Resurrection Spells

Resurrection spells allow witches to restore a dead being to life, returning the spirit back to its body. They are a violation of the Natural Order of life and death and may come with consequences. Even then, they usually require a massive amount of power and are considered among the hardest feats of magic, performable only by the strongest of witches.

Bonnie's Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to raise a person from the dead. However, the person who is brought back from death will be cursed with the ability to see ghosts on the Other Side as a consequence.

Incantation: Victus Phasmatis Ex Eleto. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victus. Victus Phasmatis Ex Eleto. Revertas Phasmatis Ut Victus.

Requirements: Spirit Magic / Power of 100 dead witches

Used by: Jonas Martin first performed this spell on Lukas when he burned to death in The House Guest. The spell was unsuccessful due to having insufficient power. Bonnie Bennett later performed this spell to resurrect Jeremy Gilbert after he had been shot by Liz Forbes in As I Lay Dying. Initially the Witch Spirits denied Bonnie the power for spell, however, her ancestor, Emily Bennett, heard Bonnie's pleas of love and Jeremy was revived. In Growing Pains Bonnie attempted the spell once again to resurrect Elena's spirit to prevent her from transitioning into a vampire, though the spirits denied her access to their power, thus she turned to a darker magic.

Bonnie's Resuscitation Spell: A spell used to revive a person immediately after death such as from cardiac arrest.

Incantation: En Dugas, Tuas, Animos

Used by: In Before Sunset, Bonnie Bennett on Jeremy Gilbert immediately after she magically stopped his heart. Though, whether it was the spell or his ring that brought him back remains uncertain.

Expression Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that utilizes the extremely dark and potent magic of Expression to resurrect the body of the deceased. As such, this magic uses the indomitable will of the witch to make the manifestations of their will a reality.

Requirements: Expression, Target, Indomitable will

Used by: In Into the Wild, Shane recounts that when he and Caitlin lost their son Sam, she tried to bring him back using Expression. In her attempt to resurrect him, she lost control of the magic and it overwhelmed and killed her. Ultimately, the spell failed.

Magic Combination Resurrection Spell: An extremely powerful spell that defies the will of Nature by combining powerful magic from the Spirits, the Darkness and Expression to resurrect a person.

Incantation: Phasmatos revenios un Animum. Phasmatos revenios un Animum. Phasmatos revenios un Animum.

Requirements: Spirit, Dark and Expression Magic, Indomitable will

Used by: In The Walking Dead, Bonnie performed this spell in an attempt to resurrect Jeremy Gilbert. However, as a result of the opposing forces of magic she channeled, Bonnie was overwhelmed and died in the process. Later, in Graduation, when she put the veil back up, it was revealed that the spell proved to be a success and that essentially the spell provided a life for a life, i.e. Bonnie's life in exchange for Jeremy's.

Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to raise oneself or another person from the dead. Particularly if the Veil to the Other Side has been lowered, a witch can cast the spell to make them a living, breathing mortal, seemingly without consequence.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Lowered Veil

Used by: In Bringing Out The Dead, Esther is resurrected as she is freed from her coffin, empowered by channeling the Bennett Witch bloodline. Whether it was the Spirits or her that performed the spell remains to be seen. In Original Sin Qetsiyah mentioned to Stefan that months prior, when Bonnie lowered the veil, she took the opportunity to resurrect herself as her hunters failed in their task to cure and kill Silas. She figured that it was time to handle things in person and she ultimately succeeded, albeit with a few issues along the way. In Wheel Inside the Wheel, Esther pulled Ansel from the Other Side before it collapsed, resurrecting him to the mortal plane. Even though the meaning as to how she performed the spell remains to be known, seemingly, the weakened Veil could have made it easier to perform such a spell.

The Choosing, Harvest and Reaping Rituals: A three part, in-depth ceremony where four French Quarter Witches are chosen and sacrificed, the Choosing and Harvest, respectively. The final part of the colloquially called Harvest Ritual ends with the previously four sacrificed witches being resurrected by the Ancestors at the request of the Elders performing the ritual.

The Harvest Invocation: Our magic fades as our ties to our ancestors weaken over time. We beseech them, accept this offering as a sign of our faith. To be born, you must sacrifice. Do you have faith?

The Reaping Invocation: After the Harvest comes the Reaping. Their sacrifices were made and accepted. We call upon our Elders to resurrect their chosen ones.

