Okay I’ll be straight forward. I strongly disagree with Gigi Young and others like her, however, I’m not so closed minded that I’m not open to being proven wrong. The one thing I will agree on at the moment is that in the distant past humans were closer to the spirit realm and not so closed minded about the uncanny. Due to this and factors like their different sleep schedule, and varying cultural influences they were more prone to lucid dreaming and noticing spiritual contact. So I agree they were more likely to have a supernatural experience but they weren’t all gifted psychics or clairvoyant. That can be surmised from the fact that the roll of shaman or spirit speaker has been around forever and that people with gifts of that sort were either praised or shunned.
That being said, in your opinion how would one go about knowing when they are themselves versus when they are being influenced by demonic forces? Because if what she is saying is true that would mean from the moment you have a soul or thoughts you are immediately susceptible to having your thoughts or emotions controlled. Then it would stand to reason children would be especially susceptible to this sort of attack since they haven’t learned how to properly guard their minds. Their openness is actually why children have more encounters with spirits and many will grow out of that from having their parents and their communities beliefs force fed to them. I think we can agree children raised in safe empathic homes, and that are taught morals are usually fairly innocent, and good as a whole. Which would imply having an unguarded mind doesn’t increase the likelihood of being influenced toward evil by an outside force.
Children raised in abusive homes with no moral guidance are likely to be more self centered, violent, apathetic, or even sadistic. The outside force causing that would be other humans who behave that way not demons. Genetics also plays a role in this too of course such as if psychopathy runs in the family or addictions. But that aside the energy a home like that could certainly attract an entity that feeds off of those energies but it isn’t hijacking their minds and forcing it. I do think possessions are possible though but not as common as the movies would like. The point being though is that the evil in man is completely man made.
You mentioned sex magic, blood sacrifices, death cults, and animal sacrifices specifically and said that those things didn’t exist before the rise of Christianity, however, that simply isn’t true. For example Christianity is roughly 2,000 years old. The oldest proof of animal sacrifice is about 6,000 years old. This temple is in Türkiye and has evidence of animal sacrifice and human sacrifice. One of its prominent features are the blood channels and marks on the altars. In Egypt proof of animal sacrifice can be found dating back to 4400 BCE. There are many others from around the globe you can easily fact check. Human Sacrifice took place in the Middle Neolithic period in Europe, dating between 5400 and 4800 BCE. It also took place in Ancient China (3rd–1st millennia BCE), as well as in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt (3rd–2nd millennia BCE).
Evidence for sex magic and religious beliefs can be found in Ancient Egypt dating around 1470 BCE at the "Festival of Drunkenness," where men and women celebrated the warrior Goddess Sehkmet with excessive drinking, frenzied dancing, and massive orgies. In Ancient Greece men were known to use hateful nude female clay effigies that they would stab with to torment, bind and curse a woman to be obsessed and only be satisfied by the male caster. Women of the time didn’t do sex curses but rather asked for blessings.
Death cults existed in ancient Egypt, Pre-Hispanic Mexico, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Prehistoric Malta, Bronze Age Cypress, and Ancient Israel. There were probably way more but these are the ones that we can currently prove. However, I would argue that ancient burial mounds and ancestral veneration would fall into this category assuming when you say death cult you are referring to all religious practices and beliefs focused on the veneration of the dead and the afterlife. Some of which did also include some of our previously discussed topics.
My personal thoughts on this matter comes down to the proposed hypothesis on gangs/cartel and the like being influenced by Demons. My personal stance is that as a whole they are not. The evil behaviors you see being displayed are evil human behaviors witnessed throughout history unfortunately. I have personal experience with the crips and the blood from when I lived in GA and during that I learned that many of them identified as Christian or they weren’t sure if there was anything. They had as a whole zero occult or spiritual knowledge or practices. They were known to use violence and rape but it had nothing to do with demonic influence and everything to do with human dark psychology. Some Mexican cartels might believe in the occult and practice but that doesn’t account for the ones that don't. There is also proof over the years of gangs or murders in general using false occult aesthetics as a way of spreading fear. Not to be confused with the mentally ill and evil serial killers who believed Satan wanted them to do it. Though I’d like to add that I think the best known serial killers with that excuse were just mentally ill and not having genuine spiritual experiences.
I also think you forgot to mention the KKK and sadistic gangs/terrorist organizations in general like theirs. Such as the proud boys, modern Nazis, and others I won’t name in this post to avoid unnecessary drama. Since they display very serious violent hate fueled rhetoric, have a history of being rather shady Christian’s who are gleeful murderers as well as rapists who reveal in it, and they desire slavery. I felt they truly ought to have been mentioned. Not because they are influenced by demons but because they were easily manipulated by other humans and their own need to feel superior. This often comes from the wealthy in power not wanting to risk losing it all when the poor all work together to overthrow them. Therefore they sew seeds of racial and cultural hate which ultimately distracts the weak willed masses who desire someone to blame all their problems on. It’s also been proven by psychologists that it has to do with their need to feel superior and special. If everyone were equal they wouldn’t be able to live in the lie of false superiority that they love so much.
Gigi Young mentions a more tribal soul era where individuals each have their own roles and there were no leaders other than maybe a spiritual one. However we know that there has always been rape and murder even during 430,000 years ago. Which was the time of the Neanderthal and Hominins. There is evidence of a child from that time having had their tongue cut out. During their lives they had groups and an Egalitarian social structure. Which is the closest social structure to what Gigi Young believes pagans once all practiced before Christianity. Please bear in mind at this point there is no real evidence of religious practice outside of what would become the beginning of ancestral veneration.
In an Egalitarian social structure there is task-dependent leadership. Instead of a permanent leader, individuals would take charge of specific activities. If someone was particularly skilled at leading hunts they would be given that task. All leading tasks would be designated to whoever had the best skill in the area. But they had no concept of a single leader. Early human groups function through cooperation and collective effort for survival. Attempts to dominate others were often met with social sanctions, including banishment which could be a death sentence. Early humans began to transition from egalitarian societies to hierarchies with leaders and organized warfare around 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture and permanent settlements.This shift allowed for food surpluses, property accumulation, and larger group sizes, which in turn created opportunities for individuals to accumulate power and resources, leading to greater social stratification and organized conflict.
Our take away from that can be that as a whole selfishness didn’t exist really until the concept of greed and envy. Which came from the accumulation of what one day we would consider wealth, and the divide between those who had it and those who didn’t. During this time our numbers grew and people turned to fear and violence to control others. Organized wars also became a problem. This all existed prior to all known religions, including Christianity.
So while I do believe there are various spirits that could feed off of or Influence a person I don’t think we as humans can really blame them as a whole for our own dark desires or violent tendencies. Humans are capable of great atrocities and always have been. Though how we measure and define them have changed over the years due to the growth in our intellect and cultural influences over time. What is more concerning and causes a rise in organized hate crimes, sex crimes, and violence actually comes from our ability to find like minded individuals and share our thoughts easily thanks to the invention of the internet… I could go on but I think as a whole my stance is explained…
I haven’t finished watching all of her videos that are on the “OCCULTED” topic but perhaps when I do I will write separate posts or journals on them. Also please don’t think I am trying to make you feel bad, that isn’t my intent. I simply wanted to share why I would question her theories and those of Josephine McCarthy. If they resonate with you, that is perfectly fine. I would just warn you about the dangers of blaming evil on outside forces as a whole rather than expecting humans to be held accountable for their own actions. I don’t mean for this to be a lecture. I'm sorry if it comes across that way. This was just my autism demanding I share the facts on a topic I actually have experience in and strong opinions.