Turning to the Occult for Help

What could be more helpful than foreknowledge of the future to free us from anxious uncertainty?

Occult sciences attract many adherents in numerous countries. People in growing numbers seek insight into the future through astrology and spiritistic séances.

As far back as 1946, the Associate Curator of Education at the American Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., said that “10,000 customers weekly consult the capital’s astrologers.” Prominent legislators were mentioned as among those using the fortune-telling services, one congressman having “his horoscope cast weekly at his office.”

If you find yourself inclined to seek relief in this way, first ask yourself: What about those parts of the earth where such occult practices are the order of the day? What relief has resulted?

In some Southeast Asian lands practically entire populations rely on astrology to guide them in every affair of life. Spiritism and voodooism abound in many African and Latin-American countries. Would you say this has brought peace, stability and security to these regions? Or have these practices been just like an addictive drug, dulling the people’s minds to their true situation?

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Millions of persons turn to occult practices for a way out of the pressures, but what real relief has resulted?