[DungeonMaster]

1 Samuel 28:15 is an example of necromancy, praying to Mary isn't. Catholics aren't trying to "raise her up." They don't expect her to open the door and ask, "Now what do you want?"

Raising up is not the only thing that spiritists do. Seeking help in any way from the dead is spiritism.

Deuteronomy 18:11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. Raising up the dead is not even the same thing as a spiritist. They are two distinct things.

[Enosh]

Okay, we agree that praying to Mary isn't necromancy, but spiritism? Hmm...

I think we may be reading that word differently.

Link

"The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore (1866), while making due allowance for fraudulent practice in Spiritism, declares that some at least of the manifestations are to be ascribed to Satanic intervention, and warns the faithful against lending any support to Spiritism or even, out of curiosity, attending séances (Decreta, nn. 33-41)."