"by Chocola's garotte. A sorcerer doctor and wielder of the Plantina Energy, he was once an ally of Big Mama. He helped found the Sorcerer Hunters, but eventually left because of differences between himself and Mama. He is Chocola and Tira's adoptive father. He's named after the Austrian dessert. A powerful Necromancer. He seeks the ""Necronomicon"", a book that will give him absolute control over the dead. He is defeated by Carrot in his beast form and ultimately killed by Mille Feuille. The Sorcerer Hunter Killers The Five Guardian Spirits, assembled by Sacher to guard the Plantina Stones. They are"
"the spirit varies considerably from simple sentences to complex paragraphs with plenty of magic words. The language usually is that of the conjurer's, but since the Middle Ages in Western tradition, Latin was the most common (although many texts have been translated into other languages). The conjuration of the ghosts or souls of the dead for the purpose of divination is called necromancy. When it is said that a person is calling upon or conjuring misfortune or disease, it is due to the ancient belief that personified diseases and misfortune as evil deities, spirits or demons that could enter a"
"Necromancy Necromancy () is a practice of magic involving communication with the deceased – either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily – for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge, to bring someone back from the dead, or to use the deceased as a weapon, as the term may sometimes be used in a more general sense to refer to black magic or witchcraft. The word ""necromancy"" is adapted from Late Latin ""necromantia"", itself borrowed from post-Classical Greek νεκρομαντεία (""nekromanteía""), a compound of Ancient Greek νεκρός (""nekrós""),"
"a charmer, or one that consults a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer."" The Mishnah defined a ""sorcerer"" (, ""mechashef"") within the meaning of to be one who actually performed magic, in which case the sorcerer was liable to death. But if the offender merely created illusions, the offender was not put to death. Rabbi Akiva said in Rabbi Joshua's name that two may gather cucumbers by ""magic,"" and one was to be punished and the other was to be exempt. The one who actually gathered the cucumbers by magic was to be punished, while the one who"
"Orannis. The symbol of the Wallmaker is a silver trowel or spade. ""The Greater Dead"": The souls of dead necromancers who have used their dark knowledge to rise from Death. These creatures are the strongest of the Dead and with their necromantic powers they can raise and command the lesser dead. The most powerful of the Greater Dead is Kerrigor, who is the only undead creature to retain his full potential for Free magic after death. Sabriel implies that the true home of the greater dead is beyond the Seventh Gate of Death. ""The Lesser Dead"": The collective name for"
"living finding lost items and people, performing exorcisms, and providing protection against the supernatural. Magician (fantasy) A magician (female: magicianess) also known as an enchanter (female: enchantress), sorcerer (female: sorceress), mage, warlock, witch, or wizard (female: wizardess), is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources. Magicians are common figures in works of fantasy, such as fantasy literature and role-playing games, and enjoy a rich history in mythology, legends, fiction, and folklore. In medieval chivalric romance, the wizard often appears as a wise old man and acts as a mentor, with Merlin from the King"
"in the tabletop role-playing game ""Dungeons & Dragons"". In the film ""Army of Darkness"" (1992) the protagonist Ash fights a skeletal army raised by the ""Necronomicon"". Necromancer is the main protagonist of Tony Vilgotsky's novel ""Shepherd of the Dead"" Necromancy Necromancy () is a practice of magic involving communication with the deceased – either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily – for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge, to bring someone back from the dead, or to use the deceased as a weapon, as the term"
"as one aspect of religious magic. In the context of illusionist magic practiced today as entertainment only, ""conjurer"" or ""conjuror"" is still a common term used by practitioners. In times past, illusionist conjurors were suspected of using magic power to create their entertaining illusions and even suspected of casting spells. They were regarded as ""magicians"" by the general public, who were often not cognizant of the techniques and tricks used to create their illusions. Evocation is the magical art of calling forth spirits, angels or demons to bring spiritual inspiration, do the bidding of the magician or provide information. Methods"
