Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. INTRODUCTION xv
7. PART I: PLACES
8. CHAPTER 1. TOMBS AND BATTLEFIELDS 3
9. CHAPTER 2. ORACLES OF THE DEAD 17
10. CHAPTER 3. THE HERACLEIA PONTICA AND TAINARON NEKUOMANTEIA 29
11. CHAPTER 4. THE ACHERON NEKUOMANTEION 43
12. CHAPTER 5. THE AVERNUS NEKUOMANTEION 61
13. CHAPTER 6. INCUBATION AND DREAMING 75
14. PART II: PEOPLE
15. CHAPTER 7. EVOCATORS, SORCERERS, AND VENTRILOQUISTS 95
16. CHAPTER 8. SHAMANS, PYTHAGOREANS, AND ORPHICS 116
17. CHAPTER 9. ALIENS AND WITCHES 128
18. CHAPTER 10. NECROMANCY AMONG THE ROMANS 149
19. PART III: TECHNOLOGY
20. CHAPTER 11. TRADITIONAL RITES OF EVOCATION 163
21. CHAPTER 12. FROM BOWL DIVINATION TO BOY-SACRIFICE 191
22. CHAPTER 13. REANIMATION AND TALKING HEADS 202
23. PART IV: THEORY
24. CHAPTER 14. GHOSTS IN NECROMANCY 219
25. CHAPTER 15. THE WISDOM OF THE DEAD 231
26. CHAPTER 16. BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH 251
27. CONCLUSION: ATTITUDES TOWARD NECROMANCY 263
28. BIBLIOGRAPHY 269
29. INDEX 303