Anju Sermani

Not truly a Britannian Spell, Anju Sermani is a spell from old Sosaria at the time of Ultima III. Developed by the Cult of Truth, its purpose is to return a being to life whose body had been burnt to ashes by an improperly-cast Resurrect spell. Unlike normal resurrections, burnt bodies lose their connection to the soul, which is instantly reborn and thus difficult to recall.

This spell is needed for the complicated reversal of this process, and for the restoration of the destroyed body; the Resurrect spell is not capable of this. The quote of the The Ancient Liturgy of Truth shows the danger of this spell.

The price is clear: another being had to die, since that new life was robbed of the soul as it returned to the restored body. This obviously was a really brutal process, so the usage of this spell was most likely forbidden in Britannia; by Ultima VI, the Avatar is specifically told in Serpent's Hold that burnt bodies can't be returned to life.

The Ultima 6 Project
In the Ultima 6 Project, the spell re-surfaces. After first hearing about it from Caradon at Serpent's Hold, the Avatar got the quest to secure the one remaining spell scroll and bring it to the healer Dargoth at the Lycaeum after learning of the Seers of the Moonstone. The Avatar found it in the library of the evil mage Lorcan on Marsor's Isle and brought it to Dargoth so that this forbidden spell would be kept out of the wrong hands.

Alternatively, it is possible to use it, resulting in the creation of zombies as a result, when used on the fallen.

Trivia

 * Being restored from ashes reduces the Wisdom of the restored character by 5 points.