divination practices
Seeing the future
Divination practices are methods of seeking knowledge about the future or the unknown through supernatural or mystical means.
These include tarot reading, astrology, palmistry, scrying, casting runes, interpreting omens, and consulting oracles.
The practices span virtually all human cultures and eras: She studied various divination practices before settling on the I Ching.
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- star chartsMaps of night sky
- tarotDivination card set
- tarot cardsIllustrated fortune-telling deck
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
clairvoyance · runes · precognition · I Ching · psychometry · scrying · tea leaves · geomancy · casting lots · palmistry · omens · bibliomancy · mediumship · signs · mystic · séance · spirit board · crystal ball
- indigenous beliefsshamans, ancestor spirits, nature spirits, spirit world, sacred rituals
- Malagasy beliefsancestor veneration, traditional beliefs, spirit possession
- Shugendosacred mountains
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
- Congo BasinCongo River, Kinshasa, Brazzaville, Cameroon, Gabon
divination practicesscientific method
Structured process for investigation
empiricism · statistical analysis · hypothesis testing · controlled experiments · forensic investigation
divination practicesmathematical proof
Logical demonstration of truth
probability theory · risk assessment · weather modeling · econometrics