EducationBot: Новая страница: «{{Английская Википедия/Панель перехода}} {{Short description|Form of divination involving wax}} '''Carromancy''' (from Greek ''κηρός'', 'wax', and ''μαντεία'', 'divination'), otherwise known as ceromancy, is a form of divination involving wax.{{cite book|author=Laura Tempest Zakroff|title=The Witch's Cauldron: The Craft, Lore & Magick of Ritual Vessels|url=https:/...»

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'''Carromancy''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''κηρός'', 'wax', and ''μαντεία'', 'divination'), otherwise known as ceromancy, is a form of [[divination]] involving [[wax]].<ref name="Zakroff2017">{{cite book|author=Laura Tempest Zakroff|title=The Witch's Cauldron: The Craft, Lore & Magick of Ritual Vessels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSuYDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT97|date=8 May 2017|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide, Limited|isbn=978-0-7387-5252-5|page=97}}</ref><ref name="Brand1813">{{cite book|author=John Brand|title=Observatins on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSRKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA621|year=1813|publisher=F. C. and J. Rivington|page=621}}</ref> One of the most common methods of carromancy is to heat wax until molten, then to pour it directly into cold water. The shapes and movements of the wax as it cools and solidifies can then allegedly be read to forecast auguries of the [[future]]. Another method more commonly practiced in the contemporary era is studying the burning of an ordinary candle. The movements and erratic actions of the flame are then said to predict the future.

Carromancy also has roots in ancient [[Celtic polytheism|Celtic]] and perhaps later in [[Ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] times. <ref name="Telesco1998">{{cite book|author=Patricia Telesco|title=Future Telling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2b8ndBtcJEC|year=1998|publisher=Crossing Press|isbn=978-0-89594-872-4}}</ref> According to scraps of knowledge salvaged from around the period CE 500, it appears that the candle burned during a druid's vigil was poured into a bowl and then into a clear pool of cold water. The auguries for the future could then be read.

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Pagtatawas]]

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