I’m going down a rabbit trail now for a minute, to express how some of my thoughts about Greg Locke, my former classmate and neighbor, are different from those of Dr. Grande, whose witches-snitches-stitches commentary is below. To me, it seems like he’s insinuating that Greg concocted the demon story so he could get rid of the people with whom he already had beef. That is a possibility. But it’s also possible that Greg really did talk to this young woman whose voice identified a part of herself as a demon. And that so called demon, may have given names.
I do see Greg’s ability to tell a sensational story which may have included the hyped up “truth.” But I wouldn’t necessarily say that Greg told an outright lie which he manufactured just because he was offended. I wonder if Dr. Grande was brought up in a fundamentalist cult or if he ever spent a great deal of time in one. Regardless, if he wasn’t indoctrinated alongside Greg, then as he should, he can only have his own perspective based on his own experiences as a mental healthcare provider as well as his experiences with whatever other factors are unique to him.
But let me focus on Greg again. His first wife, Melissa, could likely provide insight about Greg’s intentions. I have no doubt she knows him better than anyone. Also, I noticed that Greg appears to now be leaning away from the IFB and towards the movements of Deliverance, Holiness and/or Pentecostalism. He also seems to have a strong focus on the occult. Ironically, sometimes, the only way people can move towards that to which they are drawn, is through pronouncements of hatred and condemnation. But maybe that’s beside the point. And besides, it’s time to go back to where I left off in my story about the shaman and the last ceremony.