Christian Criticism of Psychotherapy

Carl Gustav Jung had "spirit guides," one of them was known as "Philemon." Philemon exhibited excellent insight from a psychological standpoint. To others, Philemon could be a figment of Jung's imagination or proof of his insanity. Rather than being insane, Jung felt he had stepped into the footsteps of ancient priests and others who were thought to have encountered the divine. But the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.

There are only two kingdoms: light and darkness. The spirit of the Lord rests in the kingdom of light. Carl Gustav Jung was a psychologist so it would be befitting for the spirit of counsel to guide him but a spirit guide named Philemon gave him counsel. As a result, in 1916, Jung received the best-documented assistance from demons: Septem Sermones ad Mortuos, or "The Seven Sermons to the Dead penned by Basilides in Alexandria," "transcribed by Carl Gustav Jung." Jung claimed that the beginning of the project was similar to possession since his home became haunted. With all the craziness going on,  Jung felt compelled to take action. "For God's sake, what in the world is this?" he exclaimed. "We have returned from Jerusalem, where we did not find what we sought," they shouted out in unison. The book was composed for three evenings, and as soon as he started writing, "the entire ghostly assemblage vanished." The room was silent, and the atmosphere cooled down. Sigmund accused Jung of plotting his demise. Jung came to believe that accusation after killing a hero in a dream whom he interpreted as Freud. Following that dream, Jung found himself on the verge of insanity, facing what he realized was a total psychotic breakdown in communication with demonic entities, spirit beings, and he picked up his spirit guide, Philemon, and it was from this background of mysticism and occultism that he developed his basic theories. This is the man that is honored and his theories are taught in seminaries, and our Christian schools, colleges, and universities and is the heart of inner healing. In Jungian depth psychology, inner healing works by visualizing your past archetype and your hero archetype coming alongside to deliver you from past traumas. If you're a Christian, your hero archetype would be Jesus. If you are a Catholic, it would be Mary. If you are Satanist, it would be Anton LaVey, and the healing works terrifically because the spirits make it so. But many will say to Jesus in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then He will profess unto them, "I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

In essence, Jung is regarded as the father of the New Age, giving a theoretical framework for channeling and other “New Age practices” but he was regrettably deceived for it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” This is the shadow of shadow work. Christ is the way the truth and the light. The light cannot be integrated with the shadow which vanishes when the former appears. A flame has no shadow. In the Father there is pure light. In Jungian psychology there is complexity and that is the mark of a doctrine of demons.