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rhabdomancy
rhabdomancy (ˈræbdəʊmænsɪ) Also 7 rhadomoncie, 7, 9 rabdomancy. [ad. late L. rhabdomantīa, a. Gr. ῥαβδοµαντεία, f. ῥάβδος rod + µαντεία (see -mancy).] Divination by means of a rod or wand; spec. the art of discovering ores, springs of water, etc., in the earth by means of a divining-rod.1646 Sir T. ...
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Rhabdomancy
Rhabdomancy has been used in reference to a number of Biblical verses. Numbers 17 has also been attributed to rhabdomancy.
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Belomancy
Something like it is also mentioned in Hosea 4:12, although a staff or rod is used instead of arrows, which is rhabdomancy rather than belomancy.
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rhabdomancer
rhabdomancer (ˈræbdəʊmænsə(r)) [f. next: see -er1.] One who professes or practises rhabdomancy; a dowser.1817 Edin. Rev. XXVIII. 184 No proprietor will..dig down in trace of the metallic effluvia, which reach the subtle senses of the Rabdomancer above. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in B...
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rhabdology
rhabdology (ræbˈdɒlədʒɪ) Also rabdo-. [ad. mod.L. r(h)abdologia (Napier, 1617), f. Gr. ῥάβδος rod + -λογία -logy. Cf. F. rhabdologie.] 1. The act or art of computing by Napier's bones (or rods). Now Hist.1667 Leybourne Art of Numbering i. 1 Rabdologie is the Art of Counting by Numbering Rods. 1671 P...
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Distaff
Rhabdomancy
Staff of Moses
White Rod
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Wands
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Dowsing
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Rhabdomancy
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Ann O'Delia Diss Debar
Rape and Rhabdomancy, The Law and the Medium. In Fifty Years of Psychical Research. Longmans, Green and Company.
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Rhabdomancy
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Urim and Thummim
This practice is called rhabdomancy, after the Greek roots rhabd- "rod" and -mancy ("divination").
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Ching Lau Lauro
February 1835 he was booked to give "his wonderful performance" at the Theatre Royal, Derby, and described as "the Pacanini (sic) of all professors in rhabdomancy On 2 February 1833 the Leicester Chronicle said: "Ching Lau Lauro, naturalist and professor of rhabdomancy, who met with the greatest success at Drury
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Fortune-telling
Rhabdomancy: divination by rods.
Runecasting or Runic divination: by runes.
Scrying: by looking at or into reflective objects.
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Cunning folk traditions and the Latter Day Saint movement
Kimball was given a three and a half foot rod by Joseph Smith, with which he practiced rhabdomancy, believing "all he had to do was kneel down with rod
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Methods of divination
pendulums, or other cylindrical tools (Latin , spoke + Greek , sensing)
retromancy: by looking over one's shoulder (Latin , behind + Greek , prophecy)
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