Before
my family joined the Watchtower Organization in around 1971-1972, my family was
Roman Catholic. But we were not really good practicing Catholics. My family,
especially my father’s side of the family was heavily involved in astrology
beliefs and the occult. My father and my grandfather seemed to love the false
prophecies of Edgar Cayce. We had books on meditation and visualization in our
house. I read all these books. I used to go over to my aunt and uncle’s house
and my cousin taught me how to use a Ouija board when I was 9 years old. I got
my own spirit board and used a pendulum to talk to spirits. I got books on
witchcraft and learned how to read Tarot cards. I was heavily into these
practices by the time my mother began to study with Jehovah’s Witnesses.
When
I had heard about the apocalyptic teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the
Watchtower, I thought much of it sounded very much like what I had learned from
Edgar Cayce’s writings. So prophecy was what interested me because it sounded
so much like what I had already believed. There was only one problem: I really
enjoyed my belief in astrology and occultic practices. The Watchtower does not
allow their members to practice such things as they rightfully say that these
things are of satanic origin. I never gave up my desire to read my horoscope
and my desire to practice visualization even though I was joining the
Watchtower organization who forbids such practices.