Vincent's Incantation: Resisite chonje vos elus.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, specifically a French Quarter Elder Witch

Used by: In Après Moi, Le Déluge, after sacrificing Davina Claire and finishing the Harvest ceremony, Sophie Devereaux called out to the Ancestors to bring back the four harvest girls sacrificed. The invocation to the Ancestors was accepted, though not as initially expected, due to Céleste Dubois (while possessing the witch Sabine Laurent) stealing the power of the Harvest and redirecting its power to resurrect three different witches instead. As each witch died again, a Harvest Girl was resurrected in their place. In High Water and a Devil's Daughter, Vincent was forced to complete the Reaping when Elijah sacrificed four French Quarter witches to reestablish the link between the Ancestral and mortal planes. When the Ancestors denied Vincent's offerings, he turned to and invoked Davina's assistance; she accepted and the four new Harvest Girls were resurrected. Vincent also made Davina the gatekeeper for all of the ancestral magic contained in New Orleans. It is also worthy to note that the Elder witch performing the Reaping ritual does not resurrect the harvest witches but in fact the Ancestors. Therefore, no resurrection "spell" is required, though the Elder has to invoke the Ancestors to the offerings to be accepted, or in reference to the 2019 harvest, denied.

Harvest Hijacking Spell: A powerful spell that deviates the immense power of the Harvest ritual to the caster, to be used however she pleases. The power is then able to do one of two things: To resurrect a total of three other witches from the Ancestral Plane and/or to be bestowed onto the caster, empowering her further.

Incantation: Sacré sang du père. Sacré coeur de la mer. Donnez-moi, donnez-moi.

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, Voodoo Poppet filled with blood

Used by: In Après Moi, Le Déluge, Céleste (while possessing the witch Sabine Laurent) cast this spell right after Davina completed the Reaping to hijack its power to resurrect Bastianna, Genevieve and Papa Tunde and bestow her the power of a harvest girl.

To Pass Through the Anchor: A spell that allows passage from the Other Side (via the Anchor to the Other Side) to the physical plane.

Incantation: Ohto Eestanay As Vazat Esvet Ohnaz Eespalit.

Directions: Because of the massive power needed to perform the spell, the Travelers channeled the magical power of blood of the last two surviving doppelgängers.

Requirements: Death of a Number of Travelers, Physical Contact with Anchor, Spell

Used by: In Rescue Me, the Travelers used this spell to resurrect their leader, Markos. They performed a mass sacrifice with dozens of members offering their lives so that Bonnie (as the Anchor to the Other Side) would be overwhelmed and Markos could push his way through into the world of living. It should be noted that the spell the Travelers cast, incorporated Markos' name into the spell, implying a single spirit, Markos, could pass through. In Home, Liv Parker would perform the same spell although she did not use doppelgänger blood for strength. Liv utilized the deaths of many Travelers to empower the spell and weaken the Anchor. While doing so she was greatly weakened while performing the spell. Unlike the Travelers, when Liv performed the spell, anyone who had a spiritual contact with the Anchor would pass over to the living world, while the spell was being cast.

Genevieve's Resuscitation Spell: The spell allows an Ancestral witch to revive a target that has recently stopped breathing. It is powerful enough to combat the Poppet Death Curse.

Incantation: Coeur blessé, battre avec mwen.

Requirements: Ancestral magic, Poultice made from Chamomile, Gris-gris pouch, Salt, Herbs

Used by: In A Closer Walk With Thee, Genevieve in the attempt to revive Hayley Marshall. She used a poultice made from chamomile and applied to Hayley's forehead as she chanted the words However, upon knowing how serious Hayley's affliction is, she resorted to using the contents of her gris-gris pouch. She poured out some salt near Hayley and drew symbols on it. She then sprinkled crushed herbs over Hayley's body until she eventually came to, being brought back from the brink of death.

Esther's Resurrection Spell: An extremely powerful spell, created by Esther a 1000 years ago, used to bring a person back from the dead. The spell gains its power by a witch channeling the energy of a Nexus Vorti, an event so infrequent that it is almost miraculous.

Incantation: La cendre à l'os, de la chair à la vie. De la cendre à l'os, de la chair à la vie. From ash to bone, from bone to flesh, from flesh to life.

Requirements: Circle of chalk or salt, Target's ashes, Nexus Vorti

Used by: In From a Cradle to a Grave, it was revealed to have been created by Esther and Davina used this spell to resurrect the Original vampire, Mikael. Davina also added her own component to the spell (using a dark object) that would give her complete control over Mikael and bind him to her will, forcing him to obey her every command. She also drew power from three other dark objects for support.

