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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/devilsalphabetOOOOkoch THE DEVIL’S ALPHABET THE DEVIL’S ALPHABET by Kurt E. Koch KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501 The Devil’s Alphabet by Kurt E. Koch. Copyright 1969 by Evangelizations Publishers. Germany. Translated from the German and published by Kregel Publications, a divi¬ sion of Kregel, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 76-160692 ISBN 0-8254-3004-6 6 7 8 9 10 Printing/Year 91 90 89 88 87 Printed in the United Stales of America Contents Preface . 7 I. The Standpoint of our Assessment of Superstition and Occultism.11 II. The Devil’s Alphabet.15 1. Amulets.15 2. Anthroposophy.15 3. Astrology.17 4. Atheism.19 5. Black and White Magic.20 6. Blood Subscriptions.25 7. Card-Laying.27 8. Charming.28 9. Christian Science.31 10. Clairvoyance.33 11. Colour Therapy.34 12. Death Magic.37 13. Eye-Diagnosis.38 14. Fanaticism.43 15. Fetishes.53 16. Firewalking.54 17. Fortune-Telling .57 18. Freemasonry.59 19. Ghosts .64 20. Heresies.69 21. Hypnosis.71 22. Letters of Protection.73 23. Magical Healing Methods.75 24. Mental Suggestion.76 25. Mesmerism .77 26. Modern Theology.gO 27. Moon-Mancy .gg 28. Neo-Rationalism.gl 29. Numerical Symbolism.g4 30. Occult Literature.. 31. Omens . g^ 32. Palmistry. gg 33. Psycho-analysis. g9 34. Psychography.. 35. Psychometry.. 36. Rod and Pendulum. 95 37. Screening. 9g 38. Significant Dates and Days.99 39. Spiritism . Iqj 40. Superstition. 105 41. Telepathy. 106 42. Tongues Movements . 108 43. Transference. HI 44. Umbanda and Macumba.. 45. Wart Removal. 12i 46. Witchcraft. 122 47- Y°Sa.123 III. The Deliverance that Exists through Christ.128 1. A Brief Glance at the Effects of Superstition .... 128 2. How are we to Combat Superstition?.131 3. Examples of Deliverance. 132 IV. What the New Testament says 153 Preface The devil is a many-sided and versatile demagogue. To the psychologist he says, “I will give you new knowledge and understanding." To the occultist he will say, “I will give you the keys to the last secrets of creation." He con¬ fronts the religionist and the moralist with a mask of fintegrity and promises them the very help of heaven. And finally to the rationalist and the liberalist he says, “I am not there. I do not even exist." The devil is a skillful strategist. He is the master of every tactic of the battle field. He befogs the front. He hides behind a camouflage of empty religious talk. He operates through the use of the latest scientific method. He successfully fires and launches his arguments on the social and humane plane. And his sole aim is to deceive, to entice, and to ensnare his victims. Who then, we ask, is sufficient for these things? Who can withstand such a strategist and tactician? Only the One who has ventured all in His battle against the prince of darkness. It was He who repulsed the devil in the wild¬ erness. It was He who destroyed the veil of darkness, and who became the Saviour of Calvary, having defeated all the powers of Satan. We hear the triumphant cry of Paul as he writes in Col. 2:15, Christ has disarmed the principalities and powers, He has made an open example of them, He has triumphed over them in His cross. It is to Christ then that we look. To Him all power has been given. In everything He must have the pre-eminence (Col. 1:18). In the course of reading this book you will find that reference has often been made to actual case histories in order to substantiate and illustrate the phenomenon and effects of superstition and occultism. I would like to point out then at the very outset that these examples are drawn from my own counselling experience and, unless it is specifically mentioned to the contrary, I have myself actually talked with one or more of the persons concerned in each example. The Author