Today’s church is becoming a modern New Age Supermarket where pleasurable and hedonistic “god experiences” are handed out like fresh fruit. We must examine the fruit they say- it is fine as long as the fruit is good. Well, yes I agree the fruit is good. If Sin were not pleasurable it would not tempt us. It is good to look at, it is good to hold, but should you be unfortunate enough to eat this New Age fruit- it will kill you.
Doling out more than her share of this mysterious new fruit is Patricia King of Extreme Prophetic. Patricia King admits to being in both the occult and New Age prior to coming to Christ. Her teachings are blatantly New Age and she openly refers to herself as a “New Mystic.” Her most recent dalliance into neo-paganism comes with her promotion of “Ekstasis,” a form of trance dancing. Her itinerant pastor who doubles as a travelling DJ calls the show “Club Mysterio.” (See video examples at the end of page)
Ekstasis (Ecstasy) is from the Ancient Greek, έκ-στασις (ex-stasis), means to stand outside of oneself or to be removed to somewhere else. Ekstasis worship or trance dancing is known to every pagan culture and is meant to bring the participant to a level of excitement called ecstasy. Trance Dance is a “healing tool” with its roots in many ancient cultures. It is practiced by Shaman.
Listen to how one New Age writer defines and describes the ecstatic form of dancing.
“The purpose of a trance dance is essentially to bring you to a place in the sacred zone where the spirits can reach you…In trance dance, the rhythms and movements combine with the music to create an altered state of consciousness that allows entry into the sacred realm…Allowing the body, and parts of the body, to move to and express rhythms it finds engaging in the moment leads to this meditative state of mind and allows entry into a deeper mythic reality.” Adapted from Circle of Shaman, by Karen Berggren (Inner Traditions, 1998).
Now let’s listen as Patricia King describes trance dancing or “Ekstasis” on her website Extreme Prophetic.
“DJ Caleb Club Mysterio combines ekstasis worship, beats, electronic musical expressions, dance, prayer and a powerful prophetic flow to create a Christian rave experience. Club Mysterio is not a Night Club, it is a Light Club! This new expression of abandoned worship allows you to put feet to your faith as you dance and flow, pressing into the presence of God and experiencing the deep mysteries of intimacy with the Lord...the One who is truly worth raving about!”
Interestingly enough, I also was able to dig up a mail-out flyer from 2007 in which Patricia King invites participants to “Come bring in the New Year at the ultimate party in the secret place. Enter into the glory realm through the hypnotic sounds of Ekstasis music and the powerful sounds of drum and bass and deep house presented by our electronic music master DJ Caleb. (http://www.extremeprophetic.com/mailouts2008/events/xpventsClubMysterio.html)
In stumbling across the website Ekstasis Dance (http://www.ekstasisdance.com/) I was overwhelmed at the striking and non- coincidental similarities between it and Patricia King’s Club Mysterio. This website is written from a Paganistic New Age perspective and is based in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, where Patricia is from. Listen to how they describe this type of dance.
Ekstasis is a Greek word for moving beyond oneself. Since time began we as humans have realized our ability to have sensations that transcend our mundane experience - to experience a journey to enhanced states of consciousness, and find freedom from the perceived constraints of time and space…… It is a chance to reclaim our shamanic heritage of healing through transformational, cathartic experiences. To dance our way into a trance, where we move beyond ourselves to connect with the divine source and bring back the vision of a fuller, more potent existence.” (www.ekstasisdance.com).
It is a well established fact that many of the eastern and esoteric religions employ the techniques of trance dancing. The hypnotic sounds and movements elevate dancers into ecstatic, altered states of consciousness. It is while they are in these altered states of consciousness that they are most open to suggestion, mind control, seduction by deceiving spirits, and spontaneous Kundalini awakenings. However do not be deceived there is no such thing as “Christian” trance dancing.
Don’t eat this fruit no matter how enticing. It is poison.
First example of "Christian" version of "Ekstasis" or trance dancing.
In the second video, around 00:35, the DJ says that you no longer need to study the Word but that it becomes one with you on a cellular level. What??? So am I supposed to follow DJ Caleb when he says I don't have to study the Word? I should just dance and trance until the Word becomes one with my body? Or should I actually do what the Word says and study to show myself approved, a workman who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth? Hmmmmmm...well, I don't see anything wrong with music or dancing if it's done for the right reasons, but I don't think I'll be dancing at Club Mysterio with DJ Caleb anytime in this lifetime!!!
