What are the forms of divination? I know cartomancy (cards), gramotomancy (alphabet), palmistry, tea leaf reading, I Ching. Anything else?

One call visions and prophetic dreams. Dont know what those are called.

There are so many forms of divination
You can do divination by pendulum, where you have a piece of wood mental or crystal hooked or tied to a string or chain(depends on your taste).hold the pendent's chain to where you have your elbow on the table arm stright, hand level and don't move. Ask the pendent either out loud or to yourself to show you 'yes', it will swing clockwise/counterclockwise or right/left or up/down. Then ask it to show you 'no'. It should the opposite of yes, if it is not then put it away and try again. If it is the opposite, then you can start asking questions and most of the time the answers are right on target.
There are so many different kinds, I'll come back and post a web site that has the different kinds and the explainations behind them.
Cards, runes, eggs, sticks with symbols on them, even feathers. Some ppl look for divinations through nature, the way the winds blows, where a bird calls from and what time it calls and for how long. It's really quite extensive and most ppl find one or two types they like and stick with it for life.

http://www.angelpaths.com/tarot.html

here is one on the tarot.

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Originally posted by grib:
What are the forms of divination? I know cartomancy (cards), gramotomancy (alphabet), palmistry, tea leaf reading, I Ching. Anything else?

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there are milleons best refrence to what your talking about is occultipeadia.com

You forgot Physical Necromancy, the reading of answers and acquisition of insight in the composition of dead tissue. It's quite messy and goes against a lot of religious practices. I think another form of Necromancy comes from questioning dead spirits or the like...

I believe that necromancy as divination is a recent manifestation. Necromancers also work with death magick & black magick - although questioning the deceased was always also a part of it. Anyone know more about necromancy?

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I believe that necromancy as divination is a recent manifestation. Necromancers also work with death magick & black magick - although questioning the deceased was always also a part of it. Anyone know more about necromancy?

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"An ancient art of conjuring the dead for the purpose of Divination. Throughout history, necromancy has been feared because of the dangers involved, and is reviled as one of the ugliest and most repugnant of magical rites. Necromatic rites are not practiced in neo-Paganism Witchcraft, but the are in Voodoo. Necromancy is not to be confused with conjuring Demons or the Devil. The spirits of the dead are sought for information because they are no longer bound by the earthly plane and therefore supposedly have access to information beyond that available to the living. Conjured spirits are asked about the future and where to find buried treasure" http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/pagansplayground/necromancer.html

Thanks for the link. Here's one that I've read about it:
http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/tomekeeper/types/necromancy.html

'As time has progressed and information may now be more freely shared across the internet, the new breed of Necromancer is capable of once again delving into the secrets of death and of illness, as before.'

dude omg right before i clicked on your post i jsut posted about "pendelum divination"

its one of the easiest ways to do divination.

last night i saw it on a public acces show from this guy

go to my post "pendelum divination" to find out about that type of divination

the guy said it was one of the best ways to do divination

Aeromancy-divination by the stars
Lithomancy-divination by stones
Oneiromancy- divination by dreams
Pallomancy-divination with a pendulum
Pyromancy-divination by fire
Tarot- divination using a set of cards
Tasseography-divination by reading tea leaves
Ovamancy-egg divination

Thanks Alykorn.

I'll add Cartomancy as divination by cards proper, Tarot being one incarnation of Cartomancy.

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Originally posted by grib:
Thanks Alykorn.

I'll add Cartomancy as divination by cards proper, Tarot being one incarnation of Cartomancy.

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No Problem, I have allot of stuff along those lines floating around my house in various books and spiral notebooks, it just take sme awhile to locate it!
Have you tried any of those?
I use the pendelum, Tarot, and the stones.

I use Tarot(cartomancy) & runes (gramotomancy). I have used a pendulum only slightly - it's my next step. I also cast astrology charts, and am just getting into divination with them.

Oneiromancy is interesting - hadn't heard a term for it. I get deja vu regularly, but haven't had any precognition before an event. Don't remember my dreams well enough in general, I think.

I'd like to get into scrying, or crystal gazing; & tea leaf reading. It seems a good way to make a connection with the seeker, to have a cup of tea with them. Good conversation.

Aye, I agree that a cup of tea does create a good repore(sp?) with seekers. I have two or three clear dreams every night,sometimes they are a little too clear and I write them down every morning. I have just truely started studying runes. I ususally pick one topic and study it until I know and am comfortable with it, practice for awhile and then move to something else.
It's nice to see others are interested in the same things that I am, it makes a lonely time when you are stuck around bubbas 24/7 and they run screaming to the boondocks when they even think you are interested in the occult or anything simular to that.


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grib-
here are some others that I found-
Augury- divination based on signs and omens
Botomancy- divining the future thru the use of herbs
Cheiromancy-based on the examination of the hand,related to palmistry
Daphomancy- divining the future thru the use of laurel leaves- burning and observing the smoke
Geomancy- divination by the earth
Haruspicy- divining thru animal entrails
Hydromancy- divining by liquid especailly water

A friend synchronistically gave me a copy of 'The Book of Divination,' by Ann Fiery. Here's the few we haven't already covered:

Metoposcopy - divination by the lines on the forehead, which are believed to hold astrological impressions left by the planets.

