Necromancy

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The art of revealing future events by means of a pretendedcommunication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general;conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placèd there. Drayton.

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Communication with the dead for purposes of divination or magically influencing the course of natural events.

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Sorcery/Shamanism style of raising the dead, either for control or divination.

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The act of bringing up an old thread on a forum.

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A school of magic containing all spells that affect death. The classic uses of the term include undead, or controlling death, death spells which inflict death, and séances, communicating with the dead. However, some resurrection spells can also belong to this school because they dispel death.

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A branch of black majik which involves:

communing with the spirits of the dead
animating the dead to resemble their once living selves.

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The practice of communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future.