- "Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual."
The methods used to communicate with the divine, including prophecy, augury, and interpreting natural phenomena like omens or dreams.
History of Divination: Understanding the origin, development, and evolution of divination practices across different cultures and religions.
Divination Tools and Methods: Exploring the various tools and methods used in divination, such as tarot cards, crystal balls, dowsing, palm reading, etc.
Interpretation of Symbols: Developing a deep understanding of symbolic meanings and their implications in divination practices.
Divinatory Systems: Understanding the different systems of divination, such as astrology, numerology, i-ching, and runes.
Ethics and Responsibility: Learning about the ethical and moral considerations associated with divination, including humility, honesty, confidentiality, and non-interference.
Intuition and Psychic Abilities: Developing one's intuition, clairvoyance, and psychic abilities to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of divination practices.
Rituals and Ceremonies: Exploring the role of rituals and ceremonies in divination practices, including purification, invocation, and divination circles.
Mythology and Archetypes: Understanding the role of mythology and archetypes in divination practices and how they can enhance interpretation and analysis.
Divination and Healing: Learning about the therapeutic and healing aspects of divination practices and how they can be used to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Advancing Divination Skills: Understanding how to continue to develop and advance one's divination skills through ongoing study, practice, and mentorship.
Astrology: The art of interpreting celestial bodies to divine information about human affairs and terrestrial events.
Augury: The practice of interpreting natural phenomena such as bird flight patterns or the flight of arrows to forecast future events.
Bibliomancy: The art of divination by interpreting passages from sacred texts or other writings.
Cartomancy: The art of divination through the use of playing cards or tarot cards.
Chiromancy: The art of divination through the study of palms.
Clairvoyance: The ability to perceive information about events or people without the use of the known senses.
Dowsing: The art of divination by interpreting the movement of a pendulum or other device.
Hydromancy: The art of divination by interpreting patterns in water, such as ripples or waves.
Lithomancy: The art of divination by interpreting patterns or markings in stones.
Numerology: The practice of interpreting specific numbers or numerical patterns to predict future events or glean insight into a person's character.
Omenology: The study of omens or signs of future events.
Pyromancy: The art of divination by interpreting patterns or symbols in flames or smoke.
Runecasting: The art of divination through the use of runes, an alphabet of ancient Nordic symbols.
Scrying: The art of divination through the use of a reflective surface, such as a crystal ball or a pool of water.
Tasseography: The art of divination by interpreting patterns in tea leaves or coffee grounds.
- "Diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact or interaction with a supernatural agency."
- "If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a more formal or ritualistic element and often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context."
- "Divination... often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine."
- "In the modern era, it has been dismissed by the scientific community and skeptics as being superstitious."
- "Experiments do not support the idea that divination techniques can actually predict the future more reliably or precisely than would be possible without it."
- "In antiquity, it was attacked by philosophers such as the Academic skeptic Cicero in De Divinatione and the Pyrrhonist Sextus Empiricus in Against the Astrologers."
- "The satirist Lucian devoted an essay to Alexander the false prophet."
- "Divination (from Latin divinare 'to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy, etc.')..."
- "Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appears to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand."
- "Diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact or interaction with a supernatural agency."
- "Particular divination methods vary by culture and religion."
- "Divination often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine."
- "Divination has a more formal or ritualistic element and often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context."
- "In the modern era, it has been dismissed by the scientific community and skeptics as being superstitious."
- "In antiquity, it was attacked by philosophers such as the Academic skeptic Cicero in De Divinatione and the Pyrrhonist Sextus Empiricus in Against the Astrologers."
- "The satirist Lucian devoted an essay to Alexander the false prophet."
- "Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appears to be disjointed, random facets of existence..."
- "Experiments do not support the idea that divination techniques can actually predict the future more reliably or precisely than would be possible without it."
- "In the modern era, it has been dismissed by the scientific community and skeptics as being superstitious."