To Summon the Dead



To Summon the Dead is an entry in the Book of Shadows. The page containing this spell is seen in a few episodes, one being in Death Becomes Them when Zankou is looking through the Book. It is the spell and page referred to when Piper tries to summon Prue after the funeral but instead summons Grams in Charmed Again Part 1. It is then used to summon Grams again when Piper wants her to explain what she meant when she said the Charmed Ones' destiny still awaits.

This ritual summons the dead from their perspective place in the afterlife, bringing them into the physical world in the form of an apparition. When they step out of the circle of candles, the being will corporealize in the flesh together with its powers. (Seen in Necromancing The Stone when Grams does this) It can be used to summon both Good and Evil spirits.

The spell and various reworded versions of it are cast to summon Ghosts throughout season 4 to 8.

Failure

 * Grams explained that Piper couldn't summon Prue as a ghost until she was ready. First, Piper needed to move on with her life and follow her new destiny.
 * In Happily Ever After, Piper says that she couldn't summon Grams. This means that sometimes you can't summon a ghost and that you probably need a reason to summon one although Wyatt was able to summon her (even when he wasn't born yet).
 * Phoebe once tried to summon the ghost of Angela Provazolli, to find out who had killed her. Phoebe tried to summon her with the Seance spell, but this spell had failed to work (probably because the Power of Three is needed)''. With the help of her sisters, Phoebe casted this spell and combined it with the Seance spell and could successfully summon her.

To Summon the Dead

 * Place five candles in a loose circle on the
 * floor, light the candles and then Chant:


 * Hear these words
 * hear my cry
 * Spirit from the
 * other side
 * Come to me I
 * summon thee
 * Cross now the Great Divide