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[[File:John-Dee-Evoking.jpg|400px|thumb|[[John Dee]] and [[Edward Kelley]] evoking a spirit in a graveyard]] | [[File:John-Dee-Evoking.jpg|400px|thumb|[[John Dee]] and [[Edward Kelley]] evoking a spirit in a graveyard]] | ||
'''Necromancy''' is the practice of [[ritual magic|magic]] or [[black magic]] involving communication with the dead – either by summoning their spirits as apparitions, visions or raising them bodily – for the purpose of [[divination]], imparting the means to [[Clairvoyance|foretell future events]], discover hidden knowledge, to bring someone back from the dead, or to use the dead as a weapon. Sometimes referred to as "Death Magic" | '''Necromancy''' is the practice of [[ritual magic|magic]] or [[black magic]] involving communication with the dead – either by summoning their spirits as apparitions, visions or raising them bodily – for the purpose of [[divination]], imparting the means to [[Clairvoyance|foretell future events]], discover hidden knowledge, to bring someone back from the dead, or to use the dead as a weapon. | ||
Sometimes referred to as "Death Magic," the term may also sometimes be used in a more general sense to refer to black magic or [[witchcraft]]. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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==Modern usage== | ==Modern usage== | ||
In the present day, necromancy is more generally used as a term to describe manipulation of death and the dead, or the pretense thereof, often facilitated through the use of [[ritual magic]] or some other kind of occult ceremony. Contemporary séances, channeling and Spiritualism verge on necromancy when supposedly invoked spirits are asked to reveal future events or secret information. | In the present day, necromancy is more generally used as a term to describe manipulation of death and the dead, or the pretense thereof, often facilitated through the use of [[ritual magic]] or some other kind of occult ceremony. Contemporary séances, [[channeling]] and Spiritualism verge on necromancy when supposedly invoked spirits are asked to reveal future events or secret information. | ||
Many necromancers utilize human bones, such as a skull, combined with [[meditation]] in their rituals. | Many necromancers utilize human bones, such as a skull, combined with [[meditation]] in their rituals. | ||