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Definition of Bibliomancy

Bibliomancy
Bibliomancy Bib"li*o*man`cy, n. [Gr. ? book + -mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie.] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

Meaning of Bibliomancy from wikipedia

- practices bibliomancy using the pages of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. This is a good example of intertextuality, since Crusoe himself uses bibliomancy in...
- in 405 AD. The texts were used for divination in a primitive form of bibliomancy, which came much later. Though loosely described as books, the second...
- classics. The latest research suggests that he may in fact have used bibliomancy for this—randomly selecting a book of history or prophecy and taking...
- Ancient Greece portal Poetry portal Literature portal Achaeans (Homer) Bibliomancy Catalogue of Ships Creophylus of Samos Cyclic Poets Deception of Zeus...
- romanized: falnameh, lit. 'omen/divination book') covers two forms of bibliomancy (fortune-telling using a book) used historically in Iran, Turkey, and...
- The Sortes Vergilianae (Virgilian Lots) is a form of divination by bibliomancy in which advice or predictions of the ****ure are sought by interpreting...
- Avimancy, divination by birds Axinomancy Axiom of Maria Banishing Baphomet Bibliomancy Black magic Black M**** Black Sun Body of light Boline Book of shadows...
- below, influenced by Gr**** belemnon, 'javelin', or belonē, 'needle') bibliomancy → see chartomancy biorhythmic divination: by biorhythms bletonism/bletonomancy...
- reciting their favorite Hafez poems. Many Iranians use Divan of Hafez for bibliomancy. Iranian families usually have a Divan in their house, and when they...
- feelings Bazi or four pillars: by hour, day, month, and year of birth. Bibliomancy: by books; frequently, but not always, religious texts. Cartomancy: by...