Necromancy

In fact, little by little the term necromancy lost its strict meaning and was applied to all forms of black art, becoming closely associated with alchemy, witchcraft, and magic. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The Bible certainly does address the issue of dealing with evil spirits in that it explicitly forbids engaging in pagan worship, conjuring up the dead or spirit-guides (what we call necromancy--things like ouija boards and mediums and seances), and anything that might be called magic (trying to manipulate the material world by spiritual means). ❋ Fr Timothy Matkin (2006)

As dreams of the woman Lilitu haunt the warrior Pyrrhas, necromancy is in his future, it would seem. ❋ Blue Tyson (2008)

History as necromancy is avowed in the Preface to Life of ❋ Unknown (2008)

I need hardly remind you that ‘necromancy’ is a Greek word, which signifies, according to its proper meaning, a prophesying by aid of the dead, or that it rests on the presumed power of raising up by potent spells the dead, and compelling them to give answers about things to come. ❋ Richard Chenevix Trench (1846)

Victor the image of his former self, given Victor’s youthful interest in necromancy and raising the dead [22]. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The ordinary Englishman is not a great believer in devils or spirits of evil: though he does in some instances believe in ghosts, and is inclined to the practice of what in former ages was called necromancy -- the attempt to establish an illicit connexion with the spirits of the departed -- under the modern name of psychical research. ❋ Unknown (1922)

"Let me explain!" said Donal: "what could necromancy, which is one of the branches of magic, do for one at the best?" ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

So exceedingly sensitive was the conscience of the priest, that had he clearly understood the game le Bourdon was playing, he might have revolted at the idea of necromancy, as touching on the province of evil spirits; but he was so well mystified as to suppose all that passed was regularly connected with the art of taking bees. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

Does this not speak of necromancy, which is paganism at its worst? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hence, magic became part of a growing "underworld" of unorthodox practices, such as necromancy, witchcraft, and heresy -- all forms of deviance from a norm now asserting itself in greater clarity than ever before. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For example, according to Magic in the Middle Ages (Canto) (Paperback) by Richard Kieckhefer - an academic text citing original sources - "necromancy" usually referred to any magic involving demons, even though the word itself refers to - roughly - "divination by ghost". ❋ Zornhau (2006)

Even if they could manage to pull off some kind of necromancy to shield them from the vortex as they went in, they would never be able to beat the necromancers within. ❋ Butcher, Jim (2005)

The first is when the demons are invoked openly, this comes under the head of "necromancy"; the second is merely an observation of the disposition or movement of some other being, and this belongs to ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Unfortunately many of the interpreters of spiritualism have degraded it into a kind of blatant necromancy which is in no way dignified or useful. ❋ Patrick Braybrooke (N/A)

He tells them that Aickman was trying necromancy which is control of the dead. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sometimes they make use of dreams, and this is called "divination by dreams": sometimes they employ apparitions or utterances of the dead, and this species is called "necromancy," for as Isidore observes (Etym. viii) in Greek, "_nekron_ means dead, and ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

I should make it clear that in mentioning such things, I am not seeking to endorse their worldview, and certainly not to attribute any reality to necromancy and similar practices. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

[A magician] becomes a [lich] by using necromancy to prevent his or her [death]. ❋ Erefe (2007)

The lurker-turned-noobie posted "me too" in [a thread] from 2000 and got [flamed] [wave] after wave for her necromancy. ❋ Bubba Zanetti (2005)

"[C'mon] find me a [talker]..." - [Hellboy] ❋ Retroactivism (2004)

"Where have you [hidden] the Necromical?" ❋ Mackmocky5 (2009)

Necromancy is the act of [conjuring] the dead for [divination]. It dates back to Persia, Greece and Rome, and in the Middle Ages was widely practiced by magicians, sorcerers, and witches. It was condemned by the Catholic Church as "the agency of evil spirits," and in Elizabethan England was outlawed by the Witchcraft Act of 1604. Necromancy is not to be confused with conjuring devils or demons for help. Necromancy is the seeking of the spirits of the dead. The spirits are sought because they, being without physical bodies, are no longer limited by the earthly plane. Therefore, it is thought these spirits have access to information of the past and future which is not available to the living. It has been used to help find sunken or [buried treasure], and whether or not a person was murdered or died from other causes. ❋ ♫ Highway To Hell ♫ (2010)

The [german] [sorceror] [Faust] is known for practicing Necromancy. ❋ The Zebu (2003)

any spell that allows comunication with the dead. Yes that does [mean D] and D is incorrect. Necromancy is a greek word [haveing] to do with [divination]. ❋ Malcire (2005)

"Dude, you replied to [a thread] that's [eight] months old, the guy hasn't come by since and won't see your [reply]. Way to necromance." ❋ Dngrsone (2005)

Person 1: BBC reports that [Kim Jong-un] has [disappeared] from the state media and is probably dead. Person 2: Just give it a few weeks. The power of Juche necromancy will [resurrect] him. ❋ Portfar (2021)

"Hey, did you know that Oliver [Reed] was in [Gladiator] through [digital necromancy]?" ❋ Dr Sanguivore (2009)