Demonology

Spirit of Divination

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Spirit of Divination refers to Acts 16 language about a slave girl with a python spirit, associated with fortune-telling and exploitative spiritual power.

Spirit of Divination is biblical language for fortune-telling spirit power in Acts 16.

Demons & Fallen BeingsThe Great Almanac DictionaryUpdated 2026-09-26

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Related: Demon, Fallen Angel, Spiritual Warfare, Discernment

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The story behind Spirit of Divination

The phrase python spirit connects the Acts account with ancient divination language and the Python oracle tradition.

The spiritual meaning of Spirit of Divination

Spiritually, Spirit of Divination asks whether spiritual attention is serving freedom or exploitation.

Spirit of Divination in the Bible

Acts 16 describes Paul commanding a spirit out of a girl whose owners profited from her fortune-telling.

Why Spirit of Divination matters

Spirit of Divination matters because the Acts story connects spiritual bondage with economic exploitation.

How to read Spirit of Divination

Spirit of Divination comes up when studying Acts 16, discernment, exploitation, and the difference between spiritual spectacle and freedom.

Spirit of Divination in practice: an example

The girl liberation disrupts an economic system that benefited from her bondage.

Where readings of Spirit of Divination go wrong

The usual misreading is to use this phrase to accuse intuitive, mentally distressed, or spiritually curious people.

Sources and editorial method

This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.

Recorded here as history and lore. No rite is taught on this page.

Source: The Great Almanac Dictionary
Category: Demons & Fallen Beings
Last updated: 2026-09-26

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