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.

2. After being threatened with death if they did not make known the dream and the interpretation, what did the wise men say to the king?
Who minister to God, and assist in the judgment?
21. What did this council, in its twenty-ninth canon, decree concerning the Sabbath and Christians who continued to observe it ?
With what should our prayers be mingled?
What fate awaits those who turn a deaf ear to the poor?
Whose names are in the foundations of the holy city?
To what is the life of the redeemed compared?

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