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The Necromancy of Joann Georg Schrepfer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Shrepfer and the Afterlife

Shrepfer would not take requests. A person attending one of his ceremonies couldn't ask for a specific person to be brought forth from the afterlife. He was said to have had to fight off demonic energies as he performed his rituals. When a ritual or ceremony was over, Shrepfer used familiar religious symbols and tools to wrap things up.

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