spiritual attack
Demonic oppression event
A spiritual attack is an assault on one's faith, mental state, or wellbeing believed to originate from demonic or supernatural forces rather than natural causes.
The term appears primarily in Christian and charismatic religious contexts, where unexplained misfortune, persistent negative thoughts, or emotional distress may be attributed to spiritual warfare: I've been under spiritual attack ever since I started attending that church.
The concept frames personal struggles as battles against unseen malevolent entities rather than psychological or circumstantial problems.
- demonicOf or like devils
- possessionState of owning
- curseInvoked harm through words
- generational curseAffliction spanning family lines
- hexMalevolent incantation
evil eye · oppression · darkness · warfare · prayer warrior · deliverance · casting out · binding · haunted · torment · night terrors · witchcraft · prayer · protection · affliction · nightmares · voodoo · stronghold
- religious strugglesdoubt, backsliding, temptation, trials, tribulation
- spiritual afflictionsdemonic possession, apostasy, backsliding, damnation, defilement
- exorcismexorcism, exorcist, demon, possession, possessed
spiritual attackphysical attack
Harmful bodily contact
physical violence · physical assault · bodily harm · flesh wound · beating
spiritual attackdivine blessing
Sacred favor from deity
spiritual protection · benediction · anointing · grace · sanctification
spiritual attackspiritual healing
Non-medical cure through belief
divine healing · intercessory prayer · laying on of hands · exorcism · spiritual cleansing
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