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Divination (from
Latin divinare 'to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy') is the
attempt to gain
insight into a
question or
situation by way of an occultic...
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Methods of
divination can be
found around the world, and many
cultures practice the same
methods under different names.
During the
Middle Ages, scholars...
- sca**** and
turtle plastron which were used in pyromancy – a form of
divination –
during the Late
Shang period (c. 1250 – c. 1050 BCE) in
ancient China...
- a
compound of Gr****
roots denoting "earth
divination", was
originally used to mean
methods of
divination that
interpret geographic features, markings...
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Various forms of
witchcraft and
divination are
mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible (Tanakh or Old Testament),
which are
expressly forbidden. Laws prohibiting...
- Tantra, or the I
Ching have been
frequently repeated by
authors on card
divination. However,
scholarly research reveals that,
having been
invented in Italy...
- Mo (Tibetan: མོ་, Wylie: mo), is a form of
divination that is part of the
culture and
religion of Tibet. The
Tibetan people consult Mo when
making important...
- Gr****
divination is the
divination practiced by
ancient Gr****
culture as it is
known from
ancient Gr**** literature,
supplemented by
epigraphic and pictorial...
- De
Divinatione (Latin, "Concerning
Divination") is a
philosophical dialogue about ancient Roman divination written in 44 BC by
Marcus Tullius Cicero....
- 7th
century BC.
Omens were
interpreted by
several methods—e.g.,
liver divination, lecanomancy, and libanomancy. Hepatoscopy—observing
irregularities and...
