While there’s no one belief or practice shared by all Wiccans, there are some hallmarks you’ll commonly find in Wiccan spaces. These include a belief in reincarnation and the practice of necromancy–but those two things don’t look like they go together. Here, I talk through the tension between reincarnation and necromancy, a couple of approaches to resolving that tension, and why I think having tension is a good thing for Wiccan practice.