I came aross that first clip a couple months ago, and to be frank it floored me. I've seen clips of those events they call 'raves' and that's what i thought it was at first...
My oldest son, 42 and an ex-drug user, (he is now a Christian, and has been the last few years) happened to stop by the day i found the clip so i played it for him. After about 60 seconds he asked me to turn it off--he said it reminded him of his days before coming to Christ....the bars, drugs, etc...
There is a spirit behind this stuff and its not the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
Why not read the word EKSTASIS in your concordance? This word is used to describe Peter having a trance in Acts 22:17.
ekstasis (Strong's G1611)
1) any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state, displacement
2) a throwing of the mind out of its normal state, alienation of mind, whether such as makes a lunatic or that of a man who by some sudden emotion is transported as it were out of himself, so that in this rapt condition, although he is awake, his mind is drawn off from all surrounding objects and wholly fixed on things divine that he sees nothing but the forms and images lying within, and thinks that he perceives with his bodily eyes and ears realities shown him by God.
3) amazement, the state of one who, either owing to the importance or the novelty of an event, is thrown into a state of blended fear and wonderment
Anonymous. regarding the word Ekstasis, I agree that is biblical. But the DJ implied studying the word is not necessary. In fairness the whole service is not shown so the clip may be out of context I don't recall...
I believe in EKSTASIS & studying the word. :)
Btw your initials wouldn't be JC or BD would they? You sound like a guy I know.
I would really caution, as I have before, about making direct comparisons between Christian and pagan or non-Christian religious phenomena. There will always be parallels between Christian and non-Christian practices, but this does not create a chain of influence. In other words, it does not mean that one practice is derived from the other. World religions all share a whole bank of underlying religious manifestations. You cannot pick out one expression of religious faith in Christianity and directly parallel it with something which looks similar in another faith system and then make a direct link. There are so many other factors involved. It is too simplistic to say that because pagans practise ecstatic dance and some Christians do, then they are both the same thing. I say all this while still holding that what is going on in Lakeland is lunacy, but we have to discern its origins correctly and respect the evidence and the facts. Michael
I was in a debate with a Bentleyite last week when she said that even Jesus didn't condemn Judas. Another commentor showed with scriptures that Jesus did condemn Judas. Would she be corrected? No. The Holy (?) Spirit in her caused her to write out a poem that proved to her that Jesus did no such thing. Well, later in the debate she mentioned her favorite teachers and, lo and behold! Patricia King is her fave. Her poem took precedence over the Word of God because she trance danced until the Word (?) become one with her. Yep. No need to study the Word! As you can see, it doesn't work at all well. But then, she loves Bentley because she, too, had a conversion just like Bentley did- she saw Jesus! No sinner's prayer with a contrite heart and no repentance on her part, yet she is a child of her Father. Everyone on the forum knew then and there that she is no child of the Living God. Thank you for this article. It helped me to understand what spirit I was dealing with in that debate as I had never heard of this woman. I passed your site along to the other commentors.
It's odd. I just watched all 3 vids. The first 2 made me smile. The 3rd made me feel like I was going to vomit. Could I be discerning the spirit behind each? Perhaps. Though I know we don't judge by our feelings. But Jesus said we would know His voice & another's we would not follow. I too disagree with the statement that we no longer need to study the word, but heard in context, I think I get what the DJ was trying to say. What I've been learning via quantum physics regarding how words/music can impact matter is opening up more understanding about God creating everything via His word, how our words really do contain the power of life or death, even the written word, and now science is catching up to this Biblical truth. And the best of all, that Jesus is the word made manifest/flesh. He says that He writes His words upon our hearts. The word also say that we will have no need that man would teach us, yet God gave us teachers. Perhaps the DJ was referring to the "no study" thing in terms of being so one with Jesus that we know His word & are one with His will via that intimate connection. isn't that the true desire for anyone in this love relationship: that we know Him so well that we can hear His voice & follow His lead in all things.
Have you ever been with Patricia King? She is incredibly anoited by God. We have to read the Word of God. It is the Word we live and die for. We all say things wrong at times or it comes out wrong from our mouths. This man is not her.
