With Halloween around the corner, the occult is lurking everywhere. Witches, ghosts, werewolves, and vampires are proudly showcased in stores, businesses, and yards across America. Homeowners spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars to create the scariest display in the neighborhood. Each year, it seems they become darker and more elaborate.

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Our world is saturated with the occult, and it’s not just at Halloween. While this is a popular time for frightening movies and haunted houses, many people don’t realize that the most terrifying phenomenon is unfolding in front of their very eyes and it’s happening all year long. In fact, the occult has become the centerpiece of this burgeoning movement. The rise of radical feminism is not about equality for women. Instead, its overarching goal is to steal, kill and destroy.

What is the Occult?

Dictionaries define the occult as “supernatural or esoteric practices and beliefs that fall outside the scope of organized religion and science.” Examples of occult activities and tools include astrology, fortune telling, tarot cards, trance mediumship, black and white magic, witchcraft (Wicca), Ouija boards, parapsychology, Spiritism, and Satanism.

Many people assume that occultism is a compartmentalized phenomenon that manifests only within the boundaries of Satanic temples, witch covens, or secret gatherings in the woods. This assumption, however, is naïve because the nature of the occult is to conceal itself within society as demonic forces embed themselves into human thoughts, ideas, and belief systems.

Feminism is a Spiritual Movement

Feminism is considered by many to be a secular movement, yet its emergence and progression is spiritual. The rise of “female power” is closely connected with esoteric, occult movements like Spiritualism, Theosophy, and Paganism. All three of these belief systems (philosophies) embrace rebellion against traditional values and religion. The Bible is viewed as a tool to oppress women, chaining them like slaves to a patriarchal system instituted by a supreme male god.

The modern-day feminist movement has come a long way since its beginnings in the 19^th century. In those days, many women simply wanted the right to vote, or to be given a voice in the community and government.

But those ideas have morphed into something monstrous, almost Frankenstein-like. Radical feminists demand rights that descend from the grave itself–rights that were never part of God’s design for women or men. In essence, feminists want to play God by determining if a baby lives or dies. Like Dr. Frankenstein, they want to declare, “It’s alive, but only if I say so!”

How did women get here? What twisted road brought the modern-day radical feminist to the point where they publicly and boastfully shout about their abortions?

To unravel this mystery, one must travel back in time to look at the early trailblazers of this movement who had strong connections to the occult. This influenced how they viewed marriage, children, and God’s design for the family.

Frankenstein and the Feminist Movement

While most people know the story of Frankenstein with its themes of horror, murder, loss, and regret, few understand the profound influence that its author, Mary Shelley, had on feminism. Shelley’s mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was one of history’s earliest feminist philosophers, while her father William Godwin, was an avid atheist and the founder of anarchism. Shelley was raised with radical ideas about women, marriage, and family. For example, monogamy and traditional marriage were seen as forms of slavery, while free love epitomized liberation. Shelley’s mother wrote a book called Vindication of the Rights of a Woman, which argued that women were trapped in limited societal roles that led to restrictive, unhappy lives.

Shelley’s parents influenced her values and worldview, but it was her husband, Percy B. Shelley, who sparked a women’s revolution. Taking ideas from his feminist mother-in-law, as well as his wife, Percy Shelley wrote poetry that was later admired by communist Karl Marx and other liberal atheists. His writings contained controversial ideas such as sedition, promiscuity, incest, socialism and uprooting the patriarchy, but he was heavily influenced by the occult. He had a fixation with spirits, demons, magic and his own personal darkness that became a guiding force throughout his life and in his marriage.

Both Percy and Mary Shelley’s literary works were pivotal in sowing the seeds of feminism into 19^th century society. But the story of Frankenstein intrigued readers because a woman had dared to write that life could be created without God. Her novels and short stories challenged gender roles and explored themes of female empowerment.

Mary Shelley imagined that transformation for women could happen without God. She didn’t see the parallels to her own novel Frankenstein, which shows that disaster always follows those who delete God from the equation.

Spiritualism Gives a Boost to Feminism

There were other occult influences at play in the 19^th century which were pivotal in moving the feminist movement forward. 1848 was a year of convergence when it came to the progression of feminism. Not only was communism rising through the release of Karl Marx’s book The Communist Manifesto, but the first women’s rights convention was being held in Seneca Falls, New York. That same year, sisters Margaret and Kate Fox, began communicating with spirits from their home in New York. This set off a wave of interest in a movement known as Spiritualism. All over America, seances were being held in homes as people utilized mediums to contact their dead loved ones, spirit guides, or even historical figures from the great beyond.

