Homilies on the Orthodox Faith · Lecture 022
Spiritualism
A lecture by Nikolaos Sotiropoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos, recalling a previous talk on demon possession, defines spiritualism as the claim to communicate with the dead, the saints, or the angels through mediums, séances, moving objects, voices, apparitions, and alphabetic messages. He insists that such phenomena may be real yet are never holy, because demons imitate departed relatives and even saints such as Gregory the Theologian in order to deceive. The account of Saul and the Witch of Endor in 1 Samuel 28, with the prohibition of Deuteronomy 18:10-12, is presented as proof that consulting the dead through mediums is a grave impiety condemned by God. He rejects hypnotic mediumship and reincarnation, citing Hebrews 9:27 that a person dies once and then faces judgment, and warns through contemporary anecdotes that séances and occult healers fall under demonic influence. He urges the faithful to seek healing only from the Holy Spirit and to worship the Triune God alone.
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