Causimomancy
Divination by fire. It is a happy presage when combustible objects cast into the fire do not burn. Cazotte, Jacques (1720-1792): A French romance writer, and the reputed author of the famous Prophétie de Cazotte, concerning the Revolution. His sympathies were not with the revolutionary party. His letters were seized, and he and his daughter Elizabeth thrown into prison. During the September massacres, Elizabeth saved his life by flinging herself between him and the cut-throats who sought to kill him. He escaped, but was re-arrested, condemned, and beheaded. He was the author of the celebrated occult romance Le Diable Amoureux.