Touch Therapies

Contacting The Dead

One of the most interesting stories in the Bible is found in 1 Samuel 28:1-25. It is the account of Israel's King Saul visiting the Witch of Endor to conjur the spirit of the prophet Samuel. The Bible relates the story verse 7-11.

"Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

And the woman said unto him, Behold, you know what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then why do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel".

Saul was facing an imminent threat from the Philistine Empire. He longed for deliverance from his enemy and desperately wanted to know the outcome of the battle. The Bible records that Samuel did in fact appear to King Saul and prophesied that the next day he would be killed.

People who are chronically sick, facing major surgery or a terminal illness are also desperate to know their future and experience deliverance from their illnesses. Touch therapists take advantage of their fears. They promise supernatural insight about the future and a method of healing that offers hope when conventional medicine fails. The problem is, like King Saul, they don't turn to God for help. Instead, they turn to the occult.

Touch therapist will tell patients plainly that they contact spirit guides and angels to provide the insight and healing they long for. They will take things a step further and reassure patients that they can also depend on the help of deceased family members as well. It is common for touch therapists to reassure patients that there is life after death, and that it is possible to gain insight and receive help from loving family members who have died.

The Bible calls the practice of contacting the dead "necromancy". Necromancy is a spiritualist method involving the use of mediums and seances. God's Word declares that it is an abomination before the Lord. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 records God's own words concerning the matter, "There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

Or a charmer, or consults with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee".

Practitioners of touch therapies like Reiki, Healing Touch and Therapeutic Touch will assure you that there alternative avenues of healing. They will tell you that although they are dead, people you love are very much alive and are available to help you during your medical crisis.

Christians must recognize that touch therapists are dabbling in the occult. They cannot contact deceased family members. However, they can channel the demonic and procure the help of the Enemy of your soul. As Christians, not only must we be wary of the use of touch therapies, but it is our responsibility to open the eyes of family, friends and people we know to the reality of spiritual darkness and the power of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.