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Christianity, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

A bizarre statue in Joshua Tree has gone viral, with many claiming it’s opening a real spiritual portal in the desert. In this episode, we dig into where this story came from and why Joshua Tree has repeatedly appeared in portal and gateway encounters shared on The Confessionals over the years. We examine the symbolism surrounding the statue, the idea of spiritual gateways, and the patterns that suggest certain locations act as access points to the unseen realm. The conversation expands into music, Hollywood, and live performances, exploring whether lyrics, imagery, and mass participation events are being used to open spiritual doors—intentionally or not. As the lines between art, ritual, and belief continue to blur, this episode asks a pressing question: are these portals real, and if so, who is opening them?

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0:00.0	Satanic musicians opening portals to hell.
0:03.8	The French apparently like demonic parades.
0:06.6	And Joshua Tree Portals are apparently back.
0:09.4	Let's talk about it.
0:10.0	Oh boy.
0:11.0	Is that a slingshot?
0:13.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:16.0	Slingshot season.
0:17.8	Hey, let's run it.
0:19.4	Hey, hey, hey, hey.
0:22.0	Grace hit me like, boom.
0:23.9	Can't miss.
0:24.8	No.
0:25.3	God with me, whole squad going.
0:27.8	Devil try to throw shade.
0:30.2	I grin because the light too bright where I've been.
0:45.7	Right. Let's get this show going thank you guys for tuning into another live show we are here live in studio we got derrick der, say hi. Hello.
1:00.8	We're working out some logistical kinks here, friends, but we are trying to create a good live product for you.
1:02.7	And so we heard your critiques.
1:07.6	And we, instead of doing a pre-show where we just chit-chat a little bit, we're just jumping right into the show today, and hopefully that appeals to everybody.
1:18.4	Guys, we got some things to talk about today. And it's been, it's been a wild week for us. And the portals that we're going to be talking about today
1:27.9	actually started for us, I would say this week on Monday. Because, so this week, just so
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