Category: Mystical Practices

New Booklet: Haunted Souls – From Meditation Into Hallucinations

Lighthouse Trails is pleased to release our latest topical booklet: Haunted Souls – From Meditation Into Hallucinations by Larry DeBruyn. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are available. Our booklets are designed…

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Letter to the Editor: My Pastor Left and Joined the Eastern Orthodox Church!

Dear Ones at Lighthouse Trails:  I truly appreciate all the research work you have been doing, much of which is hard to find elsewhere. Have you looked into the Eastern Orthodox Church and its influence on the evangelical churches? Our…

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From a Former Nazarene to the Church of the Nazarene: Why Now Do You Practice These Things?

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has been posting articles by Manny Silva for many years. Manny became part of a group called Concerned Nazarenes over fifteen years ago to warn the Church of the Nazarene denomination about the emergent movement and…

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The Mystical Revolution: How Millions of People Have Been Introduced to the Aquarian Age

By Ray Yungen Most people understand there’s been a number of revolutions over the past forty years or so, beginning in the ’60s. For instance, there’s been the sexual revolution, the feminist revolution, and what you might call the drug…

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New Booklet: Occultic Practices & Beliefs Crossing Into Charismatic Revivalism

Occultic Practices & Beliefs Crossing Into Charismatic Revivalism by Chris Lawson is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are available. Our booklets are designed to give…

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InterVarsity Press Claims Success of Their New-Age Promoting Enneagram Book, The Road Back to You

Last week, a news release from InterVarsity Press, arrived in our inbox (Lighthouse Trails is on their e-mail list in order to track their continual flow of contemplative/emergent/New-Age sympathizing books). The news release was announcing the seven-year anniversary of the…

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Letter to the Editor: Beware of “BrainTap” – A Technology Driven Meditation

LTRP Note: With a world (and even the church) that seems frantic to enter altered states of consciousness through any means possible, the warning in this letter to the editor should be heeded. You may also wish to read Ray…

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Interview With Chris Lawson: “Pastor Steve Berger’s Mediumship Practices”

“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.” (1 Peter 4:17) By Chris Lawson of Spiritual Research Network: The video presented below is by no means meant to bring unnecessary division in the church….

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The Bottom Line of A.W. Tozer: A Hybrid of Complex Proportions

By the Editors at Lighthouse Trails Over the past several years, a number of our readers have asked us why we have not written about the theologian A.W. Tozer and warned our readers about his often quoting and referencing medieval-period…

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Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match

According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are…

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Christianity Is Missing Out on Something Vital – Is This True?

By Ray Yungen Contemplative advocates propose that something vital and important has been missing from the church for centuries. The insinuation is that Christians have been lacking something necessary for their spiritual vitality; but that would mean the Holy Spirit…

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Podcast Interview: “Taking a Closer Look at Psychedelics”

In two recent Parker J. Cole Show podcast interviews, former New Age followers Richard and Linda Nathan discuss the growing interest in psychedelic drug use, even among Christians. From the Parker J. Cole Show: Psychedelics are growing in Christian circles….

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