Davina's Resurrection Spell: A convoluted spell that is implied to be capable of resurrecting a spirit from the Ancestral Plane. It utilizes the magical practice of representational magic, fueled by dark and sacrificial magic, to raise the dead.

Incantation: An Toi Lem, Briggitte Bratti...

Requirements: Ancestral Magic, 6 Black candles, 3 red candles, 2 sacrificed birds in a salt circle, Runic symbols (+4) around the salt circle, Practice of Representational Magic utilizing Dark and Sacrificial Magic, Paragon Diamond

Used by: In City Beneath The Sea, Rebekah stumbles across this dark spell that Davina is concocting to resurrect Kol. Sometime later while she is silently chanting a spell over the birds, Vincent, known for his use of 'wild' magic when younger, comments that he has not seen a spell like this in a long time and that Davina is pretty brave to attempt it so young even for a Harvest Girl. He tells her that she should not being doing this spell alone and offers her the chance for Regency and all the magic that comes with it (Voodoo, Hoodoo, Sacrificial magic, Representational magic and even Necromancy) because she lacks power with just a paragon diamond, implying the spell is beyond the power and knowledge she currently possess to it to be successful.

Ancestral Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell used to resurrect a spirit from the Ancestral Plane using the collective power of the Ancestors. If the body has been destroyed, reconstituting the body of the target by means of turning ash and soil to flesh and bone will be required. Subsequently, the target rises from the hardened soil.

Davina's Incantation: Fian en che en kanu! Fian en che en kanu! Fian en che en kanu! Fian en che en kanu!

Van's Incantation: Respire là vie corpore! Respire là vie corpore! Respire là vie corpore!

Requirements: Circle of salt, Target's ashes, Soil, Water, Sum total power of the Ancestors

Used by: In Ashes to Ashes, Davina performed this spell in an attempt to resurrect Kol Mikaelson using her power as Regent and recreate his original body from his ashes with the knowledge of earth magic. However, her spell was hijacked by Elijah, resulting in the resurrection of Esther instead. In Where Nothing Stays Buried, Van performed this spell as the new Regent for the Mikaelsons, though he was unable to bring Davina back.

Life-Force Control Spell: A powerful spell that allows a witch to either induce death in the target or to resuscitate someone who has died within six minutes.

Incantation: Phasmatos sanguine infudare corra.

Requirements: Physical Contact with the Target

Used by: In Never Let Me Go, Bonnie Bennett used this spell on Matt Donovan, firstly to stop his heart and render him dead. After having stopped his heart to nullify his ownership of the Salvatore Boarding House, she resuscitates him using the same spell.

Traditional Resurrection Spell: A spell used to resurrect dead bodies, presumably requiring the presence of the Other Side.

Incantation: Phasmatos exaud mi, conjug spiritis et corpe.

Used by: In I Carry Your Heart With Me, Bonnie Bennett, in her attempt to raise the dead, used this spell, though she claimed it was not strong enough to strengthen the connection between a deceased's body and soul.

Shamanistic Resurrection Ritual: A powerful spell that can allow a witch to resurrect a target whose spirit was previously trapped and bound to the Phoenix Stone by locating the spirit in the stone and connecting them with their body. Not specifying the target's name can result in resurrecting an unknown spirit in the targeted body.

Incantation: Ababbas dagoineh mateesah elunatan. Oshawas (or name of the target) melunaweh washaset zagoedan.

Requirements: The Phoenix Stone, The Deceased's Corpse, Invoking the Target's Spirit

Used by: In I Carry Your Heart With Me, Bonnie Bennett used this spell to resurrect both Oscar and Josette Laughlin, however, as she did not specify the names, she instead resurrected the spirits of two old vampires, previously trapped in the phoenix stone, inside their corpses. In Live Through This, Nora, Mary Louise and Beau performed the same spell on Julian and successfully brought him back by calling on him and locating his spirit. Bonnie would perform the same spell on Stefan with Nora's help and later on Damon by herself once she located his spirit in the stone, in Hell Is Other People.

Moroccan Resurrection Spell: A powerful, and dangerous resurrection spell of great complexity crafted by the Moroccan Witch.

