Midrash for Sanhedrin 129:15
כי קאמר ר"ל נמי לר"ע אבל לרבנן לא
Abaye said to him: But burning incense as a charm is to act as a charmer, which is merely prohibited by a negative precept? — That is so, but the Torah decreed that such a charmer is stoned.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Consequently, for unwitting transgression a sin offering is due. But the charmer who is punished by lashes is one who charms animals by bringing them together. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 18:11) "chover chaver" (one who gathers animals into one spot and divines through them): whether he gathers snakes or scorpions.
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