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I note that the works of the flesh include "adultery, fornication, lasciviousness." These things He condemns in Christians, according to the Scriptures. What all is encompassed by "witchcraft," exactly, according to God's Word?

WITCHCRAFT

There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Deu 18:10-12

Quick answer: Witchcraft is a translation of the Hebrew word kishsheph and the Greek word pharmakeia, both of which mean sorcery.

More complete answer: HERE.

How the term applies to Mormonism: HERE.

One more consideration: As the above scripture clearly teaches, God clearly considers all occult practices an abomination and promises He will personally remedy the situation.

From your post and link:

How the term applies to Mormonism: HERE.

THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:

"The living are thus authorized, under prescribed conditions, to act for the dead, and the fathers in the spirit world look to the children in the flesh to perform for them the works which they were unable to attend to while in the body...Knowledge that is needful concerning the spiritual sphere will come through an appointed channel and in the appointed place. The temple where the ordinances can be administered for the dead, is the place to hear from the dead." MORMON DOCTRINE, 1888, pgs.40,41 Charles W. Penrose

The above, however, contradicts what is plain in the Scriptures, that God forbids witchcraft, divination, necromancy, and the like:

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT DIVINATION:
(ATTEMPT TO FORETELL THE UNKNOWN BY OCCULT MEANS)

1. CONSIDERED AS A SYSTEM OF:
Fraud 	Eze 13:6, 7
Lucrative employment 	Act 16:16
Abomination 	Deu 18:11, 12
Punishable by death 	Lev 20:6, 27

2. PRACTICED BY:
Astrologers 	Isa 47:13
Charmers 	Deu 18:11
Consulters 	Deu 18:11
Diviners 	Deu 18:14
False Prophets 	Jer 14:14
Magicians 	Gen 41:8
Necromancers 	Deu 18:11
Soothsayers 	Isa 2:6
Sorcerers 	Act 13:6, 8
Witches 	Exd 22:18
Wizards 	Deu 18:11

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