Aeromancy?

I have a bit more knowledge than I did when I was foolishly seeking to learn cryomancy, so let me enlighten you a bit more. Pyromancy is the divination using fire, cryomancy is the divination using ice - which I'm not too sure how it would be done - and aeromancy is the divination using the skies. When I succeeded in changing the temperature of the air, I regulated my own body temperature, and used it to affect the surrounding temperature - either giving off a little extra heat or taking in some heat to restore a healthy body temperature. The theory is backed up by science, and I tested it in a scientific type experiment. The difference is not really noticeable, but enough to make someone shiver when they were previously complaining about the heat, or open a window when they had only just shut it. It's not useful in the slightest, only to mess with people a bit or feel a bit more comfortable in one of those situations where other people have a different perception of temperature than you. What I was asking is: if the general thoughts on what the suffix mancy means was true, would it be considered aeromancy?

I'm not understanding.

Divination is the process in which an individual tries to learn about something previously unknown, whether the future, present, or past, through working with some sort of tool. Sometimes, deities and other spirits are called upon to assist or give the fortune through the tool. The suffix mancy means "divination of or using."

H2O is right, what you are describing is not possible and would be news worthy.

So, why are you bringing up something that would have settled the west far earlier (and be of use to some modern third world countries), when you know that the suffix "mancy" means divination and are using the term?

Cryomancy would be an interesting topic provided the fantasy term is struck through and replaced. Though, I'm not creative at this point to think of a way to utilize ice in divination. You seem to already understand that aeromancy is divination of the atmosphere.

So really, I just don't understand where the realistic question is.

At best, you are controlling your own body temperature. This has actually been proven, but by a masterful monk, retaining a body temperature of 99° in a tub filled with ice. He was neck deep for about 40 minutes. When you can duplicate such results then you can claim adequate control over yourself.

In the way of the divination you spoke of, I suggest you study the word divination. And try not to stick your foot in your mouth anymore.

Love & Light

Are we not speaking the same language? Or just not reading fully? The amount of change I'm talking about is miniscule, like half a degree to a degree, but enough to make a difference in how hot/cold people feel. It could even just be psychological manipulation. It is literally completely useless. The general populace right now believes the suffix 'mancy' to mean control over something, and my question was: would the control over temperature be considered aeromancy in that naming system (or I guess aerokinesis under the proper terminology) or something different. If it's really so powerful of a technique, I could start to rethink, but I was just curious as to what I should file this useless piece of knowledge under in my memory, since it's unclear to me right now what it actually is.

Provided you've read things properly, have I cleared things up any?

Just for the sake of language, use the term "kinesis."

The misuse of the suffix "-mancy" shouldn't be considered a cultural change of language, it's just not using it correctly like when people say "literally" instead of "figuratively."

Bottom line, you cannot control air or ice. You cannot control the elements. Period.

True that :)

No, it isn't the correct term. " Aeromancy is a form of divination using the element of Air by observing the sky, particularly meteorological and cosmological events, including the movements of clouds, winds and sometimes comets, the appearance of rainbows and other phenomena such as auroras. The word Aeromancy comes from the Greek words aero for "air' and manteia for "divination". http://www.witchipedia.com/def:aeromancy

Pyromancy is another form of divination which is also called "fire scrying".

What you are talking about are things such as aefokinesis, pyrokinesis, etc., none of which are real. They are largely drawn from fantasy novels and movies such as "Avatar: The Last AirBender."

Wow I never would have suspected Lark as being one of those who doesn't read things fully lol :)

Scopt, in stead of tossing about pass overaggressive insults, try actually reading comments yourself. You did not once describe any means of divination -- as in not in the absolute least.

What you did claim to do was change the temperature of the air. Then you backstepped and claimed you changed your own body temperature, thereby changing the ambient temperature. I think you need to deeply consider the thermal dynamic properties of such an act, which in itself will prove the impossibility of what you claim.

And yes: that is beyond the impossibility of doing what you described using magic.

It us also outside the fact that the vast majority of people cannot detect a half-degree change in ambient temperature, especially in the constantly moving (mostly microcurrents due to convection and displacement by people walking through the room -- more so if the air conditioner is turned on) body of air in any given place.

Your claims are utterly false at a realistic level. You might have changed your perception of your hands's temperature, but that boils down to personal gnosis, and not actually affecting the physicial anvironment.

And again, not one shred of any of that is divination.