"type of magic that produces no physical effects on objects or people, but rather deceives the observer or target through the use of illusions. Enchantresses in particular practice this form of magic, often to seduce. For instance, the Lady of the Green Kirtle in C.S. Lewis's ""The Silver Chair"" enchants Rilian into forgetting his father and Narnia; when that enchantment is broken, she attempts further enchantments with a sweet-smelling smoke and a thrumming musical instrument to baffle him and his rescuers into forgetting them again. The term ""sorcerer"" is more frequently used when the magician in question is evil. This"
"Magician (fantasy) A magician (female: magicianess) also known as an enchanter (female: enchantress), sorcerer (female: sorceress), mage, warlock, witch, or wizard (female: wizardess), is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources. Magicians are common figures in works of fantasy, such as fantasy literature and role-playing games, and enjoy a rich history in mythology, legends, fiction, and folklore. In medieval chivalric romance, the wizard often appears as a wise old man and acts as a mentor, with Merlin from the King Arthur stories being a prime example. Wizards such as Gandalf in ""The Lord of"
"in some magical traditions, such as Hoodoo. In that context, amulets and talismans are often kept in a ""conjure bag"" and ""conjuring oils"" may be used to anoint candles and other magical supplies and thus imbue them with specific magical powers. Alternatively, the term ""conjuration"" may be used refer to an act of illusionism or legerdemain, as in the performance of magic tricks for entertainment. One who performs conjurations is called a conjurer or conjuror. The word (as ""conjuration"" or ""conjurison"") was formerly used in its Latin meaning of ""conspiracy"". The text of the charms to be recited to conjure"
"reputed the most foolish which deals with the belief in Necromancy, the sister of Alchemy, which gives birth to simple and natural things."" In the present day, necromancy is more generally used as a term to describe the pretense of manipulation of death and the dead, often facilitated through the use of ritual magic or some other kind of occult ceremony. Contemporary séances, channeling and 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 theurgic magic. Because of their themes of spirit"
"Strigoi In Romanian mythology, strigoi (English: ""striga"", ""poltergeist"") are the troubled spirits of the dead rising from the grave. Some strigoi can be living people with certain magical properties. Some of the properties of the strigoi include: the ability to transform into an animal, invisibility, and the propensity to drain the vitality of victims via blood loss. Strigoi are the myth behind the modern Bram Stoker vampire. The word is generally thought to originate in the Ancient Greco-Roman concept of the ""strix"" (Late Latin ""striga"", Greek στρίγξ), which denoted either a witch or a type of ill-omened nocturnal flying creature"
"mainly the original and primary usage, describing acts of a supernatural or paranormal nature. The word conjuration (from Latin ""conjure"", ""conjurare"", to ""swear together"") can be interpreted in several different ways: as an invocation or evocation (the latter in the sense of binding by a vow); as an exorcism; and as an act of producing effects by magical means. The word is often used synonymously with terms such as ""invocation"" or ""evocation"" or ""summoning"", although many authors find it useful to maintain some distinction between these terms. The term ""conjuring"" is also used as a general term for casting spells"
"referred to as a sorcerer, and they are thought of as someone that tries to reform the world through an occult. Sorcerers were feared and respected throughout many societies and used many practices to achieve their goals. ""Witches or sorcerers were usually feared as well as respected, and they used a variety of means to attempt to achieve their goals, including incantations (formulas or chants invoking evil spirits), divination and oracles (to predict the future), amulets and charms (to ward off hostile spirits and harmful events), potions or salves, and dolls or other figures (to represent their enemies)"". Sorcery was"
"to the place of the person's death, locate the corpse, and to write a spell and stick it upon the corpses's face, in which the spell-paper contains their name, birthdate, and some other words to reanimate the corpse. Once the paper is stuck upon the corpses's face, the newly created jiangshi would follow the sorcerer by hopping around, in which the sorcerer would lead it back to its hometown for burial (this was often a last-resort choice used by families with not enough money to hire a cart to carry the corpse back). Usually, the sorcerer would travel by night,"
