We’ve been going through Dave Hunt’s book Occult Invasion: The Subtle Seduction of the World and Church, and for the last couple of weeks we’ve been discussing the occult seduction of youth, addressing the influence of drugs, magic, and witchcraft, which the Bible condemns as sorcery. Occultism also involves various techniques and methodologies such as ritualism, meditation, and visualization. Now, we’ve covered many of the worldly occult influences of our kids, but last week we pointed out with great concern occult practices which are becoming popular and are being promoted in growing numbers of evangelical churches. Specifically, we’re concerned about the contemplative movement, which is an attempt to revive the prayer exercises and techniques practiced by the Catholic mystics during the Middle Ages.