- kephalonomancy
- A system of predicting someone's guilt by
burning charcoal on the head of a donkey while
reciting the names of suspected criminals; a
crackling sound is heard when the guilty person
is named.
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- lampadomancy
- A divination system whereby omens and predictions
are read from the flame of a candle or oil lamp.
If the flames have a single point this indicates
a good fortune and if it has two points this
means bad luck. If the flame is dim one must
postpone any plans for the time being and if
the flame is bright all things are right. If
the flames should become small luck is temporary
and should it spark this indicates forthcoming
news. If the flame has a halo it indicates a
storm is coming and if the flame goes out serious
trouble or danger is ahead.
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- lecanomancy
- A specific branch of crystalomancy and hydromancy
that uses to images on water. These images can
be reflections or actual physical substances.
In most cases when it is a physical substance
the substance is non-homogenous with the water,
like wax, lead or oil.
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- libanomancy
libranomancy
- A popular system of divination where incense
and prayers are used. Incense is burned while
the individual prays. It is said that the smoke
carries the prayers to heaven and if the incense
is consumed the prayers will be answered. Choice
of incense depends on which deity you wish to
pray to or the subject of your prays.
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Limyra
- A Greek oracle divination using a magic alphabet
engraved on stones similar to runes. A detailed
look into this form divination can be found
at the link provided.
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- lithomancy
- A specific form of geomancy that uses stones.
Divination is accomplished either by tossing
the stones and interpreting their patterns or
using the stone's actual properties and correspondences.
One method is to use 13 stones each being unique
type and relatively the same size. The 13 stones
will have designated meaning according to their
geological classification. Another method is
to inscribe symbols onto stones, which is often
made in a uniformed shape -- i.e. Runes, Limyra.
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- Mala
- Mala is one form of Tibetan bead divination.The
person doing the divination prays and chants
mantra's particular to the deity he is invoking.
Holding the rosary in front of himself, he randomly
selects a bead in each hand, making sure to
leave sufficient beads between them. Then with
his fingers of each hand he moves towards the
center counting three beads at a time until
he either has 1,2 or 3 left in the center. The
procedure is repeated three times each having
a specific purpose. The outcome of the divination
depends on the number of beads left. The remaining
beads have special designations each with their
special meanings; bead one is called "falcon";
two is a "raven" and three is a "snow
lion". Tring ba
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- margaritomancy
- A form of divination that uses a pearl to
determine guilt. A pearl is covered by an upside-down
vase, and placed near a fire while the names
of suspects are read aloud. When the name of
the guilty person is read the pearl would shoot
up and pierce the bottom of the vase.
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- metagnomy
- Form of divination also known as ESP or extrasensory
perception by parapsychologists. A vision or
cognition is received without the use of the
five senses.
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- meteoromancy*
- Another form of aeromancy where meteors are
used.
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- metoposcopy
- The practice of interpreting a person's character
and destiny from the individual's lines on their
forehead. Metoposcopy is a specific form of
physiognomy.
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- moleosophy
- This method determines a person's character
and health by using the moles on their body.
In the Middle Ages this form of divination was
used to help identify witches and determine
their guilt. This particular divination has
a special place in medical science. We are often
advised to report to our doctors if we have
mole that changes shape, size and color because
it could be cancerous.
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- molybdomancy
- Another form of hydromancy where the diviner
uses lead or tin poured into water to produced
shapes, which he then interprets. ceroscopy,
lecanomancy
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- monen
- Monen is a Kabbalic term for the area of
magic dealing with the foretelling of the future
by the computation of time relative to observation
of the heavenly bodies. astrology
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- myomancy
- A method of divination that uses mice and
rats. Throughout history these rodents have
been considered bad or evil omens. This is not
so surprising since they eat our food and carry
diseases. Their prophecy certainly held true
during the Black Plague.
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- myrmomancy *
- This is divination using ants. For example,
when large amounts of ants are seen moving about,
it is an indication of a coming storm.
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- necromancy
- Necromancy is the practice of conjuring up
the spirits of the dead for divination. In Voodoo,
necromancy is practiced in one of two ways either
summoning the body (the infamous zombie) or
summoning the spirit. A famous story, of spirits
revealing truths and foretelling the future,
is the "Christmas Carol" with Ebenezer
Scrooge.
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- notarikon
- A Kabbalic form of divination where words
from the Bible are used to interpret the book
itself. It is accomplished by combing the first
and last letters of acronyms appearing in the
Old Testament to form new words. The Kabbalists
believe the God has encoded secret messages
in the Bible. They believe that "Amen"
is the acronym for "Adonai Melekh Namen"
meaning "the Lord and faithful King. gematria,
temurah
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- numerology
- A popular form of divination that uses numerical
interpretation of numbers, dates, and the numeric
value of letters to reveal all sorts of information.
This is an extensive field of divination with
many methods. Example: In Hebrew, consonants
are used as number signs, but by providing them
with vowels, one can often read the numbers
as words and can read words as numbers -- so
YHWH becomes Yahweh. gematria, numerology,
temurah
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- oculomancy
- A form of scrying where the diviner gazes
into the questioners' eyes and reads the reflections.
Perhaps this is not so strange considering the
saying - "The eyes are the windows to the
soul".
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- ogham
- This is an Irish form of cleromancy. Stick(s)
are made from a nut bearing tree onto which
Ogham letters are inscribed. The sticks are
tossed on a white cloth and the diviner would
randomly choose three sticks and read the fortune.
An alternative form is to have one stick with
four sides on which the four groups of Ogham
letters are carved.
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- oenomancy
oinomancy
- First the object is either boiled or soaked
in wine and then the wine stains are read.
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- omphalomancy
- Omphalomancy comes from the word omphaloskepsis
meaning to reflect over ones' belly button.
