different between crystallomancy vs enoptromancy

English

Alternative forms

• crystalomancy
• chrystallomancy (obsolete)
• cristallomancy (obsolete)

Etymology

crystallo- +? -mancy

Noun

crystallomancy (uncountable)

1. The use of a crystal ball or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination.

Related terms

References

• "Chrystallomancy, by glasses..." - The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
• "Precious stones were much used by crystallomancers in the past, the favourite stone being the beryl in pale sea green or reddish tints. By the ancients crystallomancy was practised with a view to the invocation of spirits." - Encyc. Occult, L. Spence, 1920
• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (énoptron, “mirror”) +? -mancy.

Alternative forms

• enoptomancy

Noun

enoptromancy (uncountable)

1. Divination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.
   • 1908 Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dict.

     enoptromancy...Divination with a mirror.

   • 1986 Urdang (ed.) -Ologies & -Isms (3rd ed.)

     enoptromancy a form of divination involving a mirror and its reflections.

Synonyms

• catoptromancy
• crystallomancy
• scrying