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Lithomancy.

Readings made with stones or gems through selection, arrangement, casting or reflected light.

LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING

Names in context.

Lithomancy
Litomancia

Divination involving stones or gems.

Stone casting
Lanzamiento de piedras

Arranging or casting a defined set of stones and interpreting the resulting positions.

PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATION

A practice,
a setting.

The name covers differing historical and contemporary methods. Stone type, selection rules and assigned meanings should be specified rather than presented as a single universal system.

FIELD NOTE / METHOD

Keep a record.

  1. List the stones, assigned meanings and arrangement or selection rule.
  2. Photograph the initial set and the completed arrangement before moving it.
  3. Interpret according to the recorded rules and preserve alternative observations.
POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE

What to include.

  • Take a straight overhead image showing every stone and the boundary of the layout.
  • Add a scale marker and a key identifying colors or marks that may be unclear.
POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION

Share a photograph or a record.

A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.

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