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A former ghost hunter says her search for spirits ultimately led her to abandon the occult and cling to the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
Like many who find themselves enthralled by ghosts, ghouls, and the macabre, Kristina Costanza\u2019s interest in these subjects began fairly innocently and quickly grew into something diabolical.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t professionally start ghost hunting until I was about 21 years old, but when I was a teenager growing up right outside of Boston \u2026 I spent summers going up to Salem, Massachusetts,\u201d she told the \u201cInto the Supernatural\u201d podcast. \u201cFor those who aren\u2019t familiar, that\u2019s what we call the witch city nowadays, famous for the witch trials back in the late 1600s, and now it\u2019s just overrun with witch stores and psychics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Costanza recalled going to Salem as a teenager out of curiosity and, at age 14, hearing her first \u201cdisembodied voice\u201d whisper in her ear.<\/p>\n \u201cIt scared the living daylights out of me, but it did spark this curiosity,\u201d she said, noting that this ignited in her a quest to move deeper into the occult. \u201cI really wanted to discover more.\u201d<\/p>\n Before long, Costanza was diving fully into witchcraft in an attempt to contact the spirits she believed she was hearing.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know who they were, or what they were, or what they wanted with me, but I did feel a little bit special that these voices, these beings were contacting me,\u201d she said. \u201cI had these little Tarot cards \u2026 and trying to make contact, but nothing really was happening until I was 21 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s when Costanza met people who would eventually join her paranormal team of professional so-called \u201cghost hunters.\u201d She ended up forming the first large group of an all-female paranormal team, with she and her peers quickly gaining attention.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just diving headfirst into this stuff,\u201d she said. \u201cI was going to these conventions and events and hosting events as well, and not only getting into the more scientific equipment, then starting to add in the witchcraft.\u201d<\/p>\n Costanza began saying spells, lighting sage and \u201cgoing all in on the witchcraft.\u201d Over time, the proximity to evil began to take its toll on her, with mental, physical, and spiritual issues unfolding.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring this whole time, I was just getting deeper, and deeper, and deeper into it,\u201d she said. \u201cI was getting activity following me home. I would see things in my house. I was getting just more and more depressed. I started to feel more anxious.\u201d<\/p>\n Costanza, who ended up hosting a Travel Channel show focused on demonic activity, said she believed at the time that she was communicating with ghosts, whom she assumed were the spirits of the deceased. She also thought it was possible to communicate with other entities.<\/p>\n But once she walked away from it all, she came to a very different conclusion.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely, now coming out of it, I know 100% these were all demons,\u201d Costanza said. \u201cOne of the many Scriptures that woke me up \u2026 a decade later was finding out that even Satan himself masquerades as a being of light, an angel of light.\u201d<\/p>\n Costanza\u2019s journey into faith was complicated. After answering an altar call, she assumed she could continue on her occultic path while also following Christ. Over time, she found herself partying and living a wild life. Tragically, the darkness just continued to fester.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought I would have these dreams of demons and the enemy tried to give me this idea of like opening a demon museum to like honor these beings,\u201d she said. \u201cSometimes I forget about this dream. I was obsessed with demons. I wanted to showcase them and teach people about demons, but \u2026 not in the way to battle them, but to like honor them.\u201d<\/p>\n But then the pandemic hit \u2013 and everything changed. Costanza found herself struggling to contain the discontent, depression, and anxiety, with nothing helping her curb these emotions and feelings.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just like, \u2018Nothing is working\u2019 \u2026 and, at the time, I was just like, for some reason \u2026 I started shifting the content I was watching, and the people I started listening to \u2014 everyone was talking about Jesus,\u201d Costanza said, noting she soon started wondering if there was more to Jesus than she realized. \u201cLooking back, the Holy Spirit prompted me to watch an Easter service.\u201d<\/p>\n While that wasn\u2019t necessarily the moment of transformation, Costanza was immediately intrigued. She started talking to family about Christ and began asking why she couldn\u2019t be in the occult and have Jesus simultaneously. When she started reading the Bible, answers became clearer.<\/p>\n \u201c[I] started in John and discovering who Jesus was on earth, who He is, who He says He is, and it\u2019s like my sin hit me like the conviction of the Holy Spirit,\u201d Costanza said, noting that she was slapped with realizations when she read Deuteronomy 18, which condemns occult practices. \u201cAt that time, at that moment, I was just like, \u2018God, you can have it all. Jesus save me. Like, I repent, Lord. I\u2019m so sorry for everything I\u2019ve done.\u2019 And I took all of that, all of my witchcraft, the crystals, the wands, everything. I threw it out \u2014 thousands of dollars worth of things. I canceled all my memberships to those spiritual gurus.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, Costanza is sharing her journey out of the occult and into Christ\u2019s arms. She\u2019s hoping to inspire others to take the very same journey.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want someone to know you\u2019re never too far gone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n *** AI tools threaten to hide CBN News from your online searches! Sign up for\u00a0<\/strong>CBN Newsletters\u00a0today to<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0ensure you can still find the latest news from a Christian perspective.***<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A former ghost hunter says her search for spirits ultimately led her to abandon the occult and cling to the Holy Spirit. 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