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Catoptromancy (Gk. κάτοπτρον, ''katoptron'', "mirror," and μαντεία, ''manteia'', "divination"), also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is
Captromancy (or Enoptromancy)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060529005509/http://agnosticwitch.catcara.com/divindex-part1.htm {{Divination Divination Mirrors
Catoptromancy (Gk. κάτοπτρον, ''katoptron'', "mirror," and μαντεία, ''manteia'', "divination"), also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is divination
Divination (from Latin ''divinare'', 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout histor ...
using a mirror.
Pausanias, an ancient Greek traveler, described as follows:
In Ancient Rome, the priests who used catoptromancy were called ''specularii''.
In popular culture
* War and Peace by Leo TolstoySee also
* Crystal gazing * Psychomanteum * ScryingReferences
Further reading
*Armand Delatte, ''La catoptromancie grecque et ses dérivés'' (1932)External links
Captromancy (or Enoptromancy)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060529005509/http://agnosticwitch.catcara.com/divindex-part1.htm {{Divination Divination Mirrors