I am using the Sunday Scribblings prompt for his week as a prompt for a story I am writing.
I was in Mexico last new year. Michael convinced me that there was a Brujo who could each me necromancy. Necromancy is different than Bone Singing. My gift is to sing to the bones of someone who has died, and bring their soul back to life, usually for a short time. What I bring back is the essence of the person, and not their body. It's not like I lay my hands on a dead person and they get up and start walking around. Basically the essence of the person rises from the bones like a cloud of sparkling dust. It's all very ethereal and ghost-like I guess.
Necromancy, on the other hand, is the magical art of raising a body, not a soul. Sometimes there is a little of the soul left, but it is like trying to communicate with an echo of the person. Sort of like trying to make a sandwich with crumbs instead of the loaf of bread. The Ministry frown upon necromancy and treat it like a poor relation of Bone Singing. This is what I had been told, and this is the attitude I had going into meeting the Brujo.
The Brujo's house in Mexico was in a small town, not unlike the one I had visited a few years ago with my girlfriends - before I knew Michael, before I knew the Ministry and before I was a Bone Singer. We were looking for a good time back then and instead I ended up being kidnapped and branded. Some holiday.
9 comments:
You've drawn me right in! What a great excerpt - makes me want to read and know more! Thanks for your kind comments on my blog too and, of course - much love to Miss Molly!
I do like it.. I await for more episodes.
Intriguing post. I, too, am anxious to read more.
wow, bone singing! That is a great beginning. The stories you can tell from that...:)
Great story start, you have me interested and I know just the word necromancy would draw in many more.
My first visit via Sunday Scribblings...my first edition is here: http://wannabeawritersomeday.blogspot.com/2008/01/sunday-scribbles-edition-1.htmlings
'Bone Singing'...what an intriguing thought. 'Branded and Kidnapped' on the other hand...how scary. I can't wait to hear more!
I have to add, by the way, that Miss Molly is beautiful- a wonderful addition to your family!
Very interesting post. Looking forward to reading more.
I actually forgot it was a story and was thinking it was biographical it felt so real.
I was enchanted to find your blog as my home page is http://www.bonesinger.com. Bone Singer is a name I've carried with me for many, many years.
Your story captures the magic and mystery it takes to breathe life into the bones of the forgotten ones. Though your tale may be fictional, it resonates with deeper truth. I'm very interested in reading more. You have a captivating way with words!
Wishing you all the best,
Susanne
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