catoptromancyn.
/kaˈtɒptrəˌmansi/ Divination by means of a mirror.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > mirrors
catoptromancy1613
enoptromancy1855
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. iv. v. 310 Catoptromancie received those resemblances in cleare glasses.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 207 Catoptromancy..held in such account by the Emperor Didius Julianus.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 275/2 He..understands all the mysteries of..catoptromanchy, he having a magical glass to be consulted upon some extraordinary occasions.
1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 321 Catoptromancy, a species of divination by the mirror.
Derivatives
catoptroˈmantic adj.
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