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hydromancy

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hy·dro·man·cy  (hdr-mns)
n.
Divination by the observation of water.
[Middle English ydromancy, from Old French ydromancie, from Latin hydromanta, from Greek hudromanteia : hudro-, hydro- + manteia, -mancy; see -mancy.]
hydromancy [ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmænsɪ]
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) divination by water
hydromancer  n
hydromantic  adj
hydromancy
a form of divination involving observations of water or of other liquids.
See also: Divination, Water
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Noun1.hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means


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My favorite is Rule IX: "All books and writings dealing with geomancy, hydromancy, areomancy, pyromancy, oneiromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, or with sortilege, mixing of poisons, augury, auspices, sorcery, and magic arts are absolutely repudiated.
Don't read this! by Gilmour, Peter / U.S. Catholic
books, treatises, deeds, memorials, recipes, and catalogues, for invoking demons, by whatever way, and manner, whether it be by necromancy, hydromancy, pyromancy, aeromancy, onomancy, chiromancy, and geomancy; or by writings, and papers of magic art, spells, witchcrafts, omens, enchantments, conjurings, circles, characters, seals, rings, and figures.
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