1 Samuel 28:1-25

The Bible speaks often of the consequences of following false idols and falsehood.
In God’s eyes witchcraft falls under the category of idolatry.
People have been worshipping and seeking supernatural powers other than God since the beginning. Satan has used witchcraft to prevent people from finding holy spirituality in God alone. He uses witchcraft such as mediums, horoscopes, and games to entice people away from God and toward a power that gives self-enlightenment.
In the last few years, witchcraft has steadily become an acceptable topic and practice in many areas of society, unfortunately, people may not even be aware that they are involved in witchcraft because it is made to seem entertaining, innocent and may even seem like a jock to many more. Galatians 5:19-20.
Even Christians are on the bandwagon of witchcraft, adults and children alike are into programs like Harry porter, Sabrina the teenage witch, games that teach how to cast spells, tarot card readings and much more that look innocent but are deadly pastimes.
As the old saying goes, “The road to destruction is paved with good intentions.” Judgment will not be according to what we intend but what we did. God does not reward us for good intentions.
Saul died in disobedience to God. He did not obey God’s words. Instead of praying, he went to a witch to seek guidance. Saul’s intention was “good,” to enquire of the prophet Samuel, there are just two problems: Samuel was dead, and Saul was about to consult with a witch (a practice he had banned in the land), so God’s judgment of Saul was not on his intention but his action. According to 2 Corinthians 5:10, we will all appear before God for our actions and not intentions.
Witchcraft, sorcery, and magic and the likes are strongly condemned in the bible, see Exodus 22:18. It seduces people from their allegiance to God, whose judgment and guidance we should depend on, trying to peek into the future, is trying to assume an attribute that belongs only to God, the foretelling of future events, it corrupts the minds of people, and leads them away from God and the revelation of His truth.
In vs 7-9, we find Saul, who knew how wrong witchcraft was, got so desperate for help that he turned to the wrong thing he had outlawed. We can never find help or answers from the creation-only the creator knows and has what we need.
God won’t have warned us off witchcraft if it were good and it would not be a secret practice, instead, every evil work was done under the cover of darkness, see Ezekiel 8:7-12. But this generation have brought witchcraft and every idolatry we can think of into the open and even into the church, like Halloween, solstice, séance, and hexing, in fact, these gifts, talent or powers are celebrated and applauded. They may look innocent and outwardly normal but fully evil and destructive.
The wide road/gate is easy to travel on, as described in Matthew 7:13 but it only leads to death. Dabbling in occultic or magic to gain sight of God and know His will are lies from the pit of hell says Isaiah 8:19-22, we do not find God by any means, only through Christ according to Acts 4:12. The road to Endor only leads to death.
Shalom