How could such a gigantic web of spirit seances begin?
It took centuries to lay the groundwork. First, the people were taught to look to men for guidance, and accept their words in preference to the Holy Scriptures. Whenever a person does that, he imperils his soul. Second, the faithful were told to bow down to statues, and pray to departed spirits (known as saints). Efforts to communicate with the dead always lead the soul into the grip of spiritualism! Third, Roman Catholics were commanded to pray to their angels, try to make contact with them, and unreservedly accept whatever they said. This is another form of communication with supernatural spirits. We are to pray to Godnot to angels, and not to dead people! The future Pope Paul I said, when he was bishop of Venato: It is necessary to speak much more about them [the angels] . . [and to] develop an intimate relationship with them. Vatican II reminded the faithful in the Dogmatic Constitution of the Church that the church always venerated angels, along with the Virgin and the saints. All
