Op-Ed: No, Witchcraft and Christianity are NOT Compatible

by A Jo

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. —Galatians 1:6-8

Do not be fooled, and do not let the scripture-twisting serpentine tongues of those who push the lie that Christianity and witchcraft can be syncretized together fool you.  Witchcraft is a sin, as we will show, and along with all sin, will send you straight to hell, and true faith in Christ for your salvation is the only solution.  It is not Biblical to add witchcraft to Christianity or to add Christ to witchcraft and call yourself a Christian. It doesn't work that way. 

This article's purpose is to show you that the "Doctrine of Christian Witchcraft" (and yes, it is a doctrine as the word doctrine simply means "teaching") is attempting to sneak into all Christian churches and pseudo-Christian churches, and equip you with understanding why it is wholly unbiblical and a doctrine of demons. 

According to practitioners of magic, aka witchcraft, there are many ways to practice magic. Some of these include but are not limited to: using mirrors, smudging,  crystal balls, tarot readings, reading tea leaves, astrology, palm reading, aura reading, spell casting, potion making, the use of runes, the use of protective circles, charms, amulets, talismans, alchemy, candle magic, smudging, necromancy, the use of crystals, numerology, etc, etc. There are different definitions of practices of types magic,” see this article.   Witches see Christianity as performing magic already, they consider prayer magic. 

Prayer is not magic. But what is Prayer? (Here's a video from GotQuestions.org that explains what prayer is.)

God tells us exactly how to pray in Matthew 6:9-15: 

"9 Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from evil.

14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

A witch might say that this is directing your intentions and it is not at all the biblical model of prayer. Here are some examples: 

"Intention is the process of clearly and specifically communicating what you want to the universe (or your preferred deities, spirits, etc.). This is the backbone of spells and rituals because if you have the wrong intention, or an unclear one, it’s likely you won’t get the results you want." 

"Imagine I want enough money to stay debt-free and live in a nice house.

The first intention I think of is “I want to pay off all my bills and buy a mansion.”

There are a few problems with this one. Stay away from statements like “I want,” “I need,” and “I hope,” because when you tell the universe you want something, all you’ll get back is more wanting. Always state your intention like you already have what you’re searching for." 

What exactly is intention setting in witchcraft? This article from The Almost Witch blog will help explain.

Witches who advocate for a syncretism between Christianity and witchcraft are either being dishonest or are deceived—or both—about what Christian prayer is vs intention setting when they are not remotely the same. Intention setting is in stark contrast to the model prayer Jesus gave us in Matthew 6 that we saw above as to how Christians should pray.  

All magical practices, including intention setting, are prohibited by scripture because it falls into the category of sorcery(witchcraft). It doesn’t matter how many "Christians" or Catholic priests have used them, they are unbiblical and forbidden still today.

Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ESV Says: 

9 "When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[e] anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, 14 for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this."

In the end times, those who practice sorcery(witchcraft) are not looked upon favorably as they are counted alongside idolaters and murderers. Revelation 9:20-21 ESV says: 

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

My first brush with "Christian Witchcraft" came when I was in high school. I  had a friend who claimed to be a Christian also make the claim that you could be both a Christian and a witch.  She attended a Quaker church not far from where I lived, but I knew nothing about Quakers and their beliefs.  What I did know is that this was an affront to scripture, but I didn’t argue much with her at the time. I should have.  I later made several friends who were witches, and they were aware of my personal beliefs. I also made sure that they knew the gospel. I got to know a lot about their practices, what a witch is, and what they do.

I have found that most witches have not heard the true gospel and are in dire need of it. Christians need to bring the true gospel to them. This is particularly needed because there is a growing subset of witches, many of them young, who mingle Christianity with witchcraft. Some of these witches who claim to be Christians tend to see Jesus or YHWH as just another God in a whole host of Gods(though this may not be true with all so-Christian witches), and sometimes mutually try to pray to Jesus.

This article is an explanation of Quakers by Anthony Monousos. On Quora, Kristina Darling McKee writes: