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Arithmancy (Arithmomancy)

Arithmancy or Arithmomancy. Divination by numbers. The Greeks examined the number and the value of the letters in the names of two combatants, and augured that the one whose name contained more letters and of a greater value would win the victory. It is by virtue of this science that some diviners had foreseen that … Read more