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	Saul and the Witch of Endor
		FOJ had undertaken a study of the case of the spirit of the witch of Endor, and requested additional research from Charles Strong for his analysis of the rather curious situation as presented between Saul and the witch of Endor in I Samuel chapter 28.
		But since Saul had previously been instrumental in eliminating witches and wizards from the land, and even though Saul was in disguise, the witch at Endor was hesitant to help, thinking that a snare was being cast to expose her.
		The witch was startled by the sudden appearance of Samuel in place of the familiar spirits with whom she was used to dealing.
	focusonjerusalem.com /SaulandtheWitchofEndor.htm (3341 words)

	Witch of Endor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The tale of the Witch of Endor is likely the inspiration for the name of Endora, Samantha's mother on the TV series Bewitched.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Witch_of_Endor (464 words)

	Saul and the Witch of Endor
		The story is an amazing one, because this witch who is a medium is successful in calling forth the spirit of the departed Samuel.
		Great Britain's Pagan Federation, which represents druids and witches, is claiming that the TV shows “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” have fueled a rapidly growing interest in witchcraft among children.
		Witches: 14 percent in 1990; 26 percent in 2001.
	www.firstbaptist-wlfd.org /sermon10202002.html (2571 words)

	ThothWeb - The Bible's Witch of Endor: No Betty Crocker
		The witch comes in to Saul, sees his terror, and suggests that, as she listened to him and took her life in her hands, he should now listen to her and have a morsel of bread to strengthen him on his way.
		Like the witch, I cry: "Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?" One of the men assures me that he is just there for a toothache and bids me do my job.
		And it does not suggest that the witch is a ministering angel; it establishes that she is a clever, capable, determined woman.
	www.thothweb.com /article713.html (1632 words)

	Witch of Endor
		Assuring her that she would not be punished for practicing her forbidden profession, he requested that she bring up the prophet Samuel from the dead.
		The witch followed Saul's instructions, but rather than using the tricks of her trade to deceive Saul, she herself was shocked to see an old man appear, whom Saul identified as Samuel!
		Samuel proceeded to remind King Saul that the kingdom had been taken from him because of his disobedience in the Amalekite war, and then foresaw Israel's defeat and the deaths of Saul and his sons at the hands of the Philistines.
	www.occultopedia.com /w/witch_endor.htm (2211 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The chapter describes a witch's conjuring and a meal she serves a (supposedly) witch-hating king.
		When the witch succeeds in calling Samuel forth from the dead, she recognizes that her customer is the king.
		One professor has argued that the severity of the prophet was balanced by the tenderness and hospitality of the witch.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/111/story_11155_1.html (498 words)

	Debate on Bible Morality
		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" (vv:4-7).
		The rest of the chapter records the actual seance in which the witch at Endor conjured up the spirit of Samuel the prophet, who told Saul that the next day his army would be defeated by the Philistines and that he and his sons would be killed.
		The significant thing to notice in this story is not the absurdity of the writer's apparent belief that a medium actually conducted a seance in which she conjured up the spirit of a dead man but his obvious disagreement with the Chronicle writer's version of Saul's death.
	www.infidels.org /library/magazines/tsr/1993/4/4back93.html (895 words)

	The Witch of Endor
		When discussing the state of the dead, that the dead are really dead and not in heaven, hell, or purgatory, the case of the Witch of Endor may be presented as proof that people don't really die, that they continue in some conscious state even after death.
		So based on what the witch said, Saul presumed it was Samuel who he was communicating with, that Samuel had been summoned from the grave to speak with him, since the witch said she could see Samuel coming up from out of the earth (not down from heaven).
		King Saul was looking for help from the witch of Endor, to contact someone in the grave, a dead Samuel, so that he could know from God how he could gain a victory over the Philistines.
	www.aloha.net /~mikesch/witch_of_endor.htm (2330 words)

	Endor
		Tolkien's fictional world of Arda, Endor is the Quenya name for the continent of Middle-earth where the events of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and much of The Silmarillion are set.
		In the Star Wars fictional universe, Endor is the gas giant planet orbited by the Forest moon of Endor.
		In Dragon Quest IV, Endor is the name of the most successful nation in the game with such luxuries as a casino and a coliseum.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Endor.php (213 words)

