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Necromancy (/ ˈ n ɛ k r ə m æ n s i /) [1] [2] 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.
While the term "nigromancy" broadly construed includes the six associated divinatory practices, it more specifically refers to the demonic magic of the Late Middle Ages. Demonic magic was performed in groups surrounding a leader in possession of a grimoire. Practitioners were typically members of the educated elite, as most grimoires were ...
The first known appearance of "black magic" in English is Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene, where he anglicizes the contemporary term "nigromancy", derived from Latin nigromantia, a medieval variant of necromantia "necromancy" influenced by Latin niger "black" [5].
nigromancy / ˈ n aɪ ɡ r oʊ m æ n s i /: by black magic (Latin niger, ' black ' + Greek manteía, ' prophecy ') nomancy / ˈ n ɒ m ən s i / or / ˈ n oʊ m ən s i / → see onomancy (variant of onomancy, influenced by Latin nōmen, ' name ') notarikon/netrikon: by initials (Latin notāricus, in shorthand) nggàm → see theriomancy
In late Anglo-Saxon England, nigromancy ('black magic', sometimes confused with necromancy) was among the practices condemned by Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010): [39] [40] [41] Witches still go to cross-roads and to heathen burials with their delusive magic and call to the devil; and he comes to them in the likeness of the man that is ...
In late Anglo-Saxon England, nigromancy ('black magic', sometimes confused with necromancy) was among the witchcraft practices condemned by Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955 – c. 1010): [53] [54] [55] Witches still go to cross-roads and to heathen burials with their delusive magic and call to the devil; and he comes to them in the likeness of the ...
The Work of Works reflects the same concept of mysteriously formulated prayers accompanied by Latin "prologues". The text offers a unique three-month prayer regimen of thirty-two prayers. The Work of Works is usually accompanied by a Version A or Version A2 copy of the Ars Notoria in the extant manuscripts. The first critical Latin edition was ...
The exact difference between the three forbidden forms of necromancy mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:11 is a matter of uncertainty; yidde'oni ("wizard") is always used together with ob ("consulter with familiar spirits"), [7] and its semantic similarity to doresh el ha-metim ("necromancer", or "one who directs inquiries to the dead") raises the ...