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Aeromancy

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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was a species of divination practiced among the Greeks and Romans, by which future events were foretold from certain appearances or noises in the air;' One mode of aeromancy was as follows: The person employing' it folded his head in a cloth, and having placed' a bowl of water in the open air, he proposed his question in a low voice, when, if the water was agitated, he considered that what he had asked was answered in the affirmative.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Aeromancy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/aeromancy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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