Christianity and ghosts

OK, so it is understood that there are spiritists who are able to contact the immaterial, immortal and conscious "spirits" once decoupled from the matter that was their body in this reality, but such an act can only be performed with the providence of God as such transcends the normal capabilities of a finite human being. In the book of Samuel (refer to Samuel 28 verses 1 to 19) we see that Saul attempted to contact the recently deceased (recently at that point in time) prophet Samuel - which resulted in the Philistine Army approaching Saul and also that of Saul having no help from the providence of God. After this, Saul consulted his attendants and asked them to fetch him a woman whose job is to be a medium. One of the attendants said that there was one in Endor, so Saul disguised himself, walked out during the nighttime and asked the medium to consult a spirit for him. The aforementioned medium was successful in her attempt to contact Samuel, but the main message was very unfortunate for Saul - The Lord will now make it his will to have David obtain the land that was once Saul's land.

It is clear from the teachings of The Bible that we should not contact spirits as we could be accessing that of the evil spirits. God commands not to even seek what the future holds before it occurs for discovery, so by that token being a psychic is a sin.  Acknowledging particles in a state before that state occurs for human perception is for the prerogative of God alone - and that is all.

In the time of Jesus, exorcisms were a relatively common practice, for example in Mark 5 verses 1 to 9. However if someone, you think, is possessed by evil spirits then it would be ever-so-wise to consult the church about the problem at hand.

Furthermore, if you ever perceive a ghost then you can be sure that it is not the spirit of the person who you think it is - in most cases, ghosts are purely evil spirits that can imitate a dead person. Ghosts are not what some forms of media would have you believe as ghosts are the fallen demons that you would better off not having anything to do with. If you have not been saved, then potentially you can be part of a fallen world (well can we be born into this world without original sin?) The dead can either have their spirits exists in one of two entities now - either that of Hades (although the spirits will be transferred to Hell from there) or Heaven. The parable of Lazarus and the rich man tells us that nobody contained within Hades can warn us of the tormenting fate that awaits to collide with the will of the immaterial cognition once it decouples from the matter of this entity, we simply just have to believe the implication of the parables and trust in Christ that we are saved from eternal damnation. Remember, if our thoughts were purely chemical then why do chemicals react and not reason?

In the play of MacBeth by Shakespeare, the term "Your Highness" is attributed to people (the monarchy) as oppose to God which provides a distorted spiritual hierarchy in which affects MacBeth - as MacBeth, along with his wife who became somewhat of a convincing alibi, becomes instrumental to the ways of evil. Later on in the play, MacBeth is contacted by three apparitions which warn him about MacDuff returning to Scotland, to essentially ruin him.

Cherubim, however, are usually associated with the presence of God and following the writing of the Pseudo-Dionysius it can be said that cherubim are at the second highest ranking in the angelic heirarchy, following that of the Seraphim. Oftentimes Cherubim can be mistaken for Putti, which is the use of babies or infants in art - but cherubim can take the form of winged children on say graveyard decorations or in museums.