Capnomancy
Divination by smoke, its direction, thickness and whether it rises straight or sinks; recorded in ancient Babylonia and Greece and now largely historical, its incense form being libanomancy.
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Divination by smoke, its direction, thickness and whether it rises straight or sinks; recorded in ancient Babylonia and Greece and now largely historical, its incense form being libanomancy.
- Method
- Burn a single resin; read the first smoke before it thins.
- Best for
- SmokeIncenseLibanomancyHistorical
- Keywords
- SmokeIncenseLibanomancyHistorical
- Origin
- Classical antiquity
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