Oomancy
Oomancy
A system of divination using the outer and inner forms of eggs. One method was to break an egg into a glass of water and interpret the shapes assumed by the white.
(See also ooscopy )
Sources:
Waite, Arthur Edward. The Occult Sciences. N.p., 1891. Reprint, Secaucus, N.J.: University Books, 1974.
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