Why this word is great
PSYCHOMANCY — [Noun] The art of divination through direct communication with spirits, particularly the souls of the dead. From the combining form psycho-, from Greek psykhē ("soul, mind") + -mancy, from Greek manteia ("divination"). Unlike necromancy, which implies the conjuration and grim command of the dead, or scrying, which depends on the physical eye and a reflective medium, psychomancy is a delicate, bilateral act of consultation. It is the sudden, localized chill on the neck in a sun-warmed room, the scent of pipe tobacco lingering in an empty study, and the single word that forms from the static of a silent radio—a poignant attempt to treat the silence of the grave as merely a technical difficulty.