bibliomancy

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Outside his work his tastes lay in the direction of botany and bibliomancy, which latter, according to the dictionary, is "Divination performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard."

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  1. noun Divination by interpretation of a passage chosen at random from a book, especially the Bible.

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  • Outside his work his tastes lay in the direction of botany and bibliomancy, which latter, according to the dictionary, is "Divination performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard." —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917
  • Just like one can gain inspiration for the solution to a problem in science or mathematics in a dream or a vision, one can gain it from using arbitrary forms of numerology or even games of chance (tarot, throwing dice, bibliomancy, i-ching) -- but to assume that the form and the content are necessarily interrelated is a mistake. —  New Scientist - Space
 

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  1. from Greek βιβλίον, book, + μαντεία, divination.
 

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