LTRP Note: In September of this year, Lighthouse Trails became the distributor for Greg Reid’s new book, The Real “Satanic Panic” Story: Documenting the Reality of Occult Crime and Ritual Abuse – An Eyewitness Account. The following, “Why This Book?” is by Lighthouse Trails Chief Editor, David Dombrowski. The book is available through Lighthouse Trails, Barns & Noble, Amazon, and other major online outlets. (See trigger alert at bottom of this post.)
Why This Book?
By David Dombrowski
More than just about anything else, the unseen realm of demonic forces creates a great deal of controversy among Christians. The word itself, “occult,” means hidden, and unfortunately, a lot is hidden from our understanding. As long-time outspoken critics of the contemplative prayer movement, we’ve seen firsthand the resistance to even wanting to understand the occultic nature of that movement. It’s almost as if many Christians don’t believe in the existence and power of Satan (our Adversary) and his army of demonic beings.
But for those who believe the Bible is a true and accurate account from God, you know that these things are real and that everything the Bible says about them is true. Yet in our Western world, we often want to relegate them to nonsense and non-existence. For Greg Reid, that was impossible because he encountered the real thing and found himself in situations where he was forced to engage with the unseen forces of darkness in order to rescue the victims.
The forces of darkness of this unseen realm have been unleashed into this world as never before in that “the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” (Revelation 12:12). We know we are not yet in the time of the great tribulation that this verse is referring to, but it clearly describes the goals of our Adversary; he has “great wrath” against those he deems as his enemies. We are witnessing surges of his wrath already as end-time events unfold.
This past summer, Israel completed air strikes on Tehran in Iran, followed by subsequent air strikes from the U.S. under the Trump administration. Unlike Iran’s strikes on Israel targeted on civilians, Israel’s sole plan was to neutralize Iran’s nuclear arms plants as that country was threatening an imminent nuclear attack on Israel; if Iran were successful in destroying Israel, their sights would then be aimed at the United States or what they refer to as “the Great Satan.” To “Christians” who are unsympathetic toward Israel and the Jews, this should be sobering to know.
Israelis made a decision after World War II that they would never subject themselves to another Holocaust. They would fight vigorously for their survival. Yet, today, the United States is experiencing its own “extinction” of a group of people within its borders. And it is a massive effort, launched by Satan himself, to gut the life out of our nation, from the inside.
If you are a Christian, like-minded with us, then no doubt you are shocked over the worldwide explosion of antisemitism we are witnessing, particularly since Hamas’ attack on Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023. To be seeing so much hate in so many people toward the Jewish people, we know from Scripture it must be demonic in nature.
In likewise manner, there is a hidden agenda, instigated by Satan, to rob America of God-fearing young people, and thereby compromise the future of this country. So, just as God has exposed the antisemitism lurking in the hearts of so many people, exposure of a great, but hidden, onslaught of occult and occultic crimes against children needs to be exposed. And that is the reason for Greg Reid’s book, as it brings to light Satan’s hidden agenda against our youth.
As you are reading this, occultic forces are readily at work. The word “occultic” is appropriate because it denotes things that are hidden or done in secret—in this case, to exploit and destroy the youth of our country. This attack is on multiple fronts, and Greg Reid’s book covers an area that is particularly severe and frightening: occultic crimes against children covering the realms of child trafficking, child pornography, sexual and ritual abuse, and even human sacrifice.
As Greg points out in his book, a wave of occultic Satanic spirituality swept through America in the 1980s and 1990s, leaving a wake of victims, particularly youth, of ritual abuse and child trafficking, both brutal and sexual; yet the courts and the church largely dismissed the testimonies of these young people as being too unbelievable and sensational to be real. Consequently, nearly all accusations were dismissed under the label of “Satanic Panic” or “false memory syndrome.” That’s why most people, like myself, never even knew what was happening. Yet, as I read Greg’s book (as an editor), I became convinced of the validity of his testimonies; and I found the opposite to be true of what the skeptics were saying for I knew that kids could never have made up such horrific stories, nor have been coached to do so. And Greg’s observations as a private investigator and trainer to Texas law enforcement officers only confirmed the stories he was describing.
I could never deny the authenticity of what Greg is saying and what he witnessed.
You may be asking yourself, Is this book a difficult read? And I can only say “yes” even though the author toned down the graphic portions of the book as much as he (and the editing team) felt he could. The point is that it is horrific what happened in America in the ’80s and ’90s, and it has come back again (though it really never left) with a vengeance—for two reasons: one, the perpetrators are convinced they can get away with it again, and two, the level of occultic activity in our present society is at an all-time high. Just consider the movies, books, social media, drug use, video games, deviance in sexuality, New Age occultic practices, and the horrendous amount of violent crimes, in particular crimes against children.
Satan thrives on secrecy. In fact, the power he has in his assaults lies in their secrecy. As hard as it is to read about such things, exposure is needed if such evil power can be dispelled and lessened. While we certainly don’t believe that we need to continually dwell on evil activities, we do need to be aware that they are taking place. And as believers in Jesus Christ, we can also pray that victims can be set free and perpetrators brought to justice (and hopefully someday repentance). One thing we can be sure of though—God is not happy about what is happening to children and youth. The words of Jesus are very familiar to most of us:
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (Matthew 18:5-7)
I don’t know of a single case where Jesus expressed more disdain than what He felt about the exploitation and abuse of children. If you can read this book, please do. If you cannot afford a copy, we will send you one. Regardless, let us all, as believers, remember to pray for the children and youth, that the evil deeds against them will be brought to the light and that victims will turn to the Lord for healing and salvation through Jesus Christ. While Satan thrives on secrecy, exposure destroys that power, making healing and restoration possible.
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. (Ephesians 5:13)
For more information on Greg Reid’s new book, click here.
The book is available through Lighthouse Trails, Barns & Noble, Amazon, and other major online outlets.
Warning: Trigger Alert—Some of the information in this book is very graphic and disturbing. Please read it with prayer. If you are a survivor, please be cautious in reading it without support.
