The book of Leviticus presents God’s position about spiritualism: «The person who turns after and familiar , to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face that person and cut him off from his people.»
The Second Book of the Kings reports that Manasseh, king of Judah, «did evil in the sight of the Lord.» What was his crime, according to the Bible?
«He loved many foreign women.»
«He had Naboth murdered, to take possession of his vineyard.»
«He killed all his family, all the royal heirs.»
«He consulted spiritists and mediums.»
The book of Ecclesiastes explains why it is useless to try commucating with the dead: «The dead not any thing, neither have they any more a reward, for the of them is forgotten. (...) There is no , nor device, nor knowledge, nor , in the grave, where you go.»
Every form of spiritualism originates from Satan’s first lie to Eve, in the garden of Eden: «You shall not surely .» Today, this very same lie deceives millions of people, making them believe that the dead are not really dead, but on the contrary wish to communicate with them.
The First Book of Samuel reports the story of King Saul. God keeping silent, the king decided to try communicating with the late prophet Samuel. A close study of this passage shows that King Saul communicated with:
the prophet Samuel himself.
an angel, messenger of God.
Satan or one of his devils.
God.
The First Book of Samuel also reports that during the seance, the apparition made a surprising statement to King Saul: «Why then do you ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from you, and is become your ?» Yet, the prophet Isaiah affirms that God «will abundantly .» The apparition’s statement therefore strongly conflicts with God’s character.
The experience of King Saul with the witch of Endor clearly shows what happens when we try to communicate with a dead person:
We may get important answers to our questions from the deceased.
We can express our love for the deceased.
We may be comforted by the deceased.
We may be deceived by Satan impersonating the deceased.
The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy announces that «in the latter times some shall depart from the , giving heed to spirits and doctrines of .» We are today witnessing the fulfillment of this prophecy, through the revival of spiritualism and different occult sciences: astrology, fortunetelling, divination, clairvoyance, etc.
In the Gospel according to Matthew , Jesus says that one day, many will be surprised at not being allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven. They will then try to justify themselves by telling Jesus, «Lord, Lord, have we not...»
«... done the will of Your Father in heaven?»
«... done many wonderful works in Your name?»
«... practiced charity towards our neighbor?»
«... abandoned everything to follow You?»
The prophet Isaiah teaches us what we must answer in the face of all invitation to take part in the various forms of spiritualism and occultism: «Should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the on behalf of the living? To the and to the ! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no in them.»