Ceroscopy
A system of divination using wax that was very popular in Russia.
CEROSCOPY, CEROMANCY is a form of fortune telling in which melted wax is poured into cold water.
Waz was melted into a brass vessel till it became a liquid of uniform consistence.
The liquid wax was then poured very slowly into another vsssel filled with cold water.
The pouring was done in a way that the wax congealed in tiny discs upon the surface of the water.
The divinator then interpreted the figures of wax