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	Christian views on witchcraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The words "witch" and "witchcraft" in the Bible are sometimes translated "necromancer" and "necromancy" for this reason.
		While a biblical "witch" has much in common with a modern spiritist, some argue that modern "witches" (usually practitioners of Wicca), are completely unrelated to the "witches" condemned in the Bible, however Strong's definition of the word as including anyone who casts spells would certainly include practitioners of Wicca.
		Further discussion of people accused of being witches, and of those who claim to be witches, may be found in the articles witchcraft and witchhunt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_views_on_witchcraft (1183 words)

	Witchcraft
		Witchcraft is a term used to describe the practices of witches, and popular beliefs about the practices of witches.
		This mural of a naked pagan sexuality/fertility goddess on a distaff suggests that the connection may have originally been a sexual one (sticks and staffs have long been common masturbation devices, orgasm is achieved by rubbing them between the legs against the clitoris).
		An example cited is the biblical story of the witch of En Dor (I Samuel 28) who, when she was successful in bringing up Samuel from the dead, screamed out in surprise and fear.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Witchcraft.html (1146 words)

	Witch of Endor
		The Witch of Endor, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a witch, a woman with a familiar spirit, who called up the ghost of Samuel the prophet at the demand of King Saul of Israel.
		If you take the Bible literally, it would appear to affirm that it is or was possible for humans to summon the spirits of the blessed dead by magic.
		Some suggest that what the witch actually summoned was not the ghost of Samuel, but a demon taking his shape.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Witch_of_En_Dor.html (172 words)

	Witch of Endor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Witch of Endor: from the frontispiece to Sadducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvill
		In the Hebrew Bible the Witch of Endor of the First book of Samuel chapter 28:4-25 was a witch a woman "who possesses a talisman through which she called up the ghost of the recently deceased prophet Samuel at the demand of King Saul of Israel.
		Then in bitter irony Saul sought out the witch and in disguise only after he received answer from Yahweh from dreams prophets or the Urim and Thummim as to his best course of against the assembled forces of the Philistines.
	www.freeglossary.com /Witch_of_En_Dor (564 words)

	Times & Seasons » Can Satan give the gift of prophecy?
		Well, if the witch did not receive this vision from God, but rather from Satan (and our Bible Dictionary explicitly states that this is not a vision from God), then Satan appears to be capable of granting prophetic visions to his followers.
		The Witch’s vision may not have been prophecy from God, but perhaps she had listened to other prophets and knew with some degree of certainty that such events would occur.
		My guess would be that the witch, like many modern flim flam artists, used what she already knew to guess or predict what would happen.
	www.timesandseasons.org /index.php?p=2303 (2390 words)

	BibleGateway - Quick search: witch
		OATH » Saul swears to the witch of En-dor (1 Samuel 28:10)
		WITCHCRAFT » The Witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:7-25)
		NECROMANCY »; INSTANCE OF » The witch of En-dor (1 Samuel 28:7-19)
	www.biblegateway.com /quicksearch?quicksearch=witch (365 words)

	The Dilemma of the Disobedient, Theodore Epp
		The story of his visit to the witch of En-dor is well known.
		It was in keeping with Saul's character to have issued orders to destroy everyone who sought contact with the dead, such as the witch of En-dor, and then, when he found himself facing a real difficulty, to seek the help of just such an evil person.
		The witch of En-dor was terrified when she discovered that it was not the evil spirit for whom she was a medium who appeared to Saul.
	articles.christiansunite.com /article5761.shtml (290 words)

	Blue Letter Bible - Help, Tutorials, and FAQs
		It has been argued that the witch actually called up a spirit from the afterlife, but that spirit was not Samuel.
		There are a number of reasons why the appearance of Samuel to Saul at En Dor is denied.
		At En Dor there was an episode with King Saul and a witch.
	www.blueletterbible.org /faq/nbi/121.html (2720 words)

	King Saul's Last Battle
		Although as king, in harmony with the Divine regulation, he had ordered all witches, wizards, and all who claimed to communicate with the dead to leave the land of Israel, nevertheless there were some here and there remaining.
		The witch, after being assured that it would not work ill for her, got into communication with the fallen angels, who she supposed, as spiritualists still suppose, were the spirits of the dead.
		They will then be under the most favorable conditions we could ask for them--freed from the shackles of ignorance and superstition, with Messiah's Kingdom ready to help them out of their weaknesses and degradation back to human perfection, lost in Eden, redeemed at Calvary.
	www.biblestudents.com /htdbv5/r5673.htm (1755 words)

