The below log says it all:

The Primeval Spirit burns a ghoul with the light of the sun! A ghoul is blinded by the sun in its eyes! The Primeval Spirit's sunray *** DEVASTATES *** a ghoul! The Primeval Spirit is covered with bleeding wounds.

Something else I'd like to bring up is that I have taken 'Master Animator' and I consistantly get zombies that are lower in level than before I took this edge. As a level 47 necromancer I now usually get 'Looks like an easy kill', whereas before I took the edge it varied between 'A perfect match' and 'Razor-teeth'. I gave it quite a while to see if the strength of magic was affecting me, but magic can't be weak all the time...

n/t