The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

prophetic experiences is to be exposed to their inner versus their outer self, or the spirit of the person rather than their physical being. What God is revealing is their inner or unknown workings often concealed by daylight, other activities, or outward personality. People held in spiritual bondage or demonic captivity may appear as a shadow. People who are spiritual imposters or pretenders among the flock could appear the same way. 1338. Shadrach—Royal. 1339. Shaggy Goat—A) Goat devil, originally meant by Leviticus 17:7. A demonic creature related to Babylon who dances at the destruction of the wicked after having seduced them to their destruction. B) A goat idol as meant in Revelation 18:2, symbolic of evil spirits. An idol with demon power energizing it. The shaggy goat is a companion of Bacchus, representing brutality and lust. Daniel equates it with Greece in Daniel 8:21. 1340. Shakti—Related to yoga, it is the posture whose gestures motivate the practice of yoga. Shakti, being the start point, is linked to the pagan belief that something akin to a coiled serpent lies at the base of everyone’s spine. That serpent constitutes the female energy in the body craving to connect with male energy, a deity. In meditation, this energy unfurls as a snake, reminiscent of the snake charmer with the serpent in the basket. During the drones and monosyllabic utterances of yoga chanting, the shakti awakens and begins with each gesture, position, and the meditation chant sound—om—to ascend up the spine and eventually unite with the male power of the Hindu and Buddhist deity Shiva, whose name means destroyer. See Yoga, Hinduism, and Buddhism. 1341. Shaliach—Ancient Hebrew term for one whose duties and authority resembled that of the New Testament apostle. The distinction is that they were representatives of the people and not sent, obviously, by the Lord Jesus Christ. See Apostle. 1342. Shaman—The name for the tribal priest of ancient polytheistic religion who would be best recalled as the witch doctor. The shaman is the tribe’s mediating agent in the world of the spirits with the help of his spirit guide who is usually a totemic spirit or a believed departed ancestor. Sometimes the guide is a previous shaman. 1343. Shamanism—An ancient nature religion of largely indigenous peoples that relies on the spiritual positioning and conditioning of the witch doctor, or tribal priest, in relation to spirit world. Through self or spirit induced trances, the