Bibliomancy

Divination methods

Tradition · Modern WesternDivination Method
Category
Text
Tools
Sacred Book
Element
Air
Planet
Mercury
Summary

Opening a book at random and taking the first passage as an answer; sortes Biblicae and sortes Vergilianae in antiquity, still worked with scripture, poets or a chosen text.

Method
Hold the question, open without looking, and read the first complete passage.
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