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Aeromancy
Also known
as Nephelomancy and Aerimancy.
A general class of
divination,
it is the art of foretelling
future events by the observation of atmospheric, air or sky phenomena. This goes
beyond the range of weather prognostications, concentrating in such things as wind
currents, cloud shape and formation, comets and falling stars, spectral formations, and
other phenomena which are not normally seen or visible in the heavens. Even today such
visions cause speculation and sometimes consternation among human viewers.
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Earlier and less materialistic
traditions in occultism defined this type of divination as the art of
foretelling the future by the means of the activities of air
fairies, such as Aeradis and Sylphs, which may
be construed as clairvoyantly, since these creatures were supposed to make
signs by the way of the air elements — signs that in turn were interpreted by the
diviner or
magician. The ancients
always associated the weather and sky phenomena with
deities, believing that the weather revealed
the will of the divine.
Some of the different
forms of Aeromancy include Anemoscopy, Eromancy,
Austromancy,
Chaomancy, Roadomancy,
Capnomancy (although
some traditions say it is a form of Pyromancy),
Meteormancy and Ceraunoscopy.
François de la Tour Blanche said that Aeromancy is the art of divining by means of specters which are made to materialize
in the air,
or the depiction — by the aid of
demons
— of future events which are projected on the
clouds as if by a
magic
lantern. For him, thunder, lightning and the aspect of the sky and planets belonged to
Astrology.
Aeromancy is a very ancient form of telling the future, and most methods
have become obscure and are seldom practiced today. However, some elements
of it can be found in prevailing superstitions and folklore. European
superstition, for example, cautions that thunder in the East foretells
bloodshed, and that the death of a king is prophesied by a high wind at
Christmas or Epiphany.
You can practice
Aeromancy today by simply using pieces of paper and, if needed, a fan. If
the answer sought is just a 'yes' or 'no', write these on two papers; if you
need more than that, consider all the possible answers, and write them on as
many pieces as necessary. Make sure your pieces of paper are of the same
size. You can then drop the papers from higher ground, an upstairs window or
such, or use the fan to blow them away from a flat surface, such as a table.
The paper that touches the ground first reveals your answer.
See
Divination,
Casting Black Magic Spells,
Commanding Spirits,
The Tarot Store and
Divination & Scrying Tools and Supplies.
Sources: (1) Dunwich, Gerina,
A Wiccan's Guide to Prophecy
and Divination, Carol Publishing Group; (2)
Dictionary of the
Occult, Caxton
Publishing; (3)
Spence, Lewis,
An Encyclopedia of
Occultism, Carol Publishing Group; (4) Morwyn,
The Complete Book Of Psychic Arts,
Llewellyn Publications; (5)
Walker, Charles,
The Encyclopedia of the Occult,
Random House Value; (6) Johnstone, Jane, and Pilkington, Maya (editors),
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of
Fortune Telling, Sterling.
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