Difference between revisions of "Psychomancy"
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<p> (from | <p> (from '''''Ψυχή''''' '', Soul,'' and '''''Μαντέα''''' [[Prediction]] ) is the pretended art of summoning the souls of the deceased, and learning the future by their communications; it is one of the branches of divination, or mantics. The ancients use only '''''Ψυχόμαντις''''' , a sorcerer of this kind, and '''''Ψυχομαντειον''''' '','' the place where such performances took place ( ''Oraculum Animarum'' ) ''.'' The same art is called necromancy, and, in a more extensive sense, pneumatomancy. (See [[Divination]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) Necromancy.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(from Ψυχή , Soul, and Μαντέα Prediction ) is the pretended art of summoning the souls of the deceased, and learning the future by their communications; it is one of the branches of divination, or mantics. The ancients use only Ψυχόμαντις , a sorcerer of this kind, and Ψυχομαντειον , the place where such performances took place ( Oraculum Animarum ) . The same art is called necromancy, and, in a more extensive sense, pneumatomancy. (See Divination).
