ambulomancy

English

Etymology

From Latin ambulō (“walk”) +‎ -mancy.

Noun

ambulomancy (uncountable)

1. 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.