Editing Necromancy (section)

== Modern era ==
In the present day, necromancy is more generally used as a term to describe manipulation of death and the dead, or the pretense thereof, often facilitated through the use of ritual magic or some other kind of occult ceremony. Contemporary [[séance]]s, [[Mediumship|channeling]] and [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritualism]] verge on necromancy when supposedly invoked spirits are asked to reveal future events or secret information. Necromancy may also be presented as sciomancy, a branch of [[Theurgy|theurgic magic]].

As to the practice of necromancy having endured in one form or another throughout the millennia, ''An Encyclopædia of Occultism'' states: {{Blockquote|The art is of almost universal usage. Considerable difference of opinion exists among modern adepts as to the exact methods to be properly pursued in the necromantic art, and it must be borne in mind that necromancy, which in the Middle Ages was called sorcery, shades into modern spiritualistic practice. There is no doubt, however, that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism, for if, after careful preparation the adept can carry through to a successful issue, the raising of the soul from the other world, he has proved the value of his art.<ref>Spence, p. 286.</ref>}}