Six years ago a famed Shaman in China became a Christian after the Holy Spirit broke into her life via a dream, Open Doors USA reports.

Ting was renowned for consulting the spirits and had thousands of people in Northwest China, where Ting lived, seeking her ‘divine counsel.’

However, things took a dramatic turn when Ting fell seriously ill. Because of the pain she was experiencing, Ting was no longer able to consult the ‘spirits’ even on her own behalf.

She spent most of her day in bed sleeping and was concerned this illness would eventually kill her.

But God spoke to her through a dream, that dramatically changed the direction of her life:

“I was in the back seat of a taxi as my brother drove me towards an endless darkness. But then three men, who were wearing brilliant white robes, approached. But their light was so bright, I couldn’t see their faces. They told me I must make a choice. And as they spoke, two other men wearing black robes invited me to follow them.”

Ting knew instinctively that one of the people dressed in white was Jesus who was calling her to follow Him and the two in black, were demonic.

In her dream, she decided to follow Christ and when she awoke she was healed of her illness.

There are several warnings in scripture against consulting spirits and the dead, but we also find examples of individuals, similar to Ting, who God spoke to that were involved in the occult.

Perhaps the best known were the magi who came to Jerusalem looking for the King of the Jews because they had seen His ‘star in the east’ (Matthew 2:1-2). Jesus was probably two years old when the magi arrived.

For some strange reason, there has been an attempt over the years to disguise who these men actually were by referring to them as either three kings or wise men.

But we need to straighten out a couple facts.

First, we have no idea how many there were and settled on three because of the three gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh (Matthew 2:11).

Secondly, these were not kings or wise men, they were in the Greek ‘magus’ or magicians. The term was used to describe the priestly caste of the Persian religion of Zoroaster. They were occultists and astrologers who consulted the heavens to determine future events.

Zoroastrianism was the religion of ancient Persia (modern Iran) dating back to 600 BCE. It is a monotheistic religion and believed in a benevolent god who they referred to as Ahura Mazda. It also believed in evil represented by Angra Mainyu, a demonic force.

Not only that, but it was likely the Magi’s interest in astrology that led them to Jerusalem looking for the King of the Jews.

One apocryphal book, Syriac Infancy Gospel, states that the magi’s decision to look for the Jewish Messiah was based on a prophetic word given by the founding prophet of their order, Zoradascht.

I suspect referring to this group as kings or wise men was done in order not to give any credence to the occult.

However, I think we are missing the main emphasis of this story. When God sent Jesus to save the world from its sin, it was such a dramatic spiritual event, that God even made the announcement to those caught up in the darkness and occult as God revealed His authority over the satanic realm

And similar to what happened to Ting, we see the Holy Spirit speaking to the magi through a dream, telling them not to return to see King Herod in Jerusalem after visiting Christ (Matthew 2:12).

READ: Chinese Shaman Sees Jesus in Deathbed Dream, Abandons ‘Demons and Darkness’ to Follow Christ AND Dying Chinese Shaman Sees Jesus In Dreams, Follows Him, and Is Healed