Mediumship is expressly forbidden in the Bible and never used by any Godly person.
The idea of surrendering control of yourself to a demonic spirit, or acting as a vessel through which it can communicate and act, goes against everything the Bible tells us from beginning to end.
Biblically, only the Holy Spirit is allowed into the temple of your body. To invite anything else in willingly, or to reject the Holy Spirit, is what leads to destruction and damnation.
Psychic phenomena is also likely a form of mediumship. Many believe, even former occultists turned Christian, that it is not something people activate through thier own power; but rather something they do in concert with demonic forces that they allow to work through them.
Others believe that our own soul has the power to generate psychic activity independant of any other force (either good or bad).
If we were to assume the later (which I don't believe is the case, and see no biblical evidence for that idea) then there is an important qualifier that must be understood about what constitutes a good versus a bad use of a natural ability. Example: We have the power to freely move our hands; which we can use to feed the poor or kill the innocent. Biblically we know what seperates good and bad use of our hands is whether or not that action is done in obedience to God's will and in line with his character.
That's the major distinction that I see is missing from your post, and it applies to everything you listed - Is what you are doing submitted to God, or in rebellion to him?
The Bible also tells us that there are counterfiet miracles. When Moses confronted Pharaoh, the Pharaoh's magicians were able to duplicate some of the miracles Moses performed. We also see several new testament warnings to watch out for those who practice signs and wonders that serve a lie (2 Thessalonians 2:9). We see in Matthew 7:22-23 that it is possible to perform miracles without being in relationship with Jesus - And they are called evildoers for this.
Yet Moses demonstrated the superiority of true miracles from God by his seperent eating up the ones created by the magicians. Furthermore, we see later on that there are many miracles done by God, through Moses, are so superior that the magicians can't even begin to duplicate it.
This brings us to another important point: God's power is always superior to any demonic or personal power someone would seek to possess.
This is routinely demonstrated throughout the Bible, especially with Elijah calling down fire from heaven when 400 prophets of baal could not conjure up even a spark with all their rituals.
We also see in Isaiah that only God truly knows what the future is going to be. Fortune tellers who work through demons can't guarantee anything because they aren't all knowing able to see the end from the beginning. They work by calculating probabilities. Or they work by declaring what they intend to cause to happen; but they are not able to guarantee it will happen. In contrast, God can make such guarantees because he is all powerful.
So why do some people not want to come to God and experience his true power and knowledge? Because he works on his terms, not ours. Most people who seek power through the occult want to use that power for their own purposes, in the way they want. They want either to glorify themselves, satisify their lusts, or be in control. That is why is is said that rebellion to God is like the sin of witchcraft (1 Sameul 15:23) Because essentially witchcraft is all about obtaining things God would give us, but trying to obtain it without going through God, because they don't want to have to be submitted to God's will.
So again, this goes back to the core problem with everything you listed: Most of it is associated with occult people doing their own thing and being willing to submit to demonic powers to get what they want.
Anytime you see genuine miracles of similar types done in the Bible, you see it being done through the power of God - not by the power of the person. You also see that it is something done that serves the purposes of God, or is in line with his character.
Why is it so important? It's what's best for us. Practically it's for our protection. The Bible says Satan comes only to lie, steal and destroy (John 10:10). Any demonic force someone aligns themselves with, however benign or helpful it might seem at first (satan poses as an angel of light, 2 corinthians 11:14), you have to remember that ultimately their only goal is to see the human race destroyed and suffer as retribution upon us for being created in the image of God whom they hate. Their fate is already sealed and they just want to drag down as many as they can with them before Jesus returns to put an end to it. You can't trust them. Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44). Anything they do is designed to ultimately lead to physical destruction and suffering in the long run, or eternal seperation from God, but usually both.
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