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Methods of Divination

List of Methods of Divination

ACROPHONOLOGY finding out about a person based on the person’s name and the letters in their name, very good if used with numerology. The study of names to give a precise measure of a person’s character, often worked together with numerology.

AEROMANCY divination from the air and sky, concentrating on cloud shapes, comets, and other phenomena not normally visible in the heaven

ALECTRYOMANCY a bird is allowed to pick corn grains from a circle of letters. A variation is to recite letters of the alphabet noting those at which a cock crows.

ALEUROMANCY using “fortune cookies”; answers to questions are rolled into balls of dough and once baked are chosen at random.

ALOMANCY divination by table salt.

ALPHITOMANCY special cakes that are digestible by persons with a clear conscience but are unpleasant to others.

ANGEL CARD an alternative to the tarot cards, as are oracle cards. Perhaps more spiritual and thoughtful than tarot cards.

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ANTHROPOMANCY is the illegal practice of divination by human sacrifice.

APANTOMANCY through chance meetings with animals (e.g., a black cat), birds, and other creatures. Mexico City is said to have been founded where Aztec soothsayers saw an eagle flying from a cactus carrying a live snake.

ARITHMANCY or ARITHMOMANCY an earlier form of NUMEROLOGY where divination is made through numbers and the number value of letters.

ASTRAGLOMANCY or ASTRAGYROMANCY by dice where the faces of the dice bear numbers and letters.

ASTROLOGY using celestial bodies: the sun, moon, planets, and stars. Your date of birth and in some cases time of birth are used to make a chart. This can help to gauge a person’s character and future. There is a western system of astrology, a Chinese version and an Indian version.

AUGURY general term for the art of divination and is chiefly applied to interpretations of signs and omens.

AUSTROMANCY the study of the winds.

AXIOMANCY the observation of how an ax or hatchet quivers or points when driven into post.

BELOMANCY is an ancient form of divination performed by tossing or balancing arrows.

BIBLIOMANCY by books.

BOTANOMANCY from burning tree branches and leaves.

BUMPOLOGY strictly a modern term, a popular nickname for PHRENOLOGY.

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CAPNOMANCY the study of smoke rising from a fire.

CARTOMANCY fortune telling using ordinary playing cards.

CATOPTROMANCY an early form of crystal gazing that utilizes a mirror turned to the moon to catch moonbeams.

CAUSIMOMANCY behavior of objects placed in a fire.

CEPHALOMANCY with the skull or head of a donkey or goat.

CERAUNOSCOPY seeks to draw omens from the study of thunder and lightning.

CEROSCOPY, CEROMANCY is a form of fortune telling in which melted was is poured into cold water.

CHIROMANCY from the lines on people’s hands.

CHIROGNOMY the study of the general hand formation.

CLAIRAUDIENCE is “clear hearing”. Parapsychologist generally regard as a form of extrasensory perception.

CLAIRVOYANCE is “clear seeing” .Parapsychologist generally regard as a form of extrasensory perception.

CLEROMANCY by “casting lots”, similar to dice but with objects such as pebbles or sea shells.

CLIDOMANCY or CLEIDOMANCY using a dangling key. see RADIESTHESIA.

COFFEE CUP READINGS

COSCINOMANCY using a hanging sieve. see RADIESTHESIA.

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CRITOMANCY the study of barley cakes.

CROMNIOMANCY is divination using onion sprouts.

CRYSTALLOMANCY divination through crystal gazing using a crystal ball.

CYCLOMANCY the practice of divination from a turning wheel.

DACTYLOMANCY is an early form of RADIESTHESIA using a dangling ring.

DAPHNOMANCY requires one to listen to laurel branches crackling in an open fire.

DEMONOMANCY with the aid of demons.

DENDROMANCY oak or mistletoe.

DOWSING or DIVINING RODS where a forked stick is used to locate water or precious minerals.

FLOWER CARDS i using cards with pictures of flowers on them.

GASTROMANCY is an ancient form of ventriloquism whereby the voice is lowered to a sepulchral tone and prophetic utterances are delivered in a trance state.

GELOSCOPY from the tone of someone’s laughter.

GENETHLIALOGY by the influence of the stars at birth.

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GEOMANCY the study of figures on the ground and the influence of the Earth’s “currents”.

GNOTHOLOGY rods, dominoes, die

GYROMANCY is a divination procedure where a person walks in a circle marked with letters until they become dizzy and stumble at different points, thus spelling out a prophesy.

