Necromancy

Ritual practices involving ancestral spirits and the dead for divination, influence, protection, and ceremonial dark workings.

Necromantic traditions historically involved communication with the dead for purposes ranging from divination to influence and protection. Across cultures, graveyard rites, ancestral petitions, and spirit mediation formed structured systems of ritual engagement with mortality symbolism. This section explores necromancy within its historical, symbolic, and ritual frameworks.