Alomancy

Alomancy Also Halomancy. Derived from the halo ('salt') and manteia ('divination'), this is a method of by interpreting random patterns using salt, of which process little is known, but probably follows similar methods to .

Alomancy A form of divination by using salt. The diviner interprets future events by analyzing the patterns in which the grains fall, or travel through the air when thrown.

ALOMANCY is divination by table salt. ALPHITOMANCY uses special cakes that are digestible by persons with a clear conscience but are unpleasant to others. ANTHROPOMANCY is the long-outlawed means of divination by human sacrifice.

For example, Ladislaus the Varnian (ruled 1434-1444) practiced crystalomancy and his manuscript handbook of it is preserved in the Bodleian Library.

See also: Divination, Occult, Magic, Fortune, Spirit