Did this doctrine exist in ancient times?

Answer

"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord
your God." Lev. 19: 31.
NOTE - "The phenomenal aspect of modern Spiritualism reproduces all essential principles of the
magic, witchcraft, and sorcery of the past. The same powers are involved, the same intelligences are
operating.' - F. F. Morse, in "Practical Occultism," page 85.

Did Jesus ever make use of ordinary means in performing His miracles?
What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through this Spirit of Christ, call the seventhday Sabbath?
What becomes of the living wicked when Christ comes?
Against whom do we wrestle?
What is an evidence of perfection?
What did He say to the woman of Samaria as to the source of salvation?
For what purpose was man made?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle