Leconomancy
The Leconomantie , also Lekonomantie or Lekanomantie, is a form of divination . It belongs to the area of hydromance , since the future is predicted with the help of water , which is in a bowl . Leconomantie ("λεκανοµαντεία") is a compound word from the Greek (λεκάνη, German : bowl, pan or pot and µαντεία, German : fortune telling). In addition to the changes on the reflective surface of consecrated water or oil, acoustic ghosts were also described. When media were in the ancient children and pregnant women likes to use.
Leconomanty was already known in Babylon and the Old Testament refers to “the cup with which Joseph prophesied” ( Gen 44.5 EU ). Cesare Lombroso describes the Loconomantie from ancient sources as follows:
“One threw a few gold and silver sheets into a basin filled with water, and soon afterwards one saw the desired figures appear on them; you also heard the answer. "
literature
- Lekanomancy . In: Ulrike Müller-Kaspar, Das Große Handbuch des Superstlaubens , page 442, Tosa published by Ueberreuter, Vienna, 2007.
- Leeconomy . In: Cesare Lombroso, Hypnotistische und Spiritistische Forschungen , Verlag BoD - Books on Demand , 2012, ISBN 386471124X page 164/165, online
- Lekanomancy . In: Gustav W. Gessmann, Katechismus der Wahrsagekünste , Verlag BoD - Books on Demand, 2012, ISBN 3864711258 , page 198, online
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lecanomancy. On: Word finder (English).
- ↑ Lekanomancy . In: Ulrike Müller-Kaspar, Das Große Handbuch des Superstlaubens , page 442, Tosa published by Ueberreuter , Vienna , 2007
- ↑ Lekonomantie . In: Cesare Lombroso, Hypnotistische und Spiritistische Forschungen , Verlag BoD - Books on Demand , 2012, ISBN 386471124X page 164/165, online