For some, the concept of vampires is just a something made up to scare children. However, what if that’s not the case? What if there is actually truth to the reality of vampires and their influence on our world today?
In an interview with The Deep End’s Taylor Welch, Nathan Reynolds explains his journey and testimony of leaving a cultic upbringing which included connection and participation with spiritual and physical vampires.
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“There are spiritual vampires. These are not metaphors. These are real individuals that operate in the spirit, that are… they parasitically require us to feed them,” Reynolds says.
Reynolds first shared his harrowing encounter with a former “shadow walker”—a trained spiritual assassin sent to kill him. What could have ended in death instead became a divine setup for deliverance, forgiveness and a demonstration of God’s unrelenting power to transform even the darkest heart.
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Reynolds, who had spent years navigating intense spiritual warfare, described how he became aware of a man watching him in public. Initially unsure whether the figure was friend or foe, Reynolds suspicions were confirmed when the man revealed his purpose: “For this brief moment of my life, I finally saw another shadow walker in the flesh here and instead of being on assignment to kill me, he’s making himself known to me that he wants to talk. He’s refusing an order. He’s off mission. He’s off script. He’s off programming.”
Contrary to fictional portrayals, Reynolds says vampires undergo physiological and spiritual changes that allow them to survive by consuming blood. “They are not made of blood. They consume our blood to gain life… to put off the suffering that they’re experiencing in their fallen nature.”
He describes one shocking ritual he witnessed in Arizona: “They brought a live pig to this altar, and he had a ritual blade. And he slaughtered the pig on the altar. And he drank that blood, and he was raised up, and it went through his body. And his spine stood erect. The joints of his hands were straightened out. His complexion came back to life. His skin transformed in front of my face.”
According Reynolds, this transformation was not metaphorical. “I watched him get healed from the inside out… He was dying until he drank that blood.”
He further explains that these vampires have a distinct metabolism. “They have an altered metabolic system… a different metabolic process is taking place inside their body.”
The spiritual aspect is deeply intertwined with ancient rebellion. “They’ve been demarcated from the kingdom of heaven and need a different power source… so the way they jack in is through the blood.”
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Though Reynolds had been entrenched in a world saturated with darkness, blood rituals and demonic power, he testifies that no pit is too deep for the saving arm of Jesus. When he cried out in desperation, it wasn’t religion or ritual that saved him—it was a real encounter with the risen Savior.
Now, the one who was once used by the enemy has become a vessel of truth and deliverance. From the depths of spiritual vampirism to the heights of redemptive grace, his story proclaims the power of the blood of Jesus to save, heal and restore.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
