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psychomancy|ps-, ˈsaɪkəʊmænsɪ|
[ad. Gr. type *ψῡχοµαντεία, f. ψῡχόµαντις a necromancer: see psycho- and -mancy.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs. rare—1.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165 Psychomancy, divining by mens souls, affections, wills, religious or morall dispositions.
†2. Divination through communication with the spirits of the dead; necromancy. Obs.
1684I. Mather Remark. Provid. (1856) 150, 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 the witch called for him. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. ii. xxviii. (1852) 503.
b. Occult intercommunication between souls or with spirits.
1865Sat. Rev. 2 Dec. 710 American novels..are constantly running off into a strange religious transcendentalism, and psychomancy, and all sorts of mystic extravagances. 1883Pall Mall G. 17 May 11/1 He found so many facts beyond his power of explanation, that..he concluded to start a rational search into psychomancy.
So psychoˈmantic a., of or pertaining to psychomancy.
1890in Cent. Dict. |