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Sunday, November 24th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Bibliomancy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the Gr. (3 0 (3Xiov, a book, and tsavreia, prophecy), a form of divination by means of the Bible or other books. The method employed is to open the Bible haphazard and be guided by the first verse which catches the eye. Among the Greeks and Romans the practice was known under the name of sortes Homericae or sortes Virgilianae, the books consulted being those of Homer or Virgil.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bibliomancy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bibliomancy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bibliomancy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bibliomancy.html. 1910.