Oddly enough, this idea of mediumship spilled over into the early days of the feminist movement because women known as trance mediums began giving speeches and lectures in a public setting by channeling spirits. Oftentimes, the women were young and inexperienced but were able to articulate detailed ideas about oppression, domestic tyranny, and female authority. Ann Braude, author of Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women’s Rights in Nineteenth-Century America, says that “trance speaking was a transitional phase that enabled both individual women and women as a group to break through limitations on their role.” In those days, women were seen as better conduits for spirits because of their heightened sensitivity to the spiritual realm.

Braude contends, “Spiritualism became a major—if not the major—vehicle for the spread of women’s rights ideas in mid-nineteenth-century America. . . . While not all feminists were Spiritualists, all Spiritualists advocated woman’s rights.” Spiritualist gatherings became places where ideas about women’s liberation became popular, but Spiritualists also spoke at women’s rights events.

Theosophy and Feminism

While Spiritualism played a significant role in promoting feminism, theosophy helped popularize it as well. Spearheaded by Russian immigrant Helena Blavatsky, this occult philosophy borrowed ideas from Buddhism, Hinduism, Spiritualism and Gnosticism. A seasoned spirit medium, Blavatsky claimed to have channeled secret spiritual knowledge from superhuman beings she called “Masters.” Her books, which were full of dogma inspired by these entities, became intriguing to feminists, who saw her ideas as revolutionary.

Blavatsky rejected traditional definitions of gender and argued that “all souls were originally androgynous.” She even called herself Jack to prove this point. Her belief that women encompassed the divine and therefore, didn’t need the guidance or help of men, became a popular mantra of many feminists. In theosophy, Lucifer (Satan) is viewed as a hero, rather than a villain. His rebellion against the ultimate, male patriarch (God) is seen as liberating and inspiring. In occult Feminism, Lucifer is described as a solar angel, sent to bring light and freedom to women who want to break away from patriarchal religion, or even having children.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a women’s rights pioneer who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association and also helped draft The Declaration of Sentiments, admired Blavatsky’s work. In her later years, Stanton would publish her own version of the Bible which she titled The Woman’s Bible. Within this work, she would strongly criticize Christianity for what she termed the oppression of women.

Famous feminist radicals such as Matilda Joslyn Gage, Mary Daly, Annie Besant, Victoria Woodhull and Frances Swiney were involved in the occult as well. They believed that women were more powerful than Superman and more capable of saving the planet than men.

Feminism in 2024

Today’s modern, radical feminist movement embodies the ideals of early feminist pioneers who were involved with the occult. Both witchcraft and feminism continue to trend on social media platforms where women promote abortion, promiscuity, homosexuality, transgenderism, and the “smashing of the patriarchy.” Moreover, women celebrities openly declare their feminist occult connections. For instance, Millie Bobbie Brown reported in a recent issue of Glamour that she discovered she was a feminist after visiting a psychic.

While feminism has become deeply engrained into our culture, we are by no means a slave to it. As disciples of Jesus, we are called to speak the truth in love to those who believe God’s design for women, marriage, and family are “oppressive.”

How Do We Pray about Radical Feminism?

1. Women who turn to radical feminism often come from broken families, or have been abused by a male figure in their life. Pray that Jesus would heal their wounds and transform their hearts so they can see the truth that God’s design is best.
2. A large number of feminists are dabbling in the occult and seeking the false empowerment that comes from it. Pray they would have an encounter with Jesus so they will turn from darkness and step into the light of truth.
3. Many women believe in God’s design for women, marriage, and family, but they are afraid to speak up in a culture that cancels women with biblical views. Pray for courage and boldness as more women step into the lion’s den known as radical feminism.

In this world, women desire reform and transformation, but the only way to obtain it is through Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 reminds both women and men that if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new creation. It is Jesus who makes all things new.

Lord Jesus, radical feminism’s promise of independence, freedom, and happiness is a lie. Now more than ever, women need to turn their lives over to you. Only then will they see that Your plan for marriage and family is not just good; it’s the ultimate empowerment.

Where have you seen radical feminism taking hold in society? What can we do about it?

Angela Rodriguez is an author, blogger and former teacher who studies the historical and biblical connections between Israel and the United States. You can visit her blogs at 67owls.com and 100trumpets.com. She is also the author of Psalm 91: Under the Wings of Jesus, and her first children’s book, Hallelujah’s Great Ride, was released in September 2023. Photo Credit: Halanna Halila on Unsplash.