Lithomancy
Lithomancy is a form of
stones or the reflected light from the stones. The practice is most popular in the British Isles.[1]
History
The earliest verified account of lithomancy comes from
Practice
Lithomancy as a general term covers everything from two-stone and three-stone readings to open-ended stone castings utilizing an undetermined number of stones.[4]
In one popular method, 13 stones are tossed onto a board and a prediction made based on the pattern in which they fall. The stones are representative of various concepts: fortune, magic, love, news, home life and the astrological planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the sun, and the moon.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-00-721148-7.
- ISBN 978-0-486-42613-6.
- ISBN 978-0-7661-3242-9.
- ISBN 978-0996147194.
- ISBN 978-1-57607-134-2.
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