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(from øõ÷ή , soul, and ìáíôÝá prediction) is the pretended art of summoning the souls of the deceased, and learning the future by their communications; it is one of the branches of divination, or mantics. The ancients use only øõ÷üìáíôéò , a sorcerer of this kind, and øõ÷ïìáíôåéïí , the place where such performances took place (oraculum animarum). The same art is called necromancy, and, in a more extensive sense, pneumatomancy. SEE DIVINATION.