Fire! Demons behave just like mobsters and pit bulls. If they smell fear or can intimidate you, you won’t last long. But even if you’re fearless, without authority, you shouldn’t trifle with those demons and devils as paranormal investigators, demonologists, and so-called exorcists do. That first Baptism by Fire prepared me for my experience in the Folk Nation and testing the 64 Levels of Power in the Underworld’s violent streets. This post continues HERE in part 3 of BREAKING THE CHAINS OF RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING.
