Ceromancy

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Ceromancy or Keromancy (Latin cereus, made of wax; Greek mantike, fortune telling ) is a form of ceremonial manty and belongs to fortune telling. Here, melted wax is poured into cold water and the prophecy is drawn from the resulting wax figures . Molybdomanty is also related to this prophecy of the future .

history

The origin of the ceromancy is probably in Turkey , as is also proven in different sources. According to Martin Anton Delrio (1551–1608) the Turks melted wax, dropped it drop by drop into a vessel with water and judged from the figures. In Alsace , a similar form of this was superstition practiced in the Christian saints as oracles served. “When someone got sick and the old women wanted to know which saint had sent the sick person the disease, they lit as many wax candles of the same weight at one time as they suspected saints, so one for each. In their opinion, whoever burned up first, it was. ” Agrippa von Nettesheim writes about the use of ceromancy by witches : “ Our old witches attack the matter differently, especially when they are the chosen saints of God, who have no community with such vile people want to call out in order, as they pretend, to harm one or that person, while the saints are benevolent beings and do no harm to anyone. The old chicks mentioned light as many identical wax candles as they want saints to do harm, and they make a special candle for each one. Whose candle burns down first, they consider the right man for their malicious work ” .

Application types

In earlier years ceromancy took place in a prescribed ritual , hence the ceremonial manty. Previously, the chosen candle was treated with myrrh and sage , many fortune tellers carved magic formulas into the candle and smeared it with oils before lighting. The molten wax was poured into cold water accompanied by incantation and the resulting structures were subjected to interpretation. The following items are used for ceremonial divinations : a bowl of water , a candle, a spoon and a towel . It goes on to say:

“You can use any kind of candle to practice ceromancy. If their interpretation concerns a relationship, then perhaps you should use two candles. If you are using two candles, watch how the flames behave. If a candle burns faster, it could mean that one person is giving more in the relationship. Draw a circle and light the candle. Meditate on your question for a few minutes. Hold the candle (s) over the water bowl and let the wax drip into the water. When you're done, use the spoon to lift the hardened wax out of the bowl and look at the shapes. You should try to understand what the shapes mean for you personally. Some exemplary meanings:

  • Anchor: The person you love is loyal
  • Ball: Your problem will roll away
  • Baum: Good times for new companies
  • Berg: Good friends want to help you
  • Bed: A relaxing vacation would do you good
  • Broom: It's time to allow a change
  • Blatt: There will be changes soon
  • Bridge: It's time to take a chance
  • Ei: There will be new developments soon
  • Feder: The problem will be solved
  • Airplane: trip or disappointment
  • Spirit: someone from the past is looking for them
  • Bells: a wedding
  • Grass: happiness multiplies
  • House: Better times are coming "
- Raven Willow, Candle Charms

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keromancy. In: The large foreign dictionary [1]
  2. ↑ a b Ceromancy. In: Divinations and Prophecies . Time Life Books, 1991; From: Andreas Resch , Lexikon der Paranormologie , Vol. 3 Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.igw-resch-verlag.at
  3. ↑ Ceromancy. In: Gustav W. Gessmann, Catechism of Divination Arts , Verlag BoD - Books on Demand, 2012, ISBN 3-86471-125-8 [2]
  4. ↑ a b From the Ceromancy. In: Agrippa von Nettesheim , The magical works: and other Renaissance treatises . Edited and introduced by Marco Frenschkowski , Verlag marixverlag , 2013, ISBN 3-8438-0158-4 [3]
  5. ↑ a b c Ludwig Julius Friedrich Höpfner , German Encyclopedia or General Real Dictionary of All Arts and Sciences : Can - Cn, Volume 5, Verlag Varrentrapp and Wenner, 1781, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized October 6, 2010, [4] , Page 408
  6. ↑ Raven Willow, Kerzenzauber , translated by Irene Wieser, publisher Babelcube Inc., 2014, ISBN 1-63339-572-3 [5]