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*“Casting lots, while it may be a convenient way of settling many minor difficulties, is not a method designed to disclose the divine will. Such outcomes are purely matters of material chance. The only means of communion with the spiritual world is embraced in the spirit endowment of mankind, the indwelling spirit of the Father, together with the outpoured spirit of the Son and the omnipresent influence of the Infinite Spirit.  
 
*“Casting lots, while it may be a convenient way of settling many minor difficulties, is not a method designed to disclose the divine will. Such outcomes are purely matters of material chance. The only means of communion with the spiritual world is embraced in the spirit endowment of mankind, the indwelling spirit of the Father, together with the outpoured spirit of the Son and the omnipresent influence of the Infinite Spirit.  
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*Divination, sorcery, and witchcraft are superstitions of ignorant minds, as also are the delusions of '''magic'''. The belief in magic numbers, omens of good luck, and harbingers of bad luck, is pure and unfounded '''superstition'''.  
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*'''Divination, sorcery, and witchcraft are superstitions of ignorant minds, as also are the delusions of magic'''. The belief in magic numbers, omens of good luck, and harbingers of bad luck, is pure and unfounded '''superstition'''.  
    
*“The interpretation of dreams is largely a superstitious and groundless system of ignorant and fantastic speculation. The gospel of the kingdom must have nothing in common with the soothsayer priests of primitive religion.  
 
*“The interpretation of dreams is largely a superstitious and groundless system of ignorant and fantastic speculation. The gospel of the kingdom must have nothing in common with the soothsayer priests of primitive religion.  
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