Watch for a religious spirit. It kept the pharisees out of heaven. There are many things that God is preparing to release to the body in this season.
I am not concerned with her as a person, I am concerned with what she teaches and much of it DOES NOT line up with scripture. While Todd Bentley is not Patricia King she is his spiritual "mother" so to speak and she is in agreement with all he teaches. I was in this movement for many many years, I know what they teach, and preach. She is a gnostic, new age mystic who is preaching another Christ. In terms of being a Pharisee- this made me smile. I remember they said the same things when I was IN this movement. Every one who does not agree with them has a religious spirit or is "putting God in a box"- they use this on EVERYONE they view as a "gray".Break away from your handlers long enough to read and study the Word for yourself- broad is the way that leads to destruction.
Mishel, your comment to the person above is very accurate. The first bullet that most people try to fire is 'careful of the religeous spirit." Or 'the letter kills" but the 'letter is the 10 commandments, the bible is a light to our path and everything should be tested with scripture.
To the person who commented previously, pray for truth, read the bible and ask God to show you!
Amen, sister. I just started to listen to my church talk so radiantly about Todd Bently but something kept me from watching him. Knowing a lot about deliverance (from demons), I keep in mind that "transference" could be of the wrong kind of spirit as well. So people are submitting themselves to these people without any inkling of the word of God. The word says "do not be hasty in the laying on of hands." For those who do not know this, occultists also lay on hands for transfering "energy" which is basicly demonic. So I am interested to understand that she, Patricia, is a gnostic. That is very eye opening. The gnostics came in and took the real manifest presence of God and his word and traded/blended it for/with paganism and being your own god. Thank you for being bold in sharing these things. And your right, people get funky if you mess with their ignorance! God bless you!
Today’s church is becoming a modern New Age Supermarket where pleasurable and hedonistic “god experiences” are handed out like fresh fruit. We must examine the fruit they say- it is fine as long as the fruit is good. Well, yes I agree the fruit is good. If Sin were not pleasurable it would not tempt us. It is good to look at, it is good to hold, but should you be unfortunate enough to eat this New Age fruit- it will kill you. 
In the second video, around 00:35, the DJ says that you no longer need to study the Word but that it becomes one with you on a cellular level. What??? So am I supposed to follow DJ Caleb when he says I don't have to study the Word? I should just dance and trance until the Word becomes one with my body? Or should I actually do what the Word says and study to show myself approved, a workman who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth? Hmmmmmm...well, I don't see anything wrong with music or dancing if it's done for the right reasons, but I don't think I'll be dancing at Club Mysterio with DJ Caleb anytime in this lifetime!!!
I came aross that first clip a couple months ago, and to be frank it floored me. I've seen clips of those events they call 'raves' and that's what i thought it was at first...
My oldest son, 42 and an ex-drug user, (he is now a Christian, and has been the last few years) happened to stop by the day i found the clip so i played it for him. After about 60 seconds he asked me to turn it off--he said it reminded him of his days before coming to Christ....the bars, drugs, etc...
There is a spirit behind this stuff and its not the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
Why not read the word EKSTASIS in your concordance? This word is used to describe Peter having a trance in Acts 22:17.
ekstasis (Strong's G1611)
1) any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state, displacement
2) a throwing of the mind out of its normal state, alienation of mind, whether such as makes a lunatic or that of a man who by some sudden emotion is transported as it were out of himself, so that in this rapt condition, although he is awake, his mind is drawn off from all surrounding objects and wholly fixed on things divine that he sees nothing but the forms and images lying within, and thinks that he perceives with his bodily eyes and ears realities shown him by God.
3) amazement, the state of one who, either owing to the importance or the novelty of an event, is thrown into a state of blended fear and wonderment
Anonymous. regarding the word Ekstasis, I agree that is biblical. But the DJ implied studying the word is not necessary. In fairness the whole service is not shown so the clip may be out of context I don't recall...
I believe in EKSTASIS & studying the word. :)
Btw your initials wouldn't be JC or BD would they? You sound like a guy I know.
That is disturbing on so many levels. Wow.
