Any relaxation method that prompts ‘mind-emptying’ is not of God

Samantha Bailie-McMurdock explains how an innocuous relaxation cassette opened the door to the occult in her life.

Twenty-six years ago, stressed by looming exams, a cassette caught my eye in the library on relaxation. Intrigued, I checked it out and headed home.

The cassette recommended a quiet environment so I shut my bedroom door and pressed play on my Walkman. A soft-spoken woman named Ann introduced herself and proposed we begin with “breath-work”. I followed her breathing patterns precisely. It was difficult at first but over the following week I perfected the skill and was amazed I could slow my heart-rate down at will.