Communion with the Dead
Description: Few have the Euthanatos knack for communicating with the dead; actually none of them want it. Summoning up ghosts is usually easier than getting rid of them. This rote goes back as far as anyone can remember. Ancient Euthanatos would perform a bizarre death dance as part of the funeral rites in order to ease the deceased on their way. The modern followers of the tradition perform the same dance to call the spirits up. Mages can call up a spirit knowing only its name, but it is
much easier if some link to the spirit can be provided. This could be a favourite possession of the deceased's, having a close relative or friend of the deceased's present, right up to dancing on his grave (very popular). If forced to the mage can attempt to summon a spirit he does not know, e.g.`whoever died here' but this is hard. Of course if the deceased is an active,haunting spirit then this rote is absurdly easy.
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Source: SCRIBD (Apprentice Rotes for Mage: The Ascension), Uploaded by Beth on Jun 19, 2008, originally part of "The Grimoire of the Cabal of Pure Thought", a resource for my Mage: The Ascension game. None Commercial.
