We were shocked on July 10, 2001 on Fox News when they announced a new discovery in delivering has been made. They call it "Hypnobirthing". The process is described where the expectant mother begin self hypnosis sessions long before the delivery so that hypnosis is easy to accomplish when time for the delivery arrives. Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness. They claim there are fewer complications and less surgeries in those types of deliveries. Simultaneous to that report we received the following information from a discernment ministry:

HYPNOSIS: MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, OR OCCULTIST?-This is the title of a new book by Martin & Deidre Bobgan. They say hypnotism is potentially dangerous at its best and demonic at its worst. And: "At its worst, it opens an individual to psychic experiences and satanic possession. When mediums go into hypnotic trances and contact the 'dead,' when clairvoyants reveal information which they could not possibly know, when fortunetellers through self-hypnosis reveal the future, Satan is at work.

Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness and the shamanic state of consciousness. Satan transforms himself into an angel of light whenever necessary to accomplish his schemes. If he can make an occult practice (hypnotism) look beneficial through a false facade (medicine or science), he will. It is obvious that hypnosis is lethal if used for evil purposes [and] is potentially lethal for whatever purposes it is used. The moment one surrenders himself to the doorway of the occult, even in the halls of science and medicine, he is vulnerable to the powers of darkness." This 144-page book is available at the special price of $9.00 from PsychoHeresy Awareness Ministries, 4137 Primavera Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110