%-
; @botmancy from twitter but more sensical
; http://phrontistery.info/divine.html
; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_divination
; crystallo-
tydecl means = Fish
| Stars
| Plants
| Books
| Birds
| Snakes
| Sun
| Animals
| Lips
| Dreams
| Fire
| Air
| Placenta
| Poo
| Fingers
| Cat
| Number
| Wood
| Walk
| Anthro
| Bark
| Rock
| Large
| Pearl
| Small
| Teeth
| Bones
| Land
| Nails
(:def prefix
(:lambda x means
(:match x
[Fish "ichthyo"]
[Stars "astro"]
[Plants "botano"]
[Books "biblio"]
[Birds "ornitho"]
[Snakes "ophio"]
[Sun "helio"]
[Animals "zoo"]
[Lips "labio"]
[Dreams "oneiro"]
[Fire "pyro"]
[Air "aero"]
[Placenta "amnio"]
[Poo "scato"]
[Fingers "dactylo"]
[Cat "ailuro"]
[Number "numero"]
[Wood "xylo"]
[Walk "ambulo"]
[Anthro "anthro"]
[Bark "ololyg"]
[Rock "litho"]
[Large "marco"]
[Pearl "margarito"]
[Small "micro"]
[Teeth "odonto"]
[Bones "osteo"]
[Land "topo"]
[Nails "onycho"])))
(:def english
(:lambda x means
(:match x
[Fish "fish"]
[Stars "stars"]
[Plants "plants"]
[Books "the Bible"]
[Birds "birds"]
[Snakes "snakes"]
[Sun "sun"]
[Animals "animals"]
[Lips "lips"]
[Dreams "dreams"]
[Fire "fire"]
[Air "the weather"]
[Placenta "placenta"]
[Poo "excrement"]
[Fingers "finger movements"]
[Cat "cats"]
[Number "numbers"]
[Wood "pieces of wood"]
[Walk "walking"]
[Anthro "human entrails"]
[Bark "howling of dogs"]
[Rock "rocks"]
[Large "large objects"]
[Pearl "pearls"]
[Small "small objects"]
[Teeth "teeth"]
[Bones "bones"]
[Land "landforms"]
[Nails "fingernails"])))
(:def mod
(:branch
(| 1.0 "")
(| 0.2 "inspection of ")
(| 0.2 "observation of ") ; observing?
(| 0.3 "means of ")))
(:def means
(:pick means))
(:def postfix
(:branch
(| 1.0 "mancy")
(| 0.065 "scopy")
(| 0.03 "spication")
(| 0.06 "logy")))
(:def main
(:bind
[means means]
"${$prefix means}${postfix} - divination by ${mod}${$english means}"))