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<blockquote data-quote="Edgar Ironpelt" data-source="post: 9793213" data-attributes="member: 32075"><p>List of Divination Methods</p><p>From <a href="https://occultist.net/list-of-divination-methods/" target="_blank">The Complete List of Divination Methods (Ancient & Modern) - Occultist</a></p><p></p><p>1. Astrology: Interpreting celestial bodies’ movements for divination.</p><p>2. Augury: Predicting the future by observing birds.</p><p>3. Cleromancy: Casting lots or dice for divination.</p><p>4. Extispicy: Examining the entrails of sacrificed animals.</p><p>5. Haruspicy: Specifically focusing on the liver for divination.</p><p>6. Omens: Interpreting natural phenomena as signs.</p><p>7. Oracles: Consulting divine intermediaries for guidance.</p><p>8. Palmistry: Reading the lines on a person’s hand.</p><p>9. Runes: Using inscribed stones or pieces of wood.</p><p>10. Scrying: Using reflective surfaces for visionary insights.</p><p>11. I Ching (Yi Jing): Ancient Chinese coin or yarrow stick divination.</p><p>12. Tasseography: Interpreting patterns in tea leaves.</p><p>13. Bibliomancy: Using random book passages for divination.</p><p>14. Pyromancy: Divination by interpreting fire.</p><p>15. Alectryomancy: Using a rooster to select grains.</p><p>16. Omphalomancy: Predicting the number of children by the umbilical cord.</p><p>17. Rhapsodomancy: Divination through random poetic verses.</p><p>18. Belomancy: Divination through the use of arrows.</p><p>19. Ifá: Yoruba divination using objects to create patterns.</p><p>20. Geomancy: Interpreting marks on the ground or patterns in dust.</p><p>21. Hydromancy: Water divination techniques.</p><p>22. Necromancy: Communicating with the dead for divination.</p><p>23. Moleosophy: Interpreting the significance of body moles.</p><p>24. Myomancy: Divination by interpreting the behavior of rats or mice.</p><p>25. Oinomancy: Divination by observing patterns in wine.</p><p>26. Ornithomancy: Divination by the flight patterns of birds, similar to augury.</p><p>27. Phrenology: Analyzing skull shape to predict personality traits and future.</p><p>28. Plastromancy: Turtle shell divination, especially in ancient China.</p><p>29. Psychometry: Gaining insights by touching objects.</p><p>30. Rhabdomancy: Using rods or sticks for divination, including dowsing.</p><p>31. Spatilomancy: Divination by animal droppings.</p><p>32. Stichomancy: Divination by randomly selecting text, similar to bibliomancy.</p><p>33. Theriomancy: Divination through the behavior of wild animals.</p><p>34. Alchemy: Seeking divine truths or predicting the future through chemical experiments.</p><p>35. Astrological Geomancy: Combining astrology and geomancy.</p><p>36. Chiromancy: Detailed palm reading, focusing on line interpretations.</p><p>37. Dactylomancy: Using a ring suspended over a board for divination.</p><p>38. Demonology: Gaining knowledge from demons or spirits.</p><p>39. Dream Interpretation: Analyzing dreams for messages or predictions.</p><p>40. Kau Cim: Chinese fortune telling using bamboo sticks.</p><p>41. Lithomancy: Using stones or gems for divination.</p><p>42. Numerology: The significance of numbers in predicting future events.</p><p>43. Oneiromancy: A form of dream interpretation, prevalent in medieval times.</p><p>44. Tarot Reading: Using tarot cards for insight and predictions.</p><p>45. Urim and Thummim: Priestly divination in ancient Hebrew culture.</p><p>46. Xylomancy: Interpreting fallen wood patterns.</p><p>47. Anthropomancy: Reading human entrails, now obsolete and condemned.</p><p>48. Astragalomancy: Using knucklebones or dice for divination.</p><p>49. Axinomancy: Using an axe head for divination.</p><p>50. Catoptromancy: Mirror divination, a form of scrying.</p><p>51. Ceromancy: Wax divination, interpreting the melted wax in water.</p><p>52. Cromniomancy: Divination using onion sprouts.</p><p>53. Daphnomancy: Burning laurel leaves to listen for crackling as a sign.</p><p>54. Gastromancy: Ancient voice divination, often through trance states.