Methods of divination: Aleuromancy

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Aleuromancy (from Greek aleuron, flour, and manteia, divination) refers to forms of divination involving flour.

In its original form, slips of paper containing philosophical writings would be baked inside of cakes or cookies, which would then be distributed to those wishing their fortunes to be told. Similarly, the Greeks would bake slips of paper with sentences on them inside of balls of flour, mix the balls nine times, and distribute them. Modern fortune cookies are a variant on these forms of divination.
 

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