What is Progressive Entrapment?
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
One of Satan’s most cunning, subtle and manipulative weapons is what is called “progressive entrapment.”
Progressive entrapment is a term used when the spirit of an Ouija board slowly gains the trust and dependence of the board user with intent to deceive, manipulate and control him.
The Typical Progressive Entrapment Process
In Chapter 4 of the book “The Ouija Board: A Doorway to the Occult,” Edmond C. Gruss cites from the article “The Truth About the Ouija Board,” by J. Godfrey Raupert and from the book “The Satan Trap: Dangers of the Occult” by Martin Ebon, to describe the typical progressive entrapment process.
I will summarize here:
1) The spirit claims to be a deceased friend or family member of the board user, or at least acts like a friend, and the spirit’s messages are completely normal.
2) Non-threatening and light-hearted exchanges occur until trust is established with the board user.
3) Then the spirit changes character and relates unexplained, surprising messages. The spirit may know things about the board user that nobody could possibly know, or it may predict the future.
4) Something beneficial is gained by the board user, an emotional healing or insight into a problem, for example, and the spirit gains more trust. The spirit claims that it wishes to continue the relationship for the benefit of the board user and the human race.
5) The user continues communication and the spirit gains more control over the user’s mind.
6) The user receives lots more revealing messages and is told that he is “special,” or is “chosen” for an important task and deserves this unique attention from supernatural beings.
7) The user begins to do what the spirit desires, often becoming obsessed with the designated task.
8) Very subtly the spirit plants doubt and immorality in the user’s mind. It might say that the spouse is unfaithful, or state that a co-worker wishes to do harm, or maybe a friend’s motives are not benevolent. Those against the use of the Ouija board are especially attacked. The idea that moral codes are created by man and that Christian ideals are outdated becomes more prevalent. The user begins to feel that he is above morals, or that he can make his own.
9) Psychic powers are developed. These could be automatic writing, clairvoyance, clairaudience, precognition or telepathy. The user may receive messages from other spirits; he hears more voices.
10) The user’s mind gate is opened to spirits and he has no power to close it. He begins to collapse mentally and morally. The spirits become hostile and obscene. Possession may occur.
Progressive Entrapment is in All Areas of the Occult
Gruss in “The Ouija Board: A Doorway to the Occult,” documents several cases in which interaction with the Ouija board ends very badly, sometimes in murder or suicide.
The novel “The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty and the film adaption are based on real-life events. “Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism” by Thomas B. Allen documents the real story of the 14-year-old boy who was introduced to the Ouija board by his spiritualist aunt, and became possessed by means of progressive entrapment.
What is not recognized is that progressive entrapment does not stop with the Ouija board, but runs through every aspect of the occult and even in the UFO phenomena.
In “The Mothman Prophesies” John Keel investigates very strange sightings of a winged apparition called the Mothman in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. His investigation leads him down the road of high strangeness in the paranormal and he encounters UFOs, the Men in Black, alien contactees, mysterious phone calls and the prediction of future events that had him questioning his sanity. The entire book unfolds a very elaborate plan of progressive entrapment that ultimately ends in tragedy.
When I would drink the San Pedro and Ayahuasca hallucinogens I was the prey of sophisticated progressive entrapment. The spirits followed the classic progressive entrapment of the Ouija board, but were able to make it much more effective due to the effect of the hallucinogenic brews and the guidance of witches and shaman. For a time I became obsessed with Ayahuasca after it helped me to quit a ten-year smoking addiction. But Ayahuasca continued to take me on the downward spiral of progressive entrapment until I was unsure of right and wrong, the real and unreal.
When one studies the occult or paranormal, with the knowledge of what progressive entrapment is, he will find it hiding subtly in almost every instance.
Progressive Entrapment is a Trap Set by Evil Forces
The spirits behind the occult are highly intelligent liars. The lies are very subtle, enticing and usually laced with some truth. These forces may be called demons, archons, aliens, machine elves, principalities, powers, spirit guides; they all come from the same source and they all use progressive entrapment in one form or another. In its final stages progressive entrapment can lead the victim to commit horrible acts, but the victim is always convinced that those actions are for good. His thinking has been flipped upside-down.
Isaiah 5:20:
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
On pages 43 and 44 of Raupert’s book “The New Black Magic and the Truth About the Ouija-Board,” he quotes spirit medium Mr. Stainton Moses:
“Some spirits will assent to leading questions and, possessed, apparently with the desire to please, or unconscious of the import of what they say, or without moral consciousness, will say anything. Such motiveless lying bespeaks a deeply evil nature….Such an impostor, acting with an air of sincerity, must be as “satan clothed in light.”