Oracles - those with direct link to the supernatural.

Phrenology - divination by the size, shape, quality of various sections of the head.

Alchemy - not sure how divination fits into this one.

Tasseomancy - (same as Tasseography).

Haruspicy - prediction from the entrails of animals; battalions of animals were sacraficed to the divinatory cause; is derived from a very early form called hepatoscopy or "liver-gazing."

Rhabdomancy - (dowsing), the art of finding resources using a divining rod.

Also has discussions of astrology, numerology, oneiromance, runes, talismans, chiromancy, geomancy, & tarot. Doesn't include all of the forms listed in this topic.

Ok here we go- Some are repeats but the list is pretty much complete.
From the site Covenstead-

AEROMANCY divination from the air and sky, particularly concentrating on cloud shapes, comets, and other phenomena not normally visible in the heavens.
ALCHEMY is the practice of transmutation of base metals into precious metals (e.g., gold or silver) with the aid of an esoteric substance called the "philosopher's stone".

ALECTRYOMANCY is divination whereby 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 is divination using "fortune cookies"; answers to questions are rolled into balls of dough and once baked are chosen at random.

ALOMANCY is divination by table salt.

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

ANTHROPOMANCY is the long-outlawed means of divination by human sacrifice.

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

ASTRAGLOMANCY or ASTRAGYROMANCY is a form of divination by dice where the faces of the dice bear numbers and letters.

ASTROLOGY is divination using celestial bodies: the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

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

AUSTROMANCY is divination by the study of the winds.

AXIOMANCY is divination through 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 involves divination by books.

BOTANOMANCY is divination from burning tree branches and leaves.

BUMPOLOGY strictly a modern term, a popular nickname for PHRENOLOGY

CAPNOMANCY is the study of smoke rising from a fire.

CARTOMANCY is fortune telling using cards such as the Tarot.

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

CAUSIMOMANCY is divination from behavior of objects placed in a fire.

CEPHALOMANCY refers to divination 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 is divination from the lines on people's hands.

CHIROGNOMY is the study of the general hand formation.

CLAIRAUDIENCE is "clear hearing" of divinatory information. Parapsychologist generally regard as a form of extrasensory perception.

CLAIRVOYANCE is "clear seeing" of divinatory information. Parapsychologist generally regard as a form of extrasensory perception.

CLEROMANCY is divination by "casting lots", similar to dice but with objects such as pebbles or sea shells.

CLIDOMANCY or CLEIDOMANCY is divination using a dangling key. see RADIESTHESIA.

COSCINOMANCY is divination using a hanging sieve. see RADIESTHESIA.

CRITOMANCY is the study of barley cakes.

CROMNIOMANCY is divination using onion sprouts.

CRYSTALLOMANCY is divination through crystal gazing.

CYCLOMANCY is 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 is divination with the aid of demons.

DENDROMANCY is divination with either oak or mistletoe.

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

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 is the divination from the tone of someone's laughter.

GENETHLIALOGY is divination by the influence of the stars at birth.

GEOMANCY is the study of figures on the ground and the influence of the Earth's "currents".

GRAPHOLOGY is the analysis of character through handwriting.

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

ICHTHYOMANCY is divination using fish.

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.

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 molten lead.

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

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

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, particularly in the sense of occult interpretation.

ONYCHOMANCY is the study of fingernails.

OOMANTIA and OOSCOPY is the method of divination by eggs.

OPHIOMANCY is divination from serpents.

ORNISCOPY and ORINITHOMANCY is the study of omens associated with birds, particularly birds in flight. see APANTOMANCY

OVOMANCY is another type of egg divination.

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 loudness of the sound.

PHYSIOGNOMY is the study of character analysis through physical features.

PRECOGNITION in an inner knowledge or sense of future events.

PSYCHOGRAPHY is a form of mysterious writing having a divinatory nature.

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

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

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 divination using cinders or soot.

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

STOLISOMANCY draws omens from the way people dress.

SYCOMANCY is performed by 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.

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.

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

Can't get much more complete than that. Only thing I noticed left out was NECROMANCY.

Wow--after that next to last post, what can one add? Having been a professional psychic for over a dozen years (learned from my wife, who has been doing readings for over 30 years), I can recommend a wonderful commercial oracle, The Crystal Oracle. To use it, you cast five stones (amethyst, acquamarine, carnelian, black tourmaline, rose quartz) onto a cloth marked into circular sectors. It is particularly good for those "yes, but" kind of answers.

ArmsMerchant:

Do you make it or buy it?

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Oneiromancy is interesting - hadn't heard a term for it. I get deja vu regularly, but haven't had any precognition before an event. Don't remember my dreams well enough in general, I think.
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I get that alot too. I been looking for resources that deal with this sort of thing. Can you recommend any thing useful?