Table Tipping: Harmless Game or Occult Doorway?

Table Tipping / Table Turning: A Biblical Warning Against Séances and Spirit Communication

What Is Table Tipping?

Table tipping, also called table turning or table tilting, is a form of séance where people sit around a table, place their hands on it, and wait for the table to move, rotate, knock, or tilt. The movement is believed by spiritualists to be a way of communicating with spirits. In some practices, the alphabet is called out, and the table supposedly tilts at certain letters to spell out messages.

This may look harmless, mysterious, or even entertaining, but spiritually it is a form of mediumship and spirit communication. It is not a game. It is an open door to familiar spirits.

Where Did Table Tipping Come From?

Table tipping became popular during the rise of modern Spiritualism in the 1800s. After the Fox sisters became known for supposed spirit communication through “rappings,” séances and spirit-contact practices spread quickly. Table turning became one of the methods used in spiritualist gatherings to seek messages from the dead or from unseen spirits.

What Is It Used For?

Table tipping is used to:

Communicate with supposed spirits of the dead
Ask questions about the future
Receive hidden knowledge
Contact spirit guides
Receive messages from unseen entities
Practice séance work or mediumship
Entertain curiosity about the paranormal

From a biblical standpoint, these are forbidden practices because they seek spiritual knowledge and contact apart from God.

Why Would Someone Get Involved?

People may get involved because of grief, curiosity, trauma, loneliness, fascination with the supernatural, peer pressure, occult interest, or the desire to hear from a deceased loved one. Some people think it is harmless because it is done in a group or treated like a game. Others may believe they are receiving comfort, guidance, or secret knowledge.

But Satan often disguises danger as comfort, power, mystery, or curiosity.

Why Is Table Tipping Against God’s Word?

God clearly forbids trying to communicate with the dead, practicing divination, consulting mediums, or seeking familiar spirits.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 warns against divination, witchcraft, sorcery, mediums, spiritists, and those who consult the dead.

Leviticus 19:31 says not to turn to mediums or familiar spirits.

Isaiah 8:19 says God’s people should seek Him, not the dead on behalf of the living.

1 Samuel 28 shows the danger of Saul consulting the witch of Endor instead of seeking God.

Table tipping is not Holy Spirit guidance. It is spirit communication outside of God’s order.

How Can This Hurt a Christian?

A Christian who participates in table tipping may open spiritual doors to deception, fear, torment, confusion, nightmares, oppression, familiar spirits, divination spirits, and occult bondage. Even if a person says, “I was only watching,” or “I did not mean anything by it,” involvement with séances can still create spiritual contamination.

The enemy uses occult practices to gain legal rights through agreement, curiosity, participation, and deception.

What Curses or Spiritual Problems Can Come From It?

Possible spiritual consequences may include:

Fear and torment
Confusion and mental oppression
Nightmares or sleep paralysis
Hearing voices or feeling watched
Familiar spirits
Divination spirits
Generational occult patterns
Increased attraction to New Age or witchcraft
Spiritual heaviness
Anxiety and panic
Blocked prayer life
False dreams or false guidance
Bondage to grief or the dead

If you or your family line participated in séances, table tipping, Ouija boards, mediumship, psychic readings, or spirit communication, it may need to be confessed, renounced, and broken in Jesus’ name.

Deliverance Prayer

Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I repent for any involvement in table tipping, table turning, séances, mediumship, spirit communication, divination, or consulting the dead. I renounce every agreement I made with familiar spirits, lying spirits, divination spirits, and spirits of death.

I ask You to forgive me and cleanse me by the blood of Jesus. I close every spiritual door opened through curiosity, grief, fear, entertainment, or occult participation. I break every curse, assignment, soul tie, and demonic connection linked to table tipping and séances.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I command every familiar spirit, divination spirit, spirit of death, fear, torment, confusion, and occult bondage to leave me now. I belong to Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, fill every place that has been emptied and lead me into truth, freedom, and restoration. Amen.

