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of Scripture, or language that resembles Judaism or Christianity, is it still witchcraft? Of course it is.

Schnoebelen refers to a book by Raymond Buckland, but appears to have misquoted the title. It is not
Popular Candle-Burning, but rather Practical Candleburning Rituals. A description of this book
states “This trusted guidebook by trusted author Raymond Buckland has introduced candle magic to
more than 300,000 readers. From winning love to conquering fear, obtaining money to improving
relationships, Practical Candleburning Rituals is filled with simple candle rites that get real results.
Newly updated and reorganized, this edition includes thirty-seven rituals adapted for Christians and
Pagans that can be performed at home with readily available materials.”

Schnoebelen was speaking quite accurately when he stated that there are Wicca spells which have
been modified to make them more palatable to Christians. No discerning Christian should be fooled
into thinking that this gross admixture of the profane and the holy transforms candle-burning spells
and candle magic into an acceptable practice in Yahweh’s eyes. I am reminded of the following
passage of Scripture.

Haggai 2:11-14
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Ask now the priests for a ruling: If a man carries holy meat in the fold
of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it
become holy?” And the priests answered and said,”No.” Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean
from a corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered and
said, “It will become unclean.” Then Haggai answered and said, “So is this people. And so is this
nation before Me,” declares Yahweh, “and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there
is unclean.”

Adding the Holy Scriptures to a witch’s incantation does not impute holiness to the profane rite. Quite
the contrary; By mixing the holy with a work of Satan, that which is holy is profaned. It becomes as
that which is detestable and unclean in the sight of Yahweh. I do not doubt that this is an obvious
truth to those who are regular readers of my writings. You would not be fooled by such a brazen and
overt act of mixing together the works of Satan with the holy words of Yahweh. Yet there are those
who do not have the mind of Christ who are ensnared with these deceitful acts of Satan. There are
many books sold which are advocating gross uncleanness as they attempt to wed together the holy
things of Yahweh with the profane works of Satan. One such book is titled Candle Burning Magic
with the Psalms. The sub-title states, “Create life’s greatest blessings by combining the power of the
holy Psalms with the magic of burning different colored candles.”