Divination

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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.
- "Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual."
- "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."