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Necromancing the Stone is the 21th episode of the fifth season and the 109th overall episode of Charmed.
Summary
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Piper is preparing for Wyatt's Wiccaning and vanquishes several Demons that could form a possible threat. The last one on the list, the Necromancer, has a past with Grams and has the power to control Spirits. He starts controlling Grams and wants her to call the matriarchs of the Halliwell line, because the magic they possess is strong enough to bring them both back to life.
Characters
Characters in bold appear for the first time in the series.
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Magical Notes
Book of Shadows
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 Divied.
Truth Spell
The entry in the Book of Shadows.
- For those who want the
- truth revealed,
- Opened hearts and secrets
- unsealed,
- From now until it's
- now again,
- After which the memory
- ends.
- Those who now are
- in this house,
- Will hear the truth
- from other's mouths.
The Necromancer
The entry in the Book of Shadows
- The Necromancer is not a demon
- but the ghost of a demon who was
- vanquished. Mostly dwelling in the
- spirit realm he has dominion over
- the dead, although he has been
- known to escape to the land of the
- living. He no longer possesses
- powers of his own but feeding on
- the souls of the magical dead
- imbues him with temporary life. The
- length of his empowerment depends
- on the strength of the Spirit.
- Grams' Notes:
- favorite dinner: lamb chops with mint jelly
- Enjoys Clark Gable pictures
- Enjoys Luxuries of LIFE!
- Willing to do anything to live!!
- A user and a liar
The first part of the entry (left) in the Book of Shadows.
To Vanquish a Ghost and Return Him to His Rest
- to fight the evil spirit on the astral
- plane it is necessary to join him
- in death.
- mix the following:
- a pinch of oleander
- a pinch of jimsonweed
- a pinch of bloodroot
- a pinch of hollyhock seeds
The second part of the entry (right) in the Book of Shadows.
- grind to a fine powder and
- take with the juice of
- cranberries...
- after battle is joined,
- chant the following
- "ashes to ashes
- spirit to spirit
- take his soul,
- banish this evil."
- continue chanting without ceasing
- until the evil spirit disintegrates.
- this spell must only be
- attempted with a partner.
- after not more than four minutes
- the dead one must be awakened,
- lest she too becomes
- a spirit in fact.
To Call The Halliwell Matriarchs
The entry in the Book of Shadows.
- I call forth from space and time
- Matriarchs of the Halliwell Line
- Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Friends
- Our family spirit without end.
- To gather now, in this sacred place
- and help us bring this child to grace.
- Note:
- The spell in the Book of Shadows is incorrect. The first two lines are right but then the spell continues with the truth spell. This discrepancy between what is written and what is recited is presumably due to a producer/writer's change in script after the page in Book was painted.
- The spell reads thus:
- I call forth from space and time
- Matriarchs from the Halliwell line
- For those who want the truth revealed
- Opened hearts and secrets unsealed
- From now until it's now again
- After which the memory ends.
Spells
Paige casting the Spell.
To Summon the Creeper Demon
Paige casted this spell to summon the Creeper Demon to attic in the Manor. The Creeper appeared behind them and Piper vanquished him using the Vanquishing Potion.
- Demons who dwell
- in slivers of night
- Uncloak his shadows
- to Witch's sight.
Potions
- There is a potion to vanquish the Creeper Demon.
- Grams knows of a potion Dragon root, eel skin, blood wart to banish the Necromancer back to the Spirit Realm.
The Creeper Demon is vanquished.
The Necromancer is banished back to the Spirit Realm.
Powers
- Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Paige.
- Corporealization: Grams became corporeal when she left the circle of candles for the summoning spell.
- Fading: Type of Teleportation used by Skreek.
- Manifestation: Used by the Necromancer to appear in Spirit form and have all his powers.
- Spirit Absorption: Used by the Necromancer to absorb Spirits, in order to make himself corporeal.
- Telekinesis: Used by Grams to attack the Necromancer.
- Light Darts: Used by Skreek to attack Piper and Phoebe.
- Spirit Dominion: Used by the Necromancer to control Grams' spirit.
- Molecular Combustion: Used by Piper to blow up Skreek.
- Smoke-Fading: Type of Teleportation used by the Necromancer.
Beings
Magical Beings
- The Necromancer - A past lover of Grams and a ghost of a Demon. He has to power to absorb Spirits and control them. He wanted to use the Halliwell matriarchs to be resurrected for good.
- Skreek - The Necromancer's Minion. He resurrected the Necromancer when he was vanquished with a potion.
- Creeper Demons - Piper and Paige vanquished them because they could've been a threat whilst performing Wyatt's Wiccaning.
- Fairy - Skreek captured her and after she died, the Necromancer absorbed her Spirit.
Mortals
- Nate Parks - Paige's boyfriend. Paige casted the Truth Spell on him to see if he could handle her being a Witch, but under the influence of the Spell, he told her that he was married and had kids. After he told her, she broke up with him.
- Jason Dean - Phoebe's boyfriend and boss. He asked Phoebe to go back with him to Hongkong, to go live there for 6 months.
Notes and Trivia
thumb|300px|right|Necromancing the Stone WB Trailer
- In this episode, it's shown that Grams was also romantically involved with a Demon and wrote facts about him in the Book of Shadows. Phoebe did the same thing with Cole in Look Who's Barking.
- The Trailer and the Promo don't even mention the Necromancer or Wyatt's Wiccaning.
- The episode's title refers to the movie Romancing the Stone (1984).
- Paige mentions that Jason could be gay. Ironically, Eric Dane who portrays Jason, plays a closeted gay character in the movie, Valentine's Day.
The WB episode promo
- This episode marks the third appearance of Grams in Season 5. The first was Happily Ever After and the second one was Sympathy for the Demon.
- Grams originally thought that the Charmed Line was supposed to be lead by women, this was first thought to be true when Piper, Phoebe and Prue went to the future in Morality Bites, showing that Piper had a daughter in that timeline.
- An episode still from this episode would be used again for inspiration for the Charmed Comic, No Rest for the Wicca.
- This is the first Wiccaning that Grams is shown to perform. She will also perform Chris' Wiccaning in Cheaper by the Coven.
- This is the first episode that Jason & Kristopher Simmons portray Wyatt Halliwell.
- Wyatt has grown much more in this episode compared to the previous one, Sense and Sense Ability.
International Titles
- French: Le Nécromancien (The Necromancer)
- Czech: Velká láska Penny Halliwellové
- Serbian: Prizivač duhova (The Necromancer)
- Spanish (Spain): Necromantando en el más allá
- Spanish (Latin America): Embrujando la piedra
- German: Hexentaufe (Witch Baptism)
Photo Gallery
Episode Stills
Screencaps
Quotes
- Paige: (after Nate said he has a wife) Excuse me?
- Nate: Did I say wife?
- Paige: You're married? You never told me you were married!
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