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Is Children's Levitation Game of the Occult?

SM asks: "Now that I'm beginning to learn more about the New Age and the occult, I've become concerned about a children's game we used to play at sleepovers where we used to levitate one another by using just one or two fingers on each hand. The person would lay on the floor and we'd encircle them, everyone with one or two fingers slipped under their body. We'd say some kind of chant and then, on the count of three, lift them into the air. Are you familiar with this game and were we inadvertently consorting with occult powers when performing this trick?"

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What’s a Familiar Spirit?

We recently heard from a woman who went for testing at a local hospital for heart issues. While there, she told the technician about having recently lost her beloved dog. The tech responded by saying that this dog was her “familiar”, meaning a spirit being that was attached to her soul. Is there any such thing as a familiar spirit and, if so, what is it?

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Ghost Buster Equipment: What it Is, and What it’s Not

BB writes: “I sometimes watch shows about hauntings and I always wondered about the equipment ghostbusters use to detect the presence of spirits. What is this stuff, and does it really work?”

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Navigating the Quackery-Infested World of Massage Therapy

JA writes: "I've been thinking about becoming a licensed massage therapist.  The only problem is that I know that part of the curriculum in many massage schools consists of learning about the new-age techniques and putting them into practice. . . .

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The Green Scapular is Church Approved

Green scapularSN asks: I ordered some green scapulars from the Apostolate of the Green Scapular  . . . I received 14 blessed scapulars that were blessed by a priest  . . . You write the name of the person on the scapular that you want to receive the blessings/conversions and place the scapular in their vicinity either knowing or unknowingly. Every day you recite their name and Immaculate Heart of Mary pray for us now and at the hour of death. They say the scapular is as only as powerful as the user believes it will work. Is this approved by the Catholic Church?"

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