The Rabbit Holes: Ancient Knowledge, Aliens, and the Occult

This one isn't usually framed as a hurdle. It's more like a detour that becomes a destination. You start digging into something outside mainstream thought. Egyptian mystery schools, ancient civilizations, Christ consciousness, the occult, UFOs, government cover-ups. And you find something real. Not all of it, but enough. Enough to make you question what else you've been told. And once that door opens, the Bible starts looking like just another institution protecting its version of events.

I understand this completely. I'm the kind of person who looks at things. I don't take the mainstream narrative at face value on anything. I've gone down these rabbit holes. I've read about the Nephilim and the Book of Enoch. I've looked at what CERN does and the rituals surrounding it. I've looked at what people sacrifice and who they sacrifice to. I've watched the UFO conversation shift from conspiracy to congressional hearings. I've seen enough to know that the world is stranger than most people are comfortable admitting.

And none of it pushed me away from Jesus. All of it pushed me closer.

The "I'm Seeing What Nobody Else Sees" Trap

There's a pattern I've noticed in people who go deep into alternative knowledge. You find a real thing. Egyptian mathematics, ancient building techniques we can't replicate, government programs that were denied for decades and then declassified. The discovery is genuine. The feeling is electric. You're seeing something most people aren't looking at.

And then the logic jumps. "If they were wrong about this, they're probably wrong about everything. If the mainstream lied about this, they lied about the Bible too. If ancient civilizations knew things we don't, maybe their gods were the real ones."

Finding truth in one place doesn't invalidate truth in another. That's not how evidence works. The fact that ancient Egyptians built things we can't explain doesn't mean the Bible is wrong. The fact that the government lied about surveillance programs doesn't mean Jesus didn't rise from the dead. These are separate claims requiring separate evidence.

But the feeling of discovery is intoxicating. And once you're in that mode of "I see what others don't," it becomes its own identity. Questioning everything feels like intelligence. And the Bible, because it's associated with the mainstream, becomes just another thing to question past.

The Two Extremes

I've watched this play out between two kinds of people.

On one side, there are people so locked into the biblical manuscript tradition that anything outside of it gets dismissed immediately. Ancient texts not in the canon? Irrelevant. UFO phenomena? Demonic deception, end of conversation. Any data point that doesn't have a chapter and verse attached to it gets waved away.

I understand the instinct. Protect the text. Don't get pulled off the foundation. But when someone won't even look at data because it might complicate their framework, that's not faith. That's fear. And people can feel the difference. When your posture is "I already have all the answers," you stop being someone people want to explore with.

On the other side, there are people so deep into alternative frameworks that Jesus becomes optional. He gets absorbed into "Christ consciousness," a universal energy anyone can tap into. Or He gets downgraded to one teacher among many. Or He gets replaced entirely by ancient astronaut theory or mystery school knowledge.

The problem is the same in both directions. One side won't look at anything new. The other side looked at everything new and lost the anchor.

The Bible Isn't Silent on This Stuff

Here's what surprised me. The Bible has more to say about the supernatural, the occult, and non-human entities than most Christians realize. People act like these topics are outside the text. They're all over it.

Nephilim. Genesis 6 describes "sons of God" taking human wives and producing offspring.

"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." — Genesis 6:4

That's not a metaphor buried in poetry. That's Genesis. The first book. Describing a hybridization between non-human beings and humans. Jude references it directly: angels who "kept not their first estate" are now "reserved in everlasting chains under darkness" (Jude 1:6).

Leviathan. Job 41 describes an entity that breathes fire, can't be subdued by any weapon, and is "king over all the children of pride." Isaiah 27:1 calls it "the piercing serpent" and "the crooked serpent" and says God will slay it. This isn't a large fish. The text describes something that doesn't fit any natural category.

A spiritual hierarchy. Paul writes it plainly:

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." — Ephesians 6:12

Principalities. Powers. Rulers of darkness. Wickedness in high places. This is the Bible describing a structured, organized, non-human power system operating in and around human civilization.

