pyromancy
nounEtymology From pyro- + -mancy.
1
Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.
2
The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.
- Synonyms
- pyrokinesis
- Related terms
- pyromancer, pyromantic
- Hyponyms
28 terms
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, daphnomancy, divination by burning laurel leaves, osteomancy, divination using bones, one type of which involves heating to produce cracks, plastromancy, divination using turtle plastron, 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