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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 405 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCIOMANCY (Gr. oiaa, shade,
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shadow, and µaPre(a, soothsaying,
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divination)  , a
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form of
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divination by means of supposed communication with the shades or
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spirits of the dead . The calling up of the spirit of
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Samuel by the
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Witch at
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Endor when consulted by
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Saul is the classical example (I Sam.
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xxviii.) .

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