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Types of Divination

austromancy: noun Divination from observation of the winds.

astragalomancy: noun Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked. noun Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book. noun Simply divination by dice.

armomancy: noun divination using the shoulder blades of animals. It was taken from a dead animal and thrown into a fire, the cracks formed in the bone were then interpreted. noun divination through inspecting one’s shoulders. In ancient times, this inspection was to see whether a human was suitable to be a sacrifice to the Gods.

anthropomancy: noun Divination by inspecting the entrails of a human being.

anthracomancy: noun Divination by means of burning coals.

ambulomancy: noun Divination by walking.

alphitomancy: noun A divination practise used to reveal guilty parties my feeding a person or group barley meal. The innocent, it is said, would feel no effects, but the guilty would feel indigestion. Also known as Cursed Bread.

aleuromancy: noun A method of divination by meal or flour, practised by the ancients.

alectryomancy: noun A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (or most preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.

ailuromancy: noun Divination of the appearance and behaviour of cats.

aeromancy: noun Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.

alectoromancy: noun Same as alectryomancy.

axinomancy: noun An ancient kind of divination for the detection of crime by means of an ax or axes.

astromancy: noun Divination by means of the stars; astrology.

arithmancy: noun Same as arithmomancy. noun Divination by means of numbers. noun Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name

alomancy: noun Same as halomancy. noun Divination by means of salt.

botanomancy: noun An ancient method of divination by means of plants, especially by means of the leaves of the sage and fig.

bibliomancy: noun Divination by interpretation of a passage chosen at random from a book, especially the Bible.

belomancy: noun A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. noun studying the flight of arrows, an act of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs. It is strongly forbidden in the Koran.

crithomancy: noun A kind of divination practised among the ancients by means of cakes offered in sacrifice, or of meal spread over the victim.

cleromancy: noun Divination by the casting of lots. noun Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone.

cleidomancy: noun Divination by use of a suspended key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia.

chronomancy: noun The divination of the best time to do something, or the determination of lucky and unlucky days.

chiromancy: noun Palmistry. noun Divination by the hand; the art or practice of attempting to foretell the future of a person by inspecting the lines and lineaments of his hand; palmistry practised with reference to the future; also, palmistry in general. noun Synonyms Chiromancy, Chirognomy. See chirognomy.

cephalomancy: noun Divination by means of a head. See also cephalonomancy. noun Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes mentioned as the roasting of an ass’s head on hot coals.

cephaleonomancy: noun Divination by a broiled ass’ head.

cartomancy: noun Divination by means of playing-cards. noun Fortune telling using cards, as in tarot.

capnomancy: noun Divination by the ascent or motion of smoke.

catoptromancy: noun A species of divination among the ancients, performed by letting down a mirror into water for a sick person to look at his face in it. noun Divination by use of mirrors, or other reflective surfaces. Similar to crystallomancy, dubjed, enoptromancy and scrying.

crystallomancy: noun A mode of divining by means of a transparent body, as a precious stone, crystal globe, etc., formerly in high esteem.

cromniomancy: noun Divination by onions or onion sprouts.

cledonomancy: noun Divination through interpreting random remarks, statements or events.

cyclomancy: noun Divination by interpreting wheels or any other revolving objects.

cheiromancy: noun Alternative form of chiromancy.

coscinomancy: noun An old mode of divination, consisting in suspending a sieve, or fixing it to the point of a pair of shears, then repeating a formula of words and the names of persons suspected of some crime or other act. If the sieve moved when a name was repeated, the person named was deemed guilty.

chaomancy: noun Divination by means of the atmosphere or by aërial visions; clairvoyance; second sight.

demonomancy: noun Divination while under the influence or inspiration of the devil or of demons. noun Divination using the aid of demons to reveal information.

dendromancy: noun Divination by leaves and branches of plants and trees. Especially oak and mistletoe.

dactylomancy: noun rare Dactyliomancy. noun divination by various methods using rings. Such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.

enoptromancy: noun Divination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.

gyromancy: noun A kind of divination said to have been practised by walking round in a circle or ring until the performer fell from dizziness, the manner of his fall being interpreted with reference to characters or signs previously placed about the ring, or in some such way.

