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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Alectromancy}}'''. Divination by means of a cock, or other bird; a circle was drawn and divided into spaces, each one allotted to a letter; corn was spread over these places and note was taken of the successive lettered divisions from which the bird took grains of corn. [w.w.w.]. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Alectromancy}}'''. Divination by means of a cock, or other bird; a circle was drawn and divided into spaces, each one allotted to a letter; corn was spread over these places and note was taken of the successive lettered divisions from which the bird took grains of corn. [w.w.w.]. | ||
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Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna
Alectromancy. Divination by means of a cock, or other bird; a circle was drawn and divided into spaces, each one allotted to a letter; corn was spread over these places and note was taken of the successive lettered divisions from which the bird took grains of corn. [w.w.w.].
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Alectromancy