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Dancing With Demons: The Music's Real Master
If you think Heavy Metal is the only music Satan uses, think again. The Metal Monsters that Godwin exposes in his first book, The Devil's Disciples, are just one example of Lucifer as "The Music's Real Master." In Dancing With Demons, Godwin shows Satan's involvement in "Christian" Rock, Rap, "safe" secular pop, and Contemporary Christian music. The valuable information in this book reveals the true master of some of the biggest names in both rock and "Christian" music.
352 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1988
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May 25, 2015
Yet more over-the-top anti-rock fundamentalist claptrap. The cover looks like a parody of some kind, but it's legit. As described in the open lines of the book: "Who is that grotesque creature on the cover of this book? If you are an avid fan of Heavy Metal, 'Christian' Rock, rap, or several other forms of today's supposedly 'safe' popular music, he is the god YOU worship."
The author is adamant about the idea that certain music beats are satanic and summon demons. I remember hearing this particular bit of nonsense many times during my high school years at church. The exact evil beats are never identified, of course. Are they hemiolas, ragtime beats, maybe {gasp} clapping on the 2 and the 4? :-)
The books starts with some anti-rock science:
P11 "She exposed one set of bean sprouts, Morning Glories and other plants to nonstop rock as they grew. Another set heard placid, devotional 'religious' music. Within ten days, the first rock-drenched beans tried to escape from the music by growing away from the source! They became stunted, wilted and eventually died. Group # 2, on the other hand, flourished under their steady diet of godly music, growing TOWARD the source as they thrived and bloomed."
P12 "An Australian doctor named John Diamond had conducted physical strength experiments . . . In hundreds of tests on humans . . . More than 90% registered an INSTANT loss of two thirds of their normal muscle strength while listening to rock."
Towards the middle of the book, Godwin cranks up the insanity a notch:
p214-215 "One last area of the New Age/Rock & Roll overlap that must be exposed is the possibility of a counterfeit second coming of Jesus Christ to earth. Incredible as it may seem, the limitless money supply and demonic cunning of the top level Aquarians has given them the ability to manufacture an imitation of Christ's return. The success of such a hoax would depend on humanity's knowledge of the Bible. . . . How could such a thing possible be accomplished? In her stunning expose of the New Age Movement, author Constance Cumbey notes that New Agers have installed huge holographic projects on top of a cathedral in New York City. A hologram is a three dimensional image which can be project into the air. Though very weird in appearance, these images can even be made to speak. Cumbey believes that by beaming one of these projections off a satellite, a 3-D hologram big enough to fill the heavens could be produced. The image could even speak in the language of the culture it was aimed at. . . . The New Agers are counting on people not being ready for such massive deception, for it will usher in their Aquarian nightmare of death, destruction and chaos. Even atheists would become instant believers if they saw the sky filled with a heavenly host of singing creatures, guiding huge motherships as they proclaimed the arrival of Christ to restore order to earth."
And in closing:
p337 "Why does rock bring such rebellion with it? Because when you as a parent allow rock music into your house, you are allowing Satan and his demons to come in too. Former satanists have testified that witchcraft rituals are held in recording studios to place demons on the master taps of new records for one purpose...to get demons into homes and people."
p339 "Burn All 'Familiar' Objects in Your House. A familiar objects is anything which is made by, used for, or dedicated to Satan and his demons. This includes rock records, tapes, CD's, posters, books, magazines, jewelry, clothing and videos. Anything dedicated to rock music is dedicated to the devil. As a result, it should be burned because Satan and his demons exercise control over humans through these 'familiars'."
The author is adamant about the idea that certain music beats are satanic and summon demons. I remember hearing this particular bit of nonsense many times during my high school years at church. The exact evil beats are never identified, of course. Are they hemiolas, ragtime beats, maybe {gasp} clapping on the 2 and the 4? :-)
The books starts with some anti-rock science:
P11 "She exposed one set of bean sprouts, Morning Glories and other plants to nonstop rock as they grew. Another set heard placid, devotional 'religious' music. Within ten days, the first rock-drenched beans tried to escape from the music by growing away from the source! They became stunted, wilted and eventually died. Group # 2, on the other hand, flourished under their steady diet of godly music, growing TOWARD the source as they thrived and bloomed."
