Editing Pyromancy (section)

==Types of pyromancy==
The most basic form of pyromancy is that in which the diviner observes flames, from a sacrificial fire, a candle, or another source of flame, and interprets the shapes that he or she sees within them. However, there are several variations of pyromancy, some of which are as follows:{{cn|date=October 2024}} 

*[[Alomancy]]: divination by salt, one type of which involves casting salt into a fire
*[[Botanomancy]]: divination by burning plants
*[[Capnomancy]]: divination by smoke; light, thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen; otherwise, a bad one.
*Causinomancy: divination by burning (non-specific as to the object burned)
*[[Daphnomancy]] (also called empyromancy): divination by burning laurel leaves
*Osteomancy: divination using bones, one type of which involves heating to produce cracks
*[[Plastromancy]]: divination using turtle [[plastron]]s; in China, this was done by heating pits carved into them.
*[[Scapulimancy]]: divination by scapulae; in Asia and North America, this was done through pyromancy.
*Sideromancy: divination by burning straw with an [[Ironing|iron]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}