Black Magic Coffee and the Conscience of the Believer

A priest friend called me recently with a strangely modern problem: someone had gifted him a box of Green Mountain coffee K-Cups. The flavor? "Black Magic."

Not some niche witchcraft product—just a dark roast coffee with a name meant to be edgy. But it raised a question in his spirit. What if this wasn't just marketing? What if there was something spiritually tainted about it? Could it be a consecrated curse? Could consuming it open a door?

He had recently heard about an essential oil company where one of the leaders was a Reiki master. That led to stories about oils being "charged," spiritually compromised, used in energy healing rituals. A harmless product, or an occult entry point?

You might think, "It's just coffee. It's just oil." But for many believers—especially those new to the faith or coming out of occult backgrounds—these things aren't neutral. They carry spiritual weight. And even for seasoned Christians, these questions can stir a deeper theological tension that runs through…