Astragalomancy
Astragalomancy
A system of divination involving casting small bones (each associated with particular interpretations), rather in the manner of throwing dice. Later developments in fact utilized dice in place of bones, the numbers being associated with letters, to form words which had a bearing on the questions put by the diviner. An associated preliminary ritual was sometimes used, involving writing a question on paper and passing it through the smoke of burning juniper wood.
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