# Kristine McGuire (Ex-Witch)

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## Intro

For about eight years Kristine McGuire lived as what she called a "Christian witch," working also as a medium and a paranormal investigator on a ghost-hunting team. The break came on a ghost hunt, when she felt compelled to command a presence to leave in the name of Jesus. She heard nothing at the time, but a teammate's audio recorder, she says, caught an inhuman scream at that exact moment. She renounced witchcraft and returned to Christ.

## In full

Kristine McGuire is an American author and former occult practitioner who spent roughly eight years as a self-described "Solitary Eclectic Christian Witch," a clairsentient medium, and a paranormal-team investigator before renouncing it all around 2007. She tells the story in *Escaping the Cauldron* (Charisma House, 2012). This is a Tier 2 (Attested) entry: she is a consistently public author with a mainstream Christian publisher and no credible debunking, but her occult career is entirely self-attested and the pivotal audio artifact is unverifiable.

## The before

McGuire describes trying to blend Christianity with witchcraft, calling herself a "Christian witch," while also practicing as a clairsentient medium (she claimed several spirit guides) and investigating hauntings with a paranormal team. The involvement ran about eight years.

## The encounter

On a ghost hunt, McGuire says she felt she should command the demonic presence to leave in the name of Jesus. She heard nothing herself. Afterward, a teammate's audio recorder, an electronic-voice-phenomenon capture, allegedly contained an inhuman scream at the exact moment she spoke; her husband, an audio engineer, said the waveform showed no sign of editing. She took it as confirmation, "got down on her face," and begged forgiveness. In her words: *"I felt like I should command this spirit to leave in the name of Jesus,"* and *"I literally got down on my face and begged for his forgiveness."*

## The after

McGuire renounced witchcraft and mediumship and returned to Christian faith. She wrote *Escaping the Cauldron* (Charisma House, 2012) and has remained a public Christian author and speaker, warning against attempts to mix witchcraft with Christianity.

## Verification

- **Documented:** her fifteen-plus years as a consistently public Christian author with a mainstream publisher (Charisma House) and a CBN feature.
- **Self-attested:** the eight-year occult career, which rests entirely on her own testimony.
- **The pivotal artifact is unverifiable:** the electronic-voice-phenomenon "scream" is vouched for only by her and her husband and cannot be independently checked.
- **Debunking:** nothing credible targets her specifically; a generic "ex-witch testimonies debunked" video does not appear to name her.
- **Caveat:** deploy as an attested testimony; do not lean on the audio artifact as evidence.

## Apologetic value

- **The "Christian witch" corrected.** McGuire's account directly engages the modern attempt to syncretize witchcraft with Christian faith, from someone who tried it and concluded it was incompatible.
- **Authority in the name of Jesus.** The encounter turns on invoking Christ's name over a spiritual presence, bearing on the biblical claim of his authority in the unseen realm.

## See also

- [Conversion Testimonies](/codex/conversion-testimonies/), master hub
- [Miracles](/codex/miracles/), sister collection
- _conversion-testimonies-schema, the vetting standard

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## Common questions this page answers

**Q: Who is Kristine McGuire?**

Kristine McGuire is an American author who spent about eight years as a self-described "Christian witch," medium, and paranormal investigator before renouncing witchcraft and returning to Christ around 2007. She tells the story in her book *Escaping the Cauldron*.

**Q: Can you be a Christian and a witch at the same time?**

McGuire tried exactly that, calling herself a "Christian witch," and concluded the two are incompatible. Her testimony is often cited precisely because she attempted the blend from the inside and then renounced witchcraft entirely.

**Q: What made Kristine McGuire leave witchcraft?**

On a ghost hunt she felt compelled to command a demonic presence to leave in the name of Jesus. A teammate's audio recorder, she says, captured an inhuman scream at that moment, which she took as confirmation; she repented and returned to Christian faith. The audio artifact is unverifiable, so the case is graded as an attested testimony.

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