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Wizards of Medieval Witchcraft
Necromaner
Chinese translation: necromancer, seer, sorcerer, sorcerer, etc.
The darkest of all black magic is undoubtedly Necromancy! And it is also one of the ugliest and most disgusting magical rituals.
The word Necroma
ncy is a Greek word meaning death and supernatural powers. And Necromancy itself refers to an ancient method of communicating with the world of the dead. Necromancy can be traced back to the sorcerers of ancient Persia, Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages. Necromancy can be divided into two branches: those who summon and dominate ghosts (Necromancers), which are more common, and those who master the art of returning dead bodies to their souls (Necromancers), both of which are inextricably linked to banned black magic. Necromancers usually work with altars and charms, while necromancers dig up corpses and rob graves to obtain the horrific black magic they need. Necromancers are usually surrounded by the horrors of death, wearing clothes stolen from the dead and contemplating the meaning of death ......
It is impossible to understand the mysteries of necromancy without some degree of attainment in the knowledge of the soul and death, and the consequences can be dangerous if engaged in hastily. Since, under ordinary circumstances, the dead do not return to earth (whether as entities or ghosts), if the above does occur, it must be because of a very special reason. If a living person wants to establish a connection with the other world and dominate souls but disregards the requests of the dead, then one should be careful about learning about it in black magic so as not to become a victim under a spiteful spirit instead!
Initially, those who communicated with the spirits of the dead were mostly motivated by profit. Because it was believed that after death one could be omniscient and invisible, the summoning of the dead by necromancers was largely employed by those who wanted to know the location of treasures, and these summoning ceremonies usually took place 12 months after a person's death, as it was believed in folklore that the souls lingered near the graveyard for 12 months after death, unable to see what the living wanted to see. However, corpses that were too old were usually not chosen because, as far as the necromancers were concerned, corpses that were too rotten were not able to answer questions clearly. In later years, necromancers developed the ability to summon dead spirits and corpses to use in attacks against others, and these mostly occurred in ancient Egypt and Greece.
Because of these purposes, it was often necessary to suppress the spirits of the dead, and to do so required special magical help, which was usually only available to very experienced wizards. There have been accounts in the ancient books of English witches of necromancers drawing charms on the chests of dead bodies to cast spells. Sometimes it was more necessary for the necromancer to summon some powerful demonic spirit to protect himself or to drive the dead bodies and ghosts to obey him. In ancient Greek incantations, it is written that the necromancer summoned Kore, Persephone, Ereshkigal, Adonis, Hermes, and Thoth to protect himself and control the dead. And in Roman theater, depictions of necromantic rituals included branding and blood-swallowing. In other rituals, necromancers ate dog meat, symbolizing Hecate - the patron saint of witches; and also ate unsalted and unfermented black bread, and unfermented grape juice, which symbolized decay and death.
On the European continent, the requirements for necromantic rituals were even stricter. The location of the ceremony was usually carefully designated in some deserted crossroads, basement, ruin, forest off the beaten path, or withered bush. Once the time of the ceremony has been decided upon, concentric circles and indescribable symbols symbolizing power are drawn in the grounds and crowned with sacred names.
The circles were magically cursed, and the Necromancer's assistant stood in the center of the circle and protected it with magic. Finally, the Necromancer has the Battle of Power in his hand and performs a spell to summon the spirits of the underworld. If the spell is successful and the dead spirits emerge from the spell, the necromancer is confronted with the unbearable screams and horrific and unintelligible whining of the dead spirits ...... Sometimes, the powerful dead spirits take on even more monstrous forms as they howl wildly in the circle, threatening to tear the necromancer to pieces! When the necromancer finally succumbs to the sorcerer's feet, he usually morphs into a naked apparition and then answers the sorcerer's questions and demands.
When the séance ends, the Necromancer usually disappears into a poisonous mist of sulfur, and the dead body is to be burned with quicklime by the sorcerer. Until then, the necromancer must remain in the sacred circle, and if he must leave, he must perform some other ritual before doing so. The Necromancer also removes all the flowers and plants in the area before and after the ceremony, burns them, and buries the ashes in the area. The entire ritual is fraught with horrific dangers, and the slightest mistake can result in the death of the necromancer, or even permanent trauma to the soul. ...... In the 17th century, the famous Egyptian necromancer and prophet Chiancungi was crushed by a spirit because of his haste to leave the sacred circle. ......
The Church School Necromancers, a very special branch of black magic. This school of necromancers uses a very peculiar form of black magic. Legend has it that at midnight, the necromancers of this school will chant a dark psalm in the graveyard, "Rise up the dead and come near me," and then disperse into the churchyard. On summoning, they would cry and sing, "E
gosumtepetetoetuiderequeo," and on retreating, they would command, "Return to your God-appointed kingdom."
Here's a description of the greatest Chapelist Necromancer of all time: Dr. JohnDee and his assistant: Edward
Kelley: As the assistant illuminated the ritual of death with a torch, the Doctor stood in the graveyard, holding the Battle of Powers and reading the incantation at the same time. In the firelight a recently summoned dead spirit can be clearly seen trembling in a white cloth ...... while two other witches chant dark incantations of protection in a sacred circle, and the names of some angels are faintly heard: 'Raphael (Raphael), Rael (Rael), Miraton ( Miraton), Tarmiel, Rex ......"......
Another of the most famous Necromancers of all time was Endor. He is recorded in the Bible as having prophesied the downfall of King Saul by summoning the dead prophet Samuel for him.
Also in 1st century Greece, there were the famous necromancers Apollonius and Tyana.
In 16th-century England, there was the aforementioned John Tye and his lunchbox assistant, Edgewood Kelley.
In 17th century France, there was the great Eliphas Levi. He had tried to summon the great Apollonius, but was shaken by the spirit of Apollonius!
To the Necromancer, the numbers 9 and 13 are highly significant. 9 represents the 9 spheres through which the soul passes from life to death in ancient beliefs. 13 represents the Last Supper of Yeshua and his resurrection.
In voodoo, corpses are resurrected in the form of BaronSamedi, the ragged god of the dead. In Haiti, the necrotic corpse is incarnated in the form of Papa
Nebo, the father of death, who conducts the ritual, in which white wax is dripped on the corpse's feet and lips, the necromancer wears a monk's robe and a silver hat, and Papa Nebo's talismanic symbols are hung on a cross. When the necromancer's monk's robe and hat vibrate, it proves that Balon has been awakened.
Samadhi, and the ritual was made successful.
What makes necromancy so reviled is that, in addition to its ill-intentioned purpose, the most abhorrent aspect of the ritual is the use of dead bodies as the raw material for the objects used in casting the spells. Necromancy also believes that dead bodies that have died violently or prematurely are the best medicine! Because they believe that these dead people have more unused psychic energy. In Old Norse witchcraft, the most powerful necromancers could even bring back to life those who had just died on the gallows! The 16th-century inquisitor Paolus
Grillandus recorded: "The necromancers use pieces of charred dead bodies, especially those that have been hanged and insulted. ...... with small pieces of nails or teeth ...... hair, ears, or eyes ...... muscle, bone, or fresh flesh ...... "There were even some necromancers who had the practice of eating corpses, especially extravagantly eating unbaptized infants. So there were many graves stolen in those days. And the most famous case about this in history is the Irish female necromancer - Alice Gittler (Alice
Kyteler) she was prosecuted for stealing and digging up and using the hair and skulls of dead bodies, the club said that the mossy grass that grows on the head of a dead body is very precious to the necromancer ......< /p>
In the witch hunts that took off in the 16th and 17th centuries, a large number of necromancers were also inevitably targeted. Churches shouted that they were servants of the devil, and biblical depictions of Indar reinforced the idea that necromancers were symbols of destruction. Necromancers, on the other hand, have always argued the difference between the undead and the devil. After centuries of struggle, the Necromancers finally evolved into the psychics of today, thus avoiding religious persecution. Not only that, but psychics have been further worshipped and embraced by the media. Some of the more famous psychics of recent times include Joseph
Glanvill, Dr. FrancisvanHelmont, Dr. Henry
More, and Robert Boyle. And some of the more famous incidents related to psychics are The CockLane
ghost: a dead woman and her dead sister's husband wandered into their old home on London's Cock Lane, and no one knew why, but it attracted countless psychics to find out why they had returned to the sun. (An episode of the TV series X-file is related to this story.)