</p><p>55. Ichthyomancy: Using fish entrails or behavior for predictions.</p><p>56. Lampadomancy: Divining by interpreting the sound or pattern of pebbles dropped into a water-filled basin.</p><p>57. Margaritomancy: Divination using pearls.</p><p>58. Metoposcopy: Analyzing the lines and wrinkles on the forehead.</p><p>59. Oculomancy: Divination based on the appearance of the eyes.</p><p>60. Onychomancy: Reflecting sunlight off the fingernails to observe prophetic symbols.</p><p>61. Oomancy: Divination by observing eggs, especially the whites dropped in water.</p><p>62. Papyromancy: Folding paper into shapes, then interpreting the forms and shadows created.</p><p>63. Pedomancy: Reading footsteps or tracking for signs and omens.</p><p>64. Pegomancy: Interpreting the bubbles and sounds made by a spring or fountain.</p><p>65. Phyllorhodomancy: Divination by the sound of rose petals clapped in the hand.</p><p>66. Aura Reading: Interpreting the colors and shapes of a person’s energy field.</p><p>67. Automatic Writing: Writing produced without conscious thought, believed to be spiritual or psychic in origin.</p><p>68. Channeling: Mediums communicate with spirits to convey messages or predict future events.</p><p>69. Crystal Gazing: A form of scrying using a crystal ball.</p><p>70. Energetic Healing: Divining information about a person’s physical or emotional state through their energy.</p><p>71. Feng Shui: Using the layout and design of spaces to affect the energy and fortune of those spaces.</p><p>72. Graphology: Analyzing handwriting to determine character or predict future outcomes.</p><p>73. Horary Astrology: Creating and interpreting a chart for the moment a question is asked.</p><p>74. Iridology: Examining the iris to predict health issues.</p><p>75. Numerology: The study of numbers to determine their mystical or divine significance.</p><p>76. Psychic Surgery: Claimed medical healing that involves the psychic removal of diseased body tissue.</p><p>77. Remote Viewing: Psychically perceiving a distant or unseen target.</p><p>78. Spirit Board: Using a board marked with letters, numbers, and other symbols to communicate with spirits.</p><p>79. Taromancy: A broader term for divination using cards, including tarot.</p><p>80. Technomancy: Using technology as a medium for divination.</p><p>81. Telepathy: Transferring thoughts or feelings between people without the traditional senses.</p><p>82. Thermography: Interpreting patterns in heat or energy as a form of psychic insight.</p><p>83. Astrocartography: Analyzing how planetary positions at the time of birth influence one’s life path across different geographic locations.</p><p>84. Biorythm: Tracking physiological cycles to predict personal effectiveness, compatibility, and the future.</p><p>85. Chakra Reading: Assessing the state of the chakras, or energy centers, for insights into physical and emotional wellbeing.</p><p>86. Digital Divination: Using algorithms and software to interpret random digital output for divinatory purposes.</p><p>87. Face Reading: Analyzing facial features to predict character and destiny.</p><p>88. Gyromancy: Walking in a circle until dizzy, then interpreting the resulting fall or patterns.</p><p>89. Heliomancy: Divination by interpreting the sun’s reflection, particularly its movements and the shapes of the reflected light.</p><p>90. Intuitive Counseling: Offering guidance based on intuitive feelings rather than traditional counseling methods.</p><p>91. Kinetography: Interpreting motion or activity for divinatory insights.</p><p>92. Lucid Dreaming: Controlling dreams to receive messages or solve problems.</p><p>93. Morphic Resonance: Using the concept of collective memory and patterns from the past to predict future patterns.</p><p>94. Numeroscopic Readings: Combining numerology with personal energy readings for a holistic divinatory approach.</p><p>95. Photoreading: Claimed process of absorbing information from written materials at a glance.</p><p>96. Quantum Healing: Using the concepts of quantum mechanics to diagnose and heal, often revealing life paths or destinies.