#25: Empyromancy

This week the Cru gets experimental! We try out different styles of literature as we explore fortune and fire (and cooking as it’s own kind of magic).  Stories begin around the 10 minute mark. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Empyromancy. An ancient method of divination by observing the behaviour of certain objects when placed on a sacrificial fire (Greek empurous, 'fiery'). Eggs, flour and incense were used for this purpose as well as, it seems, a shoulder blade.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.