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The most basic form of pyromancy is that in which the diviner observes flames, from a sacrificial fire, a candle, or another source of flame, and interprets the shapes that he or she sees within them. However, there are several variations of pyromancy, some of which are as follows:
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Due to the importance of fire in society in prehistory and its continued importance within civilizations, it is quite likely that pyromancy was one of the earlier forms of divination, arising independently in many civilizations around the world.
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was so basic to the human experience that it has persisted in the minds of humanity as an element close to nature.
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440:Botanomancy
264:; with the
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231:Mesopotamia
218:In much of
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166:or flames.
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1295:Apparition
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540:chiromancy
525:hydromancy
515:nigromancy
446:Capnomancy
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351:hydromancy
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324:Hephaestus
304:Prometheus
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1240:Palmistry
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488:See also
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343:geomancy
117:May 2011
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1266:African
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