Why this word is great
LYCHNOMANCY — [Noun] A form of divination that interprets the light, movement, or behavior of a lamp or candle flame. From the Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos, "lamp") and -μαντεία (-manteía, "divination"). Unlike pyromancy, a broad taxonomy for all fire-based prognostication, or lampadomancy, which concerns the public, theatrical flare of a torch, lychnomancy is an intimate, domestic augury. It is the frantic dance of a wick in a sudden draft, the slow, melancholic curl of soot rising from a guttering flame, and the way the warm pool of light trembles against a dark wall, casting a theater of swaying giants. This is a silent conversation with a tiny, breathing sun—a search for a future written in the transient, fragile language of heat and air.