Musicians: Have you ever believed a certain progression of chords could open a portal to something evil?

[DennisPTate]

First of all, I will say that I'm not a believer in conspiracy theories, hoodoo/voodoo, or things I can't see, feel, or touch with my own hands.. But there was a time in my life after several decades of being a guitar player, I came to a point where I started feeling as if some of the progressions of chords and riffs I was repeatedly playing were becoming repetitive chants, incantations, and mantras that were opening a spiritual portal to something that I wasn't sure was benign.

The pagan "religion" will bear me out on this: Many ancient pagan "religions" (and even some modern New Age practices) use repeated phrases to summon deities, speak with the dead, or cast spells. Jesus warned in Matthew 6:7 “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.” This is not just about prayer etiquette. It’s also a warning against ritualistic chanting like the pagans did.

Since then, I have long since given up on playing music for more than several reasons. But I did have a startling experience on September 10, 2025, when Charlie Kirk was shot. Two weeks prior to that horrible event, I had been playing one single track of a CD I found. The song was titled "Shoot High Aim Low" by the band Yes, and was on their 1987 album Big Generator. For some reason, I had that song on an infinite repeat on my car stereo player, because I had become addicted to it.

Surely this is a coincidence, but I don't play that song much any more.

Some near death experiencers have been shown something very much along the line of exactly that.

[Near death experiencer Christian Andreason]

13. How does one do spiritual warfare?​

My answer might surprise you. Spiritual warfare is a practice of celebration. Why? Because celebration is the very opposite to depression which is what dark energies want us to fall into so they can tighten their grip on us.

Dark energies do not want us to celebrate and rejoice in the fact that beyond any truth … God is love and God’s love has already won and achieved victory over any challenge that might come against us. It is up to us to open ourselves up and receive God’s love … All we must do is simply … believe!

The dark forces of challenging energy come to steal our joy! The reason for this is because misery loves company! Ever notice that?

People who are in the habit of being down adore it when others come and join them in their destructive pity party. Well, these “sad parties” are for the most part attended by darkened energies. Because dark energy is joyless, it wants us to become the same! However, never forget … the joy of the Lord is our strength!

When you feel as if you are being overcome by shadow … it is time for you to announce “NO MORE!” and celebrate your life! I highly recommend that during times when you feel something evil is trying to sneak up on you from the back door, swing open the front door and let the light of God’s love come in your life in every way you can think of or Holy Spirit shows you. Throw out all behaviors you know to be destructive and unpositive. Allow no negative conversation to come from your mouth! Only affirm the positive!

Hint: Turn off the TV… and put on the CD player! Use music to heal your life! Keep in mind that when we go back home to heaven, music is what God uses to restore our souls! Powerful and stirring music is everywhere! If we are wise, we will play good love affirming music in our environments often! I use everything from gospel to Enya. Play that wonderful music in your homes, cars and work spaces everyday. Think of it as a can of Lysol that not only helps to disinfect your space from dark energy, it spreads colorful rainbow light for you to walk into.

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I remember reading that Charles Manson could listen to "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles and he would go into some very dark, depressing and negative visions that eventually led him to tell his followers to commit murder.