What is the Key of Solomon?
The Key of Solomon is a medieval grimoire, or book of magic, wrongly attributed to Solomon, son of David. Scholars typically identify the Key of Solomon as a 14th- or 15th-century piece of Latin literature. Most remaining manuscripts date from the 16th to 18th centuries, including translations in several languages, especially Italian. The manuscripts include…
What does the Bible say about witchcraft / witches?
The Bible has a lot to say about witchcraft. Witchcraft and its many cousins, such as fortune-telling and necromancy, are Satan’s counterfeits to holy spirituality. The Bible expressly condemns all forms of witchcraft. Since early times, people have sought supernatural experiences God did not endorse. The nations that surrounded the Promised Land were saturated with…
Should a Christian consult horoscopes?
The purpose of a horoscope is to gain insight into a person’s character and foretell the future. The basic belief of astrology is that planets and stars exert an influence upon our lives. Those with special knowledge—astrologers—can predict events in a person’s life. It is distressing that most major newspapers have a horoscope column, and…
Should a Christian play with Ouija boards?
The modern Ouija board was created in the late 1800s as interest in spiritualism grew. A Ouija board, also called a spirit board or talking board, is simply a game board that has the alphabet, numerals, and “yes” and “no” printed on its face. A planchette, or pointer, is used to spell out words and…
What is Faithism and the Oahspe Bible?
Faithism is a religion based on Oahspe: A New Bible, a book written in 1882 by John Ballou Newbrough, a dentist. The book is fairly lengthy, more than three-quarters the size of the Bible. Newbrough claimed to have written the book through automatic writing. This is a spiritualist technique where a person slips into a…
Who/what is Baphomet?
Baphomet is the name of a false god associated in times past with the Knights Templar and today with Satanism and the occult. Modern representations of Baphomet picture it with a goat’s head on a human body (with both male and female traits); between the goat’s horns is a torch, and the image often includes…
What is remote viewing?
Remote viewing (RV) was a scientific-sounding term used to describe a specific type of clairvoyance or extrasensory perception (ESP). Harper’s Encyclopedia of Mystical and Paranormal Experience defines remote viewing as “seeing remote or hidden objects clairvoyantly with the inner eye, or in alleged out-of-body travel.” For example, if an object is locked in a container…
What is the Egyptian Book of the Dead?
The Egyptian Book of the Dead carries one of the most misleading names in archaeology. Popular culture likes entertainment and oversimplification. For that reason, the Book of the Dead is usually thought of as “the ancient Egyptian Bible” or a book of sorcery or something along those lines. This title was used of a magical…
What is a medium?
In both modern and ancient times, a medium is a person who communicates with spirits, usually apart from the use of witchcraft. A medium is, literally, an “intermediary” between the spirit world and ours. The Bible condemns the practice of mediumship, and attempting to speak to the dead, through séances or other means, is expressly…
What does the Bible say about palm reading?
Palm reading, also known as “palmistry” or “chiromancy,” has its roots in Greek mythology. Chiromancy, from the Greek kheiro, meaning “hand,” and mantia, meaning “divination,” essentially means “divination from the palm of the hand.” Practitioners believe they can interpret one’s character, fortunes, and possible future events by “reading” the lines, marks, and bumps on the…