necromancies
Dark corpse rituals
Necromancies is the plural of necromancy, the practice of communicating with the dead to predict the future or influence events.
The word often appears in fantasy contexts involving dark magic or forbidden arts: The wizard's necromancies had disturbed the ancient burial grounds.
By extension, any seemingly magical or sinister manipulation: the necromancies of political spin.
Evil supernatural practice
- dark ritualOccult ceremony with malevolent intent
- grimoireTextbook of sorcery
- curseInvoked harm through words
- hexMalevolent incantation
blood magic · soul stealing · diablerie · infernal pact · demon summoning · evil eye · warlock · death cult
Revival from death
- reanimationRestoration of life
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- corpseDeceased human body
- cadaverBody for dissection
raising the dead · zombie · revenant · soul binding · ancestor spirits · departed souls · death curse · thanatology
Ritual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
- ectoplasmSupposed supernatural exudate
spiritualism · shade · wraith · specter · phantom · apparition · otherworld · spirit guide
Sign predicting someone's passing
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
vision quest · soothsaying · portent · foretelling · sibyl · pythia · corpse candle
black magic
Evil supernatural practice
- dark ritualOccult ceremony with malevolent intent
- grimoireTextbook of sorcery
- curseInvoked harm through words
hex · blood magic · soul stealing · diablerie · infernal pact · demon summoning · evil eye · warlock · death cult · corruption
resurrection
Revival from death
- reanimationRestoration of life
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- corpseDeceased human body
cadaver · raising the dead · zombie · revenant · soul binding · ancestor spirits · departed souls · death curse · thanatology · charnel
seance
Ritual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
ectoplasm · spiritualism · shade · wraith · specter · phantom · apparition · otherworld · spirit guide · possession
death omen
Sign predicting someone's passing
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
scrying · vision quest · soothsaying · portent · foretelling · sibyl · pythia · corpse candle
necromancieshealing magic
Supernatural ability mending wounds
white magic · fertility rites · blessing ceremonies · herbalism · midwifery
necromanciestheurgy
Ritual invoking gods
sacred rites · benedictions · exorcisms · sanctifications · consecrations
necromanciesscience
Systematic study through observation
empiricism · medicine · natural philosophy · biology · physics
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