- scapulomancy
- A particular form of pyroscopy where the shoulder
blades of the burnt victims are inspected and interpreted.
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- scatoscopy
- A type of divination that examines excrement.
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- sciomancy
- A form of divination where shadows or ghosts or
alternatively a spirit guide is used. This practice
is common in shamanism.
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- scrying
- A general term for the divinatory method whereby
the individual stares or gazes at an object or substance
with a reflective surface; i.e., crystals, mirrors,
water, ink, even flames. The answer or fortune is
then revealed to the scryer. An updated method is
to fill a cauldron with its interior painted black
with water and gaze into its depth on a moonlit night.
The well-known seer, Nostradamus made his prediction
using a bowl full of water placed on a brass tripod.
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- sideromancy*
- Divination of a straw's reaction as it is placed
on a red hot iron.
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- skatharomancy*
- Insect divination where the tracks of a beetle
crawling over the grave of a murder victim are interpreted.
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- sortilege
- This is term used for the portents or omens resulting
from the drawing or casting of lots.
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- spell
- A specifically written prayer or verse, accompanied
by a specific action, is performed to alter a future
event.
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- splanchnomancy
- A variation of hepatoscopy where readings are made
from cut sections of a goat liver.
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- spodomancy
- A form of divination that examines ashes.
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- stichomancy
- See bibliomancy and rhapsodmancy.
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- stolisomancy
- In this method, omens are determined by the person's
dress or appearance.
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- sycomancy
- A form of botanomancy where messages are written
on leaves. In the West Indies, there is variation
where the name of your love is written on a leaf from
a particular plant called, amazingly enough, "the
love plant". The leaves of this plant have roots
that sprout from the leaf itself. If the inscribed
leaf takes root -so shall your love and if it doesn't
-the love will wither away.
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- tarot
- A specific type of cartomancy where a deck of seventy
eight cards, each representing a specific concept,
are laid out in a pattern and "read".
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- tasseography
tasseomancy
- Divination by reading of tea leaves or coffee ground
patterns. Tea is poured into a cup without using a
strainer; after the tea is consumed by inquirer the
pattern left behind on the bottom of the cup is read.
Alternatively, place the saucer on top of the cup
and flip the cup upside down. The pattern is then
read off the saucer (this only works if there is some
moisture left in the cup). The shapes are read as
symbolism and the time constraints are determined
by proximity to rim of the cup. The bottom of the
cup is the past and the rim is the immediate future.
ceroscopy
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- tephramancy
- Divination by ashes obtained from the burning of
tree bark.
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- tephromancy
- Divination by looking at ashes from burned sacrifices.
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- theomancy
- This is found in every religion; it is divination
by oracles (god's messengers).
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- tiromancy*
- Divination that use cheese by interpreting their
holes or mold.
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- Tring-ba
- Ask a question. Holding a rosary consisting of
108 beads, randomly select a bead in each hand, making
sure to leave sufficient beads between them. Then
with the fingers of each hand move four to right and
four to the left towards the center until either 1,2
3 or 4 remains in the center. The procedure is repeated
four times each having a specific purpose. The outcome
of the divination depends on the number of beads left.
One is good luck; two is bad luck; three is whatever
the current situation is, it will happen rapidly;
and finally four, good luck but with some problems.
Mala
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- urim v'tumim
Urim and Thumum
- Reading of oracles from the twelve sacred stones
that were attached to the breastplate of the high
priest in ancient Judaism. (Exodus 28:30)
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- uromancy*
- Divination is performed by reading bubbles made
by urinating in a pot.
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- xylomancy*
- Divination from pieces of wood, either from their
shape or their appearance while they burn.
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- zodiac
- An aspect to divination where the apparent circular
path of the sun, as it traverses the heavens , is
recorded as symbols. These symbols are then used in
horoscopes and astrology. Two common zodiac forms
are the Western zodic, which uses twelve pictographs,
known as signs and the Eastern (Chinese) zodiac, which
uses twelve animals.
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- Zoomancy
- A broad term for the practice of divination that
observes the behavior of animals.
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