HOME                  
 
 
 
 
 


  
Glossary of Divinations

Pallomancy:Divination interpreting the movements of pendulum, often used in dowsing.

Palmistry: see cheiromancy.

Papyromancy: Divination by interpreting folding paper.

Pedomancy: Divination by interpreting the footprint of a person, usually incased in clay.

Pegomancy: Divination by interpreting sacred pools, springs, wells or fountains.

Pessomancy: Divination by casting or drawing marked pebbles or beans.

Phrenology: see cranioscopy.

Phyllorhodomancy: Divination by interpreting rose petals.

Physiognomy: Divination and character analysis by interpreting the face.

Podomancy: Divination by interpreting the feet.

Precognition: An inner knowledge or vision of future events, especially those that appear to be inevitable.

Premonition: A warning of impending event, experienced as forboding, anxiety and intuitive sense of dread. Tend to occure before disasters, accidents, and deaths.

Prophecy: A prediction of future events, usually divinely inspired.

Prophet: see oracle.

Psephomancy: see pessomancy.

Psychography: Spirit communication done unconciously by an individual often in a trace, obsession, or possession state.

Psychomancy: Divination by interpreting the soul of a person, their values, beliefs and morals.

Psychometry: Divination by interpreting an object to obtain information about its history and/or owner.

Pyromancy: Divination by interpreting fires, flames, or burning objects. There are many forms.

Pyroscopy: Divination by interpreting burning paper.

Radiesthesia: see Pallomancy.

Rhabdomancy: Divination using a stick, wand or divining rod.

Rhapsodomancy: Divination by interpreting randomly chosen passages of a book of Poetry. Opening a book to a random page to answer a question.

Roadomancy: Divination by interpreting the stars.

Scapulomancy: Divination by interpreting the patterns, cracks and fissures of the burned shoulder bone of an animal.

Scatomancy: Divination by interpreting excrement.

Sciamancy (sciomancy): Divination by communicaition with spirits. Distinct from necromancy in that the spirits are voluntary participants in the divination.

Scrying: see catoptromancy.

Seer: see ariolater.

Selenomancy: Divination by interpreting the appearance and phase of the moon.

Showstone: see crystal ball.

Sideromancy: Divination interpreting straw placed on a hot iron surface.

Skatharomancy: Divination by interpreting the tracks of a beetle crawling over a grave, especially that of a murder victim.

Soothsayer: see ariolater.

Sortilege: Divination by casting or drawing lots. (bones,dice, pebbles, books...)

Soul Reading: see psychomancy.

Spatalamancy: Divination by interpreting skin, bone, or excrement.

Spatulamancy: see scapulomancy.

Spirit Board: see ouija.

Splanchomancy: see anthropomancy.

Spodanomancy (spodomancy): Divination by interpreting ashes, soot or cinders, usually from sacrifical fires or offerings.

Stareomancy: Divination by interpreting the Elements.

Sternomancy: Divination by interpreting the area between breast and belly.

Stichomancy: see bibliomancy.

Stoichemancy: Divination by interpreting randomly chosen passages in books by Virgil and Homer.

Stolisomancy: Divination by interpreting people's clothing and style.

Sycomancy: Divination by interpreting the response of a written question to moisture. (paper and steam.)