P12 "An Australian doctor named John Diamond had conducted physical strength experiments . . . In hundreds of tests on humans . . . More than 90% registered an INSTANT loss of two thirds of their normal muscle strength while listening to rock."
Towards the middle of the book, Godwin cranks up the insanity a notch:
p214-215 "One last area of the New Age/Rock & Roll overlap that must be exposed is the possibility of a counterfeit second coming of Jesus Christ to earth. Incredible as it may seem, the limitless money supply and demonic cunning of the top level Aquarians has given them the ability to manufacture an imitation of Christ's return. The success of such a hoax would depend on humanity's knowledge of the Bible. . . . How could such a thing possible be accomplished? In her stunning expose of the New Age Movement, author Constance Cumbey notes that New Agers have installed huge holographic projects on top of a cathedral in New York City. A hologram is a three dimensional image which can be project into the air. Though very weird in appearance, these images can even be made to speak. Cumbey believes that by beaming one of these projections off a satellite, a 3-D hologram big enough to fill the heavens could be produced. The image could even speak in the language of the culture it was aimed at. . . . The New Agers are counting on people not being ready for such massive deception, for it will usher in their Aquarian nightmare of death, destruction and chaos. Even atheists would become instant believers if they saw the sky filled with a heavenly host of singing creatures, guiding huge motherships as they proclaimed the arrival of Christ to restore order to earth."
And in closing:
p337 "Why does rock bring such rebellion with it? Because when you as a parent allow rock music into your house, you are allowing Satan and his demons to come in too. Former satanists have testified that witchcraft rituals are held in recording studios to place demons on the master taps of new records for one purpose...to get demons into homes and people."
p339 "Burn All 'Familiar' Objects in Your House. A familiar objects is anything which is made by, used for, or dedicated to Satan and his demons. This includes rock records, tapes, CD's, posters, books, magazines, jewelry, clothing and videos. Anything dedicated to rock music is dedicated to the devil. As a result, it should be burned because Satan and his demons exercise control over humans through these 'familiars'."
March 3, 2016
I picked this up in a thrift store and thought it would be good for a laugh, and it was for a while - then it just made me ANGRY. Imagine having a paranoid and joyless maniac ranting in your ear, telling you that all music springs from the unholy hairy arse of Lucifer, and you'll get the general drift. Mr Godwin believes Live Aid was merely a vehicle to raise money to build giant hologram machines to fake the Second Coming, and proposes a Nazi style burning of all albums, posters etc to counteract the Devil's nefarious plans to take over the world using Diana Ross and Kiss. He wears (I kid you not) earplugs to concerts so that he can conduct research without falling under a demonic spell. He informs us, amongst so many other gems, that Prince does not smile once during Purple Rain because he is obviously an acolyte of Satan intent on dragging us all down to Hades on the back of his big purple bike. If there really is a Heaven, and if it is populated with people like Jeff Godwin, then I'll skip gladly through the gates of Hell...with a song in my heart.
December 7, 2012
This book is horribly written. Apparently, Godwin has hardly done any research on his topic. He often mixes up song titles, lyrics, and interpretations of album artwork. All this is worked into a giant mess of horrible grammar and punctuation. This book is a piece of trash, and it's embarassing that authors like Godwin can make a living by publishing this garbage.
August 9, 2011
See my review of "Devil's Disciples", this one was worse.
More disjointed, more logically incoherent, and more legitimate artists and believers impugned and slandered in Jeff's unique, Chick-inspired manner.
Highlight: the righteous indignation of the believing community at Godwin's attack on the artist Carmen...points not to error on Godwin's part...but PROOF of Carmen's wickedness and evil.
This man is seriously deluded, and needs psychological counseling. He is not a good writer, he is not a thinking person by far, and he is not someone who is healthy for the Church or good for anything remotely capable of redeeming the world for Jesus.
More disjointed, more logically incoherent, and more legitimate artists and believers impugned and slandered in Jeff's unique, Chick-inspired manner.
Highlight: the righteous indignation of the believing community at Godwin's attack on the artist Carmen...points not to error on Godwin's part...but PROOF of Carmen's wickedness and evil.
This man is seriously deluded, and needs psychological counseling. He is not a good writer, he is not a thinking person by far, and he is not someone who is healthy for the Church or good for anything remotely capable of redeeming the world for Jesus.
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