Cephalomancy

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Cephalomancy is a form of divination using a goat or donkey's head. Cephalomancy technically means "head divination" and therefore applies to any sort of divination using a skull or head. it covers two different methods: one was concerned with the shape of the skull, somewhat like extispicy or phrenology.

References

• Mantalogue

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