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An individual practicing spodomancy by making marks in ashes. The marks are then interpreted for meaning, omens, and portents. Spodomancy (also known as tephramancy and tephromancy) is a form of divination by examining cinders, soot, or ashes (Greek: σποδός spodós), particularly although not exclusively from a ritual sacrifice.
Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories is a 2023 non-fiction book by Amitav Ghosh.The book arose from research Ghosh conducted on the historical opium trade and its relation to India and China while he was writing his fiction novel series, the Ibis trilogy.
Soot in very low concentrations is capable of darkening surfaces or making particle agglomerates, such as those from ventilation systems, appear black. Soot is the primary cause of "ghosting", the discoloration of walls and ceilings or walls and flooring where they meet.
This album was the band's breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles "More", [16] "Bred in the Bone" [17] and "Smoke & Ashes", [18] and led to a spot on The Tragically Hip's Another Roadside Attraction tour. [19] The band also played festivals and toured with Blind Melon, The Watchmen, Moist and The Tea Party. [20]
Spodium, (Latin for ashes or soot) refers to burned bone (usually used for medical purposes), or the act of divination with ash.. Spodium may also refer to other types of ash, such as the scrapings from the inside of a furnace.
Ashes swirled through the air like poisonous snowflakes. Wisps of smoke rose from smoldering piles of blackened rubble. Utter devastation. As I write on Friday morning, the four major fires that ...
On Malibu’s storied Pacific Coast Highway, Kenya Johnson walked barefoot towards the red orb of a setting sun that glowed behind ochre clouds of smoke above the dazzle of the ocean. She carried ...
Some types of dust, e.g., ashes, soot, paint, glass, plastic and dust from certain man-made fibres, which are brittle and break easily (can fragment and "proliferate"), can pose greater threats and irritations to humans. Those with sharp edges may be even more problematic.