</p><p>97. Radiesthesia: Using pendulums or dowsing rods for divination, including health diagnoses.</p><p>98. Synchronicity Exploration: Interpreting meaningful coincidences for guidance or prediction.</p><p>99. Voice Vibrational Analysis: Analyzing vocal tones and frequencies for psychic insights or to predict future events.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Edgar Ironpelt, post: 9793213, member: 32075"] List of Divination Methods From [URL="https://occultist.net/list-of-divination-methods/"]The Complete List of Divination Methods (Ancient & Modern) - Occultist[/URL] 1. Astrology: Interpreting celestial bodies’ movements for divination. 2. Augury: Predicting the future by observing birds. 3. Cleromancy: Casting lots or dice for divination. 4. Extispicy: Examining the entrails of sacrificed animals. 5. Haruspicy: Specifically focusing on the liver for divination. 6. Omens: Interpreting natural phenomena as signs. 7. Oracles: Consulting divine intermediaries for guidance. 8. Palmistry: Reading the lines on a person’s hand. 9. Runes: Using inscribed stones or pieces of wood. 10. Scrying: Using reflective surfaces for visionary insights. 11. I Ching (Yi Jing): Ancient Chinese coin or yarrow stick divination. 12. Tasseography: Interpreting patterns in tea leaves. 13. Bibliomancy: Using random book passages for divination. 14. Pyromancy: Divination by interpreting fire. 15. Alectryomancy: Using a rooster to select grains. 16. Omphalomancy: Predicting the number of children by the umbilical cord. 17. Rhapsodomancy: Divination through random poetic verses. 18. Belomancy: Divination through the use of arrows. 19. Ifá: Yoruba divination using objects to create patterns. 20. Geomancy: Interpreting marks on the ground or patterns in dust. 21. Hydromancy: Water divination techniques. 22. Necromancy: Communicating with the dead for divination. 23. Moleosophy: Interpreting the significance of body moles. 24. Myomancy: Divination by interpreting the behavior of rats or mice. 25. Oinomancy: Divination by observing patterns in wine. 26. Ornithomancy: Divination by the flight patterns of birds, similar to augury. 27. Phrenology: Analyzing skull shape to predict personality traits and future. 28. Plastromancy: Turtle shell divination, especially in ancient China. 29. Psychometry: Gaining insights by touching objects. 30. Rhabdomancy: Using rods or sticks for divination, including dowsing. 31. Spatilomancy: Divination by animal droppings. 32. Stichomancy: Divination by randomly selecting text, similar to bibliomancy. 33. Theriomancy: Divination through the behavior of wild animals. 34. Alchemy: Seeking divine truths or predicting the future through chemical experiments. 35. Astrological Geomancy: Combining astrology and geomancy. 36. Chiromancy: Detailed palm reading, focusing on line interpretations. 37. Dactylomancy: Using a ring suspended over a board for divination. 38. Demonology: Gaining knowledge from demons or spirits. 39. Dream Interpretation: Analyzing dreams for messages or predictions. 40. Kau Cim: Chinese fortune telling using bamboo sticks. 41. Lithomancy: Using stones or gems for divination. 42. Numerology: The significance of numbers in predicting future events. 43. Oneiromancy: A form of dream interpretation, prevalent in medieval times. 44. Tarot Reading: Using tarot cards for insight and predictions. 45. Urim and Thummim: Priestly divination in ancient Hebrew culture. 46. Xylomancy: Interpreting fallen wood patterns. 47. Anthropomancy: Reading human entrails, now obsolete and condemned. 48. Astragalomancy: Using knucklebones or dice for divination. 49. Axinomancy: Using an axe head for divination. 50. Catoptromancy: Mirror divination, a form of scrying. 51. Ceromancy: Wax divination, interpreting the melted wax in water. 52. Cromniomancy: Divination using onion sprouts. 53. Daphnomancy: Burning laurel leaves to listen for crackling as a sign. 54. Gastromancy: Ancient voice divination, often through trance states. 55. Ichthyomancy: Using fish entrails or behavior for predictions. 56. Lampadomancy: Divining by interpreting the sound or pattern of pebbles dropped into a water-filled basin. 