10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEOMANCY»
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theomancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Arithmancy,
Theomancy and the Soviet Economy
The article criticizes Naum Jasny's analysis of Soviet economics, which deals primarily with the Soviet price system.
Norman Maurice Kaplan, RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF., 1953
2
Tales about the mythology of Greece and Rome
THEOMANCY. 1. Theomancy differed from oracles, in this, that it was not
confined to any particular place or time, as the oracles were. The Pythia could
only be inspired in the temple of Apollo, but those who were gifted in theomancy,
after ...
Peter Parley (pseud.), 1839
3
A compendium of Grecian antiquities
OF DIVINATION OR THEOMANCY. One of the differences between Oracles and
Divina- Divinations has been stated to be, that the latter was a gene- tloD' ral term
, including the former and all other means which were employed to discover ...
Charles Dexter Cleveland, 1831
4
Archæologia græca: or, The antiquities of Greece ; being an ...
Theomancy, or Divination. Next to oracles, which constituted the first sort of
natural divination, was Beo/jiavTeia, theomancy, which formed the second, and
which was also called fiavriici) and irpoayopevTua\.° The word deo/iav- rtia is
derived ...
John Robinson (rector of Clifton), 1827
5
Archæologia Græca, or The antiquities of Greece
Theomancy , or Divination. Next to oracles, which constituted the first sort of
natural divination, was OeofiavTcla, theomancy, which formed the second, and
which was also called fiavTiKi) and irpoayopevrnct).' The word Beofiav rtia is
derived ...
6
The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
William T. Brande's A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art of 1842 refers to “
Theomancy; a name given to that species of divination which was drawn from the
responses of oracles . . . or from the predictions of sibyls and others supposed to
...
7
The History of Greece. By Way of Question and Answer. In ...
Q._ IPho were tho' who were 'no/I famous for Theomancy i' I. The Pythia, of whom
I have already spoken; the Syhil/r, Cass'andra, 'fire/Ear, and the like : They also
attributed a divinatory Qiality to the LaurelTree, because Daphne, the Misiress of
...
8
A vindication of the Hebrew Scriptures: with animadversions
For instance, their Alectryomancy, Daphnophagi, Axiomancy, Cephalomancy,
Hydromancy, Pyramancy, Alphitomancy, Gastromancy, Libassnomancy,
Molubdomancy, Pessomancy, Psephomancy, Theomancy, Psychomancy, &e.
We are told ...
9
The antiquities of Greece
The different modes by which men became ac- Different modes of quainted with
futurity were as follows: the inarti- each- ficial were, oracles and theomancy ; the
artificial were, divination by dreams, by sacrifices, by birds and other animals, ...
Robert Bateman Paul, 1834
10
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, ...
THEOMANCY (from ems, God, and pavrtia, prophecy) was that species of
prophecy in which a god himself was believed to reveal futurity. Oracles were
considered as public institutions for prophesying at distinct places and periods ;
but the ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1845
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