Necromancy vs Resurrection - What's the difference?
necromancy | resurrection |
Divination involving the dead or death.
* 1597 King James Daemonologie
* 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer
* 1867 E. Rogers, quoted in K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic
* 1920 L. Spence Encyc. Occult
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising]] or [[reanimate, reanimating the dead.
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
(Christianity) The Resurrection : The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
As nouns the difference between necromancy and resurrection
is that necromancy is divination involving the dead or death while resurrection is the act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.necromancy
English
Alternative forms
* necyomancy, egromancyNoun
- And for to make this treatise the more pleasaunt and facill, I have put it in forme of a Dialogue, which I have diuided into three bookes: The first speaking of Magie in general, and Necromancie in special.
- And in one word for all, Nagomancy', or ' Necromancy ; by inspecting, consulting, and divining by, with, or from the dead.
- the Devil did often tempt me to study necromancy' and ' nigromancy and to make use of magic, and to make a league with him...
- There is no doubt..that necromancy is the touch-stone of occultism...
