pyromancy
(noun) divination by fire or flames
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pyromancy (uncountable)
Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.
The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.
• (conjuring or controlling fire): pyrokinesis
• alomancy, divination by salt, one type of which involves casting salt into a fire
• botanomancy, divination by burning plants
• capnomancy, divination by smoke; light, thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen; otherwise, a bad one.
• causinomancy, divination by burning (non-specific as to the object burned)
• daphnomancy (also, empyromancy), divination by burning laurel leaves
• osteomancy, divination using bones, one type of which involves heating to produce cracks
• plastromancy, divination using turtle plastrons; in China, this was done by heating pits carved into them.
• scapulimancy, divination by scapulae; in Asia and North America, this was done pyromantically.
• sideromancy, divination by burning straw.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr"o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. pyromancie.]
Definition: Divination by means of fire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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