Why God Forbids Psychic Readings, Vision & Spiritual Surgery: Origins, Beliefs & Danger
Introduction
In our modern age of spiritual curiosity, many are drawn toward psychic readings, visions, and even the extraordinary claims of psychic surgery. These practices promise insight, healing, and connection with unseen realms. But for the Christian who takes the Bible seriously, there is a grave concern: these modalities may not only be misguided, but spiritually dangerous and incompatible with God’s revealed will. In this article, we will:
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Define psychic readings, psychic sight, and psychic surgery
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Trace their origins, beliefs, and purpose
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Identify who or what powers they invoke
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Examine why people use them, and whether they constitute divination
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Consider what the Bible says and why these practices are strongly cautioned against
Definitions: Psychic Readings, Psychic Sight, Psychic Surgery
Psychic Readings / Mediumship
Psychic readings refer to attempts to glean information about a person’s past, present, or future by tapping into spiritual forces, spirit guides, or unseen realms. Mediumship is closely related: a medium claims to communicate with disembodied spirits, deceased persons, or supernatural entities to convey messages to the living.
GotQuestions.org+2Wikipedia+2Psychic Sight (Clairvoyance / Vision beyond the natural)
This is the claimed ability to "see" spiritual, energetic, or hidden realms—even when physical sight is unavailable. Some claim to receive clairvoyant visions, see aura layers, spirits, or glimpses of future events beyond mortal perception.
Psychic Surgery
Psychic surgery is an extreme and dramatic claim: the so-called practitioner places bare hands on the patient, “penetrates” the body without instruments, and seemingly removes diseased tissues or foreign matter, then restores the body with no visible wound.
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In reality, investigators have repeatedly labeled it fraud, sleight-of-hand, illusion, and trickery.
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Beliefs, Origins, and Development
What Were Their Beliefs?
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Psychic readings & mediumship assume a layered spiritual realm, inhabited by departed souls, spirit guides, or invisible entities. Practitioners claim the ability to tap into or channel messages from that realm. Wikipedia+2blog.atriresearch.org+2
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Psychic sight presumes that the physical senses are limited, and that certain people can access spiritual sight. The belief often includes that what is seen is real, meaningful, and helpful to guide decisions or reveal hidden truth.
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Psychic surgery is often tied to spirit doctors or spiritual intercession: behind the hands of the practitioner is a spiritual being (a guide, spirit doctor) that directs the extraction and healing. Some accounts of healing mediums combine mediumship and physical healing in a single package. Academia+1
Many of these systems draw from spiritualism, occultism, New Age, animism, or syncretistic traditions. They may adopt ideas of reincarnation, karma, spiritual energy, or universality.
Who Created or Popularized These Ideas?
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Psychic readings and mediumship have ancient roots—shamans, oracles, necromancers date back millennia. In more modern times, the 19th-century Spiritualism movement in the U.S. and Europe established mediumship as a religious-scientific curiosity. The Fox Sisters (1848) are famously tied to the rise of modern spiritualism. OhioLINK ETD Center+2Wikipedia+2
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Psychic surgery emerged more recently, particularly in the mid-20th century, in the Philippines and Brazil. Wikipedia+1
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Notable psychic surgeons like Tony Agpaoa in the Philippines built centers drawing thousands for alleged operations. Wikipedia+1
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In Brazil, medium-healer Zé Arigó claimed to work under control of spirit entities (e.g., “Dr. Fritz”) to perform cures without conventional surgery. Wikipedia
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Over time, these practices spread via mass media, New Age movements, and alternative healing communities.
Thus, while not traceable to a single “founder,” these practices coalesced in spiritualist, occult, and metaphysical milieus over centuries.
Who or What Powers Are Invoked?
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In psychic readings and mediumship, contact is typically claimed with spirits, guides, ancestors, or unseen intelligences that are not the God of the Bible.
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Psychic sight often claims access to spiritual realms or energy fields beyond physical sight, implying unseen spiritual forces.
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Psychic surgery is often said to operate via spirit doctors or spiritual intercessors guiding the hand, drawing on unseen power beyond human skill. Academia
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These sources are not the Christian God; they are spiritual entities outside biblical revelation (and often align with occult or demonic classification in Christian critique).
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Because practitioners often do not acknowledge Christ or the Holy Spirit, or actively contradict biblical gospel truths, Christian commentators warn these powers may be demonic or deceptive. Vladimir Savchuk Ministries+2blog.atriresearch.org+2
Purpose, Use, and Why People Are Drawn
Purpose & Use
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Psychic readings promise insight, guidance, answers about relationships, future, or identity—something many crave in times of uncertainty.
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Psychic sight offers a sense of spiritual awareness and authority, apparently revealing hidden truths.
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Psychic surgery markets healing—physical, emotional, or spiritual—under the guise of supernatural intervention.
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Sometimes people hope to bypass conventional medicine or gain a miracle; others perceive this as spiritual empowerment or access to hidden realms.
