Comments on: Samuel and the Witch at Endor https://headhearthand.org/blog/2015/06/16/samuel-and-the-witch-at-endor/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Chris Hutchinson https://headhearthand.org/blog/2015/06/16/samuel-and-the-witch-at-endor/#comment-47946 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:41:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=21496#comment-47946 Thank you for this. There is another possibility, yes? That God simply created an illusion of Samuel that was not demonic, thus its ability to perfectly predict the future. Of course, God could put those words in the mouth of a demon, but I don’t see any compelling reason to think it was anything other than an illusion, or that the woman ever called anything up from the dead, demonic or not. Like most spiritualists, I expect she was simply a trickster, which is why she is so surprised that she sees anything at all!

In any case, it’s a story about God’s judgment on Saul — first by His divine silence, and then answering Saul by way of judgment once sought Him out through such ungodly means. I am about to preach on this very text, which is why your post was so timely. Thanks!

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]]> By: 6-String Salvo, June 19, 2015 – Mike Lee https://headhearthand.org/blog/2015/06/16/samuel-and-the-witch-at-endor/#comment-47898 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:41:05 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=21496#comment-47898 […] 4. King Saul and the witch of Endor is a story in the Bible that’s just plain hard to understand because of the appearance of the prophet Samuel from the dead.  One view says that this really was Samuel and another view says it wasn’t. […]

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