The rise and progress of Modern Spiritualism is clearly indicated in Holy Scripture:- " Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils [lit. demons] speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron: forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God bath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth" (1 Tim. 4:1-3) The gravity of the warning is emphasized by the way it is introduced, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly."