Necromancy
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The art of revealing future events by means of communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
NECROMANCY

nek'-ro-man-si.

See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT.

Topical Bible Verses
Isaiah 8:19
And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?
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Leviticus 19:31
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
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1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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Deuteronomy 18:9-12
When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
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Leviticus 20:6
And the soul that turns after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
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Library

How they be Deceived that Follow the Fervour of Spirit in ...
... For as I have conceived by some disciples of necromancy, the which have it in science
for to make advocation of wicked spirits, and by some unto whom the fiend ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the five and 4.htm

Footnotes
... 8 The word is demon or demons in all the instances referred to. 9 Necromancy is
derived from the Greek words nekros, dead, and mantis, a diviner. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/footnotes.htm

Of the Illicit Arts Connected with Demonolatry, and of which the ...
... under the influence of a criminal tampering with the unseen world, of an art which
they call either magic, or by the more abominable title necromancy, [403] or ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 9 of the illicit arts.htm

Concerning the Hydromancy through which Numa was Befooled by ...
... But whether it be called necromancy or hydromancy it is the same thing, for in
either case the dead are supposed to foretell future things. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 35 concerning the hydromancy through.htm

Whether we Ought to Distinguish Several Species of Divination?
... dreams, and this is called "divination by dreams": sometimes they employ apparitions
or utterances of the dead, and this species is called "necromancy," for as ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether we ought to distinguish.htm

The Death of Saint James.
... in the land; and this so excited the envy and anger of the monks of a neighbouring
convent, that they conspired together to accuse him of necromancy and other ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter eighteen the death of.htm

Jeremiah and Deuteronomy. (Chs. vii, viii. 8, xi. )
... form. His ritual is purged of foolish, unclean and cruel elements. Witchcraft
and necromancy are utterly condemned. Second"and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/3 jeremiah and deuteronomy chs.htm

Proof of Immortality and the Resurrection.
... For let even necromancy, and the divinations you practise by immaculate children,
[1804] and the evoking of departed human souls, [1805] and those who are ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/chapter xviii proof of immortality and.htm

Prophets and the Prophet
... continuous defence against the temptation of seeking knowledge of the divine will
by the illegitimate methods of divination, soothsaying, necromancy, and the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/prophets and the prophet.htm

That Astrology, Soothsaying, and Similar Arts are the Invention of ...
... These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those
productions which are called oracles, and necromancy, and the art of magic ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xvii that astrology soothsaying and.htm

Thesaurus
Necromancy
... enchantment. See Black art. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NECROMANCY.
nek'-ro-man-si. See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT. ...
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Witch (2 Occurrences)
... forsaken him, on the eve of the fatal battle of Gilboa, resorted in disguise to
"a woman that had a familiar spirit" ('obh: see DIVINATION; NECROMANCY), at En ...
/w/witch.htm - 24k

En-dor (3 Occurrences)
... forsaken him, on the eve of the fatal battle of Gilboa, resorted in disguise to
"a woman that had a familiar spirit" ('obh: see DIVINATION; NECROMANCY), at En ...
/e/en-dor.htm - 11k

Endor (3 Occurrences)
... forsaken him, on the eve of the fatal battle of Gilboa, resorted in disguise to
"a woman that had a familiar spirit" ('obh: see DIVINATION; NECROMANCY), at En ...
/e/endor.htm - 12k

Necromancers (8 Occurrences)

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Divination (25 Occurrences)
...Necromancy is uniformly forbidden in the Old Testament (see Leviticus 19:31 Deuteronomy
18:11 Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 19:3), probably on account of its connection ...
/d/divination.htm - 45k

Nectar (2 Occurrences)

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Enchantment (4 Occurrences)
... They included enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, sooth-saying, augury, necromancy,
divination in numberless forms, and all kinds of magic article Nine varieties ...
/e/enchantment.htm - 16k

Magic (12 Occurrences)
... mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including
enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc ...
/m/magic.htm - 29k

Prophets (270 Occurrences)
... ANALOGOUS PHENOMENA AMONG THE GENTILES 1. Necromancy and Technical Witchcraft 2.
The Mantle Art 3. Contents of Extra-Biblical Oracles LITERATURE I. The Idea of ...
/p/prophets.htm - 69k

Subtopics

Necromancy

Necromancy: General Scriptures Concerning

Necromancy: The Witch of En-Dor

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Nectar (2 Occurrences)

Enchantment (4 Occurrences)

Magic (12 Occurrences)

Prophets (270 Occurrences)

Sorcery (10 Occurrences)

Sheol (64 Occurrences)

Prophecy (37 Occurrences)

Dreamer (4 Occurrences)

Dream (82 Occurrences)

Resurrection (42 Occurrences)

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