A necromancer-to-be or someone wanting to dip their feet in must be aware of a few things:
1. You must loose the fear or death.
No way around it. If you fear death you will never be able to work with it. I’ll tell you how to eliminate this fear later on.
No way around it. If you fear death you will never be able to work with it. I’ll tell you how to eliminate this fear later on.
2. You must be willing to bleed and/or handle blood. Blood is the most sacred of tools, it helps to create binds, attracts the dead, acts as an offering in many rituals, and symbolizes commitment to necromancy.
3. You must be able to maintain a state of well-being. Mental and physical.
4. You must accept the burdens of necromancy. It’s toll on your heath is small but will accumulate. You are spending energy and investing yourself in it constantly which ties back with the importance of #3
5. Expect people to leave. Necromancy requires devotion and the destruction of the self so that a necromancer may grow from what you once were. You must loose fear and learn to take a new look on existence, a slightly cold veiw, you must leave certain traits that will burden you on your path. Many people will not like the new you and will walk away. Let them leave, never apologize for what you are blossoming into.
BEGINNING :
Death watching, breath stealing, grave/mausoleum sleeping and meditation are the first actions a necromancer must consider.
Death watching, breath stealing, grave/mausoleum sleeping and meditation are the first actions a necromancer must consider.
Death watching: watch a real human death in person. It’s that simple. Be in the same room and get as close to the body as you can. Comfort them in their final moments and grant them your love. Watch their eyes close and their chest rise and fall one last time, here is where one may attempt -
Breath stealing: Breathe in as they breathe out so you take this last whisper of life into your body, this breath is said to give one grand knowledge and understanding of the systems of life and death.
Grave/mausoleum sleeping:
Grave sleeping requires nothing more than a blanket and stick of incense (both optional).
Grave sleeping requires nothing more than a blanket and stick of incense (both optional).
Lay on the grave and cover yourself with the blanket, light the incense and drift to sleep whist exploring your understanding of life and death, and excepting your own. The necromantic ritual book by Leilah Wendell has a deeper method. I recommend you check it out.
For mausoleums simply open as many coffins as you are able to and sleep in the same manner as the grave. These methods work to begin to wither away your deep rooted fear of death.
For mausoleums simply open as many coffins as you are able to and sleep in the same manner as the grave. These methods work to begin to wither away your deep rooted fear of death.
I will provide no guidance on meditation as it is as it would be for any other practice, simply focus on death and explore your thoughts of it.
Sleeping within arms reach of a body can cause some thoughts to form, you must learn to accept death, continue these actions until you are capable of doing them without a drop of fear.
WHEN IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH ONE MUST FEEL WELCOMED. IF YOU ARE TRESPASSING ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE CAUGHT. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER THEN YOU ARE NOT WELCOME BY DEATH OR THE SPIRITS AND IT IS BEST THAT YOU LEAVE.
MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED:
A necromancer must have:
+Staff (any stick that reaches from your shoulder to the floor)
+Wand (long thin stick about the length of your forearm)
+Knife (functional),
+Book *refere to my “how to make a book of the dead” lecture*
+A cup
+And lastly a set of all black clothes used only for necromancy and nothing else.
The materials in general are fairly easy to acquire on a budget. Sticks are free, knives can be from the kitchen and a notebook and cup cost around $3 for me.
Wand: used for selecting individual “targets”, pointing at symbols and channeling energy. Use “dead” wood of any kind to make it and apply a varnish/finish to give it stability.
Staff:This is used as a walking stick, pointer, a percussive instrument ( tapping the bottom on the ground ), channeling energy and may grant a safe aura around you.
Make it using a fallen limb from a tree and make it to your liking.
Make it using a fallen limb from a tree and make it to your liking.
Book: *refer to previous posts*
Knife: essentially a sharp blade. This may be upgraded to a sword but a knife is still good to have around. Any kind will work and it does not require any special preparation. DO NOT USE DULL OR SERRATED BLADES.
Cup: used for drinks and offerings, wine glasses work best.
Clothing: all black. That is all that is necessary. Keep them clean and never wear them for anything else.
Traditional garb is a hooded robe and wraps on the feet but not having them will not affect your ability.
Traditional garb is a hooded robe and wraps on the feet but not having them will not affect your ability.
NOTE: These are to assist channeling energy or serve a functional purpose. If your power rests in your tools instead of in you, you are weak and nothing more than a number in the equation of necromancy.
Once you have lost your fear of death, truly. You are ready. You can lie to others but you can not lie to yourself. The proof will make itself present when you try to progress and fail. One can not work with what he fears or does not comprehend.
