divination
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Divination is the practice of attempting to predict the future or gain hidden knowledge by interpreting signs or objects, such as how a crab moves various objects in the traditional African practice of nggàm. It matters to people who practice it because it serves as a method they believe can reveal information beyond ordinary perception.
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity
- Oracles and Greek divination
- Middle Ages and Early Modern period
- Mesoamerica
- Contemporary divination in Asia
- India and Nepal
- Japan
- Personality types
- Japanese tarot
- Taiwan
- Contemporary divination in Africa
- Divination of demons
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|A man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, attempts to tell the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a freshwater [[crab through the practice of nggàm.]]
Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice. Using various methods, throughout history, diviners have been providing answers to by reading signs, events, or omens, often receiving insight through supernatural agencies such as spirits, gods, god-like-beings or the "will of the universe".