[Tirned Tinnu]

Eeeeek...Findegil and Saucepan Man, you are scaring me!

Here's what I found:

"Necromancy is not to be confused with conjuring devils or demons for help. Necromancy is the seeking of the spirits of the dead. The spirits are sought because they, being without physical bodies, are no longer limited by the earthly plane. Therefore, it is thought these spirits have access to information of the past and future which is not available to the living. It has been used to help find sunken or buried treasure, and whether or not a person was murdered or died from other causes."

So, according to this, as I have often thought, and your quotes from Tolkien's works, THe Necromancer may have been snatching the "Houseless" from mid-air and forcing them to supply him with information. I would suspect him of offering the "Houseless" new bodies -- in return for a sight into the future, or some unseen past event.

What tickles my brain is that he did have a Palantir, and just with that he might be considered a Necromancer. Imagine, if someone saw a Palantir, and did not understand what it was?
Think of poor little Pippn, having stared into Saruman's Palatir, which was once used by the Necromancer?!! Oh the horrors he saw! One would surely mistake that for speaking with spirits, if one had never seen anything like that before.

Just a few possible thoughts...anyone have similar?

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