There is evidence for this kind of thing in Judaeo-Christian tradition: Saul from the book of Samuel tried to talk to a dead Samuel, and was divinely bollocked

There is evidence for this kind of thing in Judaeo-Christian tradition: Saul from the book of Samuel tried to talk to a dead Samuel, and was divinely bollocked for it. (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+28%3A10-18&version=KJV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+28%3A1... or more fun, rendered in lego: https://thebrickbible.com/legacy/david_vs_saul/saul_and_the_necromancer/1s28_03p07.html https://thebrickbible.com/legacy/david_vs_saul/saul_and_the_...) the Sumerians also had local accommodation for their dead, with libation tubes to provide sustenance for them in the after life. Irvine Finkel in "first ghost" explains this really well, and entertainingly. Do get the audio book if you can.