Rhabdomancy's a type of divination by means of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like. One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. It's also been used for divination by arrows (which have wooden shafts) - otherwise known as belomancy. Less commonly it's been assigned to the I Ching, which uses small wooden rods, and also dowsing, which often uses a wood… (More on Rhabdomancy)