Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine, is a well known actress performer, astrologer and “New Age” author of many books including Dancing In The Light; (1986) Dance While You Can, (1992) My Lucky Stars; (1996) The Camino, (2000) Out on a Leash, (2003) and Out on a Limb. (1986) and her latest, Sage-ing While Age-ing. (2007) In 1987 ABC produced a “special” five hour TV movie mini-series of her book, Out on a Limb, which she wrote as a testimony to her own life in the New Age. In the movie, she played the main character, who is, of course, essentially herself, because, Out On a Limb, is her story.

It is story of a woman who has an affair with a married man, and the tale of how it lead her on a spiritual trek around the world. In her experience she has a “spiritual awakening,” one which awakens her to better understanding spiritual mysteries like that of Atlantis, and pyramid power. She then gains insight into things like reincarnation, astral projection, and meets with trance channelers, even learns how to really communicate with space aliens. Most notable in the movie, as wll as with MacLaines own life is a scene on the beach where, with her spiritual teacher at her side and the ocean at her feet, Shirley announces her amazing new discovery that she is God. She announces this to the universe by yelling: “I am God! I am God!”

Some people dismiss the ideas popularized by teachers like Shirley MacLaine as ridiculous, outlandish, and far-fetched, but people like MacClain do believe and promte such things. Shirely is an intelligent person. She is attractive, witty, emotional and claims these are her experiences. If it is true then it is remarkable that an affair with a married man lead her into such spiritual adultery with God. Sadly, she does not even understand that she is in peril....
adultery, is unfaithfulness of heart and mind and bdy, and spiritual adultery is rejection of a faithful and loving God.

Shirely, in all her embracing of these occult practices is decieved by Satan, the father of lies and she is in spiritual peril because she has bought into the lies that reject God's truths... the concept of sin and the necessity of Jesus Christ for salvation. She may even think she is “out on a limb”and she may well be, but what is the fruit she is producing as she rejects the truth of God, embraces a spirituality that looks toward a great spiritual evolution on our planet.... a planet that has completely and formally embraced everything but the truth of God.

Yes, Shirley is out on a limb, but truth is, without connection to Jesus Christ, there is no life in a branch. (John 15: 1-7) Such a limb is doomed to be permanently removed from the tree.