John Ramirez doesn’t talk about spiritual warfare from a seminary classroom. He talks about it from a place most people will never go—and come back from.
For 25 years, Ramirez served as the third-highest-ranked devil worshipper in New York City. Today, he is a born-again Christian, author and minister who has made it his mission to expose the very kingdom he once served.
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Ramirez’s story begins not with a curse. At seven and a half years old, a necklace bearing what he describes as the seven demonic powers fell at his feet in a broken lot. He put it on—and within months, he was being initiated into the occult.
By the time he was a young adult, Ramirez had been sworn in by 17 warlocks in a blood ritual, received ceremonial marks carved into his body, and given a new demonic name. He ran spiritual “regions” from New York to Miami, Cuba and Haiti—astral projecting, cursing neighborhoods, breaking marriages and performing rituals for hire.
“I had $100,000 worth of witchcraft items in my house,” he said.
One of the most striking revelations Ramirez shared is what Satan actually seeks from his followers—and it isn’t power through sacrifice. It’s devotion.
On the night he almost committed murder at the devil’s instruction, Ramirez describes being asked to prove his loyalty through a human sacrifice. He missed his chance—and two weeks later, Jesus showed up.
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Perhaps the most urgent portion of the conversation was Ramirez’s diagnosis of what is killing the church today: division, pride, jealousy and a religious spirit.
Having spent 25 years in a kingdom that operated with military-like unity, he is grieved by what he sees among believers.
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Ramirez closed with a direct challenge to pastors and church leaders: get equipped for deliverance, or risk being bypassed by the coming revival. When the lost come flooding in—addicts, gang members, the broken—they will need more than a sermon. They will need someone with authority to cast out what has been tormenting them
