What is Spirit Science?

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Spirit Science is a video series on an Internet website that explores spirituality from a humanistic, New Age perspective. Spirit Science aims to rediscover ancient wisdom lost through the ages and present a perspective on reality that bridges the seemingly opposing views of religion and science. According to the Spirit Science website, “Consciousness is the key factor that brings both Science and Religion into each other’s arms. Consciousness is the understanding that you are more than your physical body; you are a conscious being that is interconnected with everything in reality, and that the experience is the reason for doing anything!” Spirit Science asserts that we are all interconnected and emphasizes human unity leading to higher consciousness.

The video series teaching Spirit Science emphasizes that it is not a religion but rather an invitation for individuals to discover their desires and pursue them. The series commences with a discussion on the mind, body, and spirit/soul. While religions have sought to address humanity’s spiritual essence, they offer only conflicting, abstract answers, which is where Spirit Science claims to provide assistance. According to Spirit Science, humans shape their own realities, both individually and collectively, through the power of thought.

Other videos delve into topics such as chakras, energy points within the body; channeling; crystals; astral projection; the reality of Atlantis; the existence of Martians; and “sacred geometry.” Notably, the text accompanying the channeling video includes a caution that “Channeling as a mediumship might not be as safe as realized. . . . When a being comes INTO the body and essentially uses the body to convey messages (of course with the consent of both parties), it can have effects on the DNA of both parties. Due to this, benevolent beings in the universe tend to avoid channeling.” Christians will identify this caution as a realization.In that demon possession is possible. The Spirit Science website FAQ section includes a similar warning, from a site user, about “dark forces” present in Reiki.

Common themes in the videos are experience, imbalance, collective consciousness, and the need for unity within oneself and with others so that we may all awaken to a higher level of consciousness. At the beginning of one movie, the narrator says, “Don’t believe or disbelieve anything we discuss in Spirit Science. Simply have your own experience.”

In trying to bridge the gap between science and religion, Spirit Science uses many biblical allusions, including references to Noah’s flood, Moses, and Jesus. The videos present Jesus as the inter-dimensionally conceived child of Joseph and Mary who was to carry out the plan of the “Ascended Masters.” Basically, Jesus was sent to earth to demonstrate a higher level of existence to people. Spirit Science describes the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus as examples of what each human has the power to experience.

The Spirit Science site’s own recognition that it is an exploratory theory rather than a statement of truth is both encouraging and potentially dangerous. On one hand, the site seems open to admitting that not everything it says is correct. On the other hand, such an open stance may make Spirit Science seem safer to explore than it actually is. The site recognizes the dangers of Reiki and channeling. More importantly, though, is the site’s misdirected foray into the world of the spiritual, the esoteric, and the occult. Spirit Science recognizes bits of truth—that our spirits are important aspects of who we are and the reality of the mind-body connection. However, it does all this apart from God.

Spirit Science anticipates that things are about to change in the world. Christians know that Christ is coming again. It is not that our earth is shifting into a new dimension or that humans are about to ascend to a higher level of consciousness. Our earth is progressing.Going toward a time of great delusion and tribulation before Jesus ushers in His Millennial Kingdom. To a believer grounded in truth, Spirit Science is a clear lie of the enemy. Nuggets of truth, including biblical stories, are woven in, but the promotion of occult practices, psychic meditation, and New Age thought is entirely incorrect. It is a typical deception of Satan—take a nugget of truth, twist it, and mix it with appeals to the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”, (1 John 2:16).

In Spirit Science, people are told they are the masters of their own fate and encouraged to seek after “joy.” They are told to create any reality they want. They are led to believe that special knowledge is the key, in many ways similar to the gnostic heresies present in the early church. In contrast, Christians are called to rely on the sovereignty of God, to trust in His plan, and to diligently work to bring it to fruition. It is only in Christ that our joy is made complete “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”, (John 15:11).

Second Timothy 3:4–5 speaks of people who are “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.” Spirit Science falls into this category.