graptomancy: noun Divination by handwriting.

gastromancy: noun In antiquity: noun A kind of divination among the ancients by means of words which seemed to be uttered from the belly; divination by ventriloquism. noun A species of divination by means of large-bellied glasses or other round transparent vessels, in the center of which figures were supposed to appear by magic art.

geomancy: noun Divination by means of lines and figures or by geographic features. noun A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper. noun A method of divination which interprets markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.

hydromancy: noun Divination by the observation of water.

hippomancy: noun Divination by the interpretation of the appearance and behaviour of horses. Their neighing and stamping are particularly noted.

hieromancy: noun Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.

halomancy: noun Divination in some manner by means of salt. Also written, less properly, alomancy.

idolomancy: noun Divination by means of images or idols.

ichthyomancy: noun Divination by means of the heads or the entrails of fishes. ichnomancy: noun Divination by observation of footprints.

logomancy: noun Divination with words.

lithomancy: noun Divination or prediction by means of stones.

lecanomancy: noun Divination by throwing three stones into water in a basin and invoking the aid of a demon.

lampadomancy: noun An ancient method of divination from the variations in the color and motions of the flame of a lamp or torch.

myomancy: noun A kind of divination or method of foretelling future events by the movements of mice.

metopomancy: noun Divination by means of the characteristics of the face. noun rare Fortune telling by physiognomy.

meteoromancy: noun Divination by meteoric phenomena. noun A species of divination by atmospheric phenomena, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.

margaritomancy: noun Divination by pearls.

maculomancy: noun Alternative form of moleomancy.

moleomancy: noun Divination by interpreting moles on the body, supposedly developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates.

molybdomancy: noun Divination by means of the behavior of molten lead, conclusions being based on the number, form, etc., of the drops.

necyomancy: noun Alternative form of necromancy.

necromancy: noun Divination by calling up the spirits of the dead and conversing with them; the pretended summoning of apparitions of the dead in order that they may answer questions. noun Divination involving the dead or death. noun Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

nephomancy: noun Divination by use of the movement of clouds.

nomancy: noun The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.

osteomancy: noun divination by means of bones

ornithomancy: noun Divination by means of birds; ornithoscopy; augury.

ophiomancy: noun The art of divining or predicting events by serpents, as by their manner of coiling themselves or of eating.

onychomancy: noun A kind of divination by means of the finger-nails.

oneiromancy: noun The practice of predicting the future through interpretation of dreams.

omphalomancy: noun Divination by means of the number of knots in the navel-string of a child—a fancied indication as to how many more children its mother will have.

onomancy: noun Same as onomatomancy. noun rare Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy.

pyromancy: noun Divination by fire or flames.

psychomancy: noun Divination by consulting the souls of the dead; necromancy.

psephomancy: noun Divination by means of pebbles drawn from a heap.

phyllomancy: noun Divination by means of the movements of leaves.

pessomancy: noun Divination by means of pebbles.

pegomancy: noun Divination by the agency of fountains.

rhapsodomancy: noun Divination by means of verses. noun Divination by reading a random passage from a poem.

rhabdomancy: noun Divination by means of a wand or rod, especially for discovering underground water or ores.

stichomancy: noun Divination by lines or passages in books taken at hazard; bibliomancy.

spodomancy: noun Divination by means of ashes.

spatulamancy: noun A method of divination by a sheep’s shoulder-blade.

spatilomancy: noun Divination by means of animal excrements and refuse.

spasmatomancy: noun Divination from spasmodic or involuntary movements, as of the muscles, features, or limbs.

sideromancy: noun A species of divination performed by burning straws, etc., upon red-hot iron, and observing their bendings, figures, sparkling, and burning.

selenomancy: noun divination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy.

sciomancy: noun Divination by means of the shades of the dead; psychomancy. noun Divination by means of shadows.

scatomancy: noun Divination or diagnosis of disease by inspection of excrement. Compare scatoscopy.

scapulimancy: noun Divination by means of a shoulder-blade: same as omoplatoscopy.

tyromancy: noun Divination by means of cheese.

theriomancy: noun Divination by observation of beasts.

theomancy: noun Divination drawn from the responses of oracles, or from the predictions of sibyls and others supposed to be inspired immediately by some divinity.

tephramancy: noun Same as tephromancy. noun Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.

tasseomancy: noun divination with tea leaves

tephromancy: noun Augury depending on the inspection of the ashes of a sacrifice.

uromancy: noun Diagnosis and prognosis of disease by inspection of the urine.

xylomancy: noun divination by means of pieces of burning wood

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In Arabic the word for logos (logic, nous, psyche) is aeql, which literally means “to bond”, forming connections between things.

