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17. AEROMANCY
17. AEROMANCY
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Aeromancy is the art of foretelling the future 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.
Some of the different forms of Aeromancy:
1.AUSTROMANCY, divination by observing the wind. ANEMOSCOPY is austromancy in which the wind direction and intensity is interpreted, whereas NEPHOMANCY is divination by the interpretation of the movement of clouds.
2.CERAUNOSCOPY, divination by the interpretation of thunder and lightning.
3.CHAOMANCY, divination by aerial visions, is nearly synonymous with aeromancy, but most often refers to NEPHOMANCY or COMETOMANCY, divination by the appearance of comet tails.
4.METEORMANCY, divination by meteors and shooting stars.
MODERN AEROMANCY – Some forms of modern aeromancy have taken a more introspective turn than their historical counterparts. For instance, modern nephomancy is a receptive, almost meditative process, by which a person is said to be able to examine their unconscious. The nephomancer studies the clouds, whose formations are random and constantly changing. The images and symbols the diviner picks out from the chaos are believed to have some sort of significance to the diviner, so long as he applies his own personal interpretations to the symbols, rather than those written or spoken about by another.
1.PSYCHIC SCIENCES – INTRODUCTION
The lure of the unknown and the lore of the hidden things have long intrigued the human mind. Along with such skills as throwing rocks and fashioning flintstone spearheads, primitive man developed more subtle crafts, as foretelling the weather by the ways the birds flew or the winds blew. From those beginnings came modern sciences like ballistics and meteorology and the same applies in many other instances.
Two factors were present in most primitive sciences; the psychic and the occult. The practitioner of a craft usually claimed and often believed that he possessed a special faculty not given to ordinary mortals, enabling to gain unique results and issue reliable forecasts. He backed this by professing knowledge of secret subjects which he was pledged not to reveal.
This combination of psychic power and occult learning has persisted into modern times. Skilled artists often regard their work as “inspired” or rely on “trade secrets” for results. So the pattern is similar, even though many things that once created awe and wonderment are explainable by modern science. Now the cycle may be bringing us to new wonders, perhaps including some revivals from the past.
