psychomancy

[ sahy-koh-man-see ]

noun

1. occult communication between souls or with spirits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychomancy¹

First recorded in 1645–55; psycho- + -mancy

Example Sentences

By a kind of hallowed psychomancy, that humble man would detect a discordant presence, and hush the voices of a congregation till the stubborn soul felt God in the stillness, and penitently surrendered.

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Simple and Space Psychomancy and their difference.

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Psychomancy, by the soul, affections, or dispositions     of men.

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Well, then, strictly in the interest of psychomancy, I will confide that she had found some traces of a model that I used to paint my Madonnas from, before we were married, in that picture.

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This was the only occasion when he treated their peculiar psychomancy boastfully, and the only occasion when I felt a distinct misgiving of his sincerity.

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