Shawn Ryan Saw Hell on Psychedelics. Here’s What a Pastor Thinks.

What happens when a former Navy SEAL turns to psychedelics for healing and comes back with visions of hell, demonic encounters, and a haunting that four exorcisms couldn’t stop? Pastor Jason Jimenez reveals what’s really going on in Shawn Ryan’s story, why deliverance so often fails, and how ordinary Christians can stand firm in the spiritual battle they face every day.

Jason Jimenez is a pastor, worldview expert, and national speaker, and the founder of Stand Strong Ministries. He equips believers to understand the culture, defend their faith, and live with biblical conviction in a world that is increasingly confused about the spiritual realm.

In this episode, he joins hosts Troy and Tim Barnett to explain:

■ The Psychedelic Doorway: How substances like ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT, rooted in shamanism and tribal initiation rituals, can become footholds for demonic oppression, especially when paired with unresolved trauma, anger, or fear.

■ Why the Exorcisms Failed: How treating symptoms instead of root causes like unconfessed sin, shallow biblical grounding, and incomplete surrender to Christ leaves the door open.

■ Possession vs. Demonization: Why a Christian can never be owned by Satan, but can still be influenced in mind, emotions, and will when strongholds are allowed to form.

■ The Two Dangerous Extremes: Why seeing a demon behind everything and ignoring the spiritual realm entirely are both traps believers must avoid.

■ The Deliverance Industry: Why dramatic, social-media-driven deliverance ministries raise red flags, and what quiet, biblical deliverance actually looks like.

■ Everyday Warfare: How Scripture, the armor of God, confession, and Christian community equip believers to walk in Christ’s victory without fear or obsession.