Author: A Solitary Pagan

 A pendulum can be made of any weighted object on a string. It can be a stone weight, crystal, metal, or even just a button on some thread. You don’t need to spend money at all, just use what you have on hand at home already! Hold the thread between the thumb and forefinger on your power hand (dominant hand), rest your elbow on some hard/solid surface (like a table), and allow the string/weight to...

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

TASSEOGRAPHY is the reading of tea leaves that remain in a tea cup once the beverage has been drunk. TEPHRAMANCY is divination by ashes obtained from the burning of tree bark. TIROMANCY is a type of divination using cheese.

SCIOMANCY is divination using a spirit guide, a method generally employed by channelers. SCRYING is a general term for divination using a crystal, mirrors, bowls of water, ink, or flames to induce visions. SIDEROMANCY is the burning of straws with a hot iron, the resulting figures having divinatory properties. SORTILEGE is the casting of lots and the assessment of omens indicated. SPODOMANCY is di...

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 is divination using a stick or wand. These methods were forerunners of the divining rod. RHAPSODOMANCY is a means of...

PALMISTRY is the broad field of divination and interpretation of the lines and structure of the hand. PEGOMANCY concerns itself with spring water and bubbling fountains and the omens contained therein. PHRENOLOGY is the long practiced study of head formations. PHYLLORHODOMANCY is a means of divination whereby one slaps a rose petal against the hand and judges the favorability of the omen by the lo...

OCULOMANCY is divination from a person’s eye. OINOMANCY is divination using wine. OMPHALOMANCY IS counting the number of knots in the umbilical cord to predict how many more children the mother will have ONEIROMANCY is the interpretation of dreams and their prophetic nature. ONOMANCY is the study of the meaning of names. ONOMANTICS is the application of ONOMANCY applied to personal names, particul...

 NUMEROLOGY is the numerical interpretation of numbers, dates, and the number value of letters.

MARGARITOMANCY is the procedure of using bouncing pearls. METAGNOMY is the divination using “visions” received in a trance state. METEOROMANCY is divination from meteors. METOPOSCOPY is the reading of character using the lines if the forehead. MOLEOSOPHY is the study of moles and indicators of a person’s character and future indications. MOLYBDOMANCY draws mystic inferences from the hissing of mol...

LAMPADOMANCY is divination using lights or torches. LECANOMANCY uses a basin of water for divination. LIBANOMANCY is the study of incense and its smoke. LITHOMANCY is divination using precious stones of various colors.

ICHTHYOMANCY is divination using fish.

HALOLMANCY see ALOMANCY HARUSPICATION IS fortune-telling 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 is a form of divination from the stamping and neighing of horses. HOROSCOPY is the practice of casting of astrological horoscopes. HYDROMANCY is divination by wate...