Why People Use or Get Involved
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Need or desperation: facing loss, disease, brokenness, some turn to anything promising hope.
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Curiosity: the occult and paranormal are culturally sensational and alluring.
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Deception: advanced practitioners may combine ego-stroking, partial truth, or plausible outcomes to hook clients.
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Slippery slope: a person may begin “just out of curiosity,” then deepen involvement gradually.
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Rejection of conventional religion: some see psychic practices as “spiritual but not religious,” or more experiential than institutional Christianity.
But each entry into these practices can open spiritual doors to deception or bondage from forces not aligned with God.
Is It Divination? And Why the Bible Forbids It
From a Christian perspective, yes—psychic reading, mediumship, psychic sight, and psychic surgery fall under the umbrella of divination, spiritism, or sorcery, all of which Scripture expressly forbids.
Biblical Prohibitions
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Deuteronomy 18:10–12 prohibits diviners, fortune-tellers, mediums, necromancers. These practices are “abominations” to the Lord.
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Leviticus 19:31: “Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them.”
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Isaiah 8:19, 2 Kings 21:6, Leviticus 20:27, Exodus 22:18 also condemn consulting spirits or practicing witchcraft.
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In the New Testament, believers are told to “test the spirits” (1 John 4:1-4), and Paul warns of false prophets and demonic deception.
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Early Christians destroyed occult books (Acts 19:19) as part of turning away from such practices. blog.atriresearch.org
Why It’s Considered Deviation
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It places authority and trust in hidden spiritual powers rather than God.
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It bypasses God’s revealed means (prayer, Scripture, the Holy Spirit) to access knowledge or power.
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It may open a person to demonic influence or spiritual bondage, rather than God’s protective authority.
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Scripture’s consistency shows that God desires that humans rely on Him—not on the spirits or powers that claim supernatural access.
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Even some practices that seem benign (healing, visions) can mask deeper occult spiritual control.
Christian writers assert that when psychics or mediums give correct statements, it is not proof of legitimacy but signs of selective truth, deception, or spiritual manipulation. GotQuestions.org+2blog.atriresearch.org+2
Risks, Warnings, and Practical Guidance
Risks
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Spiritual deception or subtle entrance of demonic influence
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Emotional or psychological manipulation by practitioners
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Delay or refusal of legitimate medical treatment (especially in the case of psychic surgery) Wikipedia+1
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False hope, dependency, and spiritual addiction
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Undermines one’s faith or identity in Christ
Warnings
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Even if some elements appear true or helpful, underlying authority is not from God.
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Christians must practice discernment and test all spiritual activity by Scripture (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
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Avoid engaging with psychics, mediumship, spirit communication, or unbiblical healing modalities.
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Instead, trust God’s means of guidance: Scripture, prayer, counsel of the Holy Spirit, and godly community.
Summary & Call to Turn to God
Psychic readings, psychic sight, and psychic surgery, while distinct in form, share a common spiritual framework: they appeal to unseen powers, promise supernatural access, and usually bypass God. From a biblical standpoint, these are forms of divination or occult practice, strongly forbidden in both Old and New Testaments.
While the world may normalize or romanticize such practices, Christians are called to reject them—not out of fear, but out of love. God forbids them because He loves us. He knows that what is claimed to come from spirit realms often originates from deception or demonic influence, designed to entangle and mislead. Some statements may be accurate, others flattering, or false, all in a strategy to hook souls into continued occult connection.
Instead of seeking advice from mediums, trance healers, or spirit surgeons, we are to turn exclusively to God—through prayer, the Word of God, the Holy Spirit, and godly fellowship. He is the only source of true guidance, healing, wisdom, and protection.
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45-Second YouTube Script
[0:00–0:05 — Intro]
“Have you heard of psychic readings, psychic sight, or psychic surgery—and wondered if they’re dangerous? Let’s examine them from a biblical view in 45 seconds.”
[0:05–0:15 — Definitions & Claims]
“Psychic readings or mediumship claim to get insight from spirits or unseen realms. Psychic sight purports to see what the eyes can’t. Psychic surgery claims to remove disease with bare hands and invisible forces. All these operate outside conventional methods.”
[0:15–0:25 — Origins & Powers]
“These ideas stem from spiritualism, occult and New Age traditions. The powers invoked are not the Christian God but spirit guides or unseen entities—often disguised as helpful, but not aligned with Christ.”
[0:25–0:35 — Biblical Prohibition]
“The Bible forbids divination, mediums, necromancy, and seeking spirits (Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Leviticus 19:31). These are not neutral practices—they draw from occult realms, not from God’s authority.”
[0:35–0:42 — Danger & Believer’s Response]
“People are drawn in by curiosity, brokenness, or longing for answers. But engaging opens doors to deception. Rather, we must trust God’s Word, the Holy Spirit, prayer, and godly counsel as our source.”
[0:42–0:45 — Call to Action]
“Watch the full video or visit the article link below to dive deeper. Don’t be deceived—know the truth.”
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