Some popular spirit mediums, who later on chose to reveal the truth, have also indicated that they had certain psychic powers like reading other person's thoughts. They took to becoming spirit mediums to earn more money from their credulous clientele. Many have also lain bare their secret practices and tricks through which they produced so-called supernatural phenomena. The Bah ' Writings teach that evil souls who have passed away can exercise no power over people. Good is stronger than evil.
Evil souls have very little power, even when alive.
How much less they have after they are dead. Similarly, the Bah ' Writings teach that heaven and hell are conditions within our beings. 19 Heaven is described as a state of nearness to God and hell as being far removed from Him. The Bah ' s are warned not to indulge in occult practices as these can cause considerable mental harm, and thus permanently injure the mind as well as the body. Even the company of such people is to be avoided because we may unconsciously fall under their baneful influence.