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Athanasius Kircher - Sciathericon Ascendentium, “Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae” (The Great Art of Light and Darkness), 1646.

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Coughing up blood.

BLOOD

Blood is the most powerful thing any mage will ever have access to. It works in both the energies of life and those of death. It is our vital essence and a powerful tool, allowing one to manipulate life and death freely. It was said by the ancient Greeks that blood spilled into a pit would conjure up the dead, for as the soil drank it, the scent would slowly make it's way down to hades and lure spirits forth. Blood is liquid vitality, liquid life. And so the spirits would rise up to drink of the one thing they lacked. Applying this in a ritual is a simple task. One would take a sterile, sharp blade and make a small cut on the forearm. The Necromancer would then use this blood to anoint one's self and candles before a ritual. The cut itself is a powerful thing. To release the blood you had to willingly destroy a part yourself, bringing yourself closer death in the process. We now look at you, covered in your own blood. You permeate the stench of vital essence deep into the void and across the land of the dead, drawing them closer to you, slowly. And lastly, the candle. As it burns, it too will spread the stench of life, however it will also act as a catalyst. It's flame causing a transmutation of life energy and converting it into energy useful to thr mage. To elaborate, I present you with the following scenario: A mage wills X to happen. The mage will spill blood from a place relevant to the purpose: their chest and for strength, the tongue for charisma or silence, etcetera, etcetera. The mage will coat this candle in their blood and focus upon their intention. The mage anoints theirself generously with the blood. The mage lights the candle and channels purpose into the candle, allowing the flame to convert it into the energy needed for X to happen. With this basis, a Necromancer can effectively apply blood into their works, if they are willing.

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GREATER SUMMONING RITUAL

Only attempt this if you have done the following: - Built and maintained a spirit altar - Spoken to at least one spirit - Slept along side the dead - Completed a Basic summoning

Act I. Preparation

Materials: - Staff - Tapered red or white candle - Table - Incense of Myrrh and Frankincense - Large coin - Grave soil from the Grave of the one you wish to summon. - Cup of wine - Blood or chalk - Matches

Position the table about four - five paces from a wall, this wall will be used to draw a door from which the spirit will enter. On the table place a black or red cloth, upon the cloth place your cup, container of soil, container of blood/stick of chalk, candle, coin and incense. Hold your staff in your summoning hand and turn off all the lights in the room.

Act II. The ritual

I. In blood or using the stick of chalk, begin to sketch the outline of a door. It must be the approximate size of a normal door. II. In the center, draw the sigil or write the name of the spirit you are summoning. III. Light the candle and then light the incense. IV. Touch the sigil with your staff (without smearing it) and close your eyes, feel the spirit you are summoning and the distance between you and it. V. Establish a rhythmic breathing and remove all thoughts from your mind. Think only of the task at hand. VI. Loudly annouce the name of the spirit to yourself. VII. Place the coin on the floor in front of the door, rest your staff of the table and pick up the candle. Hold it up to the sigil and recite an invocation. VIII. Focus on the flame of the candle, you will feel it’s heat radiating onto you, It’s light covering you. Hold this feeling until you can hear the beating of your heart in your ears. IX. Blow out the flame and smash it on the floor. The flame was warmth, life. By breaking it you eliminated the distance between you and the spirit and have introduced death into the room. X. Stand in the dark, in the silence, allow it to cover you completely like a blanket. At this point you will feel the presence of another, Offer it the wine.

Act III. Ending the ritual

I. Banish the spirit vocally. “I banish you, back to the plane from which you came.” Is a fairly simple and effective banishing, no need for long prayers or complex spells. II. Leave the room, lay down and sleep. From the point you finish the ritual till the time you awaken the next morning, do not look at or talk to anyone. If you must, ensure you are not the first to speak. III. The next morning enter the room and clean off the wall with salt water. Pick up the bits of candle and bury them, on top of the candle pour the wine and and blood (if you used any) and put the coin down in the hole as well. IV. Fill the hole using the grave soil you collected, salt the earth vigorously.

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BASIC SUMMONING RITUAL

Foreword. Do not attempt this ritual until you have completed this checklist. - Made and maintained a spirit altar long enough to communicate actively with the spirits it was made for. - Slept along side the dead. - Lost the fear of death.

There’s no faking, You must be 100% committed. Either you’ve done it or you haven’t. Lying to yourself will leave you the loser. If you attempt this ritual for “fun” or to “experiment” you will fail and/or hurt yourself greatly. Proceed with caution. You have been warned.

