Hannah Strange's reporting in The Times of London revealed that Sarah Palin has subjected herself to the healing touch of Pastor Thomas Muthee, who was (Palin has testified) very "powerful" in moving her toward her later successes, including being governor.
http://www.alternet.org/...
but the original story was from 1999, by Jane Lampman, in the Christian Science Monitor (about Muthee in Kiamba, Kenya):
Through "spiritual warfare" and an in-depth research effort called "spiritual mapping," they aim to bring people to Christ and, in their words, "break spiritual strongholds" holding communities in their grip, whether they be vices, "false religions," or "territorial spirits."
The more aggressive, potentially confrontational aspects of these practices raise concerns within and beyond the evangelical community. . . .
Even as conferences on the subject attract larger numbers, these practices serve as a source of controversy
So Palin has hands-on experience after all! But seriously . . .
Yes, seriously, folks, here is a question for Palin:
Do you or do you not subscribe to the 1925 British ordinance covering East and Central Africa forbidding accusations of witchcraft? The criminalization of witchcraft accusations was considered a piece of humane legislation, passed to combat superstition.
This too from the Monitor article linked in the intro:
Spiritual warfare
. . . . Peter Wagner, head of Global Harvest Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colo., is in the vanguard of the movement. He defines three levels of spiritual warfare: "Ground-level" involves casting demons out of individuals; "occult-level warfare" involves more organized "powers of darkness" . . . and "strategic-level warfare" directly "confronts 'territorial spirits' assigned by Satan to coordinate activities over a geographical area."
Spiritual warfare has been practiced most vigorously in other countries - particularly in Latin America and Africa - where the idea of demons has greater parlance. But its influence is growing in the United States, along with spiritual mapping.
This will be my first poll. The question I'd like to ask is, "Do you care?" In other words, does it matter that Palin really believes a Dominion is soon to renew the planet under Jesus Christ's rule, and in the meantime, that Christians can exile witches and heal one another, or not? That, in short, she embraces witch-finding, for real?