Divination through the inspection of animal shoulder bones. In the “apyromatic” form, the bone is simply examined after the animal is slaughtered and interpreted. When held to light, the more transparent and clearer the bone the better. In the “pyromantic” form this bone is heated until they are cracked or burned and the patterns thus formed are interpreted. Also known as scapulimancy.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
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