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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 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]]. | '''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== | ||