Act I. Preparation. Materials. ➺ Tall white candle and optionally a holder ➺ Anointed Chalk (White) ➺ Blood (animal or your own) ➺ Grave soil + Blood (animal or your own) ➺ Incense containing at least two of the following: - Blood (animal or your own) - Jasmine - Rose - Wormwood - Sandlewood - Lavender ➺ Covered glass of water br> ➺ Radio ➺ Black mirror, blood basin or incense. ➺ Table.

The set up. I. No less than ten minutes before you begin, draw blood from your summoning hand. Roll the candle in your blood, thus anointing it. II. Using a compass and using one of the chalk or paints mentioned in the “materials” section, make a circle that is at least half a meter in radius and no further than two paces from the table. III. On the table, write the name or cast the sigil pertaining to the spirit in question. IV. Place the COVERED glass of water on the table. V. If using incense to either allow the spirit to manifest in the smoke or to draw the spirit, place it on a hot coal at this point. VI. If using a radio to assist in “Hearing” the dead, turn it on and tune it to a purely static channel. VII. If using a black mirror or blood basin to assist in “seeing” the dead, place it on the table to the side of your summoning hand. VIII. Turn off the light and place the candle behind the name or sigil. The ritual has begun. Act II. The Ritual. I. Light the candle II. Loudly state the name of the spirit and any incantation you wish to use. Incantations should consist of demands, powerful words or vibrations. We are Necromancers, Not witches. Save your poems and songs. III. Gaze into the candle flame, black mirror, smoke or blood basin and wait for the presence of the spirit you have summoned. Continue step two if needed. IV. When the spirit appears, offer it the water on the table. If it accepts, uncover the cup. If it does not, skip to act III. V. State your reason for calling the spirit. Propose to it that you will give it a reward if it agrees to answer your question truthfully. This is what the candy or bread is for. If it denies, skip to act III. VI. Begin asking your questions or stating demands. Do not waste it’s time or your own, If the spirit lies to you. End the ritual. If the spirit does not know the answers to the questions you ask, end the ritual. When you run out of questions you must give it it’s reward and end the ritual. Act III. Ending the ritual. I. Thank the spirit for it’s time, cover the glass and smash the candle, flame down into the desk. II. If the spirit is still present, announce in a firm voice “I wish not to play games with you, spirit. Leave this place at once! Be gone! I banish you back to the land from which you came!” Whist smearing the sigil or name that once brought it to you. III. Extinguish the incense, wash your face in the blood basin or cover the black mirror in its cloth. IV. Turn on the lights and sweep up the circle. Wash the table of the sigil or name and dispose of everything but the candle, which is to be left untouched till the break of dawn. V. Wash your body in an intense purifying bath. If you have used a blood basin leave the blood on your face until the break of dawn VI. Cleanse the room and yourself of any residual energy.

You have now summoned a spirit. You have officially become a Necromancer. You are on a road to vast power and endless knowledge. Never forget. Behind all candles and incense it was YOU who summoned the spirit. If the ritual did not work, it was for one of four reasons. I. Your intentions were not pure. II. You lack the experience to summon the spirit. III. You did not do as instructed. IV. You are weak. Find which one of the following caused the problem and fix it.

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ATTENDING SPIRITS

Assuming you have constructed an altar, and spoken/worked with spirits long enough to have a healthy relationship with them, you may think it’s time you begin working with them. Allowing them to attend rituals, spells or other workings is a great first step for many.

To begin, approach your altar and call forth the spirits you have dedicated it to. Go about your cleaning of the altar and place your offerings as usual. Propose to one of the spirits that they attend whatever work it is you are doing. If they consent, move to your workplace and set up the following altar:

I. On a small table place the item that anchors them (golem, doll, rings, fetishes). II. Place a cup of water or wine (covered) III. Place a white candle. Tea lights will work well. IV. Place a bowl to later place an offering in. V. Ask the spirit if it is present, if not, invoke it from it’s item.

Begin to work on whatever it is you require assistance on. When you begin to work you’ll hear the spirit give you guidance, words will flow through your head and your hands will work with new grace. If asking for assistance with a ritual you will hear an echo after your voice, or hear the spirit recite or repeat spells, whether you knew the spell or not. To conclude your work, approach the altar and leave an offering in the bowl, blow out the candle and cover the cup. Take the item back to the spirit altar and again summon the spirit.

