Resurrection



Resurrection is the power to revive the deceased. It is an extremely difficult power to harness.

Overview
God, Death, and the archangels can do this effortlessly. Normal angels can do this too, but only via the power of Heaven. When angels resurrect beings, any kind of nearby vegetation will be destroyed. Death, as a general rule, does not resurrect people as such acts disrupt the Natural Order. Archangels, namely Lucifer and Raphael, use resurrection in their torture, killing their enemies and continuously resurrecting them time after time.

Demons can also use this power, but only in the context of a deal. In order for someone to be resurrected, the practitioner must have all - or at least most of - the subject's molecular components available. Anna Milton planned to spread Sam Winchester's cells all across the galaxy in order to stop him from being resurrected. (The Song Remains the Same) Resurrection can be performed with a spell: when Dean Winchester possesed the soul of the vampire Benny, he was able to travel to the graveyard where Benny was buried, dig up his body and cast a spell over the body, dripping blood with Benny's soul in it onto the bones. This resurrected Benny and he came back as a vampire.

The Thules, known for delving deep into necromancy, have managed to resurrect their dead members. Whether or not they actually possessed the ability to resurrect people or were simply practicing an extremely powerful version of necromancy was unclear, as their subjects were more than mindless zombies but actual resurrected humans. It is possible that 'necromancy' was only mistakenly used to describe their occult practices.

Characters with this ability

 * God
 * Death
 * Angels (Through the power of Heaven)
 * Archangels
 * Seraphs (All done without any visible assistance)
 * Demons
 * Crossroads Demons (Through a deal)
 * Crowley
 * Azazel  (able to through a deal, but doesn't require a soul in payment, unlike any other demon)
 * Reapers
 * Thules (unclear, as they were described as necromancers instead)

Known patients
The list below documents individuals who have been brought back from the dead.


 * Dean Winchester: Resurrected by Azazel, pulled out of Hell by Castiel, resurrected constantly by Gabriel, resurrected by Joshua.
 * Sam Winchester: Resurrected by Crossroads demon, resurrected by Michael, resurrected by Joshua, resurrected by Death.
 * Adam Milligan: Resurrected by Zachariah as part of a plan to force Dean to say Yes to Micheal.
 * Bobby Singer: Resurrected by Castiel
 * Castiel: Resurrected three times by God.
 * Samuel Campbell: Resurrected by Crowley (supposedly).
 * John Winchester: Resurrected by Azazel as part of a deal with Mary Winchester.
 * Benny: Resurrected by Dean as part of a deal to help him escape Purgatory
 * Prometheus: Due to a curse that Zeus placed upon him.