Lecanomancy (original) (raw)
La lécanomancie est une technique de divination par le moyen de l'eau ou de l'huile dans un plat. Il s'agissait de jeter des pierres précieuses dans l'eau et, par le son produit ou les reflets de lumière provoqués, d'en déduire certaines suppositions sur l'avenir. Une autre méthode consistait à jeter de l'huile et « lire » les taches que cela produisait en surface de l'eau.
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| dbo:abstract | La lécanomancie est une technique de divination par le moyen de l'eau ou de l'huile dans un plat. Il s'agissait de jeter des pierres précieuses dans l'eau et, par le son produit ou les reflets de lumière provoqués, d'en déduire certaines suppositions sur l'avenir. Une autre méthode consistait à jeter de l'huile et « lire » les taches que cela produisait en surface de l'eau. (fr) Lecanomancy (Gr. λεκάνη, "dish, pan" + μαντεία, "divination") is a form of divination using a dish, usually of water, which, like many ancient forms of divination, has multiple forms. The earliest form of lecanomancy appears to have come from Ancient Babylonia, though it is only mentioned in one text. Even there, there were two types of the divination used. Some court magicians would use inductive lecanomancy; whereby the magician or priest would observe patterns of oil within water to predict the future. However, intuitive lecanomany is thought to have developed out of this, which merely required the magician to interpret ripples on the water through meditation. There are also reports of inductive lecanomany being used by the Mesopotamians, though they sometimes substituted flour for oil. In the Old Testament a form of lecanomancy was apparently used by Joseph in Egypt (Genesis 44:5) The Catawba people used an entirely different system of divination, which is still classified as lecanomany, whereby a bowl of water was placed by a deceased person's head. On the third day of the bowl being present, the deceased's family would watch the bowl for ripples and these would be interpreted to determine the whereabouts of the deceased's soul. In medieval Europe, lecanomancy was described as clear glass bowls being filled with water to determine the future. This is in stark contrast with earlier forms of the divination, which used clay bowls or basins. Other forms of lecanomancy throughout history involved dropping a rock in water and interpreting the ripples in the water. In yet another form, demons were thought to enter the water whose ripples were being interpreted, and were forced to answer questions by the scryer. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | La lécanomancie est une technique de divination par le moyen de l'eau ou de l'huile dans un plat. Il s'agissait de jeter des pierres précieuses dans l'eau et, par le son produit ou les reflets de lumière provoqués, d'en déduire certaines suppositions sur l'avenir. Une autre méthode consistait à jeter de l'huile et « lire » les taches que cela produisait en surface de l'eau. (fr) Lecanomancy (Gr. λεκάνη, "dish, pan" + μαντεία, "divination") is a form of divination using a dish, usually of water, which, like many ancient forms of divination, has multiple forms. The earliest form of lecanomancy appears to have come from Ancient Babylonia, though it is only mentioned in one text. Even there, there were two types of the divination used. Some court magicians would use inductive lecanomancy; whereby the magician or priest would observe patterns of oil within water to predict the future. However, intuitive lecanomany is thought to have developed out of this, which merely required the magician to interpret ripples on the water through meditation. (en) |
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