Publisher's Synopsis
Necromancy is a claimed form of magic involving communication with the deceased - either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily - for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge. The term may sometimes be used in a more general sense to refer to black magic or witchcraft. The word "necromancy" is adapted from Late Latin necromantia, "dead body," and "prophecy or divination"; this compound form was first used by Origen of Alexandria in the 3rd century CE. from the episode of the Odyssey in which Odysseus visits the realm of the dead,
