New Age & Pagan Outreach

New Age & Pagan Outreach

The Royal Mile is home to at least twelve ghost and witchcraft tours. Almost every pub in that area claims to have a resident ghost, and there are real witchcraft temples in the “underground city” near South Bridge Street.

In Edinburgh there are a large number of occult shops, a Ghost Festival, a Dark City Goth Festival and two large Pagan Festivals. There is a movement to promote Edinburgh as “Europe’s paranormal capital.”

ECM brings the Light of the Gospel right into the heart of darkness. Every year a team goes up to Calton Hill to reach out to the multitudes of Pagans, New Agers, revellers and others at Europe’s biggest Pagan Festival, Beltane. Specially written testimony books are given out to seekers and conversations about the Lord abound. By this means hundreds are hearing the message of salvation and some are finding Christ.

Again at the Samhuinn Festival (Halloween), which takes place outside St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile, the team is out, serving hot drinks, and sharing what Jesus has done for them, and giving Gospel and testimony books.

At other times during the year ECM has a table in the heart of the Royal Mile with a sign reading Supernatural Tales, to draw in the New Agers and spiritual seekers to hear the Word of God.

Sometimes the team goes into the New Age Psychic Fayres, right amongst the occult, to bring the Gospel to all those who will listen.