57. Margaritomancy: Divination using pearls. 58. Metoposcopy: Analyzing the lines and wrinkles on the forehead. 59. Oculomancy: Divination based on the appearance of the eyes. 60. Onychomancy: Reflecting sunlight off the fingernails to observe prophetic symbols. 61. Oomancy: Divination by observing eggs, especially the whites dropped in water. 62. Papyromancy: Folding paper into shapes, then interpreting the forms and shadows created. 63. Pedomancy: Reading footsteps or tracking for signs and omens. 64. Pegomancy: Interpreting the bubbles and sounds made by a spring or fountain. 65. Phyllorhodomancy: Divination by the sound of rose petals clapped in the hand. 66. Aura Reading: Interpreting the colors and shapes of a person’s energy field. 67. Automatic Writing: Writing produced without conscious thought, believed to be spiritual or psychic in origin. 68. Channeling: Mediums communicate with spirits to convey messages or predict future events. 69. Crystal Gazing: A form of scrying using a crystal ball. 70. Energetic Healing: Divining information about a person’s physical or emotional state through their energy. 71. Feng Shui: Using the layout and design of spaces to affect the energy and fortune of those spaces. 72. Graphology: Analyzing handwriting to determine character or predict future outcomes. 73. Horary Astrology: Creating and interpreting a chart for the moment a question is asked. 74. Iridology: Examining the iris to predict health issues. 75. Numerology: The study of numbers to determine their mystical or divine significance. 76. Psychic Surgery: Claimed medical healing that involves the psychic removal of diseased body tissue. 77. Remote Viewing: Psychically perceiving a distant or unseen target. 78. Spirit Board: Using a board marked with letters, numbers, and other symbols to communicate with spirits. 79. Taromancy: A broader term for divination using cards, including tarot. 80. Technomancy: Using technology as a medium for divination. 81. Telepathy: Transferring thoughts or feelings between people without the traditional senses. 82. Thermography: Interpreting patterns in heat or energy as a form of psychic insight. 83. Astrocartography: Analyzing how planetary positions at the time of birth influence one’s life path across different geographic locations. 84. Biorythm: Tracking physiological cycles to predict personal effectiveness, compatibility, and the future. 85. Chakra Reading: Assessing the state of the chakras, or energy centers, for insights into physical and emotional wellbeing. 86. Digital Divination: Using algorithms and software to interpret random digital output for divinatory purposes. 87. Face Reading: Analyzing facial features to predict character and destiny. 88. Gyromancy: Walking in a circle until dizzy, then interpreting the resulting fall or patterns. 89. Heliomancy: Divination by interpreting the sun’s reflection, particularly its movements and the shapes of the reflected light. 90. Intuitive Counseling: Offering guidance based on intuitive feelings rather than traditional counseling methods. 91. Kinetography: Interpreting motion or activity for divinatory insights. 92. Lucid Dreaming: Controlling dreams to receive messages or solve problems. 93. Morphic Resonance: Using the concept of collective memory and patterns from the past to predict future patterns. 94. Numeroscopic Readings: Combining numerology with personal energy readings for a holistic divinatory approach. 95. Photoreading: Claimed process of absorbing information from written materials at a glance. 96. Quantum Healing: Using the concepts of quantum mechanics to diagnose and heal, often revealing life paths or destinies. 97. Radiesthesia: Using pendulums or dowsing rods for divination, including health diagnoses. 98. Synchronicity Exploration: Interpreting meaningful coincidences for guidance or prediction. 99. Voice Vibrational Analysis: Analyzing vocal tones and frequencies for psychic insights or to predict future events. [/QUOTE]
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