There is a resurgence of dabbling in Satanism in South Africa, says world-renowned expert on the occult and Pastor of Destiny Harvest Church in Umhlanga, Marc Bredenkamp, who himself has had his child abducted by Satanists.
Bredenkamp - a big, powerful, imposing man with long hair - was a Satanist before converting to Christianity more than 20 years ago. He has previously worked to combat Satanism near Krugersdorp, where last week 18-year-old Morne Harmse went on a slashing spree with a Samurai sword killing a fellow pupil, 16-year-old Jacques Pretorius, and injuring three others.
Harmse appeared in the Krugersdorp magistrate's court this week where he said he had had visions of a ghost which told him to become a Satanist. He will spend a month at Sterkfontein Hospital under the observation of three psychiatrists and a psychologist.
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Bredenkamp had his 12-year-old son abducted by Satanists 10 years ago and has had his life threatened a number of times over the years.
People could not get out because the group threatens to kill their family or do something to them He said there has been a dormant period of about seven years during which Satanism "went underground after coming under a lot pressure".
Some of this pressure was brought to bear by Christian ministers like Bredenkamp, through his involvement in the South African Police Service Occult Unit which dealt with police cases involving Satanism. During that time Bredenkamp was interviewed by television news network CNN, SABC's Good Morning South Africa and M-Net's Carte Blanche programmes and enjoyed world-wide media coverage for his campaign to warn youth about Satanism. His aim was to expose the truths about what young people were getting themselves involved in. The SAPS Occult Unit has since been disbanded.
Bredenkamp, who has an honorary doctorate in divinity and has spoken on five continents about Satanism, says while reading about Harmse's incident he could relate to what he had read and heard of the case because of his own experience as a self-styled Satanist.
He approached the young girl who had abducted his son and began praying for her
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