ambulomancy

English

From Latin ambulō (“walk”) +‎ -mancy.

ambulomancy (uncountable)

Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
- 2007 Summer, Anne Charles, “Narratives of People, Places, and Paintings”, in NWSA Journal, volume 19, number 2:
  Schenkar illuminates her subject by drawing on a range of disciplines, "among them: astrology, social anthropology, the panoply of psychologies, literary theory, chirology, psychometry and ambulomancy."
- 2008, Dixie Deerman, Steve Rasmussen, The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems, →ISBN, page 123:
  To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking.

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