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divination

Art of ascertaining future events or eliciting other hidden knowledge by supernatural or nonrational means. Divination played a large part in the ancient civilizations of the Egyptians, Greeks (see oracle), Romans, and Chinese (using the I Ching), and is still practised throughout the world.

Divination generally involves the intuitive interpretation of the mechanical operations of chance or natural law, although dreams, often specially induced, have also been interpreted to tell the future.

Forms of divination have included omens drawn from the behaviour of birds and animals; examination of the entrails of sacrificed animals; random opening of such books as the Bible; fortune-telling by cards (especially tarot cards) and palmistry; dowsing; oracular trance-speaking; automatic writing; and necromancy, or the supposed raising of the spirits of the dead.
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If tarot reading, fortunetelling and clairvoyance have any validity (and in my book they have none) I think there needs to be a much more personal, in-depth meeting between client and seer.
ADVICE; Dear Miriam by The Mirror (London, England)
Omens are things that have played a large part in the history of the world and they are very much intertwined with the practice of fortunetelling.
What Are Omens? by Navjot Kaur / Consumer news, advice, product reviews community
Titled "Falnama: The Book of Omens," the exhibition includes 65 manuscripts and fortunetelling books depicting figures from the Old Testament, the Koran and a host of astrological symbols that provided insight to people's questions about their future.
Rare Muslim books of divination on show in Washington by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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