I would really caution, as I have before, about making direct comparisons between Christian and pagan or non-Christian religious phenomena. There will always be parallels between Christian and non-Christian practices, but this does not create a chain of influence. In other words, it does not mean that one practice is derived from the other. World religions all share a whole bank of underlying religious manifestations. You cannot pick out one expression of religious faith in Christianity and directly parallel it with something which looks similar in another faith system and then make a direct link. There are so many other factors involved. It is too simplistic to say that because pagans practise ecstatic dance and some Christians do, then they are both the same thing. I say all this while still holding that what is going on in Lakeland is lunacy, but we have to discern its origins correctly and respect the evidence and the facts. Michael
I was in a debate with a Bentleyite last week when she said that even Jesus didn't condemn Judas. Another commentor showed with scriptures that Jesus did condemn Judas. Would she be corrected? No. The Holy (?) Spirit in her caused her to write out a poem that proved to her that Jesus did no such thing. Well, later in the debate she mentioned her favorite teachers and, lo and behold! Patricia King is her fave. Her poem took precedence over the Word of God because she trance danced until the Word (?) become one with her. Yep. No need to study the Word! As you can see, it doesn't work at all well. But then, she loves Bentley because she, too, had a conversion just like Bentley did- she saw Jesus! No sinner's prayer with a contrite heart and no repentance on her part, yet she is a child of her Father. Everyone on the forum knew then and there that she is no child of the Living God. Thank you for this article. It helped me to understand what spirit I was dealing with in that debate as I had never heard of this woman. I passed your site along to the other commentors.
From the looks of these videos and others like them - the frog in the kettle is now fully boiling!
It's odd. I just watched all 3 vids. The first 2 made me smile. The 3rd made me feel like I was going to vomit. Could I be discerning the spirit behind each? Perhaps. Though I know we don't judge by our feelings. But Jesus said we would know His voice & another's we would not follow. I too disagree with the statement that we no longer need to study the word, but heard in context, I think I get what the DJ was trying to say. What I've been learning via quantum physics regarding how words/music can impact matter is opening up more understanding about God creating everything via His word, how our words really do contain the power of life or death, even the written word, and now science is catching up to this Biblical truth. And the best of all, that Jesus is the word made manifest/flesh. He says that He writes His words upon our hearts. The word also say that we will have no need that man would teach us, yet God gave us teachers. Perhaps the DJ was referring to the "no study" thing in terms of being so one with Jesus that we know His word & are one with His will via that intimate connection. isn't that the true desire for anyone in this love relationship: that we know Him so well that we can hear His voice & follow His lead in all things.
Have you ever been with Patricia King? She is incredibly anoited by God. We have to read the Word of God. It is the Word we live and die for. We all say things wrong at times or it comes out wrong from our mouths. This man is not her.
Watch for a religious spirit. It kept the pharisees out of heaven. There are many things that God is preparing to release to the body in this season.
I am not concerned with her as a person, I am concerned with what she teaches and much of it DOES NOT line up with scripture. While Todd Bentley is not Patricia King she is his spiritual "mother" so to speak and she is in agreement with all he teaches. I was in this movement for many many years, I know what they teach, and preach. She is a gnostic, new age mystic who is preaching another Christ. In terms of being a Pharisee- this made me smile. I remember they said the same things when I was IN this movement. Every one who does not agree with them has a religious spirit or is "putting God in a box"- they use this on EVERYONE they view as a "gray".Break away from your handlers long enough to read and study the Word for yourself- broad is the way that leads to destruction.
Mishel, your comment to the person above is very accurate. The first bullet that most people try to fire is 'careful of the religeous spirit." Or 'the letter kills" but the 'letter is the 10 commandments, the bible is a light to our path and everything should be tested with scripture.
To the person who commented previously, pray for truth, read the bible and ask God to show you!
Amen, sister. I just started to listen to my church talk so radiantly about Todd Bently but something kept me from watching him. Knowing a lot about deliverance (from demons), I keep in mind that "transference" could be of the wrong kind of spirit as well. So people are submitting themselves to these people without any inkling of the word of God. The word says "do not be hasty in the laying on of hands." For those who do not know this, occultists also lay on hands for transfering "energy" which is basicly demonic. So I am interested to understand that she, Patricia, is a gnostic. That is very eye opening. The gnostics came in and took the real manifest presence of God and his word and traded/blended it for/with paganism and being your own god. Thank you for being bold in sharing these things. And your right, people get funky if you mess with their ignorance! God bless you!