molybdomancy

Molybdomancy is an ancient technique of divination that involves interpreting the shapes made by dropping molten lead into cold water.

Lets try Molybdomancy, Belial suggested.

For example, in molybdomancy, a random shape produced by pouring molten tin into cold water is interpreted by the shadow it casts in candlelight.

This method known as Molybdomancy was widely used during the middle ages, and is said to have been a by-product of alchemists experiments which attempted to transform base metals into gold.

Another charmingly suicidal German New Year's tradition is molybdomancy - the posh word for divination using molten metal, or as the Germans call it, Bleigießen, pouring lead.

A Finnish tradition is molybdomancy - to tell the fortunes of the New Year by melting "tin" (actually lead) in a tiny pan on the stove and throwing it quickly in a bucket of cold water.