Readers usually skip the introductions and prefaces to books. Admit-tedly, they are generally boring. But readers of this book would be well ad-vised to read this introduction to avoid misunderstandings and wrong impres-sions.Some people may be shocked when they read the list of contents.What, for example, is a chapter about meditation doing in a book directedagainst the occult? The answer is very simple. This book deals only with ab-uses; and in the instance of meditation, there are more occult forms thangenuine forms. Prayerful thought about a Bible passage, of course, has noth-ing to do with the occult. I am attacking only those forms of meditation whichlead people away from Christ.Another feature of the book is that it deals not only with occult move-ments and Satan’s devices, as the title suggests, but also with other extrememovements, ideologies, and opinions of the present day. The German reader will find reference to many movements withstrange-sounding names. That is because the book is being translated intoEnglish. I have therefore included the American movements. Again, a pub-