from the Oxford English Dictionary
catoptromancy (kato/ptromænsi. f. Gr. kátoptron [mirror] +
manteía [divination]; see -mancy). Divination by means of a mirror.
- 1613 Purchas Pilgr. I. iv. v. 310 Catoptromancie received those
resemblances in cleare glasses.
- A. 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv. 207 Catoptromancy..held in such
account by the Emperor Didius Julianus.
- 1758 Ann. Reg., Charac. 275/2 He..understands all the mysteries
of..catoptromanchy, he having a magical glass to be consulted upon some
extraordinary occasions.
- 1855 Smedley Occult. Sci. 321 Catoptromancy, a species of divination
by the mirror.