Medieval witches and wizards
Sorcery, from the French word "sor", originally meant a person who was able to change the destiny of another person by means of a ritual or symbolic rite; the word "sors" is also used to describe a person who is able to change the destiny of another person by means of a ritual or symbolic rite. The prefix "sors" means encounter or fate in Latin, and the most common form of spellcasting for witches was incantation. This can be extended to all the use of spells to control love, growth, luck, health and wealth. In most societies, spells are considered to be for evil purposes, and Sorcerers
andSorceress, usually female, are the ones who will use spells to harm others with subjective hatred. On the other hand, Sorcerers can also use spells to fight evil forces and protect themselves and others.
Witches have many utilities in a society: they can use magic to protect others from natural disasters, outsiders, and enemies. They are also responsible for righting wrongs, measuring right and wrong, manipulating nature and explaining horrific phenomena, among other things.
Voodoo is a lower level spell, as it is not a belief, but like higher level spells, it is also mechanically and intuitively based. But compared to the purely evil spells like voodoo, witchcraft is closer to a religion. And voodoo also has a benevolent side, such as being used to protect villages and tribes against evil enemies and disasters. But it can also be very evil if it is utilized by some ill-intentioned people! Although wizards primarily use spells, they also use magic potions. Either one, though, can be used to take the lives of others ......
There are many deities throughout history that are associated with witchcraft, as witches would be responsible for delivering oracles, interpreting magic cards, looking at equivalents, and a number of other similar activities. Despite this, sorcerers or more accurately witches have often been equated with evil ...... For example, at Sabbat, a nighttime conclave of witches and demons, they would summon the dead like Necromancers; change form like Metamorphosis; or eat human flesh, or control nightmares; and will even engage in sexual acts with lower demons and vampires, among others!
Witches, the reason they are considered evil is because most Wiccan factions believe that they are born as the devil incarnate, born with demonic powers and born with anger and jealousy. Witches are usually born with some special physical mark, such as a birthmark, a foreign object inside their bodies or an Evil
Eye. These were the conclusions of 20th-century anthropologist E. Evans-Pritchard after decades of systematic study of local witches in the Zande region of Africa, which, while not universal and not applicable to neo-pagan witchcraft cultures in the West, was the first shot in the arm for the genre.
In its simplest form, Wicca is a form of magic that controls the forces of nature and shifts things with intent. Cave paintings from the Neolithic period already depicted half-human, half-animal sorcerers performing spells to summon forest gods. By ancient Greece, it was believed that sorcerers were merely summoning neutral demon-gods (Greek: daimones), who lay somewhere between heaven and earth, but who could just as easily have been demons, until Xenocrates, a later student of Plato, defined daimones as demons once and for all.
By the Middle Ages, under the influence of Catholicism, huge witch hunts had begun, and countless witches were buried in fires or died under arrows and guillotines....... Witches have since become even more evil. But during the Renaissance, things changed dramatically, and male witches (Sorcerer) became synonymous with learned men, such as alchemists and doctors. It was even believed that these men got their knowledge from supernatural sources. Many nobles and bishops even vied with each other to study witchcraft.
But until now, the social status of witches has not changed much, and in most societies and cultures, witches are considered to be the devil's lovers and the embodiment of evil. Although some people try to convince others that witches are not as scary as they think, it's not an easy thing to do ......
Though there is a lot of information on witches, there is not much on Soceress, for one thing, the classic games such as Blizzard and AD&D have made this branch of sorcery a big deal. Secondly, since the ancient Sorcery, Witchcraft, Necromancy and Wizard are inseparable, everyone is similar to the meaning of sorcerer, sorcery, etc., so do not talk about it here.
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