Lithomancy

Lithomancyis a form ofdivinationby which the future is told usingstonesor the reflected light from the stones. The practice is most popular in theBritish Isles.^[1]

History

The earliest verified account of lithomancy comes fromPhotius,the patriarch ofConstantinople,who describes a physician named Eusebius using a stone called abaetulumto perform the ritual.^[1]^[2]However, some writers also claim thatHelenuspredicted the destruction ofTroyusing the ritual.^[3]

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

^^a ^bCheung, Theresa (2006).The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World.Harper Element. p. 401.ISBN 978-0-00-721148-7.
^Spence, Lewis (2003).An Encyclopaedia of Occultism.Dover Publications. p. 252.ISBN 978-0-486-42613-6.
^Elworthy, Frederick Thomas (2003).Evil Eye the Origins and Practices of Superstition.Kessinger Publishing. pp. 444–445.ISBN 978-0-7661-3242-9.
^Saint Germain, Jon (2018).Lithomancy: Divination and Spellcraft with Stones, Crystals, and Coins.Lucky Mojo Curio Co.ISBN 978-0996147194.
^Lewis, James R. (1999).Witchcraft Today: An Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan Traditions.ABC-CLIO. p.177.ISBN 978-1-57607-134-2.

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[book1-1] Cheung, Theresa (2006).The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World.Harper Element. p. 401.ISBN 978-0-00-721148-7.

[2] Spence, Lewis (2003).An Encyclopaedia of Occultism.Dover Publications. p. 252.ISBN 978-0-486-42613-6.

[3] Elworthy, Frederick Thomas (2003).Evil Eye the Origins and Practices of Superstition.Kessinger Publishing. pp. 444–445.ISBN 978-0-7661-3242-9.

[4] Saint Germain, Jon (2018).Lithomancy: Divination and Spellcraft with Stones, Crystals, and Coins.Lucky Mojo Curio Co.ISBN 978-0996147194.

[5] Lewis, James R. (1999).Witchcraft Today: An Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan Traditions.ABC-CLIO. p.177.ISBN 978-1-57607-134-2.

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