Note: You should only ask for assistance in serious matters, such as writing out rituals, spells and incantations. The spirit will not assist you with homework or a drawing unrelated to your work. Attempting to gain the assistance OF A SPIRIT on something meaningless is a waste of time, pointless and an insult to the spirit.

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MOURNING

Mourning the dead has little to do with the dead themselves, it is simply a realization of our own mortality. Fear of how real death is, and how close it is.

And in that manner mourning is the greatest act of selfishness, for it is not their death you mourn for, but your own. Hiding it under a paper-thin masque named “empathy”.

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THE NECRONOMICON

This book is in no way shape or form a book, guide or bible on the practice of Necromancy. To say it is would be to say the Torah is a guide for surgery. It simply isn’t.

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VAMPIRISM AND NECROMANCY

At a certain point in Necromancy you will reach a fork in the path. As death energy takes its first tolls on you, you must decide to either embrace vampirism or allow yourself to decay both mentality and physically.

Vampirism (draining the life force from other living creature) can help you gain back a portion of the energy you lose, slowing but not stopping the effects of exposure to death energy and thus goes hand in hand with Necromancy.

Some choose against it for moral reasons, and ultimately that is their choice. I have made mine and in time anyone who walks the Necromancer’s path will have to make theirs.

When it comes to Necromancy we are faced with a massive and constant drain, one that would be difficult to counter naturally.

If one looks back at historical examples of Necromancy you can see extravagant feasts set up before or after the ritual to counteract the drain. Some stories and records showing that the older Necromancers would start to appear like a rotting corpse, sunken eyes, pale skin etcetera as a result of this drain. Every time a person calls upon the dead they are giving a piece of themselves to have this audience. Life is what separates us from the afterlife, by giving life or destroying it we are creating a portal between this world and the next.

Keeping a healthy body and mind is key to Necromancy, however at some point, and many Necromancers will agree, there is need for more power than we can naturally generate. For further reading on the subject, I recommend: Greek and Roman Necromancy by Daniel Ogden, And Ars Falcis.

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ANIMAL SYMBOLISM IN NECROMANCY

We mainly use the maggot, the worm and the fly as our common and largest symbols, they represent the stages of life and they help turn the wheels of nature. They are the embodiments of decay. However we may use any carrion or scavenger animal. Such as the vulture, coyote, hyena and raccoon. Scavenging animals represent Necromancers as a whole, we benefit from death as they do. For that reason we use carrion born animals like the maggot and fly for symbols of change, rebirth, life from death. Pets for Necromancers would be a snake or frog/toad, as they use the power of decay to hunt/protect themselves.

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NECROMANCY AND POP CULTURE

Unfortunately for pop culture witches, you can not apply pop culture to Necromancy. You are dealing with entities that care little about humans and their actions; words that have meaning to you have no power over them. Attempting to mix pop culture and Necromancy is disrespectful to both Necromancy and the spirits you are working with. You will find little to no results and, most importantly, fail.

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NECROMANCY AND DEMONS

As Necromancers we deal not with demons, angels or Cryptids. We are workers of the spirit, as far as we are concerned the aforementioned beings are non existent.

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NECROMANCY VS OTHER PRACTICES

In Necromancy there is no “hoping”, no “intent”, no “maybe” and no “wishing”. There is simply “yes” and “no”. DID you summon a spirit? DID your curse work? If the answer is “no” then reevaluate your work and get back to basics. There is no space for intent, only space for do and don’t.

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RELIGION AND NECROMANCY

Religion’s part in Necromancy is small, all that is important is that one has a belief in a spiritual afterlife, that is the extent of it’s involvement. Without accepting an afterlife the workings of a Necromancer are pointless.

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REAL NECROMANCY

Necromany does NOT involve reanimated dead. Necromancy does NOT require one to defile the dead. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. We despise those who attempt either one of those things. We are Necromancers. We see the balance of life and death. We see decay as the gear that moves the wheel of change. We honor the dead and treat them with the utmost respect.

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THEORY

The commonly accepted theory behind how Necromancy works is: When we die our spirit leaves our body. This separation along with the release of all our bodies energy creates what we call “death energy”. This energy spreads out into it’s surroundings, first into the flesh and bones of the deceased, then into it’s immediate area (the bed the person or animal dies on, the sheets, ring the person has on, the clothing. etcetera) And lastly into the atmosphere or room the death happened in. The amount of energy is dispersed with the highest amount being in the flesh and the least being farther away from the body. This energy is still linked to the spirit even though the spirit has crossed over which can be used to pull them back over to us or vice versa.

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