Concept

Kristine McGuire (Ex-Witch)

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.

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.