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Today's herb of the week is Violet!

Gender: Feminine

Planet: Venus

Element: Water

Known as:

Blue violet, common blue violet, wild violet, dog violet or sweet violet

Magickal uses:

•Place in a dream pillow to draw in prophetic dreams and visions •Carry the leaves in a green satchet to aid in healing •Mix with lavender for a powerful love stimulant or carry with you to ease your heart from unrequited love. 

•The leaves are good for protection against all evil forces when carried

•Gift violets to a newly married couple or new mother to bring luck

•Carry with you to stimulate creativity, peace and tranquility

•Put the petals under your pillow to reveal your true love or what you truly desire

•Place on your altar or sacred space with amethyst to enhance divine energy

• Plant in your garden or near the front of your house for protection

•Bathe in an infusion of violet for nine days to ease the pain of heartbreak

•Infuse your face oils or water to wash your face is said to bless you with beauty

•Use to make tea to increase your spiritual awareness

•Add to healing baths to increase potency

•Gather fresh violet during the spring to make your wish come true

•Place the petals in your shoe for seven days to attract love

Good for: abundance, wishes, youth, happiness, protection, prosperity, faerie, love, heartbeak, longevity, fertility, repelling negativity, joy, devotion, luck, passion, beauty, fortune, hex breaking, reconciliation and transformation workings

Other uses:

• Sweet violet is used for nervous strain, hysteria, physical and mental exhaustion, symptoms of menopause (hot flashes), depression, and irritability

•It is also used for digestive tract complaints such as abdominal pain, swelling (inflammation) of the stomach and intestines and the tissues that line them, digestion problems caused by improper diet, gas, heartburn, gallbladder disorders, and loss of appetite

•Some people use sweet violet for respiratory tract conditions, particularly dry or sore throat, stuffy nose, coughs, hoarseness, and bronchitis

•Other uses include treating pain in the minor joints, fever, skin diseases, headache, trouble sleeping, and tuberculosis

Deities:

Venus, Attis, Io, Zeus, Cupid, Faeries, Aphrodite, Demeter, Jupiter, Mithras and Cybele

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Credit to the thrifty witch ❤️

This is super important!!

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Belated Lammas bread 01.08.2021

#lammas #lughnasadh #bread #witchcraft

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Deadly Nightshade

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Untitled 2001 V   -  Grietje Postma , 2001.

Dutch,b.1961-  

Color woodcut ,  6 5/8 x 5 ½ in.

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…Lughnasadh…my celebration… in my fairy garden…

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thought i’d share some playlists for the sabbats, find them especially useful when i happen to be busy on those days and can’t do much else.

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🐝🌿 honey correspondences

• happiness

• warmth

• healing

• love

• encouragement

• prosperity

• abundance

🍯 honey makes great offerings to most deities/spirits due to its alluring and sweet nature, top on the list being fae, aphrodite, apollo, and demeter.

🍯 placing honey over your lips can be a great natural lip moisturizer

🍯 add honey to your tea to attract kindness

🍯 honey is an amazing preservative and has strong antibacterial properties, making it an ideal addition to any salves etc

🍯 use honey as a natural cough aid

🍯 try to source local honey, this also helps with allergies!

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Lesser known forms of Divination

Divination: Tapping into hidden knowledge by some form of magick in order to discover information about the nature and condition of things.

1. AUGURY: Reading omens from the observed flight of birds.  This form of divination is so old it is actually mentioned in the Bible; Romans used to do it and depending on the species of bird, the messages from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable. 

