Halakha Imamat 19:31: Mishneh Torah, Foreign Worship and Customs, Mishneh Torah, Negative Mitzvot & Sefer HaChinukh

אַל־תִּפְנ֤וּ אֶל־הָאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים אַל־תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ לְטָמְאָ֣ה בָהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

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Mishneh Torah, Foreign Worship and Customs of the Nations

How is spiritualism practiced? One puts a bone of a bird known to such practicioners in his mouth, burns incense and performs other manipulations until he falls into a fit resembling epilepsy, when he speaks out of his mouth happenings of the future. All such are forms of idolatry. Whencefrom is the warning against such practices derived? From what it is said: "Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits" (Lev. 19.31)3Sifra, Lev. 19. C.
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Mishneh Torah, Negative Mitzvot

Not to consult ghosts, as it is said, “Turn ye not unto the ghosts” (Lev. 19:31).
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Mishneh Torah, Negative Mitzvot

Not to resort to familiar spirits as it is said, “…. nor to familiar spirits” (ibid.).
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