The Witches' Book of the Dead (37 page)

Herne,
4

Herodotus,
97

hexing,
131

Hitler, Adolf,
107

Holzer, Hans,
167

Homer,
6
–
7
,
92
–
93
,
97
,
98
–
99
,
226
,
230
–
231

honey,
44

Horace,
105
–
106

horned gods,
4

horns, sign of the,
55

Horus,
233

Horus, eye of,
237

Houngans,
42

Hungry Ghost Festival,
186

Hutton, Ronald,
192

Hybla Geleatis,
150

Hypnos,
93
,
231
,
237

I

Inanna,
231
–
232

incense,
43
,
58
,
59
,
134
,
212
–
213

instrumental transcommunication (ITC),
177
–
179

intention,
129
–
130
,
155

interactive intelligent presences,
163

Isis,
232
–
233

J

Japanese festivals,
185

Jazz Funeral, The,
187
–
188

Jesus,
8

jewelry, protective,
47
–
48

Joseph, Saint,
37

Judaism,
4
,
146
–
147

Jung, Carl,
151
–
152

Jurgenson, Friedrich,
172
,
174

Justin Martyr,
107

K

Kali,
233
–
234

Kennard, Charles,
68

Kernunnos,
4

keys, skeleton,
44

knots,
58

kosher salt,
29
,
54
,
57

Kurnugi,
227

L

Lares,
30

Laveau, Marie,
31
–
32
,
136

laws, anti-witchcraft,
87
–
88
,
105
,
107
,
128
–
129
,
193

Lebas [Legba], Papa,
44
,
138

lecanomancy,
76

Leek, Sybil,
167

lemures,
30
,
185

Lemuria,
48
,
55
,
185
,
187
,
191
,
192

Levenda, Peter,
107

ley lines,
15

libations,
42
,
99
–
100

life / death balance,
14

Life of Apollonius of Tyana
(Philostratus),
108

Liszt, Franz,
64

Loa,
32
,
225
–
226

Lorelei,
82

lost souls,
21

love,
130
–
131

Lucan,
101
–
104

lychnomancy,
77

M

Ma'at,
234

Mabinogion, The
,
223

magic,
2
–
5
,
9
,
13
,
14
–
16
,
129
–
131

See also
necromantic magic

malandanti,
148
–
149

Mama Brijit,
225

Mambos,
42

Manes,
30

MaqlÛ,
148

Marduk,
57

Marrama, Leanne,
32
,
36
–
37
,
80
,
112
,
196
,
200

Mary, Virgin,
84
,
233

Mayans,
188
–
189

Mayhem, Mulysa,
138
,
229

mediumship

automatism and,
64

experiences with,
79
–
81

ghost hunting and,
166
–
167

in history,
83
–
88

meditation exercises for,
89
–
90

necromancy compared to,
112
–
113

styles of,
81
–
83

Megaera,
93
–
94
,
228

Melissa,
97

Merrill, James,
69

Mesopotamia,
148

“Messages from the Spirit World” (séance),
80
–
81

Mexican festivals,
188
–
189

Michael, Saint,
56
–
60
,
148

Mikalu,
57

Miok,
57

mirrors,
74
,
75
–
76
,
121
–
122

Mithra,
57

Montgomery, Ruth,
69
–
70

moon phases,
54

Mount Etna,
150

Mukhla,
57
,
148

Murch, Robert,
70
–
71

N

Native Americans,
151

nature of spirits,
30
–
31

See also
unwanted (bad) spirits

Nazism,
107

necromancy
See also
necromantic magic; oracular necromancy

in ancient Greece,
92
–
101

in ancient Rome,
101
–
107

benefits,
17

early Christians and,
107
–
109

graveyard rituals,
124
–
126

literary references to,
6
–
7

mediumship compared to,
83
,
112
–
113

preparation,
12
–
17

protection methods for,
43
–
44

word origins and definitions,
91
–
92

Necromancy Incense,
212
–
213

necromantic magic

crossroad rituals for,
137
–
139

dream rituals for,
139
–
141

ethics and,
130
–
131

graveyard rituals for,
136
–
137

preparation,
129
–
130

skulls used for,
127
–
128
,
131
–
135

spirit relationship building,
131

Necromantic Ritual Book, The
(Wendell),
224

nekuomanteions
,
83
,
94
–
95
,
147

Nephthys,
233

Nergal,
227

Nero,
106

nigromancy,
92

nonconformity,
14

Norris, Deborah,
70

Nostradamus,
75

O

objects, spirit-attached,
50
–
51
,
54

Obon,
185
,
191

Oboth,
33

Odilo of Cluny, Saint,
187

Odysseus Acanthoplex
(Sophocles),
98

Odyssey
(Homer),
6
–
7
,
92
–
93
,
97
,
98
–
99
,
226
,
230
–
231

offerings

altars and,
36
–
37
,
42

blood,
6
,
22
–
23
,
43
,
116
–
117
,
120
,
134
,
161

to deities,
222
–
235

for dream rituals,
157

festivals honoring dead and,
184
,
185
,
186
,
188

food,
37
,
218
–
220

for necromantic rituals,
119
–
120
,
125
,
134

for spirit favors,
186

tools used for,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44

Ogden, Daniel,
97
,
99
,
106
,
108

Oneiroi,
235

Oneiros,
93

oracles and oracle sites,
83
,
94
–
98
,
147

Oracular Head,
33

oracular necromancy

preparation,
113
–
114

rituals for,
117
–
124

skulls for,
111
–
112
,
116
–
117

spirit selection and relationship building,
114
–
115

Oresteia
(Aeschylus),
145

Orphism,
145

Osiris,
222
,
232
,
233
,
235
–
236
,
237

Ouiji boards,
67
–
74

out-of-body visions,
145

P

pact rituals,
20
–
23

Pan,
4

Parentalia,
184
,
187
,
191

Pausanias,
95
–
96

pendulums,
66
–
67

pentacles,
41

pentagrams,
58

Periander,
97

persecutions,
4
,
83
–
85
,
87
–
88
,
105
,
148
–
150

Persephone,
31
,
93
,
97
,
99
,
236

Persians
(Aeschylus),
99
–
100

Peter, Saint,
44
,
138

Pharsalia
(Lucan),
101
–
104

Philostratus,
108

place and power sites,
15

Plato,
97
,
145
–
146

Pliny,
106

Pluto,
228

Pócs, Éva,
5
,
85
,
149

Poirier, Shawn,
27
,
32
,
36
–
37
,
41
,
50
–
51
,
71
–
73
,
77
,
80
–
81
,
111
–
112
,
127
–
128
,
181
–
182
,
200
–
201