divination
71Obi divination — is a system of divination used in the traditional Yoruba religion and its various New World lineages. Instead of the opele or the ikin, it uses kola nuts (or in the New World lineages, coconut). Categories: African mythologyAfrican mythology… …
72Bible divination — Reported by folklorists all over the country in only slightly differing forms, the Bible and Key was a popular method of divination. In the version collected by Ella M. Leather in 1909 (1912: 65 6), it is used for three purposes to discover a… …
73On Divination in Sleep — (or On Prophesying by Dreams; Ancient Greek: Περὶ τῆς καθ᾽ ὕπνον μαντικῆς, Latin: De divinatione per somnum) is a text by Aristotle in which he discusses precognitive dreams. The treatise, one of the Parva Naturalia, is an early inquiry (perhaps… …
74book, divination with — A well attested way of finding out one s short term future, especially for a particular venture, is to open a book at random and read the first words which come to your eye. Some references stipulate the *Bible for this purpose, which is not… …
75hemp seed divination — One of the most often quoted * love divination procedures, first described in Mother Bunch s Closet (1685): Carry the seed in your apron, and with your right hand throw it over your left shoulder, saying thus Hemp seed I sow, hemp seed I… …
76star divination — noun a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon • Syn: ↑astrology • Derivationally related forms: ↑astrological (for: ↑astrology), ↑astrologist (for: ↑ …
77Divinations — Divination Réflexions du Soleil sous les nuages, au crépuscule La divination serait l art (occulte) de découvrir ce qui est inconnu. Littré, positiviste, est sévère : Art chimérique de savoir et de prédire l avenir par des sortilèges ou de… …
78Mantique — Divination Réflexions du Soleil sous les nuages, au crépuscule La divination serait l art (occulte) de découvrir ce qui est inconnu. Littré, positiviste, est sévère : Art chimérique de savoir et de prédire l avenir par des sortilèges ou de… …
79Bokusen — Divination. A Taoist style Bureau of Divination (Onmyo ryo) formed part of the Imperial Court in the Heian period. Divination to assist harvest and cultivation still forms a part of many festivals. Methods used include futomani, heating the… …
80sideromancy — divination using stars; divination by burning straws Divination and Fortune Telling …
