psychomancyn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪkə(ʊ)ˌmansi/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/

Forms: 1500s psycomancie, 1600s psychomantie, 1600s–1700s psycomancy, 1600s– psychomancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -mancy comb. form.

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -mancy comb. form, in sense 1 after post-classical Latin psychomantia (1570 in the passage translated in quot. 1572) and its etymon Byzantine Greek ψυχομαντεία necromancy. Compare French psychomancie (1611 in sense 1).

a. Conjuration of, or communication with, the spirits or souls of the dead; necromancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > necromancy

nigromancyc1330

nigromancea1393

necromancyc1456

egromancy?a1475

necromanty1560

psychomancy1572

necyomancy1623

necromancing1827

1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes ii. ix. 143 This kind of Magike they proprely terme Necromancie or Psycomancie [L. Psychomantiam], which is wrought by raising vp the spirites and soules of the dead.

c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. vii. 95 The Grecian Nigromancers in their Psychomantie did vse to call vp spiritts.

1684 I. Mather Ess. for Recording Illustrious Providences vii. 212 I dare not believe that the Holy God, or the true Samuel would seem so far to countenance Necromancie or Psycomancy as this would be, should the soul of Samuel really return into the world, when a Witch called for him.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxviii. 156/1 Who cannot perswade themselves, that the Lord would have so far countenanced Necromancy, or Psycomancy.

1832 ‘Caleb’ Poet. Negligée 212 Aided by the doctrine of Psychomancy, I have been enabled to ascertain to a dead certainty, what becomes of the souls..of old maids and old bachelors after they die.

1863 A. Campbell Pop. Lect. & Addr. viii. 197 He [sc. Mesmer] lived and died on this side of the science of psychomancy. He did not consult the souls of the dead, but only the souls of the living.

1921 L. B. Paton Spiritism & Cult of Dead in Antiq. iv. 151 At all of the supposed entrances to the Underworld in Greek lands psychomancy, or evocation of the dead, was practised alongside of the cultivation of dream oracles.

1936 Times 31 July 10/2 The Obeah-man's activities invariably issue in offences ranging in gravity from comparatively harmless psychomancy to plain murder.

2003 Time Out (Nexis) 17 Sept. 108 She concocts a scheme to kidnap a child, and then gain notoriety by discovering the child's whereabouts through psychomancy.

b. Communication between souls or minds; telepathy. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun]

ghostism1850

spiritualism1851

spiritism1856

psychomancy1865

metapsychics1905

metapsychism1922

1865 Sat. Rev. 2 Dec. 710 American novels..are constantly running off into a strange religious transcendentalism, and psychomancy, and all sorts of mystic extravagances.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 May 11/1 He found so many facts beyond his power of explanation, that..he concluded to start a rational search into psychomancy.

1903 W. D. Howells Questionable Shapes 189 By means of their telepathy they were in constant communion, and he could make her feel at any sort of chance, that he did not wish her to take it, and she would not. This was the only occasion when he treated their peculiar psychomancy boastfully.

1919 Ogden (Utah) Examiner 19 June 10/5 The speaker has announced that ‘mental and spiritual demonstrations will be given to the entire audience, followed by psychomancy.’

†2. Divination by examination of a person's character, temperament, disposition, etc. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Psychomancy, [divining] by mens souls, affections, wills, religious or morall dispositions.

1856 L. M. Sargent Dealings with Dead II. 659 Judicial astrology, palmistry, which is the same thing as chiromancy, or divination, by the lines of the hand or palm..psychomancy, by the will or inward movement of the soul.

1897 Amer. Anthropologist 10 250 There were generations of mystical and irrational psychomancy before students were able to recognize a basis for the modern and most promising science of psychology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychomancy
释义	psychomancyn. Brit. /ˈsʌɪkə(ʊ)ˌmansi/, U.S. /ˈsaɪkoʊˌmænsi/ Forms: 1500s psycomancie, 1600s psychomantie, 1600s–1700s psycomancy, 1600s– psychomancy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -mancy comb. form. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -mancy comb. form, in sense 1 after post-classical Latin psychomantia (1570 in the passage translated in quot. 1572) and its etymon Byzantine Greek ψυχομαντεία necromancy. Compare French psychomancie (1611 in sense 1). 1. a. Conjuration of, or communication with, the spirits or souls of the dead; necromancy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > necromancy nigromancyc1330 nigromancea1393 necromancyc1456 egromancy?a1475 necromanty1560 psychomancy1572 necyomancy1623 necromancing1827 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes ii. ix. 143 This kind of Magike they proprely terme Necromancie or Psycomancie [L. Psychomantiam], which is wrought by raising vp the spirites and soules of the dead. c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) i. vii. 95 The Grecian Nigromancers in their Psychomantie did vse to call vp spiritts. 1684 I. Mather Ess. for Recording Illustrious Providences vii. 212 I dare not believe that the Holy God, or the true Samuel would seem so far to countenance Necromancie or Psycomancy as this would be, should the soul of Samuel really return into the world, when a Witch called for him. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxviii. 156/1 Who cannot perswade themselves, that the Lord would have so far countenanced Necromancy, or Psycomancy. 1832 ‘Caleb’ Poet. Negligée 212 Aided by the doctrine of Psychomancy, I have been enabled to ascertain to a dead certainty, what becomes of the souls..of old maids and old bachelors after they die. 1863 A. Campbell Pop. Lect. & Addr. viii. 197 He [sc. Mesmer] lived and died on this side of the science of psychomancy. He did not consult the souls of the dead, but only the souls of the living. 1921 L. B. Paton Spiritism & Cult of Dead in Antiq. iv. 151 At all of the supposed entrances to the Underworld in Greek lands psychomancy, or evocation of the dead, was practised alongside of the cultivation of dream oracles. 1936 Times 31 July 10/2 The Obeah-man's activities invariably issue in offences ranging in gravity from comparatively harmless psychomancy to plain murder. 2003 Time Out (Nexis) 17 Sept. 108 She concocts a scheme to kidnap a child, and then gain notoriety by discovering the child's whereabouts through psychomancy. b. Communication between souls or minds; telepathy. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] ghostism1850 spiritualism1851 spiritism1856 psychomancy1865 metapsychics1905 metapsychism1922 1865 Sat. Rev. 2 Dec. 710 American novels..are constantly running off into a strange religious transcendentalism, and psychomancy, and all sorts of mystic extravagances. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 May 11/1 He found so many facts beyond his power of explanation, that..he concluded to start a rational search into psychomancy. 1903 W. D. Howells Questionable Shapes 189 By means of their telepathy they were in constant communion, and he could make her feel at any sort of chance, that he did not wish her to take it, and she would not. This was the only occasion when he treated their peculiar psychomancy boastfully. 1919 Ogden (Utah) Examiner 19 June 10/5 The speaker has announced that ‘mental and spiritual demonstrations will be given to the entire audience, followed by psychomancy.’ †2. Divination by examination of a person's character, temperament, disposition, etc. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Psychomancy, [divining] by mens souls, affections, wills, religious or morall dispositions. 1856 L. M. Sargent Dealings with Dead II. 659 Judicial astrology, palmistry, which is the same thing as chiromancy, or divination, by the lines of the hand or palm..psychomancy, by the will or inward movement of the soul. 1897 Amer. Anthropologist 10 250 There were generations of mystical and irrational psychomancy before students were able to recognize a basis for the modern and most promising science of psychology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1572
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