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Jac Marino Chen, a former occultist in the Golden Dawn, shares how she left
witchcraft and the New Age for Jesus — after a spiritual attack.
Raised in church but carrying deep wounds from childhood abuse and family
addiction, Jac chased identity in supernatural "alien" encounters and the New
Age — crystals, astrology, tarot, psychedelics — before joining the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn and practicing ritual magic in a Freemason lodge.
Reading the Bible for herself began to unravel the deception, and one night
mid-ritual a spiritual attack drove her to her knees crying out, "Jesus Christ,
save me." She was delivered on the spot. This is the full story of how she got
in, what the occult actually involved, and how Jesus pulled her out.
In this episode:
- Childhood trauma and "alien" encounters that opened the door to the occult
- The New Age slide: crystals, astrology, tarot, and psychedelics
- Inside the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn — ritual magic in a Freemason lodge
- Why she now believes the "aliens" she pursued were demons
- The spiritual attack and instant deliverance that changed everything
- Leaving the occult: getting sober, getting baptized, a restored family
Guest: Jac Marino Chen — YouTube @JacMarinoChen · Instagram @jacmarino
(first book forthcoming)
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro — a heavier episode
01:50 Cold open: the spiritual attack
03:40 Childhood wounds and early "alien" encounters
05:51 Into the New Age — crystals, astrology, psychedelics
07:46 Joining the Golden Dawn
09:08 Reading the Bible — and the night she was delivered
20:21 Walking out: sobriety, baptism, sanctification
26:18 Aliens or demons?
29:16 Coming out: backlash, the oath, and the fear of man
40:08 Her father's redemption
Topics: ex-occult testimony, leaving the occult, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, witchcraft, New Age, ritual magic, deliverance, spiritual warfare, conversion story
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