	Saul and the Witch at Endor
		It would appear, then, that indeed the witch, by her séance, and occult practice, was able to bring up Samuel, or at least his “spirit,” to speak to king Saul!
		Obviously, therefore, on this occasion God allowed the spirit of Samuel to return from its abode with the dead, and to visit Saul, when the witch at Endor sought to contact him.
		Even though the vast majority of mediums and witches practice the art of deception, and prevaricate when they attempt to communicate with the dead, such powers may have existed long ago, or when very evil men gave themselves over to Satanic and demonic activity.
	www.triumphpro.com /saul_and_the_witch_at_endor.htm (2743 words)

	the Witch of Endor - ForumGarden
		There is a very interesting story in the bible that concerns a certain witch that King Saul went to consult, before his battle with the Philistines.
		What I find so interesting, is that the witch was SUCCESSFUL in calling up the spirit of Samuel, the prophet.
		The witch conjured the likeness of Samuel, and we know that the devil can change his appearance (note in the garden he was a serpent), and a likeness of Samuel does not the real thing make.
	www.forumgarden.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3689 (799 words)

	Scores of amateur pool players look for a break (printable version)
		The star couldn’t cross the border, so Grant Homenick was forced to lead the Witch of Endor Pub’s rookie team from Maple Ridge, Canada, in Thursday’s round of the National 8-Ball pool championships at the Reno Events Center.
		Lenny’s might have a more experienced pool team, but the Witch of Endor, known in Maple Ridge simply as “the Witch,” has one of the Reno tournament’s coolest names.
		But there’s only one Witch of Endor, at least in Maple Ridge, with a pool-shooting star who was banned at the border.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=98834 (555 words)

	Familiar spirits, divination, witch, medium and necromancer
		Apparently the witch was not expecting to see what she saw come up out of the earth and shrieked in shock and terror and then described the apparition as gods.”;
		Since Saul had to ask the witch what she saw, it’s clear that Saul “perceived” this by simply thinking that it was Saul, as his visual senses were not involved.
		However, more probably the witch acted as a proxy for the apparition, however this is conjectural.
	www.angelfire.com /in/HisName/familiar.html (4655 words)

	Would you please explain the curious story of the Witch of Endor? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		However, this was not accomplished by the witch's treachery.
		The appearance of Samuel was neither by the power of the woman nor by the agency of the devil.
		What happened was not a trick, nor was it the witch actually calling up Samuel by her supposed powers.
	www.scripturessay.com /q83.html (630 words)

	Man Became a Living Soul - Samuel and the Witch at Endor
		The woman at Endor clearly stated that what she saw CAME UP OUT OF THE EARTH not down from heaven.
		Immediately the young man would be told that what the psychic saw was not their dead loved one at all but a demon impersonating their dead loved one and that God would never use such a practice to answer their prayer.
		There are so few passages which are used in order to maintain the immortality of the soul that anything is grasped upon in order to prove it, despite the inconstancies it creates.
	www.harvestherald.com /mbls/endor.htm (1843 words)

	The Witch Of Endor - A Donelson Fellowship Pocket Paper
		In his extreme distress, he turned to the occult and consulted the witch of Endor.
		The most interesting thing to me about this witch is this: She was dreadfully surprised and frightened when the image of Samuel actually appeared before her.
		The witch of Endor is not your friend.
	www.donelson.org /pocket/pp-990314.html (2505 words)

	Mail: familiar spirit, seances, witch of Endor
		The so-called "witch of Endor" was a necromancer.
		In response to the witch's summoning, Samuel's spirit DID appear.
		IMO, the witch shrieked because she was totally shocked.
	www.biblebell.org /mbag/mailbk.html (1413 words)

	A Halloween Tale: Consulting the Witch at Endor - Chuck Missler - Koinonia House
		One of the strangest episodes recorded in the Word of God is King Saul's consulting a witch (after having ostensibly cleansed the land of Israel from this occultic practice). The Halloween holiday seems like an appropriate time to review the implications of this puzzling tale.
		Saul inquired of the Lord, but the heavens were silent. God did not respond by dreams as He had to Joseph, or by the Urim and Thummim as He had to the high priest, or by prophetic revelation as He had with Samuel.
		With the heavens silent, Saul sought out a medium to enable him to determine the outcome of the battle with the Philistines. Saul was informed by his servants that at Endor, between Mount Tabor and the Hill of Moreh, there lived a medium who had escaped his previous purges.
	www.khouse.org /articles/2000/295 (1184 words)