"to witches in some areas. With the help of the devil they could turn into various beings or have evil spirits serve them. It was suggested that spirits of the dead might serve the devil or may be used by him to appear to humans and to turn sorcerers. Thus the demons could variously be thought to be independent spirits or spirits of sorcerers flying around. It was thought that souls of sorcerers leave their bodies, which become dead and can then be permanently killed by turning it, as the soul then does not know how to return into the"
"who regularly contact demons are believed to go mad through overdosing on power, or being possessed (since demons are thought to be short-tempered entities, and given the opportunity might overpower and enslave the one who summoned them). Within some magical traditions today, such as contemporary witchcraft, hoodoo and Hermeticism or ceremonial magic, conjuration may refer specifically to an act of calling or invoking deities and other spirits; or it may refer more generally to the casting of magic spells by a variety of techniques. Used in the sense of invoking or evoking deities and other spirits, conjuration can be regarded"
"prove influential on later writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, by Lovecraft's own admission. In the Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort uses reanimated dead bodies that are placed under his control by his dark magic powers as his guardians. They are known as Inferi. Undead The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if they were alive. A common example of an undead being is a corpse reanimated by supernatural forces, by the application of either the deceased's own life force or that of another being (such as a demon). The undead may"
"Ghost In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a ""séance"". The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is"
"obscure origin"" only. An association with the verb ""writhe"" was the etymology favored by J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien's use of the word in the naming of the creatures known as the Ringwraiths has influenced later usage in fantasy literature. Bogey or ""bogy/bogie"" is a term for a ghost, and appears in Scottish poet John Mayne's ""Hallowe'en"" in 1780. A ""revenant"" is a deceased person returning from the dead to haunt the living, either as a disembodied ghost or alternatively as an animated (""undead"") corpse. Also related is the concept of a fetch, the visible ghost or spirit of a"
"Undead The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if they were alive. A common example of an undead being is a corpse reanimated by supernatural forces, by the application of either the deceased's own life force or that of another being (such as a demon). The undead may be incorporeal like ghosts, or corporeal like vampires and zombies. The undead are featured in the belief systems of most cultures, and appear in many works of fantasy and horror fiction. The term is also occasionally used for putative non-supernatural cases of re-animation, from"
"human or bestial body; see demon possession. A conjuration is traditionally linked to repelling negative spirits away, and protecting an individual, space or collective. However, it is also believed by some, particularly in Christianity and Islam, that magic and conjuration is an inherently evil practice. Conjurers summon demons or other evil spirits to cause harm to people or things, to obtain favors from them, or simply to enter their servitude. The belief in similarly-minded conjurers also exists in belief systems in which magic is not inherently evil, although in these cultures these ""black magicians"" are not the rule and have"
"is “when the dead are called up to convert to Mormonism,” and that the dead will “seek out” those who enter the temple. Decker claims that Joseph Smith was a sorcerer and fortune teller and that “[i]t is therefore quite natural to surmise that Smith’s followers would be involved in the same practices that he advocated.” Decker also claims that Smith was convicted of sorcery and “crystal ball gazing or fortune telling” by courts in New York. Decker states that Smith traveled to the hill Cumorah annually to “conjure up the spirit” of the angel Moroni from the dead. A"
"this assessment in his ""Mathematicall Praeface"": ""And for these, and such like marvellous Actes and Feates, Naturally, and Mechanically, wrought and contrived: ought any honest Student and Modest Christian Philosopher, be counted, & called a Conjurer? Shall the folly of Idiotes, and the Malice of the Scornfull, so much prevaille ... Shall that man, be (in hugger mugger) condemned, as a Companion of the hellhoundes, and a Caller, and Conjurer of wicked and damned Spirites?"" In the Hermetic Qabalah mystical tradition, a person titled a magician has the power to make subtle changes in higher realms, which in turn produce"
