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Divination (from
Latin divinare 'to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy, etc.') is the
attempt to gain
insight into a
question or
situation by way of...
- Wake "Bu Ju", a poem in the Chu Ci "Divination", a 2006
episode of QI "
Divinations", a song by
Mastodon from the 2009
album Crack the Skye Divinization...
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Divination bones (Sotho-Tswana languages: ditaola, isiZulu: amathambo) are
pieces of
bones and vertebrae,
carved ivory dice and
cowrie s**** used for...
- Poe
divination (/pu̯e/, from the
Hokkien Chinese: 跋桮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍h-poe, Min Dong BUC: buăk-bŭi, 'cast moon blocks', also
written bwa bwei, Mandarin...
- 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...
- On
Divination in
Sleep (or On
Prophesying by Dreams; Gr****: Περὶ τῆς καθ᾽ ὕπνον μαντικῆς; Latin: De
divinatione per somnum) is a text by
Aristotle in which...
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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...
- Obi
divination is a
system of
divination used in the
traditional Yoruba religion and in Yoruba-derived Afro-American religions. In Yorubaland, it uses...
- by Dong Zuobin: The
kings were
involved in
divination in all periods, but in
later periods most
divinations were done
personally by the king. The extant...
- Kuba
Divination is a form of
divination used by the Kuba
people of
central Africa. Kuba
divination is
practiced by
specialists called ngwoom. According...
