How are we to explain the communication that people claim to have with their dead relatives?
Sometimes it is fraud. There is money to be made in telling people what they want to hear, particularly when they are in a vulnerable state. Sometimes it is psychological. When you love someone dearly there is every chance that your longing to see them again can produce an effect where you think they are communicating with you. Sometimes it can be psychological. However, and this is the most dangerous option of all. Sometimes contact really is made with the spirit world, not with the dead themselves but with evil sprits who impersonate those we love. I think this explains why the Bible is so clear about not using the service of mediums. Leviticus 19:31, “Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them.” Deuteronomy 18:9-11, “When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divinations or sorc
