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 Cromniomancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cromniomancy was historically performed across Europe, Africa and northern Asia.
There are many forms of cromniomancy, from divining the weather by the thickness of the skin, to gaining inside information.
The sphere within a sphere of the onion made it a much-revered symbol of spirituality and eternity, to the extent that the ancient Egyptians took their sacred oaths with their right hand on an onion.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cromniomancy

  
 Cromniomancy - Acadine Archive
Cromniomancy is a form of divination that uses onion sprouts.
This page was last modified 11:51, 12 Sep 2004.
www.acadine.org /w/Cromniomancy

  
 Fact Archive
Cromniomancy (and no I haven't spelt it wrong) is a method of divination (yes, I know that's a class Harry Potter attended) using onion sprouts.
The trees are therefore known as 'the bearers of hope'.
www.giszy.com /factoid%20arhcive.htm

  
 Witch’s Secrets » Blog Archive » Cromniomancy on december 1st
In some parts of the world, the first day of December is the traditional time for young girls to perform the ancient art of cromniomancy (divination by onion sprouts) to find out the name of their future husband.
Witch’s Secrets » Blog Archive » Cromniomancy on december 1st
To find out who your future husband will be, take some onions and upon each one carve or write a different man’s name.
secretsofawitch.blogthing.com /2004/12/01/cromniomancy-on-december-1st

  
 Fourth Degree
Ceremancy, Cromniomancy, Geomancy, Hydatoscopy, Oneiromancy, Ouija, Ovamancy, Palmistry, Scrying, Sortition, Stichomancy, Stolisomancy, Tarot, Tasseography.
Cromniomancy: Process of elimination with letters or rose petals.
Geomancy: Tap dots onto a piece of paper one hundred times with a pen or pencil.
www.doveslightcoven.com /BOS/bos06.html

  
 ukevents.net - Andrea's Music Column - Interview with Syncratic
My favourite song is called Cromniomancy and I wrote it three years ago, on the way back from New York.
www.ukevents.net /andrea11.shtml

  
 FaeryLore's Witching Hour
CROMNIOMANCY : Divination by interpreting onions or onion sprouts.
CRYSTAL BALL : A crystal sphere used for divination, especially for scrying.
CRITHOMANCY, CRITOMANCY : Divination by interpreting food, usually cakes and breads, that are offered in sacrifice.
nl.msnusers.com /FaeryLoresWitchingHour/ce.msnw

  
 icNewcastle - The world is just a great big onion
Divination by onions is known as cromniomancy; you plant one onion bulb for each possible outcome and see which sprouts first.
Libyans eat more onions than any other nation, with 66.8 pounds consumed per person each year.
icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0500business/enterprise/enterprisenews/tm_objectid=15171083&method=full&siteid=50081&headline=the-world-is-just-a-great-big-onion-name_page.html

  
 Divination Index A-I
Besides omens, cromniomancy was used to make decisions between two alternatives.
A person would write the alternatives on two onions and plant them at the same time and under the same conditions.
A form of divination where omens are read from onion sprouts.
www.agnosticwitch.catcara.com /divindex-part1.htm

  
 Divination: A mancy for every fancy
Since you’re obviously close to a kitchen doing all this, try divination by onions, Cromniomancy.
Do it under a sink full of water to avoid the tears, but don’t be too hasty pulling that plug because you can move on to Hydromancy, which examines the effects upon things such as tea leaves or coffee grounds when they are put into or taken out of water.
You could try Coscinomancy, which uses a balanced sieve, but I doubt that would hold any water.
www.skepticreport.com /mystics/mancyfancy.htm

  
 Generic Template
This is done with onion sprouts, and the official name for this method of divination is cromniomancy.
The first day of December is a traditional time for young ladies in many parts of the world to perform a special love divination in order to discover who their future mates will be.
It has been practiced since the earliest times; however, exactly how and where it originated remains a bit of a mystery.
occoquan1.f2w.net /about.html

  
 Cheeselog
Cromniomancy: Divination by finding significance in onion sprouts.
Causimomancy: Divination by the study of objects placed in a fire.
Hippomancy: Divination based on the stamping of horses.
weblog.cheesephone.co.uk /2002_09_29_blogarc.html

