[Thaumatology] Divination as the Core of Magic

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

Something that annoys me for pretty pedantic reasons is the use of '-mancy' in fiction (Dresden Files is a notable offender) as a generic 'this category of magic' suffix,

Thoughts?

First is that Dresden files is in accord with 40+ years of popular usage, including roleplaying games. Maybe Tolkien too. There was a Necromancer in Sauron's recent aliases.

Second is that this idea probably doesn't work nearly as well for other divination methods and colleges. Ones that wouldn't have intelligent entities attached to them for example there's Molybdomancy which divines things in the shapes of molten metal cast into water..

If I was going to do something "new" I'd stop trying to rehabilitate necromancy. Leave it to people cursed with that One College Magery (and probably severe mental problems) .