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Necromancy (/ˈnɛkrəmænsi/) is the practice of magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events and discover hidden knowledge. Sometimes categorized under death magic, the term is occasionally also used in a more general sense to…
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| Necromancy | is a | touch-stone of occultism | 0.90 | text |
| Necromancy | is a | form of magic in the Skulduggery Pleasant series | 0.90 | text |
| the ghosts of deceased forebears | instance of | forms of shamanism or prehistoric ritual magic that calls upon spirits | 0.80 | text |
| these | instance of | to concoct a libation for the ghosts to drink while he recites prayers to both the ghosts and gods of the underworld.Practices | 0.80 | text |
| varying from the mundane to the grotesque | instance of | to concoct a libation for the ghosts to drink while he recites prayers to both the ghosts and gods of the underworld.Practices | 0.80 | text |
| were commonly associated with necromancy | instance of | to concoct a libation for the ghosts to drink while he recites prayers to both the ghosts and gods of the underworld.Practices | 0.80 | text |
| unleavened black bread | instance of | which often included wearing the deceased's clothing and consuming foods that symbolized lifelessness and decay | 0.80 | text |
| unfermented grape juice | instance of | which often included wearing the deceased's clothing and consuming foods that symbolized lifelessness and decay | 0.80 | text |
| black henbane | instance of | One noted commonality among practitioners of necromancy was usually the utilization of certain toxic and hallucinogenic plants from the nightshade family | 0.80 | text |
| jimson weed | instance of | One noted commonality among practitioners of necromancy was usually the utilization of certain toxic and hallucinogenic plants from the nightshade family | 0.80 | text |
| belladonna or mandrake | instance of | One noted commonality among practitioners of necromancy was usually the utilization of certain toxic and hallucinogenic plants from the nightshade family | 0.80 | text |
| usually in magic salves or potions.Medieval necromancy is believed | instance of | One noted commonality among practitioners of necromancy was usually the utilization of certain toxic and hallucinogenic plants from the nightshade family | 0.80 | text |
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