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Divination

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice. Using various methods, throughout history, diviners have been providing answers to querents by reading signs, events, or omens, often receiving insight through supernatural agencies such as spirits, gods, god-like-beings or the "will of the universe".

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Contemporary divination in Asia

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related to Works cited · 89
Divination → Academia, Ancient Magic, Ancient Mexico, Anthropology, Ashmolean Museum, ASIANetwork Exchange, Berghahn Books, Brill Publishers, Capturing Contemporary Japan, Chance, Christiane, Cute Cartomancy, David, Debevec, Differentiation, Dorian, EASA Series, Everyday Religion, Existential Perspectives, Francesca
related to Further reading · 88
Divination → African, Albuquerque, Alisa, Anderson, Arab History, Art, Arthur, Azande, Aztec, Barbara, Beerden, Bernardino, Book, Brill, Carmen Blacker, Charles, Chr, Das, Detailed, Dibble
related to Middle Ages and Early Modern period · 26
Divination → Acts, Christian, Cleromancy, Cor, Council, Eastern Orthodox Church, Electorate, Fortune-telling, Given, God's, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit's, In, It, Jesus, Judas Iscariot, Laws, Middle Ages, Quinisext Council, Rome
related to Antiquity · 24
Divination → Albania, Alexander, Amun, BC, Christian, Deuteronomy, Egypt, God, Great, Greek, Hatch, Illyria, Leviticus, Nymphaion, One, Persia, Roman, Siwa Oasis, Sortes Sanctorum, The
related to Mesoamerica · 20
Divination → Among, Aztecs, Cipactonal, Columbian Mexico, Every, His, In, Many Aztec, Mayan Popol Vuh, Mesoamerican, Mexico, Olmecs, Oxomoco, Scrying, Tezcatlipoca, The Aztec Codex Borbonicus, This, Visions, Xmucane, Xpiacoc
related to Taiwan · 20
Divination → As, Both, English, Eventually, If, It, Kiō-á, Laughing, Negative, No, Once, Poe, Sacred, Taiwan, The, The Poe, To, Two, When, Yes
related to External links · 18
Divination → Africa Divination, African Divination, August, Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, David Zeitlyn, Google Books, Greek, Greek Divination, Islamic Art History Online, Khamseen, Macmillan, Mambila, Marika Sardar, New York, Robert Appleton Company, The Gwalior Qur’an, William Reginald Halliday
related to Japan · 11
Divination → Although Japan, Book, Changes, Chinese, Ching, Contemporary, Futomani, In Japan, Japan, Shinto, Western
related to Divination of demons · 9
Divination → Augustine, Furthermore, God's, Hippo, However, In, On, The, This
related to Contemporary divination in Africa · 7
Divination → Africa, Among, Only, Saltigues, Senegal, Serer, These

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Divinationis aattempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice0.90text
Divinationis aKiō-á0.90text
spiritsinstance ofoften receiving insight through supernatural agencies0.80text
godsinstance ofoften receiving insight through supernatural agencies0.80text
god-like-beings or theinstance ofoften receiving insight through supernatural agencies0.80text
the Academic skepticinstance ofdivination came under attack from philosophers0.80text
Cicero in De Divinationeinstance ofdivination came under attack from philosophers0.80text
birth dateinstance ofwhich utilizes methods of divining 'birth numbers' from significant numbers0.80text
may also reveal character traits of individuals.Individuals can also assess their owninstance ofwhich utilizes methods of divining 'birth numbers' from significant numbers0.80text
others' personalities according to physical characteristicsinstance ofwhich utilizes methods of divining 'birth numbers' from significant numbers0.80text
Divinationrelated to AntiquityThe0.60section
Divinationrelated to AntiquityNymphaion0.60section

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