Spirit of the Glass

Watching the Conjuring, which I thought was a quality movie, reminded me of an article I saw in the Philippine Star.  They had a section where they mentioned 24 high school girls being possessed and collapsing at a school in Mandaluyong City after playing Spirit of the Glass.  Subsequently, classes were cancelled for the rest of the day.  One of the students said she saw a "talk and dark woman" lurking outside of her classroom just before she collapsed.  The full articles can be found here:  http://www.philstar.com/metro/2013/06/28/959067/24-students-possessed-spirits-mandaluyong
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/06/28/959301/mandaluyong-students-faked-demonic-possession-official


There is a suspicion that the students previously coordinated this act and were faking their possession.  Other students recounted that the "possessed" students acted violently with their eyes bloodshot red.  The fact that the school officials decided to cancel classes and parents rushed to take their children out of school represents the perceived threat of the situation.  In Bakersfield, they probably would've attributed the passing out to dehydration or something; a spiritual discussion in the schools would've been out of the question and classes would've resumed.  If the possession was fake it was a clever, yet exaggerated, way for the students to get out of class early.  If it was real then then I'm sure their classmates won't be playing Spirit of the Glass anytime soon.  Either way it's a reminder of the spiritual battle that is going on around us that we tend to so easily forget about, especially in the U.S.

Ephesians 6:10-12
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.