	Storacle #9
		God had clearly commanded His people never to consult a witch or medium (Leviticus 19:31; 20:27), but Saul now had little regard for God's Word.
		Upon finding a woman in En-dor who claimed to consult with the dead, the king disguised himself and went to see her.
		He said to the medium, "Bring me up Samuel." The witch went through her spells and enchantments, and then an apparition claiming to be the dead prophet Samuel appeared and gave the king an utterly hopeless message.
	www.nisbett.com /studies/storacles/storacle09.asp (299 words)

	En-dor, Witch Of (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		On the woman reminding him how Saul had cut off from the land those who practiced these arts--a proof of the existence and operation of the laws against divination, witchcraft, necromancy, etc. (Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:9-14)--the king assured her of immunity, and bade her call up Samuel.
		It was she who saw Samuel, and reported his words; the king himself saw and heard nothing.
		It required no great skill in a practiced diviner to forecast the general issue of the battle about to take place, and the disaster that would overtake Saul and his sons; while if the forecast had proved untrue, the narrative of the witch of En-dor would never have been written.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3065 (531 words)

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		The witch of En-dor is very skeptical; in fact, it seems that she suspects a trap from the beginning.
		The witch of En-dor does not follow the typical stereotype of demon possession.
		The demons that teach false doctrine are some of the most dangerous and ingenius of all fallen angels, while the ones that act as ventriloquists usually are not.
	www.gbible.org /trees/010701.doc (2101 words)

	Bible Questions & Answers
		And there is a passage on this topic, a witch speaking with someone who is dead.
		Israel's first king, Saul, had asked a witch at En Dor to call the prophet Samuel from the dead.
		The witch at En Dor did as Saul asked and conducted a seance to bring up Samuel, but when the dead prophet spoke to Saul, he condemned the king for bringing him up.
	www.his-forever.com /q_98.htm (526 words)

	Sam & Saul - Koinonia House
		The witch snaps her fingers as she tries to remember the forgotten line.) Your presence here is in demand...
		As the witch prepares for the second rehearsal (stage right facing cauldron), the masked man is seen walking out from behind the curtain and exiting stage right.
		The witch slowly turns her head toward the spectre as it dawns on her that the figure above the cauldron is not her partner but a real apparition.
	www.khouse.org /pages/halloween_plays/sam_and_saul (4116 words)

	Clarke's Commentary - 1 Samuel 28
		The Philistines prepare to attack the Israelites, and Achish informs David that he shall accompany him to battle, 1, 2.
		Saul, unable to obtain any answer from God, applies to a witch at En-dor to bring up Samuel that he may converse with him on the issue of the war, 3-11.
		He reproaches Saul with his misconduct, and informs him of his approaching ruin, 15-19.
	www.godrules.net /library/clarke/clarke1sam28.htm (2040 words)

	Bible Dictionary: Witchcraft - Wikichristian
		In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture.
		The "witch of Endor" (1 Samuel 28) was a necromancer, i.e., one who feigned to hold converse with the dead.
		This page was last modified 12:47, 30 July 2006.
	www.wikichristian.org /index.php?title=Bible_Dictionary:_Witchcraft (91 words)

	The Court of Saul
		The most important figure at the court of Saul was his cousin Abner, the son of the witch of En-dor.
		A wall measuring six ells in thickness could be moved more easily than one of Abner's feet.
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	www.globusz.com /ebooks/LegJew4/00000034.htm (1216 words)

	Bible Questions and Answers: Does the Bible tell us to 'go to church'? By John W. Myers, Internet Photojournalist
		Bible Answer: We have several quite specific Scriptures regarding mediums and witches.
		The first specific condemnation of such practices is in Deuteronomy 18:9-12, which is Moses passing along God's commandments to the Jews about to enter into Palestine.
		1 Samuel 28:7-8 says "Then Saul said to his servants, 'Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him, 'In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.'"
	johnmyers.com /bible60.html (590 words)

	Bible Law
		This phrase may refer to the same thing as practicing wizardry.
		The word describes the witch at En Dor whom Saul engaged to conduct a seance and bring up the spirit of Samuel
		The woman succeeded either by the power of God or the power of the Devil.
	www.biblelaw.com /cgi-bin/sht.cgi?tc=2100&tt=c (291 words)

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		Remember the story of King Saul in the Bible?
		Yes, he fell into apostacy and at a low point went to see a witch, the witch of En-dor.
		Saul did talk with a spirit, but would a prophet of the living God of Heaven come back through a witch?
	www.ponyexpress.net /~keithf/death.html (244 words)

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