Final Warning

Table tipping is not harmless. It is not entertainment. It is a séance practice that invites communication with spirits God has forbidden us to contact. Christians must reject all forms of mediumship, divination, and occult communication and seek guidance from the Lord alone.

If you have been involved in table tipping, séances, Ouija boards, psychics, mediums, spirit guides, or New Age practices and are experiencing torment, fear, oppression, confusion, or spiritual attacks, you may need deliverance.

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Teresa Morin
President and Founder of Touch of God Int’l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance
Ordained Minister | Public Speaker | Featured in Who’s Who
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The Dark Origins of Ectoplasm: Exposing Spiritual Deception in Séance Culture

Ectoplasm and the Occult: A Biblical Warning for Christians

Ectoplasm—a term that evokes images of ghostly phenomena—was once at the heart of séances and spiritism. Described as a mysterious, viscous substance that allegedly exudes from the bodies of spiritual mediums, ectoplasm was said to enable spirits to materialize and perform physical feats such as levitating tables and manifesting ghostly forms. Though popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the practice of channeling ectoplasm is more than just a relic of spiritualism’s heyday—it is a doorway to demonic deception and spiritual danger.

What is Ectoplasm and Where Did It Come From?

Ectoplasm emerged from the culture of Spiritualism, a religious movement that began in the mid-1800s in America and Europe, particularly with the infamous Fox Sisters of New York. Spiritualism claimed to communicate with the dead through séances, mediums, and spirit guides. Ectoplasm was introduced as "evidence" of spiritual manifestations during séances—often seen as a white or grayish ooze coming from the mouths, noses, or ears of mediums.

One of the most prominent figures promoting ectoplasm was Helen Duncan, a British medium known for dramatic séances in the early 20th century. Investigations later revealed much of her ectoplasm was fake—cheesecloth or paper soaked in egg whites—but the spiritual roots and dangers of the practice remain serious.

The Spirituality Behind Ectoplasm

Spiritualists believed that the dead could communicate with the living and that ectoplasm was a spiritual byproduct of such encounters. The “spirits” involved were not the souls of deceased loved ones, but familiar spirits—demonic entities masquerading as the dead. These spirits required mediums to become open conduits for their work. This practice completely bypasses God and invites spiritual oppression.

The Gods of Spiritualism

Spiritualism promotes a pantheistic and polytheistic worldview. Rather than recognizing the God of the Bible, it venerates the "higher self," spirit guides, and cosmic consciousness. This belief system denies the sovereignty of Jesus Christ and replaces Him with deceptive spirits. The Bible is clear that these are not godly messengers but demonic forces in disguise (2 Corinthians 11:14-15).

What the Bible Says About Such Practices

Old Testament Warning:

“Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.” —Leviticus 19:31

“Let no one be found among you... who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft... or who consults the dead.” —Deuteronomy 18:10-11

New Testament Warning:

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.” —1 Timothy 4:1

“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” —Ephesians 5:11

These verses make it abundantly clear: seeking contact with the dead, whether through ectoplasm, mediums, or séances, is an abomination in God’s sight.

Consequences of Involvement

Christians who dabble in séance culture or paranormal activities—whether out of curiosity or grief—risk opening doors to demonic intrusion, torment, nightmares, depression, and spiritual bondage. These spirits don’t just entertain—they deceive, torment, and destroy. What begins as curiosity can end in spiritual oppression that only deliverance through Jesus Christ can break.

Why Christians Must Stay Away

No spiritual gain comes from contacting the dead—only spiritual danger. God has forbidden this not to rob us of comfort, but to protect us from deception. Our hope and connection to the spiritual realm should only come through Jesus Christ, the mediator between God and man—not through dark rituals that invite the enemy.

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Conclusion

Ectoplasm and séance culture are not harmless curiosities. They are rooted in occultism and lead to serious spiritual consequences. Christians must recognize the tactics of the enemy and reject any practice that opens doors to the demonic. The Holy Spirit offers true guidance, healing, and comfort—without the counterfeit manifestations of deceptive spirits.

By Teresa Morin, President of Touch of God Int'l Ministries of Healing and Deliverance. 

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