"or demon. Crowley believed that the most effective form of evocation was found in the grimoire on Goetia (see below), which instructs the magician in how to safely summon forth and command 72 infernal spirits. However, it is equally possible to evoke angelic beings, gods, and other intelligences related to planets, elements, and the Zodiac. Unlike with invocation, which involves a calling in, evocation involves a calling forth, most commonly into what is called the ""triangle of art."" The word ""eucharist"" originally comes from the Greek word for thanksgiving. However, within Magick, it takes on a special meaning—the transmutation of"
"able to see the spirit and hear its voice, passing the words on to the evoker. Sometimes such a seer might be an actual medium, speaking as the spirit, not just for it. In other cases the spirit might be 'housed' in a symbolic image, or conjured into a diagram from which it cannot escape without the magician's permission. While many later, corrupt and commercialized grimoires include elements of 'diabolism' and one (""The Grand Grimoire"") even offers a method for making a pact with the devil, in general the art of evocation of spirits is said to be done entirely"
"in peasant superstition. Nigromancy contrasts with this as scholarly ""high magic"" derived from High Medieval grimoires such as the ""Picatrix"" or the ""Liber Rasielis"". Necromancy or demonic magic is a black art usually performed in the night dealing with dark phenomena such as raising the dead. Using necromancy for divination is through a genocide using blood and corpses. Due to these acts, it is forbidden and goes against the Christian faith. The art and practitioners are not received well in philosophy as it destroy religion and taints a person's morals. Since demons enjoy blood, practitioners would experiment with human blood"
"and consumption of corpses. These ceremonies could carry on for hours, days, or even weeks, leading up to the eventual summoning of spirits. Frequently they were performed in places of interment or other melancholy venues that suited specific guidelines of the necromancer. Additionally, necromancers preferred to summon the recently departed based on the premise that their revelations were spoken more clearly. This timeframe was usually limited to the twelve months following the death of the physical body; once this period elapsed, necromancers would evoke the deceased’s ghostly spirit instead. While some cultures considered the knowledge of the dead to be"
"expressed by Gardner. Gardner also articulated the view that the human soul rested for a period between bodily death and its incarnation, with this resting place commonly being referred to as The Summerland among the Wiccan community. This allows many Wiccans to believe that mediums are able to contact the spirits of the deceased, a belief that it adopted from Spiritualism. Many Wiccans believe in magic, a manipulative force exercised through the practice of witchcraft or sorcery. Many Wiccans agree with the definition of magic offered by ceremonial magicians, such as Aleister Crowley, who declared that magic was ""the science"
"objects), or rediscovering ancient spells, beings, or objects. For example, Dr. Strange from the Marvel Universe continues to learn about magic even after being named Sorcerer Supreme. He often encounters creatures that haven't been seen for centuries or more. In the same universe, Dr. Doom continues to pursue magical knowledge after mastering it by combining magic with science. Fred and George Weasley from ""Harry Potter"" invent new magical items and sell them as legitimate defense items. Historically, many self-proclaimed magicians have required rare and precious materials, such as crystal balls, rare herbs (often picked by prescribed rituals), and chemicals such"
"illusionists, the label of magician could become a job description. Others claim such an identity out of a genuinely held belief that they have specific unusual powers or talents. Some historians have drawn a differentiation between those practitioners who engage in high magic, and those who engage in low magic. In this framework, high magic is seen as more complex, involving lengthy and detailed ceremonies as well as sophisticated, sometimes expensive, paraphernalia. Low magic is associated with simpler rituals such as brief, spoken charms. In some cultures, terms such as ""sorcerer"", ""sorceress"", ""wizard"", ""witch"", etc. are applied to specific types"
"have already been semanticized as that very early) as ""one who conjures up visions, or images, phantasies."" Many writers have noted the remarkable phonetic similarities among the names for the ritual ""fangxiangshi"" and the ""fangliang"", ""wangliang"", and ""wangxiang"" demons he exorcised; and some scholars such as Chen Mengjia, Kobayashi Taichirō, and William Boltz have theorized that the ""fangxiangshi"" exorcist was a personification of these demons, and was ""in effect exorcising himself"" (Boltz 1979: 423). In this understanding, the devouring exorcist and devoured creatures were ultimately identical. Boltz (1979: 431) suggests the possibility that the matching names ""fangxiang(shi)"", ""fangliang"", ""wangliang"", and"