The Bible consistently warns against psychics, mediums, and all forms of occult divination, saying God’s people should not seek guidance from them but from God alone.

Core biblical viewpoint

  • The Old and New Testaments present psychic and medium activities as spiritually dangerous and incompatible with trusting God for guidance.
  • Practices like fortune‑telling, contacting the dead, and sorcery are grouped together and described as detestable to God.

Key verses often cited

  • Leviticus 19:31 – “Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them.” This links psychic/medium activity with spiritual impurity.
  • Deuteronomy 18:10–12 – Forbids divination, fortune‑telling, interpreting omens, sorcery, charms, mediums, necromancers, and inquiring of the dead, calling these things “an abomination to the Lord.”
  • Leviticus 20:6 – God says He will “set [His] face against” those who turn to mediums and spiritists, showing how seriously He treats this.

Why the Bible warns about psychics

  • Psychic practices seek hidden knowledge, comfort, or power from spiritual sources other than God, which Scripture frames as spiritual unfaithfulness.
  • The Bible teaches that deceptive spiritual forces can appear helpful or “light,” so guidance from psychics may feel real but come from sources opposed to God.

New Testament examples

  • In Acts 16:16–18 , a slave girl with a “spirit of divination” earns money by fortune‑telling until Paul commands the spirit to leave in Jesus’ name, treating the power behind it as something to be rejected, not used.
  • Early Christians are urged to rely on the Holy Spirit, prayer, and Scripture for guidance, not on occult or fortune‑telling practices.

How many Christians apply this today

  • Many Christian teachers say believers should avoid tarot readings, horoscopes, energy readings, mediumship, and similar practices, viewing them as modern forms of the divination the Bible forbids.
  • Instead, they encourage seeking guidance through prayer, biblical wisdom, and wise counsel in the church, trusting God with the unknowns of the future.

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