As a "holy grail" for RPM casters how would you make a raise dead spell?

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

A literal reading would seem to indicate Control Undead. "or restless spirits of the dead".

Why do you need a Create Body effect? Shouldn't it be a Restore Body effect if anything?

I'm thinking of someone in the afterlife, not a ghost haunting some place nearby; dead not undead.

Restore body works if you have a body to restore. If your loved one was lost at sea, sent through a wood chipper, etc. I don't think a blood stain counts as a body.