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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 [[Spatulamancy|human bones]], such as a skull, combined with [[meditation]] in their rituals. | Many necromancers utilize [[Spatulamancy|human bones]], such as a skull, combined with [[meditation]] in their rituals. | ||