About this episode
What if the weird stuff you’ve experienced at night isn’t “just stress” or “just your brain”… but something spiritual pressing through the cracks? In this episode of Broadcasting Seeds, Bennett Tanton sits down again with Vicki Joy Anderson, author of They Only Come Out at Night: Exposing the Dark Weapon of Sleep Paralysis, to get brutally practical about sleep paralysis, “dream warfare,” discernment, and how spiritual attack can play out in everyday life. We also get into AI, what people actually mean when they say “AI” (vs AGI vs ASI), and why the church is about to get tested hard on discernment, grace, and division. This is not a hype episode. It’s a “put your boots on” episode. What you’ll hear in this conversation:The difference between AI vs AGI vs ASI, and why most people are scared of the theoretical partWhy “just say Jesus” is real… but sometimes not the whole solutionThe difference between demon possession vs demonization, and why the church often confuses themWhy some attacks feel legalistic (courtroom language, access, doors, covenants)A practical starting point: prayer mapping to identify what opened the door in the first placeWhy fear isn’t automatically “fearmongering”, and why emotional reactions aren’t a truth-testHow trauma, coping mechanisms, and spiritual oppression can stack over timeWhy some believers may be in a kind of training ground for discernment and authorityVicki’s free support: one-time 40-minute Zoom calls on Thursdays (details below)Find Vicki Joy AndersonWebsite: https://vickijoyanderson.com(Books, podcast links, socials, and her Thursday Zoom-call scheduling link are on her site.)If this episode hits close to home, share it with someone who’s been dealing with sleep paralysis, night terror, “entity” encounters, or heavy spiritual oppression and felt alone or dismissed. Subscribe for more episodes on spiritual warfare, paranormal overlap, discernment, and the strange edge where the modern world meets the unseen.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-broadcasting-seeds-podcast--6402290/support.Books-What We Have (Grid Collapse Series Book 1)What We Have (Grid Collapse Series Book 1)The War You Didn’t Know You Were In: Understanding and Winning the Spiritual BattleCREATURES AT THE EDGE: Cryptids, Archetypes, and