Blessings Darlings!
Five days ago was western Easter Sunday. On that day, I attended a class (at Between the Worlds/Sacred Space) by Christopher Orapello on Necromancy. Yes, the folks running that conference UNDOUBTEDLY chose that scheduling. Yes, I'm sure that they laughed and laughed and laughed. Yes, Gwendolyn/Ivo/etc, you know I adore you all.
This coming Sunday is Eastern Orthodox Easter.
And I've been reading BJ Swain's book on Familiars, which includes 'networking with the fairies via the dead to ask for a familiar'. His writing style also inspired the parallelism in the first paragraph.
So while many have resurrection and new beginnings on their mind - I have a 'new beginning' in necromancy on my mind, thus combining all themes.
It being a beginning, I don't have any 'dedicated tools' for this type of work. And it occurred to me that since I work at a thrift store chain that gets lots of stuff from people cleaning out homes after the death of family members that a lot of what passes before me has strong links to the dead.
Of course this is not the FIRST time this thought occurred to me - it's why I do a quick cleanse on all things I buy from work. The difference is that now I am considering SEEKING things that have links to the dead. Many donors tell me when they are clearing out stuff after a person dies, so I can look stuff over, note what is there, and look for it after it's been on the shelves a day or two (I am required to wait at least 2 hours after things are on the shelves before I can buy them so we employees don't bogart all the good stuff. I choose to give things extra time.)
Mind you, I'm still not sure I will do any necromancy. But then my Prepper side speaks up and reminds me that it's good to be prepared for anything, and an offering plate, a box or bowl for requests, and a candle holder or two won't take up much room . . . and you never know when necromancy will be the right tool for what you need to get done.
Frondly, Fern
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