Mediums Can Talk to the Dead 

Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.”His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”  So Saul disguised himself by wearing ordinary clothing instead of his royal robes.  Then he went to the woman’s home at night, accompanied by two of his men.”I have to talk to a man who has died,” he said. “Will you call up his spirit for me?”  “Are you trying to get me killed?” the woman demanded.  “You know that Saul has expelled all the mediums and psychics from the land.  Why are you setting a trap for me?”  But Saul took an oath in the name of the LORD and promised, “As surely as the LORD lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this.”  Finally, the woman said, “Well, whose spirit do you want me to call up?”

“Call up Samuel,” Saul replied.  When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, “You’ve deceived me!  You are Saul!”  “Don’t be afraid!” the king told her.  “What do you see?”  “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” she said.  “What does he look like?”  Saul asked.”He is an old man wrapped in a robe,” she replied.  Saul realized that it was Samuel, and he fell to the ground before him.  “Why have you disturbed me by calling me back?”  Samuel asked.  “Because I am in deep trouble,” Saul replied.  “The Philistines are at war with us, and God has left me and won’t reply by prophets or dreams.  So I have called for you to tell me what to do.”  But Samuel replied, “Why ask me if the LORD has left you and has become your enemy?  The LORD has done just as he said he would. He has taken the kingdom from you and given it to your rival, David.  (1 Samuel 28:7-17)