sciomancer
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Noun[edit]
sciomancer (plural sciomancers)
- One who summons or communicates with spirits of the dead; necromancer.
- 1874, Common Sense - Volumes 1-2, page 100:
- The sciomancer called forth the ghost or shadow of the dead, which was not considered the living, active spirit, but rather an emanation from the dead which yet retained the impress of living thought, an idea akin to modern psychometry.
- 2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 104:
- Some sciomancers thought that certain types of shadows were ghosts of the departed.
- 2008, Jason Erik Lundberg, A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, →ISBN, page 69:
- This concoction is often used by mediums, seers, and prophets who wish to call on the knowledge of the dead; sibyls; and sciomancers.