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Capnomancy
This ancient form of divination and gets its name from the Greek words kapnos, meaning smoke, and manteia, meaning divination. Ancient peoples used this method, also known as libanomancy, to foretell the future by studying the smoke rising from fires, especially sacrificial blazes. Commonly, smoke that rose gently to the heavens was a good omen. On the other hand, if that sacrificial smoke hung in the air, evil was afoot. In a related method, diviners would toss laurel leaves, poppy seeds, Jasmine, or incense onto burning coals. By watching the smoke and sniffing it for clues, they could tell what the future would hold. In some cases, the diviner would breathe in the smoke from the sacrificial fire. Occasionally this would lead to a trance-like state, particularly when specially prepared hallucinogenic drugs were used. Smoke held mystical qualities for many people of the world. Because of this, it is commonly used in rituals related to blessing, purification, and magical protection. Capnomancy may have originated with the ancient Babylonians. On sacred days, cedar branches and shavings were burned in the sacrificial fire. The smoke was then studied for omens that would foretell the future. The Druids, meanwhile, preferred to use smoke … Continue reading Capnomancy →
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Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of “Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids, Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called “Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites: www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com
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