Ana Méndez Ferrell grew up in Mexico City in a family deeply embedded in esoteric and occult practices. Her ancestors had participated in rituals connected to pre-Columbian spiritual traditions mixed with European occultism, creating a generational web of spiritual bondage that manifested in her life as severe depression, suicidal ideation, and psychiatric hospitalisation.
Generations of Spiritual Darkness
The occult involvement in Ana's family was not incidental — it was woven into the fabric of their identity. From childhood, she experienced disturbing spiritual encounters that left her terrified and confused. As she grew older, she fell into clinical depression so severe that she was institutionalised multiple times. Doctors prescribed medication after medication, but nothing touched the root. She attempted suicide. The pattern of mental torment and despair had claimed members of her family before her.
Encountering Jesus in the Darkest Place
During one of her lowest moments — confined to a psychiatric facility, medicated and hopeless — someone shared the gospel with Ana. She cried out to Jesus from a place of absolute desperation, with nothing left to lose. What happened next was immediate and unmistakable: the spiritual oppression that had hung over her like a fog lifted. The depression that had been resistant to every medical intervention broke. She later described it as feeling the chains of generations being snapped off her in a single moment.
A New Lineage
Ana not only found freedom — she went on to establish churches and ministries across Latin America specifically focused on helping others break free from generational occult bondage. Her family line, once defined by spiritual darkness and mental torment, was redirected entirely. She wrote extensively about the intersection of generational patterns and spiritual warfare, becoming a voice for thousands of families across Central and South America carrying similar burdens.
What This Means for You
If generational involvement in the occult, esoteric practices, or folk spirituality has produced patterns of depression, fear, or mental torment in your family, Ana's story shows that Jesus can sever those ties completely — even when psychiatry and medication cannot reach the root.