- I would call upon thelight, because for me,

all of this was very loving.

- [Narrator] Simone Piernever saw anything wrong

with being a white witch.

In her mind, it was thegood side of the occult.

- I was a "white witch" andthis was "white witchcraft"

that was divine and "heavenly."

- [Narrator] Simone grew uplearning about the occult

from her mom, who consultedpsychics and spirits.

- Horoscopes, numerology, the Ouija Board,

seeing ghosts, psychicphenomenon, was normal.

- [Narrator] However,what would drive her deep

into that world was thephysical and verbal abuse

she suffered by a close familymember and being molested

by a neighbor when she was five years old.

She never told anyone.

- I think I also took it on as...

I just must be completely unlovable

and worthless.

- [Narrator] Those feelingswould lead a teenage girl

into a life of promiscuityand drug and alcohol use,

even thoughts of suicidewould torment Simone

throughout high school and into college.

While on college break, she met a woman

who taught her how to read tarot cards.

For Simone, it was the beginning

of finding answers and truth.

- My attention would bedrawn into different details

of the card that would sort of open a door

on that invisible side thatwould tell me those secrets.

- [Narrator] Simone immersed herself

into New Age philosophy and practices.

At age 20, she became aself-proclaimed white witch.

She was convinced the things she practiced

were good for peopleand especially herself.

- I kept believing thatif I pursued more and more

and more light, that Iwould find the answer

to what was wrong with me

and somehow I would get fixed

and it would all just feel better.

- [Narrator] Simone wouldspend the next 30 years

seeking enlightenment andattaining the highest level

of white witchcraft, the high priestess.

Through Santeria and otherforms of spirituality

and the occult, Simoneparticipated in animal sacrifices.

- It was the shedding ofblood in which we were able

to be cleansed, healed, and gain power

and rise through levels of initiation.

- [Narrator] Adding to the delusion,

some taught that onecould become like Jesus,

a teacher who had attainedthe ultimate enlightenment,

becoming a God through reincarnation

and obtaining more light.

- Eventually, when I'd keep coming back,

I would have that much light,

and then when you became completely light,

you became the lightthat came back and fed

the other souls working their way up

the reincarnation, getting reborn ladder.

- [Narrator] Still, nomatter how high she climbed,

or enlightened she became,

there was an emptiness she couldn't shake.

- There were so many thingsabout the spiritual path

that I loved and...

that made me feel happy.

My life was a contradiction,

in that I also was in

the deepest, darkest pit.

This is the beautiful deception.

- [Narrator] In 2017, desperatelyseeking truth and peace,

Simone stumbled across a video of famed

heavy metal musician, Alice Cooper.

He was talking about howthe one true Jesus Christ

freed him from alcoholismand gave him a new life.

- And I realized that I wasan ambassador for Satan.

I didn't even know whatit meant to have Jesus.

I didn't understand it at all.

I just knew that my heart cracked open.

I knew that He was there

and I knew I wasn't yet.

When I went through that salvation prayer

and there were points of repentance,

what really stood out to mewas thinking that I was God,

the thinking that my...

spells were notmanipulations of other people

and other things.

And I just said it out loud

and raised my hand to God

and I pleaded and repentedand prayed over myself.

- [Narrator] Within weeks,Simone had thrown away

everything she hadassociated with the occult.

She also started attending church,

where she went through theprocess of being delivered

from demonic strongholds.

- I have no idea how manydemons I was delivered from.

I noticed in my heart and spirit,

I just felt free.

- [Narrator] Today, Simoneis a Certified Life Coach,

who lets everyone know that Jesus

is the true light of the world

and everything you'reseeking can be found in Him.

- For those who walk thesame path that I did,

Jesus is the answer thatyou are looking for.

He truly is.