Post by SSaiYen on Sept 30, 2020 20:33:17 GMT
This form of divination is not seen commonly around the circle, so I was interested to learn about it. Here are my findings:
Divining by fire. The presage was good when the flame was vigorous and quickly consumed the sacrifice, but, if in the other hand, if it was slow to consume the victim, the presage was evil.
The ancients divined not only by observing sacrificial fires, but also the flames of torches. If the flame formed a single point it was a good omen; bad if it split in two. Curiously, three was a better omen then one. Bending of the flame was taken as sickness for the healthy, and death for the sick. Its sudden extinction was presaged as the coming of a frightful disaster or catastrophe.
In another pyromantic system, the diviner throws objects into the flames, and makes the prognostications from the manner they burn.
I hope everyone learned something about pyromancy.
.'Diminish'.
.'Dark Gwa-gu'.
.'Diviner of Lost Hope'.
Divining by fire. The presage was good when the flame was vigorous and quickly consumed the sacrifice, but, if in the other hand, if it was slow to consume the victim, the presage was evil.
The ancients divined not only by observing sacrificial fires, but also the flames of torches. If the flame formed a single point it was a good omen; bad if it split in two. Curiously, three was a better omen then one. Bending of the flame was taken as sickness for the healthy, and death for the sick. Its sudden extinction was presaged as the coming of a frightful disaster or catastrophe.
In another pyromantic system, the diviner throws objects into the flames, and makes the prognostications from the manner they burn.
I hope everyone learned something about pyromancy.
.'Diminish'.
.'Dark Gwa-gu'.
.'Diviner of Lost Hope'.