Coscinomancy (original) (raw)
La coscinomanzia è una forma di divinazione che usa un setaccio o delle forbici, usata nell'antica Grecia, nell'Europa medievale e del primo evo moderno e nel New England del XVII secolo per determinare la parte colpevole di un crimine.
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| dbo:abstract | Coscinomancy is a form of divination utilising a sieve and shears, used in ancient Greece, medieval and early modern Europe and 17th century New England, to determine the guilty party in a criminal offense, find answers to questions, etc. The term comes into English via both New Latin and Medieval Latin coscinomantia, and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek koskinomantis (Greek: κοσκινομάντης) a diviner using a sieve, from koskinon (Greek: κόσκινον) a sieve. The word is mentioned by a number of Ancient Greek writers, including Philippides, Julius Pollux, Lucianus and, most famously, Theocritus. One method of practising coscinomancy is described by Cornelius Agrippa, best known for his Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1533. Following the disputed Fourth Book in the same series, a work entitled the Heptameron, or Magical Elements appeared in the first volume of Agrippa's Opera omnia, or Collected Works (circa 1600). The first of two appendices to the Heptameron (chapter xxi) briefly covers many forms of ceremonial magic, including coscinomancy. Agrippa believed that the movement of the sieve was performed by a demon, and that the conjuration Dies, mies, jeschet, benedoefet, dowima, enitemaus actually compelled the demon to perform the task. He further notes that the words of this conjuration were understood neither by the speaker nor anyone else (nec sibi ipsis, nec aliis intellectua). The notion of a powerfully efficacious language of the spirit world is quite common in magic belief. The so-called Enochian language of the 16th century magician Edward Kelley, later revived by Aleister Crowley, is such a language. Kelley believed the Enochian words so powerful that he would communicate them to his cohort, Dr. John Dee, backwards, lest he unleash powers beyond control. This concept can also be seen in The Arabian Nights in which a sorceress takes some lake water in her hand and over it speaks "words not to be understood". There has been some speculation about the manner in which the sieve was to be held by the shears, with some writers suggesting that a piece of thread was used. In the 1567 edition of Agrippa's works there is a picture showing exactly this. It is clear that the sieve was suspended from the shears in such a way that the cutting edges of the blades made tangents to the outer rim of the sieve. Thus suspended the sieve is capable of some sideways movement, or even of dropping. The sieve was held by the two middle fingers only making it almost impossible to keep the sieve still for any length of time and thus ensuring a prognostication. The complicating factor is that in the Latin text accompanying the picture the sieve is said to "turn around" (circum agatur), which clearly it cannot do unless held at two diametrically opposite points on the outer rim. Other references to coscinomancy can be found in François Rabelais' Pantagruel (1532: III. xxv.); Johann Weyer's De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis (1583: xii.); and Barten Holyday's Technogamia, or the Marriage of the Arts (1618: II. iii. ll. 89-146 (G2v)). (en) Se llama coscinomancia a una especie de adivinación que se hacía por medio de una criba o cedazo. Fue utilizado en la Antigua Grecia, en Europa durante la Edad Media y en el siglo XVII en la Nueva Inglaterra. El término proviene del latín medieval coscinomantia y este del griego antiguo koskinomantis (en griego, κοσκινομάντης), que significa adivinación mediante una criba. Una de los métodos para practicar la coscinomancia es explicado en detalle en el capítulo xxi del de Cornelio Agripa en 1533. Otras referencias que explican esta adivinación son el Pantagruel de François Rabelais (1532: III. xxv.); de Johann Weyer (1583: xii.); y de (1618: II. iii. ll. 89-146 (G2v)). La coscinomancia se ejecutaba tomándolo con los dos dedos, con la punta de unas tijeras o suspendiéndolo de un hilo y profiriendo al mismo tiempo algunas palabras. Si al nombrar la persona sospechosa, se movía o temblaba el cedazo puesto en equilibrio, entonces se tenía por culpada. Se hacía uso de esta adivinación supersticiosa para conocer los más ocultos pensamientos del corazón humano y se practicaba todavía en el siglo XIX en algunos pueblos para descubrir al autor de un hurto o para recobrar las cosas perdidas. (es) La coscinomanzia è una forma di divinazione che usa un setaccio o delle forbici, usata nell'antica Grecia, nell'Europa medievale e del primo evo moderno e nel New England del XVII secolo per determinare la parte colpevole di un crimine. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | La coscinomanzia è una forma di divinazione che usa un setaccio o delle forbici, usata nell'antica Grecia, nell'Europa medievale e del primo evo moderno e nel New England del XVII secolo per determinare la parte colpevole di un crimine. (it) Coscinomancy is a form of divination utilising a sieve and shears, used in ancient Greece, medieval and early modern Europe and 17th century New England, to determine the guilty party in a criminal offense, find answers to questions, etc. Other references to coscinomancy can be found in François Rabelais' Pantagruel (1532: III. xxv.); Johann Weyer's De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis (1583: xii.); and Barten Holyday's Technogamia, or the Marriage of the Arts (1618: II. iii. ll. 89-146 (G2v)). (en) Se llama coscinomancia a una especie de adivinación que se hacía por medio de una criba o cedazo. Fue utilizado en la Antigua Grecia, en Europa durante la Edad Media y en el siglo XVII en la Nueva Inglaterra. El término proviene del latín medieval coscinomantia y este del griego antiguo koskinomantis (en griego, κοσκινομάντης), que significa adivinación mediante una criba. (es) |
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