I Spent 8 Years in a Coven Before Jesus Found Me

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She thought she was chasing light, but step by step it was leading her deeper into darkness. In this episode, Angela Scafidi shares her raw testimony of being pulled into the world of New Age spirituality and witchcraft, where what began as a desire to help people spiraled into full immersion. Astrology, tarot, Reiki, yoga, and ritual circles slowly turned into what she now recognizes as a coven. What felt empowering at first became consuming, as she describes years of going further and further down this rabbit hole with no desire to escape, convinced she had found truth and enlightenment. But behind the illusion, something darker was at work. What she once believed were spirit guides and spiritual encounters revealed themselves to be demonic deception, opening doors that only led to deeper bondage. Everything changed when the Holy Spirit interrupted her life, leading her to completely renounce it all, burning the objects, stripping her home of everything tied to the occult, and turning fully to Jesus Christ in a moment of radical surrender. What follows is a powerful story of deliverance, transformation, and redemption. Proof that no matter how deep you go, Jesus still pulls people out of the fire.

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Chapters

0:00 - Pray For Lindsay
0:11 - Episode Teaser
1:37 - Guest: Angela Scafidi
4:02 - Your Yoga Mat Is a Portal
8:17 - Why Yogis Get Angry Hearing This
13:59 - The Gods Behind Your Yoga Class
19:20 - No Father, No God, No Hope
22:10 - The Enemy Had Her Targeted
26:23 - Self-Harm, Drugs, No Escape
28:00 - Her Grandma Died
36:45 - Most Devastating Moment of Her Life
39:03 - One Medium Session Broke Her Open
44:21 - The Occult Buffet Pulls You In
51:59 - She Needed Yoga Like a Drug
58:01 - "Doing Everything Right. Still a Wreck."
1:00:18 - She Thought She was a Starseed
1:05:57 - Running a Coven Without Knowing It
1:13:49 - Devil Was Stealing Her God-Given Gifts
1:16:38 - Eight Years Deep, Nothing to Show
1:24:33 - One Verse Ended Her New Age Life
1:26:57 - Born Again in a Bar
1:29:24 - Burning the Witchcraft Behind His Back
1:33:55 - Everyone Thought She Lost Her Mind
1:38:45 - How the Church Helps the Enemy
1:40:15 - She Had Real Demons Cast Out
1:47:16 - Deliverance Isn't What Movies Show You
1:50:05 - New Age False Healings
2:31:12 - There Are Ranks in Satan's Kingdom
2:38:06 - The Book Every Christian Should Read
2:40:01 - That "Ghost" Wasn't Her Grandfather
2:44:21 - Find Angela and Her Upcoming Memoir