Psychography: Spirit Writing and Why God Forbids It

Introduction

Psychography, also known as automatic writing or spirit writing, is a practice where a person—often called a medium—allows an unseen entity to guide or control their hand to produce written messages. Practitioners claim that these writings come from departed souls, angels, or higher spiritual beings. However, when we compare this practice to the Word of God, it becomes clear that psychography is not communication with heavenly messengers, but a dangerous form of divination that opens doors to demonic influence.

God explicitly warns His people against all forms of spirit communication, no matter how innocent or “helpful” it may appear. Deuteronomy 18:10–12 (KJV) says, “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD.”

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What Is Psychography?

Psychography is a form of mediumship that allows so-called “spirits” to communicate through writing without the conscious control of the individual. The writer claims their hand moves by an unseen force, producing words, symbols, or full messages. Sometimes the handwriting even changes to mimic the supposed spirit’s identity.

This practice is often connected with spiritualism, channeling, and automatic drawing, and is promoted as a way to receive wisdom from the dead, angels, or cosmic energies. In reality, psychography is a supernatural counterfeit of God’s revelation—substituting the Holy Spirit with deceiving spirits.

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Origins and Historical Background

Psychography became popular during the 19th-century Spiritualist movement, especially in the United States and Europe. Mediums like Allan Kardec, a French educator and founder of Spiritism, promoted it as a scientific method of contacting the afterlife. Kardec compiled messages he claimed were written through mediums into books such as The Spirits’ Book (1857), which shaped the doctrine of Spiritism.

These “communications” were presented as loving messages from evolved spirits. Yet, biblically speaking, these were familiar spirits—demons masquerading as benevolent guides. 2 Corinthians 11:14 warns, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”

The author of psychography is not God—it is Satan, the deceiver, who seeks to draw people away from true communion with the Holy Spirit into false spiritual experiences.

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What Are Their Beliefs?

Practitioners of psychography believe that:

• The soul survives death and can communicate with the living.

• Humans are spiritual beings evolving through reincarnation or enlightenment.

• Messages from the spirit world can provide guidance, prophecy, or healing.

• There are hierarchies of spirits—some “higher” and some “lower.”

These beliefs contradict biblical truth. Scripture teaches that once a person dies, they cannot return to communicate with the living (Luke 16:26). The dead do not roam the earth, nor do they send letters through mediums. The “spirits” behind psychography are demons impersonating the dead to deceive and ensnare those seeking hidden knowledge.

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Who Is Their God or gods?

Spiritists and psychography practitioners do not worship the true God of the Bible. Their “gods” are often spirit guides, ascended masters, or cosmic intelligences—essentially demons in disguise. Some refer to a vague “universal energy” or “source consciousness,” denying the personhood of the one true God, Jehovah.

Exodus 20:3 declares, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
Any communication that bypasses God’s Word and the Holy Spirit to seek knowledge or comfort from spirits constitutes idolatry and rebellion.

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Purpose and Use of Psychography

The stated purpose of psychography is to:

• Receive messages from deceased loved ones

• Gain spiritual guidance or prophecy

• Obtain healing, comfort, or closure

• Communicate with higher beings for wisdom or creativity

However, the true spiritual purpose behind this practice is to open a gateway for demonic infiltration. When a person surrenders control of their hand or mind, they are granting permission for a spirit to operate through them. This is possession in disguise.

Demons seek legal rights—an invitation to inhabit and influence the human vessel. Through psychography, they mimic the Holy Spirit’s inspiration but produce spiritual bondage instead of freedom.

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Why Do People Get Involved?

People turn to psychography for many reasons:

• Grief after losing loved ones

• Curiosity about the supernatural

• Desire for guidance outside the Church

• Feelings of rejection or unanswered prayers

• Influence from movies, books, and New Age culture

The enemy preys on pain and curiosity. When people feel that God is silent, they are tempted to seek spiritual experiences elsewhere. Yet this detour leads to spiritual oppression, nightmares, hearing voices, or possession. Many mediums report feeling drained, tormented, or mentally unstable after years of channeling. That is the fruit of demonic contact, not divine revelation.

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Is Psychography Divination?

Yes—psychography is a clear form of divination. It involves seeking secret or future knowledge from a supernatural source other than God. Leviticus 19:31 warns, “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.”

Just like astrology, tarot, or necromancy, psychography attempts to access hidden knowledge and power without submitting to God’s will. It is the same ancient deception Satan used in Eden: “Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:5).

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Why Deliverance Is Needed

Anyone who has practiced or participated in psychography—whether in curiosity or grief—needs spiritual deliverance. The act of surrendering one’s body or mind to a “spirit” creates demonic entry points. Symptoms of bondage may include:

• Hearing voices or automatic thoughts

• Restlessness or insomnia

• Sudden anger or depression

• Paranormal activity in the home

• Resistance to prayer or Scripture

Deliverance through repentance and renunciation breaks these strongholds. Pray something like this:

“Father God, I repent for seeking knowledge from demonic sources through automatic writing or psychography. I renounce every spirit I invited, knowingly or unknowingly. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command every unclean spirit of divination and deception to leave me now. Holy Spirit, fill me with Your peace and truth. Amen.”

Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). He offers freedom to all who have been deceived by spiritual counterfeits.

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Conclusion

Psychography is not divine inspiration—it is demonic communication disguised as light. God forbids all contact with spirits because He loves us and desires to protect us from deception and bondage. True revelation comes from the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, not from entities claiming to be “guides” or “masters.”

If you or someone you know has practiced spirit writing, there is hope in Christ. Turn away, repent, and invite Jesus to cleanse every doorway that was opened to darkness. Only His truth brings lasting peace and deliverance.

Teresa Morin
President of Touch of God Int’l Ministries
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Psychoanalysis, the Unconscious, and Divination: A Christian Assessment

Introduction

Psychoanalysis—Freud’s theory of the unconscious, repression, dream symbolism, and talk therapy—has shaped modern psychology profoundly. Yet when evaluated from a Christian or biblical worldview, important questions arise: Are its assumptions compatible with Scripture? Does it flirt with occult ideas or divination? In this article we will explore:

• What psychoanalysis claims and how it developed

• Its core beliefs and underlying worldview

• Whether it invokes spiritual or metaphysical powers

• Why people use it, and whether it qualifies as divination

• How it conflicts with Scripture and what Christians should beware of

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What Is Psychoanalysis?

Definition & Method
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory and therapeutic practice that seeks to uncover hidden or repressed content in the mind by analyzing dreams, free associations, slips of the tongue, transference, and resistance. Its goal is to bring unconscious conflicts and drives into conscious awareness so healing and change can occur. Simply Psychology+2PMC+2

Historical Roots & Founder
The founder is Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist whose clinical and theoretical work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries laid the foundation for psychoanalysis. PositivePsychology.com+2Encyclopedia Britannica+2
Freud initially collaborated with Josef Breuer, and over time developed his theories of the id, ego, and superego, repression, the unconscious, and psychosexual development. eCampusOntario+4Encyclopedia Britannica+4UCF Pressbooks+4
Over the years, his ideas were expanded, challenged, and modified by later psychoanalysts, but Freud remains the central figure. Wikipedia+2apsa.org+2

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What Does Psychoanalysis Believe?

The Unconscious & Repression

A key tenet is that much of mental life lies beyond conscious awareness. Traumatic memories, forbidden desires, guilt, and internal conflicts are repressed (pushed out of awareness) but still shape thoughts, emotions, and behavior. eCampusOntario+3Wikipedia+3Longdom+3

Symbolism & Dream Interpretation

Dreams, symbols, slips of the tongue, and neuroses are interpreted as manifestations of deeper unconscious conflicts. Freud asserted that the latent content (hidden meaning) lies beneath the manifest content (what is consciously recalled). Wikipedia+2Simply Psychology+2

Mechanisms & Developmental Stages

Psychoanalysis often posits stages of psychosexual development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) and defense mechanisms (denial, projection, displacement, sublimation). Unresolved conflicts or fixations in earlier stages manifest as psychological distress later. Longdom+3pacja.org.au+3eCampusOntario+3

Determinism & Reductionism

Freud tended toward a determinism of unconscious drives: human behavior is shaped by instinctual forces, internal conflicts, and early childhood. Many Christian critics note this clashes with biblical views of human will, responsibility, and regeneration. GotQuestions.org+1

View of Religion & God

Freud was famously skeptical of religion. He regarded belief in God as an illusion, rooted in infantile desires for a father figure. Wikipedia+2Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy+2 Because psychoanalysis does not invoke a personal deity or Christian worldview, its spiritual foundation is materialist or naturalistic (or at best secular). GotQuestions.org+2Simply Psychology+2

Thus, the system is psychological and metaphysical more than theological.

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Who or What Powers Are Invoked?

Psychoanalysis, properly understood, does not typically claim direct contact with spirits or supernatural beings. It is not a mystical or occult practice in the usual sense. However, there are subtler spiritual risks and philosophical foundations that can overlap with non-Christian worldview elements:

• The belief in hidden, autonomous psychological forces beneath consciousness can echo spiritual conceptions of unseen forces.

• The therapist is sometimes seen as a mediator or interpreter of hidden truth, giving him/her quasi-spiritual authority in one’s inner life.

• Some practitioners or clients may blend psychoanalytic language with occult, New Age, or mystical ideas (e.g. “archetypes,” collective unconscious, energy fields).

• Because psychoanalysis does not acknowledge the sovereignty of God or the primacy of revelation, it can come into tension with spiritual truth claims.

