Narcissism — Narcissistic Witchcraft — Jennifer LeClaire

Jennifer LeClaire uses the term “narcissistic witchcraft” to describe a spiritual activity in which self-centeredness combines with manipulation, intimidation, and the subjugation of others. In her teaching, a person can become an instrument of this influence even without recognizing its spiritual source. The drive to gain power over another person grows out of personal desires, wounds, and ambitions. The entire relationship then begins to serve those aims.

At first, it may look like care. Someone shows interest, offers advice, uses flattery, and even shares words presented as prophecy. In this way, the person gains trust and access to someone else’s personal affairs. Later, guilt and intimidation are used to maintain that influence. What initially looked like help becomes a means of directing another person’s life.

Within such a relationship, trusting one’s own discernment becomes increasingly difficult. A person senses that something is wrong but cannot name it. They begin to doubt what they perceive and lose confidence in their understanding of the situation. LeClaire describes this confusion as one of the ways control is maintained: as people become worn down, they find it harder to recognize the influence they have come under.

In a Christian setting, control can be expressed in spiritual language. Bible passages are used to exert pressure, fear is used to enforce obedience, and spiritual gifts help maintain a position of power. LeClaire points out that religious language, authority, and even genuine spiritual gifting can make such behavior harder to recognize. She also identifies avoiding accountability and treating people according to what they can offer as warning signs.

The controlling person also tries to separate others from those who could help them see the situation more clearly. Healthy friendships, sound advice, and people willing to question that person’s influence become a threat. Encounters leave a sense of tension and heaviness, along with renewed doubts about one’s own judgment.

Here, LeClaire draws a connection with Jezebel: intimidation is used to silence those who recognize and expose wrongdoing. She points to Elijah fleeing Jezebel’s threats. In her understanding, such pressure also aims to hinder people from pursuing their calling by robbing them of the courage to speak and act.

The way out begins with recognizing what is happening. LeClaire connects deliverance with repentance, renouncing ungodly connections, and prayer led by the Holy Spirit. Asking for His light is intended to help people recognize manipulation, regain clarity, and close the door to further control.

In prayer, the person resists manipulation, intimidation, and accusations in the name of Jesus. They renounce the lies they accepted under the controlling person’s influence and ask for the ties that keep them in bondage to be broken. LeClaire also connects this control with the activity of the spirit of Jezebel, which seeks to bring people into submission through fear and spiritual pressure.

Prayer also includes healing for what has been wounded: thoughts, emotions, relationships, and a sense of self-worth. The person is to root their identity in Christ once again. Forgiveness and entrusting the wrong suffered to God have an important place, so that bitterness and resentment no longer govern the heart.

She describes the way forward in practical terms: prayer, fasting, meditating on God’s Word, and support from fellow believers who can pray alongside the person and offer help. She counters isolation with community and fear with the truth of who a person is in Christ. She also encourages forgiveness and entrusting the person who caused harm to God, so that the heart can be freed from bitterness.

In this teaching, freedom includes both breaking spiritual control and regaining the strength to continue living with God. LeClaire emphasizes that this journey does not always end with a single prayer. Its foundation remains the victory of Jesus, His truth, and His leading toward peace and restoration.