HALOLMANCY see ALOMANCY

HARUSPICATION IS by means of inspecting the entrails of animals, as practiced by priests in ancient Rome.

HIEROMANCY or HIERSCOPY is divination by observing object of ancient sacrifice.

HIPPOMANCY from the stamping and neighing of horses.

HOROSCOPY the practice of casting of astrological horoscopes.

HYDROMANCY is divination by water including the color, ebb and flow, or ripples produced by pebbles dropped in a pool.

ICHTHYOMANCY using fish.

LAMPADOMANCY using lights or torches.

LECANOMANCY uses a basin of water for divination.

LIBANOMANCY the study of incense and its smoke.

LITHOMANCY using precious stones of various colors.

MARGARITOMANCY procedure of using bouncing pearls.

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METAGNOMY is the divination using “visions” received in a trance state.

METEOROMANCY is divination from meteors.

METOPOSCOPY the reading of character using the lines if the forehead.

MOLEOSOPHY the study of moles and indicators of a person’s character and future indications.

MOLYBDOMANCY from the hissing of molten lead.

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MYOMANCY is the study of the prophetic meaning of behavior of rats and mice.

NUMEROLOGY – from their name and date of birth for character analysis, often used together with acrophonology which uses the letters separately. Numerical interpretation of numbers.

OCULOMANCY divination from a person’s eye.

OINOMANCY divination using wine.

OMPHALOMANCY the number of knots in the umbilical cord to predict how many more children the mother will have

ONEIROMANCY dreams and their prophetic nature.

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ONOMANCY is the study of the meaning of names.

ONOMANTICS is the application of ONOMANCY applied to personal names, particularly in the sense of occult interpretation.

ONYCHOMANCY the study of fingernails.

OOMANTIA and OOSCOPY is the method of divination by eggs.

OPHIOMANCY divination from serpents.

ORACLE CARDS an alternative to tarot cards and oracle cards. Usually 56 cards in a deck.

ORNISCOPY and ORINITHOMANCY studying of omens associated with birds, particularly birds in flight. see APANTOMANCY.

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OVOMANCY another type of egg divination.

PALMISTRY the broad field of divination and interpretation of the lines and structure of the hand.

PEGOMANCY spring water and bubbling fountains and the omens contained therein.

PHRENOLOGY the long practiced study of head formations.

PHYLLORHODOMANCY one slaps a rose petal against the hand and judges the favourability of the omen by the loudness of the sound.

PHYSIOGNOMY the study of character analysis through physical features on the face.

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PRECOGNITION an inner knowledge or sense of future events.

PSYCHOGRAPHY a form of mysterious writing having a divinatory nature.

PSYCHOMETRY the faculty of gaining impressions from a physical object and its history.

PYROMANCY and PYROSCOPY are forms of divination by fire or flame, often assisted by substances thrown onto the flames.

RADIESTHESIA is the general term for divination using a device such as a divining rod or pendulum. Other forms include “table tipping” which was practiced at the White House in the 19th century, the Ouija board, automatic writing (or superconscious writing), and scrying.

RHABDOMANCY using a stick or wand. These methods were forerunners of the divining rod.

RHAPSODOMANCY a book of poetry whereby the book is opened at random and a passage read.

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SCIOMANCY divination using a spirit guide, a method generally employed by channelers.

SCRYING a general term for divination using a crystal, mirrors, bowls of water, ink, or flames to induce visions.

SIDEROMANCY burning of straws with a hot iron, the resulting figures having divinatory properties.

SORTILEGE casting of lots and the assessment of omens indicated.

SPODOMANCY cinders or soot.

STICHOMANCY is another form of throwing open a book and selecting a random passage for the purpose of divination.

STOLISOMANCY from the way people dress.

SYCOMANCY writing messages on tree leaves;the slower they dry, the more favorable the omen. A modern variation is to write on slips of paper (always including one blank) and rolling them up. They are then held in a strainer over a boiling pot; the first to unroll will be answered.

TAROT CARDS 78 cards that supposedly foretell the future etc.

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TASSEOGRAPHY using tea leaves that remain in a tea cup once the beverage has been drunk.

TEPHRAMANCY by ashes obtained from the burning of tree bark.

TIROMANCY using cheese.

XYLOMANCY is divination from wood, either from their shape when collected or their appearance while burning.