Botanomancy
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Botanomancy is a form of divination in which plants or parts of plants are used to obtain omens or answers to questions. Historical descriptions include writing questions on leaves or branches, exposing inscribed leaves to the wind, observing whether a living plant flourishes or wilts, and burning plant material. Modern dictionaries sometimes use the term more narrowly for divination by burning branches or leaves. This form overlaps with pyromancy, because the fire or the behaviour of the burning plant material supplies the omen. Older sources, however, applied botanomancy to a wider range of divinatory practices involving plants.
Botanomancy is a form of divination in which plants or parts of plants are used to obtain omens or answers to questions. Historical descriptions include writing questions on leaves or branches, exposing inscribed leaves to the wind, observing whether a living plant flourishes or wilts, and burning plant material. Modern dictionaries sometimes use the term more narrowly for divination by burning branches or leaves. This form overlaps with pyromancy, because the fire or the behaviour of the burning plant material supplies the omen. Older sources, however, applied botanomancy to a wider range of divinatory practices involving plants.
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