Bibliomancy is the use of books in divination. The method of employing sacred books (especially specific words and verses) for `magical medicine`, for removing negative entities, or for divination is widespread in many religions of the world. ==Terminology== According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word bibliomancy (etymologically from bi.....
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divination by opening a book at random
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• (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.
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(from the article `magic`) ...and rites with Germanic folk rituals to empower natural ingredients to cure ailments caused by poisons, elf-attack, demonic possession, or other ...
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Bib'li·o·man`cy noun [ Greek
... book +
-mancy : confer French
bibliomancie .] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.
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Bibliomancy also called sortes biblicae, or sortes sanctorum is divination by means of the phrases in a book, especially the verses in the bible. Bibliomancy was an ancient practise, the ancients drew prognostications from the works of Homer and Virgil. In 465 the Council of Yannes condemned the practice, as did the Councils of Agde and Auxerre. Bu...
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bibliomancy Divination by picking Bible or other book passages at random; several church councils were formed in the fifth century A.D. to study and forbid this 'common' practice. —Word Info image © ALL rights reserved. One of the methods used was for a person to point to a line or passage of the open book with his eyes closed. The randomly ch...
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divination by means of a book, esp. the Bible, opened at random to some verse or passage, which is then interpreted.
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