Terms of different forms of divination!

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Mar 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

aeonx	21 Mar 2002
Hey guys, check out this: The following terms, expressive of different forms of divination, have been collected from various sources, and are here given as a curious illustration of bygone superstitions: Divination by oracles, Theomancy; by the Bible, Biliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy; by winds, Austromancy; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy (or Haruspicy), Hieromancy, Hieroscopy; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy; by the entrails of a human sacrifice, Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectoromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve, Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy. Cool?? :D There's sure a lot of strange things here. *l*

Malachite	21 Mar 2002
*by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy.* yeah, thats what Oenomancers tell you.... that really is a lot, isn;t it... mind you, i sincerely believe you can divine with anything, so this may just be a small selection...;-)

jade	21 Mar 2002
i agree malachite! i once did an entire reading inside a starbucks coffee shop by looking at a plate that was for sale on the display case. LOL jade

Kiama	21 Mar 2002
Now here's the question How many of them have you tried? I've tried 18. Kiama

Malachite	21 Mar 2002
12...not including the oenomancy... Now i know, those are the twelve sensible ones. So what the hell were the other 6, kiama?!!

Emily	21 Mar 2002
I've tried 8 of those mentioned lol - like Malachite, the sensible ones :)

Kiama	22 Mar 2002
These are the ones I've tried: (Np, no fish entrails for me!) Theomancy Bibliomancy Crystallomancy Pyromancy Capnomancy Cleromancy Lithomancy Pessomancy Psephomancy Catoptromancy Oneiromancy Chiromancy Arithmancy Stichomancy Anthroposcopy Ceromancy Hydromancy Halomancy Kiama

truthsayer	22 Mar 2002
i've tried 15 of those listed. what about colors and clouds? signs from animals like how thick the wooly worm's coat is or if the acorns fall early? if the groundhog see his shadow? reading how bones crack in a fire? pendulums or dowsing sticks? divination is just a fascinating topic. i haven't heard of all the styles listed.

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