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Wizards are condemned by the Bible
An '''Occult''' thing is something that is clandestine, hidden, or secret. The word Occult comes from the Latin ''occultus'', meaning "knowledge of the hidden". Websters defines '''Occult''': To shut off from view or exposure"<ref>http://m-w.com/dictionary/occult</ref>
An '''Occult''' thing is something that is clandestine, hidden, or secret. The word Occult comes from the Latin ''occultus'', meaning "knowledge of the hidden". Websters defines '''Occult''': To shut off from view or exposure"<ref>http://m-w.com/dictionary/occult</ref>
''“When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire [an ancient occult practice], or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination [detestable] to the LORD…”''<ref>''Deuteronomy 18:9-12a'', KJV</ref>
''“When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire [an ancient occult practice], or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination [detestable] to the LORD…”''<ref>''Deuteronomy 18:9-12a'', KJV</ref>
A '''Wizard''' is a person that possesses occult powers. It is derived from the Middle English word for 'wise.' Wizards are condemned by the [[Bible]]:
''"And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people."''<ref>''Leviticus 20:6'', KJV, although this verse refers more properly to "those who would seek special knowledge through the spirits of the dead, whether the dead in general or dead relatives in particular" (NET, Leviticus 19, note 52).</ref>