	The Witch of Endor
		In 1 Samuel 28 we find the story of king Saul seeking out the "Witch of Endor" and the apparent appearance of the deceased Samuel from somewhere beyond the grave.
		So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse." One interesting observation to this later summation of the events of 1 Samuel 28 is that there is no mention whatsoever of the "spirit" of Samuel having been called up....
		The woman from Endor was in fellowship with the forces of darkness; she was a participant with demons.
	www.zianet.com /maxey/reflx80.htm (3940 words)

	Israel's King Saul visited a WITCH to contact the prophet Samuel. Was this contact made using God's/Satan's power? - at ...
		I would begin by saying that I don't believe the vision that appeared to Saul through the Witch of Endor was really Samuel.
		Although we are not told specifically that the Witch of Endor was using the power of Satan to do her "consulting of the dead", we are told that she was "possessed" with a "familiar spirit", i.e., a demon, and by the scriptures quoted and many others, we know such things DO NOT come from God.
		Perhaps He controlled the vision that Saul saw, but I think it more likely that the demon in the Witch of Endor took delight in taunting Saul, the King of Israel.
	www.biblestudy.org /question/witchend.html (1219 words)

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		Also, his prophet, Samuel, is dead and cannot intercede for him, even to bring bad news as he had been doing.
		He decides to consult a witch living in Endor, who is known to consult with familiar spirits (fallen angels).
		She congers up a spirit appearing in the form of Samuel and accurately forecasts that Saul's kingdom will be taken from him due to his falling away from God, and given to David; and that he and his three sons will die in the battle tomorrow.
	www.nasamike.com /main/book/7a.htm (620 words)

	Saul and the Witch of Endor - Koinonia House
		Saul and the Witch of Endor - Koinonia House
		We see the Witch of Endor dressed in fl, sweeping up her house with a traditional witch's broom.
		Abner and Doeg stand by his side as the witch goes to prepare the calf.
	www.khouse.org /pages/halloween_plays/witch_of_endor (8296 words)

	Christian Media Daily by James Lloyd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		For example, the police are usually portrayed as skeptics, but when a horrible killer is on the loose, they're willing to turn to a psychic.
		At the same time, we rarely see the psychics and/or witches portrayed as some repugnant hunchback, for today's psychics are almost always attractive like Medium's Arquette or Ghost Whisperer's Jennifer Love Hewitt.
		At the time, Israel's primary prophet Samuel had just died, and the king was threatened by a significant host of Philistines.
	www.christianmediadaily.com /cmcurrents092005.html (587 words)

	ENDOR: electron nuclear double resonance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		ENDOR was developed by George Feher whilst at Bell Telephone laboratories.
		A Google search for ENDOR gives in excess of 100,000 hits, largely due to the Endor moon in Star Wars!
		Bible) concerns the witch of Endor, and led to an interesting altecation between George Feher and Goudsmidt for a reference to the witch {G.Feher, Phys.Rev., 1959, 114, 1219}.
	www.esr-group.org.uk /History/endor.htm (86 words)

	Harry Potter and the Witch of Endor
		The Skeptical Review: 2002: January/February: Harry Potter and the Witch of Endor
		The popularity of the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is bringing warnings from the guardians of public morality to boycott the movie because its plot depicts witchcraft.
		Instead of reading their children bedtime fairy tales, which could have corrupting elements of magic in them, parents should send their little ones off to dreamland with visions of biblical orgies or massacres dancing in their heads.
	www.infidels.org /library/magazines/tsr/2002/1/021front.html (565 words)

	Winners and Losers: Part 26 - Witch at Endor
		She lived at Endor, a town about 6 miles northwest of Jerusalem, and 10 miles from Gilboa (Saul’s camp).
		“Witch”: N. from wiccian, to use sorcery: “ A person supposed to have supernatural power by a compact with the devil or evil sprits, a sorcerer or sorceress.” V. from witched: “To cause, bring, effect, etc. by witchcraft; to put a magic spell on; to charm, fascinate”, Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary, pg.
		“Witchcraft”: “The power or practices of witches”, Webster’s, pg.
	www.biblebb.com /files/KSS/kss-wl026.htm (1046 words)

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