2. CROMNIOMANCY: Divination using onion sprouts. First a ritual is done to ask the question, and then the answer is determined by the way the onions grow.

3. CAPNOMANCY: Divining by looking through smoke. The shape, direction, and speed of the smoke can all have a meaning. It can be observed in smoke you create for the purpose of divination using something like incense or a candle, or a natural fire can be observed. Sometime,s hands are waved near the smoke to create shapes.

4. OMPHALOMANCY: Divination through the umbilical cord or belly button. This term can refer to either form of this type of divination; but the premise is that the belly button or umbilical cord can predict many things about a person’s life and future. Dr. Gerhard Reibmann, a Berlin psychologist actually wrote a book about it. 

5. ONYCHOMANCY: (ONYMANCY, ONYOMANCY, ONUCHOMANCY, ONIXOMANCY) Divination through the sun’s reflection in your nail. This type of divination was practiced by ancient Arabs as well as diviners in Brazil. Another way of divining with your fingernails is by placing liquid onto one which would dry with a lacework of cracks to be interpreted. 

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Such a pretty cluster!

#mushrooms #cottagecore #dirtcore #pilze #essbare Pilze

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🌿🌹 Smokable Herbs 💨✨

Smoke is used cleansing and purifying, and much more🌫

🍃 Good day, Witches of Tumblr! 🍃

Not everyone may have the habit of smoking, but smoking has always had a sacred purpose in every culture and many religions. The history of smoking began in shamanistic rituals that took place as early as 4000 bc. It is considered a very social activity and was used as a social tool.

While some may say the smell of smoke is unpleasant, and people don’t want it around them. But did you know you can smoke certain herbs, and actually make a very lovely tasting, and even pleasant smelling, blend? Some herbs are highly medicinal and can give you benefits. Keep reading if you want to know more!

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**Disclaimer**

it is very important you do the proper research to see if you can smoke a certain herb. Also if you start feeling sick after smoking it cease use of it immediately. You may be fine ingesting a certain herb, but you could have an allergy to smoking said herb. Please note that some of these could be poisonous if eaten, we are speaking of smoking only. I also don’t recommend replacing smoking herbs with getting medical treatment if you need assistance. Be very careful if you have health conditions and don’t smoke if you’re pregnant. I am also not trying to persuade you or anyone else to smoke!

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With that said, lets begin to learn what herbs you can smoke and how to put together a herbal smoking blend! Get ready to raid your apothecary!

There are tons of herbs that are smokable. Each herb has its own unique taste and effect, and by mixing them together you can create a perfect blend for your next ritual! Curate special blends for spells and other workings and label them. The possibilities are endless for what you can make. Not only do herbs have magickal properties, but medicinal properties for minor ailments too!

🍃 🌿 So What Herbs Can I Smoke? 🌹 🍃

✨My personal favourite is the taste of Rose 🌹 ✨

I will reveal some properties of herbs you may have already in your apothecary!

🌺 Blue Lotus

Medicinal:

Sedative properties, gives a calming euphoria

Magickal:

Opens the root chakra, helps one embrace their true spiritual essence

🌿 Sage

Medicinal:

Remedies for colds, Relaxing properties

Magickal:

Used for self purification and healing

🌹 Rose

Medicinal:

helps with slow circulation, great for colds, pms, headaches

Magickal:

Divine Love, Strengthens relationships

🍃 Lemonbalm

Medicinal:

Sedative and anxiolytic effects

Magickal:

Used for psychic enhancement and spiritual development

💐 Lavender

Medicinal:

Relieves stress and anxiety

Magickal:

Brings Love and Protection, Peace and Harmony

🌿 Mullein

Medicinal:

Great for the respiratory system

Magickal:

Protection against nightmares and sorcery, and spirits

🌿 Peppermint

Medicinal:

Cooling and calming feeling

Magickal:

Increases vibration in spaces, used in spells for healing and purification

🌾 Chamomile

Medicinal:

Enhances ability to sleep, reduces tension and anxiety

Magickal:

Removes Hexes, Curses and Spells

🍃 Raspberry Leaves

Medicinal:

Lowers blood pressure, muscle relaxant

Magickal:

Bathing in Raspberry leaves for love spells, brings healing and protection

🌿 Catnip

Medicinal:

Curbs tobacco cravings, Relaxing properties

Magickal:

Sacred to Bast, Used for love spells

🌸 Pink Lotus Stamens

Medicinal:

Sleep aid, euphoric properties

Magickal:

Psychic opening, spiritual development

🍒 Uva Ursi

Medicinal:

Diuretic properties, Helps alleviate pain from sprains

Magickal:

Increases intuition and psychic abilities

🌸 Wild Dagga

Medicinal:

Mood enhancement, brings mental clairty

Magickal:

Keeps snakes at bay when carried as a charm

🌾 Calea

Medicinal:

Calming sensations, mild relaxation

Magickal:

Used for lucid dreaming

🍃🌿 Making A Blend 🌹🍂

Creativity is at the heart of herbalism, so be creative when building a blend!

The Basis of the Blend

1. Base Herbs

2. Supportive Herbs

3.Flavourful Herbs

1. The Base

Your base herb is fluffy and light.

So herbs such as;

🌿 Damania

🌾 Mullein

🍃 Red Raspberry

2. Supportive Herbs

These herbs play a supportive role in your health and offer some type of benefit.

So herbs such as;

🌿 Hops

🌿 Skullcap

🌿 Hyssop

🌿 Horehound

🌿 Thyme

🌸 Passionflower

🌿 Mugwort

These herbs have many health benefits, such as nervous system and respiratory system health.

3. Flavourful Herbs

These herbs will add zest to your smoking blend.

So herbs such as;

🌹 Rose

🌸 Angelica

🍂 Anise

💐 Lavender

🌺 Monarda

🍃 Spearmint

Recipe Example

🍃 2 Tablespoons of Mullein

🌹 1 Tablespoon of Rose

🌾 ½ Tablespoon Chamomile

if you want you could add a bit of Lavender or another •Flavourful Herb• to make it more interesting!

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🍯 Adding honey to your blend can really sweeten it up!🍯

✨ Enchant the herbs before you smoke them, do it ritualistically if you want!✨

✨Use these herbs in your spells to take in the essence of •the elementals•!This will empower you and your magick✨

My personal favourite blend is;

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🌹 1 Tablespoon Rose

🌾 1 Tablespoon Chamomile

💐 1 Tablespoon Lavender

🍯 ½ Tablespoon Honey

I really hope you found this useful and learned something about smokable herbs, and incorportate it into your craft!

Thank you so much for reading,

and blessed be! 🐝

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hello my lovelies! long time no post! x

here is my midsummer/summer solstice/litha/etc spread! i recommend for crystal use incorporating rose quartz, citrine, moonstone, carnelian, garnet, tigers eye, or amber into ur practices on this beautiful day. of course, any crystals u can get your hands on will be beneficial if thats what you choose to do, but a little bit of rose quartz did no one any harm ;) 

for candles/incense, i keep my black candles for the later period of the year when im screaming around my house n pretending to not b terrified of LIFE :) right now, i bring in red (love n passion, baby!), oranges (bring in those new beginnings which are always appearing in front of u this time of yr!), and yellows (communication n GOOD HEALTH SO SAY GOODBYE TO UR ALLERGIES - jks, sadly). white is always good - really just the classic warm colours that can be used for either chakra channeling, meditation, spell work, etc. in the incense-sphere, lavender and chamomile are GREAT for this time of year. I also rec dragons blood for any sexy charms/spells/etc u might be doing.

i hope this has helped and that u enjoy using this spread! pls lmk (if u want) if u do use it omfg i LOVE hearing from u guys and learning what worked for u/what didn’t and the results u got! 

happy midsummer/summer solstice/litha to all u magical folk out there - have a fab time of yrrrrr! x

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As a pagan, I think it’s very important to know ancient alphabets. Not just to write curses or spells, but to communicate with the gods through runic symbols. Because I am a norse pagan, I mostly master futhark runes (runic alphabet), but I know a bit of Oghams, the old celtic alphabet. Here they are, feel free to learn them, and trust me: it really helps! Another thing: the oghams are to be written vertically, on a single line.