It was an ancient form of divination practiced
on newborn girls to determined the number of
children they would have in their future. The
amount was determined by the number of knots
in her umbilical cord.
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- omphalopsychic
- A person who practices omphalopsychic stares
at the navel as a way of inducing a hypnotic
state in order to obtain a divination.
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- oneiromancy
- The form of divination by which dreams are
interpreted either to aid in the understanding
of the unconscious or to foretell the future.
The psychologist Carl G. Jung thought that dreams
were a method by which the collective unconscious
talked to us. However, in ancient times it was
thought that dreams were portals by which the
gods spoke to person.
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- onimancy
- A Kabbalic divination where the oil of olives
is placed on the palm or nails of an innocent
child. Depending on the divinatory subject the
child would either face east for money, south
for matters of love, west for theft and south
for murder. The child would then recite a Psalms
and when finished she would see the answers.
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- onomancy
onomamancy
- Divination based on the theory that there
is a link between a person's name and their
character and fate. The simplest of the methods
is to look at what the name means to glean the
person's character --i.e. Cara means friend.
Another method is to look at the amount of vowels
in the name. If there is an even amount the
person will have problems with his left side
and if there is an odd amount the problem is
on the right side. The last method is to convert
the individual’s name into a numeric value.
Then, taking this number determines the person's
future.
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- onychomancy
- A form of divination that uses the human
fingernail. One way to do this is to observe
and read the shapes formed by the sun reflecting
on a young child's fingernail. Another way is
to read the markings on a person's nails to
predict his/her future much like palmistry.
Then there is the medical way. The human fingernail
can provide clues to the cause of a person's
ill health. Health problems, like lupus, diabetes,
scleroderma, kidney and liver disorders, all
leave distinctive marks on the nails.
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- oomancy
oomantia
ooscopy
ovomancy
- A divination system where eggs are used to
predict the future. Method one is to break an
egg in some water and read the patterns. Method
two is to read the external shell of the egg.
Method three is an ancient way to determine
the gender of an expectant mother's child. She
incubates a chicken egg in her bosom and when
the chick is hatched its gender will determine
the gender of her child.
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- ophiomancy*
- Divination by observing the behavior of snakes.
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- orniscopy
orinithomancy
- The study of omens associated with birds,
particularly birds in flight. augury
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- ovomancy
oomancy
ooscopy
- Divination is performed by breaking an egg
into a container and interpreting the shape
of the egg white.
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- palmistry
- Divination is done by reading the lines and
characteristics of the palm. This divination
is an aspect of chirognomy.
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- papyromancy*
- It is the practiced of studying the characteristic
of folded paper or the observation of one folding
it.
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- pegomancy
- A specific form of hydromancy that uses spring
water.
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- pegomancy
- Specific form of hydromancy based on moving
water.
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- pessomancy
psephomancy
- A definitive form of cleromancy where small
objects like pebbles and beans are marked with
symbols or colors relating to health, success,
travel, money and so forth. The objects are
placed in a bag and shuffled and then they are
either thrown out, or randomly drawn. limyra,
runes.
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- phrenology
- This is a divination that uses the contours
of head and scalp to determines information
about the person.
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- phyllorhodomancy
- This is divination where a floral leaf or
petal associated to the question is clapped
between the hands. The loudness of the sound
indicated the success of the outcome. In most
cases the rose leaf was used, especially in
cases of love. Perhaps this is where we get
the practice of pulling flower petals to determine
someone's interest. Each petal is pulled while
reciting the phase "he loves me... he loves
me not ..." until the last petal is pulled.
You answer is the last verse that corresponded
to the last petal.
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- physiognomy
- Divination by the face; the study of character
analysis through physical features.
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- precognition
- A psychic power where one has an inner knowledge
of future events.
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- psychography
- A form of divination where mysterious writing
has an oracle nature.
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- psychometry
- This is the ability to perceive circumstances
surrounding an object or place. In the majority
of cases the psychics must hold the object but
they can also get impression from their surroundings.
It is not quite clear how it works. There is
one theory that states the object themselves
are sentient (animism) and transmit the information
and the psychic just tunes-in. The second theory
states that living things especially humans
radiate auras and energies that are left on
objects they have come into contact with and
the psychic will pick on this energy residue.
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- pyromancy
- A generic term for divination that uses fire.
The good omen is when the flames are brisk and
the fire is healthy and robust. If offerings
are made, like kindling, incense, sacrifices
and so forth, they must be consumed quickly
within the flames. A bad presage is when the
flames are dark and the fire is difficult to
kindle and offerings do not ignite.
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- pyroscopy
- A specified form of pyromancy where the results
are read after the fire is extinguished.
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- radiesthesia
- This is a general term for divining the location
of an object or person by using a particular
pointing device. The device is used to increase
the radiesthesist's sensitivity and can be either
a rod or a pendulum. A rod is normally something
long and thin like a stick, wand, or arrow while
the pendulum is anything small that can be tied
at the end of a string. Sometimes, the radiesthesist
will combine the two by tying the pendulum on
the end of the rod. In both cases the indicators
will move when it is over the object. One example
is to use a pendulum over a map in hopes of
locating a missing person.
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- rhabdomancy
- Overall term used for divination with a rod,
stick, wand or of similar shape. belomancy
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- rhapsodmancy
- A specific form of bibliomancy where a poetry
book is used. The book is open randomly to a
poem or verse to answer the individual's question.
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- runes
- A type of pessomancy where an ancient alphabet
is inscribed on small objects like pebbles or
sticks. These "runes" are either randomly
selected or cast and their secrets read. The
runic alphabet can represent letters, qualities,
events, oracles and deities. Two examples of
runic systems are the Teutonic FUTHARK and the
Greek Limyra.
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