Catoptromancy (from Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον katoptron, "mirror," and μαντεία manteia, "divination"), also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is divination using a mirror. == History == === Greece and Rome === Pausanias, an ancient Greek traveler, described the practice as follows: Before the Temple of Ceres at Patras, there was a fountain, separated from the temple by a wall, and there was an oracle, very truthful, not for all events, but for the sick only.
Catoptromancy (from Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον katoptron, "mirror," and μαντεία manteia, "divination"), also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is divination using a mirror. == History == === Greece and Rome === Pausanias, an ancient Greek traveler, described the practice as follows: Before the Temple of Ceres at Patras, there was a fountain, separated from the temple by a wall, and there was an oracle, very truthful, not for all events, but for the sick only.
Source: Wikipedia "Catoptromancy" · CC BY-SA 4.0
Share this article: X · Bluesky