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Also known as Nagomancy, it is a form of divination by communication with the
dead, one of the claimed black arts practiced by witches and magicians. The
classic case of necromancy is the witch of Endor, described in the Bible (1
Samuel 28), who summoned the spirit of Samuel in the presence of Saul. This
biblical episode was widely accepted as irrefutable evidence for the
existence of witchcraft.
Necromancy (from Greek words meaning ‘dead' and 'divination'), a word
corrupted by medieval Latin writers into nigromantia, can be divided into two
main branches: divination by means of ghosts, and divination from corpses,
both of which represent related forms of forbidden knowledge. The second
method led to the disinterment of corpses and rifling of graves for the
grisly charms which magicians and witches considered necessary for the
effective performance of the magical arts.
To evoke the dead the magician needed to obtain the help of powerful spirits,
both for his own protection and to compel the corpse or ghost to submit to
his will. A spell from ancient Greece calls upon the powers of the mighty
Kore, Persephone, Ereshkigal, Adonis, Hermes and Thoth, to bind the dead.
According to a ritual described by Seneca, the Roman dramatist, the summoning
of the dead involved not only a burnt sacrifice but a blood-drenched altar.
See Grand Grimoire, grimoires and Heptameron.
Related books:
Communing With the Spirits : The Magical Practice of Necromancy Simply and
Lucidly Explained, With Full Instructions for the Practice.
Forbidden Rites : A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century (Magic in
History) [Hardcover].
Forbidden Rites : A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century (Magic in
History) [Paperback].
Israel's Beneficent Dead : Ancestor Cult and Necromancy in Ancient Israelite
Religion and Tradition.
The Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic : The Secret Tradition in
Gočetia : including the rites and mysteries of Gočetic theurgy, sorcery and
infernal necromancy.
Voodoo : A Chrestomathy of Necromancy.
Further info:
Benny Hinn and Necromancy.
Jehovah's Witnesses & Necromancy.
Medieval Sourcebook: Tales of the Devil.
Methodological Naturalism and the Supernatural.
Story of Witch of Endor.
Who Were the Necromancers?
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