Divination
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- Note
- "Divination (from Latin divinare, ´to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy´, related to divinus, ´divine´), or "to be inspired by a god," is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency.
Display on divination, featuring a cross-cultural range of items, in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England.Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appear to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. 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, as seen in traditional African medicine. Fortune-telling, on the other hand, is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Particular divination methods vary by culture and religion." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.10.2020)
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