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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_162572" /> == | |||
<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> | <p> (n.) Necromancy. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56866" /> == | |||
<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> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_162572"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/psychomancy Psychomancy from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_56866"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/psychomancy Psychomancy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_56866"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/psychomancy Psychomancy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:50, 12 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).