Daniel 10 names territorial spirits. An angel tells Daniel he was delayed for 21 days by "the prince of the kingdom of Persia," and that "the prince of Grecia" was coming next. These aren't human princes. These are entities assigned to territories and nations.

"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not." — 2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world. Small "g." The Bible openly acknowledges a ruling spiritual entity over the current system. This isn't fringe interpretation. It's Paul, writing to a church.

Child sacrifice. People discover that powerful people throughout history have sacrificed children and they're shocked. The Bible named it thousands of years ago.

"And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech." — Leviticus 18:21

Molech worship. Children burned alive. God specifically prohibited it because it was happening. This wasn't theoretical. It was practice. And the pattern hasn't disappeared. It just went underground.

Sorcery and the occult. Deuteronomy 18 lists divination, enchantment, witchcraft, consulting familiar spirits, wizardry, and necromancy. Not as fictional dangers. As real practices that real people were doing, and that God said to stay away from.

"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." — 2 Corinthians 11:14

An angel of light. Whatever is presenting itself as enlightenment, knowledge, or higher consciousness, the text says to test it. Because the source matters.

Aliens or Demons

The government now openly acknowledges unidentified aerial phenomena. Congressional hearings have happened. Military pilots have testified. Something is there.

I'm not going to pretend I know exactly what it is. But I notice that the Bible describes non-human intelligent beings operating in and around earth, some aligned with God and some in rebellion against Him. It describes entities that deceive, that present themselves as something they're not, that operate in ways humans can't fully perceive.

"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." — 1 John 4:1

Try the spirits. Test them. The Bible doesn't say "there's nothing out there." It says there's a lot out there, and you need discernment about what it is and who it serves.

Whether what people are encountering is extraterrestrial or interdimensional or spiritual, the Bible has a framework for non-human intelligence that predates the UFO conversation by thousands of years. I find it interesting that the modern world is just now catching up to categories the text has always had.

Why It Pushed Me Closer

Here's the thing. The deeper I've gone into these rabbit holes, the more the Bible makes sense, not less.

Everyone else's framework eventually runs out. The alien theory can't explain morality. The Egyptian mystery schools don't have a coherent answer for evil. Christ consciousness sounds beautiful until you ask it to account for suffering, justice, and the nature of personhood. New age philosophy gives you a universe where everything is energy and nothing ultimately matters.

The Bible gives me Nephilim AND a God who judges them. Leviathan AND a God who will slay it. Principalities and powers AND a God who triumphed over them openly (Colossians 2:15). Child sacrifice AND a God who prohibited it and said it was an abomination. Sorcery AND a God who says test the spirits because deception is real.

The Bible doesn't ask me to ignore what I see. It gives me a framework for interpreting it. And that framework has held up better under scrutiny than any alternative I've found.

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils." — 1 Timothy 4:1

Seducing spirits. Doctrines of devils. The Bible predicted that people would be pulled away by convincing spiritual alternatives. It's not surprised by any of this. It told you it was coming.

Where I Landed

I explore everything. I don't think curiosity is dangerous. I think the refusal to look is more dangerous than anything you'll find.

But I hold Jesus as my anchor while I look. Not because I'm afraid of what I'll find. Because everything I've found keeps pointing back to Him. The rabbit holes don't lead away from the Bible. They lead into territory the Bible already mapped.

I'm not the person who dismisses everything outside the text. I'm also not the person who got so deep into the alternatives that I lost the anchor. I look at all of it and I keep coming back to the same place. The evidence keeps holding up. The framework keeps making sense of things that nothing else can.

"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." — Matthew 24:24

Great signs and wonders. Real enough to deceive almost anyone. The text doesn't say these things aren't real. It says they're real and deceptive. Know the difference.

I hold this with open hands. I'm still looking. I'm still curious. But so far, every rabbit hole I've gone down has given me more reason to trust the text, not less.

Trent Jackson

Trenton Jackson builds and writes at the intersection of human systems, business architecture, and design.