  
 Cromniomancy
In some parts of the world it is still traditional for young unmarried women to perform a type of Cromniomancy, meant to determine the identity of their future husband.
It consists in carving the onions with the pretender's names or initials and then placing them near a fire ― preferably on the first day of December.
The onion that sprouts first gives the required answer or indication.
www.occultopedia.com /c/cromniomancy.htm

  
 Information as an Aid to Success and Survival in Business
In those circumstances cromniomancy is just as effective at relieving anxiety as any other technique.
Without both an objective and a choice of means there is no problem because there is no means of changing the outcome.
To understand your objective it is important to state your problem in clear unambiguous terms.
www.brad.ac.uk /acad/mancen/lomas/seminars/week1/qlect1.htm

  
 The Omnivorous Reader - Anne's Virtual Bookstore
Did you know that "cromniomancy" means "divination through the study of the growth of onions"?
That "bactrachomyomachy" is a war between frogs and mice?
www.visi.com /~anne/books

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Amazing Fortune-Telling Book: With 22 Fortune-Telling Cards
The appendix contains more fortunetelling methods, from cromniomancy (fortunetelling with onions) to scarpomancy (learning about people by studying their old shoes).
As the book introduction states, "Whether or not you can really see into the future, fortune-telling can be a fun way to look at who you are and where you're heading." (Ages 8 to 12)
West has illustrated Tarot for Cats and The Halloween Tarot Deck and Book Set, another collaboration with Karin Lee.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786811366

  
 A Fabulosa Cozinha de Norma Propp:
Even more amusing to me than the fact that you can buy necromancy at Kay-Bee Toys is the fact that it's labeled "for ages 8 and up." Because seven is just a bit too young to be communing with the dead.A- Cromniomancy
The most popular home necromancy kit is of course the Ouija board.
www.gardenal.org /norma/archives/005156.html

  
 OTRSS/GO!/Predict2
Cromniomancy: by the color, smell, direction and form of onion sprouts
Crithomancy: by grain or corn - by dough of cakes
Daphnomancy (divination using the laurel branch: how did it crackle when burned?)
www.sonic.net /~ric/go/predict2.htm

  
 OccultForums.com - some unusual types of divination
Cromniomancy - Write your choices on onions, bury them and the first one to sprout is the winner
Onychomancy - stdying of sunlight on a boys fingers to tell predict the future
www.occultforums.com /printthread.php?t=9992

  
 cass_j - July 2005, 23
I'm also intrigued to know what's involved in cromniomancy: divination by onions.
On a tenuously related note, I came across this great list of methods of fortune telling.
cassj.co.uk /blogs/index.php?m=20050723

  
 The Library
But if palmistry is not for you, why not try cromniomancy, which is the reading of onion sprouts, or omphilomancy, divination through belly buttons.
And this little DK gem is my guide, now who wants to get their hands all inky so I can practice?
www.digitalbrain.com /beliyaal/library.htm

  
 guinevere.ca: October 2003 Archives
Ever wonder what the best way to tell your future is? Well this page rates 'em all with Necromancy receiving the highest score and Cromniomancy just barely passing with a D. Posted by Guinevere at 09:39 AM
I know the location would just be due to where they could get, but what a weird message to send.
www.guinevere.ca /archives/2003/10/index.html

  
 Lesson 12
CROMNIOMANCY: Divination through the rings of an onion (or a cut tree).
CRYSTOLOMANCY: Divination with spheres of crystal, plastic, or glass - has recently expanded to the use of any relatively clear, transparent, occluded, or cloudy semiprecious or precious stone.
CRITOMANCY: Divination by the observation of the paste of cakes sprinkled over sacrificial victims.
members.aol.com /Nodigio/1Lesson12.html

  
 Fiona McIntosh Bulletin Board
It read; Tarot, Crystal ball, Palmistry, phrenology, astragalomancy, tasseography and cromniomancy all by Madame Zondra fortune teller to the stars.
With a shake of her head, Sandra shoved the door.
Mystic Rituals where Sandra worked stood next door to the delicatessen.
fionamcintosh.fantasyscifi.com /base/forum/topic.php?forum=10&topic=1085

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