Counsels on Spiritualism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Counsels on Spiritualism<br><br>The law of Moses contains the following passages: "There shall not be found amongst you a consulter with familiar spirits,or a wizard,or a necromancer: for all that do these things are an abomination to the Lord." "And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits,to go whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul and will cut him off from among his people."<br><br>In accordance with this law, Saul treated sorcery as a capital crime. When his own misconduct became rebellion, - a rebellion which finally extinguished the fortunes of his house in tears and blood, - he was told by Samuel that it was the sin of witchcraft. It is made one of the greatest virtues of the good king Josiah, that he set a flinty face against all attempts at dealing with spirits; and one of the greatest crimes of the wicked king Manasseh, that he practiced and abetted such attempts.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.