- 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
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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
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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*
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Another form of aeromancy where meteors
are used.
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metoposcopy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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First the object is either boiled or soaked
in wine and then the wine stains are read.
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omphalomancy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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*
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Divination by observing the behavior of
snakes.
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orniscopy
orinithomancy
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The study of omens associated with birds,
particularly birds in flight. augury
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ovomancy
oomancy
ooscopy
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Divination is performed by breaking an
egg into a container and interpreting
the shape of the egg white.
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palmistry
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Divination is done by reading the lines
and characteristics of the palm. This
divination is an aspect of chirognomy.
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papyromancy*
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It is the practiced of studying the characteristic
of folded paper or the observation of
one folding it.
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pegomancy
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A specific form of hydromancy that uses
spring water.
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pegomancy
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Specific form of hydromancy based on moving
water.
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pessomancy
psephomancy
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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
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This is a divination that uses the contours
of head and scalp to determines information
about the person.
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phyllorhodomancy
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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
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Divination by the face; the study of character
analysis through physical features.
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precognition
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A psychic power where one has an inner
knowledge of future events.
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psychography
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A form of divination where mysterious
writing has an oracle nature.
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psychometry
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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
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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
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A specified form of pyromancy where the
results are read after the fire is extinguished.
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radiesthesia
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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
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Overall term used for divination with
a rod, stick, wand or of similar shape.
belomancy
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rhapsodmancy
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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
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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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