Capnomancy was the observation of smoke, which consisted in two principal methods.
The more important was the smoke of the sacrifices, which augured well if it rose lightly from the altar, and ascended straight to the clouds; but the contrary if it hung about.
The Druids were also very skilled in the art of capnomancy, using the smoke generated by the burning of humans and animals on a sacrificial altar.
capnomancy was also used of divination by means of a trance induced by ingesting smoke from a specially prepared drug.
Capnomancy (Greek: kapnos, smoke; manteia, divination) is a form of Pyromancy, and is believed to have originated in ancient Babylon, where on certain sacred days they used to burn cedar branches or shavings to draw
Capnomancy - This form of divination uses the smoke of an altar or sacrificial incense as a means of foretelling the future.
Rhapsodmancy - this form of divination is based upon the line in a sacred book that strikes the eye when the book is opened after the diviner prays, meditates or invokes the help of spirits.
Aeromancy - This form of divination observes atmospheric conditions or ripples on the surface of an open body of water.
There are hundreds of varieties of divination: Catoptromancy, Hydromancy, Chiromancy, Iridology, Palmistry, Mirror Mantic, Cartomancy, Alectryomancy, Onirocriticism, Numerology, Psychometry, Capnomancy, Geomancy, Pyromancy, Tephromancy, Telenomancy and more.
The magic that most of us are acquainted with is sleight-of-hand magic, like picking a silver dollar out of the air or pulling a rabbit out of the hat.
They range from the familiar, like Crystallomancy (using a crystal ball), to the more obscure, like Capnomancy (the study of smoke rising from a fire).
By using The Oracle Book you'll be practicing a form of Bibliomancy -- the answering of a question by means of randomly choosing a word or passage from a book.
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of divination techniques available that give pretty near instant answers.
