Aeromancy

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As aeromancy (from ancient Greek ἀήρ aer , air and μαντεία manteia , prophecy ) refers to a mantic art on the observation of celestial phenomena is based. This includes wind strength and direction, cloud shapes in the sky, color reflections in the atmosphere (e.g. rainbow), but also lightning and thunder, bird's eye view and meteorite observations.

Due to its complexity, aeromancy is the most widespread mantic art and the primordial science of the first sedentary people. Her comes the Meteorology and an important cornerstone of Ornithology .

Johannes Hartlieb dealt with this topic in his book of All Forbidden Art (Augsburg, 1456).

Subdivision

Aeromancy is a broad area that can be divided into five different variants:

  1. Austraumantie (derived from the Latin oyster , south wind)
    This type of interpretation deals with the study of wind and wind direction.
  2. Keraunoscopy
    Type of interpretation, which is based on the observation of thunder and lightning / or. course is based.
  3. Choamantie
    Observation of cloud shapes and movements, rainbows, but also physical elements based on the chaos theory .
  4. Meteoromania
    Observation of meteorites and the interpretation of the signs they represent.
  5. Ornithomancy
    This involves the observation of flocks of birds, their flight and migratory behavior , but also the observation of individual birds of prey , their hunting behavior and the interpretation of their symbolic meaning. See: Roman auspices .

Meanings

In practical application, aeromancy was exercised by conjuring up the air . If the wind blew from the east , it meant luck, from the west it meant unhappiness, from midday the unveiling of secrecy, from midnight what would remain dark. However, if the wind blew from all sides at the same time, this meant storm, hail, rain, etc.

literature

  • Wilhelm Traugott Krug: General dictionary of the philosophical sciences . Volume 5. Brodheim, Leipzig, 1838. (Facsimilized at Google Books )
  • Kurt Benesch, Magic of the Renaissance , Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1985, ISBN 3-921695-91-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cod. Pal. germ. 478 Hartlieb, Johannes: Book of all forbidden art (Augsburg, around 1465). In: digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved March 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Aeromancy and Hydromantic - fortune telling through air and water - The different types of aeromancy [1]
  3. ^ Kurt Benesch , Magic of the Renaissance , Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1985, ISBN 3-921695-91-0 , p. 59.