So while psychoanalysis is not an overt spiritual divination technique, it does navigate the realm of hidden, unseen motivations—a territory that the Bible warns believers to approach cautiously.

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Purpose, Use & Why People Get Involved

Purpose & Use

• To help people resolve deep emotional, relational, or personality conflicts

• To bring clarity to patterns of behavior rooted in past experiences

• To relieve psychological distress (anxiety, depression, neurosis)

• To promote insight, self-understanding, and growth

Why People Are Drawn

• Suffering or unresolved internal conflict

• Desire for self-knowledge or to make sense of inner pain

• Recommendation by professionals or cultural legitimization

• Belief that talking, introspection, and analysis can heal

Because psychoanalysis is well established in psychology and culture, many see it as a natural, neutral, or even “scientific” route to mental wellness.

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Is Psychoanalysis a Form of Divination?

From a strict biblical-theological standpoint, psychoanalysis is not typically categorized as traditional divination (fortune-telling, consulting spirits, necromancy). Scriptural prohibitions target seeking hidden knowledge from occult means—consulting mediums, interpreting omens, spiritism. 4 Truth Ministry+3GotQuestions.org+3Bible Hub+3

However, there are arguments and cautions that place psychoanalysis in a spiritually risky zone:

• Because it seeks hidden internal realms (the unconscious), some argue it is functionally akin to divination of the inner self or soul.

• If it supplants reliance on God for guidance, wisdom, and healing, it becomes a rival “oracle” of inner authority.

• Blending psychoanalysis with spiritual or occult ideas (e.g. channeling, guided imagery, “collective unconscious”) can slide into divinatory territory.

• Christian critics often see the psychoanalytic framework as a competing worldview—even if not overtly occult—that challenges the sufficiency of Scripture and the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, while psychoanalysis is not explicitly divination per classical biblical categories, it can become spiritually problematic if it displaces God’s authority or merges with occult/spiritual systems.

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Biblical/Christian Critique & Challenges

Conflicting View of Humanity & Sin

Freud’s model sees mental distress as primarily psychological: repression, trauma, instinctual conflicts. The Bible sees human problems as fundamentally spiritual—sin, rebellion, alienation, and need for redemption. Psychoanalysis does not address sin, guilt before God, or the need for regeneration by Christ.

No Place for God or Redemption

Psychoanalytic theory does not incorporate the gospel, Christ’s atonement, or divine transformation. It operates in a secular paradigm. Many Christians believe that true healing comes through spiritual reconciliation with God, not merely insight or psychological restructuring.

Authority & Guidance

Psychoanalysis positions psychological expertise or the therapist as authority. This can subtly shift trust from God to human insight. The Bible teaches dependence on revelation, prayer, the Holy Spirit, and godly counsel rather than relying on human inner exploration alone.

Risk of Idolatry or Self-Exaltation

Focusing extensively on self, introspection, the unconscious, and inner drives is not necessarily wrong, but it becomes problematic when one worships or elevates the self or inner world above God.

Blurring of Spiritual Boundaries

Because psychoanalysis deals with hidden realms (the unconscious), there is potential overlap with spiritual deception if practitioners or clients aren’t discerning. Some may adopt mystical or spiritualized interpretations inconsistent with biblical truth.

Testing by Scripture

Christians are called to “test everything” (1 Thessalonians 5:21) and to reject anything contrary to God’s Word. Psychological theories are not infallible; they must be judged by biblical revelation.

Thus many Christian thinkers maintain that psychoanalysis should be used with caution, discernment, and ideally under a Christian worldview framework (or replaced with biblical counseling).

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Risks, Warnings, & How Christians Should Respond

Risks

• Emotional confusion or spiritual bondage if psychoanalysis becomes a substitute for the gospel

• Dependency upon human insight rather than God

• Mixing psychology with occult ideas or New Age thinking

• Lack of addressing one’s sin, spiritual identity, or need for Christ

Recommended Christian Response

• Use discernment when employing psychological theories—filter them through Scripture

• Prefer biblical counseling that grounds hope, identity, and change in Christ

• Avoid thinking psychoanalysis is a full answer: it can sometimes serve as a tool, but not as ultimate authority

• Be wary of any therapeutic method that denies spiritual realities or competes with God

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Summary & Conclusion

Psychoanalysis is a powerful, culturally influential system. Its theory of the unconscious, symbolism, and psychological insight has helped many understand aspects of the mind. Yet from the standpoint of Christian faith, psychoanalysis contains significant tensions with biblical truth: it omits God, doesn’t account for sin and redemption, and can subtly supplant divine authority with human insight.

It is not quite the same as classical divination, but its exploration into invisible inner realms, and its potential to become a spiritual authority, puts it in a spiritually delicate place. For believers, it must never replace prayer, Scripture, the Holy Spirit, and gospel-centered transformation. Psychological tools may have value, but they must always bow to God’s Word and the authority of Christ.

