Who's Who and the Occult
Celebrities and the Occult

We don't want to ever put ourselves in the position of becoming too enamored with celebrities and other well-known individual. Sometimes we discover that although they are popular individuals with people we know and even the rest of the general public, they may support views quite contrary to the Word of God.

One such individual was Katherine Kubler Ross, the renowned psychologist who wrote the book, "On Death and Dying: the Four Stages of Grief". Ross was a brilliant researcher and writer. Most people don't realize that in writing her book, she worked with many chaplains and ministers in the Chicago area as she interacted with terminal patients and made her observations. Nevertheless, Ross was deeply involved in Spiritism, the world of the occult.

Kubler Ross was a friend of Dora Kunz, the co-founder of Therapeutic Touch and at one point, offered her some spiritual advice. Ross advised Kunz that she should contact a medium and attempt to connect with a spiritual source to help her gain additional insight when using Therapeutic Touch with her clients. According to Kunz, she took Ross's advice. She writes, that at the seance she attended, she was introduced to a spirit named "George". George was to become her spirit guide and befriend her for life. In return for this relationship, "George" aided Kunz in many of her client sessions.

Other celebrities have been fans of the occult as well: writer James Fennimore Cooper, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer of many early science fiction books, Thomas Alva Edison the inventor, Mary Todd Lincoln, actor Glenn Ford, Nancy Reagan and Madonna. Spiritism is very popular among the elite celebrities of past days and today.

As Christians, we must be careful of who we let influence our lives. Some individuals who are constantly in the spotlight are often involved in practices that oppose Christ. Imagine the impact that their writings or lyrics have had on untold thousands of people. Some of that impact has paranormal fallout and has affected people negatively in a spiritual sense. We must be careful to watch the things we read, the music we hear and the movies we watch. Many media choices may be popular, but like the apostle Paul wrote, "Not all things are expedient".