Cameron has added his own twist to native shamanism by having the Na’vi communicate with the Eywa, spirits, and animals through fiber optics in their braided hair tails.

The Na’vi plug the strands into similarly compatible devices found in animals and plants. Although at odds with the actual practice of shamanism, this does reflect the necessity of “experiencing” a god that cannot be “known” through reason, intellect, or science.

It also solves a problem for Cameron the filmmaker. In what was no doubt a box office-related decision, he avoids the method commonly used by shamans to contact the spirits: inhaling or imbibing hallucinogenic drugs. Na’vi “doing drugs” would have forced Avatar out of a PG-13 rating, eliminating an age group that is prone to seeing such a movie many, many times, as well as being a top consumer of Avatar-related merchandise.

In true shamanism, there is no physical “plugging into” or direct biological connection to the spirits. The spirits are nonphysical entities.

Other than the drugs that are taken to produce an altered state of consciousness, connecting with the spirits is a mental process.

Yet Cameron’s deviation from true shamanism ultimately leads to the belief in Eywa.

Dr. Grace Augustine, the female scientist in the movie, declares that all of the so-called spiritual phenomena she has observed on Pandora can be explained biologically. In the end, however, Dr. Grace undergoes a conversion. As she lies dying beneath the Tree of Souls, her final words are those of a materialist who allows her “experience” to override her “science” as she declares her belief in the panentheist goddess of the Na’vi: “Eywa–I see her. She’s real!”

Grace became what C. S. Lewis described as the ideal work of Satan–a “materialist magician.”

She submitted to a “Force” god without acknowledging the reality of personal spirits behind such an entity, i.e. demons. Jake, on the other hand, although he initially disdained what he called the “tree-hugging” stuff of the Na’vi, fully commits himself to their “natural” way of life and their mother goddess Eywa.

After reading dozens and dozens of comments by young people enamored with the theology in Avatar, it is apparent that its false gospel is finding fertile soil worldwide as it introduces and attracts millions of moviegoers to shamanism.

James Cameron has presented what the Bible calls the “doctrine of devils” promoted by Satan, the father of lies, and taught directly by demons.

Cameron’s pagan beliefs are diametrically opposed to what the Bible teaches. Furthermore, his idealistic view of the natural purity of an indigenous tribe such as the Na’vi is pure propaganda. The belief that naturalism produces a life of harmony, fruitfulness, and peace is a lie taught by many anthropologists yet contradicted by the experience of every shamanic society wherever they may be found.

How can I be so sure? All indigenous groups are made up of people, who, like all people everywhere, are sinners. This innate evil, moreover, is compounded by seducing spirits bent on deceiving and destroying the humans who find themselves in bondage to them.

No anthropologist has ever produced a tribe that was an exception to this destructive condition.

“First of all, it shouldn’t be surprising that the beliefs of most people are not derived from Sunday school or church teaching but rather religious ideas they pick up from a wide variety of sources as they go through life.”

When does the church finally reach the point where discernment determines what a Christian’s eyes, ears and mind will be exposed too – before the seduction takes place?

Read more in Part IV of our series, “The Avatar Gospel”

Read prior article in Part II of our series, “The Avatar Gospel”