TARROT CARDS EXPOSED
http://www.nccg.org/occult/Occult032-Tarot.html TARROT CARDS EXPOSED .................... The Essence of Divination
All systems of fortune-telling, whatever method is used, are kinds of divination. Divination is the attempt by human beings to gain special knowledge on their own terms and includes attempting to predict the future, as well as informing someone of their personality-type, their personal qualities, and what action they should take in the light of these "revelations". Of course, there is nothing wrong with informing someone of the results of pure observation or inquiry. However, some claim to be proficient in special techniques which yield information not available by mere observation and inquiry. The practice of such techniques is called divination.
Knowledge not discernable by natural observation is legitimately obtained, but only from our Creator God, Yahweh-Elohim. Much knowledge of this kind has been revealed for all to read in God's definitive communication to mankind, the Bible. However, rather than apply to God for special knowledge concerning themselves and the universe, rebellious mankind is determined either to rely entirely upon the unaided human mind, or else to resort to divination. Various systems of divination have been invented: the main divinatory systems have been devised and revealed to man by spiritual beings in rebellion against their Creator. The Bible refers to such beings as "demons", "demonic spirits", "unclean spirits" or "angels of the devil". Systems of divination cannot work in themselves; rather they are operated by the demonic spirits which have inspired the systems in order to lead mankind astray. Therefore, to resort to divination in order to discover unknown things is actually a resort to the very spirits which operate the system.
God refers to divination as a sin equivalent to rebellion against Himself [14]. As divination involves resorting to demons rather than to our Creator, it is easy to see why God condemns it as rebellion. Because systems of divination are controlled by beings which are antagonistic to God, those who join in rebellion with these beings will also join them in being sentenced by God when he judges both men and angels: "Then He will say to those on the left, 'Go from me, the Cursed, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels'" [15].
Divination and Lies
It is not surprising that many diviners resort to lying in the course of presenting readings to their clients: the very systems of divination which they use are operated by demons under the dominion of "the Father of lies" himself, the devil [16]. Indeed, these spirits give only just enough "truth" to deceive people into the gullible and willing belief in all their "revelations". Their deception then serves to increase the devil's ability to perpetrate his evil designs and greatly increase his power over their own persons. Worse still, by practicing divination the individual has allowe God-given defences in his personality to be breached. Once this is done the devil and his demons are able to exert a far greater control than was ever previously possible. The bid to be free of God's rightful control has, in this way, resulted only in enslavement to the ultimately malevolent one, the devil. Here are two serious and interrelated dangers: the danger of being duped by lies, and the danger of being duped by the devil.
Divination and the Risk of Demonization
There is no safe or "fun" form of fortune-telling. To go to the diviner for advice is to rebel against God. For this reason, even if a "fortune-teller" is relying entirely upon "cold-reading" teachniques without any conscious occult involvement, it is still possible for the client to suffer from demonic contamination [17]. Neither does ignorance of the true nature of divination provide any safeguard. All systems of sorcery, of which divination is a type, tend to lead to the passive states of mind which so effectively facilitate being increasingly taken over and manipulated by the devil and his demonic minions [18].
Manipulation by Demons
Demonic spirits have far greater intelligence and experience than our own and so are able to anticipate more accurately than ourselves the course of events in the world. But more than this, they are looking for opportunities to interfere with the affairs of men. For example, if a Tarot-reader predicts that his client's marriage will break up, demonic spirits may then seek to bring about a fulfilment of the prediction by manipulation of circumstances to this end [19]. If they are successful in breaking up the marriage, they will have greatly increased their hold on yet another unhappy human being. Therefore, if an individual resorts to divination, he is not only submitting himself to advice which should never have been given in the first place, but he is in effect expressing a willingness to place his life under the control of demonic agencies, enabling them to manipulate his circumstances so as to fulfil specific divinatory "predictions". In such circumstances, it may well appear to the naïve human that the diviner has been given "supernatural" knowledge of the future, whereas what is really happening is that the demonic spirits are manoeuvring the individual's circumstances to "make the prediction come true". Instead of humbly placing his life at the disposal of the living God, his Creatot, the victim has placed his life in the hands of demonic spirits to further their oewn ends.