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I don't think vpw sat down and said "I want to add practices from metaphysical sources" at any point. vpw's goal was to build an organization with the trappings of Christianity, with which he could get adulation and money. His means of doing so was to steal/plagiarize the works of others, cobble them together into a framework, and claim he had special, secret knowledge from God and that's how he got it all. This "special, secret knowledge" thing, is, technically, an OCCULT approach- that there is secret, HIDDEN, esoteric knowledge for the initiated. That some of the ideas and practices of his "occult" (Gnostic) framework just happened to cross over with more conventional "occult" (supernatural elements, non-Christian) frameworks is more due to him having occult GOALS. So, he ended up going in the same direction as the ouija board users he'd condemn. As someone who taught there were hidden secrets, and that you could manipulate reality with a so-called "LAW" of believing, he introduced far more Christians to occult doctrine than all the ouija board owners in the history of the US. If one is a practicing Christian, this shouldn't be too much of a surprise- a man who seeks to serve himself, commit and hide sins, and hide them in God's name will of course end up serving satan in the process.