Gyromancy is a method of divination in which a person spins around inside or walks the circumference of a circle drawn on the ground, the perimeter of which is marked with the letters of an alphabet. The divination is inferred from the letter at the position where the person either stumbles or falls across the circle’s edge. The person would rep...
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divination by falling from dizziness
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• (n.) A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.
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Gyr'o·man`cy (jĭr'o*măn`sȳ or jī'ro-)
noun [ Greek
gy^ros ring, circle +
-mancy : confer French
gyromancie .] A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.
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Gyromancy was a form of divination originating in the 16th century involving foretelling the future from the point at which a person walking around in a circle fell down from dizziness.
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gyromancy Divination by walking in a circle until dizziness caused a person to fall and this was interpreted in various ways. There certainly is a message for both the diviner andthe subjects who are passing out in this divination exhibition. —Word Info image © ALL rights reserved. Originally, it was performed by people who moved around a ......
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