The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

of God’s creation. Genesis 1:2; Psalm 143:10; Zechariah 7:12; Mark 1:10; Hebrews 1:7. 1414. Spiritist, Spiritualism, Spiritism—A) A medium of a familiar spirit. B) One who invites and allows themselves to be conduits of demonic spirits for the purposes of allowing their manifestation in our world. Deuteronomy 18:9–14 shares God’s views on their practice. The Fox sisters who created a series of true and false machinations to entice people to visit them to hear from and commune with the dead introduced the art to modern culture in 1848. See Necromancy. They resorted to telepathy, clairvoyance, trance talk, and ghosting. Their practices included levitation, poltergeist, and ectoplasm. (Ectoplasm is a substance held to produce spirit materialization. Ecto means out, outside, external, and plasm means formative or formed material as of the cell or tissue. The outer material of a cell.) 1415. Spirit Guide—An idea popularized by New Agers, the spirit is the familiar spirit that manifests itself in the life of the seeker of higher knowledge and reconnection to the light (Lucifer) through meditation and a host of other New Age paraphernalia. The guide shows up as requested and begins to seduce the seeker with supposed deep knowledge and revelation that the rest of the world is denied. The spirit may be an ancestral spirit that seduced the founder of a mystery cult or secret society, or an ancient devil seeking a conduit through which to revive an ancient religion. They come presenting themselves as agents of genius and deceive the person into communing and serving them. Such spirit guides give their names, which are more often than not throwback to ancient Middle and Near Eastern religions. Using channeling as their methods of manifestation, these spirits often dictate lost or buried occult works from deceased witches, magicians, and such to revive their works for present generations. The spirit guide is who and what the Bible means when it refers to familiar spirits. See Familiar Spirits and Guides. 1416. Spirit of Prophecy—A) A term the Bible uses to describe the creation of an atmosphere conducive to prophesying and operating the manifest word of the Lord. The spirit of prophecy includes the atmosphere that provokes or evokes the spiritual and supernatural. This is irrespective of the official prophet. B) The act of bringing forth the word of the Lord in primarily predictive more than revelatory contexts. C) Christ is the literal Spirit of Prophecy. Revelation 19:10; 1 Corinthians 12:10 and 13:2; Romans 12:6. 1417. Spiritual—That which pertains to the immaterial and invisible spheres