{"id":1502,"date":"2024-01-13T10:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T09:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=1502"},"modified":"2024-01-13T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T09:42:58","slug":"communication-with-spirits","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/communication-with-spirits\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication with spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strong mediums with well-developed abilities do not need a means of contact to communicate with spirits. They can see the spirits directly and talk to them and get answers.<\/p>\n<p>A young spiritist confirmed this fact to Kurt E. Koch after a lecture in Frankfurt. The young woman admitted that she had been conversing with spirits for years. She&nbsp;had started with table-tapping and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/glass-moving\/\" target=\"_self\" title='Glass-moving is used as a form of divination or to contact the deceased or spirits. What happens during the process of glass-moving? The alphabet is arranged in a circle on the table, with a glass plate and a liqueur glass above it. After the medium has invoked the \"spirit of a dead person\", questions are&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">glass-moving<\/a>. Later she no longer&nbsp;needed these aids, but was able to put questions to the spirits directly. They answered her. When Kurt E Koch pointed out to her that these&nbsp;spirits would destroy her life, she openly admitted it.<\/p>\n<p>The cult of spirits and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/demons\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Demons (from the Greek daimonioi = superhuman beings) are angels who have fallen away from God under the leadership of Satan (= Lucifer, the devil). At various points in the biblical history of salvation, they wreak havoc as opponents of God and tempters of man. Since demons are spiritual beings removed from the realm visible&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">demons<\/a> belongs to the realm of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/spiritism\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term spiritism is derived from the Latin word spiritus, the spirit. It can be defined as the doctrine or cult of spirits. This movement is understood as an attempt to communicate with the dead in the realm of the dead. Historically, spiritism can be traced back thousands of years. (Old Testament: 1 Samuel 28:5;&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">spiritism<\/a>. All those who participate fall under a terrible spell.<\/p>\n<p>Another example from Lismore in Australia:&nbsp;A woman told Kurt E. Koch in the counselling session about her severe fears. Her uncle was a spiritist. Before he died, he gave his niece his mediumistic powers. It often happens with mediums that they cannot die until they have transferred their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a>al powers to someone else. Since this young woman had taken over the mediumistic powers from her dying uncle, she had experienced terrible anxiety. She saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/demons\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Demons (from the Greek daimonioi = superhuman beings) are angels who have fallen away from God under the leadership of Satan (= Lucifer, the devil). At various points in the biblical history of salvation, they wreak havoc as opponents of God and tempters of man. Since demons are spiritual beings removed from the realm visible&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">demons<\/a>, heard knocking signs, rumbling noises and other disturbances. In her distress, she went to a doctor instead of an experienced counsellor. The doctor naturally thought she was suffering from a form of schizophrenia and admitted her to a clinic. There, too, she received psychiatric treatment, that was unsuccessful. She was discharged again and continued to have the apparitions. Not only could she see the spirits, she could also talk to them, ask them questions and receive answers. Her nervous system became more and more disturbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong mediums with well-developed abilities do not need a means of contact to communicate with spirits. They can see the spirits directly and talk to them and get answers. A young spiritist confirmed this fact to Kurt E. Koch after a lecture in Frankfurt. The young woman admitted that she had been conversing with spirits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1502","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1502\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}