By C. S. Nott
Drawn from Nott's thousands of pages of notes and diaries, this booklet presents a checklist of the expressions and activities of Gurdjieff and the profound impression of existence on the Chateau du Prieure, Fontainbleau, at the moment. Gurdjieff used to be a Russian occultist who used stylized dance to "free" humans and aid them to increase their complete functions. Gurdjieff has frequently been attributed because the founding father of the fashionable human-potential circulation.
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Very often it will imitate the personalities of dead human beings. " What happens is that the medium goes into a trance and the spirit guide takes over and controls the rest of the seance. Usually this spirit guide will pretend to be an ancient, wise and benevolent being. Well, it may be ancient, but it is not wise or benevolent. " Matthew 12:22 mentions a blind spirit—which is a demon that can cause physical and spiritual blindness. I have seen the eyes of blind people opened by the casting out of this spirit.
The difference between the first and second times I saw him was literally the difference between light and darkness. It is truly amazing what the power of Satan can do to a human being, but even more amazing to see the difference the power of God can make in a person's life. The great preacher Lester Sumrall tells the story of what happened when he was conducting a crusade in the Philippines. He was listening to the radio when an urgent appeal was made to anyone who could help a young girl who was in very desperate need.
I had been invited to talk about heaven. I wasn't sure how my hosts would react if I suddenly took an 180-degree turn and started dealing with hell, instead. But when God speaks, I listen, and obey. then I was going to cast out devils. Well, it became apparent very quickly the reason why God wanted me to start dealing with demons. It was because there were so many of them in the auditorium. There were hundreds of people there, and most of them seemed to be accompanied by their own personal demons.