Former psychic medium and author Jenn Nizza warned Christian parents that spiritual deception can arrive dressed in bright colors, pop-culture language and promises of personal power during a conversation with Allie Beth Stuckey.
“To me, that seems even more dangerous than watching these kind of ugly, bad witches that we were used to when we were kids,” Stuckey said.
Stuckey was responding to Nizza’s warning that newer entertainment can present witchcraft as attractive, useful or even empowering instead of clearly evil. The conversation centered on Nizza’s book Darkness in Disguise: A Biblical Warning About Spiritual Deception in Our Culture, which examines New Age practices such as tarot, astrology, manifestation and energy healing.
Through the book, Nizza wants readers to recognize false spirituality, distinguish counterfeit peace from peace in Christ and return to the authority of Scripture. Those themes shaped the interview’s appeal to parents who are trying to evaluate what their children see and hear.
Nizza said her own journey began in childhood, when paranormal ideas were part of her environment and she lacked the ability to evaluate them spiritually.
“I had no spiritual discernment,” Nizza said.
She later described her first tarot reading at age 13 as a gateway into years of divination. Nizza said the practices initially felt helpful and made her feel special, but eventually brought consequences she did not understand.
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“Every time I gave a reading, I was inviting more and more demons into my life,” she said.
Nizza said spiritual deception can hide behind what seems harmless. As she described her own former thinking, she explained why something that appears useful may not be questioned.
“I’m not going to see it as evil, I’m going to see it as a solution,” Nizza said.
The conversation later turned to Taylor Swift, a subject of previous Movieguide® coverage. Nizza presented her assessment as a warning about cultural influence, saying Swift was “promoting and glamorizing new age and occult ideologies and practices like karma and especially numerology.”
That criticism reflected the larger concern running through the interview: what looks like harmless spirituality can encourage people to seek power, identity or guidance outside God’s authority. Stuckey said the appeal is understandable because it offers control without the demands of biblical accountability.
“You could see how that would be very enticing for someone who calls themselves spiritual and not religious,” Stuckey said.
Nizza pointed viewers to Deuteronomy 18:10-12, which warns against divination, fortune-telling, sorcery, mediums and consulting the dead. She said the biblical answer is not panic but discernment rooted in Scripture and trust in Christ.
“Only Jesus has authority over demons. They bow down to Him alone,” Nizza said.
Nizza also called parents to take an active role in helping children recognize spiritual confusion before it takes root.
“Parents have been given a beautiful job and responsibility by God to pray with them, pray for them, protect them, guard them, read the Bible with them,” Nizza said.
She closed by pointing listeners away from fear and toward Jesus, saying, “you just have to be aware and come to Christ because he is our protector.”
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