Incantation: Le sang des deux frères, les cendres de leurs morts. Le sang des deux frères, les cendres de leurs morts

Requirements: Target's ashes, Blood of two siblings, Circle of salt, Runes, Nexus Vorti

Used By: In Beautiful Mistake, Rebekah searched the world to find a powerful enough spell to resurrect her brother, Kol, which led her to Morocco. Prior to meeting the Moroccan witch that would give her the spell, her witch body was attacked and killed by the Strix. Back in her original body, she intended to get the spell so that Freya would be able to resurrect Kol. Though it was a trap and the witch was working with the Strix; she destroyed the spell and subdued Rebekah. Later, Aya states that this spell could only be performed by the Sisters coven, as they were the only coven in the world to perform this particular spell, though Kol warns of how dangerous this spell could be for Davina. Davina was able to channel the Nexus Vorti, the result of Klaus' sireline unlinking spell, to bring back Kol in A Streetcar Named Desire. In Alone with Everybody, Kol reveals that Finn was also resurrected due to Davina's spell, either because the spell was tied to the blood of the Mikaelson family or he found a way to hijack it as a spirit.

Ritualistic Resurrection Spell: A ritual that utilizes a minimum of six witches to heal the deceased body of a fellow witch, of all harmed that previously came to it, and resurrect them using their blood and bone totems.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Target's body, Blood from the casting witches

Used By: In Bag of Cobras, a gathering of six followers of the Hollow obtained Dominic's burned body and healed it completely, even restoring the damage caused by Elijah when he extracted his heart. Once the body was healed, Dominic was brought back to life. Dominic reveals in High Water and a Devil's Daughter this was made possible due to his protection spell.

Sacrificial Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell that uses the sacrifice of a powerful being, such as an Original vampire and their sireline or a witch, to resurrect a deceased witch, or other being, who is in spirit form, by reconstituting the body from the target's remains.

The Hollow's Incantation: Yoli conepiya miquilizti

Freya's Incantation: Verha hel igjen

Requirements: Target's remains, Sacrificial Magic; Blood from the casting witches and the target's blood; Sage, Talisman (housing the spirit)

Used By: In Queen Death, the Hollow accelerated the poison from the Enchanted Thorns to kill Elijah. Upon his and his sireline's death, the Hollow channeled the massive amount of power to complete her resurrection. In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, Freya utilized the Hollow's death to reconstitute and heal Elijah's desiccated body to place his soul back into his original body.

The Hollow's Resurrection Spell: A powerful spell used to resurrect a spirit, even from the Ancestral Plane.

Incantation: Unknown

Requirements: Powerful Magic

Used By: In Phantomesque, the Hollow resurrected Davina from the Ancestral Plane. Upon its completion, she linked Davina to herself, to gain Kol's obedience and to ensure her survival so that if she died, so would Davina. In The Feast of All Sinners, the Hollow, who was possessing Hope, restored his body and resurrected Dominic, her faithful high priest, for the third time. It is unknown where his spirit resided upon his death, whether it was the Ancestral Plane or another spiritual dimension.

Necromantic Reanimation Spell: A powerful spell used to reanimate a corpse or resurrect a spirit, even from Peace, and have complete control over the resulting target.

Incantation: Adducere ad animam

Requirements: Powerful Magic (Dark Magic/Necromancy)

Used By: In Death Keeps Knocking On My Door, the Necromancer resurrected Josette, Cassie and an unnamed Bennett witch in his ploy to retrieve the supernatural dagger and return it to Malivore. The Necromancer has since resurrected Rafael (events prior to) and Alyssa after their immediate deaths in Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself. In I Was Made To Love You, despite suffering from amnesia following his escape from Malivore and the 2029 Prison World, the Necromancer, rather "Ted", inadvertently raised Robert Vaspucci, Seeking to atone for past deeds, he aided Alaric and further raised Leonardo da Vinci's spirit from the spectral plane, though due to a language barrier, they were unable to communicate. He would eventually send him away for being a distraction.

Kannada Restoration Spell: A spell that requires a human sacrifice to restore life to another person.

Cleo's Incantation: Innobbarige i jivana.

Requirements: Dark Magic (presumably)

Used By: In You're A Long Way From Home, Lizzie found this ancient spell in Alaric's journals. After learning it requires a human sacrifice from Cleo, Lizzie elects to find someone on the brink of death to restore Alaric. Lizzie began the spell but ultimately stopped when the patient's daughter arrived wanting to say her goodbyes to her father.