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necromancy

[nek-ruh-man-see] / ˈnɛk rəˌmæn si /


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Magic or Necromancy: puz or naual; and they were accustomed to call their magicians or sorcerers by the same terms.

From Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

He rode the longlegged Necromancy, A useless racehorse that could canter.

From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John

Magic, 10, 93, 120, 131, 153, 156, 168, 171, 204, 245, 250, 253-65, 281, 292, 299, 324, 328, 339, 346, 380-1: see Charms, Divination, Magicians, Necromancy, Fairy Spell, Witches, and Witchcraft.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

In other words, these men had been experimenting along the lines of Jewish Necromancy, or Invocation and Evocation of Disembodied Astral Intelligences by means of Conjuration.

From Mystic Christianity by Atkinson, William Walker

Necromancy has no foundation,—in fact, no intelligence; and the belief that it has, deceives itself.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker




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