βThe Adversaryβ is the invisible minion of the dark forces that is the root cause of spiritual, emotional, mental, or physical distress in an individual's life. This may be mental illness, life-threatening disease, physical or mental handicap, fear, rage, addiction and obsession, and βvoicesβ that control thought and action. Such adversity can lead to incarceration, rape, incest, torture, murder, and suicide β all arising from the parasitic attachment termed βpossession.β
The Adversary is βSatan.β While translations of the Bible portray Satan as a single being, totally negative in purpose, John Livingston, in his exploration of spiritual beings, has discovered many that play the role. Johnβs experience with clients shows that the trials, temptations, and torments inflicted by The Adversary have the power to break an individual or to produce greater strength of character and resolve of purpose. The outcome is up to the free-will choice of the individual.
Shamanic healer John Livingston is a master of depossession and exorcism and has removed countless possessing demons and spirits, restoring peace to thousands of tormented lives. John holds a bachelor's degree in geology from USC and a master's degree in counseling from Chapman University, and was licensed as an Engineering Geologist and as a Marriage and Family Therapist by the State of California. In 1996, following a spiritual awakening, he began the study and practice of shamanic healing. Today, John divides his time between a healing practice centered around removal of demons and spirits, and teaching classes on healing methods, dying and death, the nature of parasitic spirit entities and demons, and practices for the new spirituality to manifest a new world.