Teresa Morin
President of Touch of God Int’l Ministries
🌐 https://www.touchofgod.org
Of Healing and Deliverance, Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
📣 Featured in Who's Who Press Release

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 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:

• Define psychic readings, psychic sight, and psychic surgery

• Trace their origins, beliefs, and purpose

• Identify who or what powers they invoke

• Examine why people use them, and whether they constitute divination

• Consider what the Bible says and why these practices are strongly cautioned against

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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+2

Psychic 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. Wikipedia+2Academia+2
In reality, investigators have repeatedly labeled it fraud, sleight-of-hand, illusion, and trickery. Wikipedia+1

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Beliefs, Origins, and Development

What Were Their Beliefs?

• 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

• 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.

• 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?

• 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

• Psychic surgery emerged more recently, particularly in the mid-20th century, in the Philippines and Brazil. Wikipedia+1

• Notable psychic surgeons like Tony Agpaoa in the Philippines built centers drawing thousands for alleged operations. Wikipedia+1

• 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

• 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.

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Who or What Powers Are Invoked?

• In psychic readings and mediumship, contact is typically claimed with spirits, guides, ancestors, or unseen intelligences that are not the God of the Bible.

• Psychic sight often claims access to spiritual realms or energy fields beyond physical sight, implying unseen spiritual forces.

• Psychic surgery is often said to operate via spirit doctors or spiritual intercessors guiding the hand, drawing on unseen power beyond human skill. Academia

• 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).

• 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

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Purpose, Use, and Why People Are Drawn

Purpose & Use

• Psychic readings promise insight, guidance, answers about relationships, future, or identity—something many crave in times of uncertainty.

• Psychic sight offers a sense of spiritual awareness and authority, apparently revealing hidden truths.

• Psychic surgery markets healing—physical, emotional, or spiritual—under the guise of supernatural intervention.

• 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

• Need or desperation: facing loss, disease, brokenness, some turn to anything promising hope.

• Curiosity: the occult and paranormal are culturally sensational and alluring.

• Deception: advanced practitioners may combine ego-stroking, partial truth, or plausible outcomes to hook clients.

• Slippery slope: a person may begin “just out of curiosity,” then deepen involvement gradually.

• 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.

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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

• Deuteronomy 18:10–12 prohibits diviners, fortune-tellers, mediums, necromancers. These practices are “abominations” to the Lord.

• Leviticus 19:31: “Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them.”

• Isaiah 8:19, 2 Kings 21:6, Leviticus 20:27, Exodus 22:18 also condemn consulting spirits or practicing witchcraft.

• 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.

• Early Christians destroyed occult books (Acts 19:19) as part of turning away from such practices. blog.atriresearch.org

Why It’s Considered Deviation

• It places authority and trust in hidden spiritual powers rather than God.

• It bypasses God’s revealed means (prayer, Scripture, the Holy Spirit) to access knowledge or power.

• It may open a person to demonic influence or spiritual bondage, rather than God’s protective authority.

• Scripture’s consistency shows that God desires that humans rely on Him—not on the spirits or powers that claim supernatural access.

• 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

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Risks, Warnings, and Practical Guidance

Risks

• Spiritual deception or subtle entrance of demonic influence

• Emotional or psychological manipulation by practitioners

• Delay or refusal of legitimate medical treatment (especially in the case of psychic surgery) Wikipedia+1

• False hope, dependency, and spiritual addiction

• Undermines one’s faith or identity in Christ

Warnings

• Even if some elements appear true or helpful, underlying authority is not from God.

• Christians must practice discernment and test all spiritual activity by Scripture (1 Thessalonians 5:21).

• Avoid engaging with psychics, mediumship, spirit communication, or unbiblical healing modalities.

• Instead, trust God’s means of guidance: Scripture, prayer, counsel of the Holy Spirit, and godly community.

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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.

Teresa Morin
President of Touch of God Int’l Ministries
🌐 https://www.touchofgod.org
Of Healing and Deliverance, Ordained Minister, Public Speaker
📣 Featured in Who's Who Press Release

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Review this checklist to identify any practices in your life or family line that may have opened doors to demonic attacks.

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Social Media Promo + Hashtags

Social Post Example:
“Why does God forbid psychic readings, clairvoyant sight & psychic surgery? Discover how these practices conflict with Scripture—and where true guidance comes from. Click to read now ▶️ [link] #PsychicReadings #PsychicSurgery #BiblicalTruth #DivinationWarning #SpiritualWarfare #ChristianDiscernment Click it and be informed!”

Hashtags (use freely):
#PsychicReadings, #PsychicSight, #PsychicSurgery, #BiblicalTruth, #Divination, #OccultWarning, #SpiritualDeception, #ChristianLiving, #GodsGuidance

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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.”