“I was very involved in the occult, channeling spirits, casting spells, playing with Ouija board six to eight hours a day — all of those things.”
That’s how military veteran and artist Timothy Gagnon described his early years, explaining how he descended into evil practices as a young man.
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Now, decades later, Gagnon is on a faith-filled mission, releasing his “Illuminated Messiah Bible,” an artistic look at the Scriptures that depicts Jesus from Genesis to Revelation, with the artist creating 66 illustration panels that come together to create a life-size portrait of Jesus on the cross.
The project is a major departure from his past interests.
“I was raised in a kind of — for lack of a better word — Christmas and Easter Catholic family,” he said of his background. “We didn’t really attend that much.”
Gagnon said he lived at the time as though God wasn’t an important facet or priority in his life. When he hit the sixth grade, he recalled an oral report assignment he was given. Unsure of what to do, he went to the school library and stumbled upon books on the occult.
That introduction to the topic
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