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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.)
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