As many young Americans abandon a Biblical worldview in pursuit of paganism and the occult, self-proclaimed witches, as during previous election cycles, are participating in “mass rituals” against former President and current republican nominee Donald Trump.
Thousands of witches have participated online and in person to cast spells on Trump in the hopes of thwarting his bid for the White House. However, in contrast to previous years, many “Wiccans” are publically complaining that their spells have been rendered ineffective. The stated reason? According to the witches, the former President has a “shield” protecting him as a result of the “prayers” of Christians.
“I hate to say this, but don’t do magic against him,” one spell-caster wrote. “He has a form of protection surrounding him… You will have better results if you focus your magic on helping his opponent or protecting yourself and others..”
“Some other witches have mentioned that doing spells directly against Trump are not as effective as we might hope as he seems to have some kind of protection around him,” said another writing on the “WitchesVsPatriarchy” thread on Reddit.
Because so many are praying for Trump, “he has a shield, a flimsy one of course, but a shield nonetheless (I am trying to figure out a way to create spells that can bypass that, but it’s difficult),” one individual insisted, suggesting alternatively that the witch community focus on casting spells against the Christians themselves. “Most of them are just civilians and wouldn’t have the same shielding. Like in Chess, wipe out each piece to get the King.”
It is easy, and not entirely unfounded, to classify this under the banner of absurdity. However, it is worth noting that the Bible does not state that witchcraft is all make-believe. Witchcraft employs the demonic and is an abomination before the Lord. Rather than simply falling within the category of idolatry, the Word of God explicitly calls out sorcery, fortune-telling, and interpreting omens as “evil in the sight of the Lord” (Leviticus 19:31, 20:27, Exodus 22:18, Galatians 5:19-21, Revelation 21:8).
One eye-opening example surrounds Israel’s first king, Saul. Following the death of Samuel, Saul, in the heat of a fierce battle with the Philistines, came to a witch to contact Samuel from the grave. Saul successfully contacted Samuel through sorcery, but in doing so, his line was stripped of their kingship (1 Samuel 28).
1 Samuel 15:23 states, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”
It could be argued that, in this example, witchcraft did indeed alter the course of a nation’s leadership—just not in the manner today’s “Wiccans” might hope. Witchcraft is a curse, not to the target of the “magic,” but to the practicer of it.
Whether the “shield” around former president Trump, brought about by the prayers of Christians, is legitimate is another topic and an interesting one to consider.
It is hard to argue that the hand of the Lord has not been involved in the protection of Donald Trump as he has miraculously survived multiple assassination attempts—a fact Trump himself has accredited to God. The day following the first attempt on his life, when the former President literally “dodged a bullet,” Trump thanked his supporters for their prayers, writing: “It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.”
Furthermore, considering the demonic nature of witchcraft, there are numerous Biblical examples of God using prayers to restrain satan’s actions (see Daniel 9:20-23, 10:10-14, Revelation 8:3-5).
As for the “witches” themselves, while this craft places you in enmity with God, the Lord has not cast off His love for you, His desire for your repentance, or His yearning for you to know Him and begin a relationship with Him through the forgiveness offered by Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:9, Ephesians 2:1-5).
By God’s hand of mercy, we have a specific account recorded in the Book of Acts describing many people who took part in witchcraft, being brought out of its bondage and washed clean by the power and love of Christ: “And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed” (Acts 19:18-20).
