Vol. 10, No. 3, 1993

Articles on Other Religious Topics

Object: Words of power (inner divinity).

Source: From within (inner divinity).

Empowerment by: inner or outer power or deity (human will; gods or spirit).

Purpose: to influence self, others, environment and gods or, spirits (to achieve self-interests).

Techniques: visualization, to internally create, form and project images into the outer world; visualization and dialogue with inner advisors or gods.

Doctrines: man as a god (by nature); God and creation as pliant and malleable; divine power is under human control; the human will as a force or power; Pantheism and polytheism (gods) .

Object: words of power (Bible words especially, but also normal words).

Source: from within (the human spirit; God and/or in conjunction with indwelling divine energy - the Holy Spirit.

Empowerment by: inner or outer power or deity (the human spirit; God and mental force or power).

Purpose: to influence self, others, environment, God (to achieve self-interests and God's interests).

Techniques: visualization to internally create and influence the spiritual world in order to influence the material world; visualization and dialogue with inner counselors, especially Jesus.

Doctrines: man as a god (by creation in God's image, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the divine attributes); God and creation as pliant and malleable; divine power is under human control; human faith as a force or power; theism and occasional pantheism.

Adapted from News and Views, 1988 July, The John Ankerberg Show.