Difference between revisions of "Psychomancy"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56866" /> == | == 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> | <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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Revision as of 06:42, 13 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).
